First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the David Watson illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the near fine lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little toned to the spine and has a short closed tear to the top of the front spine fold. Not price clipped (15s to the bottom of the front flap).

(Hubin).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's orange cloth with dark blue titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge brown. An near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine ends, the cloth is bright and fresh. The contents with the bookplate of Adrian Homer Goldstone to the front pastdown and a thin brown mark to both the front and rear endpaper edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny chips at the head of the lightly faded spine. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the front flap. An attractive example.

(Hubin).

First UK edition, first printing. Original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Adrian Bailey illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding clean and tight, the contents clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked original dustwrapper which is slightly toned to the spine and has a little dustiness to the rear panel. Not price-clipped. Not price clipped (13s. 6d. to the bottom of the front flap).

A Gideon Fell mystery. (Hubin)

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Biro illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth a little rippled at the bottom of the upper board. The contents, with a tiny bookseller's paper label to the front pastedown, are otherwise clean and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased original dustwrapper. Not price clipped (15s. to the bottom of the front flap). A very attractive example

(Hubin).

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to spine, in the Beytagh illustrated dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with very near fine dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny nicks at the base of the spine and is otherwise bright and without fading or loss. Not price-clipped (10s 6d net to the lower front flap). An excellent example of this Hercule Poirot novel.

Uniquely for this publisher, the first edition is dated to the rear of the book as opposed to the reverse of the title page as in every other Crime Club publication. Published in America under the title "Funerals are Fatal". (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth, with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding tight and the cloth fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (15s net to the front flap). A stunning copy.

A Miss Marple novel. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Leslie Stead illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little softening at the spine tips and corners, the cloth remains bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the very near fine lightly rubbed dustwrapper remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (8s 6d net to the front flap). Uncommon in this condition.

The last of four novels to feature the ex-Army officer and good friend of Hercule Poirot, Colonel Race. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First editions, first printings. Five volumes. Original black cloth lettered in gilt to spines with the publisher's monogram in blind to front panels, all in dustwrappers. Vols. I-III with portrait frontispieces. A fine set, the bindings square and firm, the cloth and gilt sharp, the contents clean throughout. In the unclipped dustwrappers. There is a little crumpling and a nick to the lower edge of the spine panel of Vol. I; otherwise, except for minimal soiling and a handful of small marks, the wrappers are very near fine. A very attractive example of an unusually scarce uniform set.

This magisterial edition collects all of Cowper's surviving letters. The first appearance of Cowper's letters appeared a mere three years after the poet's death in 1800, William Blake declaring them to be "perhaps, or rather certainly, the very best letters that were ever printed". Throughout his adult life, Cowper was subject to periods of (what we now refer to as) depression, attempting suicide on more than one occasion, and the letters provide a vivid portrait of Cowper's inner and outer world and experience: his failed attempts at a career in law, the years living with the Unwins (Morley, a retired clergyman and his wife Mary), and of course the poetry and prose (Vol. V collects all the critical prose, including his unfinished commentary on Milton's 'Paradise Lost').

Signed limited edition. Publisher's quarter vellum over marbled paper covered boards with titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. White silk ribbon. Illustrated with black and white plates by Salvador Dali. 'Postface to Hidden Faces' in publisher's white paper covers, printed in black. Housed in a red cloth slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks.

Limited edition of 100 copies, both the book and 20 page 'Postface' pamphlet hand numbered 51, the book signed by Salvador Dali on the limitation page, as issued. Translated by Haakon Chevalier, Hidden Faces is Dali's only novel.

First edition, first printing of the Salvador Dali illustrated Bible. Five volumes. Folio. Publisher's original full brown morocco, five raised bands, titles and decorated compartments in gilt to the spine. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed, cream silk endpapers, text printed on heavy laid paper with Dalí watermark. Housed in brown calf slipcases with cream silk sides and back. Illustrated with 105 lithographs in colour on heavy paper after the original guoache, watercolour, ink and pastel paintings, completed between 1963 and 1964 by Salvador Dali. The text pages with Dali signature watermark. An excellent set, the bindings square and firm with rubbing and scuffing to several of the raised bands. The contents are fine, clean and bright throughout. The slipcases, structurally sound with just a little marking.

A magnificent production. Edition luxus, numbered 39 of 1499 copies (of a total edition of 1798). After establishing a friendship with Salvador Dalí over the course of several years, Dr. Giuseppe Albaretto commissioned the artist to create 100 paintings based on passages selected from the Latin Vulgate Bible. Himself a devout Catholic, Albaretto's intention in commissioning Dali for this massive undertaking was to bring the artist back to his religious roots. The project resulted in 105 paintings, reproduced here to the highest quality. (Field 69-3; Michel & Löpsinger 1600).

Early collected edition. Five volumes in one, as issued. Contemporary half calf over green cloth boards. Five raised bands, elaborately decorated compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. With illustrations by Landseer, Maclise, Stanfield, F. Stone, Doyle, Leech and Tenniel. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with only minor rubbing to the spine edges. The contents, with a contemporary previous owner's signature to the front blank and just a little occasional spotting to the margins are otherwise clean and bright throughout.

A handsome volume of Dickens' Christmas Books.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding clean, square and tight. The contents, toned to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper which has some short closed tears to the edges and minor chipping to the spine tips and flap folds. Not price-clipped (10s 6d to the bottom of the front flap).

(Hubin).

First editions in book form. Two volumes. With 90 illustrations throughout by Sidney Paget. Uniformly bound mid 20th century in full blue calf by Bayntun of Bath. The upper and lower boards with a gilt double fillet border. Five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt on red and green morocco labels to the spines. Gilt decorated inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Original [first state] cloth bound in at the rear. A very good set, the bindings square and firm with some wear to the spine edges and 'Adventures' with a scuff to the green title label. The contents, with a few foxing spots to the title page of 'Adventures' are otherwise remarkably clean and bright throughout, without previous owner's marks.

First editions in book form of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Memoirs and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Comprising 24 stories including several of the consulting detective's most famous cases: "A Scandal In Bohemia", "The Five Orange Pips", "The Man With The Twisted Lip" and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", all solved with the assistance of Dr Watson. The second volume includes "The Final Problem" introducing Holmes' arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty; Paget's frontispiece illustration depicting the detective's [author and publisher's commercially disastrous] plunge at the Reichenbach Falls.

Limited edition. One of 500 hand-numbered copies. This copy is no. 364. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, with the author's signature stamped in gilt to the front panel. Complete with the red cloth-covered slip case with a label lettered and ruled in red to the front panel. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Previous owner's small bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The slipcase is a little bumped to the upper rear corner, with a couple of small marks to the rear and spine. Altogether, a sharp, clean copy.

Published simultaneously with the first trade edition, this limited edition is hand-numbered to the rear limitation page. The volume is laid out with the facsimile and the editor's transcripts on facing pages with Eliot's corrections and annotations printed in black, Pound's in red, and Eliot's first wife, Vivien's additions printed in italics. The poem in its finished state is printed following the drafts, and the volume is introduced by the editor, the poet's (second) wife, Valerie. "The publication of 'The Waste Land' in facsimile, as it was handed to Pound in January 1922, displays how a "piece of rhythmical grumbling" and largely topical satire was transformed by Eliot's own alterations and by Pound's drastic surgery into a poem that seemed to its first readers impersonally expressive of a whole post-war generation. [...] It is impossible to praise too highly the work of the printer, Vivian Ridler, in presenting the facsimile and transcript, and the skill of Mrs Eliot in transcribing the often extremely confused and at times virtually illegible witness of the drafts." (Helen Gardner in the 'New Statesman', July 1 1971)

First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and a gilt design to the upper board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with a black and white tissue-guarded photographic frontispiece. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the corners and spine tips very lightly bumped and worn. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, some pen notes to the rear free endpaper, a little spotting and offsetting to the endpapers, and a few spots to the text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout.

Walter Evans-Wentz was a pioneering American anthropologist, best known for his part in helping to popularise Tibetan Buddhism in the West and for his early translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Evans-Wentz was a lifelong enthusiast of world religions and folk practices, and after attaining degrees at Stamford he studied Celtic mythology at Oxford University, for which he travelled to Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man collecting folktales. This comprehensive volume on Celtic mythology and religion is his published thesis which he completed while at Oxford.

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with titles in black to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding clean and tight, the contents clean and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked original dustwrapper which is a little faded to the spine. Not price clipped (12s. 6d. to the bottom of the front flap).

The author, screenwriter, journalist and occultist's third novel. In 1969 he was sent by the magazine 'Reveille' to a press screening of the film 'Legend of the Witches' where he met the founders of Alexandrian Wicca, Alex Sanders and Maxine Sanders. Through them he would join the movement and dedicate the remainder of his life to it. Along with his sixth wife, Janet Farrar, he formed his own coven, wrote profusely on modern witchcraft, and became one of the most notable proponents of Wicca. (Hubin; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Chopping. Publisher's original black cloth with titles and rose design in silver and red to the upper board and spine, in the proof state Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. A superb very near fine copy, the binding square and tight with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth is bright and fresh. The contents, with a small mark to the top corner of the front endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the fine, proof state dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears and has a faint vertical crease the length of the spine. The proof jacket is slightly oversized resulting in light creasing at the upper edge. Rare in this form.

The now iconic artwork for From Russia With Love was Richard Chopping's first collaboration with Ian Fleming. The result proved so successful that with the exception of Doctor No, Chopping was commissioned to create the dustwrapper illustration for every subsequent Ian Fleming James Bond first edition. Jon Gilbert, in his Ian Fleming bibliography notes "Fleming received the 'splendid' cover illustration pulls at the end of 1956... Although Fleming commissioned and therefore owned the original painting, Chopping retained the original artist proofs and colour separation sheets for this jacket, as he would for his subsequent James Bond designs". Gilbert also notes that "no proof dust-jacket was issued. A few uncut 'regular jackets' may have been paired with proof copies as a trial". This proof or trial state dustwrapper is one of those retained by the artist. The artwork to the upper panel and spine is identical to that of the published version. The front flap is in an earlier state, the text identical but without a publisher's price to the lower corner and with slightly different spacing between blurbs. The rear panel of the published version carries reviews of Diamonds Are Forever, here it is blank. All corners are unclipped. Richard Chopping, has signed in black ink beneath the blurb on the front flap. A stellar piece of Bondiana. [Gilbert A5a (1.1)]

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. Green patterned endpapers. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a tiny bump to the lower corner of the upper board, the cloth and gilt bright and fresg. The contents, with just a hint of spotting to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the clean and bright dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (18s net to the front flap). A very attractive example.

[Gilbert A13a (1.2 First impression, first issue, second state, binding A)], preceded only by the issue of 940 copies with the gilt stamped gun on the upper board.

First edition, first impression. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the upper board and spine, in the Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth fresh. The contents, with a small pen date to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the very lightly rubbed and nicked, clean and bright dustwrapper that is minutely creased at the head of the spine. Not price-clipped and in the first state showing the publisher's printed price of 10s 6d net to the front flap. A very attractive example.

The last of Ian Fleming's James Bond books. [Gilbert A14a.]

First edition, first impression. Publisher's original black cloth with blind-stamped dagger, the blade in silver to upper board, titles in silver to the spine, in the Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the better than very good lightly rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper that has a single short closed tear with a little associated scuffing at the bottom of the rear spine fold.

An attractive example of the tenth James Bond book. [Gilbert A10a (1.1).]

First edition, first impression. Original black cloth with blind-stamped skeletal hand design to upper board and titles in gilt to the spine, in the Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Light spotting to the closed text block edge. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little creased at the spine tips, without loss. Correctly priced 15s net to the lower front flap.

The ninth of Ian Fleming's James Bond books. [Gilbert A9a (1.1).]

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with titles in black to a white label affixed to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The cloth is faded to the spine and to the margins of front and rear panels. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and dusty dustwrapper, that has small chips with loss to spine tips and corners, and a closed tear to the rear flap fold. Correctly priced (3s. 6d. net) to the spine. (Wilden 16a).

"Mr C. S. Forester, who has made his name as a novelist and biographer, here turns to the dramatic form for his story of the German submarine service. The action takes place at Cuxhaven during the sailors' revolution of 1918 on board submarine manned by German officers which is trying to get into Scapa Flow in a desperate attempt to sink the British Grand Fleet." (from the jacket)

First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with Gorey's atmospheric pen and ink drawings. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the gilt titles a touch rubbed. The faintly toned contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Compete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine and with a few tiny spots to the front panel. There are short closed tears to the top edge of the front and rear panels which have been repaired to the underside with two small pieces of tape, and another short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel (without repair). Not price clipped (13s 6d to the bottom of the front flap).

A classic example of Gorey's quasi-Victorian, morbidly humorous illustrated books.

First edition, first printing. Original lilac cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dustwrapper designed by the author. Illustrated map endpapers, with eight illustrations 'in Chinese Style' by the author. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Small bookseller's label affixed to the lower edge of the front pastedown. Complete with the very near fine dustwrapper that has the merest of toning and tiny mark to the spine. Not price-clipped (15s net to the front panel).

The seventh Judge Dee novel. (Hubin).

First edition, first printing. Original lilac cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the author designed dustwrapper. Illustrated map endpapers, with twelve illustrations 'in Chinese Style' by the author. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Small bookseller's label affixed to the lower edge of the front pastedown. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny nicks to the lower spine tip, and two short closed tears to upper edge. Not price-clipped (21s net to the front panel).

The thirteenth Judge Dee novel. (Hubin).

First UK edition, first printing. Original brown cloth letteried in gilt to the spine, in the dustwrapper designed by Hans Tisdall. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and bright throughout. The orange topstain is faded. Complete with the fine, clean and bright dustwrapper. Not price-clipped (18s. net to the front flap). A lovely copy.

Hemingway's classic account of his years in Paris and of the remarkable cast of literary figures resident in the city during the 1920s. (Hanneman 46a)

Early printing. Inscribed by Ernest and Mary Hemingway. Publisher's original light blue cloth, stamped in blind to the upper board with titles in silver to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing to the edges and a bump to the upper corners. The contents, with the upper corner of the two blank endpapers clipped are otherwise sound and clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and darkened dustwrapper that is worn, with a few short closed tears at the folds and a couple of tiny chips to the spine tips. Not price-clipped ($3.00 to the upper front flap). An early (c.1954) printing of Ernest Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece, with the Scribner's seal present on the copyright page but lacking the requisite "A" of the first printing.

Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front endpaper "To James and Katrina Hammond / wishing them all good / things always / Ernest Hemingway", underneath which Mary has inscribed "and Mary / July 3rd, 1956 / Finca Vigia / San Francisco de Paula, Cuba". Scarce and highly desirable thus. Perhaps the author's most widely read novel, the last major work to be published in his lifetime and cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954. It has been the subject of multiple screen adaptations, most notably the 1958 Academy Award winning film directed by John Sturges, starring Spencer Tracy, in which both Ernest and Mary Hemingway had cameo roles.

First edition. Exquisitely bound by Henri Duhayon in full orange morocco, illustrated with black, yellow, burgundy and white morocco onlays, highlighted and decorated in gilt. Five raised bands, gilt ruled compartments, titles in gilt on burgundy morocco labels to the spine. Silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated with 40 plates, mostly in colour by Toulouse-Lautrec. Housed in a cork and yellow morocco solander case, titles in gilt on orange morocco to the back strip. The original binding designs in ink on layout paper, mounted and housed in a concealed pocket within the case. With the bookplate and ink ownership inscription of Swedish collector Nils Bonnier to the front binder's blank. A fine copy.

The book was published in a limited edition of 1100 copies of which this is numbered 930. The binding is unique.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey paper wrappers, titles printed in black to the upper cover and spine, publisher's adverts printed to the inner and outer rear cover. Half title present, as issued. A very good copy, the binding firm with some toning, small nicks and short tears at the edges. The spine is rolled with vertical creasing. Previous owner's name in black ink to the upper cover. The contents are entirely complete and clean throughout. An attractive example, seldom encountered in this original wrappers issue.

The first edition of Ibsen's Et Dukkehjem was published in Copenhagen on 4th December 1879 in an edition of 8,000 copies. Issued simultaneously in wrappers and deluxe cloth bindings of various colours, the first edition sold out within a month. Reprints of 3000 and 2500 copies followed in January and March 1880. "Ibsen's influence on the whole course of modern drama may be indicated by the inclusion of his plays in the repertoire of every avant-garde theater of his day... Ibsen's revolutionary technique has now become firmly established... As to the social message of his plays, it should be remembered that his purpose was analytic not didactic. He was concerned with the exploration of social problems rather than with moral preaching" (Printing and the Mind of Man 375).

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey cloth with gilt and black titles to the spine, in the Don Bachardy illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the spine a touch rolled, otherwise firm. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that has been price-clipped and repriced by the publisher (16s net).

The basis for the 2009 Oscar nominated film starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Nicholas Hoult.

First edition. Four volumes. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine, in the Eric Gill illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge red. Each volume with two full page wood-engravings by Eric Gill and a map to the rear endpapers. The text printed in Gill's Joanna type set by Hague and Gill. An excellent near fine set, the bindings square and firm, the cloth and gilt fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrappers that a uniformly toned to the spine and panel edges. None of the dustwrappers are price-clipped.

An attractive set.

First edition with these illustrations. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine and a gilt design to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrations in colour and black and white throughout the text by Tove Jansson. Text in Swedish. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the near fine dustwrapper that that has a couple of short closed tears without loss and very mild toning to the spine and rear panel edges.

Moomin creator Tove Jansson brings her exquisitely unique style to the fantasy world of Alice in Wonderland. She had previously illustrated Swedish editions of Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark in 1959 and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in 1962.

First edition, first printing [first state binding]. Publisher's original red cloth with black and white titles and illustration to the boards and spine. Illustrated in black and white throughout by the author. Housed in a modern collector's solander case. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm and the cloth bright. The contents, with a later previous owner's inscription to the front endpaper and the occasional finger mark to the margins, are otherwise clean throughout and free from the heavy foxing often encountered with the first printing. An attractive example of a classic of children's literature.

This example is in the first / earliest state binding, the spine lettering having flaked off - "The white pigment used on the covers of the first edition flaked off and a new ink was used for subsequent issues" [Stewart 260].

Reprints. Three volumes, each inscribed by the author. Publisher's original black, blue or grey cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the David Smee illustrated dustwrappers. An excellent near fine set, the bindings square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrappers that are uniformly faded to the spine. Not price-clipped (£9.95 net to the front flap).

Inscribed by Ursula Le Guin on the title page of all three volumes. Volume I: "For Marianne / who made our stay in / her country an entirely happy / one - / with love! / from Ursulsa / Sept. '89"; volume II: "For Marianne / with love from Ursula / ix 89"; volume III: "For Marianne / Come to our furthest / shore! / Love - / Ursula / ix 89". A very attractive signed set of Ursula Le Guin's multi-award winning fantasy which has been praised by writers such as Maragret Atwood and David Mitchell, and has been turned into an animated film by Studio Ghibli.

First edition, first printing of the three Pippi Longstocking novels. Publisher's pictorial paper covered boards, grey or brown cloth spines with titles stamped in black. Illustrated with full page line drawings by Ingrid Nyman. A very near fine set, each volume in a remarkable, original state of preservation. The bindings with just mild rubbing and a few small scuffs to the extremities remain bright, square and tight. The contents, with the unavoidable toning to the cheap paper stock are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Very scarce thus.

A wonderful set of first editions in the eponymous series of children's books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. After being rejected by the publishing firm Bonniers in 1944, Lindgren's manuscript 'Pippi Långtrump' was accepted for publication by Rabén and Sjögren in 1945. The novel was an immediate success in Sweden, prompting two further titles in 1946 and 1948. By the end of the 1940s, 300,000 copies had been sold, saving the publisher from impending financial ruin. In January 2017 Astrid Lindgren was calculated to be the fourth most translated children's writer after Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. In 2002 the Norwegian Nobel Institute listed the first novel as one of the "Top 100 Works of World Literature", based on polling one hundred authors from 54 countries. The Pippi Longstocking books form the basis of numerous film, television and radio adaptations.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black boards with silver titles to the spine in dustwrapper. A fine, seemingly unread copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($24.95 to the upper front flap).

The basis for the 2007 multi Academy Award winning Coen Brothers film, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Kelly Macdonald and Josh Brolin.

First edition, first printing of the author's first book. Publisher's original brown boards and green cloth spine with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine, in the Muriel Nasser designed dustwrapper. Top edge green. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. The green top stain faded. Complete with the original dustwrapper that has a little uneven toning and very light fading to the red lettering on the spine but is otherwise without loss or tears. Small scuff to right edge of the front flap (not affecting text) Not price-clipped ($4.95 to the upper front flap and 5/65 code to the lower corner). An attractive example.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original pink cloth with gilt titles and illustration to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout the text by E. H. Shepard. An attractive very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean with fading to the spine and panel edges. The contents are entirely complete, there is a tiny ink name to the top edge of the front pastedown otherwise the pages are clean throughout.

An attractive example of the final book in the Winnie The Pooh series.

First edition, first printing of the critically acclaimed French artists' publication: an artist's book and novel of speculative fiction. Publisher's original white card covers, illustration after an original drawing by Philippe Parreno to the upper cover titles printed in black to the upper cover and spine. A very near fine copy, just a hint of rubbing to the binding extremities. The contents are clean and bright throughout. Scarce.

In late 1994 Philippe Parreno dictated to Liam Gillick and Jack Wendler a fantastical description of a party that had not yet occured. Snow Dancing, is a record of his original conversation and the party it described. At the Consortium in Dijon two months later, hundreds of people were invited to participate in a promotional event that played out Parreno's earlier description. The party lasted one hour and a half hours, exactly as long as it had taken to narrate it – and about as long as it will take you to read this book. "Snow Dancing (1995) started with the publication of a book in which I described a promotional event, a kind of party or festival. The reading time of the text was about the same as the event itself. So the book was a score that was performed in Le Consortium in Dijon. I transformed the exhibition space that hosted the party, and this time-based architecture became the exhibition - people were invited to visit an architecture produced by a party. So the book was a score that produced a space." - Parreno, Philippe interview with Tom Morton, "Team Spirit": Frieze, 2004.

Second printing of the first edition. Hardcover issue. Publisher's original pictorial boards. An excellent near fine copy the binding square and firm with just a touch of bumping at the spine tips. The colours remain bright and without fading, the corners sharp and without any damage to the laminate. The contents, with the unavoidable toning to the text block are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps.

The first edition, second printing of the first book in the Harry Potter series. The first hardcover printing was published on 30 June 1997 in an edition of 500 copies, this second printing followed quickly in an edition of 1000 copies. (Errington A1(a) notes).

First obtainable edition. Limited edition. Publisher's original black cloth with bronze titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A superb fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and titles bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£15 net to the front flap). Scarce.

Printed in a limited edition of 250 copies. Ruland the Elder's 'Lexicon of Alchemy' was posthumously published in Latin in 1612. At the request of Lord Stafford, it was translated by A. E. Waite resulting in a privately printed edition of just 6 copies in 1893. This Watkins publication is therefore the first published edition.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, lacking the dustwrapper. A good, sound copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Cloth rubbed to spine tips, edges and corners. Mild spotting to the fore-edge of the page block, light spotting to prelims and final pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown; the same owner has also affixed two newspaper cuttings concerning Sayers to the rear endpaper and pastedown (the latter reproducing a review of the first performance of the play). Scarce signed.

Signed by the author in pencil to the half title. Sayers' play, written for the 1937 Canterbury Festival, centres on the character of William of Sens, the architect chosen to rebuild the central portion (the choir) of Canterbury Cathedral following its destruction by fire in 1174.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author to Marianne Eriksson. Original illustrated laminated boards. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the board corners very slightly bumped, a small price label to the upper board and a larger area of label residue. The contents have a few editorial notes by Marianne Eriksson in pencil: page numbers; a note to the page about number 6, as well as a further note on a paper (loosely laid in) about the removal of text from the side of a fire engine. The contents are otherwise clean and bright throught. A very attractive example, scarce in signed state, and with a particularly nice association.

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the title page alongside an original doodle of Scarry's character The Lowly Worm, "To Marianne Eriksson / with all best / wishes / Richard Scarry 1975". Marianne Eriksson was a prominent Swedish editor at the children's publisher Rabén & Sjögren. Her notes in this wonderful counting book, full of all kinds of colourful animal characters, show a little of the translation process for the Swedish version.

First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine a little toned and with a single small mark. The contents, with toning to the endpapers and closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has small chips at the head of the lightly toned spine. An attractive example.

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the half title "From G. Bernard Shaw / to". Scarce thus. The first British edition of this collection, notable for including the first printing of Shaw's most popular play 'Pygmalion'. Adapted for stage and screen multiple times, the play's widest audiences know it as the inspiration for the highly romanticised 1956 musical 'My Fair Lady'. The 1964 film, directed by George Cukor, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison was a critical and commercial success, winning eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director.

Full blue morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe after their original design of the 1940 signed limited edition. Six raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. Gilt ruled and decorated inner dentelles, pictorial pastedowns. Top edge gilt. Text in Hebrew and English. Illustrated in colour throughout. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and tight with only light rubbing and a small nick at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps.

A beautifully produced edition of the Arthur Szyk illustrated Haggadah, commissioning the same bookbinder and design of the rare 1939 [1940] signed limited edition.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's brown card covers, printed in black with illustration by Tim Braakama. Illustrated with a couple of black and white photographic illustrations. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the covers with only light wear at the extremities and some fading to the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Very scarce in this privately printed first edition.

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the half title "To Bo [Stief] / Thanks for your kindness / and friendship over the years. / I hope you dig this book. / A.T. / May 1978". A groundbreaking collection of 27 no-holds-barred conversations which drummer Art Taylor held with the most influential jazz musicians of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. A native New Yorker, Art Taylor was one of the founding fathers of hard bop drumming in the 50s. He performed with many of jazz's major horn players (including Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, and John Coltrane) and patented a drumming style that was much more than mere time-keeping, functioning as a meaningful musical accompaniment.�As a black musician himself, Taylor was able to ask his subjects hard questions about the role of black artists in a white society. Free to speak their minds, these musicians offer startling insights into their lives, music and the creative process including perspectives on the wider social, political, and economic forces in which they operated – topics normally not mentioned in mainstream coverage of jazz musicians.�Interviewees include Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone, Art Blakey, Carmen McRae to name a few. The book was reprinted with a little additional material by Da Capo Press in 1993.

First edition, first printing. Signed deluxe issue. Publisher's original full blue morocco with five raised bands, and titles in gilt to the spine. All edges gilt. Blue silk ribbon page marker. Housed in the original blue cloth slipcase. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and free from previous owner's marks. The slipcase is also in fine condition.

This deluxe issue was published simultaneously with the trade issue in an edition of 500 copies, this being hand numbered 430 and signed by Margaret Thatcher in blue ink on the title page.

First edition, first printing of three poems by J. R. R. Tolkien. Publisher's original yapped wove green wrappers, printed in black. Housed in a bespoke quarter green morocco solander case. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some toning, rubbing and small chips at the spine tips and yapped edge. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Scarce.

Issued in an edition of only 500 copies in May 1924, priced at 2s. The volume includes three poems by J. R. R. Tolkien: 'An Evening in Tavrobel' (p.56); 'The Lonely Isle' (p.57); 'The Princess Ni' (p.58). The last poem is a precursor of 'Princess Mee' later published in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. None of the three poems have been reprinted. (Hammond B5 & A6a).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth blocked and with titles in black and orange to the spine, in the Barnett Freedman illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edge is a little toned. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a few tiny chips at the spine tips and corners. Not price-clipped (10s 6d net to the front flap).

The Nigerian author's debut novel that went on to achieve international fame.

First edition. The catalogue for Warhol's first major European retrospective. Illustrated card covers, with a design after Warhol's 'Flowers' silk-screen. 614 black-and-white reproductions, divided into three sections: black-and-white reproductions of Warhol's work, followed by two sections of photographs of Warhol and his associates by Billy Name and Stephen Shore. A very fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. The remarkable condition is due to the book still being housed in the publisher's original cardboard folding case, the author's name printed in black to the front, as issued. Rare thus.

(Parr & Badger: The Photobook II, p.144-145).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine. A superb near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the top of the spine and light rubbing to the extremities. The contents are complete and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. The front and rear free endpapers are lightly spotted, with a couple of tiny nicks at the for-edge of the front endpaper and publisher's catalogue, otherwise the contents are clean and bright throughout. A lovely example of the author's highlight and science fiction classic.

The publisher's catalogue to the rear, at 32 pages is in Currey's state B.

First edition in English, and the first edition in book form. Publisher's original dark green cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Parallel text in German and English. The English translation is by Charles Kay Ogden and Frank Plumpton Ramsey. 16 page publisher's adverts at the rear. A very good copy, the binding firm with some bumping and rubbing to the spine tips and edges, the cloth lightly marked and faded. The contents with a little spotting to the prelims and occasionally throughout, are otherwise clean and free from previous owner's marks. Contemporary publisher's postcard loosely laid in.

The first publication in book form of the of 20th Century's great philosophical works - and the only of Wittgenstein's books published in his lifetime. A version of the work was published a year earlier in 'Annalen der Naturphilosophie', however the text printed here incorporates significant corrections by the author. As was the case with much of the first edition, this example was bound and issued later (c.1927), as indicated by the date on the inserted publisher's advertisements. (Lapointe: Ludwig Wittgenstein, A Comprehensive Bibliography, p.4; Blackwell and Ruja: A Bibliography of Bertrand Russell B11.1a)

First UK edition, first printing. Original red buckram with gilt titles to spine, publisher's monogram in blind to the rear panel, in the pictorial dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents bright and clean. Previous owner's name and contemporary date neatly in ink to the upper edge of the front free endpaper. A touch pushed to the lower spine tip and a small bump to the upper edge of the rear panel. The bright dustwrapper, with a touch of rubbing to spine tips and corners, is otherwise very near fine. Not price-clipped (13/6 net to the front flap). A lovely copy.

The eighth Blandings novel. (McIlvaine A85b).

First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the Sarah Whitcombe designed dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents bright and clean throughout. Minor bump to the lower edge of the spine. Complete with the bright, clean, neatly price-clipped dustwrapper with the vibrant colours completely unfaded. There is a touch of rubbing and laminate lift to edges and corners and minor crumpling to foot of spine. A sharp, attractive copy.

The follow-up to 'The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby' (1965), Wolfe's exuberant firsthand account of the novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters as they travelled across America in a brightly painted bus is a classic of late twentieth-century American prose. "Tom Wolfe's 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' is a literary "gateway drug" – a hallucination of a book that introduced me to a whole new way of looking at the world" (Jarvis Cocker).

First edition. Publisher's original full black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Frontispiece portrait. A lovely very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and gilt fresh and bright. The contents with a small bookseller's paper label to the lower front endpaper and light spotting to the prelims are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the clean and bright dustwrapper that has a single, tiny closed tear at the bottom of the upper spine fold, and is otherwise without fading or loss. Not price-clipped (15/- net to the front flap).

A Revised and enlarged version of the 1925 privately printed text. 'The Vision' is study of various philosophical, historical, astrological, and poetic topics written while Yeats and his wife Georgie Hyde-Lees were experimenting with automatic writing. It serves as a meditation on the relationships between imagination, history, and the occult. 1500 copies printed. (Wade 191).