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Uncommon signed first English edition with an attractive inscription on the title page: ‘To Maureen Lawrence (yes I am alive!) Yours Christa Wolf’. A near fine copy, pushed to corners, in a near very good jacket. Wolf was one of the best-known writers to emerge from the former East Germany. Read more…

Naomi Jacob’s personal copy of her own novel. Worn black cloth, the front panel of the jacket laid down on the front pastedown as was Jacob’s habit with her own copies of books. Opposite is written in her hand: ‘NAOMI JACOB SIRMIONE PROV. DE BRESCIA.’ Prolific, opininated and wildly eccentric (listen to her appearance on Desert Island Discs with th… Read more…

6 volumes bringing together all of Traherne’s extant writings so far published in this edition. Bound in smart red buckram, a few lightly pencilled annotations. A very nice set containing: Vol. I: 'Inducements to Retirednes', 'A Sober View of Dr Twisses his Considerations', 'Seeds of Eternity or the Nature of the Soul', 'The Kingdom of God', Vol II… Read more…

45 original drawings of ‘Enlumineurs’, printing offices and early printers compiled by a French scholar. Oblong quarto in pretty shiny cloth covered boards. 3 typed pages to the rear offer a ‘Table des Planches’ including images of Sebastian Brant, a Durer and others. A highly individual volume. Read more…

The Warden of All Souls’ copy of the Oxford Dante in a special edition complete with presentation box. The three volumes are bound in crimson leather with gilt edges, marbled endpapers and printed on thin, high-quality paper; a very little rubbing to the spine ends. They collate: pp672 (Inferno); pp442 (Purgatorio); pp494 (Paradiso). The books’ own… Read more…

Probably unique surviving copy of this specification for demolition and construction of a new warehouse in Blackfriars, London for the retailer, J Sainsbury. Printed card wrappers, black cloth spine, fraying somewhat. A very detailed index of contents is followed by the 148 page text, reproduced from manuscript. Arthur Sykes (1862-1940) was the arc… Read more…

A presentation copy inscribed by Playfair ‘For Mr. & Mrs. Wickens in gratitude for their kind and continued appreciation of my small endeavours. Nigel Playfair’ on a blank before the main book. The book has been rebound later to accommodate the fascinating insertions which illustrate Playfair’s career. The binding is half russet silk with decorativ… Read more…