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Bindings and library sets of rare books from Peter Harrington. From children's books to ancient literature, you'll find first editions, fine bindings and autographed sets across hundreds of authors.


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  1. 132027

    The Complete Plays.

    London: 1949

    A handsomely bound copy of James's plays. Learn More
    £250

    Stock Code: 132027

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  2. 112478

    Alice's Adventures In Wonderland; [together with:] Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There.

    London: 1868 & 1872

    First edition of Through the Looking-Glass, tenth thousand of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. A handsomely bound set. Learn More
    £4,850

    Stock Code: 112478

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  3. 130360detail

    The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere.

    London: [c.1840]

    An attractively bound set of Shakespeare's works. The publisher and writer Charles Knight (1791-1873) was already a Shakespeare lover and bibliophile in his teens, when he owned an imperfect First Folio which he made up by printing the missing pages from a facsimile edition. "His first major project as an author took shape... Learn More
    £1,750

    Stock Code: 130360

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  4. 121705

    The Confessions.

    London: 1938

    Limited to 800 copies of which this is number 105. Learn More
    £250

    Stock Code: 121705

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  5. 107191

    The Life of Nelson.

    London,: 1813

    First edition, first issue with p.258 of volume II misnumbered as 852. "Southey constructed an early-nineteenth century hero as a model for the young - in his words, a 'patriotic manual.' He told a friend that he would write 'such a life of Nelson as shall be put into the hands of every youth destined for the Navy.'" (Knight... Learn More
    £1,250

    Stock Code: 107191

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  6. 127761detail

    The Works.

    Edinburgh & London: 1925

    An attractive set of Conrad's works. Learn More
    £600

    Stock Code: 127761

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  7. 126625

    The Novels.

    Oxford: 1933

    Third Clarendon edition of the collected novels. An attractively bound set. Learn More
    £1,575

    Stock Code: 126625

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  8. 119931

    The Great War.

    Philadelphia: [c.1915]

    Fourth edition revised with addenda. A substantial history of the First World War. Learn More
    £750

    Stock Code: 119931

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  9. 108078

    Now We Are Six.

    London: 1927

    First edition, first impression. With the original endpapers bound in. Following the success of When We Were Very Young Milne began planning a second book of poetry for children. In a January 1926 letter to his brother Ken he included it as number one in a list of "things which ought to be done": "A book of verses (about... Learn More
    £1,750

    Stock Code: 108078

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  10. [The Pooh books:]

    [The Pooh books:]

    London: 1924-28

    First editions, first impressions, of the four Pooh books; When We Were Very Young in the second state, with the page number ix present in the preliminaries. Learn More
    £4,500

    Stock Code: 96371

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  11. 114105

    Sense and Sensibility.

    1992

    A handsome leather bound volume of this classic novel which was first published in 1811. Learn More
    £225

    Stock Code: 114105

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  12. .

    Stories from Hans Andersen.

    New York and London: 1911

    First English trade edition. Learn More
    £2,250

    Stock Code: 111588

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  13. 46286

    Taps at Reveille.

    New York: 1935

    First edition, first printing. Learn More
    £1,375

    Stock Code: 46286

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  14. 40086

    The Day of The Triffids.

    1951

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £1,250

    Stock Code: 40086

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  15. 130801detail

    [The Works.]

    London: 1908

    First collected edition of Wilde's works, one of 1,000 unnumbered sets on handmade paper. The texts were mostly taken from the last editions to be supervised by the author, in some cases with additional matter here published for the first time. The copyright of The Picture of Dorian Gray was held by Charles Carrington, so... Learn More
    £5,750

    Stock Code: 130801

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  16. 129963detail

    The Works.

    London: 1924

    The Atlantic Edition, one of a limited edition of 1,050 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation leaf of which this is number 432, and with new prefaces written especially for this edition by the author. A handsomely bound set. Learn More
    £12,000

    Stock Code: 129963

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  17. 131933

    In English Homes.

    London: 1904-9

    First edition of first and third volume, second edition of the second. A handsomely bound set, beautifully illustrated, and an important historical record, depicting the interiors of the great historic estates of England in their dwindling years; many of the houses were demolished over the course of the 20th century. Learn More
    £1,500

    Stock Code: 131933

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  18. 38828

    Mr. Loveday's Little Outing.

    1936

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £1,375

    Stock Code: 38828

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  19. 131827detail

    Novels and Tales. With Portrait and Sketch of His Life.

    London: 1882

    An attractive library set of Disraeli's fictional works. Disraeli's novels came to have a clear political intent, aiming to shift Victorian public opinion and consequently the nation's politics. As he later wrote, "it was not originally the intention of the writer to adopt the form of fiction as the instrument to scatter... Learn More
    £1,250

    Stock Code: 131827

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  20. 128504

    [New Testament, in Greek.]

    Oxford: 1880

    An exquisite example of late Victorian embroidered binding by Helen Margaret Dixon, in excellent condition. Inscribed by John Ruskin, expressing his admiration, to the rear endpaper: "much admired by yours truly John Ruskin, 25th June 93". The binding was shown to Ruskin by his cousin Joan Severn at Brantwood that month,... Learn More
    £4,750

    Stock Code: 128504

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  21. 131646

    Lyrical Ballads,

    London: 1800

    First complete edition of the Lyrical Ballads, in a striking near-contemporary binding, comprising the first edition of vol. II, and the second edition of vol. I. First published in 1798 in a single volume, this two-volume edition largely reprints the 1798 edition as the first volume, with the second volume comprising 41... Learn More
    £10,000

    Stock Code: 131646

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  22. 131643

    Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

    London: 1841

    First illustrated edition of Byron's classic autobiographical poem, with fine steel engravings and a fold-out map (showing the route of Byron/Childe Harold's adventure from England to Portugal, across the Mediterranean to Malta, through Greece and the Aegean islands to Troy and Constantinople). Childe Harold was first published... Learn More
    £650

    Stock Code: 131643

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  23. i1

    L'Utopie de Thomas Morus, Chancelier d'Angleterre;

    Leiden: 1715

    First edition of Nicolas Gueudeville's translation of Utopia, one of the very few copies with a cancel title printed entirely in black, unseen by Gibson. This copy also contains the often removed plate on K4 verso by Bleyswick, which depicts future spouses in a state of undress as they inspect each other before marriage.... Learn More
    £700

    Stock Code: 113046

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  24. 131140

    The Works.

    Garden City: 1920

    The Sun-Dial Edition, number 35 of 735 sets signed by the author in the first volume. Learn More
    £6,750

    Stock Code: 131140

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  25. 108580

    Liberalism and the social problem.

    London: 1909

    First edition, first impression of this uncommon title which collects speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase, addressing such issues as the conciliation of South Africa, Imperial Preference, Labour Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance Learn More
    £2,000

    Stock Code: 108580

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  26. 131649comp

    Tales of Mystery and Imagination.

    London: 1935

    Signed limited edition, number 68 of 460 copies signed by the artist. Rackham's "illustrations to Poe's Tales have a sharp edge of true horror, a re-emergent strain from the earlier Grimm and Wagner subjects" (ODNB). Learn More
    £3,000

    Stock Code: 131649

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  27. A Collection of English Words not Generally used,

    A Collection of English Words not Generally used,

    London: 1674

    First edition, "the earliest attempt to gather, interpret and discuss the remnants of older and local language as a contribution not only to the better understanding of the provincial communities, but to those antiquarian studies which were leading men to a knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic tongues" (Raven). This copy... Learn More
    £2,750

    Stock Code: 90721

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  28. 131514

    Sonnets From The Portuguese.

    London: 1914

    First Riccardi Press edition, number 151 of 350 numbered copies specially bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, from an edition of 1,000 copies on handmade Riccardi Paper; there were also 12 copies on vellum. This is a very scarce and attractive deluxe issue of an already finely produced book, printing some of Elizabeth Barrett... Learn More
    £1,250

    Stock Code: 131514

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  29. 131203

    A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages.

    London: 1760

    First edition of this major English-Italian dictionary, inspired both by Baretti's adulation for Samuel Johnson and by his contempt for the previous English-Italian dictionary of Ferdinando Altieri, whom Baretti castigates in his preface for his ignorance and his "love of obscene words and phrases... as well as of scurrilous... Learn More
    £1,500

    Stock Code: 131203

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  30. 130734

    The Third Man and The Fallen Idol.

    London: 1950

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £2,000

    Stock Code: 130734

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  31. 78226comp

    Crusade in Europe.

    New York: 1949

    Inscribed by the author on the half-title: "For Rita Hagemon with best wishes Dwight D. Eisenhower." Eisenhower's account of his war, widely thought to be one of the finest American military biographies, the NY Times considering that it gave "the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life." This... Learn More
    £2,500

    Stock Code: 78226

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  32. 131574detail

    The Works.

    Basel: 1803

    An attractive set with an interestingly complex continental history, printed by the Swiss piratical publisher J. J. Tourneisen, bound in Italy, and thereafter in the "British Library" in Malaga, with their stamps to endpapers. Tourneisen, free from the restraints of British copyright law, printed numerous British authors... Learn More
    £850

    Stock Code: 131574

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  33. 46104

    The Beautiful and Damned.

    New York: 1922

    First Edition, First Printing. Learn More
    £1,375

    Stock Code: 46104

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  34. 127330detail

    The Novels.

    Edinburgh: 1924

    The Thornton Edition. A very handsomely bound set of the Brontë's novels illustrated with photographs of places associated with the sisters. Learn More
    £875

    Stock Code: 127330

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  35. 117196

    French Provincial Cooking.

    London: 1960

    First edition, first impression of the author's most influential work. David (1913-1992) taught herself Mediterranean-style cooking while living abroad during the early 1940s, and began writing a food column for Harper's Bazaar in 1949. Her first book was published to wide acclaim the following year, and she is now recognized... Learn More
    £1,250

    Stock Code: 117196

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  36. 121749

    The Wealth of Nations.

    London: 1991

    A handsome leather bound volume of this classic work which was first published in 1776. Learn More
    £225

    Stock Code: 121749

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  37. 130861

    [A Collection of Poems, including:] Hebrew Melodies; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; The Prisoner of Chillon, Manfred, and many others.

    London: 1814-18

    First editions of Hebrew Melodies (with the first appearance in print of "She Walks in Beauty"), Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Cantos II and IV, The Prisoner of Chillon, and Manfred, together in a highly attractive uniform contemporary binding along with early editions of Childe Harold Cantos I and II (tenth edition), The... Learn More
    £3,750

    Stock Code: 130861

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  38. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre.

    The Oxford Companion to the Theatre.

    London: 1972

    Presentation copy to one of the greats of British television comedy and light entertainment, Ronnie Barker (1929-2005), inscribed on a preliminary blank leaf: "To Ronnie, To say Congratulations on 25 'Glorious Years' (contrary to the vicious slur about your age on p. 80) luv Danni (?) 11.11.73". This was clearly signed at... Learn More
    £1,750

    Stock Code: 110259

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  39. 131201

    Posthumous Poems.

    London: 1824

    First edition, first issue without the errata slip. Edited by Mary Shelley, this collection contains hitherto unpublished poems - Julian and Maddalo (with its evocation of Byron), The Witch of Atlas and The Triumph of Life foremost among the longer works - fragments and translations (from Homer, Euripides, Calderon, Goethe... Learn More
    £2,500

    Stock Code: 131201

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  40. 130720

    Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

    London: 1896

    A most attractively bound copy showing strong arts and crafts influence, decorated with trailing lanceolate leaves and nine-petalled flowers. Learn More
    £750

    Stock Code: 130720

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    The Memoirs.

    [New York]: 1925

    First edition with Kent's illustrations, limited subscribers issue, one of a stated limitation of 1,000 numbered sets, though here lettered "L" on the limitation leaf. Kent's frontispieces are pen, brush, and ink drawings photomechanically reproduced as engravings. Machen's translation of Casanova's Memoirs was first published... Learn More
    £4,950

    Stock Code: 131117

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  42. 131116

    Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

    London: 1898

    An attractive copy of the Rubáiyát, in an elegant, understated binding showing the influence of the Doves Bindery. Learn More
    £675

    Stock Code: 131116

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  43. 131073detail

    The Works.

    London: 1866

    Second and preferred edition. Dyce (1798-1869) was one of the principal editors involved in William Pickering's prestigious Aldine Edition of the British Poets; his edition of Shakespeare in that series was first published in 1832. He then produced his own complete edition of Shakespeare (6 volumes, 1857), and improved it... Learn More
    £1,500

    Stock Code: 131073

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  44. 128754

    The Private Correspondence.

    Boston: 1857

    First edition of Webster's correspondence, in an attractive binding. Daniel Webster (1782-1852) served as Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tylor and Millard Fillmore, one of only two individuals to serve under three presidents. He was the chief negotiator for the Webster-Ashburton Treaty,... Learn More
    £425

    Stock Code: 128754

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  45. The Works.

    The Works.

    New York: [1903]

    Author's edition. Limited edition, American issue, number 81 of 1,000 copies, rare in the publisher's special binding of half morocco, which was sold at 5 per volume, twice the price of the standard red buckram. The Author's Edition was a joint publication, consisting of 12 volumes published in England by Smith, Elder &... Learn More
    £4,500

    Stock Code: 114703

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  46. 130862detail

    The Complete Short Stories; [together with:] The Collected Plays [and:] The Selected Novels.

    London: 1961-65

    An attractive set of Maugham's collected works, with three volumes each of stories, plays and novels. The books are later editions, with the collected short stories first published in 1951, the plays in 1931, and the novels in 1953. Learn More
    £2,250

    Stock Code: 130862

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  47. 118415

    The Tower Treasure.

    New York: 1927

    First edition, first printing of the first Hardy Boys title, long considered one of the holy grails of American children's book collecting. Developed by the American publisher Edward Stratemeyer, The Hardy Boys books were one part of a range of juvenile detective fiction released by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Learn More
    £2,500

    Stock Code: 118415

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  48. 130836

    Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

    London: [1913]

    First revised edition, first impression, attractively bound and featuring Pogány's illustrations beautifully reproduced by the Edinburgh lithographic printers McLagan and Cumming. With a reputation as the finest lithographic printers in Scotland, the "lithographers concerned were truly artists, and not only in their treatment... Learn More
    £1,250

    Stock Code: 130836

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  49. 130163comp

    The Admirable Crichton.

    London: [1914]

    Signed limited edition, number 7 of 500 copies signed by the illustrator. Learn More
    £350

    Stock Code: 130163

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  50. 130162comp

    Quality Street.

    London: [1913]

    Signed limited edition, number 507 of 1,000 copies signed by the illustrator. Learn More
    £375

    Stock Code: 130162

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  51. 130798detail

    Novels. A New Edition.

    Edinburgh and London: [c.1890]

    An attractively bound set of Eliot's works, including all seven novels, and her first collection of short stories, Scenes from Clerical Life. Learn More
    £850

    Stock Code: 130798

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  52. Fairy Tales.

    Fairy Tales.

    London: 1932

    Signed limited edition, one of 525 numbered copies signed by the artist. Learn More
    £2,750

    Stock Code: 85633

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  53. 126125detail

    The Works.

    New York: 1924

    The Canterbury edition. Learn More
    £3,750

    Stock Code: 126125

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  54. 130723

    Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

    London: [c.1916]

    A striking example of publisher's morocco, incorporating a Moorish-influenced design. The book is attractively printed, and reproduces Pogány's illustrations, which were first published in 1909. Learn More
    £250

    Stock Code: 130723

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  55. 130475

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

    London: 1881 & 1872

    A handsomely bound set of early editions; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the 67th thousand and Through the Looking-Glass is the 24th thousand. Learn More
    £2,500

    Stock Code: 130475

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  56. 130081

    The Bombay Edition of the Works.

    London: 1913-19

    The Bombay Edition, first issue one of the original 1,050 sets signed by the author on the half-title of Volume I. The Bombay edition was initially published in 25 volumes and limited to 1,050 copies. Kipling continued to write and the edition eventually grew to 31 volumes, with the later 6 volumes unsigned, and limited... Learn More
    £5,750

    Stock Code: 130081

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  57. 129550detail

    The First Collected Works. Centenary Limited Edition;

    London: 1973-6

    First complete collected edition, one of 1,750 sets published. The Centenary Edition is the only full collected works of Winston Churchill, reproducing his 50 books in 34 volumes. The Library of Imperial History went bankrupt before the projected run of 3,000 sets could be completed, so "the print run never exceeded 2,000... Learn More
    £6,750

    Stock Code: 129550

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  58. 130598

    Moby Dick, or the Whale.

    New York: 1930

    First Rockwell Kent trade edition, first printing, in a handsome binding. Kent's imagining of Melville's classic, first published the same year by the Lakeside Press of Chicago in a three-volume limited edition, has been hailed as a masterpiece of 20th-century book illustration and credited with reviving public interest... Learn More
    £750

    Stock Code: 130598

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  59. 128571detail

    The English Works.

    London: 1839-45

    The best collected edition of Hobbes's English-language works, "the most widely used edition of Hobbes's works", of which "there is nothing of comparable scope", until the long-planned Clarendon Press edition is completed (Sorell, The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes, p. xi). A five-volume edition of Hobbes's Latin works was... Learn More
    £850

    Stock Code: 128571

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  60. 122166comp

    Life of an American Workman.

    New York: 1937

    First and limited edition, number 64 of 500 copies privately printed, presentation copy inscribed by the author, "To W. S. S. Rodgers with my friendship and affection 1/19/38 W. P. Chrysler", on the first blank leaf. The book's foreword describes the printing of this edition, designed as a Christmas remembrance for the Chrysler... Learn More
    £975

    Stock Code: 122166

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