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PANASSIÉ, Hugues. Histoire des Disques Swing.Geneva : 1944
First edition. History of the label founded by Charles Delaunay and Panassié in 1937 to provide for the needs of the burgeoning French jazz market, here with a superb inscription from Panassié to the half-title; "To Paul and Gloria, faithful friends and unfaithful correspondents! Know that I often regret not having heard these discs without having... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 91511
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PRÉVERT, Jacques. Paroles.Paris : 1945 [i.e. 1946]
First edition, first printing, one of 324 copies on rives paper, Jacques Brunius's copy of one of Prévert's best known collection of poems. They were first published separately in various magazines from around 1930, and were, partially and amateurishly, collected by students from Rheims at the end of the war. The poems were officially gathered in 1945... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 140435
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ROBBINS, Lionel - RUEFF, Jacques. L'Age de l'inflation.Paris : 1963
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed by the author on the half-title "à Lionel Robbins, ton amis Jacques Rueff".
A nice provenance: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London School of Economics, he "dominated the economics... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 142269
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ROBBINS, Lionel - RUEFF, Jacques. Les Dieux et les Rois.Paris : 1967
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed by the author on the half-title: "Pour Lord Robbins, pour l'économiste, pour l'artiste, pour le philosophe, pour l'ami Jacques Rueff" (translated "For Lord Robbins, for the economist, for the artist, for the philosopher, for the friend").
A nice... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 142274
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DAHL, Roald; JAQUES, Faith (illus.) Original artwork for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.London : [c.1973]
Original cover artwork, signed by the artist on the verso, for the first paperback edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, annotated with printing details to the margins and depicting Willy Wonka, Charlie and the other Golden Ticket-winners gathered around the Everlasting Gobstopper Machine. Original artwork for Roald Dahl's books is rare, and... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 142906
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MIRÓ, Joan; Rita Hayworth (recipient) - PRÉVERT, Jacques & G. Ribemont-Dessaignes. Joan Miró.Paris : 1956
First edition, first printing. Miro has drawn and signed a self-portrait of himself meeting Hayworth across the endpaper and half title page in his inimitable style in black ink and watercolour. Prévert has inscribed across the same two pages "á Rita Hayworth, En amitié d'un soir... et de layt???, Jacques Prévert" with a drawing of a flower; Ribemont-Dessaignes... Learn More£22,500.00Stock Code: 131185
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BARZUN, Jacques. Race: A Study in Superstition.New York : 1965
Second edition, revised. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Lionel & Diana, with ever affectionate thoughts, this dull old book that faithfully reflects the dull old friend who sends it, Jacques. Dec 22/64". Literary critic Lionel Trilling (1905-75) worked at Columbia during the same period as Barzun, and for thirty years the two... Learn More£775.00Stock Code: 61792
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ROBBINS, Lionel - RUEFF, Jacques. Le lancinant problème des balances de paiements.Paris : 1965
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed on the half-title: "À Lord Robbins, en témoignage de beaucoup d'idées communes et d'une très ancienne amitié". An excellent economics provenance: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141522
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BROONZY, William "Big Bill." "Mississippi Blues, Vol. II" signed EP.London : 1955
Signed by the great bluesman on the jacket cover, "Big Bill Broonzy", possibly dating to his tour of England in 1957. The EP was issued in Pye Nixa's "Jazz Today Series" and comprises four originals, one with orchestral accompaniment. Joe Meek, later a pioneering record producer, was co-engineer. Discs inscribed by Broonzy are certainly uncommon.
"Big... Learn More£3,850.00Stock Code: 136657
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SARTRE, Jean-Paul. Réflexions sur la Question Juive.Paris : 1946
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the half-title "Hommage de JP Sartre".
Sartre's reflections on the Jewish question, written in the aftermath of the holocaust, offers an analysis of what makes a person Jewish and the nature of the anti-Semite. In Sartre's view, a person is Jewish if they are viewed as such in the eyes... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 145981
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OUTRAM, [James]. The Conquest of Scinde.Edinburgh and London : 1846
First edition, presentation copy of Outram's account of the controversial annexation of Sind, inscribed "With the author's Complements" on the half-title of volume 1, probably in a secretarial hand. Having been specifically requested by Napier as commissioner for the treaty terms, Outram came to identify so closely with the position of the amirs and... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 120230
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SYMONS, A. J. A. The Quest for Corvo. An Experiment in Biography.London : 1934
First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Vincent, a tribute to a long a noble friendship, with the sincere and cordial salutations of his colleague in letters and admirer in life. A.J. Feb 3rd, 1934". The recipient, identified by a pencilled note, was Harold Vincent Marrot (1898-1954),... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 109896
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ROBBINS, Lionel - PERROUX, Francois. Les techniques quantitatives de la planification.Paris : 1965
First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title "Pour Lord L. Robbins en hommage d'admiration et d'amitié également fideles sic François Perroux". A nice association: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London School of Economics, he "dominated... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141530
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ROBBINS, Lionel - DUPRIEZ, Léon H. Philosophie des Conjonctures Économiques.Louvain & Paris : 1959
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed on the half-title "A Lionel Robbins en tres cordial hommage Léon Dupriez". A nice association: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the inter-war period; at the London School of Economics, he "dominated the economics department... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141531
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MUIR, Edwin, as Edward Moore. We Moderns: Enigmas and Guesses.London : 1918
First edition, first impression, of the first book of the Scottish poet, novelist and translator Edwin Muir. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to a Glaswegian friend on the front free endpaper using his pseudonym, "To Mrs Stobo from Edward Moore in memory of many charming hours. 31st May, 1918". Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 67586
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BIRRELL, Francis (trans.); DIDEROT, Denis. Dialogues.London : 1927
First edition, first impression, of this translation. Inscribed by Frankie Birrell to the Bloomsbury Group members Ralph and Frances Partridge on the front free endpaper: "To Ralph & Frances from the translator". Frances Partridge née Marshall worked at Birrell and Bunny Garnett's bookshop in her early 20s, and records in her autobiography her mother's... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 131854
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BERKELEY, George. Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,Dublin : 1744
First edition, presentation copy with "From the Author" written in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, and from the library of the Bloomsbury Group member Lytton Strachey, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Strachey's library contained various works by 18th-century philosophers, reflecting his own interest in philosophy and the intense... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 135077
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ROBBINS, Tom. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.New York : 1976
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title "To Peter Songrer, with joy & dreams, Tom Robbins". Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 141489
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ROBBINS, Lionel - PERROUX, Francois. Unités actives et mathématiques nouvelles:Paris : 1975
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, with the signed presentation note on Perroux's card reading: "Pour Lord L. Robbins en hommage d'admiration et j'amite ègaliment fidels Francois Perroux 18.4.76". An excellent economics provenance: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during... Learn More£100.00Stock Code: 141523
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SYMONS, A. J. A. The Quest for Corvo. An Experiment in Biography.London : 1934
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the writer Frank Swinnerton (1884-1992) on the front free endpaper, "Frank Swinnerton, in the hope that he will find the book worthy of the theme with the cordial regards of A. J. A. Symons." Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 93972
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ROBBINS, Lionel - RIST, Charles. Essais sur quelques problemes economiques et monetaires.Paris : 1933
First edition, first printing, presentation copy to the British economist Lionel Robbins, inscribed on the front free endpaper "à M. le Professeur Robbins en témoignage de haute estime" (translated "to Professor Robbins as a testimony of high esteem").
A nice provenance: Robbins, along with Keynes, was the leading British economist during the... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 142279
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KORNISS, Peter. A Vendegmunkas, (The Guest Workers).Budapest : 1988
First edition, first printing. With the photographer's signed presentation inscription to the title page, "To Augusta and Arnold Newman in the hope you will know a bit more about my small country from this book. With warmest regards Korniss Peter Budapest September 12, 1989". Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 76021
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OLUFSEN, Ole. The Emir of Bokhara and his Country.Copenhagen : 1911
First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, of this highly detailed and well-illustrated study of the region by the Secretary of the Royal Danish Geographical Society, drawing on the material accumulated during his command of the first and Second Danish Pamir Expeditions, 1896-97, 1898-99, from which he brought back more than 700 artefacts... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 104298
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PARGETER, Edith. Hortensius, Friend of Nero.London : 1936
First edition, first impression, of the author's first book, inscribed by the author on the first blank: "Best wishes, Edith Pargeter". This copy is in the scarce jacket. As a writer Edith Pargeter (1913-1995) was "a realist, immersed in history and attuned to moral questions whose pioneering work in medieval historical crime fiction" did much to consolidate... Learn More£575.00Stock Code: 99761
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SENHOUSE, Roger; TRILLING, Lionel. The Middle of the Journey.New York : 1947
First edition, first printing. Roger Senhouse's copy, sent to him by literary agents Pearn, Pollinger & Higham for the preparation of the first UK edition, published by Secker and Warburg the following year, and containing an illuminating collection of ephemera and correspondence exchanged between Senhouse, Frederic Warburg, Trilling, and critic Cyril... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 110965
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DUNSANY, Edward Plunkett, Lord. The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders.London : 1950
First edition, first impression in the second issue binding (the first issue being black cloth). From the author's library, inscribed as such by Dunsany's wife on the front free endpaper, and dated 1958. In this work Colonel Polder's is put under a spell causing him to live the life of variety of animals, and a short time that of a jinn. Dunsany (1878-1957)... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 110365
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DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.Philadelphia : 1842
Presentation copy, inscribed by Dickens to William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), editor of the New York Evening Post and a leading poet of his generation: "William Cullen Bryant From his friend and admirer Charles Dickens", signed with his characteristic lavish underscores. Dickens met Bryant for their first private audience on his American tour on Tuesday... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 90110
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WILLIAMS, John L, & Son (comp.) 1889-90. A Manual of Investments.Richmond, Virginia : 1890
First edition of the 6th annual Manual of investments produced by the banking house of John L. Williams of Richmond, Virginia, presentation copy inscribed by the author, "George Wayne Andrew with compliments & regards of the Author & acknowledgements for valuable assistance rendered in the compilation of this work. May 1890".
"Our Manual was... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 93439
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RIMBAUD, Arthur; VIEILLARD, Roger (illus.) Hommage A Rimbaud.Paris : 1945
First edition, first printing, inscribed in pencil "à Ralph Kirkpatrick pour 'les possibilités harmoniques' Roger Vieillard amicalement" inside the first blank, including two musical drawings, further drawings on the title page with the caption "pour Ralph Kirkparick" signed with Vieillard's "RV" monogram and dated "1942-1971-1982". This copy number... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 135463
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KNIGHT, Hilary (illus.); THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise à Paris.Paris : 1962
First edition in French, inscribed by the illustrator "to Elegant, Beautiful, Brilliant Elizabeth Welch from Hilary Knight and ELOISE, April 27th 1972" and with an original drawing of Eloise listening to records and eating sandwiches, captioned "Eloise says The Supreme pleasure is Elizabeth Welch's sliced cucumber sandwiches and recordings - eaten and... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 134525
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GARDINER, J. Ritchie. Diary of a Journey from Sumprabum to Margherita by the Chaukkan Pass.Calcutta : 1945
188 typescript leaves, privately produced by the author and inscribed "To Jack Graham as a small tribute to the work of the Indian Tea Association and to the many kindness extended to the author by him, from Ritchie. 10. 1/46." A scarce, privately produced account of a treacherous, life-threatening escape from Burma to India after the Japanese invasion,... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 129617
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ALLEN, Mary S. The Pioneer Policewoman.London : 1925
First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "with every good wish, from Mary S. Allen", with an autograph note loosely inserted, "Hoping you will accept this - If in your part of the world I will certainly let you know. M. S. Allen".
The Pioneer Policewoman was Mary Sophia Allen's (18781964)... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 131558
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WHARTON, Edith. Hudson River Bracketed.London, New York : 1929
First edition, UK issue. The dedication copy, with the author's presentation inscription to the dedication leaf incorporating the printed dedication, "To A.J.H.S. From E.W. December 1929". The dedicatee was John Hugh Smith, a wealthy English banker who met Wharton at Stanway in 1908. The two became fast friends and "embarked on a friendly, even flirtatious... Learn More£9,500.00Stock Code: 131588
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BERGSON, Henri. Le Rire.Paris : 1924
Later edition in book form, presentation copy to the Swedish diplomat and Francophile Count Albert Ehrensvärd, inscribed by Bergson on the half-title, "à Monsieur le Comte Albert Ehrensvärd en dévoué hommage H. Bergson".
Having served as Sweden's envoy to the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States, and Switzerland between the years 1908-18,... Learn More£675.00Stock Code: 129302
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GAY SUNSHINE PRESS. Partings at Dawn.San Francisco : 1996
First edition, first printing, scarce cloth issue, publisher Winston Leyland's own copy with his ownership inscription to half-title. The majority of the limited hardback issues of Gay Sunshine Press books were sold to libraries and are consequently scarce. Winston Leyland (b.1940) was a leading figure in American LGBT publishing and won the Stonewall... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 123282
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ASPINALL-OGLANDER, Cecil. Roger Keyes.London : 1951
First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author "For Elizabeth, this memory of her wonderful father, with love from Cecil Aspinall Oglander, Oct 1951" on the initial blank, with the publisher's printed compliments slip ("Sent at the author's request") laid in. Elizabeth has annotated two pages (8 and 441) in the book, the first identifying... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 118288
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KLEIN, William. Tokyo.Paris : [1964]
First edition, first printing, French issue (both the French and Japanese issues were printed in Japan and issued apparently simultaneously). An important association copy, with Klein's contemporary signed presentation inscription on the half title to his friend Germano Facetti, and his wife, "to Germano, man of the future, noblest Roman of them all,... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 115928
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SIDGWICK, Henry. Elements of Politics.London : 1891
First edition, with an autograph postcard from Sidgwick to the Scottish physician Donald MacAlister laid in, postmarked from the year of publication, 15 August 1891, and sent from Zermatt. Mailed to MacAlister at his St John's College, Cambridge address, Sidgwick writes: "It was stupid of me to omit to say that I should be in Switzerland at the launch-time:... Learn More£425.00Stock Code: 123669
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THWAITE, Anthony (ed.) Poems for Shakespeare 3.London : 1974
Signed limited edition of a 100 copies, this copy out of series, signed by the editor on the title page and by all 14 contributing poets on the facing page. The copy of the editor Anthony Thwaite, with his ownership signature in pencil to the front free endpaper. The signed issue preceded the trade edition. Together with a card from Sam Wanamaker to... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 126572
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MILNE, A. A. Birthday Party and other stories.New York : 1948
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his son, "For Moon, with love from Blue". Milne explained his son's nickname in his autobiography: "One of us thought of Robin, the other of Christopher; names wasted on him who called himself Billy Moon as soon as he could talk, and has been Moon to his family and friends... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 120415
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ACTON, Harold, & Ch'en Shih-Hsiang (trans.) Modern Chinese Poetry.London : 1936
First edition, first impression, in a nice example of the scarce jacket, of Harold Acton's English-language anthology of contemporary Chinese poetry. It includes his introductory survey, and specimens of the works of Ch'en Meng-chia, Chou Tso-jen, Feng Fei-ming, Ho Chi-fang, Hsu Chih-mo, Kuo Mo-jo, Li Kwang-t'ien, Lin Keng, Pien Chih-lin, Shao Hsun-mei,... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 136704
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ORWELL, George. Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher, Victor Gollancz, relating to the publication of A Clergyman's Daughter.8 Nov 1934 - 22 July 1983
Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence regarding the publication of George Orwell's first novel, A Clergyman's Daughter, including the original contract for the novel. Present are two typed letters, two autograph letters, and two autograph postcards, all signed by Orwell; all such material is uncommon in the market.
Orwell began to write the... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 131751
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ORWELL, George. Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher, Victor Gollancz, relating to the publication of Keep the Aspidistra Flying.16 Jan 1936-23 June 1944
Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence regarding the publication of George Orwell's second novel, Keep the Aspidistra Flying. The correspondence, often bitter, shows how far concerns with libel altered the final text of the novel, and how unhappy Orwell was about this; it contains two typed letters, two autograph notes, and one full autograph letter,... Learn More£50,000.00Stock Code: 131753
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ORWELL, George. Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher, Victor Gollancz, relating to the publication of The Road to Wigan Pier.29 Oct 1936-27 Aug 1958
Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence regarding the publication of George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier, including the original contract for the work. Orwell's classic study of industrial poverty in the north of England remains in print today, and is among the most esteemed and best-known of his non-fiction books.
After Orwell finished... Learn More£35,000.00Stock Code: 131757
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ORWELL, George. Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher, Victor Gollancz, relating to the publication of Inside the Whale.1 Jan 1940 - 13 Oct 1966
Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence relating to their publication of George Orwell's first collection of essays, Inside the Whale, including the original contract. Orwell began work on the essays in May 1939. The outbreak of the war led to an unproductive period, but by mid-December he had finished the book and sent the manuscript to Gollancz.... Learn More£22,500.00Stock Code: 131758
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LIVINGSTONE, David. A portion of the original manuscript of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa,London : 1857
A remarkable fragment, the only portion of the original manuscript of Missionary Travels known to remain in private hands. We understand that all other manuscript material is held in the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland. Together with an autograph letter signed from Livingstone's sister, sending the manuscript fragment, and a... Learn More£65,000.00Stock Code: 139047
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CLAXTON, William - LE QUERREC, Guy. Jazz comme une image.Paris : 1993
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author, inscribed warmly on the title page to fellow jazz photographer William Claxton (although not named), thanking him for their improvised, yet long-awaited, encounter: "Avec ma pleine amitié et toute mon admiration. Le souvenir d'une rencontre, improvisée, que j'espérais depuis longtemps.... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 141756
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HEFNER, Hugh - HANLEY, Jack. Let's Make Mary: Being a Gentleman's Guide to Scientific Seduction in Eight Easy Lessons.New York : 1937
The copy of the Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, with a laid-in handwritten note on Playboy Mansion West stationery from Shel Silverstein: "Hef - found this - thought you'd like it - then the vague remembrance hit me - that I may have seen it - years ago - in your apt on Superior - oh well - love Shel". Playboy's offices were located at 11 East Superior... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 141725
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BLUNT, Wilfrid Scawen. The Love-Lyrics and Songs of Proteus.Hammersmith : 1892
First Kelmscott edition, one of only 300 copies, presentation copy, pseudonymously inscribed by Blunt to his sometime lover Mary Singleton on the front free endpaper, "Violet Fane from Proteus April 29 1892". Singleton was notably the subject of Sonnet LV "St. Valentine's Day" on page 162 of this work. A beautiful copy with a fittingly romantic association.
Mary... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 144728
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NIGHTINGALE, Florence. Notes on Nursing: what it is, and what it is not.London : 1860
Second edition, a superb presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title to her fellow instructor at the Nightingale School: "Offered to John Croft Esq. with Florence Nightingale's sincerest joy at finding herself his fellow-worker in the Nurse-training business London 1873". Designated by Nightingale the Library Standard edition, this... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 144140
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JONES, Allen. Ways & Means.London : 1977
First edition, first printing. Limited to 50 copies signed and numbered by Jones on the justification page, inscribed by Jones "For Phil and Electra May". Additionally inscribed by Jones on the title page in coloured pencils "For Electra and Phil love from Allen Jones, New Year 1978" with a small drawing in coloured pencils of a woman's legs in high... Learn More£6,250.00Stock Code: 145595
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DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.London : 1839
First edition, presentation copy from the author to Lady Holland in a publisher's presentation binding of red morocco gilt, together with Dickens's original autograph letter signed accompanying the presentation, two pages, mounted by its last page within the front free endpaper.
The presentation letter reads: "In begging you, My Lady Holland,... Learn More£100,000.00Stock Code: 143166
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FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose. Free to Choose.New York & London : 1980
Signed by the author on the half-title. Free to Choose is the companion book to Friedman's ten-part PBS series of the same title, which investigated various regions, historical events, and social issues from the perspective that Laissez-faire economics is the most effective and fair way to manage societies. The series and book were a response to John... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 131458
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HOOVER, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty.New York : 1934
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the 31st President on the front free endpaper "To James H Douglas Jr With the kind Regards of Herbert Hoover".
James Henderson Douglas Jr. (1899-1988) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury by Hoover towards the end of his administration, and continued in the role under Franklin Roosevelt... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 148284
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DICKENS, Charles. The Old Curiosity Shop.Philadelphia : 1842
Presentation copy, inscribed by Dickens to William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), editor of the New York Evening Post and a leading poet of his generation, inscribed by Dickens: "William Cullen Bryant From his friend and admirer Charles Dickens", signed with his characteristic lavish underscores, and with two accompanying autograph letters signed. In the... Learn More£50,000.00Stock Code: 90111
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MOORE, Henry - SWEENEY, James Johnson. Henry Moore.New York : 1946
First edition, first printing, of this important monograph. Presentation copy from Moore, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Eric, from Henry, July 5th 1947". The recipient may be the British art critic Eric Newton (1893-1965), a personal friend of Moore and a champion of his work; Newton became a household name in Britain in the 1950s largely... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 87773
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FORSTER, E. M. Alexandria: A History and A Guide.Alexandria : 1922
First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Forster "AJB, from the author" on the front free endpaper, and with the ownership inscription of the recipient, A. J. Butler, on the front board. This is Oxford historian Alfred Joshua Butler (1850-1936), whose work The Arab Conquest of Egypt (1902) Forster cites as his main source for the period, and describes... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 112539
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Corrected draft typescript, signed, on the Soviet threat.1931
Extensively corrected typescript of one of the articles on European affairs commissioned from Churchill during 1931 for syndication in Hearst newspapers. An astute commentary on European Realpolitik, anticipating the Soviet bloc and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. On publication in the Milwaukee Sentinel, 23 August 1931, the piece was headlined; "Winston... Learn More£30,000.00Stock Code: 80696
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HENTOFF, Nat. The First Freedom.New York : 1980
First edition. This copy inscribed to John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet on the half-title; "For John, with great affection, Nat." In his liner notes for the MJQ Complete Prestige and Pablo Recordings, Hentoff described how, "The MJQ combined centuries of the blues with the knowledge of how careful form can make improvisation more meaningful - the... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 81919
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REINHARDT, Django. Jazz Hot,Paris : December, 1936
Special holiday issue of this influential French jazz periodical, this copy boldly signed by Django above the photograph of the Quintette. Features numerous photographs of early French and US jazz luminaries - Mezz Mezzrow on the cover, double-page centre spread including Quelques Musiciens Français, Chick Webb, Zutie Singleton, Bud Freeman and Bennie... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 83445
