CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ANTIQUE FANS, TOYS AND CERAMICS, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS

Johns (Captain W.E.). Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D, 1946; Biggles” Second Case, 1948; Biggles Breaks the Silence, 1949; Biggles Gets his Men, 1950;...

Kipling (Rudyard). Works, Bombay Edition, 31 vols. (complete), Macmillan, 1913-1938, spare spine labels tipped-in at end of each vol., a few scatt...

Larkin (Philip). The Whitsun Weddings, 1964; The North Ship, 1st Faber edition, 1966; High Windows, 1974, 1st editions, one or two spots, previous...

Lawrence (T.E.). Revolt in the Desert, 1927, port. frontispiece, col. and b and w illusts., folding map at rear, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig...

Lawrence (T.E.). Crusader Castles. The Letters, 1st US edition, Doubleday, Doran and Co., New York, 1937, 29 pp., preface by Mrs Lawrence, small s...

[Lawrence, T.E.]. City of Oxford High School For Boys. Proceedings at the Unveiling of the Memorial to Lawrence of Arabia, 3 October 1936, 1st edi...

Le Carre (John). Our Kind of Traitor, London Review Bookshop Limited Editions, 2010, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited editio...

Mansfield (Katherine). Prelude, 1st edition, Hogarth Press, [1918], some spotting, heaviest at front and rear, partly untrimmed, original dark blu...

McEwan (Ian). The Cement Garden, 1978; The Comfort of Strangers, 1981; Saturday, 2005; On Chesil Beach, 2007, 1st editions, original cloth, d.j.s,...

McEwan (Ian). On Chesil Beach, 1st edition, 2007, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition, 61/100 signed by the author, toget...

Naipaul (V.S.). The Mystic Masseur, 1st edition, 1957, original cloth, d.j., a little rubbed at spine ends, short closed tear, 8vo, the author’s f...

O”Neill (Eugene). All God’s Chillun Got Wings, Desire under the Elms and Welded, 1925, original cloth in dust-soiled d.j., together with Conrad (J...

Poem of the Month Club. A part set of thirty-four broadside printed poems, published by Poem-of-the-Month Club, 1970-77, including Philip Larkin, ...

Pound (Ezra). Ta Hio, The Great Learning of Confucious, Newly rendered into the American Language by Ezra Pound (New Directions Pamphlet No. 4), 1...

Pratchett (Terry). A collection of all the “Discworld” novels, 1st editions, 1983-2010, comprising: The Colour of Magic, 1983 (ink number stamped ...

Pratchett (Terry). A collection of 47 mostly “Discworld” novels, 1st editions, 1983-2011, comprising The Colour of Magic, 1st US edition, 1983, Mo...

Rankin (Ian). Hide and Seek, 1st edition, 1991, some light marginal toning (as often), original red cloth, d.j., 8vo, together with a good copy of...

Ransome (Arthur). Missee Lee, 1st edition, 1941, b and w illustrations, previous owner signature, map endpapers, original green cloth, one or two ...

Richards (Frank). A complete set of all 38 “Billy Bunter” books, 1st editions, 1949-1965, Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, 10 thousand, and Bill...

Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1st edition, 1998, previous owner signature to front pastedown, original boards, d.j., so...

* Rushdie (Salman, 1947-). Typed letter signed, “Salman Rushdie”, 3rd March 1982, to Patricia and John Stroud, thanking them for their “extremely ...

Scott (Paul). Johnnie Sahib, 1st edition, 1952, manuscript numbers to rear endpaper, original cloth (one or two tiny bumps), d.j., edges a little ...

Scott (Paul). The Jewel in the Crown, 1966; The Day of the Scorpion, 1968; The Towers of Silence, 1971; A Division of the Spoils, 1975, all first ...

Shaw (Bernard). Saint Joan, 1st edition, Constable, 1924, sixteen tipped-in colour and b and w plates, some minor corner-creasing, original linen-...

Sillitoe (Alan). Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1958; The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner, 1959; The General, 1960; The Key to the Door...

Sillitoe (Alan). Without Beer or Bread, 1st edition, Outposts Publications, Dulwich Village, 1957, 12 pp., p.9 with manuscript correction (probabl...

* [Sillitoe, Alan]. An original dust-jacket design by Val Biro for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1958, original pen, ink and watercolour on p...

Simenon (Georges). M. Gallet Decede, 1st edition, 1st issue, Paris, 1921, together with Une Crime en Hollande, 1st edition, Paris, 1931, both with...

Simenon (Georges). Maigret a New-York/La Pipe de Maigret/Maigret et l”Inspectur Malchanceux/Maigret et son Mort, all 1st editions, Paris: Presses ...

Simenon (Georges). The Patience of Maigret/Maigret Abroad, both 1st US editions, New York, 1940, original cloth in d.j.s, a little rubbed and soil...

Simenon (Georges). Maigret Abroad/Escape in Vain/The Shadow Falls/Lost Moorings/Magnet of Doom, all 1st UK editions, Routledge, 1940-48, all origi...

Simenon (Georges). My Friend Maigret/Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife/Maigret Goes to School/Maigret’s Little Joke/Maigret’s First Case/Maigret Has ...

Simenon (Georges). Danger Ahead/The Judge and the Hatter/The Little Man from Archangel/Inquest on Bouvet/The Son/The Negro/Striptease, all first U...

Simenon (Georges). Pedigree, 1st UK edition, 1962, together with The Glass Cage, 1st UK edition, 1973, plus The Bottom of the Bottle, 1st UK ed., ...

Smith (Dodie). I Capture the Castle, 1st edition, 1949, b and w illustrations by Ruth Steed, top edge stained red, original blue cloth, spine a li...

Stevenson (Robert Louis). Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1886, half title (with titles listed to verso), title (wi...

Thomas (Dylan). Under Milk Wood, advance proof copy, Dent, 1954, original wrapper, “Advance Proofs Only” stamped to upper wrapper, light edge wear...

Tolkien (J.R.R.). Tree and Leaf, 1st edition, 1964, original wrappers, a little spotted and toned, 8vo. Hammond A7a. Signed by the author to preli...

Waugh (Evelyn). Men at Arms, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, 1961, 1st editions, presentation inscription to Officers...

Waugh (Evelyn). Black Mischief, 1st edition, 1932, map frontispiece, small abrasion to front pastedown, original cloth, d.j., spine a little darke...

Waugh (Evelyn). A Tourist in Africa, 1st edition, 1960, half-tone illustrations, original blue cloth, d.j., some slight toning to rear panel, 8vo,...

Wheeler (Terence). The Conjunction, 1969; From Home in Heaven, 1971; The Wreck of the Rat Trap, 1973, 1st editions, original cloth, d.j.s, The Con...

Wilde (Oscar). The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, Presented by Mr George Alexander, 1910, light marginal toning...

Williams (Gordon M.). The Last Day of Lincoln Charles, 1965; The Camp, 1966; The Man Who Had Power Over Women, 1967; The Seige of Trencher’s Farm,...

Wodehouse (P.G.). Something Fresh, 1st edition, 1915, half title, some light toning, bound without publishers list, upper cover and spine bound-in...

Zangwill (Israel). Children of the Ghetto, 3 vols., 1st edition, 1892, half titles, one leaf detached in vol. I, some spotting and closed tears, o...