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  • The Kite.
    The Kite.

    WARNER, Rex.
    The Kite. 1936.
    $3,053.00

  • A fine example of Petite Histoire des Voyages with vivid illustrations by Nathalie Parain, one of the most successful Russian emigre illustrators.
    A fine example of Petite Histoire des Voyages with vivid illustrations by Nathalie Parain, one of the most successful Russian emigre illustrators.

    BERTIN, Marcelle; MARY, Denise (pseudonym of Nathalie Parain).
    Petite Histoire des Voyages [Little History of Travels]. 1935.
    $1,154.00

  • Filosofiia Svobody [The Philosophy of Freedom].
    Filosofiia Svobody [The Philosophy of Freedom].

    BERDIAEV, Nikolai Aleksandrovich.
    Filosofiia Svobody [The Philosophy of Freedom]. 1911.
    $1,018.00

  • Limited edition of Max Ernst by Joe Bousquet and Michel Tapie, inscribed by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning.
    Limited edition of Max Ernst by Joe Bousquet and Michel Tapie, inscribed by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning.

    ERNST, Max; BOUSQUET, Joe & TAPIÉ, Michel (text).
    Max Ernst. 1950.
    $3,392.00

  • First edition of Perelman's Home Companion by S.J. Perelman, inscribed by the author to his mother.
    First edition of Perelman's Home Companion by S.J. Perelman, inscribed by the author to his mother.

    PERELMAN, S.J.
    Perelman's Home Companion. 1955.
    $2,375.00

  • Review copy of Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture by Abbie Hoffman, inscribed by the author to John Leonard.
    Review copy of Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture by Abbie Hoffman, inscribed by the author to John Leonard.

    HOFFMAN, Abbie.
    Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture. 1980.
    $3,053.00

  • An extra-illustrated Croker edition of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, in a handsome full tan calf by Morrell
    An extra-illustrated Croker edition of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, in a handsome full tan calf by Morrell

    BOSWELL, James.
    The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 1839.
    $2,036.00

  • First edition of The Tree of Idleness by Lawrence Durrell, signed by the author.
    First edition of The Tree of Idleness by Lawrence Durrell, signed by the author.

    DURRELL, Lawrence.
    An Irish Faustus. 1968.
    $2,036.00

  • A House of Pomegranites by Oscar Wilde is a sequel to The Happy Prince and Other Tales, which he wrote for his two sons.
    A House of Pomegranites by Oscar Wilde is a sequel to The Happy Prince and Other Tales, which he wrote for his two sons.

    WILDE, Oscar.
    A House of Pomegranates. 1891.
    $3,000.00

  • A first impression of the first edition of A Mind to Murder by P.D. James, the author's second book.
    A first impression of the first edition of A Mind to Murder by P.D. James, the author's second book.

    JAMES, P.D.
    A Mind to Murder. 1963.
    $2,544.00

  • The first issue of Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves, with the subsequently suppressed poem by Siegfried Sassoon and the reference to spiritualism
    The first issue of Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves, with the subsequently suppressed poem by Siegfried Sassoon and the reference to spiritualism

    GRAVES, Robert.
    Good-Bye to all That. 1929.
    $3,053.00

  • A fine association copy of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore, inscribed to the publisher Tom Maschler.
    A fine association copy of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore, inscribed to the publisher Tom Maschler.

    MOORE, Brian.
    Judith Hearne. 1955.
    $3,053.00

  • First edition, sole printing, of Seven Poems Written in War-Time by R. Gathorne-Hardy. One of only 45 copies.
    First edition, sole printing, of Seven Poems Written in War-Time by R. Gathorne-Hardy. One of only 45 copies.

    [MILL HOUSE PRESS]; R. G[ATHORNE]-H[ARDY].
    Seven Poems Written in War-Time. 1947.
    $509.00

  • First edition of The White Feather by P.G. Wodehouse, published in 1907.
    First edition of The White Feather by P.G. Wodehouse, published in 1907.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
    The White Feather. 1907.
    $1,696.00

  • First edition of The Swoop by P.G. Wodehouse, published in 1909.
    First edition of The Swoop by P.G. Wodehouse, published in 1909.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
    The Swoop or How Clarence Saved England. 1909.
    $6,000.00

  • First edition of Doctor Sally by P.G. Wodehouse, in the original dustjacket.
    First edition of Doctor Sally by P.G. Wodehouse, in the original dustjacket.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
    Doctor Sally. 1932.
    $1,500.00

  • Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas, the great man's first novel of which just 1500 copies were printed.
    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas, the great man's first novel of which just 1500 copies were printed.

    THOMAS, Dylan.
    Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. 1940.
    $1,018.00

  • A lovely copy of the first edition of Twenty-Five Poems, Dylan Thomas's second collection.
    A lovely copy of the first edition of Twenty-Five Poems, Dylan Thomas's second collection.

    THOMAS, Dylan.
    Twenty-Five Poems. 1936.
    $2,700.00

  • First edition of The Ideal Giant by Wyndham Lewis, the author's first separate literary book.
    First edition of The Ideal Giant by Wyndham Lewis, the author's first separate literary book.

    LEWIS, Wyndham.
    The Ideal Giant. The Code of a Herdsman. Cantelman's Spring-Mate. 1917.
    $1,696.00

  • One of only 25 copies on Japon. Signed by the illustrator. This edition, produced in the style of a medieval manuscript is coloured by hand.
    One of only 25 copies on Japon. Signed by the illustrator. This edition, produced in the style of a medieval manuscript is coloured by hand.

    LEBEDEV, Ivan (illustrator); EHRENBURG, Ilya (translator); BAISIEUX, Jacques de.
    O trekh rytsariakh i o rubakhe [The Three Knights and the Shirt]. 1916.
    $3,392.00

  • A first edition, first impression of Metroland by Julian Barnes. The author's first book
    A first edition, first impression of Metroland by Julian Barnes. The author's first book

    BARNES, Julian.
    Metroland. 1980.
    $509.00

  • First edition of The Beast Must Die, a work of detective fiction written by the poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake.
    First edition of The Beast Must Die, a work of detective fiction written by the poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake.

    [DAY LEWIS, Cecil]. BLAKE, Nicholas (pseud.)
    The Beast Must Die. 1938.
    $3,053.00

  • The first edition of Charles Dicken's Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, a comic actor and pantomimist who counted Lord Byron among his patrons
    The first edition of Charles Dicken's Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, a comic actor and pantomimist who counted Lord Byron among his patrons

    [DICKENS, Charles].
    Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. 1838.
    $1,018.00

  • Heroic Poetry.
    Heroic Poetry.

    BOWRA, C. M.
    Heroic Poetry. 1952.
    $5,427.00

  • First UK edition of Letting Down my Hair by Lorrie Davis with Rachel Gallagher, published in London in 1974.
    First UK edition of Letting Down my Hair by Lorrie Davis with Rachel Gallagher, published in London in 1974.

    DAVIS, Lorrie; GALLAGHER, Rachel (with).
    Letting Down My Hair. 1974.
    $204.00

  • First edition of Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene in the unclipped dustjacket. A post-war collection of stories, uncommon in the dustjacket.
    First edition of Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene in the unclipped dustjacket. A post-war collection of stories, uncommon in the dustjacket.

    GREENE, Graham.
    Nineteen Stories. 1947.
    $509.00

  • First edition of Dead Babies by Martin Amis, the author's second book.
    First edition of Dead Babies by Martin Amis, the author's second book.

    AMIS, Martin.
    Dead Babies. 1975.
    $374.00

  • First edition of Alfred Wallis: Primitive by Sven Berlin in the dustjacket.
    First edition of Alfred Wallis: Primitive by Sven Berlin in the dustjacket.

    BERLIN, Sven.
    Alfred Wallis: Primitive. 1949.
    $340.00

  • The first printing of The Fall of a Nation by Thomas Dixon, published in New York in 1916.
    The first printing of The Fall of a Nation by Thomas Dixon, published in New York in 1916.

    DIXON, Thomas.
    The Fall of a Nation. 1916.
    $340.00

  • First edition of Solitude by Vita Sackville-West in the dustjacket, published by The Hogarth Press in 1938.
    First edition of Solitude by Vita Sackville-West in the dustjacket, published by The Hogarth Press in 1938.

    SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita.
    Solitude. 1938.
    $340.00

  • The dedication copy of Percy Wallingford and Mr Pidgeer by Lord Berners, with the author's inscription beneath the printed dedication
    The dedication copy of Percy Wallingford and Mr Pidgeer by Lord Berners, with the author's inscription beneath the printed dedication

    BERNERS, [Gerald] Lord.
    Percy Wallingford and Mr. Pidger. 1941.
    $374.00

  • A superb association copy of The Mystery and the Charity of Charles Peguy, inscribed to the publisher Tom Rosenthal by the author Sir Geoffrey Hill.
    A superb association copy of The Mystery and the Charity of Charles Peguy, inscribed to the publisher Tom Rosenthal by the author Sir Geoffrey Hill.

    HILL, Geoffrey.
    The Mystery and the Charity of Charles Peguy. 1983.
    $611.00

  • A signed copy of Honourable Estate by the great Vera Brittain published in London in 1936.
    A signed copy of Honourable Estate by the great Vera Brittain published in London in 1936.

    BRITTAIN, Vera.
    Honourable Estate. 1936.
    $509.00

  • An attractive signed first edition of the first novel by Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim features an inferior academic in a second-rate university
    An attractive signed first edition of the first novel by Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim features an inferior academic in a second-rate university

    AMIS, Kingsley.
    Lucky Jim. 1953.
    $12,889.00

  • A superb association copy of A Distant Propsect, a further volume of biography from Lord Berners, inscribed by him to Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon.
    A superb association copy of A Distant Propsect, a further volume of biography from Lord Berners, inscribed by him to Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon.

    BERNERS, [Gerald] Lord.
    A Distant Prospect. 1945.
    $374.00

  • One of 50 deluxe copies of Charles's Perrault's classic fairy tales, here illustrated with striking art deco pochoir plates.
    One of 50 deluxe copies of Charles's Perrault's classic fairy tales, here illustrated with striking art deco pochoir plates.

    PERRAULT, Charles; LAFORGE, Lucien (illustrator).
    Contes des fées. 1920.
    $3,731.00

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