DUFFY (Carol Ann). Another Night Before Christmas. Illustrated by Rob Ryan, 2010. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR £50
SENDAK (Maurice). A Christmas Mystery, 1995. With an inscription from Maurice Sendak's long term partner Eugene David Glynn. £150
BETTINNELLI Saverio Risorgimento d'Italia negli studj, nelle arti, e ne'… 1786. INSTRUCTIONS IN CHIVALRY £250
SIMPSON (Leonard Francis) & BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean Anthelme) The Handbook of Dining, 1859. 'It is a melancholy fact that London does not know "HOW TO DINE!"' £250
TAKAHASHI (Masataka). Momikarakami [Kneaded papers], 1971. A privately printed book on highly specialised washi £350
KAMISAKI (Sunao). Toki seou [Bearing the weight of time], 1987. Time: in fourteen influential thinkers £450
KAWAKAMI (Sumio). Hirado genso [Hirado fantasy], 1977. The Dutch trading port of Hirado, Nagasaki £450
MORRISON (Toni). Sula, 1974. Morrison's second novel, nominated for the American National Book Award. £450
O'BRIEN (Edna). A Pagan Place, 1970. A presentation copy, inscribed and with a warm letter from the author. £450
LESSING (Doris). The Summer Before the Dark, 1973. With the author’s signed presentation inscription. £475
AHLBERG (Alan). & AHLBERG (Janet). The Jolly Postman & Other People's Letters; The… 1986. A modern Children's classic. £495
KAMISAKI (Sunao). Toki to ningyo to [Time and dolls], 1986. Clockmakers and contemplations on time £550
CARSON (Rachel). Silent Spring, 1962. The book that launched the modern environmentalist movement £625
KOJIMA (Tokujiro). Katazome torumpu-e: hako [Stencil-dyed playing cards: Boxes], 1986. Kojima playing cards: Box-themed £650
KOJIMA (Tokujiro). Katazome torumpu-e: Su [Stencil-dyed playing cards: Numbers], 1986. Kojima playing cards: Number-themed £650
KOJIMA (Tokujiro). Katazome torumpu-e: Te [Stencil-dyed playing cards: Hands], 1986. Kojima playing cards: Hand-themed £650
GOTO (Seikichiro). Tesuki no kami [Handmade paper], 1984. A highly tactile book on paper-making in Asia £650
MURDOCH (Iris). The Flight from the Enchanter, 1956. First edition of the author's second novel. £650
SEKINO (Junichiro). Hida yuki [Travels in Hida], 1951. With two original Sekino woodblock printed postcards, signed £650
[KOCHI PREFECTURE HANDMADE WASHI ASSOCIATION]. Tosa Washi, 1990. Introducing paper-making in Tosa £750
MIYASHITA (Kozo). & SERIZAWA (Keisuke). illus. Ai ori to ishizara [Indigo dye and Stoneware… 1984. Bound with a ceramic plate £750
BULL (Henryk Johan). Cruise of the "Antarctic" to the South Polar… 1896. IN THE ATTRACTIVE CLOTH BINDING £750
ATWOOD (Margaret). The Handmaid's Tale, 1986. First edition of Margaret Atwood's famous dystopian novel. £750
CHURCHILL (Winston S.) The Second World War and An Epilogue on… 1959. INSCRIBED BY DENIS KELLY TO GRACE HAMBLIN £750
[SHELLEY (Mary)]., MARTIN (Robert). & LONNEN (E.J.) Sheet Music and Lyrics for Frankenstein, or The… 1888. £750
KAWAKAMI (Sumio). Shonen shojo [Boys and Girls], 1952. Reflecting on childhood and the passing of time £850
MURRAY SMITH, F.R.G.S. (D.) Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from… 1877. FROM THE IGY LIBRARY AT WILKES STATION, ANTARCTICA £850
ELIOT (T.S.). & KAUFFER (E. McKnight)., illustrator. Marina. With Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer, 1930. SIGNED BY T.S. ELIOT £875
NIN (Anais). The Diaries of Anaïs Nin. 1931 -1974, 1966. With volume five inscribed by the author. £875
LOOS (Anita). "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". The Illuminating Diary of a… 1926. Signed by the author. £875
OKAMURA [Kichiemon]. Okinawa no minyo [Folk Songs in Okinawa], 1961. A nostalgic book of Okinawan folk songs £950
MACKENZIE (Sir George Steuart). Travels in the Island of Iceland, 1811. WITH BEAUTIFUL AQUATINT PLATES £950
BRIGGS (Raymond). Autograph Card Signed ('Raymond') to Julia MacRae with… 1979. An original colour illustration by Briggs of Julia MacRae. £950
O'BRIEN (Edna). The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, Girls in… 1960. The first novel inscribed by the author. £975
JAMES (M.R.) A Warning to the Curious and other Ghost… 1925. The fourth and final collection of ghost stories by M.R. James. £1,000
LEWIS (Matthew Gregory) Poems, 1812. First edition of Monk Lewis’s scarce final work, appearing the month after the death of his father. £1,000
OKAMURA (Kichiemon). Uzen Takamatsu azabu-gami densho [Traditional papermaking in Uzen… 1960. Shining a light on Tohoku paper-making Sold
KAMISAKI (Sunao). Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome… 1986. BLENDING EAST AND WEST IN TWELVE MONTHS £1,250
ALL JAPAN HANDMADE WASHI ASSOCIATION Heisei no shifu • Current Handmade Papers of… 1992. Respecting the past and looking forward to the future of washi £1,250
MURDOCH (Iris). Poet Ventures. A Collection of Poems written by… 1938. Iris Murdoch's earliest obtainable printed work. £1,250
LEWIS (Matthew Gregory). The Monk: A Romance, 1807. A charming English-language edition published in Paris. £1,250
KAWAKAMI (Sumio). Kawakami Sumio Sakuhin-shu [Collection of works by Kawakami… 1975. A beautifully produced posthumous tribute £1,500
ABE (Eishiro) Izumo Mingei Shifu [Izumo folk craft papers], 1956. Made by the hands of a Living National Treasure £1,500
DANTE ALIGHIERI . & CAYLEY (C.B.), translator. Dante's Divine Comedy. The Vision of Hell [with]… 1851. THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF DANTE IN TERZA RIMA £1,500
BOWEN (Elizabeth). Joining Charles and Other Stories, 1929. Exceptionally rare to find in a dust jacket, especially in such nice condition. £1,500
WHITMAN (Walt). Complete Poems and Prose, 1888. THE DEFINITIVE LIFETIME EDITION OF WHITMAN'S WORKS, BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR £6,500
DOSTOEVSKY [DOSTOYEVSKY] (Fyodor). Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude… 1881. THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD £4,250
[RUDMOSE-BROWN (R.N.),, HARVEY PIRIE (J.H.) & & MOSSMANN (R.C.]. The Voyage of the "Scotia". Being the Record of… 1906. SIGNED BY RUDMOSE-BROWN £2,000
BROOKE (Rupert). 1914 and Other Poems, 1915. Wilfrid Gibson's copy, inscribed to him by Eddie Marsh £2,000
[GOLTZIUS (Hendrick) [Circle of]] & [CALDARA (Polidoro), called Da Caravaggio] [Original pen and ink drawings] Four Olympian Gods… 1600. INK SKETCHES AFTER GOLTZIUS, AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO £2,000
YANAGI (Muneyoshi). & [YANAGI (Soetsu)]. Washi no Bi [The Beauty of Japanese Paper], 1943. With the rare original dust jacket £2,000
IWAI (Taketoshi)., KATO (Minoo). & KAWAI (Kanjiro). design Kyoto minka fu [Record of Kyoto's Minka Houses], 1934. Recording the craftsmanship of minka architecture £2,000
CHRISTIE, (Agatha) Typed Letter Signed ("Agatha Christie") to Frederick Bason… 1929. "I hope to have another play on sometime but plays are very uncertain things" £2,000
DICK (Philip K.) The World Jones Made. [bound tête-bêche with:] Agent… 1956. SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF DICK’S SECOND PUBLISHED NOVEL £2,000
SENDAK (Maurice). Illustrator. & STOCKTON (Frank R.) The Bee-Man of Orn, 1964. Inscribed by Sendak and with a large pen and ink drawing of the Bee-Man. £2,000
GOTO (Seikichiro). Nihon no kami: higashi nihon • nishi nihon [Japanese… 1958. Japanese paper-making arranged by prefecture £2,250
SENDAK (Maurice). In the Night Kitchen, 1970. With a signed letter from Maurice Sendak: "I love my book - my most private lovely book." £2,250
KAWAKAMI (Sumio). Ranpu to onna [Lamps and Women], 1965. Natural and man-made beauty, admired together £2,500
CHAUCER (Geoffrey), SKEAT (Walter W.) [Editor] & FLINT (W. Russell) [Illustrator] The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1913. £2,500
WAKAYAMA (Yasoji). & NAITO (Masakatsu), binder. Kappa aijo-ki [Kappa love story], 1948. Wakayama's first self-published book, one of 10 special copies £2,600
ADAMS (Richard). Watership Down, 1972. FIRST EDITION, WITH TWO PIECES OF EPHEMERA SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR £2,750
LEWIS (C.S.) Prince Caspian the Return to Narnia, 1951. The second book in The Chronicles of Narnia series. £2,750
AQUILA (Pietro) Galeriae Farnesianae Icones Romae in aedibus Sereniss. Ducis… 1675. BAROQUE EXTRAVAGANCE £3,500
KAWAKAMI (Sumio). Tabako Toraiki [On the Arrival of Tobacco], 1943. A quiet rebellion in the form of a private press book £3,500
OTSUKI (Gentaku) & ISHIKAWA (Tairo), illus. Enroku [Tobacco Record], 1809. An illustrated study of imported tobacco and crafted tobacco objects £3,500
DICKENS (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839. BOUND FROM THE MONTHLY PARTS IN ORIGINAL CLOTH £3,500
WHISTLER (Rex). The Wilsford Theatre. A small Collection of suggested… 1931. A flower of friendship £3,750
GALLI DA BIBIENA (Ferdinando) L'Architettura Civile, preparata su la geometria, e ridotta… 1711. FIRST EDITION, OWNED BY FATHER-AND-SON PAINTERS £4,000
GRAFTON (Sue). A Complete set of the Alphabet Series in… 1982. Some copies signed by the author. £4,000
DOSTOEVSKY [DOSTOYEVSKY] (Fyodor). Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude… 1881. THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD £4,250
FLAUBERT (Gustave). Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners. Translated from the French… 1886. “One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.” £4,500
FRENCH ILLUMINATOR A suite of large neo-gothic illuminated initials. [France, c.… 1840. GOTHIC REVIVAL ILLUMINATION £4,500
BROCKMAN (Stuart) [Binder], GROSS (Philip) & REDDICK (Peter) Abstract Garden, 1996. FINELY BOUND BY STUART BROCKMAN £4,500
MASTERS OF THE SUFFRAGES The Adoration of the Three Magi, a large… 1480. ADORATION OF THE MAGI £4,500
KAWAKAMI (Sumio). Jagatarabumi [Letters from Jakarta], 1941. The half-Japanese diaspora in Jakarta £5,000
NARITA (Kiyofusa). & [OJI PAPER COMPANY MUSEUM]. Koshi hyakutai [Varieties of old papers], 1949. 'The most enduring monuments are those made of paper' £5,000
SARTRE (Jean-Paul). La Nausée, 1938. INSCRIBED BY SARTRE, IN A REVORIM BINDING BY JEAN DE GONET £5,000
SHASTREE (Trevangadacharya). Essays on Chess, Adapted to the European Mode… 1814. SIR GEORGE STAUNTON'S COPY £5,500
Squarings. Twelve Poems. Lithographs by Felim Egan, 1980. 'SHIFTING BRILLIANCIES' SIGNED BY HEANEY AND FELIM EGAN £6,000
SEKI (Yoshikuni). Koshi no kagami [Examples of ancient papers], 1977. A valuable teaching resource for Japanese Paper £6,250
SEKINO (Junichiro). Kojiki emaki [Picture Scroll of the Kojiki], 1949. A calming book for the busy age £6,500
WHITMAN (Walt). Complete Poems and Prose, 1888. THE DEFINITIVE LIFETIME EDITION OF WHITMAN'S WORKS, BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR £6,500
MITCHELL (Margaret) & DELRUE (Paul) [Binder] Gone with the Wind, 1936. FIRST EDITION, BOUND BY PAUL DELRUE £7,000
TOLSTOÏ [TOLSTOY] (Léon). [(Leo).] La Guerre et la Paix. Roman historique traduit… 1879. THE RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE £7,500
CHURCHILL (Winston S.) Marlborough: His Life and Times, 1947. Inscribed to Grace Hamblin, "the longest-serving member of Churchill’s secretarial staff" £7,500
HARTLEY (L. P.) Night Fears and Other Stories, 1924. A superlative copy, inscribed by the author £7,500
[DIPLOMA] Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644. DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY £8,000
CRANACH PRESS & VERGILIUS MARO (Publius) The Eclogues of Vergil. In the original Latin… 1927. One of the greatest achievements of 20th century fine printing £8,000
ORWELL (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949. One of the greatest works of British dystopian literature and a terrifying critique of totalitarianism. £8,500
DAVIS (John King). With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914, 1919. INSCRIBED TO FRANK HURLEY £9,500
DANTE Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564. THE DIVINE COMEDY, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED £9,500
FAULKNER (William). The Sound and the Fury, 1929. An excellent copy of Faulkner's fourth novel. £9,750
CHELONIIDAE PRESS & BROCKMAN (James) [Binder] Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare, 1990. A MASTERFUL BINDING BY JAMES BROCKMAN £12,000
GRAHAME (Kenneth), SHEPHARD (Ernest) & CHANDLER (Margaret) [Binder] The Wind in the Willows, 1931. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST, MAGNIFICENTLY BOUND BY MARGARET CHANDLER £12,000
DICKENS (Charles). The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes,… 1844. Dickens' Christmas books, lavishly bound by Ramage £12,500
SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest),, BERNACCHI (L.C.), & & CHERRY-GARRARD (A.G.B.) South Polar Times, 1907. VOLS 1 & 2 UNNUMBERED IN VARIANT BINDING £15,000
AUSTEN (Jane). Mansfield Park, 1816. An Austen family copy of the second edition in beautiful Regency binding. £15,000
WILDE (Oscar). Signed and dated photographic portrait of Wilde, 1892. Signed during the first run of Lady Windemere's Fan £20,000
CHURCHILL (Winston S.) The War Speeches: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle;… 1945. A fine presentation set, Vols. 1-6 inscribed by Churchill £25,000
AUSTEN (Jane). Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion, 1818. An Austen family copy of the first edition in beautiful Regency binding. £35,000
FLEMING (Ian). A Complete Set of the James Bond Novels… 1953. With one copy signed by the dust jacket artist Kenneth Lewis. £130,000