Rare Books LA 2024
We are excited to be returning to Pasadena for the 2024 edition of Rare Books LA, running from 3rd to 4th February.
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Hold Fast By Your Teeth.
BAWDEN, Edward (author & illustrator).Original price £1,650.00 - Original price £1,650.00Original price £0.00£1,650.00£1,650.00 - £1,650.00Current price £1,650.00| /From the author to his daughter. Nine short stories written and illustrated by Bawden.First edition, signed presentation inscription from the autho...
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The Maze.
SANDOZ, Maurice; DALI, Salvador (illustrator).Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /Signed by the illustrator. An attractive first edition, signed by Salvador Dali on the front free endpaper.A macabre tale by the pioneering Swiss f...
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Where The Wild Things Are.
SENDAK, Maurice.Original price £8,500.00 - Original price £8,500.00Original price £0.00£8,500.00£8,500.00 - £8,500.00Current price £8,500.00| /The true first edition. The true first edition with the correct first state dustjacket. A fine, well-preserved copy of what is perhaps the best-lov...
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[Winnie-the-Pooh Books].
MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator).Original price £15,000.00 - Original price £15,000.00Original price £0.00£15,000.00£15,000.00 - £15,000.00Current price £15,000.00| /A complete set. Milne's first volume, When We Were Very Young, was published in November 1924 and was such a resounding success that the subsequent...
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Wrapped Book Modern Art
CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE; SCHELLMANN, Jorg.Original price £15,000.00 - Original price £15,000.00Original price £0.00£15,000.00£15,000.00 - £15,000.00Current price £15,000.00| /One of 120 copies - signed by Christo. The book Modern Art by Sam Hunter and John Jacobus wrapped in transparent polyethylene with light natural fi...
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Out of Africa.
BLIXEN, Karen.Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £0.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00| /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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Chevaux de minuit.
PICASSO, Pablo; ILIAZD; GREY, Roch [pseud. OETTINGEN, Hélène].Original price £65,000.00 - Original price £65,000.00Original price £0.00£65,000.00£65,000.00 - £65,000.00Current price £65,000.00| /Signed by picasso and iliazd. One of 52 copies, Chevaux de minuit is one of Picasso and Iliazd's most successful collaborations. 'Picasso's stylist...
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The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.
POTTER, Beatrix.Original price £4,250.00 - Original price £4,250.00Original price £0.00£4,250.00£4,250.00 - £4,250.00Current price £4,250.00| /The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse was published with the boards in either blue or brown but neither has priority over the other.First or second printin...
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A Wrinkle in Time.
L'ENGLE, Madeleine.Original price £5,250.00 - Original price £5,250.00Original price £0.00£5,250.00£5,250.00 - £5,250.00Current price £5,250.00| /Setting copy used for the British edition. A particularly interesting setting copy of this American classic in the scarce first issue dust-jacket, ...
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The Metamorphosis.
KAFKA, Franz.Original price £6,250.00 - Original price £6,250.00Original price £0.00£6,250.00£6,250.00 - £6,250.00Current price £6,250.00| /Extremely uncommon in the dust jacket. Kafka's most famous work was first published in Leipzig in 1915 with the title Die Verwandlung.A very nice ...
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
KERR, Judith.Original price £6,500.00 - Original price £6,500.00Original price £0.00£6,500.00£6,500.00 - £6,500.00Current price £6,500.00| /Rare, especially in such very good condition and with the dust-jacket, which is entirely unsophisticated in having no restoration, tears or signif...
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The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio.
COLLODI, Carlo [pseud. LORENZINI, Carlo].Original price £2,800.00 - Original price £2,800.00Original price £0.00£2,800.00£2,800.00 - £2,800.00Current price £2,800.00| /Rare first UK edition of Pinocchio. The rare first UK edition of Collodi's classic for children, originally published in book-form in Florence, Ita...
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Perelman's Home Companion.
PERELMAN, S.J.Original price £1,750.00 - Original price £1,750.00Original price £0.00£1,750.00£1,750.00 - £1,750.00Current price £1,750.00| /Inscribed by the author to his mother. A delightful association copy, inscribed by the author to his mother on the front free endpaper: 'To mother,...
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The Gremlins.
DAHL, Roald.Original price £1,750.00 - Original price £1,750.00Original price £0.00£1,750.00£1,750.00 - £1,750.00Current price £1,750.00| /With photograph of Walt Disney in his studio. A very smart first edition copy of Roald Dahl's first book The Gremlins, a collaborative effort with ...
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Les plans, profils, et élévations des ville [sic] et château de Versailles, avec les bosquets et fontaines, tels qu'ils sont à présent[...].
[VERSAILLES].Original price £5,750.00 - Original price £5,750.00Original price £0.00£5,750.00£5,750.00 - £5,750.00Current price £5,750.00| /A record of Versailles as completed for the Sun King: Louis XIV. A collection of plans and views of the Palace of Versailles, made between 1714 and...
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The Tempest.
CHAGALL, Marc (artist); SHAKESPEARE, William.Original price £10,000.00 - Original price £10,000.00Original price £0.00£10,000.00£10,000.00 - £10,000.00Current price £10,000.00| /Signed by the artist - one of 250 copies. A fine example of this limited edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest with 50 original lithographs after Ch...
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Portrait photograph of Samuel Beckett.
[BECKETT, Samuel]. BRASSAI.Original price £4,250.00 - Original price £4,250.00Original price £0.00£4,250.00£4,250.00 - £4,250.00Current price £4,250.00| /With photographer's presentation inscription. A stunning portrait of Beckett in his absolute prime, showing his head and shoulders, leaning slightl...
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