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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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£1,250.00
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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.
£2,250.00
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Aesop’s Fables. Published 1912
Signed Limited Edition of 1450 copies, of which this is number 1094.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, pictorial title block to upper board, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 13 tipped in colour plates, captioned tissues and 5 black and white ...
£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 ...
£2,500.00
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Stories from Hans Andersen. Published 1911
Edition De Luxe limited to seven hundred and fifty copies signed by the Artist and numbered of which this is number 44.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, pictorial title block to front board, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With 28 mounted colour plates. A fine copy.
£6,750.00
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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.
£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.
£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 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, all edges gilt. With 50 tipped in colour plates, captioned tissues bound ...
£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.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, title and pictorial multicolour onlay of Santa Claus going down the chimney to the front board, inner dentelles gilt, cream plain endpapers, all edges gilt. With colour frontispiece, colour ...
£3,750.00
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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.
£2,000.00
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Out of Africa. Published 1937
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£875.00
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Wuthering Heights. Published 1931
First Duckworth edition.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, inner dentelles gilt, black endpapers, top edge gilt. With 12 wood engravings by Clare Leighton. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Collected Poems. Published 1919
Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is number 628.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated by G. Raverat. Slight browning to fore-edge, an excellent copy finely bound.
£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.
£975.00
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The Outsider. Published 1946
First UK Edition.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in bright blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, two raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£2,250.00
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Published 1958
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full pink morocco, black morocco title label, title to spine silver, black leather onlay silhouette of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly with real diamond jewellery, black plain endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins silver, all edges silver. 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.
£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.
£1,500.00
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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.
£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.
£1,750.00
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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.
£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.
£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.
£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.
£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. ...
£9,500.00
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The Second World War. Published 1948-54
First editions, first impressions. Presentation inscription to the original front free endpaper in vol. 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 ...
£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, similar 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 ...
£4,500.00
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The River War. Published 1899
First Edition, First Impression of Churchill’s second book, preceded only by The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898), “2000 copies published on 6 November 1899” (Woods). It includes, of course, his account of the charge of the 21st Lancers, to whom he was attached, at Omdurman on 2 September ...
2 volumes, 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, signature blocked to front boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 25 illustrations, 16 maps and plans in Volume I and 33 illustrations ...
£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.
£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.
£1,200.00
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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.
£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.
£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.
£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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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.
£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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Almayer’s Folly. Published 1895
First Edition, First Issue of Conrad’s first book. Inscribed by Arthur Symons to his daughter on the front free endpaper “Amy from Arthur Xmas -1895.” There is also a neat previous owner’s signature to the front free endpaper.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt. A fine copy.
£2,000.00
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The Secret Agent. Published 1907
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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An Argosy of Fables. Published 1921
Large Paper Edition of 365 copies of which this is number 22 signed by the illustrator.
Large 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles to spine gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 24 tipped in colour plates. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Savoy Cocktail Book. Published 1930
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, title block to spine silver, title block to front board silver, onlay to front board of a cocktail copied from one of the illustrations, twin rule to turn-ins silver, plain coated endpapers, all edges silver. A fine copy.
£975.00
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The BFG. Published 1982
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in royal blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, two bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain burgundy endpapers, all edges gilt. With black and white illustrations by Quentin Blake. A fine 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.
£1,850.00
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Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Published 1964
First Edition, First Printing, First Issue with the six line colophon on the last page. This was cut to five in all subsequent printings. This US edition precedes the English by three years.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full purple morocco, titles to spine, decorative multi-coloured title onlay to upper board, twin rule to turn-ins, dark green coated endpapers, all edges gilt. 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. “Disney tried to make a film of one of Dahl's stories called ‘The Gremlins’ (1943), which concerned a tribe of goblins who were blamed by the RAF for everything that went wrong with an ...
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 ...
£1,250.00
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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 ...
£1,750.00
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The Golf Courses of The British Isles. Published 1910
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 64 illustrations in colour and black and white. Some occasional light foxing, an excellent copy in a fine binding.
£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
Seventh 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 cover ...
£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 ...
£2,250.00
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Travels in Arabia Deserta. Published 1936
New and definitive edition, first impression. First published in 1886, this reissue with a new preface by Doughty and an introduction by T. E. Lawrence found a new generation of readers for this classic of travel. This "definitive" edition of 1936 was published in a format matching that of the 1935 ...
2 volumes, large 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, rules to turn-ins, dark green endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated throughout. A fine copy.
£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.
£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. ...
£4,950.00
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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, 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, ...
£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.
£1,800.00
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The Hound of The Baskervilles. Published 1902
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, title block in black and gilt to front board, twin rule to turn-ins, green coated endpapers, gilt edges. A few very light brown marks otherwise a fine copy.
£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.
£1,250.00
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Rebecca. Published 1938
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent full black morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original cloth cover and spine bound in at the back. 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.
£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 ...
£4,000.00
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[The Alexandria Quartet, comprising] Published 1957–60
First Editions, First Impressions. Perhaps Durrell’s greatest success, a study of love and political intrigue in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during World War II.
4 volumes,Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red, blue, yellow and red morocco respectively after the design of the original cloth bindings, titles to spines gilt on contrasting coloured labels, plain green endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins, all edges gilt. A fine set.
£2,500.00
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Later Poems 1925-1935. Published 1941
Signed and dated on the title page by the author. The second half of Collected Poems 1909-1935 was reprinted by Faber and Faber in May 1941, with title Later Poems 1925-1935 as no. 50 in “The Faber Library.”
Small 8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, roll to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges A fine copy.
£975.00
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Published 1939
First Edition.
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.
£1,250.00
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The Four Quartets. Published 1944
First UK 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 in black, single rule to boards in black, pictorial block to front board in black, twin rule to turn-ins in black, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 1 colour mounted plate, 3 double page colour and silhouette ...
£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.
£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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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.
£1,750.00
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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 ...
£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.
£1,250.00
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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.
£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.
£1,500.00
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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.
£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 green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. 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 green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Tender Is The Night. Published 1934
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Taps at Reveille. Published 1935
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, roll to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Flappers and Philosophers. Published 1920
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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All the Sad Young Men. Published 1926
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. 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 1932
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 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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The Happy Return. Published 1937
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£10,000.00
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The Complete Hornblower. Published 1937–62
All first editions, first impressions. Forester (real name Cecil Smith) was called to Hollywood to write a pirate film, working under Arthur Hornblower. However, before they had finished the script, another studio released Captain Blood, starring Errol Flynn, and using the same historical incidents ...
10 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and ship motifs to spines, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. A fine set.
£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.
£1,250.00
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The Magus. Published 1966
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain cream endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£22,500.00
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The Story of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Published 1911
Limited to 250 copies signed by the author.
Folio. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full navy blue morocco, with a portrait of Horatio Nelson in the centre of the front board surrounded by a further 12 vignette portraits each depicting Lady Emma Hamilton in a different beguiling pose, the whole surrounded by an intricate design of ...
£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 ...
£2,500.00
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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, First Printing.
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. Illustrated frontispiece. 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 ...
£2,250.00
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The Wind in the Willows. Published 1940.
Limited edition of 2020 copies. Rackham had been asked to illustrate the first edition of 1908 but was unable to accept the commission. He deeply regretted the decision, but just before his death he was able to illustrate this Limited Editions Club edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial title block to front. With 16 colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A fine copy.
£6,850.00
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The Wind in the Willows. Published 1924
Sixteenth edition, signed by the author on the half-title. Signed copies of this book are rare.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in blue morocco, titles and elaborate tooling to spine, rasied bands, decorative rules to boards with corner-pieces, twin rule to turn-ins with corner-pieces, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Minor foxing to a couple of leaves, an excellent copy in a fine ...
£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.
£1,250.00
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It’s a Battlefield. Published 1934
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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The Confidential Agent. Published 1939
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£5,000.00
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The Lady and The Tramp. Published 1953
First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed on the title page to “Leroy Cabbler, Best wishes,Walt Disney.”
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, pictorial block of the lady and the tramp to front board gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain cream endpapers, all edges gilt. Pictures by Joe G. ...
£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 ...
£2,500.00
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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 ...
£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 ...
£3,000.00
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King Solomon’s Mines. Published 1885
First Edition, First Issue. With all the textual misprints: p.10, “Bamamgwato”; p.122 3rd line up, “let twins to live”; p.307 footnote, last line , “Wrod.” Surprisingly scarce in the correct state.
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. With a folding map. Some light foxing to prelims and the occasional light blemish to a few leaves, some restoration ...
£1,750.00
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The Well of Loneliness. Published 1928
First Edition, First Impression. Inscribed by the author on the half title.
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, black plain endpapers, top edge gilt. Some very light browning to fore-edge, prelims lightly foxed, a fine copy.
£950.00
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The Novels. Published 1965
First Collected Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, plain dark green endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£10,000.00
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[Complete Hammett detective novels:] Red Harvest; The Dain Curse; The Maltese Falcon; The Glass Key; The Thin Man. Published 1929–34
First editions, first printings of the complete series of Hammett’s seminal full-length detective novels. The Glass Key was printed in London, during Knopf’s ill-fated attempt to break into the British market.
5 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red, yellow, grey, blue and green morocco, decorative block to spines copied from the originals, pictorial motifs to front boards copied from the originals, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Housed ...
£1,250.00
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Wessex Poems. Published 1898
First edition, first impression. One of only 500 copies printed and Hardy’s first collection of poetry.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, title to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, plain black endpapers, all edges gilt. With 30 illustrations by the author. A fine copy.
£1,800.00
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The Scarlet Letter, Published 1850
First Edition, First Issue: with the advertisements dated “March 1, 1850” and the misprint “reduplicate” for “repudiate” at line 20 page 21.
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. A fine copy.
£3,850.00
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A Wonder Book. Published [1922]
First Rackham Edition Limited Issue. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist. The intricate, multicoloured onlay reproduces the plate opposite page 130 where Hercules pursued by the Titan pushes against the confines of the night-sky with force enough to dislodge three stars. It’s a fabulous ...
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, magnificent onlay to upper board, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original pictorial free endpapers bound in. With 24 tipped in colour ...
£1,800.00
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A Wonder Book. Published [1922]
Limited Edition of 600 numbered copies of which this is number 22, signed on the limitation page.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red crushed morocco, titles to spine gilt, blocked title vignette to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 24 tipped in colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Signed by Arthur Rackham. A ...
£4,250.00
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A Wonder Book. Published [1922]
First Rackham edition, signed "With every good wish from Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Rackham, Jan. 1925", above a small drawing initialled and dated "AR 13.1.25."
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent 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, original free endpapers kept, housed in a ...
£2,000.00
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Catch-22. Published 1961
First Edition, First Printing.
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 cream endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Winner Take Nothing. Published 1933
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black 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 fine copy.
£1,250.00
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The Old Man and The Sea. Published 1952
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£2,000.00
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The Torrents of Spring. Published 1926
First Edition, First Printing
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black 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 fine copy.
£1,250.00
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To Have and Have Not. Published 1937
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black 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 fine copy.
£975.00
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Men Without Women. Published 1927
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black 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 fine copy.
£1,250.00
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For Whom The Bell Tolls. Published 1940
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black 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.
£1,250.00
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Across the river and into the trees. Published 1950
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black 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 Fifth Column. Published 1938
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Signature removed from title page leaving a slight mark otherwise in excellent condition and finely bound.
£3,000.00
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The Sun Also Rises. Published 1926
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£2,000.00
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In Our Time. Published 1925
First US edition, first printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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A Farewell to Arms. Published 1929
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black 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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Death in the Afternoon. Published 1932
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, burgundy endpapers, all edges gilt. With colour frontispiece by Juan Gris and numerous black and white photographs. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Green Hills of Africa. Published 1935
First Edition, First Printing.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Decorations by Edward Shenton. A fine copy.
£1,500.00
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Lost Horizon. Published 1933
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 black endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,200.00
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The Odyssey of Homer Published 1924
Limited Edition of 530 copies.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full brick morocco, titles to spine gilt, rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. 20 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissues. A fine copy.
£1,350.00
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Princess Badoura. Published [1913]
First Large Paper Dulac Edition.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco; title and box design to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, decorative title to front board gilt, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt. With 10 mounted colour plates, captioned tissues. A fine copy.
£1,750.00
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Princess Badoura. Published [1913]
Limited Edition of 750 copies of which this is 373 and is signed on the limitation page by Edmund Dulac.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full royal blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, titles to front board gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 10 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissues. A fine copy.
£1,200.00
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Princess Badoura. Published [1913]
First Dulac Edition.
4to. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full navy blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 10 mounted colour plates, captioned tissues. A fine copy.
£975.00
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Hawk in The Rain. Published 1957
First Edition, First Impression.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full royal blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, twin raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, burgundy plain endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy.
£1,250.00
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Les Misérables. Published 1864
An early US edition of Les Miserables, complete in one volume. The first US edition was published in 1862 in 5 volumes, the same year as the French edition.
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, black endpapers, all edges gilt. Light browning to pages, an excellent copy finely bound.
£975.00
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Speculations. Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art. Published 1924
First Edition. This collection of Hulme’s philosophical and cultural writings was published posthumously, its author having been killed during the First World War. It is nonetheless regarded as his major work, influencing writers and artists for a generation. His friends – and occasionally ...
8vo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full grey morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Includes 14 adverts. Frontispiece portrait of Hulme. A fine copy.
£2,500.00
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Brave New World. Published 1932
First American Edition, Large Paper Issue. Number 80 of 250 copies signed on the limitation page by Aldous Huxley.
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. A fine copy.
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