First editions & rare books bound by the Chelsea Bindery - Page 1 of 15

(COSWAY STYLE BINDING) FRANKAU, Julia.

The Story of Emma, Lady Hamilton. 1911

£22,500

Limited to 250 copies signed by the author.

Folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full navy blue morocco, with a portrait of Horatio Nelson in the centre of the front board surrounded by a further 12... Read more

Complete set of Harry Potter Collector's Edition Deluxe.

ROWLING, J. K.

Complete set of Harry Potter Collector's Edition Deluxe. 1999–2007

£22,500

First Deluxe Editions. Signed by J. K. Rowling on the dedication page of Philosopher's Stone.

7 volumes, large octavo. All finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full morocco in their original colours of red, blue, green, purple, maroon, navy blue and black.... Read more

(COSWAY-STYLE BINDING) SLOANE, William Milligan.

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1896

£18,500

First edition. William Milligan Sloane was professor of history at Princeton University, and editor of both the Political Science Quarterly and the American Historical Review.

4 volumes, large quarto (294 × 207 mm). Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco; spines gilt in compartments with Napoleonic devices between... Read more

Complete set of the Bond novels and stories.

FLEMING, Ian.

Complete set of the Bond novels and stories. 1953-66

£17,500

First editions, first impressions. Complete set of all the original Bond novels starting with Casino Royale (1953) and ending with Octopussy (1966).

14 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, spines and covers blocked in red, silver, gold and blind after the original cloth cover... Read more

DOYLE, Arthur Conan.

A Study in Scarlet. 1888

£17,500

First edition in book form, second issue (with the first and last signatures reset), of Conan Doyle's first book, the first appearance in book form of Sherlock Holmes.

Octavo (170 × 111 mm). Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, triple rule to... Read more

TOLKIEN, J. R. R.

The Lord of the Rings. 1954–5

£12,500

First editions, first impressions. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most influential literary works of the century. Its first reception was mixed: favourable and...

3 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, "Eye of Sauron" to front boards gilt, marbled... Read more

[Complete set of the Philip Marlowe novels.]

CHANDLER, Raymond.

[Complete set of the Philip Marlowe novels.] 1938-58

£10,000

All first editions, first printings. Chandler's first four novels were first published in America; the last three appeared first in the UK.

7 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, titles and decoration to spines, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, dark blue endpapers,... Read more

FORESTER, C. S.

[The complete Hornblower:] 1937–62

£10,000

All first editions, first impressions, signed by the author on the title page of The Happy Return. Forester (real name Cecil Smith) was called to Hollywood to write a pirate film,...

10 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and ship motifs to spines, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

The Second World War. 1948–54

£9,750

First editions, first impressions. Signed and dated 1950 by Churchill to the half-title of volume 2.

6 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles gilt to spines, raised bands, single ruled gilt panel to compartments with rampant... Read more

[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.

The Nursery Alice. 1890

£9,750

Second (First Published) Edition. With "PRICE FOUR SHILLINGS" on the title page. With the author's presentation inscription to the half title page, "For Margery, from the author,...

Small quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, decorations to boards gilt, two raised bands, titles to spine gilt, with inset coloured onlay to... Read more

A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' entertainments,

(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.

A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' entertainments, 1885–88

£9,750

First edition, the authentic Benares edition, issued in a limited subscription of 1,000 copies. Richard Burton's celebrated translation "has become the pre-eminent English...

16 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, inset burgundy morocco panels to... Read more

LANG, Andrew (ed.)

The Fairy Books: 1889–1910

£9,750

A complete set of First Editions. Lang, poet, scholar and journalist, devoted most of his life to the compilation of traditional Fairy stories from around the world from both the...

12 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, coloured label (each colour reflecting the respective titles), decoration spines gilt,... Read more

Complete Set of Large Paper Fairy Books.

LANG, Andrew (ed.)

Complete Set of Large Paper Fairy Books. 1889–98

£8,500

All Large Paper editions. Limited to 73 / 113 (Blue); 50 / 113 (Red); 140 / 150 (Green); 72 /140 (Yellow); 123 / 150 (Poetry); 53 / 75 (Arabian Nights). Only the first four Fairy...

6 volumes, large octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full morocco (in the respective colours, Poetry in light blue, Arabian Nights in light green), titles... Read more

JOYCE, James.

Ulysses. 1934

£7,500

First American edition, sixth printing. Signed and dated by the author, "James Joyce / Paris / le 14 Juin, 1934". Copies of any American edition of Joyce's books are rare in signed...

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.