London: Orbis Publishing, 1979. “To Dear Leslie…” - Rudolf Nureyev to Leslie Bricusse A Signed Association Copy of Fonteyn and Nureyev, with a Playhouse Theatre Archive of Nureyev in The King and I A compelling association copy linking two titans of 20th-century performance - Rudolf Nureyev and Leslie Bricusse -enhanced..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1987. A Lavish Signed De Luxe Christmas Fantasy - Leslie Bricusse & Errol Le Cain in Zaehnsdorf Morocco [LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator]. BRICUSSE, Leslie. Christmas 1993 or Santa’s Last Ride. An absolutely amazing Christmas story by Leslie Bricusse illustrated by Errol Le Cain. London: Faber and..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2009. “The Great White Whale - Rockwell Kent’s Vision in a Monumental Folio Society Edition” Limited to 1,750 Copies - A Striking Modern Classic in Silver and Black MELVILLE, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. London: The Folio Society, 2009. Limited Edition. One..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. Ghosts and Comets: An Excellent First Edition of Phantasmagoria CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]. Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First edition, first issue. Small octavo (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 172 x 117 mm.). viii, [1-3], 4–202, [2, blank] pp..... More
![Item #06626 Lady into Fox [&] A Man in the Zoo. David GARNETT](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06626_082.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777319401)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1922-24. Metamorphosis & Spectacle - Garnett’s Two Modern Fables in Fine Jackets An Exceptionally Preserved, Inscribed Bloomsbury Pair GARNETT, David. Lady into Fox. London: Chatto & Windus, 1922. together with: GARNETT, David. A Man in the Zoo. London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. First editions. Two octavo..... More
New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1928. The Only Peter Rabbit Almanac First London Edition - Inscribed by Beatrix Potter POTTER, Beatrix. Peter Rabbit’s Almanac for 1929. New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1928. First London edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For Beatrice Heap / from Beatrix..... More
![Item #06425 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06425.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777320473)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. “Presented by Lewis Carroll to the Crofts Sisters” An Early and Documented Family Association Set of Alice and Looking-Glass CARROLL, Lewis. (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. Twenty-third thousand. London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. [with:] Through the Looking-Glass..... More
London: Leonard Smithers, 1906. “Too Free for Circulation” Beardsley’s Suppressed Juvenal & Lucian Drawings A Clandestine Portfolio of Decadent Eroticism, Limited to 120 Copies BEARDSLEY, Aubrey. An Issue of Five Drawings Illustrative of Juvenal and Lucian. London: [Leonard Smithers], 1906. Limited to 120 copies. Folio (13 3/8 x 8 15/16..... More
London: Various publishers, 1918. “The Theatre of J. M. Barrie: A Finely Bound Zaehnsdorf Collection” BARRIE, J. M. A Uniformly Zaehnsdorf-Bound Collection of Plays and Related Works. London: various publishers, 1914–1938. Eleven octavo volumes (varying sizes between 7 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches and 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches;..... More
![Item #06543 The “Bab” Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense [&] More “Bab” Ballads. Much...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06543_418_copy.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776384117)
London: John Camden Hotten [&] George Routledge and Sons, 1869. “Much Sound and Little Sense” The Cornerstone of Gilbert’s Comic Genius GILBERT, W.S. The “Bab” Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. With illustrations by the author. London: John Camden Hotten, 1869. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 1/2..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. First Edition of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot ELIOT, T[homas] S[tearns]. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. First edition, first printing with the words "First Published in September 1939" printed on the copyright page..... More
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1821. "Indeed, the Taste for it Amounted to a Craze" EGAN, Pierce. [CRUIKSHANK, George and Robert, illustrators]. Life In London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 1999-2007. The Complete Deluxe Set In Very Fine Condition ROWLING, J.K. The Harry Potter Series: The Sorcerer's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of Azkaban; The Goblet of Fire; The Order of the Phoenix; The Half-Blood Prince; and The Deathly Hallows. London: Bloomsbury, 1999–2007. First U.K. Deluxe..... More
London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. “A Play of Conscience and Corruption - Wilde at His Brilliant Peak” First Edition, Limited Issue - From the Library of Esher Place WILDE, Oscar. An Ideal Husband. By the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. First edition, limited..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1932. Greene’s Breakthrough “Entertainment” The Novel That Established His Reputation GREENE, Graham. Stamboul Train. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1932. First edition, second printing. Octavo (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 inches; 186 x 121 mm.). xii, [1-2], 3-307, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's black cloth over boards, spine..... More
Pont-a-Mousson: Haguenthal, 1860. “Barracks, Blunders, and Bonhomie - Randon’s Comic Life of the French Trooper” RANDON, Gilbert. La Vie de Troupier Charges et Fantasais, À Pied, À Cheval &.a Par Randon. Paris: Maison Martinet, [ca. 1860]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 inches; 343 x 254 mm.). Hand colored etched title-page..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Edition De Luxe in the Original Green Vellum Binding [NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator]. QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 copies (this..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Edition de Luxe, with an Exceptional Original Pencil Sketch by Kate Greenaway [GREENAWAY, Kate]. SPIELMANN, M.H., and G.S. LAYARD. Kate Greenaway. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 123), signed by the artist’s..... More
![Item #06430 [Complete Set of the Fairy Books, A]. Andrew LANG, H. J. Ford, Sangorski, Sutcliffe](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06430_037.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774630203)
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. A Complete First Edition Set of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books Uniformly 'Harlequin' Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [LANG, Andrew, editor]. The Blue Fairy Book. [Together with:] The Red Fairy Book. [And:] The Green Fairy Book. [And:] The Yellow Fairy Book. [And:] The Pink Fairy..... More
Paris: Caboche, Grégoire , 1837. One of Paul Gavarni's Rarest and Most Famous Series Thirty-Four Superb Lithographs… GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. La Boite aux Lettres. Paris: Caboche, Grégoire et Cie, Chez Arnauld de Vresse, libraire éditeur, [1837-1839]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; 343 x 267..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1844. One of Daumier’s most Iconic Albums from the early 1840s Published at the height of Parisian Tourism and Bourgeois Curiosity Twenty Magnificent Hand Colored Lithographs DAUMIER, Honoré de. Les Étrangers à Paris. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1844. First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 333..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. First Trade Edition Of Detmold's Rarest Book [DETMOLD, Edward J., illustrator]. The Arabian Nights. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. Illustrated by E.J. Detmold. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., 1924]. First trade edition. Quarto (10 15/16 x 8 1/2 inches; 278 x 216 mm.)..... More
London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1826, 1826. London’s Principal Theatres during the Georgian Era as shown in Fourteen Fine Hand Colored Aquatint Plates BRAYLEY, Edward Wedlake. HAVELL, Daniel (illustrator). Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London: Illustrated with a view of each theatre, elegantly coloured, drawn and engraved..... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. With the Exceptionally Rare Hand Colored "Suppressed Portrait of John Jorrocks SURTEES, Robert Smith. BROWNE, Hablot Knight, aka. PHIZ, illustrator. Jorrock's Jaunts and Jollities. Being the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks, of St..... More
![Item #06217 Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois [&] Des Mères de Famille. Paul...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06217_071.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1747772924)
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846. Three Complete Series by Paul Gavarni GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois [&] Des Mères de Famille. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846-1848. Three complete series bound in one folio volume (13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 345 x 268 mm.). Fourteen..... More
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