Book Description: Frome, Chicken House, 2007. Soft cover. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paperback original. First trade edition (previously privately published as The Highfield Mole. Minor creasing on base of spine (production fault) otherwise Fine in laminated card cover. Bookseller Inventory # FE1045
Book Description: Frome, Somerset, Chicken House, 2007. Soft cover. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paperback original. First trade printing (previously privately published as The Highfield Mole. Fine in laminated card cover. Bookseller Inventory # FE1046
Book Description: Chicken House Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 2007. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, 1st published as THE HIGHFIELD MOLE: As new, unread FINE condition. EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE. ' IT IS A STORY OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN WHICH WILL BURROWS EMBARKS ON A QUEST TO FIND HIS FATHER, AN ARCHEOLOGIST, WHO HAS INEXPLICABLY DISAPPEARED. WILL'S INVESTIGATIONS LEAD TO A DEADLY CONFLICT WITH THE SINISTER FORCES THAT HAVE ABDUCTED HIS FATHER, AND A DARK AND TYRANNICAL WORLD FROM WHICH HE MAY NEVER RETURN. '. Bookseller Inventory # 001894
Book Description: Chicken House, London, 2007. Soft Cover. Book Condition: As New. Brian Williams (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, first printing. Soft covers. Book is in fine, unread, condition. No dustjacket, as issued. Originally published as 'The Highfield Mole'. 464 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 000955
Book Description: Chicken House Ltd, London, 2008. Soft Cover. Book Condition: As New. First Edition. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, LINED & DATED, AUTHORS ALSO ADDED A DOODLE OF A MUSHROOM/TOADSTOOL opposite publication page. Book as new, unread, FINE condition. 2nd in the Tunnels or Highfield Mole series. Apparently film due to be made. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 002082
Book Description: Chicken House., United Kingdom., 2007. Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. First printing of the first chicken house edition of Tunnels. Has full numberline confirming it's first print status: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Fine condition with very minor shelf wear commonly associated with paperbacks. Previously self published as The Highfield Mole. This book has been signed by both authors. The book also comes with a double signed Tunnels postcard. Signed By Both Authors. Bookseller Inventory # 000013
Book Description: Chicken House, Frome, Somerset, UK, 2007. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. 1st Edition, 1st Printing SIGNED by Roderick & WIlliams. Fine unread condition. Eminently collectable. 464 pages. Signed by Author. Paperback. Bookseller Inventory # 001135
Book Description: Chicken House., United Kingdom., 2007. Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. First printing of the first chicken house edition of Tunnels. Has full numberline confirming it's first print status: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Fine condition with very minor shelf wear commonly associated with paperbacks. Previously self published as The Highfield Mole. This book has been signed by both authors. It also has been lined "Schlaak! The pickaxe hit the wall of earth." and publication dated. Also Brian Williams has also added a doodle of a blind rat with the exclaimation: WOT NO PICKAXE! The book also comes with a double signed Tunnels postcard. Signed By Both Authors. Bookseller Inventory # 000012
Book Description: Chicken House, London, 2007. Soft Cover. Book Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Edition/first Printing. Signed by Both Authors. Bookseller Inventory # 000268
Book Description: Chicken House Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 2007. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, LINED ( Schlakk! The pickaxe hit the mound of earth) & DATED (29th June 2007). 1st published as THE HIGHFIELD MOLE: As new, unread FINE condition. EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE. ' IT IS A STORY OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN WHICH WILL BURROWS EMBARKS ON A QUEST TO FIND HIS FATHER, AN ARCHEOLOGIST, WHO HAS INEXPLICABLY DISAPPEARED. WILL'S INVESTIGATIONS LEAD TO A DEADLY CONFLICT WITH THE SINISTER FORCES THAT HAVE ABDUCTED HIS FATHER, AND A DARK AND TYRANNICAL WORLD FROM WHICH HE MAY NEVER RETURN. '. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 001895
Book Description: Mathew & Son Limited, 2005. Paperback. Book Condition: Fine. Facsimile Reprint edition. Colour plates in center of book. Carefully read once. ; Colour Illustrations; 1.1 x 8.19 x 5.28 Inches. Bookseller Inventory # 5591
Book Description: Chicken House, 2007. Soft cover. Book Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, 1st Printing SIGNED by Roderick & Williams. Both books have also been llustrated and Lined. Included is the very rare Tunnels Postcard. Fine unread condition. Sensational books the original self-published hardback and paperback are fetching huge sums on the collectors market. These 1st printings are proving to be highly sought after. Packed with great care. Please enquire about insured delivery. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 000299
Book Description: Chicken House, 2007. Soft cover. Book Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, 1st Printing SIGNED by Roderick & WIlliams. Included is the very rare Tunnels Postcard. Already into multiple reprints on release. Fine unread condition. Sensational book the original self-published hardback and paperback are fetching huge sums on the collectors market. This 1st printing of the Chicken House release is proving to be highly sought after as there are few 1st printings available as signed copies. Packed with great care. Please enquire about insured delivery. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 000245
Book Description: Chicken House, 2007. Soft cover. Book Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, 1st Printing SIGNED by Roderick & Williams. The book has also been llustrated and Lined. Included is the very rare Tunnels Postcard. Already into multiple reprints on release. Fine unread condition. Sensational book the original self-published hardback and paperback are fetching huge sums on the collectors market. This 1st printing of the Chicken House release is proving to be highly sought after as there are few 1st printings available as signed copies. Packed with great care. Please enquire about insured delivery. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 000298
Book Description: Chicken House Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 2007. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, LINED ( Schlakk! The pickaxe hit the mound of earth) & DATED (2nd July 2007) & HALF PAGE DOODLE WITH FURTHER INSCRIPTION ON DEDICATION PAGE 1st published as THE HIGHFIELD MOLE: As new, unread FINE condition. EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE. ' IT IS A STORY OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN WHICH WILL BURROWS EMBARKS ON A QUEST TO FIND HIS FATHER, AN ARCHEOLOGIST, WHO HAS INEXPLICABLY DISAPPEARED. WILL'S INVESTIGATIONS LEAD TO A DEADLY CONFLICT WITH THE SINISTER FORCES THAT HAVE ABDUCTED HIS FATHER, AND A DARK AND TYRANNICAL WORLD FROM WHICH HE MAY NEVER RETURN. '. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 001905
Book Description: Mathew and Son. Original Wraps. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Brian Williams (illustrator). Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of the rare paperbacks self published by authors.Letter laid in states "We the authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams confirm that we have signed and written inscriptions in thirty paperback copies of the First Edition printing of the Highfield Mole as purchased by David Main of Pipster Books on 21 April 2005". Book is signed freehand by Williams and Gordon who have also first lined it "Schlaak! The pickaxe hit the wall of earth." and also "funny how rats always use the (?? can't read) runs". In new unread condition, two tiny tiny micro nicks to spine which I wouldn't have mentioned but for the price. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 77
Book Description: Mathew & Son, 2005. Soft cover. Book Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SIGNED by both author & illustrator to the half title-page, dated upon first issue (17th March 2005), and with the handwritten opening line copied out. The scarce softcover, self-published edition (of which 2000 copies were printed). Supplied here with the desirable PROMO BOOKMARK and POSTCARD, both of which have been SIGNED by Gordon & Williams in gold pen. A Very Fine unread copy of what is probably the strongest of all the self-published children's titles. Recent press releases have had a very strongly positive impact on this debut book - now signed to Chicken House, the authors' sequence of books will continue to shape a good future, one feels. D B WATERS RARE BOOKS: Established, professional, full-time booksellers of high quality, collectors' modern 1st editions. We have been selling on ABE since January 1999. Books laced with contemporary and long-term appeal, distinguished by fine condition and the touch of the unique. ALL of our books are correct, first edition / first printings. A leading specialist seller in SIGNED 1STS and hypermodern highlights of long-term promise in all genres - visit us online for a warm welcome and to browse our latest inventory. All books are unconditionally GUARANTEED to be as described and image scans may be provided upon request. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 3663
Book Description: Mathew & Son, 2005. Soft Cover. Book Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Edition. First Softback without inscriptions. First Printing. SIGNED by both Authors and dated 17th March 2005. Shortly to be republished and made into Film. Limited issue. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 17007
Book Description: Matthew & Son Limited, London, 2005. Soft Cover. Book Condition: As New. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Soft covers. Book is in very fine, unread, condition. SIGNED by both Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, and dated 17th March 2005 to the half-title page. In addition, the book is DOUBLE-LINED. The author and illustrator have each added a line from the novel to the half-title page: 'Schlaak! The pickaxe hit the wall of earth ..' plus; 'And when the judgment comes.' Also included is a colour PHOTOSTAT of a signed letter of authenticity from Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams typewritten on the headed paper of the publishers Mathew & Son Limited. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Bookseller Inventory # 000845
Book Description: Mathew & Son Limited, London, United Kingdom, 2005. Soft Cover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. THE RAREST FORMAT OF THIS SOUGHT AFTER SOFT COVER EDITION! Double signed and dated paperback first edition, with the first line of the novel written on the title page PLUS a full page ORIGINAL DRAWING on the inside cover!! Contains a suite of colour paintings in the middle of the book! A beautifully written and well deserved success, and an extremely attractive collectable. The revised version, 'Tunnels', published under a new imprint, means that these self published first editions must become extremely valuable because they are already so very RARE and can only become even more sought after. The plain fact of the matter is that this will never be reprinted. With a rumoured film deal in the offing, many are tipping this to be the new sensation in Young Adult books. The fact that it has been taken up by the man who discovered Harry Potter must bode very well indeed. Highly unusual to find the paperback with an original drawing, this increasingly rare first issue has become massively sought after. Signed by Author & Illustrator. Bookseller Inventory # 003956
Book Description: Mathew & Son, 2005. Hard Cover. Book Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Edition. No Jacket issued in Coloured Boards. First Printing without inscriptions. SIGNED by Both Authors and dated 17th March 2005. Limited to only 500 copies to be republished soon and made into Film. A very scarce item. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 17006
Book Description: UK Matthew & Son, London, UK, 2005. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition. A UK 1st edtion 1st printing of a FINE book Double Signed, Dated & 1st Lined. The book was privatley published and in hardback there are only 500 copies printed making this a very rare book. No dustjacket as issued. Signed by Author & Dated & 1st Lined. Bookseller Inventory # 000695
Book Description: Matthew & Son Limited, London, 2005. Hardback. Book Condition: As New. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback, no dustjacket as issued. One of only 500 copies. Very fine, unread, condition. SIGNED and DATED 17th March 2005 by Gordon Roderick and Brian Williams to the half-title page. (To be re-published by Chicken House in the UK and USA in September 2007, and retitled "The Tunnels". Second title in series to follow in 2008.). Signed by Author and Illustrator. Bookseller Inventory # 000690
Book Description: Mathew and Son, United Kingdom, 2005. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Illustrated Boards as Issued. BRIAN WILLIAMS (illustrator). First Edition. An As New unread First Printing of this acclaimed Debut. The scarce Mathew & Son First Edition without any blemishes, absolutely pristine. This glorious copy is DOUBLE SIGNED by Gordon and Williams and DATED on Publication Day - 17th March 2005 - included is a Highfield Mole and Miner Postcard and Bookmark, BOTH SIGNED in Gold Ink. Subsequently retiltled Tunnels and to complete this superb package is a DOUBLE SIGNED First Printing paperback original of Tunnels that is humorously inscribed and doodled by both Authors " Infidele Est Viver! " and an apprehensive mole emerging from a hole, with the Postcard as issued that is also DOUBLE SIGNED. Theres more! A DOUBLE SIGNED First Printing of Deeper, humorously inscribed " Quis custodiet ipso custodes? " and a drawing of a toadstool. A superb package that is in the very finest collectable condition and in my opinion recommended for collection or investment. Regular customers be advised, this is my very last package that includes the scarce hardback. Signed By Author and Illustrator. Privately Printed. Bookseller Inventory # 000280
Book Description: Mathew & Son Limited, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This is the now legendary self published phenomenon in its rare hardback format - PLUS it is signed by both creators and with a unique whole page original drawing on the facing page to the title. It is a wholly successful collaboration, with a full colour section of paintings bound in. It is now famously being promoted as the new Harry Potter, re-titled as Tunnels, and with sequel volumes on the way. But this extremely sought after hardback will never be reprinted, so its rarity can only increase. And this copy comes with a very special - possibly unique - bonus; a double signed Highfield Mole T shirt!. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 003955
Book Description: Matthew & Son., United Kingdom., 2005. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original self published Hardback, released in 2005. One of only 500 Harbacks. First edition, first printing. In fine unread condition. Double Signed, lined "Schlaak! The pickaxe hit the wall of earth." and publication dated 17th March 2005. In addition, the co-author and illustrator Brian Williams has added a drawing of a blind rat 'reading' a newspaper on the verso of the front endpaper. Very rare and collectable. Signed By Both Authors. Bookseller Inventory # 000014
Book Description: Mathew & Sons, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THE HIGHFIELD MOLE: Book 1 of The Circle of the Spiral written by RODERICK GORDON & BRIAN WILLIAMS illustrations by BRIAN WILLIAMS. 2005 Mathew and Son Ltd hardcover, no jckt as issued. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Absolutely as new. ONLY 80 OF THESE WORLDWIDE These are the special REMARQUE series. It is No. 34 out of 80 books, each one has been SIGNED by BOTH AUTHORS; has a special hand drawn illustration of a Mole in some disguise or situation by BRIAN WILLIAMS opposite the title page; has been NUMBERED ( 34 out of 80); has been DATED: 17th March 2005. and has been inscribed by the author with a FULL LENGTH LIMERICK about the hero: Will Burrows, which starts. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN CALLED WILL . In my knowledge there are only 3 of the REMARQUE SERIES with this limerick. THIS IS MY LAST COPY Also DOODLED with a hand coing out of a lake. EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE Each book comes with a photo-copy of a LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY from the AUTHORS. You can also verify the authenticity of this series on the publishers website. ' IT IS A STORY OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN WHICH WILL BURROWS EMBARKS ON A QUEST TO FIND HIS FATHER, AN ARCHEOLOGIST, WHO HAS INEXPLICABLY DISAPPEARED. WILL'S INVESTIGATIONS LEAD TO A DEADLY CONFLICT WITH THE SINISTER FORCES THAT HAVE ABDUCTED HIS FATHER, AND A DARK AND TYRANNICAL WORLD FROM WHICH HE MAY NEVER RETURN. ' This is a fantastic opportunity to acquire a remarkable book and one that is sure to be a SUPERB INVESTMENT. THE HIGHFIELD MOLE SERIES IS TO BE PUBLISHED BY SCHOLASTIC IN UK & USA AUTUMN 2007 AS "TUNNELS" The following explains the REMARQUE series and the reasoning behind the different quotes. It is taken from a private email to me from the author: Following on from our conversation about the inscriptions this evening, there are eight main ones, which I each used ten times in the copies. I have to confess that as I was doing some of the very last ones and fatigue was setting in, I think did get a little inscription-crazy with the final books and there are some one-offs, such as a full length limerick about Will Burrows, and an "in-joke" in a single copy. . You asked about the source of the inscriptions in the REMARQUE series: With some rough and ready explanations, they are: I dig . therefore I am! Variation on Descartes - "I think therefore I am". In what distant deeps. From the second stanza from William Blake's "The Tyger". Just as a footnote, we used the Deeps as a name for the lower layers beneath the Colony in the book. Also, my grandmother on my father's side was a Butts, and an ancestor, Thomas Butts, was arguably one of William Blake's most important patrons between approximately 1799 and 1810, and for a while the family owned over 200 of Blake's drawings and paintings from this very important period in his work. Unfortunately not one of these found its way to my grandmother. Infodio est vivo. This is from my rudimentary Latin and should translate as "To dig is to live." It may be completely wrong, or have a slightly different meaning from that intended, possibly "To dig in, is to live". Highly appropriate given the struggle Brian and I went through to get this book out! "What larks, Pip." From Dickens' Great Expectations, said by Joe Gargery to Pip. Probably the lightest inscription we used! We thought it conveyed the humour we tried to instil in the prose. "Dig for Victory" Government campaign slogan from around June 1943 during rationing when people were encouraged to "grow their own". I read that nearly 1.5 million people began allotments in an attempt to become self-sufficient. "I . prisoner of the soil." Think this was a translation from a line of German in a TS Eliot poem. Need to check. Could be from The Wasteland. "There's a world going on underground." Lyric from a song called Underground on Tom Waits' album Swordfishtrombones. "As above, so below." The Corpus Hermeticum of Hermes Trismegistus began with these words. It is an axiom employed by the Hermetists and the later Rosicruc. Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 000745
Book Description: Chicken House, 2007. Softcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustwrapper as issued. First Edition. First UK trade edition of book previously known as The Highfield Mole and privately produced (Mathew & Son, 2005). First printing is pristine and UNSIGNED. Almost immediately went into multiple printings. Pristine copy. Bookseller Inventory # 0806140001
Book Description: Chicken House, 2007. Softcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustwrapper as issued. First Edition. Signed, lined and sketched first UK trade edition of book previously known as The Highfield Mole and privately produced (Mathew & Son, 2005). First printing has a slight wave to the head of the spine but is otherwise new and unread. In addition to the two authors' signatures, there is the first line from the book and a sketch of an energetic mole coming out of a tunnel on the half-title page. Almost immediately went into multiple printings. Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 0806140002
Book Description: Mathew & Son Limited, 2005. Softcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustwrapper as issued. First Edition. SIGNED first edition and first impression pristine softcover, in illustrated wraps. One of only 2000 paperbacks produced, this copy is SIGNED by both Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams to the half title page, dated on publication date (17th March 2005) and further lined: "Schlaak! The pickaxe hit the wall of earth." A double signed bookmark laid in. This book was reissued in the UK under the title TUNNELS by Chicken House in early July, in a trade paperback format which quickly went into reprints, and a hardcover version of TUNNELS is now available in the US. Only the original 2005 Mathew & Son books have the gorgeous and haunting color illustrations. A film is in the works. Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 0805230001
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