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Present Perfect 2024

We are delighted to present our seasonal end-of-year catalogue, comprising rare books, manuscripts, maps and modern art. Make this season truly memorable with timeless treasures that hold stories from the past.

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  • Les Américains.

    FRANK, Robert.
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    A sad poem for sick people'. An uncommonly fine copy of the first published edition of Robert Frank's The Americans, a book that altered the course...

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  • London Transport Underground.

    [TUBE MAP]. GARBUTT, Paul E. (designer).
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    Following distinguished war service that saw him rise to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Engineers, Paul E Garbutt (1919-2008), joined...

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  • Lotte Jacobi.

    JACOBI, Lotte; WISE, Kelly (editor).
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    With Jacobi's signed portrait of Albert Einstein. Deluxe issue, with the often missing original photograph, 'Albert Einstein, Physicist, Princeton,...

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  • Lucky Jim.

    AMIS, Kingsley.
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    Amis' first novel - signed. Amis' first and best-loved novel, rare signed and in its jacket.An attractive example of Amis' first novel; it features...

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  • Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.

    SASSOON, Siegfried.
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    That he is but one insignificant person caught up in events beyond anyone's comprehension'. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), one of the major First W...

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  • Men Without Ties.

    [FASHION]. VERSACE, Gianni.
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    Signed by Versace. With illustrations by photographers / artists, including Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts and Brice Weber.First US edition, signed in ...

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  • Moi Skazki [My Tales].

    KARAZIN, Nikolay Nikolaevich (illustrator).
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    Fine example of the first edition of this popular work, in a decorative publisher's gift binding. Issued by one of the best publishers of the time...

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  • Moonraker.

    FLEMING, Ian.
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    One of the finest things that ian fleming ever did. First edition of the third James Bond novel, and the only one to take place entirely in Britain...

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  • Personal Impressions.

    BERLIN, Isaiah.
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    Presentation copy inscribed by Berlin to his indexer. A collection of Berlin's tributes to great figures of the 20th century, including Churchill, ...

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  • Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

    [PHILOSOPHY]. NEWTON, Sir Isaac, WRIGHT, John (editor).
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    The best of the 'jesuits' editions. The highly regarded first Glasgow edition of the 'Jesuits' text. This set handsomely bound with the gilt arms o...

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  • Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934.

    MAN RAY (pseud. RADNITZKY, Emmanuel).
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    With the scarce first issue title-page. Man Ray's first monograph, with the scarce first issue title-page. James Thrall Soby was an important patro...

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  • Poems.

    OWEN, Wilfred; SASSOON, Siegfried (editor).
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    First impression of limited edition. Only 1000 copies of this monumental collection were printed, with a second impression coming out the following...

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  • Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii N.V. Gogolia [The Complete Works of N.V. Gogol].

    GOGOL, Nikolai Vasilyevich.
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    An attractive, decoratively bound set of the first critical edition of the works of one of the most celebrated Russian authors. Edited by Nikolai ...

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  • Sense And Sensibility.

    AUSTEN, Jane.
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    Rare early edition. Austen's debut novel and one of her several masterpieces, was originally issued in this three-volume format with a print run th...

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  • Skazka Pro Mar'iu Morevnu [Maria Morevna].

    ZWORYKIN, Boris.
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    A scarce and luxurious rendition of this classic Russian fairy tale, beautifully illustrated by Zworykin and heightened in gold. Bilibin's Maria M...

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  • Sparkling Cyanide.

    CHRISTIE, Agatha.
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    First published in the USA in February 1945 under the title of Remembered Death, it was published in the UK in December of the same year under Chr...

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  • Stikhotvoreniia [Poems].

    AKHMATOVA, Anna.
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    the first of Akhmatova's works to be published after the death of Stalin.Akhmatova (1889–1966) was one of the legendary figures of modern Russian ...

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  • Sto chetyre risunika k poeme N. V. Gogolia 'Mertvye Dushi' [One hundred and four illustrations for 'Dead Souls' by N.V.Gogol].

    [GOGOL]. AGIN, Aleksandr. (illustrator)
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    An attractive copy of Agin's celebrated series of illustrations. Alexander Agin (1817-75) was a Russian graphic artist and illustrator and this se...

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