Books & Ephemera

Eight assorted biographies, letters etc, some signed, including L. Gordon: 'Virginia Woolf. A Writer's Life', OUP, 1984; F. Spalding: 'Vanessa Bel...

A collection of seventeen modern first editions etc, some signed, including J.M. Coetzee, 2 titles: 'Life & Times of Michael K', London, Secker, 1...

(Signed Fiction), a collection of twenty five modern first editions etc, all signed, including Leon Uris (3), Graham Swift (2), Iain Sinclair (2),...

A collection of twenty eight modern first editions etc, all in dust wrappers, some Crime Fiction, including Patricia Wentworth, 3 titles: 'Ladies'...

Lawrence Durrell & Gerald Durrell, 12 titles, including Lawrence Durrell: 'The Black Book', London, Faber, 1973, 1st UK edition, signed and dated ...

Laurie Lee: 'Cider With Rosie', London, The Hogarth Press, 1959, 1st edition, black & white frontis + full page & in text b/w illustrations by Joh...

Alan Sillitoe: 'The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner', London, W.H. Allen, 1959, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (small part ...

Toni Morrison, 4 UK 1st editions, all published London, Chatto & Windus, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers: 'The Bluest Eye', 1979, 'Sula',...

William Golding: 'The Inheritors', London, Faber & Faber, 1955, 1st edition, original cloth gilt (VGC), pictorial dust wrapper by Anthony Gross (p...

Three Science Fiction first editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising Philip K. Dick: 'A Scanner Darkly', London, Victor Goll...

A collection of eighteen Science Fiction & Fantasy titles, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, including John Christopher: 'The Twenty-secon...

Stephen King, seven UK 1st editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising: 'Firestarter', London, Macdonald, 1980, 'Cujo', L, Macd...

Arthur Conan Doyle, 3 "Souvenir Edition" titles, all published London, George Newnes, comprising: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', 1902, Souve...

Arthur Conan Doyle, 4 titles: 'A Study in Scarlet...With a Note on Sherlock Holmes by Dr. Joseph Bell', London, Ward Lock, 1898, 3rd edition, 7th ...

Patricia Highsmith, three psychological thrillers, all UK first editions, all published London, William Heinemann, all original cloth, all in dust...

Patricia Highsmith: 'The Talented Mr. Ripley', London, Cresset Press, 1957, 1st UK edition, 1st printing, original cloth gilt, lacks FFEP (else in...

Dorothy L. Sayers: 'Unnatural Death', London, Ernest Benn, 1927, 1st edition, ex-lending library with remains of labels to front endpapers. Lacks ...

Agatha Christie: 'The Pale Horse', London, Collins Crime Club, 1961, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (15s price intact)

Crime Fiction, a collection of 25 titles, including Agatha Christie, 4 UK first editions, all published Collins, all original cloth, all in dust w...

Elly Griffiths, the first eleven Dr Ruth Galloway series of crime/mystery novels, all UK first editions, 1st impressions, ten signed/signed & insc...

Patricia Wentworth: 'A Marriage Under the Terror', New York & London, Putnam's, August 1910, 4th printing, original cloth gilt; Daphne du Maurier,...

Iain Sinclair, various titles signed by him or from his library, comprising: 'Downriver', Paladin, 1991, 1st edition, signed to title page, origin...

Lawrence Durrell: 'The Avignon Quintet [Monsieur; Livia; Constance; Sebastian; Quinx]', London, Faber & Faber, 1974-1985, all 1st edition, 1st pri...

Peter Benchley: 'Jaws', London, Andre Deutsch, 1974, 1st UK edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (striking great white shark design by Tom S...

Dylan Thomas: 'Under Milk Wood', London, J.M. Dent, 1954, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (slightly worn with some small part losse...

Laurie Lee, the autobiographical trilogy: 'Cider With Rosie', London, The Hogarth Press, 1959, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (VGC...

George Ewart Evans, 13 titles, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising: 'Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay', 1962, 2nd edition, origina...

William Shakespeare: 'The Complete Plays', London, the Folio Society, 1998, 8 volumes in 2 slipcases, uniform original quarter green cloth gilt o...

(Binding), William Shakespeare: 'As You Like It. With Twelve Illustrations by Emile Bayard. With an introduction by Edward Dowden, LL.D.', London,...

William Shakespeare: 'The Library Shakspeare. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley', London, William Mackenzie, [1873...

William Shakespeare: 'The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare. With a Life, and Glossary. And Fifty-Three Illustrations. In Eight Volumes', Londo...

(Bindings), Walter Scott: 'Waverley Novels', Edinburgh & London, Cadell & company; Simpkin & Marshall, 1829-1833, 48 volumes, engraved frontispiec...

Miguel de Cervantes: 'The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha', translated Thomas Shelton, London, T. Fisher...

William Wordsworth: 'The River Duddon, a series of Sonnets: Vaudracour and Julia: and other poems. To which is annexed, a topographical descriptio...

Oscar Wilde: [Works], London, Methuen & Co, 1909-1913, various editions, mainly 1909, 3rd edition (foolscap 8vo), uniform original green cloth gil...

Benjamin Disraeli: 'Vivian Gray', London, Henry Colburn, 1827, 1st edition, volumes 3-5 only (of 5 volumes), contemporary half calf gilt. Disraeli...

[William Combe]; Thomas Rowlandson (illustrated): 'The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque; A Poem - The Second Tour of Doctor Syn...

Thomas Love Peacock: 'The Halliford Edition of The Works. Edited by H. F. B. Brett-Smith and C. E. Jones. In Ten Volumes.', London, Constable & Co...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: 'The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. A New Edition: Done into English with Notes, Original and Selecte...

A small collection of antiquarian, bindings, leather bound works etc, including Tupper 'Proverbial Philosophy', 1860, full decorative morocco gil...

(Bumpus Binding), Noel Coward: [Works], a collection of works by Coward in fourteen volumes , including first editions of the authors first three ...

"OUIDA" [i.e. Maria Louise de la Ramée]: 'Puck: his vicissitudes, adventures, observations, conclusions, friendships, and philosophies, related by...

(Bindings, Literature), a collection of 33 volumes, including 'The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser', edited Alexander Grosart,...

Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily & Anne): 'The Shakespeare Head Bronte', Oxford, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press...

Geoffrey Chaucer: 'The Canterbury tales of Chaucer; with an essay on his language and versification, an introductory discourse, notes, and a gloss...

Richard Francis Burton: 'A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainment, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a ...

Charlotte, Emily & Anne Bronte: 'Novels of the sisters Brontë. Edited by Temple Scott. Jane Eyre; Agnes Grey; The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall; Shirley...

Henry Fielding: 'The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. Edited with a biographical essay by Leslie Stephen', London, Smith Elder, 1882, limited edition...

Jonathan Swift: 'The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, accurately revised...Adorned with Copper-Plates; with Some Accou...

Laurence Sterne: 'A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy', illustrated Maurice Leloir, London, George Routledge, 1885, limited edition (92...

Gustave Dore (illustrated); Dante Alighieri: 'The Vision of Hell by Dante Alighieri. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A., and Illustra...

John Milton: 'Facsimile of the manuscript of Milton's minor poems. Preserved in the Library of Trinity College Cambridge', Cambridge, at the Unive...

(Charles Dickens), A collection of 15 titles relating to, or by, Charles Dickens, many of which Dickens family association copies, being the perso...

Thomas Archer: 'Charles Dickens. A gossip about his life, works, and characters, with eighteen full-page character sketches (reproduced in photogr...

(Grand Tour, Classics, Ancient Greece & Rome), Thomas Hope: 'Costumes of the Ancients', London, William Miller, 1809, 1st edition, 2 volumes, 200 ...

Thomas Stackhouse: 'A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World, to the Establishment of Christianity', London, Stephen Auste...

James Barclay: 'Barclay's Universal English Dictionary', London, George Virtue, circa 1842, newly revised, engraved frontispiece of Queen Victoria...

(Army, Cavalry, Surrey), an 1803 volume with manuscript title to inside front cover "Regulations & Orders for the Troop of Cavalry raised in the H...

Four assorted 19th Century manuscript and printed volumes, including a manuscript arithmetic exercise book circa 1828, containing approx. 55 pages...

(Music), a collection of fifteen 18th & 19th Century books of engraved piano music, sheet music etc, engraved title pages and contents, some title...