Specializing in C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Inklings & "The Seven"
All are New York: Macmillan, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956. Pauline Baynes. First American Edition. Hardcover. These books are somewhat rough so I put beautiful facsimile dust wrappers on them so they look great on the shelf. All are first printings of the first American edition. All dust.....
Item #079989
London: Geoffrey Bles & The Bodley Head, 1950-1956. Pauline Baynes. First Edition; first printing. Hardcover. LEWIS, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia. First British edition with facsimile dust wrappers.All books are first editions, first printings. The books are in bad condition so we have used facsimile dust wrappers and a......
Item #077803
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. Pauline Baynes. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1954. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. This first edition copy is beautifully rebound in half leather and marbleized boards. Part of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Brown 53. Rich half green leather.....
Item #070223
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Many polls at the end of the twentieth century found this to be the most influential Christian book of the 1900s. It started with Lewis giving four series of talks on BBC during World War II. These series were published as three small.....
Item #077818
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Many surveys have called this the most important book of the twentieth century. During World War II the BBC asked Lewis to do some broadcasts...he did four. They were published in three small books. Then in 1952 they were combined and edited by Lewis into.....
Item #079954
London: Herbert & Daniel, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. This is Williams' first book and is quite rare. It is a sequence of sonnets. We purchased this book in a lot of Williams books at auction. Two of the books had Colin Hardie's name in them and most of them at a 2 or.....
Item #077051
New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1930. This is the only mystery that Sayers wrote which does not feature Lord Peter Wimsey. Robert Eustace is a pen name for Eustace Robert Barton. Barton was a doctor and scientist. For this book, he supplied.....
Item #071284
Minneapolis: Privately Printed for Edmund D. Brooks and Alvin Langdon Coburn & their friends, 1914. Alvin Langdon Coburn (Photographs). First Edition. Inscribed by the. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER. Sullivan 34. Privately printed for Edmund D. Brooks and Alvin Langdon Coburn and their friends. This copy inscribed to.....
Item #064817
London: Strahan & Co., 1871. Arthur Hughes. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. This is MacDonald's first long fairy story published in book form. Illustrations by Arthur Hughes. London: Strahan & Co, 1871. Rebound in green cloth with gold text on the spine. 378 pp. with 13 pages of advertisements in.....
Item #063684
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1882. THREE VOLUME SET. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best know for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of.....
Item #071277
London: Strahan, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1867. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of the Hans Christian Anderson Award for his lasting.....
Item #071278
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1883. THREE VOLUME SET. First edition. This book comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient.....
Item #071279
Macmillan, [1868]. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the first page of the preface: "To the Liberal in Russell Gurney, the Conservative in George MacDonald offers his acknowledgement, with undying sense of obligation and undiminished freedom. January 1, 1869." Books signed or inscribed by MacDonald are uncommon. There is a penciled.....
Item #072483
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1858. Phantastes by George MacDonald. This book had a huge influence on C. S. Lewis. He first read it when he picked up a copy at a train station when he was about 17. He was an atheist at the time.....
Item #070285
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1968. First Edition in Three Volumes. Hardcover. Rebound in half leather, green leather on green cloth. Marbleized end sheets. Shaberman 36. Attractive half leather rebinding. Spine has five hubs and text in gilt. 326 pp., 303 pp. A nice set in very good condition. Some wear-through.....
Item #073952
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1872 [1871]. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1872 [1871]. THREE VOLUME SET. This set comes from the library of Maurice Sendak. Sendak was a prominent author and illustrator of children's books best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are". He was a recipient of the.....
Item #071283
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of MacDonald's first book. Brown cloth textured boards with gilt text on the spine. 183 pp., followed by 26 pages of ads. Cracked hinge at fourth page following title page. Thus it grades as in good condition. Shelley and Son Books.....
Item #075465
Folio Society, 2024. Alan Lee. Numbered Limited Edition. Hardcover. Published by The Folio Society in 2024. This is number 917 of 1000 copies, signed by Alan Lee, the illustrator. Folio Society makes stunning limited edition books. This one is still in the original shipping box and the book has never.....
Item #078945