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Launched by Peter Harrington in 2000, The Chelsea Bindery specialises in Fine Binding, Preservation Boxes and Book Restoration. With the introduction of highly trained staff with over 60 years' experience previously gained from the workshops of Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf, we believe we can offer a full bookbinding and conservation service second to none. We use hand finishing and the finest materials to ensure a superior end product of the highest quality.
Should you wish to use the services of The Chelsea Bindery, or for additional information, please email us or contact Emma Doyle on +44 (0)20 7591 0220.
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A French Standing Press and an Intertyper used in the binding process.
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Should you wish to use the services of The Chelsea Bindery, or for additional information, please email us or contact Emma Doyle on +44 (0)20 7591 0220.
Below is a list of our current stock bound by The Chelsea Bindery. Do not hesitate in contacting us should you wish to receive additional information or images of any item(s).
This is our list of current stock bound by The Chelsea Bindery
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Watership Down. Published 1972
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£975.00
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Lucky Jim. Published 1953
First Edition, First Impression. Author’s cut signature to front free endpaper.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Minor foxing to title page, otherwise a fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Stories from Hans Andersen. Published 1911
First English Trade Edition.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt. With 28 tipped in colour plates. A fine copy.
£2,000.00
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Danish Fairy Legends and Tales. Published 1846
First Edition translated into English from the Danish. Two shorter selections of Hans Andersen's stories had first appeared earlier in the same year, translated by Mary Howitt and by Charles Boner, both taken from German translations. This translation was taken directly from the Danish, anonymously ...
Small 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With the original covers bound in at the back. With wood-engraved ornaments and ...
£3,750.00
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Fairy Tales. Published [1924]
Edition de Luxe, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist. A selection of classic stories by Hans Andersen which includes the Snow Queen and the Tinder Box beautifully illustrated by the renowned Scandinavian illustrator Nielsen.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rules to boards gilt, titles and elaborate pictorial decoration to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in ...
£1,250.00
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The Complete Novels. Published 1928
First One-Volume Edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and extra decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£6,750.00
![The Novels [and] The Letters.](itemImages/th_37413.jpg)
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The Novels [and] The Letters. Published 1923-32
Large Paper Edition. Limited to 1,000 sets of which 950 are for sale.
7 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With colour and black and white illustrations. A fine set.
£6,000.00
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Pride and Prejudice … Published 1894
First Thomson Edition, One of 250 Large Paper copies for Britain, with another 25 done for America. Thomson’s “light touch and feeling for period manners provide a charming and accessible gloss to the author's work” (ODNB).
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco with a fine oval watercolour of Jane Austen after the Andrews portrait under glass inset into the front board, titles and decoration to spine gilt, boards with wide gilt borders, cream moiré silk endpapers and doublures, inner dentelles ...
£1,250.00
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The Complete Novels. Published 1928
First One-Volume Edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and extra decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£850.00
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The Plays. Published 1928
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author. A fine copy.
£4,750.00
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Published 1906
Limited Edition of 500 copies. Signed by Arthur Rackham.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, decorative block to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated with 50 tipped-in coloured plates. Occasional scattered ...
£1,500.00
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Published 1906
First Rackham Edition.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full tan morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, pictorial block to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 50 mounted colour plates, captioned tissues. Some foxing to the title page otherwise a fine copy.
£7,500.00
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Published 1906
First Rackham Edition. Signed Limited Edition of 500 copies of which this is number 1906.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, silk endpapers and top edge gilt. With the added attraction of a pictorial onlay inset into the front cover entitled “The Lady with the ...
£4,950.00
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Published 1900
First Edition, Second Issue with the title page correctly dated 1900.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, title decoration and raised bands to spine gilt, rules to boards gilt, pictorial decoration to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original cloth spine and front board bound ...
£3,750.00
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Published 1902
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, title and pictorial multicolour onlay decoration to front board, inner dentelles gilt, black plain endpapers, all edges gilt. With colour frontispiece, colour title page and many ...
£3,750.00
![The Early Work; [together with:] The Uncollected Work; [and:] The Later Work.](itemImages/th_21373.jpg)
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The Early Work; [together with:] The Uncollected Work; [and:] The Later Work. Published 1899 & 1901 & 1925
All First Editions.
3 volumes, 4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles, decoration and raised bands to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with drawings by Aubrey Beardsley: frontispiece, title page and 155 drawings in The ...
£1,500.00
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A Book of Caricatures. Published 1907
First Edition, First Impression.
Folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. 49 plates. A fine copy.
£975.00
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Zuleika Dobson. Published 1911
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full tan morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Dangling Man. Published 1944
First Edition, First Printing. With the author’s signature on the front fly-leaf and a small previous owner’s signature just above.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£875.00
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Mapp and Lucia. Published 1931
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A few small marks but a very good copy in a fine binding.
£1,500.00
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Out of Africa. Published 1937
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,800.00
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Tarzan of The Apes. Published 1914
First Edition, First Printing with printer's name to copyright page in Old English type.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green coated endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,750.00
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Vikram and the Vampire. Published 1870
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 33 illustrations by Ernest Grisset. A fine copy.
£9,750.00
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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights’ entertainments, Published 1885–88
First Edition, the authentic Benares edition, issued in a limited subscription of 1000 copies. Richard Burton’s celebrated translation “has become the pre-eminent English translation of the Middle Eastern classic. It is the keystone of Burton's literary reputation” (ODNB). The original edition ...
16 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, inset burgundy morocco panels to boards blocked gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Alone. Published 1938
First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. Decorations by Richard E. Harrison. A fine copy.
£975.00
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The Road to Oxiana. Published 1937
First Edition, First Impression of Byron’s masterpiece.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 16 black and white plates. A fine copy.
£875.00
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The Postman Always Rings Twice. Published 1934
First UK Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, black coated endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£3,500.00
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North American Indians. Published 1876
First Edition of Catlin’s classic work to be printed in colour. George Catlin (1796-1872), spent many years among the Indians in North and South America. He lived with them, acquired their languages, and studied very thoroughly their habits, customs and mode of life, making copious notes and many ...
2 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 360 coloured engravings from the author’s original paintings. A fine copy.
£895.00
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The Long Goodbye. Published 1953
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain cream endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The High Window. Published 1942
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, title to spine gilt, raised bands, gilt rule and dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£875.00
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Playback. Published 1958
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, rules to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£895.00
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The Little Sister. Published 1949
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, title to spine gilt, raised bands, rules to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Innocence of Father Brown. Published 1911
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With eight full page illustrations by Sydney Seymour Lucas. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Seven Dials Mystery. Published 1929
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£975.00
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Murder in Mesopotamia. Published 1936
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rules to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,350.00
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The Man in the Brown Suit. Published 1924
First Edition, First Impression of this early Christie work.
8vo Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,200.00
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Evil Under the Sun. Published 1941
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With a map. A fine copy.
£1,200.00
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Parker Pyne Investigates. Published 1934
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin. Published 1930
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,200.00
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The Listerdale Mystery Published 1934
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£975.00
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Three Act Tragedy. Published 1935
First Edition. Published for The Crime Club.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt,raised bands, rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Light occasional foxing otherwise beautifully bound in near fine condition.
£1,250.00
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Lord Edgware Dies. Published 1933
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,750.00
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The Secret of Chimneys. Published 1925
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Body in the Library. Published 1942
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fiine copy.
£2,000.00
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Dumb Witness. Published 1937
First Edition, First Impression. With the author’s signed presentation inscription to the front fly-leaf “Clifford L. B. Hubbard Agatha Christie.”
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£2,750.00
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force Published 1898
First Edition, First Impression of Churchill's first book. In it he relates his exploits with the Malakand Field Force, led by Sir Bindon Blood, on the Northwest Frontier of India in 1897. An interesting copy being from the Officer’s Mess library of the 14th West Yorkshire Regiment, with their ...
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles to spine gilt, box design with lion centre tools to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait and 6 folding colour maps. ...
£1,250.00
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Great Contemporaries. Published 1937
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers,twin rule to turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt. With black and white photographs. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Liberalism and the social problem. Published 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
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£9,500.00
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Marlborough. Published 1933–38
First Editions, First Impressions, Presentation Copy, inscribed on the first blank in volume I: “H.A.L. Fisher from Winston S. Churchill. Oct. 1933” in the month of publication. Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher (1865–1940), like Churchill, was both historian and politician. Related to the Bloomsbury ...
4 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in reddish-brown full morocco, spines lettered and dated gilt, single gilt rules, raised bands, gilt lion device in compartments, front covers with Marlborough arms in gilt, inner dentelles ruled in gilt, black endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated ...
£1,200.00
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Step by Step 1936–1939. Published 1939
First Edition, First Impression in book form of Churchill's weekly commentaries, which were published in the Evening Standard and syndicated throughout Europe by Emery Reves, arguing against appeasement..
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Folding map of Europe bound in at rear. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Arms and the Covenant. Published 1938
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait. A hint of offsetting to title page, a fine copy.
£875.00
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The World Crisis.1911–1918. Published 1931
First one-volume edition, abridged & revised, which contains an extra chapter on the Battle of the Marne not previously printed. This for many is the more manageable version of what may well be Churchill’s finest historical work.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 48 maps, charts and illustrations. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Ian Hamilton’s March. Published 1900
First Edition, First Impression, the second of Churchill’s two books describing his daring exploits during the South African War.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With Portrait, Maps and Plans. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Savrola. Published 1900
First UK Edition. The US printing preceded the English but the latter is a decidedly less common book and more appealing to boot.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£2,000.00
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The River War Published 1902
New and Revised Edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, signature to front board gilt, plain coated endpapers, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt. With frontispiece and 22 maps and plans. Light foxing to prelims otherwise a fine ...
£1,250.00
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The River War Published 1933
First Cheap Edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, Churchill’s signature to front board gilt, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt. With 22 maps and plans. A fine copy.
£9,500.00
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The Second World War. Published 1948-54
All First Editions, First Impressions. Presentation inscription to the original front free endpaper in Volume III, “Inscribed for Miss Freda Smith by Winston Churchill 1950.”
6 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue full morocco, titles gilt to spines, raised bands, single ruled gilt panel to compartments with rampant lion device gilt to the first, fifth and sixth, similar panel to boards, autograph block to upper boards, arabesque roll inner ...
£1,250.00
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Thoughts and Adventures. Published 1932
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, rule to boards, signature block to front board, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated with photographic frontispiece, several cartoons.
£9,500.00
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The Second World War. Published 1948-54
All First Editions, First Impressions. Signed by Churchill on the half-title to Volume I.
6 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue full morocco, titles gilt to spine, raised bands, single ruled gilt panel to compartments with rampant lion device to first, fifth and sixth, siimilar gilt panel to boards, autograph block gilt to upper boards, double gilt rule to ...
£1,350.00
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London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. Published 1900
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain black endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with folding coloured map, 3 further maps and 4 plans. Some occasional light foxing, in a fine ...
£2,750.00
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Published [1910]
Limited Edition, numbered 114 of 525 copies, signed by Willy Pogany. Arguably Pogany’s best work and a well illustrated edition of Coleridge’s masterpiece.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block to upper boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain black endpapers, all edges gilt. Colour plates tipped in. Design, layout, lettering, ...
£2,750.00
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Published [1910]
Limited Edition, numbered 336 of 525 copies, signed by Willy Pogany. Arguably Pogany’s best work and a well illustrated edition of Coleridge’s masterpiece.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, titles and pictorial decoration to front board gilt, pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt. Colour plates tipped in. Design, layout, lettering, colour and monochrome ...
£3,500.00
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The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio... Published 1892
First English Edition.
Small 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full light blue morocco, title to spine black, decoration to spine gilt and black, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block to front board black, inner dentelles gilt, facsimile of original endpapers, all edges silver. With black ...
£1,250.00
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The Nigger of the “Narcissus”. Published 1898
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A couple of light marks to the title page, an excellent copy.
£1,500.00
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James and The Giant Peach. Published 1961
First Edition, First Issue.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles to spine gilt, two bands, single rule to boards gilt, plain twin rule to turn-ins gilt, light yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. With black and white illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Gremlins. Published 1943
First UK Edition. Preceded by the first US edition. Roald Dahl’s first book, and his one book with Walt Disney.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, blocked on the upper cover with the title, author and gremlins from the original design gilt, lettered down spine gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A very fine copy, now ...
£1,200.00
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La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri Published 1928
A fine example of the Nonesuch edition of the Dante, with the text in Italian and English. Number 104 of 1475 numbered copies.
Folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full orange morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 42 illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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A History of Golf in Great Britain. Published 1952
First Edition, First Impression. The other contributors are H. Gardiner-Hill; Sir Guy Campbell; Henry Cotton; Henry Longhurst; Leonard Crawley; Enid Wilson; Lord Brazabon of Tara.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, cream endpapers, all edges gilt. With 5 colour plates and numerous black and white plates. Minor damp staining to lower fore-edge of ...
£1,500.00
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The Origin of Species. Published 1872
First Issue of the Sixth Edition (eleventh thousand). Darwin constantly revised each edition. It is in this edition that the word “evolution” occurs for the first time. It had been used in the first edition of The Descent of Man the previous year, but not before in this work.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain black endpapers, all edges gilt. Occasional light foxing, an excellent copy.
£1,250.00
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Motor Racing. Published 1932
First Edition, First Impression. Inscribed by the author on the frontispiece “To a great friend of mine who proved that the Austin 7 was serious”.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain black endpapers, all edges gilt. 32 photographs, 6 maps, sketches by the author. A fine copy.
£2,950.00
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Undine. Published 1909
Signed Limited Edition. Copy number 576 of 750 numbered copies signed by the artist.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full navy blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, multi-rule to boards gilt, magnificent onlay to upper board, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 15 tipped in colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Some foxing ...
£1,250.00
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The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner. Published 1929
Limited Edition of 535 numbered copies of which this is number 128. Kauffer was born in the United States but settled in England in 1914. He was a member of both Wyndham Lewis's Group X and the Cumberland Market Group. A good painter, Kauffer's real genius was in advertising art: he produced ...
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco, titles to spine gilt, single morocco title label dark green, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 7 hand coloured illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, using the pochoir process. A fine ...
£2,950.00
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A Christmas Carol. Published 1844
Fourth Edition.
Small 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inset with coloured onlay reproducing the frontispiece to centre of front board, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, cream plain endpapers, original covers ...
£975.00
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A Christmas Carol. Published 1915
First Rackham Edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full purple morocco, decorative block to spine and front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, with twelve colour prints and eighteen in black and white. A fine copy.
£975.00
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Out of Africa. Published 1938
First US Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain cream endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The 42nd Parallel. Published 1930
First Edition, First Printing. The first novel in Dos Passos’s major work, the trilogy U.S.A.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, black coated endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£3,750.00
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Travels in Arabia Deserta. Published 1888
First Edition, First Impression. “Travels in Arabia Deserta, on which Doughty laboured from 1879 to 1884 and which he continued correcting until its publication in 1888, is an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia. In a notable contemporary ...
2 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single ruled panel to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain burgundy endpapers, all edges gilt. Numerous plates, maps &c., some folding, colour folding map in ...
£1,800.00
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The Hound of The Baskervilles. Published 1902
First Edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, raised bands, gilt title block and black onlay to front board, twin rule to turn-ins, black coated endpapers, all edges gilt. A few very light brown marks otherwise a ...
£17,500.00
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A Study in Scarlet. Published 1888
First Edition in book form, second issue (with the first and last signatures reset), of Conan Doyle’s first book, the first appearance in book form of Sherlock Holmes.
8vo (170 × 111 mm). Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, triple rule to boards with floral cornerpieces gilt, triple rule to turn-ins with floral cornerpieces gilt, plain dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. ...
£1,800.00
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Published 1905
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 16 black and white illustrations by Sidney Paget. A fine copy.
£4,950.00
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, [Together with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Published 1892 & 1894
First Editions, First Impressions.
2 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, elaborate decorative borders to boards, pictorial onlays to front covers, Holmes and Watson on a train on front cover of “Adventures” and Moriaty on “Memoirs”, marbled endpapers, ...
£3,500.00
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Published 1892 & 1894
First Editions, First Impressions.
2 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated throughout the text by Sydney Paget. Both volumes in fine condition.
£1,500.00
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Jamaica Inn. Published 1936
First Edition, First Impression of this very scarce title.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£850.00
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Frenchman’s Creek. Published 1941
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Rebecca. Published 1938
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain burgundy endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£975.00
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Golf Fundamentals. Published 1930
Second Edition.
Folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With numerous black and white illustrations. Some light dampstaining to top right corner of first few pages, couple of pages creased, an excellent ...
£1,200.00
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The Alexandria Quartet. Published 1962
First Combined Edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With leather entry slip case. A fine copy.
£975.00
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Published 1939
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt, two raised bands, rules to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Poems 1909–1925. Published 1925
First Edition, first printing of Eliot’s early collection of poetry. Contains some of Eliot’s most highly-regarded poetry, including such masterpieces as Prufrock, The Hollow Men and The Waste Land.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, twin bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Four Quartets. Published 1944
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, two raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, plain cream endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Sleeping Beauty. Published 1920
First Trade Edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full pink morocco, titles to spine black, single rule to boards black, pictorial block to front board black, twin rule to turn-ins black, original pictorial green endpapers, all edges gilt. 1 colour mounted plate, 3 double page colour and silhouette ...
£1,250.00
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Go Down, Moses Published 1942
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green plain endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Light in August. Published 1932
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£2,000.00
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The Sound and the Fury. Published 1929
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A fine copy.
£1,750.00
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Pylon. Published 1935
First Edition, First Printing, Limited Issue. Copy 310 of just 310 copies numbered and signed by the author. One of Faulkner’s smallest limitations.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With a folding facsimile of one page of the original manuscript. Folding sheet very slightly creased at the edge but in ...
£1,250.00
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Sartoris. Published 1929
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Published [1909]
First Dulac Edition.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Tender is the Night. Published 1934
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Beautiful and Damned. Published 1922
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£3,000.00
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The Great Gatsby. Published 1925
First Edition, First State with "chatter" p.60:16, "northern" p.119:22, "sick in tired" p.205:9-10, and "Union Street station" p. 211:7-8.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Tales of The Jazz Age. Published 1922
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£2,000.00
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This Side of Paradise. Published 1920
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent full green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Beautifully bound in fine condition.
£1,250.00
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All The Sad Young Men. Published 1926
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Last Tycoon. Published 1941
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A couple of very light marks to prelims, a fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Save Me The Waltz. Published 1922
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Vegetable or from President to Postman. Published 1923
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£875.00
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Hassan. Published 1924
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 12 colour illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie. A fine copy.
£750.00
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The Spy Who Loved Me. Published 1962
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles to spine silver, silver dagger design blocked to front board copied from the original cover, twin rule to turn-ins silver, burgundy coated endpapers, all edges silver. A fine copy.
£2,000.00
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Published 1964
First Editions, First Impressions. Signed on the verso of the first front free endpaper by the illustrator.
3 volumes in one, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles to spine gilt, two raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, colour onlay of the car to lower edge of front board, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, original pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated ...
£750.00
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The Man With The Golden Gun. Published 1965
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, title block to spine gilt, golden gun blocked to upper board, twin rule to turn-ins silver, plain burgundy endpapers, all edges silver. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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A Passage to India. Published 1924
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain coated endpapers green, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£850.00
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Published 1969
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, dark blue coated endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,750.00
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Faust. Published [1908]
Edition de Luxe limited to 100 copies of which this is number 80 signed by the artist.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block to upper board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 30 colour illustrations, captioned ...
£1,500.00
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Lord of The Flies. Published 1954
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,750.00
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The Vicar of Wakefield. Published 1929
Signed Limited Edition. One of 575 copies for England. Signed by Rackham.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full blue morocco titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, titles to front board and rule to both boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 12 colour illustrations, and other decorations in black ...
£2,750.00
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The Wind in the Willows. Published 1951
Limited Edition. One of 500 copies. Publsihed after Rackham’s death.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, decorative block to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 7 colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A fine copy.
£2,500.00
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The Wind in the Willows. Published 1908
First Edition, of Grahame’s children’s classic.
8vo, pp. 302. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent full green morocco, gilt titles and box design to spine, raised bands, gilt rule to boards, gilt titles and pictorial decoration to front board, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A beautifully bound ...
£1,200.00
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The Wind in the Willows. Published 1908
First US Edition, same date as the first English.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top-edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece illustration. A fine copy.
£975.00
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The Wind in the Willows. Published 1940
First Rackham trade edition, predating the British edition by 10 years. This is the last book that Arthur Rackham illustrated before his death in 1939. Rackham was originally offered this as a first illustrated, but being busy at the time declined, a decision he was later to regret.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 12 colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A fine copy.
£3,750.00
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The Wind in the Willows. Published 1951
100th Edition. Limited Edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 210.
Tall 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to boards gilt, pictorial onlay to front board, triple rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 12 colour plates and numerous ...
£1,950.00
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I Claudius [together with] Claudius the God. Published 1934
First Editions, First Impressions. The basis of the enduring television dramatisation and the author’s best-known works.
2 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, with titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a matching leather entry slipcase. Very light spotting to a few leaves, ...
£1,250.00
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The Bear Fell Free. Published 1935
First Edition, First Impression. Signed Limited Edition of 250 copies of which this is number 171.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, twin raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, black plain endpapers, all edges gilt. Occasional light foxing, a fine copy.
£975.00
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The End of The Affair. Published 1951
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain black endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£3,750.00
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Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Published 1909
Limited Edition of 750 numbered copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. This is a revised edition of the work originally published in 1900 with some new illustrations and others redrawn and coloured.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rules to boards gilt, titles and pictorial decoration to upper board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 40 colour and numerous black and ...
£2,000.00
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Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Published 1909
First Rackham Edition.
Large 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, title and pictorial decoration to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 40 mounted colour plates, and many other ...
£5,000.00
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The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Published 1909
Deluxe American Edition. Limited to 50 copies. Inscribed by Arthur Rackham on the Verso of the half-title “Presentation Copy / Arthur Rackham / 23/11/09”. This is a revised edition of the work originally published in 1900 with some new illustrations and others redrawn and coloured.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, triple rule to boards gilt, pictorial onlay of the dwarf from “The Water of Life” to centre of front board, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt others untrimmed. 40 colour and ...
£2,500.00
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Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Published 1909
First Rackham Edition. With a compliments slip from the author tipped in to the verso of the front free endpaper: “With Mr Arthur Rackham’s compliments.”
Large 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, title and pictorial decoration to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 40 mounted colour plates, and many other monochrome ...
£3,750.00
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The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Published 1909
Limited Edition of 750 numbered copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. This is a revised edition of the work originally published in 1900 with some new illustrations and others redrawn and coloured.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial title block to upper board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain black endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 40 tipped in colour illustrations, ...
£3,000.00
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King Solomon’s Mines. Published 1885
First Edition, First Issue. With all the textual