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  • First edition of Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta's first novel, with an autograph letter and photograph.
    First edition of Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta's first novel, with an autograph letter and photograph.

    ACOSTA, Oscar Zeta.
    The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. 1972.
    £200.00

  • The first edition, first impression of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a near-fine copy in the original dust-jacket
    The first edition, first impression of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a near-fine copy in the original dust-jacket

    ROWLING, J.K.
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2003
    £250.00

  • The first edition in English of Milton's Literare Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, translated by his nephew Edward Phillips, and containing three previously unpublished preliminary sonnets
    The first edition in English of Milton's Literare Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, translated by his nephew Edward Phillips, and containing three previously unpublished preliminary sonnets

    MILTON, John; PHILIPS, Edward (translator).
    Letters of State, 1694.
    £1,850.00

  • A signed, limited edition copy of Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, declared <em>Orlando</em> to be 'the longest love letter in literature', 1928
    A signed, limited edition copy of Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, declared <em>Orlando</em> to be 'the longest love letter in literature', 1928

    WOOLF, Virginia.
    Orlando: A Biography. 1928.
    £6,500.00

  • A handsome first edition of Virginia Woolf anf Lytton Strachey Letters, Edited by Leonard Woolf and James Strachey.
    A handsome first edition of Virginia Woolf anf Lytton Strachey Letters, Edited by Leonard Woolf and James Strachey.

    WOOLF, Virginia; STRACHEY, Lytton.
    Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey Letters. 1956.
    £225.00

  • A limited edition copy of The Uncollected Poems by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of The Uncollected Poems by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Two Uncollected Poems. 1980.
    £325.00

  • A limited edition copy of Two Poems by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of Two Poems by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Two Poems. 1980.
    £150.00

  • A lovely limited edition copy of Million Dollar Month by Sylvia Plath.
    A lovely limited edition copy of Million Dollar Month by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Million Dollar Month. 1971.
    £175.00

  • A limited edition copy of The Magic Mirror by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of The Magic Mirror by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    The Magic Mirror. 1989.
    £175.00

  • A wonderfully bound, limited edition copy of Lyonnesse by Sylvia Plath.
    A wonderfully bound, limited edition copy of Lyonnesse by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Lyonnesse. 1971.
    £375.00

  • A limited edition copy of The Green Rock by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of The Green Rock by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    The Green Rock. 1982.
    £175.00

  • A limited edition copy of Fiesta Melons by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of Fiesta Melons by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Fiesta Melons. 1971.
    £450.00

  • A limited first edition copy of A Day in June by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited first edition copy of A Day in June by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    A Day in June. 1981.
    £275.00

  • A beautiful limited edition copy of Crystal Gazer and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath.
    A beautiful limited edition copy of Crystal Gazer and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia.
    Crystal Gazer and Other Poems. 1971.
    £450.00

  • A limited edition copy of Child by Sylvia Plath.
    A limited edition copy of Child by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia
    Child. 1971.
    £150.00

  • A lovely copy of American Poetry Now by the Oxford University Press, edited by Sylvia Plath.
    A lovely copy of American Poetry Now by the Oxford University Press, edited by Sylvia Plath.

    PLATH, Sylvia (editor).
    American Poetry Now. [1961].
    £225.00

  • A delightfully illustrated edition of one of Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, in his inimitable, amusing style, first thus, 1914

    SHAKESPEARE, William; ROBINSON, W. Heath (illustrator).
    A Midsummer's Night Dream. 1914.
    £674.00

  • A handsome copy of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
    A handsome copy of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

    STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Other Fables. 1897.
    £285.00

  • A handsome first edition of Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne with illustrations by E.H. Shepard.
    A handsome first edition of Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne with illustrations by E.H. Shepard.

    MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator).
    Now We Are Six. 1927.
    £350.00

  • A handsomely illustrated copy of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.
    A handsomely illustrated copy of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.

    CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge]; TENNIEL, John (illustrator).
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [with] Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There. 1885.
    £1,500.00

  • A charming copy of the perennial children's classic, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and illustrated by E.H. Shepard
    A charming copy of the perennial children's classic, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and illustrated by E.H. Shepard

    GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illustrator)
    The Wind in the Willows. 1931.
    £575.00

  • A first edition, first impression of The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, the tenth James Bond novel.
    A first edition, first impression of The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, the tenth James Bond novel.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    The Spy Who Loved Me. 1962.
    £850.00

  • A first edition, first impression of Moonraker by Ian Fleming, the third book in the James Bond series.
    A first edition, first impression of Moonraker by Ian Fleming, the third book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Moonraker. 1955.
    £2,500.00

  • A first edition of Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, the second book in the James Bond series.
    A first edition of Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, the second book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Live and Let Die. 1954.
    £5,000.00

  • A first edition, first impression of Goldfinger by Ian Fleming, the seventh book in the James Bond series.
    A first edition, first impression of Goldfinger by Ian Fleming, the seventh book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Goldfinger. 1959.
    £1,750.00

  • A first edition, first impression of From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming, the fifth book in the James Bond series.
    A first edition, first impression of From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming, the fifth book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    From Russia with Love. 1957.
    £2,500.00

  • A first edition copy of Dr. No by Ian Fleming, the sixth book in the James Bond series.
    A first edition copy of Dr. No by Ian Fleming, the sixth book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Dr. No. 1958.
    £650.00

  • <em>Winner Take Nothing</em>, a 1933 collection of short stories by Nobel Prize Winner Ernest Hemingway, including <em>A Clean, Well Lighted Place</em>, which James Joyce called 'one of the best short stories ever written'.
    <em>Winner Take Nothing</em>, a 1933 collection of short stories by Nobel Prize Winner Ernest Hemingway, including <em>A Clean, Well Lighted Place</em>, which James Joyce called 'one of the best short stories ever written'.

    HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
    Winner Take Nothing. 1933.
    £975.00

  • A first edition, first impression of Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming, the fourth book in the James Bond series.
    A first edition, first impression of Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming, the fourth book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Diamonds are Forever. 1956.
    £3,250.00

  • First edition of To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway.
    First edition of To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway.

    HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
    To Have and Have Not. 1937.
    £975.00

  • First edition of Bram Stoker's vampire classic, a genre-defining masterpiece inspiring numerous reprints, variations, pastiches, stage & screen versions
    First edition of Bram Stoker's vampire classic, a genre-defining masterpiece inspiring numerous reprints, variations, pastiches, stage & screen versions

    STOKER, Bram.
    Dracula. 1897.
    £17,500.00

  • A delightfully illustrated two volume set of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A delightfully illustrated two volume set of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

    CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. 1892; 1894.
    £3,900.00

  • A handsome first edition of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A handsome first edition of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

    CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
    The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. 1927.
    £1,200.00

  • The first UK edition of Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
    The first UK edition of Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

    CHRISTIE, Agatha.
    Towards Zero. 1944.
    £3,250.00

  • A first edition, first impression of The Hollow by Agatha Christie
    A first edition, first impression of The Hollow by Agatha Christie

    CHRISTIE, Agatha.
    The Hollow. 1946.
    £675.00

  • A first UK edition of Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
    A first UK edition of Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

    CHRISTIE, Agatha.
    Five Little Pigs. 1942.
    £3,250.00

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