Fahrenheit 451 Antiquarian Booksellers

This Matter of Culture. Edited by D. Rajagopal.

Krishnamurti, J. · 1964

€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.74 | ¥14,076)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1964, 1st ed., 224 pag., original hardcover with dustjacket. = Fine copy of th efirst edition, with modern owner's entry on first free endpaper. Dustjacket slightly foxed but intact.

Solar. [Limited deluxe signed first edition, black moroccobound, slipcased].

McEwan, Ian. · 2010

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,184)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2010, 1st ed., (10),285 pag., original black morocco-leather strikingly illustrated and lettered in red, black cloth dustjacket of the same design. = Special numbered deluxe edition limited to 100 leatherbound copies only, this one being number 17, in u...

The Unicorn.

Murdoch, Iris. · 1963

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,918)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1963, 1st ed., 319 pag., orig. boards with dustjacket designed by Christopher Cornford (fine copy; unclipped). = The first printing of the first edition of Iris Murdoch's brilliant seventh novel, set on the west coast of Ireland.

Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur. Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye.

Derleth, August (ed.). · 1944

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1944, X,374 pag., b/w illustrations and orignal burgundy cloth with dustjacket by Lee Brown Coye. = Dustjacket price-clipped and worn along extremities. One of the great horror anthologies of the first half of the 20th century, bringing toge...

Revolt in the Desert.

Lawrence, T.E. · 1927

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

New York, Garden City Publishing Company, 1927, XII,(4),335 pag., illustrated with a frontispiece, folding map, original light brown cloth stamped in dark brown with original (unclipped) dustjacket, top edge dyed brown, untrimmed. = The Star Series. In the original scarce unc...

Babel.

Couperus, Louis. · 1901

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,715)

Amsterdam, L.J. Veen, (1901), 1e druk, 199 pag., origineel gedecoreerd omslag (latere bindoplage). = Van Vliet p.215, no.7. Papier over rug deels weggesleten; vooromslag los. Eigenaarsnaam op Franse titel.

Alice in Wonderland. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. [Copy in well-preserved dustjacket].

Carroll, Lewis (= C.L. Dodgson 1832-1898). · 1933

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,184)

London, W. Heinemann, 1933, IX,(3),161,(1) pag., colour plates and b/w illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original light-blue cloth illustrated by Rackham with dustjacket by the same. = Dustjacket intact with price "6/ - net" and only sl. worn at top of spine.

The Kisses (Les Baisers) Preceded By the Month of May By Claude Joseph Dorat; Translated By H.G. Greene, and Illustrated With Original Copper-Plate Engravings After the Designs of C. Eisen and C.P. Marillier. [One of 100 copies on Japanese paper].

Dorat, Claude Joseph. · 1890

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

London, Vizetelly & Co., n.d. (1890), (4),124,(2) pag., engraved plates and illustrations after C. Eisen and C.P. Marillier, printed in an unspecified edition of which 1600 numbered copies (our copy being one of 100 on Japanese paper), original cothbacked elaborately gilt-deco...

The Works of John Lothrop Motley (Complete in Nine Volumes): The United Netherlands (4 vols.); The Rise of the Dutch Republic, A History (3 vols.); The Life and Death of John of Barneveld (2 vols.).

[Netherlands]. Motley, John Lothrop. · 1903

€750.00 ($826.65 | £625.71 | ¥131,963)

London, John Murray, 1903, 9 vols., plates, contemporary uniform green crushed halfmorocco with green cloth covers, spines gilt with raised bands, top edges gilt, by Bayntun (Bath). = Spines sunfaded to brown. Fine set.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. [First trade-edition, first printing in original dustjacket].

Lawrence, T.E. · 1935

€750.00 ($826.65 | £625.71 | ¥131,963)

London, J. Cape, 1935, first trade-edition, first printing (September 1935), 672 pag., illustrated with a frontispiece, four folding maps done in black and red, and 54 (full-page) illustrations and a few line drawings, original brown giltlettered buckram with a gilt device (cr...

Resurrection. English translation by Louise Maude.

Tolstoi (Tolstoj; Tolstoy), Leo (1828-1910). · 1900

€375.00 ($413.32 | £312.85 | ¥65,982)

London, The Brotherhood Publishing Co., 1900, (4), pag., 495,(1 blank),(4 advert) pag., title-illustration, original giltlettered textured crepe-paper boards, tall slim octavo (). = Bound in between page 472 and 473 is an unnumbered publisher's double-leaf explaining the "del...

Preces Sancti Nersetis Clajensis, Armeniorum Patriarchae, triginta tribus linguis editae.

Nerses (Shnorhali, Saint, 1102-1173). · 1862

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Venice (Island of San Lazarro), 1862, 550,(2) pag., frontispiece portrait, engraved title (dated 1869), contemporary giltletterd halfcalf with ribbed spine, red grained cloth covers, all edges gilt, with silk ribbon, small octavo (15,4 x 9,7 cm.). = Printed in Venice at the ...

The Silent Traveller in San Francisco. Written and Illustrated by Chiang Yee.

Chiang Yee. · 1964

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

New York, The John Day Company, 1964, 1st American ed., 366 pag., colour plates, b/w illustrations, original cream cloth with dustjacket.

A Trip Round the World In 1887.

Caine, W.S. · 1888

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

London, G. Routledge and Sons, 1888, 3rd ed., XXIV,398,(2) pag., b/w (full-page) illustrations by John Pedder, H. Sheppard Dale, Geo. Bickham and the author, original giltlettered red cloth with bevelled edges, illustrated in black, all edges gilt (fine copy). = Fine copy, pu...

Black Heart and White Heart and Other Stories.

Haggard, H. Rider. · 1900

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,715)

London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1900, 1st ed., 414 pag., b/w plates, original gilt blue buckram with bevelled edges (fine copy).

The Silent Traveller in Paris. Written and illustrated by Chiang Yee. With a foreword by Willaim Hayter.

Chiang Yee. · 1956

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,038)

London, Methuen, 1956, 1st ed., XI,(1),285 pag., colour and b/w plates, sketchmaps, b/w illustrations, original cream cloth with dustjacket. = Owner's annotation on first free endpaper.

Force 10 from Navarone.

Maclean, Alistair. · 1968

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,279)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1968, 1st ed., (1),274 pag., sketch-map, hardcover with dustjacket. = Dustjacket slightly worn at spine-ends. Fine copy in unclipped dustjacket.

De paardekooper van Helpman. Een verhaal uit de hervormingsgeschiedenis van Groningen.

[Groningen]. Keuning, J.. · 1923

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,519)

Groningen, Firma Jan Haan, 1923, 2e druk, 215,(1); 9,(1) pag., karton (leesbibliotheekband) met orig. vooromslag meegebonden, klein octavo= Niet in NCC. Achterin is het eerste hoofdstuk van een ander boek van de uitgeverij meegebonden als opwarmer

Murder at the Vicarage.

Christie, Agatha. · 1952

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1952, new ed., 191 pag., original red boards with dustjacket. = First published 1930. Dustjacket slightly worn along extremities.

Ten Little N******. [Rare reprint edition]. Issued in the United States under the title "And Then There Were None".

Christie, Agatha. · 1983

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1983, reprint ed., 252 pag., original burgundy boards with silver lettering on spine with dustjacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill. = The Greenway Edition, vol.24. Issued in the United States under the title "And Then There Were None".