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Lord of the Rings

Alice in Wonderland

Fairy tales

Rare 1912 first reprinted editon of Kipling's "The jungle book" with colour llustrations by Edward Detmold. Book in very good conditon. Externally bright gilt on boards wth light stains,  light wear around edges and corners some shelfwear. Inside light stains but overall clean,

Illustrated, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Rudyard Kipling/Edward Detmold - The Jungle Book - 1912

Written by Alfred Tennyson, "Morte d'Arthur"  the masterpiece of Alberto Sangorski. 24 pages, in colour and illuminated, printed on only one side of quality paper, including the title-page. Inside overall very good to fine condition. Cream boards lettered in red with light

Alfred Tennyson/Alberto Sangorski - Morte d'Arthur - 1912

A remarkable two-volume literary collection spanning more than a century, centred on a 1759 edition of Homer’s Iliad in Alexander Pope’s celebrated translation — a genuine 18th-century printing of one of the foundational works of Western literature. More than 260 years old, the

Poetry, Literature - Quantity: 2 - Book

Alexander Pope - The Iliad of Homer; The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - 1759-1860

Full title: Pixie Pickles. The Adventures of Pixene and Pixette in their Woodland Haunts.

An attractive copy of this scarce first edition. Undated, but 1904. 

The text is by G. E. Farrow, but the beauty of the book lies in the wonderful red and black illustrations by Harry B.

Children's books, Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

G. E. Farrow / Harry B. Nielson - Pixie Pickles - 1904

Hardcover from 1968, 1st Edition, first printing as written on the copyright page. Random House. 

First edition points:

- Stated "first printing" on the copyright page.
- Correct date of 1968.
- Bottom left of rear flap stating “1/69” as required.
- Correct price unclipped-

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book

John Irving - Setting Free the Bears[First Edition - First Print] - 1968

"The Works of Lord Byron" - A. and W. Galignani, Paris - 1826 edition - 13 volumes bound in 6 vol - 12cmx10cm - condition: rebound in half leather binding, with wear and rubbing to boards, page foxing and staining, frontispiece portrait of Byron in Vol I, bound in facsimile

Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 6 - Book

Lord Byron - The Works of Byron - 1826

The Lord of the Rings.
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 1975, first paperback edition, fifteenth impression, 1077 pages.
Cover illustration by Pauline Baynes.
Condition is very good, only little shelf wear, no writing or stamps, see photo's.

Science fiction and fantasy, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings first Unwin paperback edition - 1975

This is an extremely rare true First Edition, 1st Printing printing of Beatrix Potter's story; "The Tailor Of Gloucester". This is one of Beatrix Potter's most loved stories and followed swiftly after the release of Peter Rabbit. This copy has been generally well looked after and

Illustrated, Animals, Cartoons and comics, Children's books, Humour & caricature, Young adult fiction, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Beatrix Potter - 1st Printing - The Tailor Of Gloucester - 1903

 Goethe / Abraham Hayward (trans.) - Faust - Illustrated by Willy Pogany - c. 1908.
Published by Hutchinson, London, undated. 
Illustrated with 16 Full-Page Colour Plates  by Willy Pogany.

Description:
A beautiful early 20th-century fine art edition of Johann Wolfgang von

Goethe. - Faust - Illustrated by Willy Pogany - 1908

William Harrison Ainsworth - Old Saint Paul’s: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire - Part 1 (of 3) - First Edition - 1841.
Specifications:
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth.
Title: Old Saint Paul’s: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire.
Publisher: Hugh Cunningham, London.
Printer:

Literature, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

William Harrison Ainsworth; John Franklin - Old Saint Paul's; The Plague and the Fire - 1841

A very RARE and beautiful and uncommon edition of "Northanger Abbey" written by Jane Austen,,,First Edition Thus. 246 pp. Light blue publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front board, in an illustrated jacket with light losses and stain but overall very good

Literature, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Book

Jane Austen / Robert Austin - Northanger Abbey - 1948

Collection of 3 rare late 19th century chromolith. children's b ooks:

1 "When I'm a Man" with stories by John Strange Winter, Glasgow, Fuller and others - Ernest Nister, London - ca 1890 first UK edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: good, decorated glazed boards, some rubbing and

Literature, Illustrated, Children's books - Quantity: 3 - Book

Chromolith. children's book; John Strange Winter; Yonge; Mack - Collection of 3 rare late 19th century chromolith. children's books: When I'm a Man; Nurse's - 1888-1890

Full title "His Version of Robinson Crusoe. As Narrated & Depicted to His School Fellows at Dr. Tickeltoby's"

Presumed First edition. Undated but circa 1867. 

Humorous version of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Illustrated with childlike caricatures on a school blackboard

Literature, Illustrated, Children's books, Humour & caricature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Master J. Spraggles - His Version of Robinson Crusoe. - 1867

Up for sale, this SIGNED limited, numbered edition - (number 2,438 of 3,000), by legendary James Bond and Hollywood icon, Roger Moore.

A fascinating insight into the golden period of Hollywood, and his reminiscences of his time within it.

A rare limited signed edition,

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Signed - Book

Roger Moore - Last Man Standing: SIGNED numbered limited edition: Number 2,438 of 3,000 - 2014

True first edition of the scarce children's book. Self published. 

Precedes the first commercial edition by two years. Hand coloured title page. (The rest of the illustrations are black and white). 

Two pages have small closed tears. A tiny amount of edgewear apart from this. 

Children's books, Illustrated, Literature, Poetry - Quantity: 1 - Hand coloured illustrations - Book

Bertha L. Corbett - The Sun-bonnet Babies - 1900

This is a very rare, 1999, First Edition, 1st Printing of J.K Rowling's; "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". The front cover features the extremely hard to find and sought-after gold sticker. Because this is a first printing, famous misprint errors are found throughout

Children's books, Young adult fiction, Science fiction and fantasy, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - 1999

Good Condition 
First Unabridged Edition 1949.
148 pages

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Oscar Wilde - DE PROFUNDIS - 1949-1949

This is a late 1940s copy, of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland". This edition is part of the Sunshine Series and features 16 tipped-in colour plates and 8 monochrome plates by Margaret Tarrant. The book has been well cared for and it remains in Good condition. It

Children's books, Illustrated, Young adult fiction, Literature, Science fiction and fantasy - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Lewis Carroll - Alice In Wonderland - 1948

The masterpiece of Dante Alighieri illustrated and illuminated by Evelyn Paul!! Rare and deluxe binding bound in medieval style tooled leather with clasps and bumpers, by G. Bicci, Florence, with a  portrait of Dante at center of front panel in fair condition. Binding in good to

Illustrated, Literature, Fine Bindings - Quantity: 1 - Book

Dante Alighieri/Evelyn Paul - La Vita Nuova - 1915

Famous Dickens novel with a frontispiece and 38 illustrations by (Fiz) Browne. 
Marbled endpapers and the book block (very handsome). 
Ex libris on the flyleaf. 
First pages at the bottom right slightly frayed with light damp spots, otherwise in very good condition.

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Dickens, Charles, Browne H.K. - David Copperfield - 1850-1850

First edition as a book.

In excellent condition, with dust jacket in perfect condition.
Fresh copy without discoloration.
Hardcover bound.
Collectible.
Prior to this first book edition the story was published in 1958 in Esquire Magazine, as The Sordid Story of Truman Capote's

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Novel

Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's - 1958

Frances Burney – Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress – 2 volumes – George Bell & Sons – 1882.
Complete two-volume Victorian edition of Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress by Frances (Fanny) Burney (1752–1840), with a foreword and notes by Annie Raine Ellis.
Published in London by

Literature - Quantity: 2 - Book

F. Burney - Cecilia - 1882-1882

J.K. Rowling bajo el seudónimo de Robert Galbraith:The Ink Black Heart (Libro 6, publicado en 2022)The Running Grave (Libro 7, publicado en 2023)Lethal White (Libro 4, publicado en 2018)
All books are first edition, first printing 1357908642

Literature - Quantity: 3 - Novel

Robert Galbraith - The Ink Black Heart; The Running Grave; Lethal White - 2021-2023

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