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HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
The Sun Also Rises. 1926
£125,000
First edition, first printing, first issue text, in first issue dust jacket, inscribed by Hemingway: "To Cuyler Stevens with all best wishes Ernest Hemingway" and with Stevens's...
Octavo. Original black cloth, gold paper title label to upper board and spine printed in black. With the pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a black quarter morocco drop... Read more
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby. 1925
£120,000
First edition, first printing, first state of the text, first issue dust jacket. The copy is the correct first printing, with "chatter" on p. 60, line 16, "northern" on p. 119, line...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt and to upper board in blind, top edge trimmed others uncut. With the dust jacket. Housed in a dark green quarter... Read more
FAULKNER, William.
The Marble Faun. 1924
£100,000
First edition, first printing of the author's rare first book, the dedication copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dad and Mother Xmas 1924 William...
Octavo. Original green boards, printed paper label to upper board. Housed in a green cloth drop down box. Contents somewhat toned, pastedowns bubbled, backstrip... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Three Stories & Ten Poems. 1923
£62,500
First edition, sole printing. Apparently one of 300 copies. The author's first book. A signed presentation copy inscribed on the second blank leaf, "To Don Marquis from Ernest...
Octavo. Original blue/grey wrappers printed in black. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. Contents very lightly toned,... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 1876
£57,500
First American edition, first printing, printed on wove paper, with the half-title and frontispiece printed on separate leaves (verso of half-title and recto of frontispiece blank)....
Square octavo. Original blue vertically-ribbed cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt and lettered in gilt and blind on front cover and spine, back cover... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
Autograph manuscript of chapter 48 of A Tramp Abroad. [c. 1879–80]
£50,000
Twain's autograph manuscript of "My Collection of Bric-A-Brac", chapter XX of A Tramp Abroad, originally published in 1880. This chapter details Twain's passion for collecting...
Octavo (200 × 135 mm), 43-leaf autograph manuscript in purple and black ink and pencil, generally rectos only, with numerous corrections, each leaf on a... Read more
STEINBECK, John.
The Grapes of Wrath. 1939
£35,000
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Elizabeth Eulass, John Steinbeck" with a small drawing of a duck. Eulass was...
Octavo. Original oatmeal cloth, titles to spine and pictorial decoration to boards in brown, music endpapers. With the dust jacket. In a tan morocco solander case.... Read more
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
Flappers and Philosophers. 1920
£30,000
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "For George W. with many congratulations and good wishes F. Scott...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to upper board in blind and to spine gilt. With a supplied fifth printing dust jacket. Housed in a dark green quarter morocco... Read more
FAULKNER, William.
Big Woods. 1955
£30,000
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to his mother on the front free endpaper: "To Mother with love William Faulkner." Additionally inscribed on...
Octavo. Original green cloth. With the dust jacket. In a quarter morocco slipcase. Slightly rubbed at the extremities. Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
The Writings. 1899–1903
£25,000
Limited edition, number 96 of 620 sets of the "Author's Edition de Luxe" signed "SL Clemens (Mark Twain)". In this set, volume I has three items of original autograph material bound...
25 volumes, octavo (206 × 144 mm). Contemporary full ochre morocco, covers panelled in gilt to a geometric art-nouveau design, spine with four raised bands,... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
The Writings. 1929
£25,000
Memorial edition. Limited to 90 sets with a page of original manuscript material bound in. Signed by the publisher.
37 volumes, octavo (217 × 144 mm). Finely bound by Bayntun, mid twentieth century, in crimson full crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments between five... Read more
MELVILLE, Herman.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. 1851
£25,000
First American edition, in the first binding with orange endpapers and the publisher's device stamped centrally on the sides. The American edition was the first to appear under the...
12mo. Original purple-brown cloth, publisher's devices to each board in blind, titles to spine gilt, orange coated endpapers. Housed in a blue half morocco slipcase... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 1876
£25,000
First edition, published on 9 June, thus preceding the first American edition that appeared in mid-December by some six months. Twain chose to have the book published first in London...
Octavo. Original red cloth with border and cover design blocked in black and lettering in gilt, cream coated endpapers. Housed in a burgundy quarter morocco solander... Read more
CRANE, Stephen.
The Red Badge of Courage. An Episode of the American Civil War. 1895
£22,500
First edition, first printing, first issue; exceptionally rare in the dust jacket. The Red Badge of Courage is considered one of the most influential works in American literature....
Octavo. Original tan cloth, titles to spine and coverin red, black, and gold, yellow top-stain, brown endpapers. With the restored dust jacket. In a red quarter... Read more
WOLFE, Thomas.
Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life. 1929
£22,500
First edition, first printing of Wolfe's largely autobiographical first novel, preceded only by his undergraduate pamphlet The Crisis in Industry, and one of only 5540 copies...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. In a black quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. A little rubbed at the... Read more
CHANDLER, Raymond.
Playback. 1958
£18,750
First US edition, first printing. The dedication copy inscribed to Chandler's lover and personal secretary Jean Fracasse, who is one of the two dedicatees of the book along with...
Octavo. Original tan cloth, titles and concentric circle design to spine and upper board in dark brown, brown top-stain. With the dust jacket. A few light spots to... Read more
STEINBECK, John.
The Grapes of Wrath. 1939
£17,500
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Again for Helen Murphy, affectionately John Steinbeck". With Murphy's ownership signature to the...
Octavo. Original tan cloth, titles to spine and pictorial design to boards in brown, sheet music endpapers. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the jacket that... Read more
FAULKNER, William.
The Town. 1957
£17,500
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the title page, "To Ruth Ford from Bill Faulkner (See what you can do with this) Oxford 9 October...
Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to upper board and spine in black, top edge stained green. With the dust jacket. Housed in a burgundy quarter morocco solander... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Green Hills of Africa. 1935
£17,500
First Edition, First Printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Archie and Ada With love from Pappy", and with the ownership...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt on a black ground, facsimile signature to upper board gilt. With the supplied dust jacket. Housed in a quarter black... Read more
FAULKNER, William.
Go Down! Moses. 1942
£17,500
First edition, trade issue, first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Else Jonsson on the date of his Nobel prize acceptance on the title: "William Faulkner for...
Octavo. Original black cloth. With the dust jacket. In the price-clipped dust jacket with some edgewear and tape repairs to the verso. Read more
WHITMAN, Walt.
Leaves of Grass. 1856
£17,500
Second edition, including 20 poems not published in the first edition as well as a new section of correspondence and reviews entitled "Leaves-droppings" that begins with the famous...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles and Emerson quotation to spine gilt, panelling and floral design to boards blocked in blind, title to upper board gilt. Housed in... Read more
RAND, Ayn.
We the Living. 1936
£16,500
First Edition, First Printing. With the author's fine presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Katharine Hepburn of whom I always think as my "Kira" - with great...
Octavo. Original buff cloth, titles to upper board and spine in blue. Housed in a crimson quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. Endleaves lightly... Read more
LEE, Harper.
To Kill a Mockingbird. 1960
£15,000
First edition, first printing. Only 5,000 copies were printed.
Octavo. Original brown boards with green cloth spine, titles to spine in brown. With the original dust jacket with photo of Harper Lee on the lower panel (by Truman... Read more
FAULKNER, William.
The Town. 1957
£13,500
First trade edition, first printing, in the first binding of red cloth, with the textual error on p. 327 and with "5/57" on the lower inner front flap of the jacket. Presentation...
Octavo. Original red cloth. With the dust jacket. In a quarter morocco slipcase. Slight toning to the spine panel. Read more
FAULKNER, William.
The Reivers. 1962
£13,500
First trade edition, first issue. Inscribed by the author to Joan Williams on the front free endpaper: "For Joan, with love Bill." Additionally inscribed on the title: "William...
Octavo. Original cloth. With the dust jacket. In a quarter morocco slipcase. An excellent copy in the dust jacket that is slightly wrinkled with light edgewear. Read more
