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
PALGRAVE’S GOLDEN TREASURY OF SONGS AND LYRICS
First edition. 8vo. Publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering and black and blue decorations. A bright, near fine copy. Twelve colour plates mounted onto grey art paper, all under captioned tissue guards. A selection of some of the best-loved verse in English. THE CENCI A Tragedy, In Five Acts.
First edition. Large 8vo (217 x 145mm). Bound in late-nineteenth century full scarlet crushed morocco by MacLehose, without the initial blank. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. A tall, near fine copy, some occasional light spotting internally. Neat inscription to front free endpaper. In 1818, Shelley and his wife made for Italy, and went to stay with friends, the Gisbournes, in Livorno. Mary Gisbourne introduced Mary Shelley to the 'Cenci Manuscript', a sensational Renaissance story about the evil Count Cenci of Rome who committed incest with his daughter, the beautiful Beatrice, and was subsequently murdered by her. Mary transcribed the story and one year later Percy Shelley returned to the manuscript and wrote a melodrama in verse, his first work for the theatre. The book was printed for Shelley while in Livorno in a run of 250 copies, and the unbound sheets were sent by him to Charles and James Ollier in London to be bound up. Wise p.51 A BUYER’S MARKET
First edition. Original red cloth with titles in gilt on a black background, in second state (price clipped) dustwrapper designed by Broome Lynne. A very good copy indeed, in a clean, very good dustwrapper, some fading to the spine with a couple of small nicks to the spine ends. The second state dustwrapper is identical to the first, except for a shorter front flap. The second novel in the 'Dance to the Music of Time' sequence. CONTINUAL DEW A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth with elaborate gilt design in stylish pictorial dustwrapper designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. All edges gilt. A very good copy, the gilt a little rubbed, in a very good dustwrapper, some browning to the panels and spine. Illustrations by Hugh De Cronin Hastings, Osbert Lancaster and Gabriel Pippet. Continual Dew is Betjeman's second book of verse, containing perhaps his most famous poem "Slough", as well as "The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at Cadogan Hotel" and "The Wykehamist". DE PHILOSOPHIA, VOLUMEN SECUNDUM, Idest, De Natura Deorum, libri iii. De Divinatione, libri ii. De Fato, liber i. De Legibus, libri iii. De Universitate, liber i. Q. Ciceronis de petitione consulatus ad Marcum fratrem, liber i. Quae sunt omnia, collatis libris manuscriptis, & adhibito iudicio, locis non paucis emendata. Bound With: Scholia Pauli Manutii, Quibus Ciceronis Philosophia Partim Corrigitur, Partim Explanatur (Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1541).
8vo (164 x 98mm). Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript titles to spine and top edge. Early marginalia to pp. 169-172. A very good copy indeed, internally very fresh. A couple of small wormholes to the binding, of these, only one penetrates to the printed matter, affecting the final three printed leaves. Includes De Natura Deorum (On The Nature Of The Gods), De Divinatione (On Divination), De Fato (On Fate), and De Legibus (On The Laws). This volume completes the first Cicero printed by Paulus Manutius, one of the most significant publisher's of Cicero in the sixteenth century. BB’S’ FAIRY BOOKS: MEETING HILL With Illustrations by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford
First edition. 4to. Publisher's original green cloth with silver lettering. A very good copy, some fading to the spine and upper cover. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Fifteen colour plates by 'BB' throughout. CHACO CHAPTERS
First edition. 8vo. Publisher's original grey cloth boards with brown lettering, in the original pictorial dustwrapper. A very good copy, spotting to the spine, in a very good dustwrapper, long closed tears to spine and front flap, with scattered foxing to covers and spine. Map endpapers and colour frontispiece, with bright colour illustrations and line drawings by the Argentine-Brazilian artist known as Carybe throughout. MORE ABOUT PADDINGTON
First edition. 8vo. Original turquoise cloth in red pictorial dustwrapper. A very good copy, in a good dustwrapper, which has some wear and chips, most notably to the top of the spine. Illustrations in line by Peggy Fortnum. The uncommon second Paddington book, in which Paddington tries his paw at a spot of decorating and becomes a detective. THE WATER BABIES
Illustrated gift edition. 4to. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the upper cover and spine. A very good copy, light spotting to fore-edge. Twelve full page colour illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith, all with tissue guards. The work of American artist Jessie Willcox Smith is extremely collectable. Her fame as an illustrator caused parents to seek her out for portraits of children for which she was also known. Her sensitiveness to children, their moods, expressions, and body language is obvious in each image. It remains an extraordinary achievement for one who was never a parent.