Rare books from Alpha 2 Omega Books

Chapman & Hall, London, 1860's-1870's. Illustrated Library Edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. VGC.Chapman & Hall, London ,1860's-1870's.Illustrated Library Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens in complete 26 octavo volumes(I to XXVI).This set was reissued between 1861 and 1874 with illustrations and was called the Illustrated Library Edition.Hardbacks(marbled front and back covers, gilt lettering to the spine) bound in mainly contemporary half leather(four volumes are in more recent half leather, small nicks and dents on the edges of the covers and spines) in VGC. Illustrated with many b/w plates.Nice and clean pages with small ink marks,creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,small foxing marks inside some of the pages, pages 49-50 in volume I are slightly loose, previous owner's name written on a sticker inside the front cover of each book except for 4 volumes, marbled endpapers and edges of the pages. The front cover of volume XII has come loose but is repairable. Illustrations by… Read More

Tom Doherty. First US edition-first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Near fine condition.Tom Doherty,2009.A Tor Book.First US edition-first printing(0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Light blue hardback(small tear and crease on the edge of the spine,gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(large crease,small nicks and scratches on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with a b/w map.The book is as new with a small black marker mark on the outer edges of the pages,light shelf wear on the Dj cover.575pp including Author's note.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Heavy book.

A TOULOUSE, Chez N.-ETIENNE SENS, Libraire & Et chez AUGUSTE GAUDE, Librair, 1792. Nouvelle edition. Hardcover. Good. GC plus.A TOULOUSE,Chez N.-ETIENNE SENS, Libraire & Imprimeur,1792.Nouvelle edition complete in three volumes( I - III).Text in French.Small sizes hardbacks bound in quarter calf over plain paper-covered boards with gilt title on red morocco label to the spine of vol I only, black lettering of the title to the spines of vol II and III( some marks,ink marks,dents and nicks on the covers and spines) in good condition plus. Clean pages with some foxing marks,ink marks,creases and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages,some marks and pencil marks impressions inside the front and back covers,a few joints cracked in vol III.The books are in GC for its age with some shelf wear.746pp(total) including Tables.A collectable and scarce 3 volume set. Heavy set.

Orion. Limited Signed edition. Hardcover. New/No Dj cover. Signed by the Author. Mint condition. Orion, 2006. First UK edition-first printing. Limited Signed edition of 250 copies, this is number 73. Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in brown slipcase(gilt lettering on the front of the slipcase), both in mint condition.408pp. Exclusive Numbered and Slipcase Limited Edition.More photos available on request. This is another paragraph Product Discription: Vida Winter, a bestselling yet reclusive novelist, has created many outlandish life histories for herself, all of them invention. Now old and ailing, at last she wants to tell the truth about her extraordinary life. Her letter to biographer Margaret Lea - a woman with secrets of her own - is a summons. Vida's tale is one of gothic strangeness featuring the Angelfield family: the beautiful and wilful Isabelle and the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline. Margaret succumbs to the power of Vida's storytelling, but as a biographer she deals in fact… Read More

Macdonald. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.Macdonald,1989.Rare First edition-first printing.A novel by the author of The Assyrian.Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover)with Dj(a couple of nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice & clean pages with some foxing marks,ink mark and slightly tainted and yellow on the outer edges,number written on the edge of the first blank page of the book,pages are slightly yellow on the edges.Nice and clean book with some shelf wear.595pp.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.

Oxford University Press, 1865. Hardcover. Very good. VGC.Oxford University Press,1865(MDCCCLXV).Full leather.Large format hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,some nicks,dents and scratches on the cover and spine) in VGC.Nice and clean pages with some scratches on the outer edges,gilt edges on the outer edges of the pages,some ink marks and small foxing marks inside the front and back cover,small foxing/ink marks and creases on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear.The book is divided in two sections: The books of the Old Testament and The books of the New Testament.Also contains two pages with George Mitchell and Rebecca Browne Stokes wedding registration(1868) plus their six kids birth registration dates from 1870 to 1887.Please note: This is oversized and very heavy book(approx 6 Kg plus).

Judy Piatkus. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good condition plus.Judy Piatkus,1994.First UK edition-first printing.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with protected Dj(small nicks and creases on the Dj cover),both in GC.Ex-Library book with stamps,stickers.Nice and clean pages with some ink marks,small nicks and library stamp on the outer edges,missing the first blank page of the book,small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,small pen mark inside the back cover.The book is in GC with light shelf wear.373pp.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition-first printing. This is another paragraph Product Description: In love, Grady Bowman and Julia Elkins cannot guess that their fates are entwined with the lives of two Japanese pearl divers. But when they make a journey from San Francisco to the Far East they are pulled into a maze of strange coincidence, rare priceless jewels, and murderous violence.

Chapman & Hall, 1840-1841. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. VGC.Chapman and Hall.Three volumes.Vol I (MDCCCXL,1840), Vol II & Vol III (MDCCCXLI,1841).First impression of the first edition of the original parts of Charles Dickens's famous work 'Master Humphrey's Clock.Master Humphrey's Clock, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge.The highly rare 'Time' plate present to Volume II (in place of the title page and vignette). Large format hardbacks bound in buckram over cloth boards,with gilt edges to the spines(a couple of small nicks and dent on the edges of the covers and spines) in VGC, no Dj cover as issued.Illustrated with b/w plates.Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne(Phiz).Nice and clean pages but tainted on the outer edges,some foxing marks,creases,nicks and ink marks on the edges of the pages,small tear on the edge of page 241 in vol II,previous owner's name and date written inside the front endpapers for all 3 volumes,small bookshop sticker inside the edge of the front… Read More

The Folio Society, 2002. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Dj cover as issued. Fine/VGC plus.The Folio Society,2002.Second printing.Six volume set.Boxset 1 includes: The Gathering Storm-Their Finest Hour-The Grand Alliance, boxset 2 includes: The Hinge of Fate-Closing The Ring-Triumph and Tragedy.Tan hardbacks(illustrations on the front covers,gilt lettering to the spines) in fine condition, no Dj covers as issued, with an illustrated tan slipcases(small tear on the edges of one of the slipcases,some nicks,scratches and scuffed marks on the outer edges of the slipcases,small ink marks inside the edges of the slipcases) in VGC plus.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings,maps.Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark and nick on the outer edges,small tear and two small creases on the edges of page 835-836 for volume 4.Nice and clean 6 volume set with light shelf wear on the two slipcases.4210pp (in total) including List of illustrations,list of maps and diagrams, appendices (A to H),index.… Read More

Sphere, 2013. Signed First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. As new/As new. Signed by Author. Fine condition.Sphere,2013.A true Signed First UK edition-first printing. The book is Signed on the title page by J. K. Rowling as Robert Galbraith. Reportedly only 250 copies were signed worldwide. This book was purchased from Goldsboro books (May 2013) - a specialist signed book shop in London. Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) with protected Dj cover (includes Robert Galbraith biography inside the back panel of the Dj), both in fine condition. The book is as new.449pp.Price un-clipped. First print issues are: No re-prints statement on the copyright page - at the back of the Dj cover has an illustration of a lamp post and contains only two reviews - No mention of J.K. Rowling on the reverse flap of the Dj cover. A collectable and scarce signed first edition-first printing. This is another paragraph Book Description: When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair… Read More

Cassell & Company, Limited, 1884. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good/No Dj cover as issued. VGC.Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1884.Second edition with some of the first issue points. dead man's chest on pages 2 and 7, rain for vain in the last line of page 40, the 8 is present in the pagination on page 83, which is generally missing, worse for worst in line 3 of page 197, the period is lacking following opportunity in line 20 of page 178, and Treasure Island is listed as having 304 pages on page 2 of the publisher's advertisements. Includes 8 pages with advertisements dated 5R-12.83. Frontispiece map of Treasure Island printed in 3 colours. Light green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small marks,ink marks,scratches and nicks on the edges of the spine,small nicks,dents,scratches and small mark on the cover) in VGC, no Dj cover as iisued.Nice and clean pages with small foxing marks and tainted on the outer edges,small foxing marks,nicks and creases on the edges of the pages,previous… Read More

Ted Smart, 1998. First UK Ted Smart edition-first printing. Hardcover. Good/Very good. GC plus/VGC.Ted Smart.This edition published in 1998 for The Book People.First UK Ted Smart edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Copyright page shows: Joanne Rowling, picture of young Dumbledore at the back of the cover/Dj cover,Winner of The 1997 Smarties Gold Award displayed on the edges of the front cover and Dj cover.Pictorial hardback(two small nicks and dent on the edges of the cover and spine, small ink mark on the edges of the back cover) in GC plus, with Dj (two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover, slightly faded on the edges of the Dj cover ) in VGC.Nice and clean pages with small ink marks and slightly tainted on the outer edges, small crease on the edges of the pages, colour crayon drawing inside the page 222, two small marks on the edges of the front endpaper. The book is in GC with light shelf wear.223pp.Price un-clipped.Printed in UK by Clays. Cover illustration by Thomas… Read More

VGC. Chilton Book Company, 1965. Book Club Edition. Apparently a first book club edition with 1681 printed inside the bottom back flap and Book Club Edition printed at the bottom of the front flap. Red hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents and nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj cover (small tear, a couple of small chips, nicks and creases on the outer and inner edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with a b/w map. Jacket artwork by John Schoenherr. Nice and clean pages with a small mark and ink marks on the outer edges, small mark on the edges of the back endpaper, previous owner s label inside the front endpaper. The book is in VGC for its age with some shelf wear on the Dj cover. 532pp including Terminology of the Imperium, appendices I to IV. A collectable book. More photos available on request.
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Book Description: Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man… Read More

Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2017-2021. First UK edition-first printing of this house edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition. Bloomsbury, 2017-2021. Complete Slytherin House Edition set (books 1 to 7). First UK edition-first printing of this house edition (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Hardbacks (green lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj covers), both in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w drawings,map. Illustrations by Levi Pinfold. The books are new. Price un-clipped. Please note: This is heavy set (approx. 4 Kg). A collectable first edition-first printing of the Slytherin House Edition. Also available other house editions completed sets.

Near fine/VGC.George Allen and Unwin,1982/1979. The Lord of the Rings is eighth impression and The Hobbit is second impression of this special slipcase edition. Black hardbacks (gilt illustration on the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine, small mark, nick and scratch on the edges of the back cover for The Hobbit) in near fine condition, with original slipcases (small dents, nicks on the slipcases small tear and mark on the edges of the slipcase for The Hobbit, printed on the front of the slipcases) in VGC. No Dj cover as issued. Illustrated with colour plates , colour folded maps. Illustrations by H.E. Riddett. Nice and clean pages as new with Dappled green on the outer edges, a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean two volume set with light shelf wear on the slipcases.1479pp appendices, indexes, foreword, list of illustrations. A collectable and scarce deluxe edition set. Heavy books (approx. 1.9 Kg).