ARCHIE AND THE STRICT BAPTISTS
BETJEMAN, John First edition. 4to. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in gilt, with a gilt vignette of Archie to the upper board, in original pictorial dustwrapper. A very good copy indeed in a very good dustwrapper, one minor short closed tear to head of the spine. Illustrated in colour throughout by Phillida Gili, whose illustrations were based on Betjeman's manuscript sketches. Betjeman's life attachment to his teddy bear Archibald Ormsby Gore was famous, with Archie inspiring Sebastian Flyte's Aloysius in Brideshead Revisited, and this charming story is based on a tale about him Betjeman used to tell his children.- $176
- $176
THE CHIMES
THOMSON, Hugh; DICKENS, Charles First edition illustrated by Thomson. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt. A bright, near fine copy. Gift inscriptions to front free endpaper. Pictorial endpapers. Seven colour plates mounted onto grey art paper and one extra plate (not from volume) laid in.- $316
- $316
BUT MEANWHILE, SOMETHING VERY, VERY FISHY WAS GOING ON.” Original Watercolour For The Church Mouse
OAKLEY, Graham Watercolour, pen and ink. 25.5 x 10cm. Signed by Oakley in the top right hand corner. In near fine condition, mounted. LITERATURE: The Church Mouse by Graham Oakley (Macmillan, 1972), p.21.- $351
- $351
THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE Containing The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gent.; A Sentimental Journey Through France And Italy; Sermons, Letters &c.; With A Life Of The Author, Written By Himself
STERNE, Laurence One volume edition of Sterne's work. 8vo. 640pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettered and decorated gilt. A good copy, some wear to the head of the spine. Frontispiece portrait of Sterne.- $106
- $106
POEMS FROM WILLIAM BLAKE’S SONGS OF INNOCENCE Drawings by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, Maurice; BLAKE, William First edition. Tall 12mo. One of 275 copies, privately printed for the publisher. Original pictorial paper wrappers over card covers. A very good copy indeed. Eight illustrations by Maurice Sendak. A very attractively produced pamphlet made for presentation by the publishers for Christmas 1967. Hanrahan A69- $2,552
- $2,552

A FEW LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS
BETJEMAN, John First edition. Small 8vo. Publisher's purple cloth, title label to upper cover, in the original yellow dustwrapper. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, the spine tanned with some light wear to the head of the spine. Gift inscription to front free endpaper.- $64
- $64
THE VICAR OF NIBBLESWICKE
DAHL, Roald First edition. 8vo. Blue boards lettered in gilt, in pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Illustrated in black and white and colour by Quentin Blake. Roald Dahl wrote this in the last few months of his life, for the benefit of The Dyslexia Society.- $92
- $92
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Introduction by Laurence E. Houseman.
CAIRD, Margaret R. First edition with Caird's illustrations. Small 4to. Original tan cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on the upper cover. Top edge gilt. A very good copy indeed, bookplate to front pastedown (dated 1932) and later ownership name to front endpaper. Four full page sepia illustrations by Margaret Caird. Each page of text with border illustrations.- $64
- $64

IN A BUSY LITTLE TOWN, NOT VERY FAR AWAY, THERE IS A CHURCH” Original Watercolour For The Church Mouse
OAKLEY, Graham Watercolour, pen and ink. 25 x 19.8cm. Signed by Oakley in the bottom right hand corner and titled by him to rear. In near fine condition, mounted. LITERATURE: The Church Mouse by Graham Oakley (Macmillan, 1972), p.1.- $1,333
- $1,333