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Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie and Celine First Edition Rare Books |
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Aleister Crowley Moonchild First Edition at Bangkok Rare Books. |
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CALLISON, BRIAN. first edition
The Dawn Attack.
CALTHROP DION CLAYTON
English Costume
CAMPAN, MADAME. Grolier Society history limited edition
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette
CAMPBELL, J. G. D.
Siam in the Twentieth Century
CARPENTER, EDWARD.
From Adam's Peak to Elephanta
CARR, JOHN DICKSON
To Wake The Dead
The Hungry Goblin
CARROLL, LEWIS.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/ Through The Looking Glass
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland C1890
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1907
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1907 Arthur Rackham
CARTER, ANGELA. first edition
Shadow Dance.
CASANOVA, GIACOMO. limited edition & privately printed
The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt
CATHERINE II grolier society
Memoirs of Catherine ii and The Court of St. Petersburg
CELINE, LOUIS-FERDINAND. rare 1st edition
Death on the Installment Plan.
CELINE, LOUIS-FERDINAND. first edition
Journey to the End of the Night.
CHANDLER, RAYMOND. first edition
Playback.
Spanish Blood
CHARTERIS, LESLIE. 1st edition
Senor saint.
CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE. old sailing ships
Old Sea Painting.
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CHRISTIE, AGATHA. first edition
By The Pricking of My Thumbs.
CHRISTIE, AGATHA. first edition
Passenger To Frankfurt.
COLEMAN, W. S.
Our Woodlands, Heaths, and Hedges.
CONRAD, JOSEPH. 1st edition
The Rover.
COOK, ROBIN. first edition
Coma
CORYAT, THOMAS. limited edition
Coryat's Crudities.
COUPERIN, FRANCIOS COUPERIN.
Oeuvres Completes.
COVARRUBAIS, MIGUEL.
Island of Bali.
COWPER, WILLIAM.
The Poetical Works.
CRAKELT, WILLIAM A.M. 1790
Entick's New Latin-English Dictionary.
CRONIN, LEONARD.
The Concise Australian Flora.
CROWLEY, ALEISTER
Moonchild, A Prologue. first edition
CRUIKSHANK, ISAAC ROBERT & GEORGE.
The Cruikshankian Momus "Let Momus Rule the Day".
CURTIS, LILLIAN JOHNSON
The Laos of North Siam
CUSSANS, JOHN E.
Handbook of Heraldry.
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Moonchild Aleister Crowley 1929. Laos North Siam Lillian Curtis First Edition |
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 Callison, Brian. The Dawn Attack.
Published: London. Collins. 1972.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$95
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London. Collins. 1972. 8vo., 1st Edition, original black cloth in a pictorial d/w, a very good copy.
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Calthrop, Dion Clayton. (painted & described by). English Costume.
Published: A & C Black, Ltd. London 1923
Binding: Pictorial Red Cloth
Price: U.S.$275
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4to., original pictorial red cloth, similar spine and gilt, pp. xvi + 463, illustrated with 61 full page colour plates ( incl. frontispiece), 32 half-tone reproductions of engravings by Hollar, 60 half-tone illustrations by Dightons and the author, plus other text drawings, previous owners small stamp on front free endpaper, browning to endpapers, but very good.
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Campan, Madame. (First Lady-in-Waiting to The Queen). Memoirs of The Court of Marie Antoinette.
Published: Printed for The Grolier Society Paris-Boston [c1910].
Edition: Edition de Luxe of 1000 copies No. 157.
Binding: Original blue/green cloth.
Price: U.S.$265
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Queen of France; with sketches and anecdotes of her private life. Printed for The Grolier Society Paris-Boston [c1910]. 8vo., 2 volumes, Edition de Luxe of 1000 copies No. 157, original blue/green cloth corners slightly rubbed, some wear to head and tail of spines, spine slightly darkened, paper title labels worn and hard to read, top edges gilt, half titles, title pages printed on Japanese vellum in red and black, pp.361 & 330, Vol.1 illustrated with lettered tissue guarded colour frontispiece and 5 other tissue guarded full page plates, Vol. 2 6 tissue guarded full page plates incl. frontispiece, small initial R B on ffep, contents crisp and clean, a very good copy.
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Campbell, J. G. D. Siam in the Twentieth Century being the experiences and impressions of a British official.
Published: London Edward Arnold 1902
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original gilt tooled and lettered blue cloth.
Price: U.S.$450
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8vo., First Edition, original gilt tooled and lettered blue cloth, rubbed and marked from removed label on upper cover, spine gilt, e-library copy but only 2 cancelled stamps, ( 1 on front free endpaper other pp.2), previous owners name on paste-down, pp. xi + 332 including index, folding colour map, & 32pp publisher's adverts, illustrated with tissue guarded frontispiece+ 15 full page plates & folding colour map, endpapers browned, random light spotting, a good firm copy.
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  Carpenter, Edward. From Adam's Peak to Elephanta; Sketches in Ceylon and India
Published: London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1892
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Gilt Tooled Blue Cloth
Price: U.S.$475
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8vo., First Edition, original gilt tooled blue cloth, spine gilt, pp. xvi + 363, blue endpapers, illustrated with 6 full page plates including frontispiece, plus numerous illustrations in text, inscription on half title, a very good copy.
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  Carr, John Dickson To Wake The Dead
Published: Harper & Brothers Publishers. New York 1938
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original blue striped orange cloth
Price: U.S.$Sold
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8vo., First Edition, Original blue striped orange cloth, similar spine, pictorial dust jacket chipped & damaged with loss to spine, pp. v + 274, name on front free endpaper, apart from wear to jacket, a very good copy.
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 Carr, John Dickson The Hungry Goblin
Published: Harper & Row Publishers. New York 1972
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original half yellow cloth, pink boards
Price: U.S.$185
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8vo., First Edition, original half yellow cloth over pink boards, pictorial dustjacket with few small chips, pp. 290, black endpapers, a near fine copy.
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Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass and What She Found There.
Published: MacMillan and Co., Limited. London 1927
Edition:
Binding: Full Brown Mococco
Price: U.S.$1,125
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8vo., Superbly bound by Riviere and Sons in full straight grained brown morocco, gilt linear borders with ornamental corners, gilt tooled rabbit to upper cover and gilt tooled queen on lower cover, all edges gilt, gilt tooled spine in compartments with red and black morocco labels, ornate dentelles and marbled endpapers, pp. x + 299, illustrated by John Tenniel with 8 full page colour plates and 92 black & white illustrations, a very small indentation to one morocco spine label, very minor wear to binding, foxing confined to endpapers, a very good copy in a handsome binding.
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   Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Published: New York. McLoughlin Brothers. {c1890.}
Edition:
Binding: Original Decorated Boards
Price: U.S.$495
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4to, original pictorial decorated boards, rubbed soiled and shaken, gilt spine, pp. [6] + 190, illustrated by John Tenniel with colour frontispiece and 41 black and white drawings, plus elaborate page borders in red, light discolouration to page edges, a few random marks, a good copy of a lovely book.
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Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Published: New York. Dodge Publishing Company. 1907.
Binding: Original blue cloth.
Price: U.S.$375
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New York. Dodge Publishing Company. 1907. Small 4to., original blue cloth lettered in white with a white and red rabbit on upper cover, Illustrated by Bessie Pease Gutmann with colour frontispiece & 9 other full page colour plates, decorated page headings plus border decorations in blue and other full page b/w plates, pp.164, some light foxing to title and minor rubbing to binding, a very good copy.
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   Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, with a poem by Austin Dobson.
Published: London. William Heinemann.
Edition: 1907 First Arthur Rackham Edition
Binding: Original Gilt Tooled Green Cloth
Price: U.S.$415
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Small 4to., First Edition Thus, original gilt tooled green cloth, rather faded, rubbed at corners and edges, black lettered spine faded to brown, joints cracked but firm, wear to head and tail of spine with small loss, pp., xi + 162, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with pictorial endpapers, tissue guarded colour frontispiece and 12 other tissue guarded full page colour plates, plus line drawings & decorated initials, spotting to endpapers, and a few random spots, a good firm copy of a favorite among Arthur Rackham collectors.
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  Carter, Angela. Shadow Dance.( The Authors first book)
Published: London. William Heinemann. 1966.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$275
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London. William Heinemann. 1966. First Edition. 8vo., original grey/black boards in soiled pictorial d/w with some small chips and tears, pp. 185, contents very good.
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 Casanova, Giacomo. The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt.
Published: The Casanova Society. London 1922.
Edition: Limited Edition of 1000 copies No. 747.
Binding: Quarter bound vellum backed blue boards.
Price: U.S.$800
for sale shop only
Translated into English by Arthur Machen. Privately Printed for Subscribers only. The Casanova Society. London 1922. 4to., 12 volumes, Limited Edition of 1000 copies No. 747, quarter bound vellum backed blue boards rubbed and worn at corners and edges, boards stained vol.10, small piece missing from spine head vol.8 and some slight chipping to head spine vol.12, some prelims unopened, spines black lettered and some lettering rubbed off and ineligible, top edge gilt, frontispiece to each volume {a few large folding}, internally clean and very good.
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Catherine II: Memoirs of Catherine II, and The Court of St. Petersburg.
Published: Printed for The Grolier Society Paris-Boston. [c1910].
Edition: Edition de Luxe. limited to 1000 copies No. 157.
Binding: Hardback bound in blue/green cloth.
Price: U.S.$175
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During her reign and that of Paul I., by one of her Courtiers. Printed for The Grolier Society Paris-Boston. [c1910]. 8vo., Edition de Luxe. limited to 1000 copies No. 157, bound in blue/green cloth, some wear to head and tail of spine, paper title label worn and just legible, top edge gilt, half title, small initial r b on ffep, title in red and black on Japanese vellum, pp.353, some pages unopened, illustrated with 6 lettered tissue guarded full page plates incl. colour frontispiece, very good.
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  Celine, Louis-Ferdinand. Death on the Installment Plan.
Published: London. Chatto and Windus. 1938.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$Sold
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London. Chatto and Windus. 1938. First Edition. 8vo., original black cloth in pictorial d/w, apart from some spotting to edges and ffep. and some white marks on d/w spine; a very good copy of Celine's highlight.
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 Celine, Louis-Ferdinand. Journey to the End of the Night.
Published: London. Chatto and Windus. 1934.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback, original black cloth.
Price: U.S.$355
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London. Chatto and Windus. 1934. First English Edition. 8vo., original black cloth, slightly soiled, white lettered spine, lower joint rubbed, pp.543, some light spotting to edges, endpapers & last 6 pages, a good copy.
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   Chandler, Raymond. Playback.
Published: London. Hamish Hamilton. 1958.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket.
Price: U.S.$395
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London. Hamish Hamilton. 1958. First Edition. 8vo., large pencil name on ffep has been erased but still visible; otherwise a very good copy in a price clipped dust wrapper.
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Chandler, Raymond. Spanish Blood
Published: The World Publishing Company. Cleveland. 1946
Edition: First Edition First Printing July 1946
Binding: Hardback with Dust jacket.
Price: U.S.$300
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8vo., First Edition, original black cloth decorated in orange, in a slightly chipped pictorial dust wrapper, pp. 221, pages uniformly browned, a very good copy.
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  Charteris, Leslie. Senor Saint.
Published: London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1959.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$185
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London. Hodder and Stoughton. 1959. 8vo., First U.K. Edition original green cloth, pictorial d/w, pp. 188, a very good copy.
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 Chatterton, E. Keble. Old Sea Paintings.
Published: London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1928.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback gilt tooled blue cloth, gilt spine.
Price: U.S.$250
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The story of Maritime Art as depicted by the Great Masters..... with 15 illustrations in colour and ninety-five in black and white mainly from the Macpherson Collection. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1928. 4to., First Edition, gilt tooled blue cloth, gilt spine, corners and edges rubbed, tear across spine tail, pp.179 + 15 colour plates + 95 b/w plates +p.4 of publishers adverts, plate opposite p.44 torn and tape repaired with loss to margin and tear to margin of plate opposite p.50, a few pages carelessly opened, some random foxing through-out but mainly to text, most plates in excellent condition, a good copy.
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 Christie, Agatha. By The Pricking of My Thumbs.
Published: London. The Crime Club. 1968.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$150
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London. The Crime Club. 1968. First Edition, 8vo., original green cloth, spine gilt, a few small chips to d/w, otherwise a very good copy.
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 Christie, Agatha. Passenger To Frankfurt.
Published: London. The Crime Club. 1970.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$150
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London. The Crime Club. 1970. First Edition, 8vo., original red cloth, spine gilt, in d/w, a very good copy.
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Coleman, W. S. Our Woodlands, Heaths, and Hedges.
Published: London. George Routledge & Sons.
Binding: Original gilt tooled blue cloth.
Price: U.S.$175
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A popular description of trees, shrubs, wild fruits, etc. with notices of their insect inhabitants. London. George Routledge & Sons, n.d. Small 8vo., original gilt tooled blue cloth, elaborate gilt spine, all edges gilt, pp. viii + 198 + pp. 1 of index, 8 full page colour plates plus numerous text illustrations, bookplate, inscription on ffep dated 1885, some foxing to plates & prelims, light wear and soiling to binding; but still a very good copy.
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  Conrad, Joseph The Rover.
Published: London. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket/Dustwrapper.
Price: U.S.$275
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London. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1923. First Edition. 8vo., original green cloth, lettered in gilt, in a chipped and slightly soiled d/w, some slight spotting to endpapers and edges, contents clean, a good copy.
"The Rover" was serialized in the "Pictorial Review" Sept to Dec, 1923, prior to book publication.
Conrad began the novel as a short story hoping it would give him some brief relief from his struggles with
"suspense". It was a popular success despite some critics regarding it as marred by sentimentality.
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   Cook, Robin. Coma.
Published: Little, Brown. Boston 1977.
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardback with Dustjacket.
Price: U.S.$100
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Little, Brown. Boston 1977. 8vo., First Edition, original black and grey boards in a soiled and torn pictorial priced clipped d/w, pp.280, apart from d/w a very good copy.
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Coryat, Thomas. Coryat's Crudities.
Published: MacLeHose and Sons 1905.
Edition: Limited Edition of 100 (no. 24} copies on handmade paper. 2 volumes.
Binding: Original vellum backed red cloth.
Price: U.S.$575
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Hastily gobled up in five moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia commonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia alias Switzerland, some parts of high Germany, and the Netherlands ; Newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the County of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling Members of this Kingdome. Glasgow James MacLeHose and Sons 1905. 8vo., 2 volumes, Limited Edition of 100 (no. 24} copies on handmade paper, original vellum backed red cloth slightly soiled, oval gilt motif on upper cover, gilt tooled spine, top edge gilt, title in red & black small ink stain title page vol. 1, ornamental initials, pp. xx + 428 plus 5 plates [1 folding], pp. xi + 436 plus 5 plates [3 folding], bookplate on paste-downs, browning to fore-edge and endpapers only, rest of contents crisp and clean, a very good copy.
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  Couperin, Francois. Oeuvres Completes.
Published: Editions de L'Oiseau Lyre. 1933.
Edition:No. 11 of a limited edition of 325 copies on Japon Dujardin.
Binding: Original green & cream cloth, decorated in silver, black and gilt.
Price: U.S.$200
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