The Chelsea Bindery 20th Anniversary
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AMBLER, Eric. The Mask of Dimitrios.London : 1939
First edition, first impression, of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone in detective fiction. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 78304
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BALFOUR, Ronald (illus.) Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.London : 1920
Signed limited edition, number 22 of 100 copies signed by the artist. This is one of the most striking editions of the Rubáiyát, the illustrations by the little-known Ronald Balfour (1896-1941) combining the eroticism and grotesquerie of Beardsley with elements of Kay Nielsen and art deco to give a flamboyant Jazz Age rendering. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 121584
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BAUM, L. Frank. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.Indianapolis : 1902
First edition, first printing. Baum is best known for the Wizard of Oz books, in two of which Santa Claus features as a guest of Oz. Learn More£3,950.00Stock Code: 107961
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BLOCH, Robert. Psycho.New York : 1959
First edition, first printing. The work was the basis for Hitchcock's seminal film of the same title, released a year after the book was published. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 101725
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BULGAKOV, Mikhail. The Master and Margarita.London : 1967
First Glenny edition, first impression. Although the Glenny translation was beaten to the press in 1967 by that of Mirra Ginsburg, Ginsburg had taken as her copy text the heavy bowdlerized Soviet version. This version is complete and remains the standard English translation of one of the 20th century's literary masterworks. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 132074
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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. Tarzan of The Apes.Chicago, : 1914
First edition, first printing, with printer's name to copyright page in old English type. A wonderful example of the Chelsea Bindery's work. Learn More£4,000.00Stock Code: 124600
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CHANDLER, Raymond. Complete set of the Philip Marlowe novels.New York / London : 1938-58
All first editions, first printings. Chandler's first four novels were first published in America; the last three appeared first in the UK. Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 106986
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CHRISTIE, Agatha. The Mysterious Mr. Quin.London : 1930
First edition, first impression. A collection of short stories featuring the characters of Mr Satterthwaite, a socialite, and the eponymous Mr Quin. Learn More£1,575.00Stock Code: 27137
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. My African Journey.London : 1908
First edition, first impression. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 120930
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War.London : 1899
First edition, first impression, of Churchill's second book, preceded only by The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898), "2000 copies published on 6 November 1899" (Woods). It includes, of course, his account of the charge of the 21st Lancers, to whom he was attached, at Omdurman on 2 September 1898, described by the Dictionary of National Biography... Learn More£6,500.00Stock Code: 125178
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. 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£2,000.00Stock Code: 108580
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CLARKE, Harry (illus.); GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust.London : 1927
Signed limited edition, number 910 of 1,000 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 125665
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CONRAD, Joseph. Lord Jim.Edinburgh and London : 1900
First edition, first impression, one of 2,105 copies printed. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 71079
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CONRAD, Joseph. The Secret Agent.1907
First edition, first impression. One of Conrad's very best works - a stunning novel of detection, espionage and revolution. "The Secret Agent depicts the atmosphere of Edwardian London in a psychological thriller of the anarchist underworld. Conrad's wit and chivalrous magnanimity are at their airiest in this novel." (Connolly) Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 70386
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CONRAD, Joseph. The Arrow of Gold.1919
First English edition and first revised edition with corrections not incorporated in the American first edition. Signed "from Joseph Conrad 1919" on the half-title. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 48434
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DAHL, Roald. The BFG.London : 1982
First edition, first impression. A wonderful example of the Chelsea Bindery's work. Dahl's fantastical tale was expanded from a short story within his 1975 book Danny, the Champion of the World. A film adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released in 2016. Learn More£3,250.00Stock Code: 132372
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DARWIN, Bernard. The Golf Courses of The British Isles.London : 1910
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 128663
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DAVIS, S. C. H. Motor Racing.London : 1932
First edition, first impression, written in hospital by the British racing driver Sammy Davis while recuperating from his spectacular crash at Brooklands in 1931. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 71123
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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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DINET, Alphonse-Étienne, & Sliman Ben Ibrahim. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah.Paris : 1918
Limited edition of 875 numbered copies of which this number 74. Alphonse-Étienne Dinet (1861-1929), a French-born and Paris-trained painter, lived and worked for almost fifty years in Algeria. His conversion to Islam in 1908 was made formal in 1913. This is one of many collaborative works he produced with Sliman Ben Ibrahim, who originally served as... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 136218
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DIXON, Franklin W. 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£2,500.00Stock Code: 118415
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DULAC, Edmund (illus.) Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from A to Z.London : 1908
First edition of this humorously poetic alphabet. Learn More£3,250.00Stock Code: 66581
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DULAC, Edmund (illus.); Edward FitzGerald (trans.) Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.London : [1909]
First Dulac edition, first impression. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 132279
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![[The Alexandria Quartet:] Justine; Balthazar; Mountolive; Clea.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/2/121818.jpg)
DURRELL, Lawrence. [The Alexandria Quartet:] Justine; Balthazar; Mountolive; Clea.London : 1957-60
First editions, first impressions. Perhaps Durrell's greatest success, a study of love and political intrigue in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during World War II. Learn More£5,000.00Stock Code: 121818
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FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses and other stories.New York : 1942
First edition, first printing of Faulkner's third collection of short stories. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 36186
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FAULKNER, William. Sartoris.New York : 1929
First edition, first printing. Sartoris is a revised version of Faulkner's Flags in the Dust, the full text of which was not published until 1973. It was the first of Faulkner's tales set in Yoknapatawpha County, and introduces many of the characters that appear in his later works Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 29322
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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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FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary.London : 1886
First edition in English of Flaubert's masterpiece. The translator was Karl Marx's daughter, then living openly with Edward Bibbens Aveling, a married man whose name she used in conjunction with her own. Flaubert's debut novel was five years in the making, and originally serialised in the Revue de Paris. It provoked charges of obscenity and immorality... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 114497
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![[The complete Hornblower:]](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/0/109292.jpg)
FORESTER, C. S. [The complete Hornblower:]London : 1937-62
First editions, first impressions. Forester (real name Cecil Smith) was called to Hollywood to write a pirate film, working under Arthur Hornblower. However, before they had finished the script, another studio released Captain Blood, starring Errol Flynn, and using the same historical incidents that they had counted on. Rather than seeking another position,... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 109292
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FORESTER, C. S. The African Queen.London : 1935
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,650.00Stock Code: 98902
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FORSTER, E. M. A Passage to India.1924
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 71077
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FRANK, Robert. The Americans.New York : 1959
First US edition, originally published in France on 15 May 1958 by Robert Delpire as part of its Encyclopédie Essentielle series. In the French edition Frank's photographs were accompanied by text by authors such as Simone de Beauvoir, Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, Henry Miller and John Steinbeck. In this edition the photos are not accompanied... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 125101
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GOLDING, William. Lord of the Flies.London : 1954
First edition, first impression, of Golding's first and best known novel. Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 135373
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GREEN, Henry. Living.London & Toronto : 1929
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,675.00Stock Code: 71598
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GREENE, Graham. Brighton Rock.London : 1938
First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US earlier the same year. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 48052
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HAGGARD, H. Rider. King Solomon's Mines.London : 1885
First edition, first impression. With all the textual misprints: p. 10, "Bamamgwato"; p. 122 3rd line up "let twins to live"; p. 307 footnote, last line, "Wrod." Surprisingly scarce in the correct state. King Solomon's Mine "met with instant success" (ODNB) and is considered to be the foundation of the "Lost World" science fiction genre. Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 124633
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![[Complete detective novels:] Red Harvest; The Dain Curse; The Maltese Falcon; The Glass Key; The Thin Man.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/1/116919.jpg)
HAMMETT, Dashiell. [Complete detective novels:] Red Harvest; The Dain Curse; The Maltese Falcon; The Glass Key; The Thin Man.New York & London : 1929-34
First editions, first printings, of the complete series of Hammett's seminal full-length detective novels. As usual The Glass Key is the first American edition; the first impression was printed in London in the same year during Knopf's ill-fated attempt to break into the British market and is scarce. Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 116919
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HARTLEY, L. P. Night Fears and Other Stories.London & New York : 1924
First edition, first impression, of the author's first published work. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 75396
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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter,Boston : 1850
First edition, first issue: with the advertisements dated "March 1, 1850" and the misprint "reduplicate" for "repudiate" at line 20 page 21.
Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 117377
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HILTON, James. Lost Horizon.London : 1933
First edition, first impression, of the book that introduced Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery located high in the mountains of Tibet. Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 131008
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![A Shropshire Lad [together with] Last Poems.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/2/126238.jpg)
HOUSMAN, A. E. A Shropshire Lad [together with] Last Poems.Chipping Campden : 1929
First Alcuin Press edition, number 134 of 325 copies in total. First published in 1896 and 1922 respectively, this work collected together in two volumes what was then understood to be the entire corpus of Housman's published poetry. This book was handsomely printed in the private press manner on Batchelor handmade paper for the publishers by the Alcuin... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 126238
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JOYCE, James. Ulysses.London : 1936
First UK edition. The entire edition was limited to 1,000 copies only, of which this is one of 900 numbered copies. This was the first issue to be entirely produced in Britain, with an appendix with documents relating to the legal history of Ulysses and with a bibliography. Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 47333
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KAFKA, Franz. The Castle.London : 1930
First edition in English, first impression. The Castle will never attain the fame of its sister The Trial, but in literary terms it is more than a match. This was the first publication in English of any of Kafka's books, preceding English editions of The Trial and Metamorphosis by some seven years. It is far scarcer than either. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 83324
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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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KEYNES, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of The Peace.London : 1919
First edition, first impression, of what Skidelsky calls "one of the most influential books of the twentieth century". "The Economic Consequences of the Peace has a claim to be regarded as Keynes's best book. In none of his others did he succeed so well in bringing all his gifts to bear on the subject in hand." Learn More£1,800.00Stock Code: 122368
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KINGSLEY, Charles; Warwick Goble (illus.) The Water Babies.London : 1909
First Goble Edition. "Goble moved into the big time in 1909 when he became the resident gift book illustrator for the large publishing firm of Macmillan. The first of his classic de luxe volume in the Macmillan series was The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley. Containing 32 fine mounted colour plates by Goble, this ranks as one of the most beautiful... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 38875
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KOESTLER, Arthur. Darkness At Noon.London : 1940
First edition, first impression. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 125637
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LAWRENCE, D. H. Women in Love.New York : 1920
Limited first edition of 1250 copies of which this is number 1198. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 132076
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LAWRENCE, T. E. (intro.); DOUGHTY, Charles M. Travels in Arabia Deserta.London : 1936
New and definitive edition, first impression. First published in 1886, this reissue with a new preface by Doughty and an introduction by T. E. Lawrence found a new generation of readers for this classic of travel. This "definitive" edition of 1936 was published in a format matching that of the 1935 Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 121339
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LOFTING, Hugh. The Story of Doctor Dolittle.New York : 1920
First edition, first printing, of the first title in the Doctor Dolittle series. Though born in England, Lofting settled in Connecticut and had his first book published in New York. The book is attractively illustrated with his own naïve pen-and-ink drawings. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 127454
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MANN, Thomas. Death in Venice.London : 1928
First edition in English. This novella was written in 1912 and published in Germany under the title Der Tod in Venedig. This edition also includes the novellas Tristan and Tonio Kröger. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 125441
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MILNE, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh.London : 1926
First edition, first impression, of this much loved children's classic. Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 133608
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MILNE, A. A. [The Pooh books:]London : 1924-8
First editions, first impressions. When We Were Young is a first first state, with the contents page ix unnumbered and also has a presentation stamp to the title page. The little bear described by Christopher Milne in his autobiography as his "inseparable companion" has also become the inseparable companion of generations of children, often remaining... Learn More£9,750.00Stock Code: 133547
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MURDOCH, Iris. Under The Net.London : 1954
First edition, first impression, of the author's first novel. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 48515
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NIELSEN, Kay (illus.) East of the Sun West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North.London : [1914]
Signed limited edition, number 83 of 500 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£9,750.00Stock Code: 114031
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NORTON, Mary. The Borrowers.London : 1952
First edition, first impression. Winner of the 1952 Carnegie Medal, on the 70th anniversary celebration of the medal in 2007, The Borrowers was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works. Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 127494
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O'FLAHERTY, Liam. The Informer.London : 1925
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 70385
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O'HARA, John. Appointment in Samarra.New York : 1934
First edition, first printing in lovely fine binding. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 86667
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PASTERNAK, Boris. Doctor Zhivago.London : 1958
First edition in English, first impression, of Pasternak's classic novel. First published in Italy in 1957, the original manuscript had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union in the same year. It was an immediate success and has been adapted to screen a number of times, most famously in the 1965 film adaptation staring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, and... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 131737
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POLOVTSOFF, Pierre. Monte Carlo Casino.1937
First Edition, First Impression, preceding the American edition published the following year. The classic work by the then president of the International Sporting Club. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 40081
