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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 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
(DETMOLD, Edward J.) AESOP.
The Fables of Aesop. n. d.
£425
First Detmold edition.
Quarto. Recent green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With twenty-three mounted colour plates, and... Read more
DICKENS, Charles.
A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. 1956
£375
A facsimile of the first edition of Dickens's first and most enduring Christmas gift book which was first published in 1843.
Octavo. Finely bound by Lauriat's of Boston in crimson half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, matching cloth boards, marble endpapers, top edge gilt. With 4... Read more
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DICKENS, Charles.
The Adventures of Oliver Twist [bound together with] A Tale of Two Cities. [n.d. c. 1890]
£350
A very handsomely bound volume from the collected works of Dickens.
2 volumes bound in 1, octavo (212 × 135 mm). Contemporary green morocco, spine and panelling to boards elaborately gilt, marbled endpapers, turn-ins and all edges... Read more
[DISNEY, Walt]
Original artwork: the Wicked Queen running through a rain-swept forest, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. c. late1930s
£375
A storyboard design taken from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, originally released as Disney's first full-length animated motion picture in 1937. An illustration possibly used for a...
Approx. 8 x 12 inches. Original artwork in black ink and black and grey wash with whitening on drawing board. A fine drawing of the wicked queen disguised as an old... Read more
(DISNEY, Walt) TAYLOR, Deems.
Fantasia. 1940
£1,500
First edition, first printing.
Folio. Original grey cloth, titles to spine and upper board in blue, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout. Bookplate and donation... Read more
[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1898
£875
Eighty-seventh thousand.
Octavo. Finely bound by Riviere & Sons in crimson crushed morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, decoration to turn-ins, marbled endpapers,... Read more
[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1893
£500
Thirty-eighth thousand. People's edition.
Octavo (175 × 117 mm). Contemporary crimson calf, green morocco label, decoration to spine, roll to front board gilt and in blind, crest to front board, roll to... 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 crimson morocco, titles and Alice motifs to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, Alice devices to boards, twin... Read more
DU MAURIER, Daphne.
Frenchman's Creek. 1941
£1,250
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers,... Read more
DU MAURIER, Daphne.
Rebecca. 1938
£2,750
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the Book Society bookplate specially created for this title.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. Cloth rubbed and marked, spine a little rolled and faded, spotting to edges... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) COUCH, Arthur Quiller.
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French. [1910]
£675
First Dulac trade edition.
Quarto. Original brick red morocco-grain cloth, titles and cherub decorations in compartments to spine gilt, elaborate foliate decoration to upper board in gilt and... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) KHAYYÁM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. [1909]
£475
First Dulac edition. A handsomely bound copy.
Quarto. Contemporary green quarter morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 20 tipped in... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) Stevenson Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1927
£475
First Dulac edition.
Octavo. Recent tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 colour plates and 21 black and white... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) Stevenson Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1927
£475
First Dulac edition.
Octavo. Recent red morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 colour plates and 21 black and white... Read more
(DULAC) HOUSMAN, Laurence.
Stories from the Arabian Nights. [1907]
£475
Second edition, printed one month after the first.
Quarto. Recent terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 50 mounted colour plates,... Read more
DUMAS, Alexandre.
The Three Musketeers. 1894
£650
First published in English in 1846. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo, 2 volumes (183 × 119 mm). Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in red half calf, black morocco labels, decoration to spines in compartments, raised... Read more
ELIOT, George.
Daniel Deronda. 1876
£375
First edition. A handsomely bound set.
4 volumes, octavo (167 × 117 mm). Contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, marbled sides, edges, and endpapers. Lightly... Read more
Engraved by BAXTER, George, 1804-1867
The Day Before Marriage/ The Lovers Letter Box 1854.
£800
The Day before Marriage is from a painting by Fanny Corbaux. The Lovers Letter Box is after Jessie McLeod (active 1850s). Sold as a pair. Baxter is regarded as the "Inventor" of...
Baxter print. Very good condition. Size: 26.5 x 37.5 cm. (10½ x 15 inches) Read more
ESSOE, Gabe.
Tarzan of the Movies. [1968]
£80
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper "Best wishes Gabe Essoe."
Quarto. Original black boards, titles to spine in red. With the dust jacket. With black and white photographs. Mild rubbing to lower edge of front board, an excellent... Read more
FARJEON, Eleanor.
Love Affair. 1947
£50
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the half-title "Dearest Edith from her loving Nellie Christmas 1947" along with the author's...
Small octavo. Original purple cloth, titles to spine in silver, pictorial block to front board in silver and in red, pictorial endpapers. With black and white... Read more
FARJEON, Eleanor.
The Mulberry Bush. 1945
£75
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper "A Happy Birthday To Miriam from her loving Great Aunt Nellie. Dec. 31st...
Small octavo. Original white cloth, titles to spine crimson, pictorial decoration to front board crimson. With the dust jacket. A very good copy in the dust jacket... Read more
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
Tender is the Night. 1934
£750
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Original dark green cloth, titles to spine gilt. Contemporary ownership inscription of the academic E. C. Nef to front free endpaper,bookshop ticket to rear... Read more
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby. 1925
£3,250
First edition, first printing, first state with "chatter" p.60:16, "northern" p.119:22, "sick in tired" p.205:9-10, and "Union Street station" p. 211:7-8. Rare in such excellent...
Octavo. Original dark green cloth, titles to spine gilt and to upper board in blind. Housed in a dark blue full morocco solander box by The Chelsea Bindery. Only... Read more
