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PORTA, Giovanni Battista della.
Magiae naturalis libri XX. 1589
£5,000
First edition of the complete text in twenty books of Della Porta's major work. Giambattista della Porta (1538–1615) is one of the most interesting figures of early modern...
Folio (296 × 217 mm). Nineteenth-century quarter calf, marbled sides, vellum tips. Woodcut title border incorporating lynx at head, author's portrait on verso,... Read more
SHAW, George Bernard.
Man and Superman. 1903
£5,000
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the half title page, "to Sidney & Beatrice Webb from G. Bernard Shaw. Strachur Aug. 1903". An...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt. Contents a little shaken, hinges cracked, cloth marked, spine sunned. Very good. Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Marlborough. 1934–9
£5,000
Limited Presentation Edition. Volume I, Second Impression of the New Edition, revised, 1939; Volume II, Second Impression, 1934; Volumes III & IV, First Editions, 1936 and 1938...
Large octavo., 4 vols. Original purple cloth, titles gilt to spines, in dust jackets. Profusely illustrated with plates, portrait, maps and facsimiles. Endpapers a... Read more
DARWIN, Charles.
On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection, 1860
£5,000
Second edition, the usual issue with 1860 on the title page (a very few copies only have 1859). "The misprint 'speceies' is corrected and the whale-bear story diluted, an alteration...
Octavo signed and sewn in twelves. Original diagonal-wave-grain green cloth, covers blocked in blind, titles to spine gilt, chocolate coated endpapers, edges... Read more
SEUSS, Dr.
Original drawing of Yertle the Turtle. after 1958
£5,000
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. A fine drawing of Yertle the Turtle sitting on a mound. Signed Dr. Seuss. Presented in a handmade white gold leaf frame.
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. A fine drawing of Yertle the Turtle sitting on a mound. Signed Dr. Seuss. Presented in a handmade white... Read more
PENNANT, Thomas.
Outlines of the Globe. 1798-1800
£5,000
First editions. Pennant is best known for his tours through the British Isles and for his British and Arctic Zoologies, works which are "distinguished by his personal energy, a keen...
4 volumes, quarto (293 × 232 mm). Contemporary streaked calf, red and black labels, edges sprinkled blue. 21 engraved plates, 3 folding maps, and two vignettes,... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Preliminary drawing for Grimms' Fairy Tales: "On the opposite side or the lake stood a splendid brightly-lighted Castle". [1900]
£5,000
Taken from the story of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", the drawing shows the boats containing the twelve princesses and their princes rowing across the lake to the castle where...
Matted and framed. Picture size 166mm x 235mm, framed size 390mm x 480mm. Read more
MILNE, A. A., & Ernest H. Shepard.
Proof set of Six Drawings. [c. 1925].
£5,000
An extremely rare proof set of the limited edition broadsides presenting Milne's verses with Shepard's illustrations. Including the poems "Happiness", "Vespers", "The King's...
A portfolio of 6 proof sheets. Fitted in the original paper-covered board portfolio with a printed paper label to the upper flap. A superb set. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IRVING, Washington.
Rip Van Winkle. 1905
£5,000
Limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham.
Quarto. Original full vellum with gilt titles to front board and spine, plain endpapers, new silk ties, top edge gilt, others uncut. With 51 tipped in colour plates,... Read more
FRITH, Francis.
Sinai and Palestine. [1863]
£5,000
Volume I of the second, enlarged edition of the work originally published in two volumes in 1859. "The prints in this edition are of a much stronger quality than those in the first...
Folio. Original half tan morocco, red cloth sides, titles to spine gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Mount albumen print to half title and 36 larger albumen... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Sindbad the Sailor [1914]
£5,000
Limited edition of 500 copies, this being no. 36, and is signed on the limitation page by Edmund Dulac.
Quarto. Bound in the original publisher's vellum, with title and decoration in gilt to spine and front board, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, with gold ties,... Read more
PATTON, Philip.
Strictures on Naval Discipline, and the Conduct of a Ship of War. [c.1807]
£5,000
Extremely uncommon collection of the clear- and far-sighted memoranda on naval discipline of a long-serving sailor described by Lord Keith as this "deep-thinking and hard-fighting...
5 pamphlets in one quarto volume (288 × 230 mm), pp. iv, 179; 11; [ii], 32; 23; [ii], 10. Original boards, rebacked in calf. Small hand-drawn illustration to the... Read more
ARNOLD, Eve; Jill Freedman; Ernst Haas; André Kertész; Duane Michals; Inge Morath; Barbara Morgan; Eva Rubinstein; Nea
Ten Photographers. 1978
£5,000
First Edition. Limited to 75 copies. Each photograph signed and numbered below the image by the artist.
Folio. Clamshell portfolio bound in fawn linen, titles to spine and upper board in grey. 10 individually matted original silver prints, each signed and numbered by the... Read more
FOOTE, Shelby.
The Civil War. A Narrative. 1958-74
£5,000
First editions. Signed by the author on publisher's blank of volume I. A superb work of narrative history, uncommon signed, here handsomely presented. Originally a novelist, Foote...
3 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins,... Read more
[POTTER, Beatrix] HEELIS, Beatrix.
The Fairy Caravan. 1929
£5,000
First edition, UK issue. Only 100 copies printed to establish copyright in the UK. The bibliographic story of this book is a strangely charming one - somehow endearingly amateurish....
Large octavo. Original grey green boards with dark green cloth spine, titles to upper board in black, all edges untrimmed. 6 colour and numerous monochrome... Read more
O’FLAHERTY, Liam.
The Informer. 1925
£5,000
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "from Liam O'Flaherty With affectionate regards to J. N. Block". The...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Housed in a green cloth box. Bookplate to front pastedown, spine just a touch faded but an... Read more
SINCLAIR, Upton.
The Jungle. 1906
£5,000
First edition, first printing, first issue with the Sustainer's Edition bookplate. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Stewart Edward White with the regards of...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board in black and white. Lightly rubbed at extremities with a few tiny bumps, faint... Read more
(BURNE-JONES, Edward) Huffer, Ford.
The Queen Who Flew. A Fairy Tale. 1894
£5,000
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 25 numbered copies signed by the author on the verso of the front blank.
Octavo. Original full vellum, titles to spine and upper board gilt, pictorial design to upper board in reddish-brown. Tipped-in lithographic frontispiece by Edward... Read more
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STEADMAN, Ralph.
The Sheriff (Pirate edition). [Hunter S. Thompson.] 1995
£5,000
Artist's proof aside from the edition of 10. Signed in pencil lower right by Steadman, AP and titled lower left. Signed lower middle by Hunter S. Thompson.
Sheet size: 100.5 x 76.2 cm. Five colour screenprint on white wove paper. Fine condition. Presented in a black wooden frame with UV glass. Read more
MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, Baron de.
The Spirit of Laws. 1750
£5,000
First English edition. One of the central texts in the history of 18th-century thought, L'Esprit des Loix was a huge influence both on English law, especially as mediated by William...
2 volumes, octavo. Contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards, vellum tips, dark blue morocco labels, spines numbered direct. With advert leaf at end of Vol. I. Quire... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles.
The Springtide of Life. 1918
£5,000
First Edition. Edition De Luxe, number 91 of 765 copies, signed by Rackham. Apart from the special binding and the watercolour, this deluxe edition is superior to the trade edition...
Large quarto. This copy bound for presentation by Rackham in full white vellum stamped with gilt with a large original watercolour on the half title. The watercolour... Read more
LOFTING, Hugh.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle. 1920
£5,000
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "Yours sincerely, Hugh Lofting" with a drawing of an African man's face in profile and the further...
Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles and animal design to spine and upper board in blue, colour pictorial paste-on to upper board, pictorial endpapers. Colour... Read more
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle. 1905
£5,000
First edition, deluxe issue. One of a small number issued in the deluxe format, originally sold at 1/6- rather than the 1/- price of the trade editions.
Sextodecimo. Original brown moiré cloth, titles to spine and front board gilt illustration laid down to front board, all edges gilt. Pictorial endpapers.... Read more
READE, Charles.
The Works. c.1910
£5,000
Autograph edition. Limited to 150 numbered copies for England and America.
25 volumes, octavo (220 ×145 mm). Finely bound in dark green crushed morocco, titles to spine gilt, elaborate onlaid floral design to spines, raised bands, boards... Read more
CONRAD, Joseph.
The Works. 1920
£5,000
The Sun-dial Edition. This edition is limited to 735 copies of which this is number 352 signed by the author in volume 1. A handsomely bound library set of Conrad's works.
24 volumes, octavo. Contemporary green half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands,green cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others... Read more
