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SHEPARD, Ernest Howard.
Original drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh, Kanga, Roo, Piglet and Rabbit. 1926
£110,000
The original drawing used for p. 98 of the first and subsequent editions of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh. Shepard's wife Florence was granddaughter of Ebenezer Landells, one of...
Original drawing in pen and ink on artist board. Image size approx. 10 × 15 cm; board size 14.5 × 27 cm. Read more
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit. [1901]
£80,000
First Edition, first impression, an exceptional copy, one of only 250 copies issued privately by Potter, preceding the reprint of February 1902 and the first trade edition of October...
Sextodecimo. Original grey paper boards, decoration and titles to upper board in black. Custom blue cloth slipcase and chemise. Coloured frontispiece and 41 text... Read more
ROWLING, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. 1997-99
£40,000
Proof copies of first editions, first impressions. Philosopher’s Stone inscribed on the dedication page “and for Norma, my chauffer & all round helper! J K...
3 vols. Original printed wrappers. Philosopher’s Stone, white with yellow band, titles to front cover and spine in black, with the proof dust jacket; Chamber...
(RACKHAM, Arthur) [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [1907]
£37,500
Limited edition of 1,130 numbered copies, of which 1,100 were for sale, with the last 30 reserved for presentation. Rackham was travelling when this book was published, and so it was...
Large quarto. Original white publisher’s cloth, with title and pictorial decoration to spine and front board gilt, decoration to back board blind, pictorial... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] 1924–1928
£29,500
First editions, first impressions, all signed by the author.
Four volumes, octavo. Original cloth, titles to spines and boards and ruling gilt, two volumes have gilt decoration to lower boards, decorative endpapers to three... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book; a book of favourites with new illustrations. 1933
£25,000
No. 7 of 10 special copies numbered and signed by Rackham, with an original full-page signed watercolour ("He bawled so loud that he made the whole house tremble") inserted after the...
Octavo (approx 227 × 155 mm). Bound for the publishers by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in green full morocco, spine lettered in gilt, compartments ruled around in gilt,... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] 1924–8
£22,500
First editions, first impressions.
4 works, octavo. Original cloth (blue, green, red and pink respectively), titles to spines gilt, rules and illustrations to boards gilt, top edges gilt. With the dust... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] 1924–8
£22,500
First editions, first impressions.
4 works, octavo. Original cloth (blue, green, red and pink respectively), titles to spines gilt, rules and illustrations to boards gilt, top edges gilt. With the dust... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. 1924-28
£21,000
Signed limited editions. All four are large paper numbered copies printed on handmade paper, specially bound, and signed by both the author and artist. The limitations vary: 100 for...
4 volumes, quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full morocco, in their respective published colours, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, multiple... Read more
[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866
£20,000
First published edition, in the earliest state with pale blue endpapers (rather than the more usual dark green), with inverted "S" in the last line of contents page. Famously, the...
Octavo. Original red cloth, gilt-stamped, spine gilt-lettered, edges gilt, Burn & Co binder's ticket on rear endpaper. Custom quarter red morocco solander box.... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
The House at Pooh Corner, with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. 1928
£18,500
Signed limited edition, large paper, no. 18 of 20 copies printed on japon and bound in vellum, signed by both the author and the illustrator – the most luxurious and exclusive...
Small quarto. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Custom red morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. Printed on japon. Illustrated... Read more
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SPYRI, Johanna
Heidi’s Early [Further] Experiences. A story for children and for those who love children. [c.1884]
£18,000
First English edition. Johanna Spyri began writing as a hobby, having her first story published pseudonymously in 1871. Throughout the 1870s she published several stories for adults...
2 volumes, octavo. Original green pictorial cloth, spines and front covers blocked in black and gilt, back covers with rules blocked in blind, gilt edges. Housed in a... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Horse and His Boy. With illustrations by Pauline Baynes. 1954
£18,000
First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page and with the ownership inscription of Lewis's biographer Walter Hooper on the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original grey boards, spine lettered in silver, map front endpapers. With the two-colour printed dust jacket. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander... Read more
LEWIS, C. S.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. 1952
£18,000
First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page and with the ownership inscription of Lewis's biographer Walter Hooper on the front free endpaper. Hooper was...
Octavo. Original pale blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, map front endpapers printed in blue. With the dust jacket printed in dark red, black and blue. Housed in a... Read more
(SHEPARD, Ernest H.) GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Wind in the Willows. 1931
£16,500
Limited large paper edition. No. 11 of 200 copies signed by Kenneth Grahame and E. H. Shepard.
Large octavo. Original grey boards with green cloth spine, titles to paper label to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. A... Read more
TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
The Lord of the Rings. 1954–5
£13,500
All First Editions First Impressions. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is certainly one of the most popular works of literature in the 20th century, containing richly rendered detail of...
3 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spines gilt, top edges stained red. With the dust jackets. Folding map by the author at end of each volume.... Read more
PEAKE, Mervyn.
Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor. 1939
£12,500
First Edition, First Impression, with a fine original pencil sketch by Peake on the front free endpaper, showing Captain Slaughterboard sitting on a rock holding a piece of paper....
Quarto. Original decorated paper boards with green cloth spine. With the Peake designed dust jacket printed in colours. Housed in a green quarter morocco solander box.... Read more
WHITE, E. B.
Stuart Little. 1945
£12,500
First edition, first printing, in first issue dust jacket with “Harper & Brothers” to foot of front flap. Inscribed on bookplate to pastedown by the author “For Carl...
Octavo. Original beige cloth, titles and illustrtion to front cover in green and orange, pictorial endpapers. With the colour printed dust jacket. Housed in a quarter... Read more
TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
The Hobbit 1937
£12,500
First Edition, First Impression in a First Issue dust jacket with the requisite ink correction to the “e” of “Dodgeson” on rear flap. Originally intended as a...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles and illustrations to upper board and spine in blue. With the Tolkien designed dust jacket. Housed in a green quarter morocco... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
The Peter Pan Portfolio … from “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens” … [1912]
£12,500
First edition, one of 500 copies signed by the publisher and the engraver. The only suite of Rackham's plates to be issued in an oversize portfolio format, with 12 of the artist's...
Elephant folio (19½ × 21½ ins). Original half japon laced at spine with later silk cord to style, green cloth boards, silk ties renewed to style. 12... Read more
COLLODI, Carlo.
The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio. 1892
£12,500
First edition in English. The London and New York editions are from the same sheets and both dated 1892, although the inscription here suggests that the London edition at least was...
Small octavo. Original patterned cloth printed in blue, patterned endpapers and edges to match. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. 1924–8
£12,000
First Editions, First Impressions.
4 volumes, octavo. Original cloth (blue, green, red and pink respectively), titles to spines gilt, rules and illustrations to boards gilt, top edges gilt. With the... Read more
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SPYRI, Johanna
Heidi’s Early [Further] Experiences. A story for children and for those who love children. [c.1884]
£10,000
First English edition. Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre was originally published by Perthes Gotha, in 1880. The book was an instant success and Spyri followed it up with a sequel in...
2 volumes, octavo. Original green pictorial cloth, spines and front covers blocked in black and gilt, back covers with rules blocked in blind, gilt edges. Housed in a... Read more
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1883
£10,000
First edition, first issue of Stevenson’s classic adventure tale, with the following points: “dead man’s chest” not capitalized on pages 2 or 7; the first letter...
Octavo. Original scarled cloth, covers ruled in blind, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, black coated endpapers. Frontispiece map printed in three colours. Bookplate... Read more
LANG, Andrew.
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
