Gift Ideas

  1. FERDOWSĪ.

    Shāhnāmah.

    Tehran, Amir Kabir, AH 1350 [AD 1971].

    A lavishly-produced edition of the Shāhnāmah...

    £4000

  2. GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von.

    Stella. Ein Schauspiel für Liebende in...

    Berlin, August Mylius, 1776.

    First edition, scarce, of Goethe’s...

    £1800

  3. MOSZKOWSKI, Alexander.

    [H.J. STENNING, translator.]  The Isles...

    London, George Routledge & sons, 1924.

    First English edition of Alexander Moszkowski’s...

    £230

  4. HAWTREY, George Procter.

    Caramella. A Story of the Lotus Eaters...

    Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith; London, Simpkin,...

    First edition of this utopian novel...

    £250

  5. PAPINI, Roberto.

    Le Arti d’Oggi: Architettura e Arti Decorative...

    Milan and Rome, Bestetti and Tumminelli, 1930.

    First edition of a thorough and extensively...

    £300

  6. ATWOOD, Margaret.

    The Handmaid’s Tale.

    Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1986.

    First American edition of Atwood’s...

    £300

  7. RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator.

    Some British Ballads.

    London, Constable & Co. Ltd., [1919].

    First trade edition, illustrated by...

    £500

  8. POMPONIO LETO, Giulio.

    In omnia quae quidem extant, P. Vergilii...

    Basel, [Johann Oporinus, 1544].

    Second edition of Leto’s influential...

    £450

  9. [DELAMARCHE, Alexandre, cartographer; Bernard COUDERT, lithographer.]

    ‘Atlas’.

    Paris, Legay, [c. 1889].

    An attractive set of large educational...

    £875

  10. SYMONS, Arthur, editor.

    The Savoy.

    London, Leonard Smithers, 1896.

    First edition of this outstanding, though...

    £3000

  11. [HAMILTON, Joseph.]

    Some short and useful Reflections upon...

    Dublin, for the Author, by C. Bentham, 1823.

    First edition, scarce, of this Dublin-printed...

    £600

  12. MALORY, Thomas, Sir; Sir William Russell FLINT, illustrator.

    Le Morte Darthur, the History of King Arthur...

    [Edinburgh, R. & R. Clark for] London,...

    Scarce reprint of the Riccardi Press...

    £2000

  13. FLEMING, Ian.

    The Man with the golden Gun.

    London, Jonathan Cape, 1965.

    First edition, first impression, of...

    £650

  14. FLEMING, Ian.

    The Spy who loved me.

    London, Jonathan Cape, 1962.

    First edition, first impression, of...

    £1250

  15. FLEMING, Ian.

    You only live twice.

    London, Jonathan Cape, 1964.

    First edition, first impression, first...

    £850

  16. GIGLI, Mariano.

    Esperimento del nobile giovinetto Francesco...

    Milan, Società tipografica de’ classici...

    First and only edition, rare, of a series...

    £1250

  17. HEBER, Reginald, and Nicolas BARKER (editor).

    A Letter from India.

    The Roxburghe Club, 2020.

    'I do not expect that with fair prospects...

    £100

  18. [JUVENILE.]

    A Token of Remembrance from a Mother to...

    London, William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, 1822.

    First edition of this collection of...

    £350

  19. MAUGHAM, William Somerset; Graham SUTHERLAN, illustrator .

    Cakes and Ale, or the Skeleton in the Cupboard....

    London, [Windmill Press for] William Heinemann,...

    No. 132 of 1000 copies, signed by both...

    £350

  20. [CALLIGRAPHIC SCORES.]

    Two anonymous manuscript scores.

    London, 1820s.

    Two charming productions, sent as anonymous...

    £850