Books and Manuscripts

The Merry Muse, by Eric Linklater. Published by Jonathan Cape, London. First edition, 1959. A very good hardback, with black paper over boards with...

3 x Vintage Children's Books by Juliana Horatia Ewing; Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot & Lob Lie-By-The-Fire: Jackanapes, with Illustrations...

The Pagan Man Wonne to Godde and To Theyr Companie By the Ayde of The Aungels and Sayntes, Wrytten by Rev. Arthur Tooth M.A. Illustrated by T. Derr...

A collection of 2 books related to Iona and Peter Opie:  A Nursery Companion; Provided by Iona and Peter Opie, Oxford University Press, 1980 first ...

The Bolshevik, by Wm. Le Pretre (Wiiliam Le Pretre). The scarce first edition of William Le Pretre's dystopian novel, in which a Bolshevik uprising...

Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie. Published by Granta Books, London, in association with Penguin Books. 1990 first edition, first i...

Imaginary Homelands; Essays and Criticism 1981-1991, by Salman Rushdie. SOLD Published by Granta Books, London. 1991 first edition, first impressio...

Shalimar the Clown, by Salman Rushdie. SOLD Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 2005 first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the t...

The Moor's Last Sigh, by Salman Rushdie. Published by Jonathan Cape, London. A special edition produced by Waterstone's booksellers, to mark the op...

Shame, by Salman Rushdie. Published by Jonathan Cape, London. An uncorrected proof copy, 1983. This is part of a small collection of Salman Rushdie...

The Fallen Man, by Tony Hillerman. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York. An uncorrected proof copy, 1996. This is part of a small collec...

Coyote Waits, by Tony Hillerman. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. An advance reading copy from an uncorrected manuscript, 1990....

Coyote Waits, by Tony Hillerman. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. An advance reading copy from an uncorrected manuscript, 1990....

Sacred Clowns, by Tony Hillerman. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York. An uncorrected proof copy, 1993. This is part of a small collect...

Dreamland, by Kevin Baker. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page...

The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. SOLD Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977. First UK export editi...

The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, by George Bernard Shaw. At the time of listing, we have a number of interesting works by Ge...

The Personal History of David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. Published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 1850. First...

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens. Illustrations by Phiz. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. First book ed...

Before Nature Dies, by Jean Dorst. Translated by Constance D. Sherman, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. A book w...

The City Beyond the River, by Hermann Kasack. A Translation of the German novel 'Die Stadt hinter dem Strom' made by Peter de Manelssohn.  SOLD Pub...

The Compleat Imbiber 8; An Entertainment - Edited, by Cyril Ray & designed by Charles Hasler. A 'Compendium of entertainment and information to...

The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, edited by Thomas Keightley. Published by Bell and Daldy, London, 1865. An uncommon edition. Printed by ...

The Beauties of Shakespeare (The Beauties of Shakspeare), by The Rev. William Dodd, LL.D. with portrait and Steel Illustrations. SOLD Published by ...

The History of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated from the Spanish by P.A. Motteux. In 4...

The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, edited by Thomas Keightley. SOLD Published by Bell and Daldy, London, 1865. An uncommon edition. Printe...

Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par Monsieur De La Fontaine. Bound in 2 Volumes; the second also containing Nouvelles Fables Choisies Mises en Vers, ...

Select Fables of Aesop and Other Fabulists, In Three Books, by R. Dodsley (Robert Dodsley). A New Edition. The book is complete, and after the prel...

Pity's Gift; A Collection of Interesting Tales, to Excite the Compassion of Youth for the Animal Creation. Ornamented with Vignettes. From the Writ...

The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith. With 12 Coloured Illustrations by F.D. Bedford. Published by J.M. Dent & Co., London, 1900. Part o...

Chrestomathie française ou choix de morceaux tirés des meilleurs écrivains français. Ouvrage destiné à servir d'application méthodique et progressi...

Fables, By the Late Mr. Gay, by John Gay. Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, London, 1733. The Fourth Edition. A handsome copy of this beautiful b...

Oxford Edition; A small library set of 12 attractive volumes published from 1904-1916. Set comprises;  The Pilgrim's progress by John Bunyan, 1904;...

The Oxford Thackeray With Illustrations; by William Makepeace Thackeray. Edited, with an Introduction, by George Saintsbury. This is a partial set ...

Sir Walter Scott; The Waverley Novels, 24 Volumes complete. SOLD Published by Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto and...

The Plays of Bernard Shaw, Boxed Set, 1927. 12 Volumes, boxed presentation set. SOLD Published by Constable & Company Limited, London, 1927. Re...

The Wicked Lord Byron, Richard Deakin, 2018, Signed. The book is a novel - a fictional version of Byron's life. Provenance; from the library of the...

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens from The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie. A New Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.  SOLD Published by Hodder ...

Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels (25 volumes) Centenary Edition set. Complete. This is a truly exceptional set in a beautiful fine binding by ...

Les Premiers Hommes Dans La Lune (The First Men in the Moon), by H.G. Wells. Translation by Henry D. Davray. Illustrations by Martin Van Maele. SOL...

San Francisco Review Annual, No. 1, 1963 (Old Series No. 14). Editors; June Oppen Degnan, R.H. Miller and George Hitchcock.  This issue featured wo...

HU100; A Special Centenary Issue (The Honest Ulsterman), Autumn 1995. Edited by Tom Clyde. The Honest Ulsterman is a literary magazine from Norther...

Stories for Tomorrow; An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction. Selections and Prefaces by William Sloane. An excellent collection of science fiction...

Appleby's Other Story, by Michael Innes. Published by Book Club Associates, London, 1974, in association with Victor Gollancz Ltd. Published the sa...

Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather. This novel by her is highly acclaimed and was included on the Modern Library 100 Best Novels of th...

A Thousand and One Follies and His Most Unlooked-For Lordship. Translated from the French of Jacques Cazotte by Eric Sutton. With an introduction b...

Private Faces, by Hilda Hughes. Published by Hilda Devereux Limited, Oxford, 1st edition, 1948. The book is a fictional account of an attempt to es...

The Ebb-Tide; A Trio and Quartette, by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. Published by William Heinemann, London, 1894. First edition. A go...