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Fan Design: Two female nudes
A signed Charles H.
£1,800
Shannon, Charles HaslewoodFan Design: Two female...c.1905–1910
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure...
The first edition, first issue, completely unsophisticated, of Thomas Hardy's tragic novel of love, redemption and loss.
£2,750
Hardy, ThomasTess of the d'Urbervilles:...1891
The Wood Beyond the World
Robert Hall's copy - with his bookplate depicting his library with this copy displayed to show the frontispiece and opening page of text - of William Morris' fantasy novel 'The Wood Beyond the World'.
£9,500
Kelmscott Press. Morris, WilliamThe Wood Beyond the...1894
The Order of Chivalry. Translated from...
A fine copy of the Kelmscott edition of Caxton's translation, the first book from the press printed in Chaucer type.
£4,500
Kelmscott Press. Lull, Ramon, William Caxton, William Morris, F. S. Ellis (Ed.)The Order of Chivalry...1893
Syr Ysambrace. (The Romance of Sir...
A very good copy, partially unopened, of 'Syr Ysambrace'.
£3,000
Kelmscott PressSyr Ysambrace. (The Romance...1897
A Dream of John Ball and...
A fine example of the first illustrated book issued by the Kelmscott Press, William Morris' 'A Dream of John Ball'.
£7,500
Kelmscott Press. Burne-Jones, Edward. Morris, WilliamA Dream of John...1892
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
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
The History of Tom Jones, A...
A very good copy of the first edition, first issue of Henry Fielding's famous, enormously popular and influential comic novel.
£5,500
Fielding, HenryThe History of Tom...1749
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
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