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Ulysses
The deluxe issue of the first edition of Joyce's magnum opus to be printed in Great Britain.
£27,500
Joyce, JamesUlysses1936
The Equilibriad
Lucian Freud's illustrations for William Sansom's Kafka-esque novella.
£950
Freud, Lucian. Sansom, WilliamThe Equilibriad1948
Aesop's Fables WIth His Life: in...
A very rare large paper copy of the scarce first edition of Francis Barlow's undoubted masterpiece of English book illustration.
£40,000
Barlow, Francis. (Aesop). Philipot, Thomas & Robert CodringtonAesop's Fables WIth His...1666
Original Futurist Drawing Executed on the...
An extraordinary Futurist drawing by Nevinson from the First World War executed on the verso of the rare photograph of Nevinson standing beside his Friends' Ambulance Unit Mors Motor 'bus'.
£30,000
Nevinson, Christopher Richard WynneOriginal Futurist Drawing Executed...1915
Three Tours of Doctor Syntax
The first edition of each of Dr.
£1,800
Rowlandson, Thomas. Combe, WilliamThree Tours of Doctor...1812; 1820; 1821
Faust. Tragédie de M. de Goethe,...
A large paper copy of the first edition of Delacroix’s masterful interpretation of ‘Faust’, a pioneering meeting of word and image and a monument of nineteenth-century illustration.
£25,000
Delacroix, Eugène. Goethe, J. W. vonFaust. Tragédie de M...1828
The Complaint, and the Consolation; or,...
First edition of Blake's illustrations for Edward Young's Night Thoughts.
£12,000
Blake, William. Young, EdwardThe Complaint, and the...1797
La Tentation de St. Antoine. 3e...
From the edition limited to 50 copies.
£58,000
Redon, OdilonLa Tentation de St...1896
Hamlet. Treize Sujets Dessinés par Eugène...
The complete suite of the first published edition on large paper.
£12,000
Delacroix, Eugène. Shakespeare, WilliamHamlet. Treize Sujets Dessinés...1843
22 Engravings by Various Artists for...
A remarkabel series of engraved invitations on uncut sheets by various artists for the dinners of the Société des Eclectiques.
£5,500
Eclectiques, Société des22 Engravings by Various...1872–1903
L'amour croise des races. (Agence Matrimoniale)
Grandville's original preparatory watercolour sketch for the print 'L'amour croise des races.
£4,000
Grandville, J.-j. (Jean-Ignace-Everard Gérard)L'amour croise des races...1834
The Recuyell of the Historyes of...
The Kelmscott Press edition of Caxton's 'The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye', the first book printed in English.
£8,500
Kelmscott Press. Lefèvre, RaoulThe Recuyell of the...1892
L'Oeuvre gravé et lithographié de Steinlen...
The catalogue of Steinlen's graphic work including his work in periodicals and other ephemera.
£2,500
Steinlen, Théophile. Crauzat, E. deL'Oeuvre gravé et lithographié...1913
Les Fleurs Animées, par J.-J. Grandville
The first issue of the first edition of Grandville's 'Les Fleurs Animées' in a splendid contemporary binding by Corfmat.
£3,500
Grandville, (Jean-Ignace-Everard Gérard). Delord, Taxile & Alphonse Karr. (Intro.)Les Fleurs Animées, par...1847
Rights of Man: Being An Answer...
Superb, unsophisticated examples, uncut entirely and stitched as issued in pamphlet form, of the first two parts of Thomas Paine's 'Rights of Man'.
£7,500
Paine, ThomasRights of Man: Being...1792
The Song of Solomon
An excellent copy of one of Susan Allix's earliest artist books.
£4,000
Allix, SusanThe Song of Solomon1977
Catalogue of the John Linnell Collection...
A fine unsophisticated copy of the important catalogue of the sale of this highly significant collection of William Blake material.
£1,750
Blake, WilliamCatalogue of the John...1918
The Golden Legend of Master William...
A very good copy of the first edition of The Golden Legend.
£9,500
Kelmscott Press. Voragine, Jacobus deThe Golden Legend of...1892
A beautiful copy in purple morocco by the Guild of Women-Binders' Woolrich sisters, presented by Charles Conder to his patron Mary Davis and with six signed original drawings in ink, crayon and watercolour.
Conder, Charles. Verlaine, PaulChoix de Poésies1904
£22,500
To the Queen: This Specimen of...
A stunning example of early miniature printing with the 'Creed, the Lord's Prayer' etc.
£1,750
Davies, Benjamin ReesTo the Queen: This...1833
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