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FORESTER, C. S.
The African Queen. 1935
£1,650
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, dark green endpapers,... Read more
GREENE, Graham.
The Confidential Agent. 1939
£1,650
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled... Read more
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
The Swoop! 1909
£1,650
First edition, first impression. Very scarce indeed. This particular copy found its way to us in a parlous state - no wrappers signatures shaky. And now it lives again!
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and rules to spine gilt, rules to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all... Read more
FITZGERALD, Zelda.
Save Me The Waltz. 1932
£1,650
First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles... Read more
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Of Human Bondage. [1915]
£1,650
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy... Read more
GOLDING, William.
Lord of The Flies. 1954
£1,650
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to... Read more
FORESTER, C. S.
Nelson. 1929
£1,650
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and ship motif to spine, raised bands, single rule to board, inner dentelles, burgundy... Read more
WOOLF, Virginia.
Jacob's Room. 1922
£1,650
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
The Mysterious Mr. Quin. 1930
£1,575
First Edition, First Impression.
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
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Liberalism and the social problem. 1909
£1,500
First Edition, first impression of this uncommon title which collects speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase, addressing such issues as the conciliation of South...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tools in compartments, raised bands, single rule to boards, dark... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Liberalism and the social problem. 1909
£1,500
First Edition, First Impression of this uncommon title which collects speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase, addressing such issues as the conciliation of South...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tool in compartments, raised bands, signature block to front board,... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Ian Hamilton's March. 1900
£1,500
First Edition, First Impression, the second of Churchill's two books describing his daring exploits during the South African War.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tool in compartments, single rule to boards, signature block to front... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. 1900
£1,500
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tool in compartments, single rule to boards, signature block to front... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Green Hills of Africa. 1935
£1,500
First Edition, First Printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt,... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) KHAYYÁM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. [1909]
£1,500
First Dulac edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial block to the front... Read more
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset.
Of Human Bondage. 1915
£1,500
First UK edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, cream... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. 1900
£1,500
First UK Edition. The US printing preceded the English but the latter is a decidedly less common book and more appealing to boot.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Arms and the Covenant. 1938
£1,500
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tools in compartments, raised bands, roll to turn-ins, marbled... Read more
CONRAD, Joseph.
Almayer's Folly. 1895
£1,500
First Edition, First Issue of Conrad's first book. Inscribed by Arthur Symons to his daughter on the front free endpaper "Amy from Arthur Xmas -1895." There is also a neat previous...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, burgundy... Read more
BEERBOHM, Max.
A Book of Caricatures. 1907
£1,500
First Edition, First Impression.
Folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. 49 plates. A fine copy. Read more
(BRANSOM, Paul) COOPER, Frederic Taber.
An Argosy of Fables. 1921
£1,500
Large Paper Edition of 365 copies of which this is number 22 signed by the illustrator.
Large octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed.... Read more
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Brideshead Revisited. 1945
£1,500
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, plain green... Read more
(NIELSEN, Kay) ANDERSEN, Hans.
Fairy Tales. 1924
£1,500
First US Edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
GREENE, Graham.
Brighton Rock. 1938
£1,500
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, black... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries. 1937
£1,500
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers,... Read more
