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A presentation copy of the book of the musical. Adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s novel ‘Goodbye to Berlin’. This was my degree show and brings back fond memories of late nights and wild parties.
Such a stunning example of Art Deco book design. I have my grandfather’s copy and like to guess at some of the concoctions he tried out in the 1930s.
This copy of the first edition of Nancy Mitford’s ‘great tease’ has been inscribed by her great friend, and fellow contributor, Evelyn Waugh.
One of only 150 copies signed by Alexander Calder whose seven brilliantly coloured aquatints appear in the book.
As well as 24 prints bound into the book there are six loose prints, including ‘LOVE’ which can be removed from the book.
Whenever I see a copy of Dylan Thomas’s play for voices I remember the first time I heard a production with Richard Burton’s lyrical Welsh tones.
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One of 500 copies. One of the major titles of the Golden Cockerel Press and an extraordinary collaboration between the press director and book desi...
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A sumptuous edition bound in orange vellum, this beautiful book was the most over-subscribed of all the Nonesuch publications. The production was ...
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First issue dust-jacket. A really good copy in the correct dust-jacket with the name 'Katherine Barclay' so spelled on the front flap.First edition...
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The true first edition of this early, and uncommon, Biggles title.First edition, first impression; 8vo; illustrations, including colour frontispie...
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'one of the best short stories ever written'. A 1933 collection of short stories by Nobel Prize Winner Ernest Hemingway, including A Clean, Well Li...
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Hemingway's first collection of short stories and his first book published in the US. One of only 1335 copies printed.The chapters describe acts o...
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Presentation copy. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, 'To Jonathan from Ian'. The identity of Jonathan h...
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First edition of the author's first book. Orwell's first book was printed in a run of just 1500 copies many of which sold to the circulating librar...
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Superb set of five first editions. A superb set of first editions by one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, uniformly bound in an att...
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The UK edition precedes the much more common Random House printing. Memorably filmed. This is by far the best copy we have handled.Out of Africa i...
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One of the triumphs of the Beat movement. An exceptional copy of Burroughs masterpiece, one of the triumphs of the Beat movement. Not common in thi...
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First edition of Ostanovka v Pustyne [A Stop in the Desert] Brodsky's second book of poetry in Russian to be published in America. Described as hi...
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A near-fine set of this superb private press edition, undoubtedly one of Ashendene's finest achievements. Limited edition, one of only 225 copies;...
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In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their collectability.
Join us as we journey through time to discover some of the rarest books in the world. The following texts have shown an extraordinary ability to survive, with some books having survived the ravages of flood and fire, and others counting only a single surviving copy.
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling, imperial posturing, trade and warfare became the subjects of a significant artistic movement, aimed at depicting and dissecting the Company’s involvement in the political and social life of the period.
The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor. Join us this Easter as we travel through the imaginary places and winding roads of children’s literature.
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