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(ARABIAN LITERATURE) MORIER, Sir James Justinian.
[Oriental romances; a collection of his fictional works in first edition.] 1824–47
£9,750
First editions of all nine works, including four presentation copies from the author, most inscribed "From the Author" at the head of title, but the sixth inscribed to Sir Robert...
9 works in 24 volumes. Bound in handsome uniform mottled calf by Rivière & Son, boards with small Greek key border in gilt, spines gilt in compartments with red... Read more
BECKETT, Samuel.
Watt. 1953
£9,750
First edition, first impression. One of just 25 lettered copies printed on handmade paper each signed by the author. The smallest limitation of any of the author's major works and a...
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. Wrappers a little toned, particularly to... Read more
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POWELL, Anthony.
[Dance to the Music of Time:] 1951–75
£9,750
First editions, first impressions.
12 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine set. Read more
BRONTË, Emily.
Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By the author of "Jane Eyre." 1848
£9,750
Second edition overall, and the first American edition, published in April 1848, at 75 cents. The second English edition was not published until December 1850. The first edition,...
Duodecimo. Publisher's plum wavy-grain cloth, covers with elaborate overall design blocked in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Cloth just a little worn at... Read more
BARRETT, Elizabeth Barrett.
Poems. 1844
£9,500
First edition, first issue, of the collection that made Elizabeth Barrett's fame, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "To Miss Heard, with the author's regards, August 1844"....
2 volumes, octavo (170 × 104 mm). Bound c. 1905 by John Grabau in dark blue morocco gilt, spines divided in six compartments by raised bands, gilt lettered in... Read more
DONNE, John.
Poems, By J. D. With elegies on the authors death. 1635
£9,500
Second edition, with the addition of 17 original poems by Donne not included in the first edition of 1633.
Small octavo (136 × 90 mm). 19th-century calf, red morocco spine label, date in gilt at foot, sides blind-panelled with fleur-de-lys design, bevelled edges,... Read more
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STEINBECK, John.
[The novels and short stories.] 1929–61
£9,500
First trade editions, first issues. A complete collection of the novels and short stories by the 1962 Nobel Prize winner for Literature: Cup of Gold, The Pastures of Heaven, To a God...
17 volumes. Octavo. Recent dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. An excellent set... Read more
HUGO, Victor.
Notre-Dame de Paris. 1831
£9,500
First edition, first impression. According to the publisher's own statement in the Journal des débats (10 May 1831), the first impression of 1,100 copies was separated into four...
2 volumes, octavo (220 × 137 mm). Uncut in contemporary quarter calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, black spine labels, sprinkled paper-covered boards,... Read more
JOYCE, James.
Ulysses. 1933
£9,500
Second Odyssey edition. Signed and dated by the author on the half title page of the first volume, "James Joyce Paris 6.iii.'35". Stuart Gilbert edited the text of this edition with...
2 volumes, octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in red. With the original card slipcase. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander box. Some light marks to the... Read more
GERSHWIN, George.
Porgy and Bess. 1935
£9,500
First edition, first printing, limited issue being one of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by George and Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward, and Rouben Mamoulian.
Quarto. Original red hard-grained morocco, top edge silver, Japanese paper endpapers, titles to spine in blind. With the original raffia slipcase. Housed in a red... Read more
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Murder on the Links. 1923
£9,500
First edition, first impression. Christie's third novel and the scarcest by a margin.
Octavo. Original orange cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine in black, top edge stained black. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander box made... Read more
THOREAU, Henry D.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. 1849
£9,500
First edition of Thoreau's first book. Thoreau published at his own expense an edition of 1,000 copies: less than 300 sold, and in 1853 the remainder was returned to him - 256 bound...
Duodecimo (197 × 122 mm) in sixes. Original brown cloth (BAL binding variant T, trade binding), title gilt to spine with blind rules forming compartments filled... Read more
[DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1866
£9,500
First edition, second issue: the first practically obtainable issue of the original sheets, with the Appleton cancel title page. Macmillan printed around 2,000 copies of the book in...
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt rules at head and tail of spine and on covers, covers with round devices in gilt at centre, Alice on... Read more
HARBOU, Thea von.
Metropolis. 1926
£9,500
First edition, first impression, in the preferred deluxe binding. Based on the original screenplay written by German director Fritz Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou in 1924, this...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt on red ground, ruling and titles to upper board gilt, yellow top-stain. With the dust jacket. Housed in a crimson... Read more
WHARTON, Edith.
Hudson River Bracketed. 1929
£9,500
First Edition, UK Issue with the revised title page and the number 2 in brackets at the end of the text. The dedication copy with the author's presentation inscription to the...
Octavo. Original blue pebble-grained cloth, titles and decoration to upper board and spine gilt. Housed in a burgundy quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea... Read more
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Collected Works. 1925-6
£8,750
The Memorial Edition, the last edition of Conrad's works published during his lifetime. One of a limited edition of 499 sets and very handsomely bound with delicate tooling to the...
23 volumes, octavo. Contemporary brown half morocco, spines gilt in compartments with delicate foliate and star tools, brown cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edges... Read more
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
This Side of Paradise. 1920
£8,750
First edition, third printing, special issue. One of an unknown number of copies of this printing put out with a leaf tipped in before the title page carrying a picture of the author...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to upper board in blind, titles to spine gilt. Inserted "Author's Apology" leaf before title-page. Typical browning to contents,... Read more
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Bombay Edition of the Works. 1913–38
£8,750
The Bombay Edition, one of only 500 complete sets from a limited edition of 1500 sets signed by the author on the half-title. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes...
31 volumes. Recent brown morocco, spines gilt in compartments, burgundy and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards, top edges gilt, others... Read more
ELIOT, T. S.
Poems 1909–1925. 1925
£8,750
First edition, first impression, limited issue being one of 85 numbered copies printed on handmade paper, specially bound and signed by Eliot.
Octavo. Original white buckram, titles to spine gilt. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. Endpapers partially browned some... Read more
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Bombay Edition of the Works. 1913–38
£8,750
The Bombay Edition, one of only 500 complete sets from a limited edition of 1500 sets signed by the author on the half-title. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes...
31 volumes. Recent burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, light and dark blue morocco labels, marbled endpapers, decorative roll to boards and top edge gilt,... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' entertainments, 1885–88
£8,750
First edition, the authentic Benares edition, issued in a limited subscription of 1,000 copies. Richard Burton's celebrated translation "has become the pre-eminent English...
16 volumes, octavo (237 × 145 mm). 20th-century brown half morocco for Henry Sotheran. Titles to spines and raised bands gilt, light brown cloth sides, marbled... Read more
KOLB, Peter.
Caput Bonae Spei Hodiernum Das ist: 1719
£8,750
First edition of this important early account of South Africa at the beginning of the eighteenth century, which was rapidly translated into Dutch, English and French, becoming the...
Folio (326 × 207 mm). Contemporary vellum, titles to spine gilt, edges stained green. Portrait frontispiece, folding map and 23 engraved plates. Ownership... Read more
FLEMING, Ian.
Complete set of the Bond novels and stories. 1953-66
£8,500
First editions, first impressions. Complete set of all the original Bond novels starting with Casino Royale (1953) and ending with Octopussy (1966).
14 volumes, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, rule to boards, plain black endpapers, gilt edges. Some mild damp staining... Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Autograph letter and envelope signed to Philip W. Bonsal – "Dear Bonzal (Bonz / Bonzo / Phillip)". 1933
£8,500
An excellent letter discussing bullfighting in considerable detail: "The feria at Salamanca has three corridas starting the 12th of September with bulls of Juan Cobaleda for Vicente...
A4 paper with the letterhead of the Hotel Ambros Mundos. Written in black ink on both sides. Complete with the envelope. Envelope addressed by Hemingway and signed by... Read more
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Autograph letter signed ("Mr. Shelley." in the third person) to Christopher John Pike. 1813
£8,500
Shelley writes in the third person: "Mr. Shelley requests that Mr. Pike would give the Bearer the copy of the Settlement in his possession. Mr. S. will return it in the course of the...
One page, 12mo, with Shelley's red wax seal, red cloth portfolio. Provenance: A. Edward Newton (his sale Parke-Bernet, pt III, 30 October 1941, lot 247; bookplate in... Read more
