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(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ entertainments, 1885–88
£9,750
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. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, inset burgundy morocco panels to... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ entertainments, [c. 1900]
£2,500
The Samara Edition. Printed by The Burton Club for subscribers only. Limited to 1000 sets of which this is number 653.
17 volumes, octavo. Recent half navy blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, cloth boards, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and illustrations... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, Richard F.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. [1905–20]
£750
16 volumes, octavo. Publisher’s black cloth with gilt decoration to the Nights and silver decoration to the Supplement Nights.’ Volume I damaged to bottom edge of lower board.
16 volumes, octavo. Publisher’s black cloth with gilt decoration to the Nights and silver decoration to the Supplement Nights.’ Volume I damaged to bottom... Read more
(ARABIAN NIGHTS) PAYNE, John, transl.
The Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night. 1901
£1,500
Delphi edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies.
15 volumes, octavo (225 × 160 mm). Contemporary green half morocco, titles to spine gilt, floral design to spines with crimson morocco onlaid flowers, marbled... Read more
ARBUS, Diane.
Diane Arbus. 1972
£2,500
First Edition, First Printing. This copy is the first printing with the plate titled "Two Girls in Identical Raincoats, Central Park, N.Y.C, 1969" which was supressed in subsequent...
Quarto. Original white boards, photographic illustration to upper board, titles to spine in black. With the photographic dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated throughout.... Read more
ARBUS, Diane.
Untitled. 1995
£50
First UK Edition, First Printing.
Large quarto. Original boards, photographic illustration and titles to upper board and spine in white, grey endpapers. With the photographic dust jacket. Lavishly... Read more
(ARCADIA PRESS) Masters, John.
Casanova. 1970
£250
Signed Limited Edition of 265 numbered copies of which this is number 224, signed by the author.
Quarto. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full purple morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, pictorial onlay to front board of the Jack of Hearts, inner dentelles... Read more
(ARCADIA PRESS) PRIESTLEY, J. B.
The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811–20. 1970
£250
Signed Limited Edition of 265 numbered copies of which this is number 224, signed by the author. Priestley’s study of the Prince Regent and his world was first published in...
Quarto. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, decorative motif onlay to front board, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
ARCHER, Jeffrey.
The Collected Short Stories. 1997
£125
First edition, first impression, limited issue. One of 1000 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author.
Octavo. Original full blue calf, titles to spine gilt, all edges gilt. In the publisher’s blue cloth slipcase. Fine. Read more
(ARCHITECTURE) Planahome.
The Planahome Book of House Plans. [c. 1960s]
£65
Catalogue advertising a variety of home designs along with advertisements for builders and appliance manufacturers. An interesting historical record of mid-20th-century suburban...
Oblong quarto. Original black cloth backed white boards, pictorial design and yellow titles to upper board. Diagrams and illustrations from photos throughout.... Read more
ARDIZZONE, Edward.
Tim and Ginger. 1965
£125
First Edition First Impression of one of Ardizzone’s famous Tim and Lucy books.
Quarto. Original pictorial boards, titles to upper board within the design. With the pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in colour and monochrome by the author.... Read more
(ARDIZZONE, Edward) BUNYAN, John.
The Pilgrim’s Progress. 1947
£275
First Ardizzone edition. Signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Recent crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With black and white illustrations... Read more
(ARDIZZONE, Edward.) GREENE, Graham.
The Little Fire Engine. 1973
£75
First Ardizzone edition, first impression.
Oblong quarto. Original illustrated boards, titles to front cover and spine in black. With the dust jacket. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Spine slightly rolled, an... Read more
(ARDIZZONE, Edward) VILLON, François.
The Poems. Translated by H. B. Mccaskie. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. 1946
£150
First Ardizzone edition. The author was a 15th-century French poet and vagabond whose works mimicked the courtly romances but celebrated the darker aspects of medieval society.
Octavo (215 × 135 mm). Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in turquoise morocco, titles to spine, top edge, and inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and... Read more
ARISTOPHANES.
A metrical version of the Acharnians the Knights and the Birds, 1840
£475
First Edition of Frere’s sparkling translations of three of Aristophanes’ eleven surviving plays. The book was printed on the government printing press in Malta where Frere...
Quarto, in 3 parts. Contemporary dark green half hard-grain morocco, marbled sides, spine lettered gilt and with gilt ornaments in compartments, top edge gilt. Printed... Read more
ARISTOPHANES.
Lysistrata. 1926
£475
First Edition thus. One of 725 numbered copies signed by the translator.
Folio. Original blue half morocco, blue cloth boards, titles to upper board and spine gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a red morocco-backed slipcase.... Read more
ARLEN, Michael.
The London Venture. 1919
£95
First Edition, First Impression of the author’s first book. This is apparently the second issue bound in cloth and dated 1919 whereas the first was issued in paper boards and...
Small octavo. Original grey cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine in black. With the dust jacket. With illustrations by Michel Sevier. Pages browned as... Read more
ARMSTRONG, Anthony.
Britisher on Broadway. 1932
£95
First Edition. “The call of America, the land of the Free, America where cigarettes can be sold after eight and where there are no Licensed Hours, sounded one day in my ears,...
Small octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine, in blind to the upper board, in dust jacket. Endpapers differentially browned, otherwise very good in dust... Read more
ARMSTRONG, George Elliot.
Torpedoes and Torpedo-Vessels. 1896
£175
Small octavo. xvi, errata slip, 287pp. + 1p. ads. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations to the text, many of them full-page, three folding diagrams. Endpapers quite heavily...
Small octavo. xvi, errata slip, 287pp. + 1p. ads. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations to the text, many of them full-page, three folding diagrams. Endpapers... Read more
ARMSTRONG, Louis.
Satchmo. 1954
£2,500
First US Edition, First Edition in English. This copy inscribed on the half-title; “To Jeff [Atterton], Satchmo/Louis Armstrong.” Originally published in France as Ma vie;...
Octavo. Original black cloth backed grey flecked paper boards, title in bronze to the spine, in red to upper board, red top-stain, in dust jacket. 16 plates,... Read more
ARNOLD, Eve.
In America. 1983
£45
First edition, first printing.
Quarto. Original blue boards, titles to upper board in blind and to spine in silver, buff endpapers. With the photographic dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in full... 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
ARNOLD-FORSTER, H.O.
In a Conning Tower; 1891
£75
First published in Murray’s Magazine in 1888, it ran to 6 “editions” by 1893. Highly-influential tale of a future naval war, “admired by Rudyard Kipling for the...
Small octavo (185 × 153 mm). Original dark blue cloth-backed printed card wraps, blue-edge-stain. Frontispiece and 4 other plates, diagram to the text. A little... Read more
ARNOLD, Matthew.
The Poems. 1913
£75
Octavo. Contemporary red half calf with red boards, titles and decoration to spine gilt, top edge gilt, five bands. Owner’s name to pastedown, spine lightened.
Octavo. Contemporary red half calf with red boards, titles and decoration to spine gilt, top edge gilt, five bands. Owner’s name to pastedown, spine lightened. Read more
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ARNOLD, Thomas.
History of Rome; [with] — History of the later Roman Commonwealth, 1845–6
£300
First edition of the History of the later Roman Commonwealth; together with mixed editions, as often, of the History of Rome (fourth-third-third). An attractive collection of...
2 works together in 5 volumes (212 × 134 mm), octavo. Contemporary calf, green and black labels, spines decorated in compartments, flat bands, roll to boards and... Read more
