English Books

Poems; To which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd Bristol & London: Cottle & Robinsons, 1797. Second Edition. Small 8vo., 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (158 x 94 mm); xx...

London: Printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre, 1614. FIRST EDITION Folio; 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (317 x 212 mm). Collation: 40, ode, title page, Preface; 40, Contents of the Cha...

Tolkien, J.R.R., The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King. London: Allen & Unwin, 1956, 1957, 1959. First editions, fifth impression ...

London: MacMillan & Company, 1920. Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939). First Rackham Edition. Large 4to, 11 x 9 inches, (278 x 225 mm). x, 318 pp. printed on Holbein watermarked paper, a ...

Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander): Winnie-the-Pooh An Exceptionally rare copy of the FIRST TRADE EDITION of Winnie-the-Pooh signed by both the Author and the Illustrator, with Original dust-jacket. London: Methuen, 1926.; First Trade Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 in (194 x 127 mm), pp. 158, full-page and text illustrations, illustrated endpapers with map of "100 Aker Wood... Drawn by me and Mr. Shepar Helpd (sic.)" Green cloth, gilt stamping on the front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin...

A precursor of Benjamin Franklin's famous and popular POOR RICHARD's ALMANAC Rider, Cardanus Rider's (1726) British Merlin; Adorned with many delightful Varieties and Useful Veritie...

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited Edition Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5.5 in (206 x 140 mm) 392 pp. Edited by F.S. Ellis. One of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black i...

"Hansel and Gretel" references the famous fairy tale characters created by Brothers Grimm in 1812 about a woodcutter's children who are abandoned in the woods by their stepmother and...

A collection of 24 antique & vintage books that includes many from 19th century, nearly all English publications. See photos for details of titles. Condition: Please see detail phot...

A Dictionary of the English Language; In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Originals and Illustrated In Their Different Significant By Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar London: printed by John Jarvis and sold by John Fielding...

A collection of the Sporting Novels; Handley Cross; or Mr. Jerrocks's Hunt; Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Ask Mamma or ...

A beautiful fashion exhibition hard-cover coffee table book 'Shots of Style', 'Great Fashion Photographs chosen by David Bailey', from 9 October 1985 - 19 January 1986, Victoria and ...

Whittington Press / Bidwell, John Fine Papers of the Oxford University Press Risbury, Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1998. 2 volumes, Folio, housed in the green clamshell box wi...

Christie's: West East The Niall Hobhouse Collection, 2008, Anglo Indian Collection. A fascinating selection of exquisite treasures from both the West...

A rare first edition, with near-fine dust jacket of the children's classic. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows; with a frontispiece by Graham Robertson. London: Methuen and Co., 1908. First Edition. 8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (190 x 120 mm). pp. [1] + viii + 302 + i. Laid paper, deckle edges, t.e.g. With a captioned frontispieces, "And a River went out of Eden", on coated paper after a pen-and-ink drawing by Walford Graham Robertson (1866 – 1948); tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine (Toad dressed in a driving outfit and goggles) and upper cover ( Pan playing flute to Rat and Mole by the river) and a single gilt rule on the upper cover. In the second issue publisher's pictorial peach-color dust jacket printed in black with price of 7/6 instead of 6/-.The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened but in excellent condition with a couple small tears at head expertly repaired on verso; scattered foxing and discoloration to dust jacket and pages, wear to spine edges consistent with age. [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, no.61; Osborne I, p. 349; Hunt p. 45 & 66; Hahn, D. Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, p. 241-242] Condition: Near fine in Near fine dust-jacket. This is the FIRST EDITION with a SCARCE DUST JACKET of one of the essential classics of children's literature. The book is based on bedtime stories that the Scottish-born banker and author Kenneth Grahame...

Charles Dickens. The Works, in 18 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. octavo 3/4 dark blue leather with marbled covers and end sheets, bound by Bayntun, Bath. Spine with rais...

The Royal Palaces of India by George Michell. Published by Thames & Hudson, 1994. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. As early as the 14th c, stories glorifying the exotic palaces of ...

AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge: (Lewis Carroll). TITLE: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan, 1869. DESCRIPTION: PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., 7-1/2" x 5-3/8", insc...

London: Macmillan, 1989. First Edition. 8vo, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (215 x 140 mm); 200 pp. Original full brown cloth binding with gilt title on spine, original dust wrapper, unclippe...

Brilliantly illustrated comic work in exquisite full morocco, gilt. Egan, Pierce; Isaac Robert Cruikshank & George Cruikshank, illustrators Life in London; Or, The Day and Night Sce...

Strutt, Joseph A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England; from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time, illustrated by engravings taken ...

A rare set of Daniel Defoe's works published in 1878 by George Bell & son's in London. George Bell & Sons was a reputable publisher in the 19th century, known for producing ...

Adrian Alan Catalog. First edition hardcover. Adrian Alan was established in 1964, Adrian Alan is an international family run business and one of the world...

Pisanello, Painter to the Renaissance Court by Luke Syson and Dillian Gordon. London: National Gallery Company, 2001. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 264 pp. A book on the works of Pisanello by London's National Gallery to accompany the exhibition. Pisanello (1395-1455) was one of the most distinguished painters of the early Italian Renaissance. He is known for his amazing large murals, elegant portraits, small easel...

Roberts, W. Pictures in the Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan at the Princes Gate and Dover House, London. London: Privately Printed, 1907. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Atlas folio...

FIRST EDITION – INSCRIBED "For Edgar With every best wish as ever" and SIGNED by the author. London: Macmillan, 1999. 8vo, 9 1/8 x 6 inches (232 x 152 mm); (10), 374 pp. Original ...

London: Macmillan, 1993. FIRST EDITION – INSCRIBED "For my oldest (?) and dearest friends, Pam & Ed—" and SIGNED by the author. 8vo, 9 1/8 x 6 inches (232 x 152 mm); (10), 240 pp. ...

A rare and complete first English edition of this seminal work. Pliny, Gaius Secundus / Plinius, Gaius Secundus (23­-79 AD) / Translated by Philemon Holland. The Historie of the Wor...

Christie's: Catalogue Furniture, Silver & Porcelain from Longleat, June 2002. Softcover auction catalogue with results. 302 pp. Featuring the late George II mahogany furniture commissioned by the 1st Marquess of Bath; the pair of French lacquer cabinets...

Knight, Henry Gally Esq. Saracenic and Norman Remains to Illustrate the Normans in Sicily London: John Murray, 1840. FIRST EDITION - ROYAL FOLIO, 21 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (550 x370 m...

Faesch, Johann Ludwig [Whirsker] The Metamorphoses of Melpomene and Thalia, or Dramatic Characters of the French and Italian Comedies London: Printed for Robert Sayer, 1772. 12mo, ...

A History of Textile Art by Agnes Geijer. Hardcover with plastic covered dust jacket. Published by Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1982. From the Preface: This volume is a revised translation of...

Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882–1956). NOW WE ARE SIX. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. First Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (191 x 125 mm), pp. xi + 103 + colophon. With its...

London: Macmillan, 1983. FIRST EDITION – 8vo, 7 3/4 x 5 inches (197 x 155 mm); 224 pp. Original full grey cloth binding with silver title on spine, original dust wrapper, unclipped ...

London: Macmillan, 1981. FIRST EDITION – 8vo, 7 3/4 x 5 inches (197 x 155 mm); 224 pp. Original full black cloth binding with gilt title on spine, original dustwrapper, unclipped an...

A unique and charming piece of Tolkieniana. The Christopher Robin Birthday Book, Priscilla Tolkien’s copy with names of family members and friends f...

History of the Fan by G. Woolliscroft Rhead published London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. 1910. This edition was limited to 450 copies of which this is #215. Contains 311...

4th Edition of the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations London: A. Strahan and T. Cade...

William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited edition Number 77 Circa 1912. Leatherbound. 15 volumes. Printed on handmade paper, burgundy Moroccan leather bound volumes of "The Works of Wil...

Paris: The Olympia Press, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Small 8vo, 6 /4 x 4 inches (170 x 105 mm), 171 pp; 29 glossy photographs by Brassaï, most double-sided, and two doubl...

The Most Popular Book of Maritime Adventure of the Eighteenth Century Anson, Lord George and Richard Walter A Voyage Round the World, In the Years MDCCXI, I, II, III, IV, By George ...

Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 / Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On ...

Chaucer, Geoffrey The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed London: Adam Islip, 1602. Second Edition. Folio, 13 x 8 3/4 inches (328 x 223 ...

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. FIRST EDITION, 8th Printing. 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (190 x 130 mm); pp. vi, 305, printed in 11 pt Old Style type on wove paper. Dark blu...

Christie's Part I & II, Childwick Bury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire Objects of Art, Fine French and Important English Furniture. Christie's May 15, 1978. 1345 Lots with B&W photos with estimates and descriptions. Childwickbury Manor is a manor house in the hamlet of Childwickbury, Hertfordshire, England, between St Albans and Harpenden. The Lomax family bought the house in 1666 and lived there until 1854 when Joshua Lomax sold it to Henry Hayman Toulmin, a wealthy ship owner, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and mayor of St Albans. Toulmin left the property to Sir John Blundell Maple around 20 years later. Toulmin's granddaughter, the author Mary Carbery, was born at the house. Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet bred and raced thoroughbreds and built Childwickbury Stud into a very successful horse breeding operation. Another prominent racehorse owner, Jack Barnato Joel, bought the estate including the stud farm in 1906. On his death in 1940, his son Jim Joel took over the operation. He too became a successful racehorse owner and breeder and maintained the property until 1978 when the stud and the manor were sold separately. Film director Stanley Kubrick bought the manor in 1978. He used the estate as both a home and a nerve centre for his film productions. He lived there until his death in 1999 and is interred in its grounds together with his eldest daughter Anya Kubrick, who died in 2009. His widow, Christiane Kubrick...

Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882–1956). The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (192 x 127 mm), pp. 178, full-page and...

A sumptuous extra-illustrated copy with Cosway-style binding by Bayntun of Bath. London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910. Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 (210 x 137 mm),pp. i-xii, 382. Illustrated with ...

London: MacMillan & Co., 1897. FIRST EDITION Small 8vo. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 (185 x 121 mm); half-title, frontispiece, title, viii, 245, [2 advertisements]; 22 engraved plates, including f...

A copy of the auction catalogs for Christie's on-site sale at Wateringbury Place, Maidstone, Kent. This is both of the catalogs of the sale, the Principle Rooms, which was held on Ma...

Franklin, Benjamin. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of His Life Written by Himself together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of t...

Brockedon, William, William Finden, and George Gordon, Lord Byron Finden's Illustrations for the Life and Works of Lord Byron; With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects ...

Life in Paris; comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire of Corinthian Celebrity, and his Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O Shuttleton.... London: ...

London / New York: The Focal Press, 1949. FIRST EDITION 8vo, 10 x 6 7/8 inches (248 x 175 mm), 98 pp. including a fold-out page with technical data for each photo. Text in English. ...

AUTHOR: MEREDITH, George. TITLE: Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside with Poems and Ballads. PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENT...

KELMSCOTT PRESS Orbeliani, Sulkhan-Saba. Translated by Oliver Wardrop. The Book of Wisdom and Lies; A book of Traditional Stories From Georgia in Asia Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, ...

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty’s Spec...

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., 1959. First Edition. 8vo, 8 3/ 8 x 5 5/8 inches (213 x 140 mm); (5), 311, (1) pp. Original cloth-backed speckled paper boards with white spi...

The only book published by the Doves Press by an American author. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1906. Small 4to, 9 1/4 x 6.5 in (235 x 166 mm). Pp. xiv, 13...

Rider, Cardanus Rider's British Merlin 1774 + The Court and City Register London: R. and M. Brown / Company of Stationers & J. Jolliffe, G. Woodfall, an...

London: R. Ackermann, 1823. Thomas Rowlandson. Second Edition. Tall 8vo. 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches (228 x 174 mm); 8 + 254 pp.; with 24 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, includin...