The Little Prince.
First edition in English, first printing, contemporaneous with the first French edition (also done in New York by the same publisher), number 465 of 500 numbered copies, from a limited edition of 525...
View ArticleThe Cultivation of Christmas Trees.
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by Eliot for Polly Tandy on the title page: "For Pollyma'am and her Christmas tree and all who surround it, from T. Possum 1954". Doris...
View ArticleThe Works.
The Mellstock edition, a deluxe edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author on the limitation page in volume I. Initially discussed as early as July 1914, the start of the Great War halted...
View ArticleA Biography and a Bibliography.
First edition, first impression. Henry W. Nevinson's advance review copy with his ownership inscription on the front free endpaper, his autograph notes and the publisher's review slip laid in....
View ArticleBliss.
First UK edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Philip Murray, with best wishes. Peter Carey, 22/8/88". Dr Philip Murray is an Irish bibliophile and the author of...
View Article[Sotheby’s Auction Catalogue:] The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
First edition, only printing. Signed by J. K. Rowling on the front free endpaper. Rowling wrote and illustrated six manuscript copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which were finely bound and...
View ArticleHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Octavo. Original pictorial paper boards. With the dust jacket. Spine slightly rolled; an excellent, fresh copy. The post Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. appeared first on Peter Harrington.
View ArticleAbsolute Friends.
Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered black, dark purple endpapers, red silk bookmark. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the dust jacket. The post Absolute Friends. appeared first on Peter...
View ArticleMen At Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender.
First editions, first impressions of the three books comprising the Sword of Honour trilogy. Unconditional Surrender is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For...
View ArticleSeymour Vandeleur, the Story of a British Officer.
First edition, number 84 of 150 copies initialled by the author on the limitation leaf. A most attractive publication; a trade edition was published by Heinemann the following year. Vandeleur...
View ArticleOur Public Offices:
Our Public Offices provoked a minor political scandal on first publication in 1878; this copy of the third edition bears an attractive provenance, with the posthumous book label of Peter Hopkirk...
View ArticleAlways Comes Evening,
First edition, first printing, first state (words running vertically up the spine), one of only 636 copies printed. A very scarce Arkham House collection of poems by Robert E. Howard (1906-36), creator...
View ArticleLegends and Mysteries of the Maori.
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles and illustration to spine and front in orange and black. With the dust jacket. 10 black and white plates. Trivial rubbing to ends and corners, an excellent copy in...
View ArticleThe Web of Easter Island.
First edition, first printing, of Wandrei's first novel, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For Herman C. Koenig - with appreciation and pleasant remembrance - Donald Wandrei, New York, N.Y., Aug....
View ArticleJumbee and Other Uncanny Tales.
First edition, first printing, association copy with an ALS from Henry S. Whitehead (1882-1932). This is the copy of sci-fi and fantasy author Robert Hayward Barlow (1918-51), who wrote the...
View ArticleRoy Lichtenstein.
First edition, first printing, signed by Lichtenstein on the jacket front panel, hardback issue. This is one of 4,000 copies of his exhibition catalogue, designed by Arthur S. Congdon, printed by...
View ArticleBrad ’61.
First edition, first printing, the book designer Sam Antupit's copy, signed on the half title by Roy Lichtenstein, inscribed by the author Tony Hendra, "To Sam, a damn fine designer, Tony" and...
View ArticleKaddish and Other Poems.
Inscribed by Ginsberg on the title page, "Allen Ginsberg, for Carl Laszlo Basel 1980, December 4, with representation of his experiences in Concentration Camp, the world of art & aesthetics", also...
View ArticleLyrics on several occasions.
First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For Louis Aborn - with all best - From Ira Gershwin". Louis H. Aborn (1912-2005) was the President from 1956 of...
View ArticleAn Anthology of Irish Verse.
Presentation copy inscribed by Padraic Colum on the half title, "For Tony and Janice and for my God-child, with warm good wishes for a happy Christmas and a no less happy New Year, Padraic Colum"....
View Article