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Charles Carrington. Paris. 1908. LIMITED EDITION. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.9 inches). One of 1000 copies on hand made paper. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in mid twentieth century full dark green morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Single... More about THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. With an editorial note by Robert Ross
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1954. FIRST EDITION, 1st impression. 8vo. (9 x 5.9 inches). Fold out map at the rear in fine condition. Text pages clean and fresh throughout. Top of page edges still a deep and pleasing red. The front blank free endpaper has a neat previous... More about THE TWO TOWERS. Being the second part of The Lord of the Rings
Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, London. 1817. THIRD EDITION. The first to be published in 2 Volumes. 12mo. (7.3 x 4.5 inches). -- Bound without half titles and terminal blank in volume one, as is often the case, otherwise complete. Collation: Volume I. Title page, (1) - 289... More about PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. In Two volumes. By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility," &c
Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1907. FIRST EDITION. First printing. Large 8vo. (8.5 x 6.2 inches). Colour frontis, 22 full page mono plates and hundreds of small engraved vignettes to the margins of the text pages, all by E. Caldwell. this is the scarce first issue with the margin drawings... More about JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD
Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.6 inches). Four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Fine leather binding of recent full red morocco. The spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge... More about REWARDS AND FAIRIES
Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1921. REPRINT DETMOLD EDITION. Originally published with these illustrations in 1908. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.9 inches). Illustrated with 16 full colour plates. A fine copy in a fine recent leather binding of full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled in black and... More about THE JUNGLE BOOK. With illustrations in colour by Maurice and Edward Detmold
Chatto & Windus. London. 1949. DELUX LIMITED EDITION SET. 12 Volumes. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). Although a reprint of the 1941 uniform edition this special Edition-De-Luxe is one of 165 special numbered and leather bound sets, of which 160 are for sale. This set are all uniform, being number... More about REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. (A la Recherche du Temps Perdu). Swann's way; Within a budding grove;...
Methuen & Co. London. 1921. ELEVENTH EDITION. 8vo. Black and white frontis by Graham Robertson. A few pages affected by some very light foxing, mostly to the margins. Finely bound in recent half dark blue morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled and decorated in gilt. Twin red labels... More about THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Jan Forlag. Stockholm. Sweden. 1945. FIRST HOGFELDT EDITION. Large 8vo (9 x 6.2 inches). 10 full page colour plates plus 30 line drawings throughout the text, many full page. Finely bound full deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments decorated with Hatter, playing cards and Mouse illustrations, all... More about ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
Random House. New York. 1957. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. (8.8 x 6.2 inches). Full dark green Morocco. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled and decorated in gilt. Twin black labels, lettered and ruled in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy. More about ATLAS SHRUGGED
J. M. Dent and co. London. 1907. FIRST EDITION. 4to.(10.5 x 8.4 inches). Finely illustrated with 56 colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard. A fine and clean copy in an early fine binding of half green morocco. The spine has two raised bands, each with decorative gilt... More about FLOWER GROUPING IN ENGLISH SCOTCH & IRISH GARDENS. Notes & 56 sketches in colour by...
Hodder and Stoughton. London. -- No date. 1913. FIRST THOMSON EDITION. 4to.(10.5 x 8.4 inches). 22 mounted colour plates, each with a printed paper guard. A fine and clean copy in an early fine binding of half green morocco. The spine has two raised bands, each with decorative gilt tooling... More about QUALITY STREET. A comedy in four acts
Arthur L. Humphreys. London. 1905. Reprinted from the Illustrated edition. 8vo. (8.2 x 6 inches). Printed on unbleached Arnold paper. Finely bound in full dark blue morocco by Bumpus. Spine with five raised bands, each with three gilt dots. Three compartments with gilt ruling and lettering, the rest ruled and... More about MARIE ANTOINETTE
Benj. Motte. London. 1707. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Folio. (16.7 x 11.2 inches). Engraved frontispiece, two engraved title pages, one in English and one in Latin, full page engraving before the text and then 101 full page plates, numbered 1 to C but with 2 plates numbered LIIIA and LIIIB and... More about RULES AND EXAMPLES OF PERSPECTIVE PROPER FOR PAINTERS AND ARCHITECTS, ETC. In English and Latin:...
John Boydell. London. 1782. SECOND EDITION. Folio. (16.8 x 11.8 inches). Text pages and 98 (of 102) engravings, the first set of anatomical plates are complete and numbered I to XI, all present but with the inclusion of an extra plate of a nude female taken from another contemporary volume... More about THE SCHOOL OF RAPHAEL. Or, the Student’'s Guide to Expression in Historical Painting....
Jacob Tonson. London. 1718. FIRST ROWE EDITION. Folio. (16 x 10.3 inches). xxv, (5), 446, 55, (1) pp. Complete. Engraved frontis, large folding map and several engraved vignettes throughout. Small area cut from the title page, possibly to remove a previous owner's name, and some minor browning to some leaves... More about LUCAN'S PHARSALIA. Translated into English Verse by Nicholas Rowe
Arthur L. Humphreys. London. 1897. Large 8vo. (8.7 x 7.2 inches). A circular brown mark to the outer margin of four leaves, otherwise a clean and bright copy in fine copy in a fine early binding, for Hatchards of Piccadilly, probably by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, but not signed. Spine with... More about OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. Books 1, 2 and 3
Longmans, Green, And Co. London. 1885. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.4 x 4.5 inches). A bright and clean copy throughout with just a little browning to both free endpapers. Armorial bookplate on front paste down. Publishers original blue cloth binding. Boards with bevelled edges. Small gilt stamped publishers device to... More about A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Sampson, Low, Marston and Company. London. 1894. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5 inches). Some light foxing to a most pages but generally a very good copy in an attractive early twentieth century arts and crafts style binding of red/brown morocco. Spine with raised bands, each decorated with gilt dots... More about LOVE'S MUSIC AND OTHER POEMS
Saccone & Speed Limited. London. 1947. FIRST EDITION. Two colour illustrations by Whistler within the book plus colour decoration on boards showing three men cowering behind a wine barrel. Both pastedown endpapers browned by the binders glue, as usual. Some light marking to the boards but overall a very good... More about WINE IN PEACE AND WAR
Cassell & Company ltd. London. 1963. SECOND EDITION. Three volumes. Large 8vo (10 x 6.5 inches). Very good, bright set in publishers full dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Original dustwrappers with light spotting and minor fading to spines but overall a lovely clean set of the definitive edition of Churchill's war speeches. More about THE WAR SPEECHES. Compiled by Charles Eade
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd. London. 1907. Small 8vo. (6.2 x 4 inches). Fine early twentieth century full vellum hand painted binding. Fine binding decorated with a painted scene on the front cover depicting a woman and two children in a rustic garden scene, the spine is decorated... More about OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. Translated by C. Kegan Paul and Rev. Thomas A. Pope
Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1979. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.5 x 9.7 inches). Fully illustrated in colour throughout. Finely bound in an attractive craft binding. Full brown morocco. Spine with gilt lettering. Front board decorated with two flying birds, one in gilt outline and one with green, black and burgundy leather... More about A SKETCHBOOK OF BIRDS. Introduction by Ian Niall
John Lane, The Bodley Head. London. 1912. NEW EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). New edition of this illustrated version, originally published in 1895. Fully illustrated throughout with line drawings on every page. A fine clean copy which has been finely rebound, for Henry Sotheran of Piccadilly, in half dark... More about A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Jonathan Cape. London. 1935. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 4to. Illustrated throughout with portraits, maps, plans and line drawings. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco, raised bands, gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt decorative roll border on boards. Top edge gilt. A few light finger marks but overall a very... More about SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A Triumph