Rare & First Edition Books — Peter Harrington

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Our team is always searching for the most intriguing and exciting new material. Click the link below to see what's fresh to our shelves this week.

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WILLIAMS, Charles. The Greater Trumps.
£1,950.00

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MANDELA, Nelson. A Prisoner in the Garden.
£3,750.00

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MANDELA, Nelson, and others. Voices from Robben Island.
£5,750.00

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MANDELA, Nelson, and others. Reflections in Prison. Edited by Mac Maharaj.
£6,250.00

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MANDELA, Nelson. A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles.
£3,000.00

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MONAHAN, Michael. Dry America.
£575.00

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MANDELA, Nelson - SMITH, Charlene. Mandela.
£5,000.00

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GROSZ, George. Ecce Homo.
£2,500.00

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DENTON, Sherman Foote. As Nature Shows Them, Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains.
£3,750.00

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NIXON, Richard. Seize the Moment.
£500.00

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A selection of illustrated rare books celebrating the arrival of spring

Signs of Spring

Spring has captured the imagination of so many artists and writers across centuries and cultures. Browse our shelves to relish the new season with books that evoke its hopeful spirit.

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Unseen sketches of Winnie-the-Pooh

Visit our special selling exhibition of previously unseen preliminary sketches of Winnie-the-Pooh by E. H. Shepard, emerging from the Shepard family for the first time - on display at our Dover Street gallery from April 17-27.

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Rare books preserving ancient traditions, from fairy stories to folk music

Learn the Lore

From fairy stories to folk music, reach back to a time before the printed word by browsing books which preserve ancient traditions and rituals that continue to resonate today.

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Catalogues and Fairs

TEFAF Maastricht

For our exhibition at TEFAF Maastricht this year, we presented a constellation of exceptional works, ranging across printing's dialogue with art, landmarks of intellectual history, and encounters between discovery and imagination.

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The Lives and Literature of Women

Our latest catalogue is full of philosophies and stories that delight and inspire us, whether that of the final calligraphic character in The Tale of Genji or that used by the Suffrage Atelier to print their satirical woodblock poster.

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illustrations by the Chinese Picasso, Qi Baishi

Spring

We're delighted to share our latest seasonal catalogue of new discoveries, including a collection of colourful illustrations by "the Chinese Picasso", Qi Baishi, and an elaborately bound set of works by Shakespeare from the Belle Époque era.

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