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WODEHOUSE, P. G.
The Swoop! 1909
£575
First edition, first impression. Very scarce indeed.
Octavo. Bound without wrappers, half title and frontispiece in recent japon backed green boards, titles to spine gilt. Illustrations. Worming to first half of the... 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
WILLIAMS, Margery.
The Velveteen Rabbit Or How Toys Become Real. [1922]
£3,750
First US edition with the first issue sheets from the English edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in pale tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine in black, pictorial onlay of the Velveteen Rabbit to front board,... Read more
WILDE, Oscar.
Intentions. 1891
£7,500
First edition. Of 1,500 copies printed, this copy one of 900 for UK (600 printed for US). Inscribed by Wilde on the copyright page "Roy, from his friend the author. June 91."
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, gilt titles and box design to spine, raised bands, gilt rules to boards, gilt inner dentelles, white... Read more
(WHITTINGTON, Dick)
The Life and Times of Dick Whittington: 1841
£1,500
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
WEST, Nathaniel.
The Complete Works. 1957
£1,375
First UK edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy plain endpapers, gilt... Read more
WELLS, H. G.
The Island of Doctor Moreau. 1896
£1,750
First edition, first impression. With the 32 pages of advertisements at the back.
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
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
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
TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
The Hobbit. 1937
£7,500
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers,... 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
THOMPSON, Winfield M., & Thomas W. Lawson.
The Lawson's History of The America's Cup. 1902
£1,750
First Edition. Limited to 3000 copies.
Large quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, triple raised bands, burgundy endpapers, twin rule to... 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
STEINBECK, John.
Of Mice and Men. 1937
£2,200
First edition, first issue with the words "and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula" printed as lines 20 and 21 on page 9, and bullet between the eights on page 88. 2500...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, roll to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A... Read more
STEINBECK, John.
The Grapes of Wrath. 1939
£1,375
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, inner dentelles, marbled... Read more
SPENSER, Edmund.
Prothalamion & Epithalamion. 1902
£1,250
This edition consists of 419 copies, 400 are numbered and for sale of which this is number 335.
Small folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full vellum, title block to front board gilt, plain cream endpapers, all edges gilt. With vignettes printed in red.... Read more
SMITH, Dodie.
The Hundred and One Dalmatians. 1956
£1,500
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in white morocco, with black onlay patches (imitating a Dalmatian's colouring), title to spine gilt, cream endpapers with... Read more
[SHEPARD, E. H.] PEPYS, Samuel.
Everybody's Pepys. 1926
£1,250
Signed limited edition of 350 copies of which this is number 211.
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. With... Read more
SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Poems and Sonnets. 1903
£1,500
Limited Edition of 400 copies of which this is number 123 printed on handmade paper.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled... Read more
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
SHACKLETON, Ernest Sir.
South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914–1917. 1919
£2,500
First edition, first impression. Shackleton embarked in 1914 on the Endurance to make the first traverse of the Antarctic continent; a journey of some 1800 miles from sea to sea. But...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine in silver, single rule to boards in silver, pictorial block of The... Read more
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SASSOON, Siegfried.
Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man; [together with] Memoirs of an Infantry Officer; [and] Sherston's Progress. 1928-36
£2,750
All First Editions, First Impressions.
3 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, triple rule to turn-ins gilt, plain coated endpapers, all edges... Read more
SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine de.
Night Flight. 1932
£2,750
First UK edition, first impression. Though Saint-Exupéry is most famous for his landmark children's book The Little Prince, Night Flight is his greatest literary work, a...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in royal blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine in silver, raised bands, single rule to boards with a single star in... 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] 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
