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BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters. 1883
£1,750
A particularly attractive illustrated edition in excellent condition and handsomely bound.
7 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in dark green half morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt.... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1905
£2,750
10 volumes, octavo. Bound in the publisher’s white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in green to spines and boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Complete with dust...
10 volumes, octavo. Bound in the publisher’s white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in green to spines and boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1924
£2,450
The Thornton edition.
12 volumes, octavo. Bound in half burgundy morocco, gilt titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, burgundy cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1898
£2,750
The Thornton Edition.
12 volumes, octavo. Bound in recent full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt,... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Novels. 1907
£2,500
The Thornton Edition. A complete collection of the Brontë sisters’ novels.
12 volumes, octavo. Contemporary pale blue half calf, burgundy and crimson morocco labels, spines gilt, raised bands, blue cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Shakespeare Head Brontë. 1932
£1,750
4 volumes, octavo, bound in recent full green morocco, two red labels, gilt titles and decoration to spines, gilt decorative border to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt...
4 volumes, octavo, bound in recent full green morocco, two red labels, gilt titles and decoration to spines, gilt decorative border to boards, marbled endpapers, top... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Shakespeare Head Brontë. 1931–38
£7,500
Limited to 1000 copies, this set is complete with the novels, biographies, correspondence, unpublished writings, poems and juvenilia.
20 volumes, octavo. Recent dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spines, contrasting brown morocco labels, single gilt rule to boards, marbled endpapers, top... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
The Works of the Sisters Brontë. 1893
£3,000
Large paper edition. Limited to 250 copies.
12 Volumes, octavo. Finely bound in recent green morocco, burgundy and brown labels, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed.... Read more
BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily & Anne.
[The novels of the Brontë Sisters; 1857–60
£7,500
First Collected Edition (A New Edition, later referred to as The Uniform Edition). The set comprises: Jane Eyre, by Currer Bell, 1857; Villette, by Currer Bell, 1857; Shirley, by...
7 volumes, small octavo. Finely bound to style in modern half calf, marbled sides and endpapers, spines richly gilt in compartments between raised bands, red title... Read more
BRONTË, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. 1931
£475
First Duckworth edition.
Quarto. Recent crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 12 wood engravings by Clare... Read more
BRONTË, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. 1991
£175
Octavo. Hand bound in full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt. Fine.
Octavo. Hand bound in full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt. Fine. Read more
BRONTË, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. 1931
£975
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
[BURGESS, Anthony] WILSON, John Burgess.
Sonatina in G Major. For Anne Field. 1952
£2,750
Holograph music manuscript comprising the complete Sonatina written by Burgess as a Christmas gift to his first wife. Titled and annotated by him and signed at the end with the rare...
Folio. Pp 6. White wove paper lined in six double staves, with plain front wrapper titled in ink by Burgess. Wire stitched. Housed in a blue cloth ribbon tied chemise... Read more
CAPOTE, Truman.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s. 1958
£2,500
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
(CHARLES) HRH The Prince of Wales.
Watercolours. 1991
£4,500
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the Prince of Wales “For Steve, with very best wishes for Xmas 1991 from Charles”. The Princess of Wales has added “and...
Oblong quarto. Original grey cloth, Prince of Wales coat of arms to front cover and titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more
CHESTERTON, G. K.
A Christmas Song for Three Guilds; and for Four Guilds; and the Dedication for the Ballad of the White Horse. 1929
£475
A well-conceived and executed project in calligraphy and illustration. Very much of its period, pleasingly stylised and employing a palette of soft but highly effective colours.
Quarto (300 × 240 mm). Original calligraphic MS with watercolour illustrations, in yellow cloth-backed paper-covered boards, watercolour illustration to the upper... Read more
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor; Percy Bysshe Shelley; John Keats.
The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats. Complete in one volume. 1829
£1,500
First edition, including the first collected edition of the poems of John Keats, with a memoir by Cyrus Redding. The memoir of Shelley is unsigned, but incorporates Mary Shelley's...
Octavo. Contemporary German or perhaps Danish dark green half roan, wide raised bands gilt, spine lettered in gilt in two compartments, marbled sides and edges, pale... Read more
(COSWAY-STYLE BINDING) THACKERAY, William Makepeace.
Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. 1848
£2,750
First edition. This copy has all the issue points traditionally associated with the first edition: the drop-head title in rustic lettering to p.1; the “Marquis of Steyne”...
Octavo (203 × 133 mm). Bound by Bayntun Rivière in recent red crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments with leaf sprays and flower tools between five... Read more
DAHL, Roald.
The Witches. 1983
£125
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. A clean and sharp copy in the dust jacket with just a touch of... Read more
DAHL, Roald.
The Witches. 1983
£625
Second printing. Inscribed by Roald Dahl “To Olivia with love Roald Dahl 6/10/85”. Winner of the 1983 Whitbread Award.
Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Spine bumped, small stain to fore edge, dust jacket just... Read more
DAVID, Elizabeth.
A Book of Mediterranean Food. 1958
£975
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
DE BERNIERES, Louis.
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. 1994
£475
First Edition, First Impression with the white boards. The author’s landmark novel.
Octavo. Original white boards, titles to spine in purple. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
DE BERNIERES, Louis.
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. 1994
£750
First Edition, First Impression with the white boards. Signed on the title page by Louis de Berniéres 1994. The author’s landmark novel.
Octavo. Original white boards, titles to spine in purple. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
DEIGHTON, Len.
Oú Est Le Garlic or Len Deighton’s Cook Book. 1965
£80
First edition, first impression. The best-selling author of 'Funeral in Berlin' and 'The Ipcress File' is also famous for his cookstrips in the 'Observer' - recipes and cooking tips...
Oblong octavo. Publisher’s stiff pictorial wrappers, With black and white illustrations throughout. Light rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy. Read more
DICKENS, Charles.
A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. 1922
£275
A facsimile of the first edition of Dickens’s first and most enduring Christmas gift book.
Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine and cover gilt, floral borders to boards blind stamped, edges gilt, green endpapers. With the dust jacket. 3... Read more
