Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling, Signed With LOA
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1997
First Edition, First Softcover Printing FIRST Bloomsbury edition, FIRST Softcover Printing in exceptional condition. Accompanied by a J.K. Rowling SIGNED and inscribed laid-in note with a Letter of Authenticity from a premier authentication house, James Spence, LLC. More Info »
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1997
First Edition, First Softcover Printing FIRST Bloomsbury edition, FIRST Softcover Printing in exceptional condition More Info »
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien, 1937 1st Edition, 2nd Impression
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1937
First Edition, Second Impression, 1937 A near fine very clean unrestored copy. More Info »
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Scarce Green Uncorrected Proof, 1 of 150 !) - J.K. Rowling
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1999
Scarce Uncorrected Proof Copy Given Uncorrected Proofs are sent for READING and review PRIOR to the release of the first printing, this example (1 of only 150 printed) is in extraordinary for a one of the early Harry Potter series uncorrected proofs. The proof for Azkaban came in two states: a first state in purple wraps which had an assumed print run of 50 copies, and a second state in green wraps with a presumed print run of 150, figures provided by the publisher [Errington 2017: 652-655]. This copy being one of the 150 extremely scarce first state copies in Green wrappers. More Info »
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Geoffrey Bles, London, 1950
Stated First Edition, First Printing Lovely near fine clean book with the scarce FIRST printing dust jacket. First book in the Narnia fantasy series.
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Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1997
FIRST HARDCOVER Edition, SECOND Printing The extremely scarce second printing HARDCOVER copy. A very clean book in a very good plus hardcover. NOT Ex-library More Info »
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - J. K. Rowling, Signed Ca. 1998
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1998
First Edition, First Printing, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in the year of publication "To Jonathan with best wishes J.K. Rowling" A superb inscription with a wonderful association. Near fine book with a near fine condition dust jacket. Signed and Inscribed copies of this title are extremely scarce. Signed by Rowling at her book launch at Waterstones in Aberdeen in 1998.
Ex: Bonhams, accompanied by the purchase invoice and tag number. More Info »
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (First State) - J.K. Rowling
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1999
Scarce First State of the First Edition, First Printing FINE book in a FINE jacket. Not bookclub, Not the Australian edition, Not the Ted Smart edition, Not the Canadian edition, but the scarce true first state of the first Bloomsbury edition with the complete number line of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 , and the requisite dropped text on page 7. A stunning unrestored example of this First edition FIRST STATE book and original first edition dust jacket, not price clipped and in fine condition. It has been reported that the first state print run was only 500 pieces.
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Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1997
First HARDCOVER Edition, THIRD Printing FINE/FINE. FINE crisp book and FINE condition dust jacket. The 1st and 2nd Impression Hardback printings of this book were issued without a dust jacket, the third printing was historically significant as it was the first printing which included a dust jacket. More Info »
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire - J. K. Rowling, With Full Page Watercolor Art by Cover Artist Giles Greenfield
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 2000
First Edition in Deluxe Binding Fine, crisp book with a stunning ORIGINAL FULL PAGE WATERCOLOUR SIGNED and DATED, by the Cover artist Giles Greenfield which was tipped into the book. The art depicts Harry held back by Merfolk in the late. "Giles Greenfield / '06" More Info »
Madeline And The Gypsies - Ludwig Bemelmans, With Original Drawing of Madeline, Miss Clavel, The Girls and Bemelmans (shown to the front left)
Simon And Schuster, New York 1959.
First edition, First Printing: A spectacular copy with a large full page original highly detailed drawing by Ludwig Bemelmans of Madeline, Miss Clavel, the girls all dressed in their hats and school uniforms, and most unique, Ludwig Bemelmans drew himself to the front of the art, dressed in a santa suit carrying a briefcase labeled with his initials (L.B), and "Propositions". Signed and inscribed by Bemelmans "To Uncle Henry, Here we go again, Ludwig". In the background Bemelmans drew a plane labeled "S.S Payola", the boarding ramp consisting of stairs and a stewardess. An immensely elaborate presentation drawing to Henry Sell, the Editor of Town & Country Magazine in the 1950s. The value of this copy is in the large detailed art and the important association More Info »
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (In Scarce Blue boards) - Roald Dahl
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1964
First Edition, First Printing, First State First State book and jacket in the exceedingly scarce blue cloth variant. First edition, first printing boards with an embossed title image to front. Requisite 6 line colophon located on the last page in the 'About The Author' Section. The Chocolate Factory was first published in September of 1964 and there were subsequent printings in October and December of the same year. The accepted point of identification of a first print Charlie is the inclusion of the paper manufacturer in the colophon. Not commonly known is that there are two versions that contain this statement; a version with red boards that most people know and another very rare version that has blue boards, often considered the holy grail for the collector of Roald Dahl of which we have only seen about a half dozen copies show to the market in the last 20 years.
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Winnie The Pooh - A.A. Milne
Methuen & Co, London, 1926
First Edition, First Printing Beautiful unrestored crisp fine/near fine book with the scarce original first edition, first state dust jacket. The book is in extraordinary condition considering that many children's book are usually found "well loved and read".
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The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Macmillan, 1950
Stated First Edition, First US Printing Lovely near fine/fine clean book with the scarce FIRST printing dust jacket. First book in the Narnia fantasy series.
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The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938
First Edition, First printing, Second State A near fine copy of the FIRST printing, in the second state dated 1938 to the title page with the "sitting elf" playing the flute. (First Printings in the first state have a "bowing elf"). More Info »
Arthur Rackham - An Original Pen and Ink Published Drawing From "Candlelight"
ARTHUR RACKHAM, (ENGLISH 1867-1939)
Arthur Rackham Superb Signed Final Published Detailed Pen and Ink Drawing, from "Candlelight", Cassell's Magazine interior illustration
This stunning final published drawing by Arthur Rackham is rendered in vibrant pen and ink with goache highlights. Signed by Arthur Rackham with his full name lower left "Arthur Rackham".
A superb depiction of an older balding man with hair in disarray, wearing his night clothes, walking barefoot- and holding a lite candle. He appears thoroughly surprised by a visit by a stern gent with a top hat. More Info »
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - J. K. Rowling
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1998
Scarce First Edition, First Printing FINE crisp condition book with a FINE condition dust jacket. Not bookclub, Not the Australian edition, Not the Ted Smart edition, Not the Canadian edition, but the scarce true first/first Bloomsbury edition with the complete number line of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 . Copies of this title without owner names and in similar condition are extremely scarce. More Info »
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis
Geoffrey Bles, London, 1952
Stated Stated First Edition, First Printing Clean, crisp book with a near fine unfaded dust jacket. The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader is the third book in the Narnia fantasy series after The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and Prince Caspian. More Info »
Horton Hatches The Egg - Dr. Seuss, With The Original Scarce First Edition, First State Dust Jacket
Random House, New York, 1940
Stated First Edition, First Printing of HORTON HATCHES THE EGG. Near fine First edition book in the extremely scarce original First state unclipped dust jacket. First edition book demonstrated by the statement "FIRST PRINTING" on the copyright page as required for this title. First state jacket demonstrated by having Mayzie on the front panel and the original price of $1.50 on the inside flaps.
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Arthur Rackham - Snickerty Nick and The Giant, A Charming Framed Original Pen and Ink Drawing
ARTHUR RACKHAM, (ENGLISH 1867-1939)
Framed Charming Signed Detailed Pen and Ink Drawing by Arthur Rackham, alternate Title page from the book "Snickerty Nick and The Giant" Ex. Sotheby's London More Info »
