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CHURCHILL, Winston. Into Battle.London : 1943
Tenth edition, presentation issue, inscribed by the author on the first blank: "To Monsieur V. V. Tilea With best wishes from Winston S. Churchill 1946". The recipient Viorel Virgil Tilea (1896-1972) was the Romanian Government-in-exile's representative in London during the war, making this a particularly appropriate volume to have been presented at... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 145711
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BRANSOM, Paul (illus.); COOPER, Frederick Taber (ed.) An Argosy of Fables.New York : 1921
Large paper edition, number 22 of 365 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 32201
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DETMOLD, E. J. (illus.) The Arabian Nights.London : [1924]
Signed limited edition, number 99 of 100 copies only signed by the artist. "On the strength of The Arabian Nights, Detmold could have become one of the greatest illustrators of fantasy and fairy stories" (Richard Dalby, The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration, pp. 98). Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 30661
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FAULKNER, William. Pylon.New York : 1935
First edition, first printing, limited issue. Number 310 of 310 copies only signed by the author; one of Faulkner's smallest limitations. Learn More£1,925.00Stock Code: 26303
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler.1931
Signed limited edition, one of 775 copies of which this is number 662 signed by Rackham. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 47610
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KENT, Rockwell. Voyaging Southward from The Strait of Magellan.New York : 1926
Presentation copy from the author, inscribed in pencil at the head of the dedication page, "To my friend Nat Horwitt this 'voyage' (so far the only one we've sailed together on) is inscribed by me Rockwell Kent Au Sable Forks, March 1929". The recipient was the celebrated industrial designer Nathan G. Horwitt (1889-1990), "Horwitt is best known for... Learn More£1,925.00Stock Code: 60017
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BELLOW, Saul. Dangling Man.New York : 1944
First edition, first printing, signed by the author on the first blank. A handsomely bound copy of Bellow's first novel. Learn More£1,675.00Stock Code: 41558
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRIMM, [Jacob & Wilhelm]. Little Brother & Little Sister and other tales.London : 1917
Signed limited edition, number 340 of 525 copies signed by the artist, with the extra plate that is often missing ("He Hurried Away with Long Strides") also signed by the artist bound in at the back. Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 102175
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures.London : 1913
Signed limited edition, number 166 of 1,030 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 61468
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures.London : 1913
Signed limited edition, number 890 of 1,030 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 94954
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GREENE, Graham. The Bear Fell Free.1935
First Edition, First Impression. Signed Limited Edition of 250 copies of which this is number 171. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 36910
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield.London : 1929
Signed limited edition, one of 575 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 20927
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.London : 1951
Deluxe edition, number 305 of 500 copies. This is the one-hundredth edition of Grahame's timeless classic, which was originally published in 1908, with just a frontispiece, by Graham Robertson. Rackham's illustrations for the text first appeared in the Limited Editions Club edition of 1940, and it was the last work he illustrated. "During his last illness... Learn More£4,250.00Stock Code: 107331
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ANDERSON, James. Observations on the means of exciting a spirit of National Industry; chiefly intended to promote the Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Fisheries, of Scotland.Edinburgh : 1777
First edition, in a fine Scott of Edinburgh binding, presentation copy, inscribed from the author on a preliminary blank to William Murray, first earl of Mansfield, whose celebrated library was largely destroyed by fire during the Gordon Riots.
The Scottish agriculturalist and political economist James Anderson (1739-1808) wrote several influential... Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 127839
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OWEN, Robert. A New View of Society: or, Essays on the Principle of the Formation of the Human Character, and the Application of the Principle to Practice.London : 1813-14
First edition, first issue of the four Essays, one of 40 specially bound presentation sets printed on thick paper, parts III & IV "Not published", inscribed "From the Author" on the first blank.
Edouard Dolléans states that just forty copies of A New View of Society were bound for presentation: "En écrivant les Vues nouvelles, Owen a surtout... Learn More£87,500.00Stock Code: 130529
