London: , 1916. “I Can Think of No One Who Would Play Mrs Dearth as Well” An Important J. M. Barrie Letter to His Original Wendy, Hilda Trevelyan, Apparently Concerning Her Performance of Mrs Dearth in Dear Brutus - Written Five Days After the Play's 1917 London Première BARRIE, J...... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1814. One of the Finest Copies We Have Seen in More Than Sixty Years Uncut Throughout in a Magnificent Contemporary Binding on Elephant Wove Paper With the first-issue list of plates before the addition of the thirty-three later-issued Founders portraits ACKERMANN, Rudolph. A History of the University..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. The Borowitz Copy, in the Original Parts and with an Autograph Letter Signed by Thackeray THACKERAY, W[illiam] M[akepeace]. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858-1859 [i.e., November 1857-October 1859]. First..... More
London: Privately Printed by Strangeways and Sons, 1902. The First Privately Printed Edition of Beatrix Potter’s Scarce Second Book POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. [London: Privately Printed by Strangeways and Sons], December 1902. First (privately printed) edition of Beatrix Potter’s scarce second book. One of 500 copies printed. Twelvemo..... More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1885. The English Dramatists on Large Paper A Finely Bound Brian Frost Set of the Great Elizabethan and Jacobean Playwrights ENGLISH DRAMATISTS. The English Dramatists Edited by A. H. Bullen. London: John C. Nimmo, 1885–1888. Large-paper issue, one of only 120 numbered copies printed on laid..... More
New York: Fred DeFau & Company, 1910. Robert Browning in a Striking Monastery Hill Binding The Florentine Edition - Elegantly Decorated with Inlaid Floral Tooling BROWNING, Robert. Complete Works. With an introductory essay by William Lyon Phelps. New York: Fred DeFau & Company, [1910]. Florentine Edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1923. The Norwich Edition of George Borrow Number One of Only 775 Copies - Beautifully Bound by Bayntun-Rivière BORROW, George. The Works of George Borrow. Edited, with much hitherto unpublished manuscript, by Clement Shorter. London: Constable & Co. Ltd.; New York: Gabriel Wells, 1923–1924. The Norwich..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Smith, Elder and Company, 1903. "Ah, love, let us be true To one another…" Mathew Arnold's Edition de Luxe in an Elegant Binding by Rivière for Sotheran's ARNOLD, Matthew. The Works of Matthew Arnold. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Smith, Elder and Company, 1903–1904. Edition..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1963. A Panorama of English Printing The Folio Society’s Monumental Collection of Original Leaves from the Great English Presses [LEAF BOOK]. Original Leaves from Famous English Books. London: The Folio Society, [1963]. One of only 200 sets compiled and issued by The Folio Society. Large folio..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1939. The Nonesuch Omnibus Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe CARROLL, Lewis. (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott and the illustrations by John Tenniel. London: The Nonesuch Press, [1939]. First edition of the Nonesuch Carroll omnibus. Octavo (7..... More
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. Alice in Full Dress: Tenniel’s Wonderland in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. Thirty-eighth thousand. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. [Bound together with:] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. A Finely Bound India Paper Shakespeare Elegantly Executed by Bayntun-Rivière SHAKESPEARE, William. Complete Works. Edited with a glossary by W.J. Craig, M.A. Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1978]. India Paper Edition. Small quarto (7 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 181 x 133 mm.). viii, 1164, [2]..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1927. Rupert Brooke in an Unusual Neo-Medieval Sangorski Binding BROOKE, Rupert. The Collected Poems. With a Memoir. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1927. Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 188 x 124 mm.). clix, [1, blank], 159, [1] pp. With two inserted photogravure..... More
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London: Constable and Company Limited, 1931-34. George Bernard Shaw - The Complete Plays and Prefaces SHAW, George Bernard. The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1931. [&] Prefaces by Bernard Shaw. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1934. First editions. Two large octavo volumes (9 5/8 x...... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. One of Thackeray’s Great Novels - In the Original Monthly Parts as Issued THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The History of Pendennis. His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848–1850 [i.e., November 1848–December 1850]. First edition, in the original twenty-four..... More
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London: The Folio Society, 2002. The Folio Society Tolkien Master Set Limited Editions in Fine Bindings by Smith Settle TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings; The Hobbit; The Silmarillion. London: The Folio Society, 2002–2003. A magnificent uniform limited edition set, each title restricted to 1,750 numbered copies..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2012. “The Leopard and the Imagination - Kipling Recast in Gold and Light” One of 1,000 Copies with Original Signed Etching KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories for Little Children. Introduced by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat. London: The Folio Society, 2012. Limited Edition. One of..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2011. “Gulliver Reimagined - A Modern Private Press Interpretation of Swift’s Masterpiece” One of 1,000 Copies with Original Signed Etching SWIFT, Jonathan. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts… by Lemuel Gulliver. Newly illustrated by Peter Suart. London: The Folio Society, 2011..... More
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London: The Folio Society, 2003. “Beardsley and Malory - The Arthurian Legend in Its Most Enchanting Modern Form” No. 30 of 1,000 Copies - A Luxurious Folio Society Facsimile MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur… Le Morte Darthur. Embellished with designs by Aubrey Beardsley. London..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2010. One of the Great Books of the Twentieth Century” No. 8 of 1,980 Copies — A Superb Folio Society Facsimile CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. With wood engravings by Eric Gill. London: The Folio Society, 2010. “This Facsimile Edition.” Limited to 1,980 numbered copies, this..... More
Londres: Macmillan and Co., 1869. “Alice” en Français - One of the Great Early Translations of a Literary Classic The 1869 First French Edition, Exceptionally Preserved in Original Cloth CARROLL, Lewis [Lewis Carroll]. Aventures d’Alice au Pays des Merveilles. Traduit de l’Anglais par Henri Bué. Illustré de 42 vignettes par..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1954. “To begin at the beginning…” - Dylan Thomas’s Masterpiece for Voices A Bright First Edition in Unfaded Jacket THOMAS, Dylan. Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, [1954]. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8..... More
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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
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First Edition of Jekyll and Hyde in the Original Wrappers STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First English edition. Octavo (9 x 4 5/8 inches; 178 x 118 mm.). [8], 141, [1, blank]..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1959. The Birth of Billy Fisher - A Defining Voice of Postwar British Fiction A Sharp Comic Portrait of Fantasy and Frustration in 1950s England WATERHOUSE, Keith. Billy Liar. London: Michael Joseph, [1959]. First edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 197 x 130 mm.). [2]..... More
