Curtis and White Books

14/10/2020

Looking for a special Christmas present? Or another lockdown read? We’re having a huge end of year sale, with many of our first editions and signed books priced with up to 50% off! We have everything from Woolf to Greene, from Atwood to Nabokov, all at fantastic prices!

Check out our currently listed books here: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sortby=0&vci=72514451

If you’re a friend of ours and you see something you like, drop up a message and we may even give you a further discount, just because we’re in a giving mood!

Let the People Sing (50% sale) by J.B. Priestley and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk.

15/06/2020

And the winner is... ! Congratulations!!! Thank you all so much for your entries to the charity book raffle. Together (with Malorie Blackman’s help) we raised over £50 for BLM charities!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️❤️ @ Oxford, Oxfordshire

08/06/2020

*Black Lives Matter Fundraiser*

Want to win this signed first edition of Malorie Blackman's Double Cross? All you have to do is donate £2 or more to any cause aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement and you'll be entered into the raffle to win! (Multiple entries allowed, and will be attributed as multiples of £2 donations i.e. donate £10, get 5 entries.)

The prize is a signed first edition of Malorie Blackman's Double Cross, the 4th instalment of her Noughts and Crosses series (2008). The book is in very good condition, with a good condition dust cover and we value it at ~£40.

How to enter:
1) Donate to any of the causes/funds/charities aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Here is a list of places to donate: https://crackmagazine.net/article/long-reads/help-black-lives-matter-protests-donate-organisations/

And here is another one of our other favourite causes - a social enterprise which works to bring Black British history into the curriculum:
https://www.theblackcurriculum.com/donate

2) Send us a screenshot or forward us a receipt of your donation, either in the comments below, through Facebook messenger or on email ([email protected])

The raffle ends at 23:59 on Sunday 14th June and the winner will be announced on Monday 15th June.

We will post the book first class to the winner (UK addresses only) for no extra cost!

Good luck!



Curtis and White Books. Oxford, UK.

16/03/2020

So excited for Sebastian Barry’s latest novel. In our collection we have a signed first edition of and a signed first edition of Barry’s very rare first book too (Macker’s Garden)! @ Oxford, Oxfordshire

13/03/2020

Something for self-isolation - Day 1. How can anyone be alone when they have Graham Greene to read? Here is our current collection of Greene’s first editions. Can you name any of his books we don’t have (without using Google)? Find various Greene first editions for sale one our AbeBooks page using the link in our bio!

22/01/2020

We're now up and running on AbeBooks! Check out our page to see our latest listings of signed, first edition and collectable books!

Let the People Sing by J.B. Priestley and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com.

16/01/2020

We’ve listed three exciting first editions on our eBay page as a last hoorah before we move over to AbeBooks! Check them out and make us an offer or place a bid if you’re interested!!
https://ebay.co.uk/usr/curtiswhitebooks

Pale Fire - Nabokov - http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=312948900061&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111

Matilda - R Dahl - http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=312947887859&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111

HMS Ulysses - A MacLean - http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575378759&campid=5338273189&customid=&icep_item=312947881051&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg&toolid=11111

15/01/2020

Thanks to the kind and generous bids (and an anonymous donation) for our first edition of Huxley’s Ape and Essence, we have donated 75AUD to the Australian Red Cross relief and recovery fund, following the devastating bush fires. Thank you for your support! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

13/01/2020

Check out our latest listing (and probably our last on eBay before we start selling on AbeBooks)!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Signed-Life-of-Pi-Yann-Martel-First-UK-Edition-1st-1st-Dust-Cover-V-Good/312944047896

This is a signed, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, First UK Edition (1st/1st), Dust Cover (V Good).

This is an exceptional first edition of Yann Martel’s Booker Prize winning “Life of Pi”, signed by the author on the title page. The book is in very good condition and postage is free to UK addresses. A similar one is being sold on eBay currently for >£400!

Enter the auction for £84 or make us an offer!

Also, don't forget out Australia Fires Charity Auction ends in about 24 hours! (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ape-and-Essence-Aldous-Huxley-First-edition-1949-AUS-FIRE-CHARITY-AUCTION/312937126853)

Curtis and White Books. Oxford, UK.

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Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.

Signed, Life of Pi, Yann Martel, First UK Edition (1st/1st), Dust Cover (V Good). This is an exceptional first edition of Yann Martel’s booker prize winning “Life of Pi”, signed by the author on the title page. The book is in very good condition and postage is free to UK addresse...

09/01/2020

Australian Fire Charity Auction!!!

Please like, share and bid generously!

Hi all,

In response to the devastating bush fires in Australia, we are holding a charity auction on eBay for one of our most beautiful and poignant books!

In 1949, Aldous Huxley (author of Brave New World) wrote Ape and Essence, a brilliant and important dystopian satire. The eBay post and link are below. All proceeds will be donated to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Please bid generously! A similar book in worse condition is currently listed on eBay at £120 so this is your chance to pick up a famous work of fiction for a bargain, whilst donating to a very good cause! (Auction ends in 5 days.)

"We are selling a fantastic first edition of Aldous Huxley’s Ape and Essence. The book is in exceptional condition and is one of Huxley’s lesser known - but equally brilliant - dystopian satire novels (in comparison to Brave New World, his classic).

The book is in very good condition, with blue colouring on the top of the pages and with a very good condition dust cover.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE WILL BE DONATED TO THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND!

PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY!

Curtis and White Books will pay free delivery for this item, to encourage people to bid and to maximise the amount of the charity donation. Proof of the donation will be posted to the Curtis and White Books Facebook and Instagram pages.

Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.

Curtis and White Books. Oxford, UK."

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312937126853?ul_noapp=true

05/01/2020

William Golding, Ends of the Earth Trilogy, First editions [V Good], Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below.

All three books and dust covers are in exceptional condition.
Close Quarters & Fire Down Below are first edition, first printing. Rites of Passage is first edition, second printing.

Close Quarters: ISBN - 0-571-14779-8
Fire Down Below: ISBN - 0-571-15203-1
Rites of Passage: ISBN - 0-571-11639-6

Enter auction for £75 or buy the set now for £155!

Dispatched with Royal Mail 1st Class.

Curtis and White Books. Oxford, UK.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/W-Golding-Ends-of-the-Earth-Trilogy-First-edition-V-Good-Rites-of-Passage/312929690298?hash=item48dc1022ba:g:NmgAAOSwpJReEkB8

05/01/2020

The Rover, Joseph Conrad, First Edition - 1923, [Good] in DJ with Promo Card.

This is a beautiful 1923 first edition The Rover. The Rover is a high-seas adventure novel which was the last written by Joseph Conrad, one of the greatest novelists to write in English in history.

Enter the auction for £74.99 or buy it now for £160!

Free delivery to UK addresses.
Dispatched with Royal Mail 1st Class.

Curtis and White Books. Oxford, UK.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Rover-Joseph-Conrad-First-Edition-1923-Good-in-DJ-with-Promo-Card/312929647391