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DAVID, Elizabeth.
A Book of Mediterranean Food. 1958
£1,250
Second edition with revisions.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. The occasional... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
A Child's Garden of Verses. 1885
£1,750
First Edition, First Impression.
Small 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... Read more
(NASH, Paul) SHAKESPEARE, William.
A Midsommer Nights Dreame. 1924
£2,750
The Players' Shakespeare, limited to 106 copies. Signed by the art editor Albert Rotherston, the illustrator Paul Nash, and the introduction writer Harley Granville-Barker.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, motif to front board, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) SHAKESPEARE, William.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. 1939
£1,450
Limited to 1,950 numbered copies. Rackham never signed this edition.
Small folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent full blue morocco, gilt titles and two raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, gilt motif to front... Read more
[ROBINSON, W. Heath] SHAKESPEARE, William.
A Midsummer-Night's Dream 1914
£3,500
Signed Limited Edition of 250 copies, of which this is number 203.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block... Read more
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man. 1916
£3,000
First edition, first printing. Due at least in part to the adverse reception of the Egoist serialisation of A Portrait, no English printer would print the book for fear of...
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
JOYCE, James.
A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man. 1916
£2,200
First edition, English issue from American sheets. Joyce's first novel was published in America by Huebsch from whom Harriet Shaw Weaver, the proprietor of the Egoist Press,...
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
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
A Streetcar Named Desire. 1947
£1,375
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles to spine, two raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
A Wonder Book. [1922]
£4,500
First Rackham edition, signed "With every good wish from Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Rackham, Jan. 1925", above a small drawing initialled and dated "AR 13.1.25."
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, title and pictorial... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
A Wonder Book. [1922]
£3,850
First Rackham Edition Limited Issue. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist. The intricate, multicoloured onlay reproduces the plate opposite page 130 where Hercules pursued...
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, magnificent onlay to upper... Read more
DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel.
Adventures of Don Quixote de La Mancha; [c.1890.]
£175
Part of Beeton's boy's own library series.
2 volumes, octavo (204 × 134 mm). Contemporary dark blue half calf, red and black morocco labels, decoration to bands, purple cloth boards, cream endpapers,... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 1885
£3,850
First American Edition, first issue, first state. Huckleberry Finn was the first book issued by Clemens's own publishing company, Charles L. Webster. Like most of his previous books,...
Square octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, rules to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866
£6,000
First London edition.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt on green morocco lables, double rule, Alice and the Cheshire Cat motifs to boards... 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
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on The Great Plains. 1899
£4,750
Signed limited edition of 1000 copies; signed by the author below the portrait frontispiece.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, dark... Read more
ROBINSON, W. Heath.
Bill The Minder. 1912
£2,750
Signed Limited Edition of 380 copies, of which this number 167.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, gilt titles, box design and raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, gilt titles and pictorial... Read more
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Black Mischief. 1932
£1,650
First Large Paper Edition, limited to 250 copies of which this is number 227. Signed by the author.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, triple rule to... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Book of Pictures. 1913
£2,500
Signed limited edition, one of 1030 copies signed by Rackham.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial title block to front... Read more
CAPOTE, Truman.
Breakfast at Tiffany's. 1958
£2,750
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in pink morocco, black morocco title label, title to spine silver, black leather onlay silhouette of Audrey Hepburn as... Read more
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Brideshead Revisited. 1946
£4,125
First US edition. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper "For the Children of Mary, Waltham Cross 3rd Dec 1949", no doubt a donation to raise...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, dark green... 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
(BULL, René) MÉRIMÉE, Prosper.
Carmen. 1915
£1,375
First René Bull Edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, title to front boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt,... Read more
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
JAMES, P. D.
Cover Her Face. 1962
£1,650
First edition, first impression. The author's scarce first book, introducing Detective Inspector Dalgliesh.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in royal blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled... Read more
MILLER, Arthur.
Death of a Salesman. 1949
£1,250
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles to spine, twin bands, twin rule to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. Read more
