This is a selection of noteworthy past inventory and serves to illustrate the range of books that we handle.
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Homer his Odysses translated, adorn'd...
London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft, 1665. First edition. Folio (pages 40 cm x 26 cm), collating: [6], 342, 351-366; complete with frontis illustration, portrait of Ogilby, and portrait of the... (Item #1686)
NATURAL MAGICK: A Neapolitane: in...
London: For Thomas Young and Samuel Speed, 1658. First English language edition of Porta's Magiae naturalis libri viginti, originially published in 1558. Twentieth century binding of full calf with light... (Item #1053)
Les Miserables (in 5 volumes)
New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1862. First American edition. An attractive set of Hugo's masterpiece and the first English language translation. All volumes Very Good + to Near Fine in original... (Item #910)
Essays, Moral and Political.
Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming and A. Alison, for A. Kincaid Bookseller. 1741. First Edition. Bound in full contemporary calf, rebacked to style, rear free endpaper replaced. Ownership signature of... (Item #2034)
Brave New World
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition. A just about Fine copy, in like dust jacket. Book with spine very slightly faded and a previous owner's bookplate on the front... (Item #1946)
Harold and the Purple Crayon
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. First edition. A lovely copy of this children's high spot. Book Near Fine with the original owner's name and date written on the front... (Item #1484)
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The Workes of Benjamin Jonson...
London: Printed by William Stansby [and] Printed for Richard Meighen, 1616, [1631]-1640 (ie. 1641). First edition. First folio edition and first collected edition. Three folio volumes, bound in two (Volume... (Item #1611)
Ulysses (Signed)
Paris: Shakespeare and Co., 1922. First edition. The smallest limitation within the first printing, number 6 of 100 copies on Dutch handmade paper, signed by the author. Originally purchased by... (Item #1603)
MOBY DICK (Inscribed by Kent)
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. First edition thus. One of 1000 copies of Kent's illustration masterwork. This copy inscribed "To James B. Rankin by Rockwell Kent 1933." Publisher's postcard addressed... (Item #789)
On the Road
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First edition. A Fine copy of the book; original black cloth with white lettering on the spine and front board; red topstain. Book is... (Item #1226)
SATORI IN PARIS
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. First UK edition. First printing. INSCRIBED by Kerouac to his third wife, Stella Sampas Kerouac, in a manner that leaves no doubt: "This is Stella's personal... (Item #340)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S...
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. One of only two copies we have ever seen sporting what we would describe as "the original colors," with a screamingly bright... (Item #676)
Why We Can't Wait (Presentation...
New York: Signet Books, [1964]. First edition thus. Inscribed by the author to his Signet Books publisher: "For Kurt Enoch in appreciation for all you have done to make possible... (Item #2042)
ARCA NOE, IN TRES LIBROS...
Amsterdam: Apud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge, 1675. First edition. Contemporary Dutch vellum binding in excellent condition. Folio (pages 380 x 250 mm), collating: [14], 240, [14], [2]; complete. With engraved... (Item #665)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960. First edition. An extremely attractive, unrestored first edition of Lee's powerful novel. Book itself is in Fine condition. The dust jacket is very nearly Fine but with... (Item #1542)
Till We Have Faces (Association...
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956. First edition. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "The Tewsfield Ladies from C.S. Lewis." Tewsfield was the house next to the Kilns where C.S. Lewis lived. It shared..... (Item #1590)
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AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMANE [HUMAN]...
London: by Eliz. Holt, for Thomas Basset, 1690. First edition. Elizabeth Holt imprint, the first issue according to Yolton 61A; PMM 164; Pforzheimer 599. Collation: A4; (a)2; B-Ccc4; 198 leaves... (Item #441)
The Call of the Wild...
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his close friend: "Johannes Reimers - Greeting! Affectionately yours, Jack... (Item #1846)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Signed First...
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition. First state with "Divine" on contents page. A very bright copy of the novel in dust jacket. Both book and jacket are... (Item #1570)
UNDER THE VOLCANO
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First edition. Precedes the UK edition. Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket. An almost impossibly fresh copy of this title, a.... (Item #337)
The Noble and Joyous Book...
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1913. First edition. One of 145 unnumbered copies on paper from the total edition of 153 (8 were on vellum). A Fine copy in the original publisher's... (Item #1825)
Triumphs of the Reformed Religion...
Boston: Printed by Benjamin Harris, and John Allen, for Joseph Brunning, 1691. First edition. A rare family presentation copy of Mather’s 1691 biography of John Eliot, in which he describes... (Item #1414)
Narrative of a Four Months'...
London: John Murray, 1846. First edition. An extraordinary copy of Melville's first book. Preceding the US printing (titled "Typee") by a month. First issue, in the "A" variant, according to... (Item #1650)
ON LIBERTY
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859. First edition. 8vo; collates: 207, [1, colophon], [8, ads]; complete. A Fine copy in the publisher's purple bindstamped cloth, completely uncut and unopened... (Item #534)
THE POOH BOOKS, Including: When...
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928. First editions. A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young"... (Item #1735)