Rare books from Lucius Books

London: John Calder. 1978. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A fine tight copy in fine dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to the title page. Scarce thus. The author and film maker's seventh novel and considered by many to be his most important. A key work of the "Nouveau Roman". Provenance: The signature was obtained by the previous owner in person at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith on the 26th November 1983. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Michael Joseph. 1969. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent better than very good copy, a little bumped to the spine tips, the contents clean and bright. Complete with the very good rubbed and ever so slightly nicked dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. This collection was later reprinted as "Tales of the Unexpected" to coincide with the Anglia Television Series. Inscribed by Roald Dahl in blue ink on the front free endpaper, "To Paul / with luck and lots of good wishes from Roald" underneath which Dahl's wife has inscribed "+ Patricia Neal Dahl (me too!!!)". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Collins. [c.1953]. Suite of 14 original pen, ink and watercolour drawings for "Three Jolly Friends". Mounted. Cam's early draft of what would later be published as The Three Jolly Boatmen. Comprising 4 full-page drawings (measuring 24 x 19 cms) and 10 double-page spreads (24 x 37 cms), a few with manuscript text in the author's hand below the illustration. Two illustrations with small adhesions where the artist has fixed redrawn items of clothing, then removed them. There are two different designs for the title page, both retaining the working title of Three Jolly Friends. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

New York: Gagosian Gallery. 2009. First edition. First edition. Signed by the artist. Original white photo-illustrated boards with titles in black. Large 4to. 6 pages, illustrated throughout. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Signed by Richard Prince on the front endpaper. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd. 2004. First edition. First edition. Signed by Olivia Harrison. Deluxe limited edition, this being number 296 of just 350 copies. Publisher's original orange half leather with orange cloth featuring gilt title and a blue stamped mandala design to the upper board and gilt title to the spine. All edges gilt. Illustrated with black and white and colour photographs throughout. With contributions from Paul Theroux, Eric Clapton, Joe Brown, Terry Gilliam, Tom Hanks, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Eric Idle, Gary Brooker, Olivia and Dhani Harrison, and many more. Housed in a silk-screened orange cloth-covered, padded folding solander box with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. Inside a pocket in the box is an original Concert For George programme from the Royal Albert Hall bound in an embossed cover and fastened with an orange silk ribbon; as well as four laminated back-stage passes, a poster with facsimile signatures of many of the musicians involved, and two… Read More

London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1893-1896. First edition. First edition. Six volumes. Publisher's original pictorial brown cloth with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Illustrated with 72 colour chromolithographic tissue-guarded plates and 1,600 black and white engravings. Contained within its original wooden (likely walnut) case with gilt-titled pediment; the top with hinges, lifting to access the books. A very good set, the bindings square and firm with a small nick to the head of the spine of volume two, a little wear to the the spine edge of volume three, some minor bumping to the corners and a little rubbing to the extremities. Water staining to the contents of volume three, with attendant rippling to the pages, and a touch of the same to the head of the contents of volume five. The contents of the other volumes with occasional light foxing and the odd mark are otherwise in very good order and remain free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. The case itself, which… Read More

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers. 1966. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Inscribed by Tove Jansson, who adds an original drawing for the highly influential Swedish author and critic Stig Ahlgren. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine and a gilt design to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout by Tove Jansson with colour and black and white in-text illustrations. Text in Swedish. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good, rubbed, nicked and marked dustwrapper that has several short closed tears at the edges and a small chip at the middle of the upper panel. Inscribed by Tove Jansson in black ink on the front endpaper with a fine original drawing of Alice holding a flower "Till Stig Ahlgren / av en beundrarinna - illustratören -66"… Read More

London: Cassell and Company Ltd. 1949-1954. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Six volumes. Recent full navy blue morocco with titles in gilt to the spine and a facsimile of Churchill's signature in gilt to the upper board of each volume. Hand-sewn endbands. All edges gilt. Illustrated with maps (some folding) and diagrams throughout. A fine set, the bindings clean and square, the contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. A beautifully bound first edition of the British Prime Minister's monumental, highly readable history of the Second World War. (Cohen A240.4; Woods A123(b)). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press. 1892. First edition. First edition. One of 200 copies printed on Flower paper. 8vo. Publisher's original stiff vellum with silk ties, yapp edges and titles in gilt to the spine. Page edges untrimmed, with numerous quires unopened. Printed in Golden type, the first chapter with woodcut foliate initial and border and each subsequent chapter opening with woodcut foliate initials by Hooper after Morris, woodcut press device after Morris on colophon leaf. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight with a just a very minor bump to the foot of the spine and a touch of dust-soiling to the vellum. The contents with a little toning to the preliminary pages and occasionally elsewhere are otherwise clean and bright throughout. An attractive copy.� Mackail was a classical scholar, translator of the Aeneid, literary critic and poet. His links with the Kelmscott Press were strong: he married the painter Edward Burne-Jones' daughter Margaret in 1888 and was commissioned… Read More

London: Macmillan and Company Ltd. 1924. First combined edition, on thin paper. First combined edition, on thin paper. Handsomely bound in full red crushed morocco with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. All edges gilt. Hand-sewn endbands. Housed in a red cloth slipcase. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and line drawings throughout. Publisher's cloth bound in at the rear. A superb fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. A beautifully presented first edition of the adventures of Mowgli and friends. A classic of nineteenth century children's literature. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Methuen and Company Ltd. 1908. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration and title to the front and spine, in the supplied first printing dustwrapper. Top edge gilt. Black and white frontispiece by Graham Robertson, complete with tissue guard, as issued. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing at the extremities. The contents, with some spotting to the endpapers and deckled edge are otherwise clean througout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rare first printing dustwrapper that is chipped with a little loss to the spine ends and corners with thin archival tissue paper strengthening to the underside at the folds. Correctly priced 6/- to the upper panel (subsequent editions were published at 7/6). Housed in a bespoke quarter green morocco solander case. An excellent example of this classic of children's literature and a genuine rarity in the first printing… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall. 1938. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original snakeskin effect cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the first state dustwrapper. A superb fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without foxing, inscriptions or stamps. Publisher's postcard loosely laid in. Complete with the exceptionally bright, very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny nicks at the fold corners and a faint stain to the right edge of the upper panel. Not price-clipped (7s 6d net to the lower front flap). Retaining the original publisher issued wraparound band. Housed in a bespoke black cloth solander case. A stellar example of the earliest state of the first edition (with the '8' in the publication date indistinct and "as" the last word on page 88), in the uncommon first issue dustwrapper. This dustwrapper was quickly withdrawn after the threat of legal… Read More

Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd. 1980. First edition. First edition. Signed by George Harrison. Publisher's original black half leather, with five raised bands and gilt titles and decorations to the spine, a gilt guitar illustration to the upper board, and a gilt reproduction of Harrison's signature to the lower board. All edges gilt. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of handwritten lyrics throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents bright and clean throughout. Housed in black buckram slipcase with a title label to the upper board. Limited edition of 2000 copies, this example numbered 1422 and signed by George Harrison in black ink on the limitation page. This beautifully produced volume contains 83 of George's song lyrics printed in facsimile with the story behind each one in the composer's own words. I Me Mine was the first of several collaborations between the Beatle and Genesis Publications. Further details and images for any of the items… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton. August 1942. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original light blue cloth with black titles to upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with line drawings throughout by Eileen A. Soper. A very good copy, the binding firm with the usual bumping of the thin boards and mottling to the blue cloth. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front endpaper and only the occasional foxing spot are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has a few tiny nicks at the spine tips and a single short closed tear (without loss) to the lower spine fold. The dustwrapper remains very clean and bright, albeit heavily faded to the red lettering on the spine, and entirely without repair or restoration. Not price-clipped (5/- net to the lower front flap). An attractive, unsophisticated example, scarce thus. The first edition, first printing of the first adventure of the Famous Five. (Summerfield, Tony: Enid… Read More

London: William Heinemann. 1911. First UK edition in book form and the first Charles Robinson illustrated edition, first printing. First UK edition in book form and the first Charles Robinson illustrated edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with titles and illustrations in gilt to the upper board and spine. Top edge green. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with 8 beautiful full page colour plates by Charles Robinson complete with captioned tissue guards, as well as a black and white design to the title page and a vignette to the half title. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and firm with just minor rubbing to the extremities, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's inscription to the half title are otherwise clean throughout. All of the plates and tissue guards remain in fine condition. The green top edge is bright and without fading. A lovely example in entirely original condition, scarce thus. The Secret Garden was… Read More