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
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1907. The Classic Life - Boswell’s Johnson in an Elegant Bayntun-Rivière Binding The Life of Samuel Johnson BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1907. Two quarto volumes (9 1/4..... 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: 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: 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
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. DULAC at His Breakthrough - The Immediate Second Issue of His Masterpiece DULAC, Edmund, illustrator. Laurence Housman. Stories from The Arabian Nights. With Drawings by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [November, 1907]. Second trade edition, issued just one month after the first edition of..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2002. The Great Kelmscott Chaucer - The Folio Society Facsimile In a Superb Reproduction of Cobden-Sanderson's Original Binding [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. Geoffrey Chaucer. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted.[Hammersmith: Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 1896] i.e. London: The Folio Society, 2002. Superb..... More
London: [Hodder & Stoughton Limited for] Boots the Chemist, 1927. Heath Robinson’s Enchanting Andersen - Extra-Illustrated with Ten Edmund Dulac Plates ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans [Christian]. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: [Hodder & Stoughton Limited for] Boots the Chemist, [1927]. New edition..... 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: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Kate Greenaway - Finely Bound [GREENAWAY, Kate]. SPIELMANN, M.H., and G.S. LAYARD. Kate Greenaway. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches; 216 x 156 mm.). xix, [1], 300, [1], [1, blank], [2, advertisements] pp. Color frontispiece..... 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
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
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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
London: The Folio Society, 2011. “Golden Cockerel Reborn - A Monument of English Private Press Printing” No. 22 of 1,250 Copies - The Folio Society Facsimile in Full Goatskin CHAUCER, Geoffrey. Troilus and Criseyde. Edited by Arundell Del Re. Wood engravings by Eric Gill. [London: The Folio Society, 2011]. “This..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2008. “One of 1,000 Copies with Original Signed Etching A Private Press Masterpiece of Modern Illustration” GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk. London: The Folio Society, 2008. Centenary Edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, each containing an original hand-printed copperplate..... More
London: Paradine, 1979. Imperial Rome Reimagined - A Signed Limited I, Claudius in Full Morocco No. 22 of 100 Copies, Elegantly Issued by Paradine GRAVES, Robert. I, Claudius. From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius… [London]: Paradine, [1979]. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies, this being No. 22, signed by Robert..... More
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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
England: , 1830. A Handsome Early Nineteenth-Century Poetry Anthology Manuscript Elegantly Written and Illustrated with Charming Wash Drawings [MANUSCRIPT POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Manuscript anthology of English poetry. England, early-to mid-19th century. Square octavo (7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 197 x 162 mm.). 115 manuscript pages followed by four manuscript pages..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. A Victorian Fairy Tale Reimagined - The Sambourne Edition in a Fine Bayntun Binding The Water-Babies with One Hundred Illustrations by Linley Sambourne KINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. New Edition. With One Hundred Illustrations by Linley Sambourne. London: Macmillan and..... More
London: John Murray, 1963. Sherlock Holmes in a Gentleman’s Library Binding The Complete Short Stories - Elegantly Bound by Bayntun of Bath DOYLE, Arthur Conan, Sir. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. His Adventures. Memoirs. Return. His Last Bow & The Case-Book. London: John Murray, 1963. Eighteenth edition, printed on..... More
Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, 1999. Wilde’s Greatest Poem in a Modern Private Press Masterpiece One of Only 25 Copies on Velin Arches Blanc WILDE, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Engravings by Peter Forster. Introduction by Bryan Forbes. Reading, Berkshire: The Carpathian Press, [1999]. One of 25 copies printed..... More
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