Autographs & Signed Books (all items)
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BOTTIGELLA, Giovanni Matteo; & Roberto Sanseverino.
Viaggio in Terra Santa. 1459
£500,000
EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT ITALIAN/LOMBARD LANGUAGE MANUSCRIPT of a little-known pilgrimage to the Holy Land made from Venice to Jaffa by sea in 1458-9, containing "the most...
Quarto (220 × 155 mm), 133 unnumbered leaves written in a professional scribal hand in ink, about 29 lines per page on lined vellum, with contemporary annotations... Read more
JOYCE, James.
Ulysses. 1922
£275,000
First edition, primary issue, one of 100 copies on Dutch handmade paper; this copy numbered 45 and signed by Joyce on the limitation page. The first printing of Ulysses consisted of...
Quarto; almost entirely unopened except for the final chapter. Original deep blue wrappers, title to front wrapper in white. Preserved in a contemporary morocco-backed... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Winnie-the-Pooh. 1926
£200,000
First trade edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Milne to both his son and Winnie-the-Pooh, "For Moonest Moon and Poohest Pooh from their adoring Bluest Blue. Oct. 16th 1926"....
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine and pictorial decoration to upper board gilt, map endpapers, top edge gilt. Housed in a green quarter morocco solander... Read more
HAMMETT, Dashiell.
The Maltese Falcon. 1930
£150,000
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to an early blank, "To Raoul and Prudence Whitfield - the first today - Dashiell Hammett January 23,...
Octavo. Original grey cloth, falcon motif to upper board in blue, titles and geometric design to spine in black and blue, top edge stained blue. With the pictorial... Read more
STOKER, Bram.
Dracula. 1897
£125,000
First edition, scarce first issue published in May 1897, with no advertisements as issued and printed on slightly thicker stock. Presentation copy to Mrs W. S. Gilbert, with the...
Octavo. Original yellow cloth, titles to both boards and spine in red within a one-line red rule border, all edges untrimmed. Custom black cloth folding case, spine... 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 Faulkner"....
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
MILNE, A. A.
Winnie-the-Pooh. 1926
£65,000
First US trade edition. An extremely personal gift from the author to his illustrator, signed 'A. A. Milne', and inscribed with the following lines of verse: When I am gone, Let...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, green top-stain, map endpapers printed in red. With the dust jacket.... 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
YEATS, W. B.
Reveries Over Childhood and Youth. 1916
£60,000
First English edition of Yeats's first autobiography; a canonical presentation copy, inscribed in the month of publication, "Ezra Pound from W. B. Yeats, October 1916." One of 1,000...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine gilt designed by Sturge Moore, edges untrimmed. Custom blue morocco-backed slipcase and... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Winnie-the-Pooh. 1926
£57,500
First trade edition. Shepard's own copy, inscribed by him on the day of publication on the verso of the title page, "Artist's Copy, Ernest H. Shepard, Oct. 14th 1926", and with his...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, map endpapers, top edge gilt. With the dust jacket. In a green quarter... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Winnie-the-Pooh. 1926
£50,000
Signed limited edition, large paper issue, one of 20 copies printed on Japanese vellum and bound in vellum, signed by both the author and the illustrator, this an unnumbered...
Small quarto. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Original plain dust jacket. Housed in a custom morocco-backed folding case.... Read more
CATHER, Willa.
The Troll Garden. 1905
£50,000
First edition of the author's first prose work. Presentation copy; inscribed to the great American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle, "Will Mr. Howard Pyle accept through me the...
Octavo. Original cloth in the dust jacket. In a red quarter morocco solander case. Edge of front pastedown scraped, else a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with... Read more
SHEPARD, Ernest H.
Suite of four original drawings "The Tail is Lost". [1926]
£50,000
A set of four original drawings illustrating Eeyore's search for his missing tail on page 44 of Winnie-the-Pooh, one of which is initialled by the artist. "'Let's have a look,' said...
4 pen and ink drawings on artist's board (largest 75 × 80 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed together. Excellent condition. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. (From 'The Little White Bird'). 1906
£50,000
First edition, out-of-series from the deluxe signed limited edition of 500 copies, a special copy for presentation from the artist to the author, with an original watercolour drawing...
Quarto. Bound for presentation in original vellum, titles and decoration to front cover and spine gilt, original yellow silk ties, map to front endpaper, top edge... Read more
YEATS, W. B.
The Tower. 1928
£45,000
First edition, presentation copy, with the author's signed inscription in ink on the front free endpaper, "Lady Ottoline Morrell from WB Yeats June 22 1928", and signed by the author...
Octavo. Original green cloth, upper board and spine elaborately blocked after a design by Sturge Moore and titles gilt, all edges untrimmed. Custom green... Read more
YEATS, W. B.
Stories of Red Hanrahan. 1904
£45,000
First edition, presentation copy, with the author's signed inscription to the first leaf recto, "Lady Gregory from her friend W. B. Yeats, April 18, 1905." On the following leaf,...
Octavo. Original linen-backed blue boards, white paper title label to upper board and spine printed in black, blue endpapers. Custom blue morocco-backed slipcase and... Read more
YEATS, W. B.
October Blast. 1927
£45,000
First edition, presentation copy, with the author's signed inscription in the month of publication on the first blank: "Olivia Shakespear from WB Yeats August 1927". Olivia...
Octavo. Original blue grey boards with grey cloth spine, titles to upper board in black, titles to label on spine in black. Custom black morocco-backed slipcase and... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. 1924–28
£37,500
First editions, first impressions. Complete set of limited editions on handmade paper, each numbered and signed by the author and illustrator, from the same settings of type as the...
4 volumes, octavo. Original cloth backed boards, printed paper labels to upper boards. With the dust jackets. In a blue morocco solander case by the Chelsea Bindery.... Read more
TIMLIN, William Mitcheson.
The Arrival. 1923]
£37,500
Born in Northumberland, Timlin emigrated to South Africa, where he studied art and practised as an architect. The Ship That Sailed to Mars (1923) is his only published book, a...
Original watercolour on paper (image 270 × 247 mm; framed 615 × 540 mm). Together with two original leaves of accompanying calligraphic text: the contents... Read more
REED, Ethel, illustrator.
The Arabella and Araminta Stories 1895
£37,500
First Edition, limited edition large paper copy, one of fifteen copies only printed on Royal Japanese paper, containing original extra illustrations on the endpapers by Ethel Reed,...
Folio (439 × 298 mm). Publisher's floral cloth-covered boards, blue morocco backstrip lettered and dated in gilt, vellum tips. Housed in a cloth slipcase. Front... Read more
BECKETT, Samuel.
More Pricks Than Kicks. 1934
£37,500
First edition, first impression of the author's first published book of fiction (preceded only by the poem Whoroscope and his essay Proust). This is certainly Beckett's scarcest...
Octavo. Original tan cloth, titles to spine in blue, top edge stained tan. With the dust jacket. Housed in a quarter green morocco folding case. Pages just a little... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
The House at Pooh Corner. 1928
£35,000
Signed limited edition, large paper issue, number 1 of 20 copies printed on japon and bound in vellum, signed by both the author and the illustrator—the most luxurious and...
Small quarto. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Housed in an orange morocco slipcase and chemise. Illustrated throughout by E.... 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
MILNE, A. A.
Now We Are Six. 1927
£35,000
Signed limited edition, number 4 of 20 large-paper copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation leaf. The most luxurious and exclusive...
Octavo. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase with chemise. Illustrated throughout by Ernest H.... Read more
JOYCE, James.
Exiles. A Play In Three Acts. 1918
£32,500
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the half title page, "To Jacques Benoist-Mechin James Joyce 3. xi. 921 Paris". The recipient was...
Octavo. Bound by Douarin in contemporary three quarter blue morocco, marbled paper boards, titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Joints very lightly... Read more
