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RICHIE, Robert Yarnall.
Photographic album prepared for special presentation by the photographer 1945
£17,500
Presentation album of exhibition-quality photographs compiled by the photographer and bound for him in lavish morocco and gilt. An exceptional album of images made by the...
Folio. 30 original photographic prints each 340 × 270 mm in size, guard mounted and bound for presentation in original full green morocco, gilt map of Saudi... Read more
BROOKSHAW, George.
Pomona Britannica, or a collection of the most esteemed fruits at present cultivated in Great Britain; 1817
£17,500
Second edition, in smaller format than the first, of the finest English work on fruit; "one of the finest colour-plate books in existence" (Prideaux); this copy with an additional...
Large quarto. Late 19th-century green half morocco, spine with raised bands decoratively gilt, gilt lettered in two compartments, double gilt rules, gilt border at... Read more
WHITMAN, Walt.
The Complete Writings. 1902
£17,500
Author's Manuscript Edition. Limited to 32 numbered sets on Whatman paper of which this is number 28, signed by the publisher, with a page of Whitman's manuscript and a notarized...
10 volumes, large octavo. Contemporary full black morocco, titles and floral decoration to spines gilt, decoration to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled... Read more
[CAVE, Edward, (ed.)]
The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Monthly Intelligencer. 1731–1814
£17,500
An excellent run from the first volume onwards of the work that gave birth to one of the major publishing forms of the modern era, the magazine. "It began modestly as a digest of...
116 volumes, octavo. Late 18th- and early 19th-century calf, sides ruled with a double gilt fillet, smooth spines with gilt centre-tools, red morocco lettering-pieces,... Read more
STEINBECK, John.
The Grapes of Wrath. 1939
£17,500
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Again for Helen Murphy, affectionately John Steinbeck". With Murphy's ownership signature to the...
Octavo. Original tan cloth, titles to spine and pictorial design to boards in brown, sheet music endpapers. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the jacket that... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
The House at Pooh Corner.[1/20 nice] 1928
£17,500
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 20 numbered copies on Japanese vellum signed by both the artist and illustrator on the limitation leaf. This an out of...
Quarto. Original limp vellum, titles to upper board gilt, yapp edges. Housed in a red cloth slipcase. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. Small nick to upper... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War 1948–54
£17,500
First editions, volume I the Book Society issue (Cohen A240.4(I).c), the rest first impressions. Inscribed by Churchill on the half-title of volume I, "Winston S. Churchill, 1954,"...
6 volumes, octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spines gilt, red top-stain, in dust jackets. Illustrated with maps and diagrams. Cloth a little rubbed, mild foxing... Read more
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit. 1902
£17,500
First (privately printed) edition, second printing. One of 200 copies printed. The first printing was issued in December 1901 in a edition of 250 copies. The tale of Peter Rabbit was...
Sextodecimo. Original olive green boards pictorially stamped and titled in black to front cover. Spine rounded (not flat). Housed in a green half morocco solander box.... Read more
FAULKNER, William.
The Town. 1957
£17,500
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the title page, "To Ruth Ford from Bill Faulkner (See what you can do with this) Oxford 9 October...
Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to upper board and spine in black, top edge stained green. With the dust jacket. Housed in a burgundy quarter morocco solander... Read more
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Works. 1937
£17,500
The Sussex Edition, the definitive edition of Kipling's works. One of a limited edition of 525 numbered sets signed by the author on the limitation leaf. During the last years of his...
35 volumes, large octavo. Original full tan niger morocco, titles to spines gilt, raised bands, double line rule to boards gilt, top edges rough gilt, other edges... Read more
FLEMING, Ian.
Thunderball. 1961
£17,500
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Leonard. These thunderballs! from Ian." The recipient was Leonard Russell, Fleming's friend...
Octavo. Original dark grey boards, titles to spine in silver, skeletal hand motif on front board blocked in blind. With the dust jacket. Housed in a morocco solander... Read more
SOPHOCLES.
Tragaediae septem cum commentariis. 1502
£17,500
Editio princeps. One of the most important of Aldus's Greek editions both textually and typographically, this remained the best available edition of Sophocles' text until the 19th...
Aldine octavo (153 × 94 mm). Eighteenth-century English red morocco, spine gilt in compartments between raised bands, green morocco label, sides ruled in gilt... Read more
LEWIS, Meriwether & William Clark.
Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. 1814
£17,500
First English edition of the authorized account of the travels of Lewis and Clark, the "definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent"...
Quarto (270 × 210 mm). Contemporary streaked calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco labels, undulating rolled gilt panel to the boards, marbled endpapers. Large... Read more
(MATISSE, Henri) JOYCE, James.
Ulysses. 1935
£17,500
One of a total edition of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist from which this is one of about 250 which were also signed by Joyce. Includes etchings depicting the Calypso,...
Folio. Original brown cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine gilt from a design by Le Roy Anderson, top edge speckled brown. With the publishers card... Read more
WAUGH, Evelyn.
Vile Bodies. 1930
£17,500
First edition, first impression. Waugh's second novel and one of the hardest to find in dust jacket.
Octavo. Original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the Waugh designed dust jacket. Housed in a crimson quarter morocco solander box... Read more
![[Complete set of the novels, comprising:] Dead Cert, Nerve, For Kicks, Odds Against, Flying Finish, Blood Sport, Forfeit, Enquiry, Rat Race, Bonecrack, Smokescreen, Slay-Ride, Knock Down, High Stakes,](/content/store/products/20904/2/24694.jpg)
FRANCIS, Dick.
[Complete set of the novels, comprising:] Dead Cert, Nerve, For Kicks, Odds Against, Flying Finish, Blood Sport, Forfeit, Enquiry, Rat Race, Bonecrack, Smokescreen, Slay-Ride, Knock Down, High Stakes, 1962–2000
£17,500
First editions, first impressions. All copies with presentation inscriptions in the hand of Dick Francis from Dick and Mary to Susan and Roger [Dicey], apart from Dead Cert and Odds...
39 individual works, octavo. Original boards, titles to spines. With the dust jackets. Some minor browning to page edges of first few volumes, dustjackerts on early... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BROWNING, Robert.
King of the Golden River 1932
£16,500
Signed limited deluxe edition. In an edition of 570 copies, 550 of which were for sale.
Octavo. Bound for the publishers by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, gilt fillet to boards gilt, twin rule to... Read more
SERRES, Dominick, R.A. & John Thomas
Liber Nauticus, and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing. 1805-6
£16,500
First edition. An excellent copy of probably the grandest English naval aquatint book, eight of the plates here being coloured, in Abbey's copy only plate XVII was coloured. Dominick...
2 parts in 1 volume, folio (475 × 330 mm). Recently bound to style in eighteenth-century half diced russia, marbled boards, matching russia patch label with gilt... Read more
RAND, Ayn.
We the Living. 1936
£16,500
First Edition, First Printing. With the author's fine presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Katharine Hepburn of whom I always think as my "Kira" - with great...
Octavo. Original buff cloth, titles to upper board and spine in blue. Housed in a crimson quarter morocco solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. Endleaves lightly... Read more
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ORTELIUS, Abraham.
[Epitome] Theatri Orbis Terrarum Enchiridion, 1585
£16,500
First Latin and first quarto edition of Epitome. The engraver Philip Galle was a close friend of both Ortelius and Christopher Plantin and co-publisher of Braun and Hogenberg's...
Quarto (202 × 145 mm). Eighteenth-century half calf sewn on four cords, handwritten paper label to spine, marbled sides. Housed in a cloth flat back solander box.... Read more
RAUNKIAER, Barclay.
Through Wahabiland on Camel-back: an Account of a Journey of Exploration in Eastern and Central Arabia. 1916
£16,000
First edition in English - translated by E.T. Leeds, archæologist, Assistant to the Keeper of the Ashmolean, and friend of T.E. Lawrence - "made for the Admiralty War Staff and...
Octavo. Original pale tan cloth, lettered in black to the upper board, panels in blind to both boards, grey endpapers. Boards very slightly finger-soiled, endpapers a... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£15,000
First editions, first impressions. This set inscribed identically in vols. I and II; "To Dr. Roberts from Winston S. Churchill, Christmas 1956"; vol. III with a printed facsimile...
4 volumes, octavo. Original dark red cloth, titles gilt to spines , red top-stain. With the dust jackets. All volumes illustrated with maps and genealogical tables.... Read more
DICKENS, Charles.
A Tale of Two Cities. 1859
£15,000
First edition in book form, first issue, the list of contents with signature "b" and with page 213 misnumbered 113. The novel was published in book form on 21 November 1859.
Octavo. Original red cloth, covers blindstamped, spine gilt-lettered, pale yellow endpapers. Red morocco-backed folding case, spine lettered in gilt, by the Lakeside... Read more
WILDE, Oscar.
An Ideal Husband. 1899
£15,000
First edition, one of 1,000 copies printed of the regular trade issue, inscribed copy, signed by Oscar Wilde on the front free endpaper, and inscribed in another hand above his...
Octavo. Original pink cloth, titles and decorative flourishes to spine and boards gilt. Inscribed by the author and presumably the recipient on the front free... Read more
MITFORD, Nancy.
Annotated Typescript Draft of Madame de Pompadour. 1953
£15,000
Mitford's hand-corrected draft of her biography Madame de Pompadour. One of the author's best regarded works. She seemed from her background and temperament perfectly suited to...
353 page typed carbon with annotations in the author's hand. Housed in 4 folders with additional preliminary loose, and all housed together in a black cloth folding... Read more
