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Harry Potter Series, Complete Deluxe Set -
J. K. Rowling
1999-2008 - Bloomsbury, London - All First Deluxe Editions, First Printing, in Deluxe Bindings, with the three supplemental works
Together ten volumes, all fine, as new.
First editions of the deluxe edition. Seven volumes in the publisher’s harlequin cloth, with gilt decoration, illustrations to upper covers, and all edges gilt. The complete series - The Philosopher's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of Azkaban; The Goblet of Fire; The Order of The Phoenix; The Half-Blood Prince; and The Deathly Hallows.
Together with three additional volumes - Quidditch Through the Ages; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; and The Tales of Beedle The Bard. All first editions (two paperback originals, one hardcover) housed in a bespoke collector's folding box, fleece-lined within and titled in gilt to spine, designed to match the deluxe bindings.
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Price HK$ 50,000
1999-2008 - Bloomsbury, London - All First Deluxe Editions, First Printing, in Deluxe Bindings, with the three supplemental works
Together ten volumes, all fine, as new. First editions of the deluxe edition. Seven volumes in the publisher’s harlequin cloth, with gilt decoration, illustrations to upper covers, and all edges gilt. The complete series - The Philosopher's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of Azkaban; The Goblet of Fire; The Order of The Phoenix; The Half-Blood Prince; and The Deathly Hallows.
Together with three additional volumes - Quidditch Through the Ages; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; and The Tales of Beedle The Bard. All first editions (two paperback originals, one hardcover) housed in a bespoke collector's folding box, fleece-lined within and titled in gilt to spine, designed to match the deluxe bindings.
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Price HK$ 50,000
Black Beauty. The Autobiography of a Horse -
Anna Sewell, Cecil Aldin (illustrator)
1912 - Jarrold Publishers (London) Limited, London - First Edition Illustrated by Aldin
Illustrated by Eighteen Plates in Colour Specially Drawn For This Edition by Cecil Aldin, together with additional black and white illustrations.
A handsomely illustrated and finely bound edition of Anna Sewell’s classic and only novel, the first major animal story in children’s literature, first published in 1877.
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Price HK$ 5,500
1912 - Jarrold Publishers (London) Limited, London - First Edition Illustrated by Aldin
Illustrated by Eighteen Plates in Colour Specially Drawn For This Edition by Cecil Aldin, together with additional black and white illustrations.A handsomely illustrated and finely bound edition of Anna Sewell’s classic and only novel, the first major animal story in children’s literature, first published in 1877.
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A Child's Garden of Verses -
Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Robinson (illustrator)
1912 - John Lane, London - New Edition
A finely bound, delightful compilation of illustrated poems and verses from beloved children’s author, Robert Louis Stevenson, recalling the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to flying through the air on a swing and being tucked into bed for a night of sweet dreams. With stunning art-nouveau illustrations and decorations throughout by Charles Robinson.
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1912 - John Lane, London - New Edition
A finely bound, delightful compilation of illustrated poems and verses from beloved children’s author, Robert Louis Stevenson, recalling the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to flying through the air on a swing and being tucked into bed for a night of sweet dreams. With stunning art-nouveau illustrations and decorations throughout by Charles Robinson.
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The Ship That Sailed to Mars. A Fantasy -
William Timlin
1923 - George G. Harrap &, London - First Edition
Beware, for there is magic within this large tome. A beautiful first edition of William Timlin’s wonderful, lavishly illustrated tale of fantasy and adventure, The Ship That Sailed to Mars, featuring 48 stunning mounted colour plates accompanying 48 mounted leaves of equally gorgeous calligraphic text also by Timlin. In the publisher’s stunningly gilt decorated vellum and paper binding.
Begun as a project to distract his young son, architect William M. Timlin’s masterpiece tells the story of a courageous Old Man, who despite dissuasion from scientists and astronomers, sets about designing himself a ship to sail to Mars. With the help of the Elf King’s favourite metalworker, and a lot of fairies, he eventually completes building his vessel, launching his marvellous machine into the skies, and encountering all manner of creatures – enchanting and otherwise – on his magical journey to Mars.
An exceptional example of one of an estimated 550 copies of the first edition [see note].
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Price HK$ 28,000
1923 - George G. Harrap &, London - First Edition
Beware, for there is magic within this large tome. A beautiful first edition of William Timlin’s wonderful, lavishly illustrated tale of fantasy and adventure, The Ship That Sailed to Mars, featuring 48 stunning mounted colour plates accompanying 48 mounted leaves of equally gorgeous calligraphic text also by Timlin. In the publisher’s stunningly gilt decorated vellum and paper binding.Begun as a project to distract his young son, architect William M. Timlin’s masterpiece tells the story of a courageous Old Man, who despite dissuasion from scientists and astronomers, sets about designing himself a ship to sail to Mars. With the help of the Elf King’s favourite metalworker, and a lot of fairies, he eventually completes building his vessel, launching his marvellous machine into the skies, and encountering all manner of creatures – enchanting and otherwise – on his magical journey to Mars.
An exceptional example of one of an estimated 550 copies of the first edition [see note].
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Price HK$ 28,000
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) -
Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]
1885 - Charles L. Webster, New York - First Edition, first printing, in earliest state.
A finely bound first edition of a quintessential classic of 19th century American literature. Illustrated throughout. Following the classic 'boy's own' adventures of the promising young gent Tom Sawyer, Twain here attempts a more mature, somewhat darker picture of a less privileged American childhood on the mighty Mississippi. Regarded by many as a cornerstone of American literature, it confronts issues such as slavery in a sympathetic yet humorously sardonic tone which belonged to Twain alone.
‘We catched fish and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that we laughed—only a little kind of a low chuckle. We had mighty good weather as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us at all—that night, nor the next, nor the next.’
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Price HK$ 38,000
1885 - Charles L. Webster, New York - First Edition, first printing, in earliest state.
A finely bound first edition of a quintessential classic of 19th century American literature. Illustrated throughout. Following the classic 'boy's own' adventures of the promising young gent Tom Sawyer, Twain here attempts a more mature, somewhat darker picture of a less privileged American childhood on the mighty Mississippi. Regarded by many as a cornerstone of American literature, it confronts issues such as slavery in a sympathetic yet humorously sardonic tone which belonged to Twain alone.‘We catched fish and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that we laughed—only a little kind of a low chuckle. We had mighty good weather as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us at all—that night, nor the next, nor the next.’
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The Pothunters, Tales of St. Austin's, The Gold Bat, The Head of Kay's - and - The White Feather. -
P. G. Wodehouse
1972 to 1974 - Souvenir Press, London - First Souvenir Press Editions
‘Wodehouse in these early fables of inky fags and study fires at dusk, unwittingly released distant echoes of diaphanous lunacies to come....
Across the gulf of seventy years we perceive the authentic ambience’. - Benny Green, The Spectator.
Four novels and one set of short stories encapsulating Wodehouse’s writing on boarding school life, the sports, camaraderie, Latin teachers, high jinks, and jolly good adventures. Starting with Wodehouse’s first published novel ‘The Pothunters’ which was initially released in 1902 and dedicated ‘To Joan, Effie and Ernestine Bowes-Lyon’, first cousins to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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1972 to 1974 - Souvenir Press, London - First Souvenir Press Editions
‘Wodehouse in these early fables of inky fags and study fires at dusk, unwittingly released distant echoes of diaphanous lunacies to come.... Across the gulf of seventy years we perceive the authentic ambience’. - Benny Green, The Spectator.
Four novels and one set of short stories encapsulating Wodehouse’s writing on boarding school life, the sports, camaraderie, Latin teachers, high jinks, and jolly good adventures. Starting with Wodehouse’s first published novel ‘The Pothunters’ which was initially released in 1902 and dedicated ‘To Joan, Effie and Ernestine Bowes-Lyon’, first cousins to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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Price HK$ 1,500