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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. View Details Add to Wishlist

BAUM, L. Frank.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 1900

£4,950

First edition, second issue with the title page correctly dated 1900.

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, title decoration and raised bands to spine gilt, rules to boards gilt, pictorial decoration to front... Read more

The World Crisis.1911–1918. View Details Add to Wishlist

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

The World Crisis.1911–1918. 1931

£1,500

First one-volume edition, abridged & revised, which contains an extra chapter on the Battle of the Marne not previously printed. This for many is the more manageable version of what...

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tool in compartments, raised bands, single rule to boards, signature... Read more

They Shoot Horses, Don't They. View Details Add to Wishlist

McCOY, Horace.

They Shoot Horses, Don't They. 1935

£1,500

First edition, first printing. McCoy's first book - brilliantly filmed.

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in pale tan morocco, titles blocked to spine in black over an onlaid brown morocco strip, vertical stripes onlaid to front... Read more

Thoughts and Adventures. View Details Add to Wishlist

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

Thoughts and Adventures. 1932

£1,500

First Edition, First Impression.

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, rule to boards, signature block to front board, inner... Read more

Thoughts and Adventures. View Details Add to Wishlist

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

Thoughts and Adventures. 1932

£1,500

First edition, first impression.

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, rule to boards, signature block to front board, inner... Read more

Travels in Arabia Deserta. View Details Add to Wishlist

(LAWRENCE, T. E.) DOUGHTY, Charles M.

Travels in Arabia Deserta. 1936

£2,250

New and definitive edition, first impression. First published in 1886, this reissue with a new preface by Doughty and an introduction by T. E. Lawrence found a new generation of...

2 volumes, large octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, rules to turn-ins,... Read more

Under The Net. View Details Add to Wishlist

MURDOCH, Iris.

Under The Net. 1954

£1,375

First edition, first impression.

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine gilt, twin rule to turn-ins, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. Read more

Undine. View Details Add to Wishlist

(RACKHAM, Arthur) DE LA MOTTE FOUQUÉ, [Friedrich Heinrich].

Undine. 1909

£2,950

Signed Limited Edition. Copy number 576 of 750 numbered copies signed by the artist.

Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full navy blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, multi-rule to boards gilt, magnificent onlay... Read more

Venus and Adonis. View Details Add to Wishlist

SHAKESPEARE, William.

Venus and Adonis. 1905

£1,800

Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies.

Quarto. 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

Voyaging Southward from The Strait of Magellan. View Details Add to Wishlist

KENT, Rockwell.

Voyaging Southward from The Strait of Magellan. 1926

£1,925

Third printing. First published in 1924. Inscribed in pencil on the dedication page to his travelling companion "To my friend Mat Horwitt this "voyage" (so far the only one we've...

Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy... Read more

Wall and Water Gardens. View Details Add to Wishlist

JEKYLL, Gertrude.

Wall and Water Gardens. [1901]

£1,250

First edition, first impression.

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, decorative title block to spine and front board, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt... Read more

What's Become of Waring? View Details Add to Wishlist

POWELL, Anthony.

What's Become of Waring? 1939

£1,850

First edition, first impression. An innovative mystery featuring the putative disappearance of a travel writer and the writing of his life.

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, dark green... Read more

Wood and Garden. View Details Add to Wishlist

JEKYLL, Gertrude.

Wood and Garden. 1899

£1,250

First edition, first impression.

Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, decorative title block to spine and front board, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt... Read more

Wuthering Heights. View Details Add to Wishlist

BRONTË, Emily.

Wuthering Heights. 1931

£1,250

First Duckworth edition.

Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, inner dentelles gilt, black endpapers, top edge gilt. With 12... Read more

Yankee Doodle. An Old Friend in a New Dress. View Details Add to Wishlist

(PYLE, Howard)

Yankee Doodle. An Old Friend in a New Dress. 1881

£1,375

First Edition.

Quarto, pp. 30. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, two raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more

[Complete set of the Philip Marlowe novels.] View Details Add to Wishlist

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

[The complete Hornblower:] View Details Add to Wishlist

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