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  • The handsome deluxe edition of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and Poems and Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The handsome deluxe edition of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and Poems and Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien.

    TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
    The Hobbit Or There and Back Again [with] The Lord of the Rings [with] Poems and Stories. 1984, 1979, 1980.
    £1,400.00

  • A charming edition of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
    A charming edition of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

    CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge]; ROWNTREE, Harry (illustrator).
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking-Glass. 1928.
    £450.00

  • Jane Austen's Emma, llustrated by C E. Brock, with colour frontispiece, decorative title-page, and a further 22 colour plates
    Jane Austen's Emma, llustrated by C E. Brock, with colour frontispiece, decorative title-page, and a further 22 colour plates

    AUSTEN, Jane; BROCK, C.E. (illustrator).
    Emma 1909.
    £250.00

  • A finely illustrated copy of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
    A finely illustrated copy of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

    AUSTEN, Jane; BROCK, C.E. (illustrator).
    Sense & Sensibility. 1908.
    £475.00

  • A first edition, first impression of You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming, the twelfth book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    You Only Live Twice. 1964.
    £425.00

  • A first edition, first impression of On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming, the eleventh book in the James Bond series.
    A first edition, first impression of On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming, the eleventh book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service. 1963.
    £650.00

  • Prize Writing signed by 13 Booker Prize-winning authors on the half-title, on the title page, or, in the case of two authors (Kineally & Lively), at their individual contributions, edited by Martin Goff, 1989
    Prize Writing signed by 13 Booker Prize-winning authors on the half-title, on the title page, or, in the case of two authors (Kineally & Lively), at their individual contributions, edited by Martin Goff, 1989

    GOFF, Martyn (editor).
    Prize Writing: 1989.
    £1,500.00

  • First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
    First trade edition of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

    SHAKESPEARE, William; RACKHAM, Arthur, (illustrator).
    The Tempest. 1926.
    £750.00

  • A handsome first UK edition of The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle.
    A handsome first UK edition of The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle.

    CONAN DOYLE, Sir Arthur.
    The Valley of Fear. 1915.
    £1,350.00

  • The first English edition of The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.
    The first English edition of The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

    CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
    The Return of Sherlock Holmes. 1905.
    £1,700.00

  • A handsome first edition of His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle.
    A handsome first edition of His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle.

    CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
    His Last Bow: 1917.
    £1,200.00

  • The Hound of the Baskervilles.
    The Hound of the Baskervilles.

    DOYLE, Arthur Conan.
    The Hound of the Baskervilles. 1902.
    £2,850.00

  • A handsome illustrated edition of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.
    A handsome illustrated edition of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

    DUMAS, Alexandre; WHEELWRIGHT, Rowland (illustrator).
    The Three Musketeers. 1927.
    £780.00

  • Irish Fairy Tales.
    Irish Fairy Tales.

    RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); STEPHENS, James.
    Irish Fairy Tales. 1920.
    £475.00

  • 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 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

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