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HAMMETT, Dashiell.
Red Harvest. 1929
£47,500
First edition, first printing of the author's landmark first book. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Betty affectionately, Dashiell...
Octavo. Original red cloth, skull decoration to upper board in yellow with black border, titles and decoration to spine in yellow and black. With the dust jacket... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original watercolour from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: "He passed under the bridge and came within full sight of the delectable Gardens". 1906
£47,500
This is the scene where Peter steers his little nest-ship, built for him by the thrushes, into Kensington Gardens. Signed and dated by Rackham at upper right. The painting, along...
Ink and watercolour on paper (179 × 258 mm), within original buff card mount, outlined in black and grey ink and gold paper, glazed with UV protection glass in... Read more
VANCOUVER, Captain George.
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; 1798
£47,500
First edition. "Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook's second and third voyages, was made commander of a grand-scale expedition… This voyage became one of the most...
3 quarto text volumes (285 × 234 mm) and folio atlas (575 × 455 mm). Text volumes in contemporary sprinkled calf, double black morocco lettering-pieces to... Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Pooh Meets a Heffalump". [1926]
£45,000
Original artwork used to illustrate the chapter "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump" on page 62 of "Winnie-the-Pooh". With Shepard's pencilled caption. Pooh and Piglet set out to...
Pen and ink drawing on Whatman drawing board (135 × 105 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Toning from previous mount to edges. Excellent condition. Read more
COLLINS, Wilkie.
The Woman in White. 1860
£45,000
First edition, published on or around 15 August 1860 (preceding the New York edition by two weeks), of the classic early mystery novel, Collins's "best-known novel" and his "greatest...
3 volumes, octavo. Original violet-blue close bead-grain cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, sides with decorative panel blocked in blind, cream endpapers,... Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Piglet Meets a Heffalump". [1926]
£45,000
Original artwork used to illustrate the chapter "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump" on page 65 of "Winnie-the-Pooh". Initialled by Shepard, who has also signed and written his...
Pen and ink drawing on Whatman drawing board (135 × 155 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Toning from previous mount to edges. Excellent condition. Read more
[PHILLIP, Arthur]
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; 1789
£45,000
First edition of this foundation work on Australia as a European colony, the official account of the voyage of the First Fleet to Botany Bay and the settlement of Australia, based on...
Quarto (280 × 215 mm). Contemporary tree calf, professionally rebacked to style and recornered, red morocco label, flat spine, compartments with foliate arabesque... Read more
LOCKE, John.
An Essay concerning Humane Understanding. 1690
£45,000
First edition, the Holt issue (traditionally considered the first), with two emendations in the author's hand. Locke worked for nearly two decades on his investigation of "the...
Folio (317 × 193 mm). Contemporary mottled calf, red morocco label, spine gilt in compartments with intersecting semicircles infilled with flower tools, etc.... Read more
LAUREL, Stan (Arthur Stanley Jefferson).
A collection of original Laurel and Hardy scenarios and scripts from the files of the Hal Roach studio. 1927-35
£45,000
A superb collection of original script material from the golden age of the most successful comic partnership in film history. In 1926, under contract to Hal Roach Studios for the...
Carbon copy or mimeograph typescripts of 40 Laurel and Hardy films (39 short films, of which 17 are silent; Babes in Toyland full-length), several scripts with... Read more
OGILBY, John.
America; being the latest and most Accurate Description of the New World… 1671
£45,000
First edition. In common with all of Ogilby's travel works (it is the second in a series which also included Africa, Asia, and Britannia), the book is a well-produced compilation of...
Folio in sixes (410 × 270 mm). Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked to style with spine elaborately gilt in compartments, red morocco label, corners repaired.... Read more
ORWELL, George.
Animal Farm. 1945
£45,000
First edition, first impression. Signed the author "Geo. Orwell" on the front free endpaper. From the library of Michael Meyer with his ownership inscription to the front free...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine in white. With the supplied dust jacket. In a quarter green morocco drop down box. Light vertical crease to the front... Read more
HOOKE, Robert.
Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. 1665
£45,000
First edition, first issue. This "early landmark in microscopy, containing the first illustration of cells [plate xi]" (Horblit) was published under the aegis of the Royal Society,...
Folio (299 x 194 mm). Contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked and relined. Title-page printed in red and black with engraved arms of the Royal Society, 38 engraved... Read more
LAWRENCE, D. H.
The Rainbow. 1915
£42,500
First edition, first impression. This book was suppressed shortly after publication with the result that half of the print run was destroyed. One of a handful of copies in the dust...
Octavo. Original turquoise cloth, titles to spine gilt and to upper board in blind. With the dust jacket. In a red cloth solander case. A stunning copy in the bright... Read more
[BRONTË, Charlotte]
Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell. 1847
£39,500
First edition of one of the keystone books for any collection of 19th-century literature, Charlotte Brontë's first novel and the first published novel of any of the Brontë...
3 volumes, octavo. Contemporary blond half calf, double green morocco labels, spines gilt in compartments with flower-head tools and lattice work, matching... Read more
ROWLING, J. K.
The Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick. [2005]
£37,500
Fair manuscript copy in the author's hand of The Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick, originally written for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In the spring of 2005 Scottish...
2 page manuscript poem (each page 300 × 210 mm), handwriting to rectos only, the first with the author's gilt owl header, both bordered in blue. Each page... Read more
JOYCE, James.
Ulysses. 1922
£37,500
First edition. From a total edition of 1000 copies this is copy number 619 of the last 750 on handmade paper. There were also 100 signed copies on thicker paper and 150 large paper...
Small quarto. Original blue wrappers, titles to cover in white. In a blue quarter morocco solander case with marbled sides and blue chemise. Lightly rubbed, spine... Read more
DODWELL, Edward.
Views in Greece, from drawings ... 1821
£37,500
First edition of one of the most spectacular aquatint travel books of its era, with good quality plates and excellent colouring; those engraved and coloured by Havell in particular...
Folio. Six parts, as issued, in original buff wrappers, green roan spines, titles printed to front wrapper, pasted errata slip on rear wrapper of part 5. Housed in a... Read more
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MILNE, A. A.
[The Pooh books:] When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. 1924–28
£37,500
First editions, first impressions. Complete set of limited editions on handmade paper, each numbered and signed by the author and illustrator, from the same settings of type as the...
4 volumes, octavo. Original cloth backed boards, printed paper labels to upper boards. With the dust jackets. In a blue morocco solander case by the Chelsea Bindery.... Read more
TIMLIN, William Mitcheson.
The Arrival. 1923]
£37,500
Born in Northumberland, Timlin emigrated to South Africa, where he studied art and practised as an architect. The Ship That Sailed to Mars (1923) is his only published book, a...
Original watercolour on paper (image 270 × 247 mm; framed 615 × 540 mm). Together with two original leaves of accompanying calligraphic text: the contents... Read more
LOCKE, John.
An Essay concerning Humane Understanding. 1690
£37,500
First edition, the Holt issue (traditionally considered the first), with two emendations in the author's hand. Locke worked for nearly two decades on his investigation of "the...
Folio (320 × 188 mm). Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked and relined. Collector's maroon morocco-backed slipcase (spine slightly rubbed and faded) and... Read more
DARWIN, Charles.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1859
£37,500
First edition of "the most influential scientific work of the 19th century" (Horblit) and "the most important biological book ever written" (Freeman), one of 1,250 copies. "The...
Octavo (187 × 110 mm). Contemporary green half calf, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, red morocco label, patterned sides, marbled endpapers and edges. In a... Read more
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(BLOCK BOOK.)
Ars Moriendi [Inspiration Against Despair]. c. 1470–80]
£37,500
An extremely rare block book leaf, one of only two known to survive from this edition of the Ars Moriendi (The Art of Dying). Block books were a short-lived book format that...
Quarto (248 × 188 mm). Single leaf from a block book, contemporary hand-coloured woodcut printed on one side of the leaf only. Mounted and framed. A few small... Read more
BECKETT, Samuel.
More Pricks Than Kicks. 1934
£37,500
First edition, first impression of the author's first published book of fiction (preceded only by the poem Whoroscope and his essay Proust). This is certainly Beckett's scarcest...
Octavo. Original tan cloth, titles to spine in blue, top edge stained tan. With the dust jacket. Housed in a quarter green morocco folding case. Pages just a little... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Now We Are Six. 1927
£35,000
Signed limited edition, number 4 of 20 large-paper copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation leaf. The most luxurious and exclusive...
Octavo. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase with chemise. Illustrated throughout by Ernest H.... Read more
CANTILLON, Richard.
Essai sur la nature du commerce en général. 1755
£35,000
First edition of the earliest and rarest single work on political economy. Richard Cantillon (c.1680–1734) was an Irish-born banker and economist, forced to emigrate to...
Duodecimo. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine with five raised bands, attractively gilt, morocco label, marbled endpapers. Skilful restoration to front joint at... Read more
