KING SOLOMON'S MINES
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
First UK edition of Tolstoy's masterpiece, in a spectacular artist's binding by the late Derek Hood.
Beautifully bound first edition of Zotti's annotated DIVINE COMEDY, primarily designed for British women learning Italian and dedicated by the editor to three aristocratic women patrons.
First edition in book form of this classic story of love and the weight of family history set during the French Revolution, one of Dickens's best-known works.
First US edition of the wild Gothic tale of romance and betrayal, published only a few months after the nearly unobtainable London first, bound with another novel, NOW & THEN by Samuel Warren, published by Harper the same year.
First US edition of Austen's third published novel, centering on the comedic neighborhood drama caused by the amateur production of a play, with the specter of the slave trade hovering beneath the plot.
The first appearance in print of this Sherlock Holmes story with a rather gruesome catalyst: a cardboard box containing severed human ears.
First book edition of this countryside romp featuring the smooth-talking, fox-hunting Mr. Sponge's among a hilarious cast of characters, with beautiful hand-colored engravings by John Leech.
First UK edition of the non-fiction companion to HUCKLEBERRY FINN, a memoir of Twain's experiences as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War.