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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
GOULD, John.
The Mammals of Australia. 1863
£165,000
A superb copy of the first edition of Gould's work on the Mammals of Australia. Gould's interest in Australia was piqued by specimens sent back by his wife's brothers who had settled...
3 volumes folio (555 × 365 mm). Contemporary green half morocco on matching pebble-grained boards by Blunson & Co., spines divided into in seven compartments with... Read more
ROBERTS, David.
Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot … 1846–49
£165,000
First edition in the preferred deluxe coloured format of "one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and it was the apotheosis of the tinted...
3 volumes, large folio (595 × 430 mm). Contemporary blue hard-grain half morocco on matching pebble-grained cloth, title gilt to spines, spines gilt in... 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
SHAKESPEARE, William.
Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. 1685
£140,000
Fourth folio, and the last of the 17th-century editions of Shakespeare's works, edited by John Heminge (d. 1630) and Henry Condell (d. 1627), the seven plays added by Philip Chetwin...
Folio (356 × 230 mm). Nineteenth-century burgundy crushed morocco by Maltby of Oxford, spine richly gilt in compartments, sides ruled in gilt and with gilt... Read more
SHELLEY, Mary.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In three volumes. 1818
£135,000
First edition of Mary Shelley's masterpiece of Gothic horror and early polemic against the hubris of modern science. Written when Mary Shelley was only nineteen, Frankenstein is not...
3 volumes, 12mo (177 × 107 mm). Contemporary calf, covers ruled in gilt with a single fillet, smooth spines, black morocco labels, gilt lozenge motifs in... Read more
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
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
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 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
AUSTEN, Jane.
Sense and Sensibility: a novel. In three volumes. By a Lady. 1811
£100,000
First edition of Jane Austen's first published novel, scarce thus in the original boards, and with a distinguished provenance. From the libraries of Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet...
3 volumes, duodecimo. Uncut in the original publisher's boards, original pink paper labels on spines, skilfully rebacked preserving most of the original spines.... Read more
SWIFT, Jonathan.
Travels into several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. 1726
£95,000
First edition, published on 28 October 1726 at the price of 8s. 6d. Swift had completed a full rough draft of his masterpiece by August 1725, and brought it over to England the...
2 volumes, octavo (194 × 120 mm). Contemporary tan panelled calf, red morocco labels, red sprinkled edges. Frontispiece portrait of Gulliver in the second state... Read more
JOYCE, James.
Ulysses. 1922
£85,000
First edition, first impression, one of 750 printed on handmade paper. The first edition of Ulysses is a notoriously vulnerable production. An uncommonly long work to begin with and...
Small quarto. Original blue wrappers, titles to upper wrapper in white, all edges untrimmed. Housed in a blue cloth solander box. Some minimal rubbing to the edges,... Read more
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit. [1901]
£80,000
First edition, first impression, an exceptional copy, one of only 250 copies issued privately by Potter, preceding the reprint of February 1902 and the first trade edition of October...
Sextodecimo. Original grey paper boards, decoration and titles to upper board in black. Custom blue cloth slipcase and chemise. Coloured frontispiece and 41 text... Read more
COOK, Captain James.
An Account of the Voyages … for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere…; 1773–88
£75,000
Second–first–third editions of the three voyages, traditionally considered the best edition for each of the three voyages; the largest possible copies of the text volumes,...
Together 10 volumes: 9 quarto text volumes and folio atlas. The text volumes uniformly bound and consecutively numbered in English Regency half calf, spines... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 1876
£67,500
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
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
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. 1916
£65,000
First edition, first printing. A superb example of one of the legendary rarities of twentieth-century literature. Due at least in part to the adverse reception of the Egoist...
Octavo. Original blue linen, titles to upper board in blind and to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. In a quarter blue morocco box. An exceptional copy in the little... 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
BECKETT, Samuel.
Murphy. 1938
£62,500
First edition, first impression, first issue binding with the smooth green cloth and gilt titles, one of no more than 718 copies thus. Beckett's first novel is recognized now as one...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. Top edge very... Read more
(KELMSCOTT PRESS) CHAUCER, Geoffrey.
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted. 1896
£60,000
First Kelmscott edition, one of 425 copies on paper. The book was originally issued in either the standard Kelmscott binding of quarter holland boards or in full pigskin by the Doves...
Folio. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full pigskin over heavy reverse bevelled boards, raised bands and headcaps, compartments ruled in gilt, gilt lettered in... 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
LOCKE, John.
An Essay concerning Humane Understanding. 1690
£50,000
First edition, the Holt issue (traditionally considered the first), with two emendations in the author's hand. Locke worked for nearly two decades on his investigation of "the...
Folio (317 × 193 mm). Contemporary mottled calf, red morocco label, spine gilt in compartments with intersecting semicircles infilled with flower tools, etc.... Read more
