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A. A. MILNE & E. H. SHEPARD.
The Winnie-the-Pooh Collection 2011
£20
Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and sale of the most comprehensive collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books and artwork ever assembled. Including more than one hundred items...
Quarto (27 × 21 cm). Matt laminated card wrappers. 95 items offered for sale. Fully illustrated in colour. New. Read more
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A. A. MILNE & E. H. SHEPARD.
The Winnie-the-Pooh Collection [Collectors Edition] 2011
£75
Signed limited edition, deluxe format, one of 100 copies numbered and signed by the collector and American football legend, Pat McInally. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and...
Quarto (27 × 21 cm). Original blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. 95 items offered for sale. Fully illustrated in colour. New. Read more
ABOUT, Edmond.
Madelon. 1863
£100
First Edition. With the author's signed presentation inscription to an early blank leaf, "A mon bon ami Verteuil, Edm. About".
Large octavo. Bound preserving the original wrappers in early half green morocco, marbled paper boards and endpapers, decoration and titles to spine gilt, raised... Read more
ACKERLEY, J. R.
The Prisoners of War. A Play in Three Acts. 1925
£1,875
First edition, first impression, hardback issue. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "For my dear George 'Conrad', with my admiration &...
Octavo. Original orange cloth, printed paper label to spine. With the supplied dust jacket. Some minor spotting to fore edge, terminal leaves lightly browned, spine... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
The Microcosm of London [1808–10]
£7,500
First edition, early issue with a number of the plates in their first state. The plates are from drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) and Augustus Pugin (1762–1832)....
3 volumes, quarto (332 × 265 mm). Contemporary brown calf rebacked, spines gilt in compartments, green and red morocco labels, floral roll and cornerpieces to... Read more
ACKROYD, Peter.
Notes for a New Culture. 1976
£250
First Edition, First Impression. Signed by the author on the title page. Scarce.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the slightly frayed dust jacket a little faded at the spine. Read more
ACTON, Harold.
Autograph manuscript: "Poems 1925". 1930
£4,750
With the author's 3-page autograph letter presenting this manuscript to Sir Robert Abdy, with the recipient's small bookplate to the front pastedown. Acton alludes to Abdy's gift of...
Octavo. Original batik-patterned green wrappers printed in black and gold. In a matching card slipcase. In excellent condition. Read more
ACTON, Harold.
The Bourbons of Naples (1734 -1825). 1956
£225
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Shirley and George Komrower a little souvenir of bliss from Harold...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine in silver, top edge stained red. Illustrated. Hinges starting, but a very good copy. Read more
ACTON, Harold.
The Bourbons of Naples (1734 -1825). 1956
£95
First Edition, First Impression. Elegant study of the Neapolitan branch of the House of Bourbon and in particular the intrigues of the Napoleonic period, and the involvement of the...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine, Bourbon crest to the upper board, pale ghost of red top-stain. With the jacket. Portrait frontispiece and 15 other... Read more
ACTON, Harold.
The Last Bourbons of Naples (1825-1861). 1961
£450
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "For dearest Arthur and Beryl with the fondest love of ancient Aroldo"....
Octavo. Original blue cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine in silver, top edge stained red. With the dust jacket. Illustrated. Slight discolouration... Read more
ACTON, Harold.
The Last Medici. 1932
£150
First UK Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original green cloth, decoration and titles to spine gilt, top edge stained red. With the dust jacket. Illustrated. Bookplate to front pastedown but an... Read more
ACTON, Harold, & Lee Yi-Hsieh (transl.)
Four Cautionary Tales. With a preface by Arthur Waley. 1947
£200
First edition, first impression. With Acton's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original yellow cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Bookshop sticker to rear pastedown but a superb copy in the dust jacket. Read more
ADAMS, Douglas.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. 1984.
£175
First Edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author 'To Gerry, Best wishes, Douglas Adams, 8 xii 84.
Octavo. Original black cloth, with titles to spine in silver. With holographic dust jacket. Book and dust jacket fine. Read more
ADAMS, Douglas.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 1979
£325
First edition, first impression, of Adams's landmark first book.
Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the spine faded dust jacket. Read more
ADAMS, Douglas.
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life the Universe and Everything; So Long and Thanks for all the Fish; Mostly Harmless. 1979-92
£1,750
First Editions, First Impressions.
Octavo, 5 volumes. Original boards, titles to spines in silver or gilt. With the dust jacket. A lovely set in dust jackets that are at least very good to near fine.... Read more
ADAMS, John Quincy.
Memoirs. 1874-1877
£3,500
First editions, first printings. Adams was the son of the second President of the United States of America. He, himself served as Secretary of State before becoming the sixth...
12 volumes, octavo. Recent brown morocco, twin morocco labels burgundy and dark green, decoration to spines, single roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt,... Read more
ADAMS, Joseph Quincy.
Shakespearean Playhouses. c.1920
£125
Octavo (200 ×138 mm). Contemporary crimson half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, matching cloth boards, plain endpapers, top edge gilt. With a folding map...
Octavo (200 ×138 mm). Contemporary crimson half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, matching cloth boards, plain endpapers, top edge gilt. With... Read more
ADAMS, Richard.
The Girl in a Swing. 1980
£250
First edition, first impression, the suppressed first issue with the female character's name given as Käthe. Inscribed by the author on the title page "To Julia Briggs the...
Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Small bumps to top edge and lower corner. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed jacket... Read more
ADCOCK, A. St. John.
For Remembrance. Soldier Poets who have fallen in the War. 1920
£200
Considerably expanded and with 6 extra portraits, this edition followed two years after the first. An excellent anthology, includes Brooke, Grenfell, and Thomas, and many others less...
Octavo. Original turquoise cloth, title gilt to the spine and upper board, together with laurel wreath and sunrise device in black. With the dust jacket. Tipped-in... Read more
ADCOCK, St. John.
The Glory That Was Grub Street. [c.1925]
£150
First published in 1923.
Octavo. Original brown boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, fore-edge... Read more
ADDISON, Joseph.
The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose. 1765
£210
4 volumes, octavo. Contemporary full dark tan calf, black and crimson morocco title labels, raised bands, title and floral decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards...
4 volumes, octavo. Contemporary full dark tan calf, black and crimson morocco title labels, raised bands, title and floral decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule... Read more
[ADDISON, Joseph, & Richard Steele]
The Spectator. 1776
£375
A later edition of one of the first British periodicals, it was published daily in 1711 and 1712. Appealling to the growing numbers of middle class traders and shop keepers in...
8 volumes, octavo (171 × 100 mm). Contemporary tan calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, red and green labels. Engraved frontispieces to each volume.... Read more
[ADDISON, Joseph, & Richard Steele]
The Spectator. 1712
£750
An early set of The Spectator in an attractive period calf binding. The Spectator was one of the first British periodicals, originally published daily in 1711 and 1712. Appealing to...
8 volumes, octavo (194 × 122 mm). Contemporary pale calf, titles and elaborate decoration to spines, raised bands, panelled boards, marbled endpapers. Bookplate... Read more
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[ADDISON, Joseph; Richard Steele; & others].
The Spectator [together with] The Tatler. 1793 & 1797
£500
A nice set of the leading 18th-century English periodicals. The Spectator comprises eight volumes, The Tatler four.
12 volumes, octavo (204 × 125 mm). Contemporary tan quarter calf, burgundy and black morocco labels, decoration to boards in blind with gilt rules to bands,... Read more
A.E.
Song and Its Fountains. 1932
£1,250
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's fine presentation inscription and original pastel drawing to the front free endpaper, "To my dear Osborn Bergin who will forgive...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to upper board and spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Mild browning to two pages but an excellent copy in the rather tanned dust... Read more
