English Books

Fine leather binding by Stokers & Sons, Leicester, England Lovely colour of leather with gilt tooling Armorial front Good condition Free Uk shipping

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...

4 vols. A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh, House of Pooh Corner, Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young. Later Editions. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Bound beautifully in smooth ...

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...

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...

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

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 ...

Millden: A Scottish Lodge Including Property From Endsleigh, Devon; Harewood House, Yorkshire; & Glamis Castle, Angus, by Christie's Auction House, Lond...

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 ...

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...

Christie's: 2011, Duarte Pinto Coelho Collection, Madrid & Trujillo, Spain. 1st Ed auction catalog with 753 lots all photographed in color and fully descr...

Goldsmith, John An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.LXXXIV. 1784 London: Company of Stationers, 1783, first edition 48mo, 4 x 2 1/2 in. (113 x 53 mm); pp. 48 + blank page...

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...

AUTHOR: HAWKING, Stephen. TITLE: My Brief History. PUBLISHER: New York: Bantam Books, 2013. DESCRIPTION: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION FIRST PRINTING BEARING THE BLACK INK THUMB PRINT O...

The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer translated by Alexander Pope, a New Edition with preface and notes by the translator. Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1810. The b...

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...

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...

1 vol. William Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Comedy of the Tempest. First Trade Edition. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in-color plates by Edmund Dulac. Bound beautifully in 3/4 bright calf...

A very rare complete collection of signed true First edition / First Print of all five published editions of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse All hand signed in person by the author, artist and illustrator Charlie Mackesy...

Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1959, 1955. Illustrated by J...

Christies: A Tribute to John Fowler: Furniture and Decorations, September 2006. John Fowler was a partner in Colefax and Fowler and was the master of the s...

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...

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 ...

Christopher Howe: The First Twenty Years (Wednesday 24 March 2004 at 10.30 A.M.) Christie's South Kensington, Published by Christie's, London, 2004. 1...

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 ...

Vintage fishing book, golden days by Romilly Fedden A good 1949 (2nd edition) angling book by Romilly Fedden entitled 'Golden Days' and printed in Grea...

Aesop's Fables; A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones. With an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday,...

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 ...

Fleming, Ian. Goldfinger. London: Jonathan Cape, [1959.] First edition. Octavo. In the publisher's original black cloth boards, with an embossed skull, gilt eyes, and gilt titles to ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" by J. M. Barrie was published in 1909 by Hodder & Stoughton. It was illustrated by Arthur Rackham. It contains fifty full-page color illustratio...

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: Fine English Furniture, including Works of Art from Hartley Place, 20 September 2001, Christie's. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. 495 lots, including properties of: the late Col. Norman Colville, M.C., the executors of the late Sir Emmanuel Kaye, C.B.E., the Lord St. Oswald, Sir Philip Powell...

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...

Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1976. Limited Edition. Crown 4to, 9 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (250 x 185 mm); 63 pp. Hand-set in 12-point SB Caslon and printed on white Basingwerk Pa...

Presenting a rare first edition hardback copy of The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue, Complete Edition IN ONE VOLUME with Illustrations by GAVARNI and GIRARDET, published by George Routl...

Hallam's View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, complete in 3 leather bound octavo volumes with marbleized boards. The volumes contain the bookplate of former owner, Cha...

A rare group of books from the famous collection of J.C. Peasley. James C. Peasley (James Carr Peasley) was a prominent banker and railroad executive in Chicago, Illinois, during the...

Stevenson, Robert Louis; Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell [Illustrators] Island Nights' Entertainments; consisting of The Beach of Falesá, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices London: C...

The Poetical Works of George Lord Lyttelton & The Poetical Works of James Hammond, The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, The Poetical Works of William Collins Glasgow: Andrew Fouli...

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...

3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with red and green morocc...

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1909. FIRST, LIMITED EDITION 4to, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (268 x 215 mm); xii, 185, (2) pp., plus 75 full-page color illustrations, from works by Mortimer...

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...

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...

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, ...

19th century Works of William Shakespeare comedies, histories, tragedies 3 volumes Each volume is filled with a collection of outstanding highly detailed engravings Each volume...

The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Edition. London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1898. Moroccan leather and paper boun...

London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. 4to, 8 3/4 x 7 inches (220 x 180 mm); 100 pp with "1819" watermark clearly visible on many pages. Contemporary straight-grained crimson mor...

London / London: Halton & Truscott Smith / Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. First, Limited Edition. Folio, 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (312 x 252 mm); x, 29 [159] pp. Tipped-in color fronti...

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. LIMITED EDITION, 8vo, 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches (208 x 145 mm); (4),81,(1) pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece by Burne-Jones, ornamental woodcut border to...

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...

Works of Art from the Bute Collection. Volumes one and two from the sales in London on July 3rd and July 8th 1996. Two softcover catalogs are presented in a green fabric covered slip...

Rare copy of "Mark Rothko 1903 - 1970" book, circa 1996. The book is in very good vintage condition with no torn or missing pages and contains 94 full color plates and 15 black-and-w...

This is the complete three volume set of reference Books titled: The Dictionary of English Furniture, by Ralph Edwards and published by The Antique Collectors Club of the UK. This s...

Art at Auction : The Year at Sotheby's 1981-1982. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1982. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference work provides a view of the year's...

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 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 ...

"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...