Valentini's delightfully illustrated treatise on the famous cast of characters from the Commedia dell'Arte, for example 'Arlechino' and 'Pantalone...

With Jacobi's signed portrait of Albert Einstein. Deluxe issue, with the often missing original photograph, 'Albert Einstein, Physicist, Princeton,...

The Loverdos copy of the expanded Italian edition. The best, expanded edition in Italian of Nicolas de Nicolay's (1517-1583) Quatre premiers livres...

Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy. The Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy of this rare early Alken series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was...

A superior copy of a notoriously vulnerable book - the jacket in particular is prone to spitting.First edition, first printing; 8vo; publisher's b...

A novel of the airways.First edition, first printing, trade issue; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth, titles to upper board gilt on a black ground and t...

An important early collection of short stories and, incidentally, one of the most attractive books of its era.First edition, first printing, first...

Of all my books, I like this the best...'. First edition in book form in variant binding. Dickens would write in his preface to the 1869 edition of...

Limited edition of 350 copies. A choice example in the scarce unprinted dustjacket of this collection of four Noh plays selected by Ezra Pound, bas...

With fine provenance . An exceptionally fresh example of this major luxury work on Bakst's art.Cecil Hopkinson (1898-1977) was a musical bibliograp...

With important Australian provenance. Darwin's first published, and his most widely read book: the account of the most important 19th-century voyag...

Sound and the Fury notwithstanding, this may be Faulkner's best-loved work. And minor flaws apart this is a rather handsome copy of book with rare...

An intriguing historical treatise on Afghanistan compiled during the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar which includes a dedication to the Prime min...

The first book on tea printed in Ottoman Turkish. First edition of the first printed book on tea in Ottoman Turkish. Seyyed Mehmed Izzet (1819-1909...

From the author to his daughter. Nine short stories written and illustrated by Bawden.First edition, signed presentation inscription from the autho...

Signed by the illustrator. An attractive first edition, signed by Salvador Dali on the front free endpaper.A macabre tale by the pioneering Swiss f...

The true first edition. The true first edition with the correct first state dustjacket. A fine, well-preserved copy of what is perhaps the best-lov...