London: Faber and Faber, 1987. Errol Le Cain's Last Christmas A Fine First Edition of Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride, Signed and Dated by the Illustrator [LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator]. BRICUSSE, Leslie. Christmas 1993 or Santa’s Last Ride. An Absolutely Amazing Christmas Story by Leslie Bricusse Illustrated by Errol..... 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: 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
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
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
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: 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
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1909. A Keats Poem—From Publisher to the Great Editor A Presentation Copy to H. Buxton Forman, Retaining His Bookplate. KEATS, John. Unpublished Poem to his Sister Fanny. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1909. Limited to 489 copies. Small quarto (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 216 x...... 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: William Heinemann, 1919. “Swinburne in Selected Form: A Limited 1919 Edition Edited by Gosse & Wise” SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. Selections from A.C. Swinburne. Edited by Edmund Gosse and Thomas James Wise. London: William Heinemann, 1919. Limited to 525 copies of which this is no. 162. Octavo (8 7/8 x...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. The Finest Collected Edition of John Keats's Works KEATS, John. The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats. Edited with notes and appendices by H. Buxton Forman. Revised with additions by Maurice Buxton Forman. With an introduction by John Masefield. New York: Charles..... More
London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1842. A Handsome Pall Mall Prize Binding: Spenser in Full Green Morocco with Institutional Supralibros and Country-House Provenance SPENSER, Edmund. The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. In five volumes. A new edition; with introductory and glossarial notes: to which is prefixed, the account of the..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First Edition of “A Child’s Garden of Verses” STEVENSON, Robert Louis. A Child’s Garden of Verses. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First edition, first printing (which consisted of 1,000 copies). Small octavo (6 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 161 x 108 mm.). [2]..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co, 1812. Two Superb Edwards of Halifax 'Etruscan' Bindings With Two Fine Early Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Paintings [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, binder]. COWPER, William. Poems by William Cowper, Of the Inner Tempe, Esq. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. London: Printed for J...... More
Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, 1884. First Edition of Kipling's Very Rare Second Book "Echoes" KIPLING, Rudyard and Alice. Echoes. By Two Writers. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, [1884] First edition. Small square octavo ( 6 x 4 1/2 inches; 154 x 115 mm.). [2, blank]..... More
Lahore : The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886. First Edition of Kipling's First Published Book - Departmental Ditties KIPLING, Rudyard. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses. Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1886. First edition of Kipling's first published book. Narrow octavo (10 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches; 273..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.,, 1949. The Definitive Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats, One of 350 Sets Signed by the Author YEATS, W[illiam] B[utler]. The Poems of W.B. Yeats. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1949. Limited to 375 numbered copies (of which 350 are for sale), signed by..... More
Burwash, Sussex: , 1920. “I Like It Very Much” Rudyard Kipling Critiques a Poem by “The Bath Railway Poet” A Fine Two-Page Autograph Letter Signed to Henry Chappell With the Original Autograph Envelope and Portrait KIPLING, Rudyard (1865–1936). Autograph letter signed, “Rudyard Kipling,” to Henry Chappell, the celebrated “Bath Railway..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. The Finest Collected Edition of John Keats's Works KEATS, John. The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats. Edited with notes and appendices by H. Buxton Forman. Revised with additions by Maurice Buxton Forman. With an introduction by John Masefield. New York: Charles..... More
London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. A Charming Hand-Painted Binding in the Pre-Raphaelite Style [PAINTED BINDING]. PHILLIPS, Stephen. Poems. London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. Second edition. Small octavo (7 9/16 x 4 5/8 inches; 192 x 118 mm.). viii, 108, [2, Some Press Notices]. A few leaves..... More
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson…, , 1779. First Dublin Edition of Johnson's Lives of the Poets JOHNSON, Samuel. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; and a Criticism on Their Works. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson…, 1779, 1781, 1781. First separate edition (preceding..... More
Oxford: , 1931. The Shakespeare Head Brontë A Fine Set in the Original Dust Jackets [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. BRONTË, [Charlotte, Emily, and Anne]. The Shakespeare Head Brontë. Oxford: Newly Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1931. Limited to 1,000 copies. Eleven large..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. The Library Edition of the Works of Oliver Goldsmith GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A. Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. Library Edition. Twelve large octavo volumes (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 221 x 147 mm.)..... More
