Poems of Mr. Gray
by Gray, Thomas
Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1768. First Scottish Edition. Contemporary full morocco with gilt to spine and boards. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Measuring 295 x 220mm. Rebacked with original spine laid down; minor shelfwear to lower boards. Light staining to the upper corners of pages 16-17 with no text affected and occasional scattered foxing, else a clean copy.... Read More
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The End of the Affair
by Greene, Graham
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1951. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. Dust jacket panels a little foxed, with a little chip to head of spine. The cloth spine somewhat dulled. A Near Fine copy of the book in a Very Good + dust jacket. An important and deeply personal work from "the most accomplished living novelist... Read More
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The Quiet American (Inscribed)
by Greene, Graham
London: Heinemann, 1956. Early printing. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book in a Near Fine example of the dust jacket. Endpapers a little toned, panels and spine of jacket a little dust-soiled. An excellent presentation copy signed to the actress Samantha Eggar. Inscribed by Greene in blue ink to the front free endpaper "For Samantha with... Read More
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Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book
by Greenaway, Kate
London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Later edition. Small square octavo (3 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 92 x 95 mm.). [iv], 128, [6] pp. Colored frontispiece, eleven full page color illustrations and numerous plain drawings in the text. Bound ca. 1960 in full red crushed levant morocco, covers ruled in gilt, smooth spine decoratively tooled and... Read More
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Come and Play in the Garden (Original artwork)
by Greenaway, Kate
London, 1883. First edition. Fine. A 4 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches original pen, ink and watercolor illustration. Greenaway's drawing is reproduced on page 51 of the book Little Ann and Other Poems (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1883). A sweet image with two girls dressing in matching outfits, standing in the garden. One appears engaged with... Read More
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One page Autograph Note Signed about the exchange of a book
by Greenaway, Kate
Autograph Note on Card, Signed. 39 Frognal, Hampstead. N.W. 20 Dec, 1890. One page, 3 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches (79 x 89 mm.). In full: "I am wondering if you are gone or not but anyhow / I sent the card as promised -- the name of / the Book is "Italians of today" by René Bazin... Read More
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![Kate Greenaway's Almanacks for 1925, 1926, and 1927. Kate Greenaway's Almanack for 1925 [together with] Kate Greenaway's Almanack for 1926 [together with] Kate Greenaway's Almanack for 1927](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/251/732/1337732251.0.m.jpg)
Kate Greenaway's Almanacks for 1925, 1926, and 1927. Kate Greenaway's Almanack for 1925 [together with] Kate Greenaway's Almanack for 1926 [together with] Kate Greenaway's Almanack for 1927
by Greenaway, Kate
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1926. First edition. First editions. Three volumes, oblong twelvemo (2 7/8 x 4 1/16 inches; 73 x 103 mm.). and twelvemo (3 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches; 98 x 74 mm. & 4 1/8 x 2 15/16 inches; 104 x 75 mm.). Collating [24] pp; [24] pp. and [24] pages. All fine copies... Read More
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[Coachman set]
by Greenaway, Kate
London: Marcus Ward & Co, 1880. Card 1. Coachman with crop in hand, single figure in oval signed "K.G.", with a beige border, scroll caption upper left "Greeting" and "Marcus Ward & Co" printed on lower margin. (Schuster & Engen , 251. 1d) Card 2. Girl in blue dress blowing kiss, single figure in oval signed "K.G.", with... Read More
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Dirty Jim (Original artwork)
by Greenaway, Kate, artist
London, 1883. First edition. A 5 x 6 inch original pen, ink and watercolor illustration by Greenaway that is reproduced on page 24 of the book Little Ann and Other Poems (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1883). A gentle image of a young boy and two women; one in a brown dress and apron cleans the young child's... Read More
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Kate Greenaway (Signed limited with original artwork)
by [Greenaway, Kate]; M.H. Spielmann; and G.S. Layard
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Edition de Luxe. Near Fine. Number 181 of 500 numbered copies, signed by the artist’s brother, John Greenaway. Large quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 267 x 206 mm.). xix, [1], 300, [1], [3, blank] pp. Color frontispiece and fifty-three color plates after Kate Greenaway, with descriptive tissue guards, and numerous... Read More
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![Kate Greenaway's Calendar for 1884. [A set of four cards in original printed envelope]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/185/732/1337732185.0.m.jpg)
Kate Greenaway's Calendar for 1884. [A set of four cards in original printed envelope]
by Greenaway, Kate
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1883. Four cards (three oblong quarto & one quarto , measuring approximately 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches; 249 x188 mm.), each with colored and floral borders or decorations, containing costumed figures in color and a calendar for 1884. The four cards contained in the original cream envelope (issue B - without the... Read More
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A Day in a Child's Life
by Greenaway, Kate; Myles B. Foster
London: Edmund Evans, 1881. First edition. Quarto (9 9/16 x 8 1/4 in; 243 x 208 mm). 29, [1, printer's slug] pp. Color-printed wood-engraved text illustrations, most accompanied with musical notations. Publisher's light green glazed pictorial boards, beveled edges with green cloth backstrip, light green coated endpapers, all edges stained green. Thomson variant 31a with border of six narrow... Read More
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Frogs and Snakes (Original artwork)
by Greenaway, Kate
London, 1870. First edition. Original watercolor (8 x 9 in.), sympathetically matted and framed. One of six watercolor designs for Diamonds and Toads (Frederick Warne & Co., 1871), a children’s toy book in the Aunt Louisa’s Toy Books series. This fantastically vivid and full watercolor drawing from early in Greenaway’s career depicts a young woman holding in... Read More
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The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated
by [Griffith, Elizabeth] [William Shakespeare]
London: T. Cadell in the Strand, 1775. First edition. Very Good. Octavo. Pages measuring 135 x 220mm and collating complete including frontispiece: xiii, [3], 528 pp. Contemporary calf rebacked with new spine. A large, untrimmed copy. Some toning to first and last few leaves and offsetting to title-page from frontispiece. Contemporary ink notation to lower pastedown. Otherwise, a... Read More
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Letters to Catherine E. Beecher in Reply to an Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, Addressed to A. E. Grimke. Revised by the Author
by Grimké, A[ngelina] E.
Boston: Printed by Isaac Knapp, 1838. First edition. Very Good. Octavo (177 x 107 mm). Contemporary blue boards, neatly rebacked to style in beige buckram, original yellow printed paper label on front cover. Binding a little soiled but presenting smartly, recased, corners and inner hinges expertly repaired, contents crisp and clean: a very good copy. An activist... Read More
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Francis the First
by [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Bayntum-Riviere (binders); Francis Hackett
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934. First edition. Fine. Octavo (8 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 212 x 133 mm.). [x], [1]-479, [1, blank] pp. Sixteeen photogravure plates. Bound by Bayntun (Rivière) Bath ca. 1948 (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full wine red crushed levant morocco over beveled boards. Covers with elaborate floral design corner-pieces. Front cover... Read More
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The Little Visitors. In Words Composed Chiefly of One and Two Syllables
by [Hack, Maria] M. H.
London: Darton, Harvey and Darton, 1815. First edition. Original publisher's drab boards with paper label to upper cover. Measuring 140 x 90mm and collating complete with all four plates present: 101, [1, blank], [4, adverts]. Gentle rubbing to boards, but tight, square and pleasing. Faint ownership signature to front endpaper. Some offsetting to endpapers and title page; light scattered... Read More
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The Well of Loneliness (Signed limited edition)
by Hall, Radclyffe
New York: Covici Freidi, 1929. First thus. Near Fine. Number 86 of 225 copies of the Victory Edition in two volumes, signed by the author. A Near Fine set with a spot on the front board of volume one and silver gilt on the spines a little rubbed, but generally in excellent condition internally and quite handsome overall. ... Read More
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A Pageant of Great Women
by Hamilton, Cicely
London: The Suffrage Shop, 1910. First edition. Very Good. Small quarto. 69 pp. (printed on one side only). With fifteen photo plates (including frontispiece) by Lena Connell (1875 – 1949) of suffragists and actresses in costume as the great women of history. The photographs, which capture stars like the leading acress Ellen Terry (as Nance Oldfield) and the... Read More
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Practical Remarks on Popular Education in England and Wales
by Hamilton, Henry Parr
London: John W. Parker, 1847. First edition. Fine. Recent blue paper wraps. 61 pages with half and full titles present. Pages hand numbered in pencil on upper right corners, else unmarked. Scarce in institutions and on the market, the present copy is the only one on the market, and OCLC reports that of the 9 known copies only... Read More
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Tinkers (Signed first paperback edition)
by Harding, Paul
New York: Bellvue Literary Press, 2009. First edition. Fine. First paperback issue. Signed on the title-page by Paul Harding. A Fine copy. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2010. "A powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of... Read More
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A Pair of Blue Eyes (in 3 vols.)
by Hardy, Thomas
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. First edition. Fine. First edition in book form (first published serially in Tinsleys’ Magazine from September 1872 to July 1873). One of presumably 500 copies printed. Three small octavo volumes. [6], 303, [1, blank]; [6], 311, [1, blank]; [6], 262 pp. Complete with half-titles. Bound ca. 1910 by Zaehnsdorf in three quarter green crushed... Read More
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A Circuit Rider's Wife (Signed First Edition)
by Harris, Corra
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1910. First edition. Fine. Original green publisher's cloth binding brightly stamped in gilt. A tight, square, pleasing copy with just a bit of rubbing to the lower corners and some light scattered foxing to the edges of text block. Bookplate of B.L. McMillon to front pastedown. Internally pleasing and unmarked. With eight illustrations. Signed on... Read More
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I, Me, Mine (Signed ltd. edition)
by Harrison, George
Guildford Surrey: Genesis Publications Ltd, 1980. First edition. Fine/Fine. Number 1899 of 2000 copies, signed by George Harrison on the limitation page. An exceptionally clean, fresh copy, still with the original plain paper dust wrapper and in the original publisher's shipping box (also numbered 1899). Book pristine. Slipcase with one little spot to paper the label, otherwise Fine.... Read More
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The Theory and Practice of Rivers (Signed limited edition)
by Harrison, Jim
Seattle: Winn Books, 1986. First edition. Fine. One of 350 copies, signed by Jim Harrison on the title-page. Publisher's natural cloth boards with green cloth spine. Matching slipcase titled in gilt. 53 pp., with illustrations by Russell Chatham throughout. A Fine copy in like slipcase. Though Jim Harrison is best remembered for his novellas (most notably his... Read More
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