LIVE AND LET DIE
First impression, first issue of the 2nd James Bond novel, a lovely copy in the rare first-state dust jacket.
First impression, first issue of the 2nd James Bond novel, a lovely copy in the rare first-state dust jacket.
Uncommonly complete and exquisitely preserved set of the landmark Nonesuch Press publication, one of the most fully realized and beautifully executed Dickens collections ever produced — this with the original packing material and documents and in the rare original dust jackets.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
Rare early set of the realist novel that transformed English literature, with the first volume a second edition and the second volume a first edition.
First edition, in the rare original dust jacket, of this acclaimed book set in British colonial India during the rise of the Indian independence movement — often numbered among the greatest novels of the 20th century.
First edition of the Ur-Gothic, the literary sensation credited by many for inaugurating one of the first major trends of the English novel — and the literary heart of Austen's NORTHANGER ABBEY, which is both a satire of and homage to it.
First UK edition of Tolstoy's masterpiece, in a spectacular artist's binding by the late Derek Hood.
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 edition, first state, of this landmark work in the history of biography, an engaging and humanizing account of the great critic, lexicographer, and author of the Georgian era.
Complete set of first printings of all 21 books in the Sharpe series, each volume signed on the title page by Cornwell.
First impression of the 4th James Bond book, in which the spy must infiltrate a smuggling ring in the black market diamond trade.
Remarkably beautiful first issue of the first edition in book form of OLIVER TWIST, with the rare suppressed "Fireside" plate.
First edition of this Regency comedy of manners, an important landmark in the history of the Scottish novel and in popular romance.
First edition of this nautical-psychological journal, in which the antihero travels far and wide in pursuit of anonymity.
First US edition of this classic WWI adventure story (with a dash of romance), following a skipper and missionary's housekeeper as they plot to destroy a German gunboat — adapted into a Hollywood film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn.
Gorgeously bound 9-volume set of Shakespeare, all uniformly bound in early 19th-century full tree calf with elaborately gilt-stamped spines.
First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible.
Signed limited first edition of Forster's acclaimed book set in British colonial India during the rise of the Indian independence movement often numbered among the greatest novels of the 20th century.
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
Inscribed first US edition, first issue of this semi-autobiographical classic, which predates the English edition by one day; adapted for the big screen on three separate occasions.
First edition in book form of this "man on the run" spy novel, in which Richard Hannay escapes to Scotland just ahead of accusations he has murdered a secret agent.
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 editions of two volumes of the Edinburgh detective's tales of Victorian crime and punishment.
Beautifully bound set of the works of the French playwright, from the library of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, who was among the most celebrated book collectors of her era.
Handsome complete seven-volume set of Smith & Elder's New Editions of the novels and poems of the Brontë sisters, with Gaskell's Life of Elizabeth Brontë.