New Arrivals
THE CORONATION PRAYER BOOK. Including; The Form and order of Their Majesties Coronation.
Oxford. At the University Press. William Clowes. London. 1937, 1937. FINE OXFORD BINDING. India paper editions. 24mo. (5.8 x 3.8 inches). Four mono photos of; Westminster Abbey, The King, Queen Elizabeth, The Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. 46pp(Form and order of the Coronation), xl, 666pp (Common prayer), xi, 720pp (Hymns)..... More
DEATHS & ENTRANCES.
J.M. Dent & Sons Limited, London. 1946. 1946. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (5.8 x 4.7 inches). A near fine copy in the publishers orange cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The cloth has a hint of mottling but is generally very clean and bright. In a near fine dustwrapper..... More
CHARLES RICKETTS. Sixty-Five illustrations.
Cassell & Company Limited. London. 1933, 1933. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10 x 7.6 inches). Illustrated with colour frontispiece and sixty four mono illustrations on 60 pages, plus decorative endpapers illustrated in red on cream paper. Publishers blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. In the original plain brown paper..... More
THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA.
Collins. London. 1968, 1968. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.3 x 7.6 inches). 32pp. Illustrated in colour by the Author. Original colour illustrated boards and in the rare original dustwrapper. Two pages with minor blemishes but overall a bright and clean copy in the original colour printed dustwrapper, which reproduces the board..... More
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. With a preface by George Saintsbury.
George Allen. London. 1894, 1894. FIRST HUGH THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with 101 fine engravings by Thomson. Neat previous owner name and date (1894) on the half title page. Half title and Title page browned. A little light foxing to the page edges but..... More
NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR.
Secker and Warburg. London. 1949, 1949. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). The fore edge and a handful of pages with browning and marking to the page, but overall a very good copy in recent leather binding of half dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, decorated..... More
A TREATISE ON MONEY. Volume one; The pure theory of money.---Volume two; The applied theory of money.
Macmillan and co. Limited. London. 1930, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Two Volumes. 8vo. (8.9 x 5.8 inches). A clean, bright set, finely bound in recent full black morocco leather bindings. Spines with raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled borders on boards. Top edges gilt..... More
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1909, 1909. FIRST DULAC EDITION. 4to. (10.8 x 8.6 inches). 20 mounted colour plates on thick art paper, framed with decorative border design. Each plate covered with printed tissue paper guard. Finely bound in early full white vellum binding. Spine with elaborate gilt tooling and red..... More
THE COLLECTED EDITION and COLLECTED ESSAYS. Volume 1, Brighton Rock; 2, It's a Battlefield; 3, England Made Me; 4, Our Man in Havana; 5, The Power and the Glory; 6, The Heart of the Matter; 7, The Confidential Agent; 8, Collected Stories; 9, A Gun for Sale; 10, The Ministry of Fear; 11, The Quiet American; 12, Stamboul Train; 13, The End of the Affair; 14; A Burnt-out Case; 15, The Man Within; 16, The Third Man and Loser Takes All; 17, The Comedians; 18, Journey without Maps; 19, The Lawless Roads; 20, Travels with my Aunt; 21, The Honorary Consul; 22, The Human Factor. Plus; The Collected Essays.
William Heinemann and The Bodley Head. London. 1969 - 1984, 1969. 23 Volumes - Complete. A mixed set of 13 First printings and 10 reprints. --- Collected essays and Volumes 8 to 10 and 14 to 22 are all First printings, the others are reprints dating from 1975 - 1984..... More
SELECTION OF SKEPTICAL PRESS PUBLICATIONS. Movables, fold-outs, etc.. Collection includes, among others: Childish, Chinese Beard, 9 seafaring dreams, Time-lapse sunset, Baby shower games, Blazing Buffalo twister, Mad libs in hell, Post-Partum piechart, How to but not why, Field guide to the Trees of El Cerrito.
The Skeptical Press. El Cerrito, California. USA. 2000 - 2007, 2000. LIMITED EDITIONS, signed by Reisbord. Various sizes, formats and shapes. A collection of 25 examples of hand printed and constructed book and paper art, each number 24 of limited editions of 60 copies, plus 11 items of Skeptical Press..... More
THE COLLECTED EDITION and COLLECTED ESSAYS. -- Inscribed by Greene. Volume 1, Brighton Rock; 2, It's a Battlefield; 3, England Made Me; 4, Our Man in Havana; 5, The Power and the Glory; 6, The Heart of the Matter; 7, The Confidential Agent; 8, Collected Stories; 9, A Gun for Sale; 10, The Ministry of Fear; 11, The Quiet American; 12, Stamboul Train; 13, The End of the Affair; 14; A Burnt-out Case; 15, The Man Within; 16, The Third Man and Loser Takes All; 17, The Comedians; 18, Journey without Maps; 19, The Lawless Roads; 20, Travels with my Aunt; 21, The Honorary Consul; 22, The Human Factor. Plus; The Collected Essays.
William Heinemann and The Bodley Head. London. 1969 - 1982, 1969. 23 Volumes - Complete. FIRST EDITIONS and First printings of all volumes in this collected edition. --- Volume 1, Brighton Rock, is inscribed and signed by Graham Greene on the front free endpaper; - "For Doctor A. D. Thomson..... More
THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK. A book of old favourites with new illustrations.
George G. Harrap & Co Ltd. London. 1933, 1933. SIGNED, LIMITED FIRST EDITION. 4to. (9.3 x 6.4 inches). One of 460 copies numbered and signed by Rackham, this number 76. Illustrated with 8 full page colour plates and 55 drawings in black & white, some full page. A few very..... More
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. Carefully Revised and Occasionally Corrected From Arabic. To which is added, a Selection of New Tales, now first translated from the Arabic originals. Also, an Introduction and Notes, illustrative of the Religion, Manners and Customs, of the Mahummedans. With engravings from paintings by Smirke.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London. 1811, 1811. FIRST SCOTT EDITION. Six volumes. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.8 inches). Illustrated with six full page copper engraved frontipieces, after paintings by Robert Smirke, which were originally published in Edward Forster's translation of this work in 1802. The plates were specially re-engraved..... More
THE COMPLETE WORKS. The Fordham Edition. Edited and chronologically arranged on the basis of the standard text, with certain material and with a critical introduction by Charles F. Richardson. Illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn.
Fred De Fau & Company. New York. 1902, 1902. LIMITED EDITION. One of 1,000 numbered sets, this number 942. 10 volumes. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.5 inches). Finely bound by Brentanos in contemporary half tan morocco. Each spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt piping. Compartments multi ruled and lettered..... More
ENGRAVINGS. With an Introduction by the artist. And an Appreciation by Kenneth Clark.
John Murray. London. 1977, 1977. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY STONE, and with 8 ephemeral items of his of printed work. 4to. Fully illustrated with 151 pages of designs, most with several images to each page. Signed by Stone in black ink on the title page. Also there are 8 pieces..... More
THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK.
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1906, 1906. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xiii, 358pp. Illustrated with 8 colour plates, plus 17 full page and 33 smaller mono illustrations throughout the text by Ford. Publishers decorated orange cloth binding with gilt illustration to the front board and..... More
THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK.
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1904, 1904. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xiii, 350pp. Illustrated with 8 colour plates, plus 22 full page and 20 smaller mono illustrations throughout the text by Ford. Publishers decorated brown cloth binding with gilt illustration to the front board and..... More
THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK.
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1894, 1894. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xvi, 321pp, 2pp publishers adverts at end. Illustrated with frontis and 22 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford. Publishers decorated yellow cloth binding with gilt illustration..... More
THE RED FAIRY BOOK.
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1890, 1890. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xii, 367pp, 16pp publishers adverts at end dated September 1890. Illustrated with 4 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford, G. P. Jacomb-Hood and Lancelot Speed. Publishers..... More
THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK.
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1889, 1889. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). viii, 390pp, 16pp publishers adverts at end dated August 1889. Illustrated with 8 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford, G. P. Jacomb-Hood and Lancelot Speed. Publishers..... More
ANIMAL FARM. - Six publicity stills for the film.
Louis de Rochemont / RD-DR Corp 1955, 1955. Six 8 x 10 inch glossy black and white pictorial lobby cards from the film. Ink filing stamps, dated Jan 6 1955,and a pencil reference number to all six sheets and four with printed description pasted onto the rear. Very good indeed..... More
CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL. The biography of a marriage.
Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. USA. 1979, 1979. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo. (9.1 x 6.2 inches). Illustrated with 58 mono photos. A fine and clean copy in a fine leather binding of full dark blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, including a previous owner's..... More
AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR, ESSAYS, & NATURE THOUGHTS.
T. N. Foulis. London and Edinburgh. 1913, 1913. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with thirteen full colour tipped-in plates (the 12 months of the year plus illustrated title page) each mounted onto grey paper within a printed line border. Finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in half..... More