CHILTON BOOKS

Oscar Wilde: Interviews and Recollections. Edited by E.H. Mikhail. Volume 1 and volume 2. Two volume set.

WILDE, Oscar 1854-1900 / MIKHAIL, E. H. (Editor) - · 1979

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press, 1979 . 0333240405 First edition. A very good set with illustrated dustwrapper. Fading to spines of the dustwrappers.Clean black cloth with titles to spine. Clean throughout. Previous owner's ink stamp to base page edges. VG/VG .

De Profundis By Oscar Wilde .

WILDE, Oscar 1854-1900 / ROSS, Robert Baldwin 1869-1918 - Preface. - · 1905

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London: Methuen And Co., 36 Essex Street, Strand, 1905 . 0 True first edition. Original publisher's cloth binding. Gilt titles to front board and spine . Edges rubbed and bumped. Top and tail of spine very rubbed. One inch split to top of rear hinge. Deckled (rough-cut) page e...

The Adventures of Rupert. A Collection of the First Four Publications by Mary Tourtel .

TOURTEL, Mary - · 2001

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Published by Pedigree Books Limited, 2001 1902836405 Limited edition reprint, 2001 - No.3332 . "...the Tourtel Collection is a close reproduction of the original publication that first appeared between 1921 to 1922. Each attractively presented copy is a limited edition...

Osrac, The Self-Sufficient : And Other Poems, With A Memoir Of The Late Oscar Wilde (portraits and fac-simile letters) By J. M. Stuart-Young.

Stuart-Young, John Moray 1881-1939 · 1905

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.21 | ¥42,191)

London : Hermes Press, Cecil Court, St. Matin's Lane, 1905 0 A very good original binding. Blue cloth spine over faded green boards. Gilt titles and decoration to front board and spine. Boards rubbed and bumped with a few white paint spots. Top page edges gilt. Book seller's l...

Norfolk Families By Walter Rye. Issued To Subscribers Only.

RYE, Walter, (1843-1929) - · 1912

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Norwich : Goose & Son, Limited, Rampant Horse Street, 1912 - 1913 0 A very good five volume set (including index) in matching brown full leather bindings. 8vo. 8.5" x 5.5". Part I. - 1913: [4pp.]/pp.ii / pp.144 ; Part II. - 1912: [2pp.]/pp.145-324 ; Part III. - 1912: [2pp.]/p...

The Brickmaker's Tale. Peter Minter.

MINTER, Peter . · 2014

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Bulmer, Essex: Bulmer Brick & Tile Company, 2014 . 9780956349866 First edition, as new. An excellent large format book designed by Brown & Brown of Sudbury. 15.0cm x 25.0cm x 1.3cm (12.75" x 10.00" x 0.50"). pp.112 . Brown glossy boards with coloured pictures and white titles ...

Bibliography of Oscar Wilde. By Stuart Mason (Christopher Millard) Introduced by Timothy d'Arch Smith .

MILLARD, Christopher 1872-1927 - · 1967

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London: Bertram Rota, 1967 . 0 First edition with dustwrapper. Signed dedication to front endpaper; from Anthony Rota to John Ryder ; and then gifted to Joan Crawford. Original blue cloth binding in very good condition. Green dustwrapper with small tear to front hinge, sunned...

Lucian's True History. Translated by Francis Hickes ; illustrated by William Strang, J. B. Clark and Aubrey Beardsley ; with an introduction by Charles Whibley .

Lucian of Samosata. · 1894

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.53 | ¥105,478)

London: Privately printed [ Lawrence & Bullen ], MDCCCXCIV. [ 1894 ] . 0 First limited edition: '251 copies printed. No. 248' . A very good original buckram binding, faded to light brown. Spine darkend with gilt titles and publication date. Edges rubbed and bumped. Deckled (r...

Viator, Or, a Peep Into My Note Book. By the author of A. Grumbler's 'Miscellaneous thoughts', &c.

Hoffman, David 1784-1854. · 1839

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

New York [USA] : Published By Samuel Colman, No. VIII Astor House, Broadway, MDCCCXXXIX. [1839] . 0 First edition. A very good full leather binding. 8vo.7.7" x 4.7 x 1.0". pp.355/pp.10 ("Works By The Same Author"). Polished brown calf with gilt border and central gilt decorat...

Life Of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. By The Late George Williams Fulcher ; Edited by his son [E. S. Fulcher]

FULCHER, George Williams (1795-1855) / Fulcher, Edmund Syer (1834-1864) . · 1856

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1856 . 0 Second edition. Publisher's green cloth binding. 8vo. 7.0" x4.75" x 1.0". pp.viii/pp.248. A good tight binding. Corners rubbed and bumped. Gilt titles to spine. Original yellow endpapers. Previous owner's dedication to front e...

The Ballad of Reading Gaol By C. 3. 3.

C.3.3. [ pseudonym for WILDE, Oscar 1854-1900 ] - · 1898

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.42 | ¥84,383)

London: Leonard Smithers, Royal Arcade, Mdcccxcviii [1898 ] . 0 Second edition. Publisher's original binding. Cream cloth spine over brown boards. Spine soiled and very rubbed with faded gilt titles. Boards soiled and edges rubbed. Deckled page edges (rough-cut). Bookplate to ...

Oscar Wilde on Trial : The Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment .

BRISTOW, Joseph . · 2022

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Published by Yale University Press, 2022 9780300222722 First edition. A very clean hardback. Illustrated covers. No ownership details or other marks. pp.xl/pp.629 . VG. ** From the back cover: 'Among the most infamous prosecutions of a literary figure in history, the two tria...

Original Watercolour Painting - Mill on Armsey near Sudbury, Suffolk .

William Bestoe Smith (1796-1889) · 1837

£600.00 (€719.18 | $792.64 | ¥126,574)

Sudbury, Suffolk: William Bestoe Smith, August 1837 . 0 William Bestoe Smith (1796-1889), watercolour painting of a Mill on Armsey, near Sudbury, Suffolk. Aperture size of 6.5ins x 9.7ins, with an overall size of 14.5ins x 17 ins. Details to a card on the rear of the painti...

Lidice: The Story of a Czech Village.

STEHLIK, Eduard / TELUPILOVA, Ing. Marie (Introduction) - · 2004

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Prague, Czech Republic: Published by Lidice Memorial by Jitka Kejrova, 2004 . 8086758141 First edition. Signed by ; Ing. Marie Telupilova Director, The Lidice Memorial. Illustrated hardback. pp.135/[1p.] . On June 10, 1942, German Nazi forces completely destroyed the Czech vil...

Getting into Art History By Annie Smith with Francena T. Hancock .

SMITH, Annie / HANCOCK, Francena T. · 1993

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Toronto, Ontario: Barn Press, 1993 . 969695306 First edition. pp. x / pp.152 . Plastic spiral binding. Illustrated card covers. Clean text and illustrations througohut. VG. ** Summary: "This book presents the experiential approach as a method for teaching art history. Through...

Confessions of a Ghost-Hunter.

PRICE, Harry. · 2020

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Putnam, Covent Garden, 2020 . 9798690047245 New paperback. A reprint of the 1st edition (February 1936). The book covers the Indian Rope Trick, the first Fire Walk ever performed in Britain, Mediums, Spirit Photography, Haunted Houses, Poltergeists and much more. [4pp....

Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art .

MARKS, P. J. M. · 2011

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London: The British Library & Oak Knoll Books, 2011. 9780712358231 First edition with dustwrapper. pp.192. A very good book in a very good dustwrapper. (now protected by a removable clear plastic cover.) Vg/Vg.

The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques.

LARK BOOKS . · 2004

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.06 | ¥4,641)

Asheville, NC : Lark Books , 67 Broadway, 2004 . 1579904742 First edition Clean hardback with very good dustwrapper, just light wear to edges (now protected by a removable clear plastic cover.) pp.229 . Well illustrated throughout. No previous ownership details or other marks...

The Blue Poetry Book. Edited By Andrew Lang. With Numerous Illustrations By H. J. Ford And Lancelot Speed .

LANG, Andrew . · 1891

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1891 . 0 First Edition. pp xx + 351. All edges gilt. Publisher's original blue cloth, bright gilt front board. Edges of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Spine a little dulled. Original black endpapers. No ownerhip details or other marks. Clea...

Chuck Close: Work .

FINCH, Christopher · 2007

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Prestel Publishing Ltd., 2007 . 9783791336763 First edition. A very good book. pp.335/[1p.] . Dustwrapper with a few edge tears, now protected by a clear plastic cover. Previous owner's small label to front endpaper. Clean text and illustrations (many colour), througho...