Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

BYRON, George Gordon. The Works of Lord Byron including The Supressed Poems. Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1828. 8vo (235 x 145mm.) Portrait frontispiece, folding facsimile letter, 4pp. publisher's advertisements. (Light spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original boards (spine worn). - And two other volumes by Charles Dickens (3).

DICKENS, Charles. The Works of Charles Dickens… Household Edition. London: Chapman & Hall, 1873-1875. 19 issues of the original parts, comprising parts 30-44 and 46-49, 8vo (252 x 191mm.). Numerous text illustrations and engraved plates. Original blue wrappers (browning to edges and small tears, minor creasing). Note: parts 30-34 partially covering 'The Pickwick Papers', parts 34-39 covering whole of 'Barnaby Rudge', parts 39-42 covering whole of 'Tale of Two Cities', parts 42-44 and 46-49 partially covering 'Our Mutual Friend' and parts 48-49 partially cover 'Nicholas Nickleby' (19).

DICKENS, Charles. The Letters of Charles Dickens… edited by his Sister-in-law and his Eldest Daughter. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880-1882. 3 vols., (Part 1 and 2, second editions. Part 3, first edition) 8vo (215 x 133mm.) Index to vol. 2 and 3, errata slip in vol. 3. (Spotting to preliminaries). Later red half-morocco. Provenance: Monica Dickens (writer and great grand-daughter of Charles Dickens, her name in pencil to the front free endpaper on vol. 1).

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: 1844. First edition in book form, 8vo (216 x 131mm.) Portrait frontispiece, additional decorative title, 38 engraved plates by 'Phiz'. (Plates spotted and browned as usual, occasional other light spotting.) Contemporary half-calf (extremities rubbed and slightly scuffed). Provenance: Henry Gillett (armorial bookplate to front pastedown). - And seven more volumes by Dickens and a collection of original parts (a lot).

BARNES, Julian. Metroland. London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition, 8vo (199 x 124mm.) Original grey cloth boards (lightly bumped to spine ends), dust-jacket (mild toning to inner flaps). - And another volume by Julian Barnes ('Cross Channel', first edition, 1996, 8vo) (2).

FOWLES, John. The Collector. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition, signed by John Fowles on the title-page 'John Fowles, May 5th, 1963', 8vo (191 x 123mm.) Original brown cloth, dust-jacket (light browning to extremities.) Note: a fine copy, signed by Fowles in the first month after publication.

FOWLES, John. The Magus. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, 8vo (197 x 128mm.) Original cloth (slight browning to board edges), dust-jacket (mild shelf wear to top of spine, minimal loss to upper edge). - And three more first edition novels by John Fowles (including 'Daniel Martin', 1977, signed by Fowles to the title-page, 8vo) (4).

ROWLING, J.K. The Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. London: Bloomsbury, 2003. 3 vols., first editions, 8vo (197 x 128mm.) Pack includes 3 first edition copies of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', 5 bookmarks, 3 bookplates, 3 sticker sets and 3 'Do Not Disturb Signs'. Original boards, dust-jackets, card case, still in original shrink-wrap. - And thirteen more volumes, (including Richmal Crompton 'William and the Moon Rocket', first edition, 1954, 8vo) and some signed novels (16).

HUXLEY, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932. First American edition, 8vo (196 x 132 mm.) (Mild spotting to preliminaries.) Original brown cloth (some sunning to spine and minor marks to upper cover.) - And eight other volumes by Huxley (including 'The Defeat of Youth', 1918, first edition, 8vo) (9).

THOMAS, Dylan. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1940. First edition, 8vo (184 x 116mm.) Original green cloth boards (some sunning to spine and board edges).

DOYLE, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. London: Ward, Lock & Co., [n.d. but circa 1900]. 8vo (188 x 119mm.) Tissue-guard to frontispiece, 14 uncoloured plates, numerous illustrations within the text, 12pp. advertisements to rear. (Some spotting to preliminaries and to fore-edge, browning.) Original cloth (bumped to extremities, some fading and a watermark to lower cover). Provenance: Joseph Barber (a prize bookplate to the front free endpaper).

POTTER, Beatrix. The Roly-Poly Pudding. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [n.d. but 1913]. Third printing of the first edition, large format, small 4to (201 x 154mm.) Frontispiece, decorative title, 17 colour plates by Potter. (Tape repairs to preliminaries, gift inscription, hinge broken at copyright page and text-block detached from covers.) Original red cloth with colour illustration onlaid to upper cover (somewhat faded and bumped to extremities). [Linder, 427] - And twenty-three more Beatrix Potter volumes, some earlier editions (24).

FLEMING, Ian. Dr. No. London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition, 8vo (190 x 125mm.) (Some spotting to top edge.) Original cloth with the dancing girl (faint lift to upper cover), dust-jacket (chipping to extremities, small surface rub to corner of upper panel).

FLEMING, Ian. Goldfinger. London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. First edition, 8vo (190 x 123mm.) (Some spotting to top edge.) Original black cloth embossed skull with gilt eyes (faint mark to top of upper cover, slight shelf lean), dust-jacket (browning to spine, light chipping to extremities).

FLEMING, Ian. Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, 8vo (190 x 120mm.) (Faint spotting and small mark to top edge.) Original black cloth with claw hand blocked in blind to upper cover, spine gilt (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jacket (minor browning and rubbing to extremities).

FLEMING, Ian. The Man With the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, 8vo (189 x 125mm.) (Mild spotting to upper edge.) Original black cloth (lightly bumped to spine ends), dust-jacket (minor chipping to rear inner flap, surface rub to top of spine).

FLEMING, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition, 8vo (191 x 122mm.) (Spotting to top-edge.) Original black cloth with dagger design blind stamped and in silver (lightly bumped, slight shelf lean), dust-jacket (some surface wear to spine). - And five more volumes by Ian Fleming (including 'You Only Live Twice', first edition, 1964, 8vo) (6).

FLEMING, Ian. The Man With the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, second printing, 8vo (188 x 122mm.) (Faint mark to fore-edge). Original black cloth (bumped to extremities), dust-jacket (price-clipped with chipping to spine ends). - And one more volume by Ian Fleming ('You Only Live Twice', first edition, 1964, 8vo) (2).

PULLMAN, Philip. His Dark Materials. London: The Scholastic Press, 2005. The tenth anniversary signed and numbered collector's edition, 3 vols., 8vo (210 x 168mm.) Original cloth boards, dust-jackets, slipcases. Note: comprising signed copies of 'Northern Lights', 'The Subtle Knife' and 'The Amber Spyglass', all three volumes still in the original retail shrink-wrap. - And four more volumes relating to Philip Pullman, including three signed (7).