Rare books from Contact Editions

London: Whishart & Co., 1933. Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth. First English Edition. 8vo. Revised English edition, preceded by the Contact edition. Some discolouration to cloth along edges, spine slightly cocked, foxing to outside edges of pages; former owner's signature and date to front pastedown. Dust-jacket browning slightly with spine darkened and some foxing to edge rear flap; 4 cm closed tear to bottom edge of front panel, some paper loss at head and heel of spine and corners; light scratch to rear and overall light dust soil..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. Book. About Fine.. Leather and Buckram. 1st Limited Edition. Large Octavo. One Quarter dark brown pigskin over light brown buckram. Limited edition of 315 copies only of which this is #123. This is the abridged version of Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom which he did in order to pay the bills. Much tighter limitation than the limiteds of Seven Pillars done in 1935, it is rare thus. Other limiteds of Seven Pillars are either impossible to find or impossibly priced. Lacks the dust wrapper. Evidence of label removal from the ffep and half title but is otherwise fine but for slight edgewear..

London: Michael Joseph, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Green topstain. Yellow endpages. Dustjacket is slightly soiled with wear to outer extremities and a little paper loss to outer corners and head and heel of spine. 'V' shaped chip to lower edge of rear panel, closed tear to lower edge of front panel..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. Book. Near Fine. Red Cloth. 1st U.K. Edition. Octavo. Cowley's famous book about the expatriates and their art in Paris in the 20's. A very sharp copy in an almost fine dust jacket with some small nicks at the corners and edges. Much scarcer than the U.S. edition. "Hemingway, Gitzgerald, Dos Passos, Cummings, Josephson, Crane, Wilson - these men are representative members of what has come to be called the Lost Generation." - dj flap..

London: J. M. Dent, 1899. Book. Very Good. Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo. Forty (40) volumes in full brown morocco gilt. Top edge gilt. Gilt dentelles with art nouveau floral design. Linen endpapers and ribbon marker. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is #356. Each volume with notes and illustrated glossary. Bookplate affixed to front endaper of each volume. Some wear and scuffing to top of spines otherwise a very desirable and uncommon set..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Teal cloth, gilt, with slight bumps at the heel and foot of the spine. Wrapped in a pictorial dust jacket, soiled at top edge with a pinhole and soiling on the spine, tape on the back of the heel and foot and other tears similarly repaired. Overall a very good jacket with competent restoration. Clean interior. The American Library Association lists this dystopian title among its 100 most banned books, and it regularly makes lists of the best books of all time..

London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1926. Book. Illus. by Vivien Gribble. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quarter vellum spine, gilt, lightly soiled and creased on top, and slightly bumped on the bottom. Covers are marbled boards, bumped corners. Limited edition (325 copies), signed by the author on the limited edition page. Residue inside front and rear cover and yellowing to the first blank page after. Frontis protected by tissue. Text block clean. 41 wood engravings by Vivien Gribble. Fold-out map of Wessex at the rear of the book, featuring a red border. Printed on rice paper in a small 4to format. Lacks rare dust jacket. This limited edition of his acclaimed novel was published two years after the story's stage debut and just two years before Hardy died..

london: Jonathan Cape, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettered black cloth with Gold eyes on the blind stamped skull on front panel. Wrapped in price clipped dust jacket. The 7th Bond book and the third to be filmed. Jacket worn at extremities but overall a very nice copy..

London: Hodder and Stoughton Book. Illus. by Kay Nielsen. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Beautiful pictorial vellum, gilt, minor soiling to the spine. Limited edition (#206 of 500), signed by the artist on the limitations page. Front free endpaper soiled, but otherwise a clean interior. (x), 197pp. n.d., c1924. Contains twelve tipped-in colour plates, protected with tissue guards with captions detailing where the illustration is taken from, plus many b&w drawings in Nielsen's art deco style. Held in a custom slipcase..

London: Siegle, Hill & Co., 1910. Book. Illus. by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Vellum binding, gorgeously gilt in a peacock design, with a brown title label. Faint soiling and spotting on the covers and spine. Limited edition (#150 of 550), printed on handmade paper, and double-signed by the illustrators and binders on the limitations page. Aside from browning page edges, interior is crisp and clean. N.pag. but 116 pages. Introduction by A.C. Benson. Contained in a newly made slipcase. This is one of Sangorski and Sutcliffe's most well-known bindings..

Twentieth Century Fox, 1958. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue duotang like wraps bound with brad nails. Titles in black. Script for the eventual film The Fly starring Vincent Price. Listed as FINAL with #175 on the front cover. 121 mimeographed pages with blue revision pages inserted.The screenplay by Clavell is 5 years before his first book King Rat in 1963. Wear to edges with creases and shallow tears. Uncommon.

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. Book. Illus. by Ernest H . Shepard. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. Small Octavo. Gilt lettered light red cloth in dust jacket. Top edge gilt.Just about the nicest copy of this book we have seen A little offset on the endpapers and a short tear to jacket on rear panel o/w fine. The final installment of the Pooh books. "So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his Bear will always be playing. ".

Irvine, CA: Suntup Editions, 2019. Book. Illus. by Magdalena Kaczan. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author/ Illustrators. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mottled brown scaled spine on brown cloth boards, gilt. Interior crisp and clean. Limited edition (50 of 281), signed by the author and the artist on the limitations page. Contains 11 colour illustrations. Held in a devilishly beautiful, two-part, leather and gilt slipcase. This story was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in 2010 and turned into a 2013 film starring Daniel Radcliffe..

London: Jacob Tonson, 1683. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition. Set of five thick volumes. Full leather, gilt, spotted covers, scuffed joints and spines, rubbed edges, and bumped corners, heads and heels. Scuffs to the front and rear of (ii), wormhole to rear of (iii), scratches to the front and dampstain rear of (v). All edges coloured red. Bookplates inside covers, declaring the set to be from the library of George Winant. Some writing on the endpapers, occasional faint foxing, and occasional spotting, especially towards the end of volume (v), but overall the text block is remarkably clean. The first volume has quotes from Seneca and Montaigne handwritten on the front free endpaper and first blank, respectively. (i) 656, (ii) 688, (iii) 686, (iv) 712, (v) 764pp. Winant was the U.S. ambassador to the U.K. and the lover of Churchill's daughter. John Dryden was appointed England's first Poet Laureate, as well as being a… Read More

New York: Random House, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Set of three volumes. Dust jackets slightly sunned and soiled, (i) rough and chipped at top, line at bottom front, (ii) faint dampstains at bottom, outer edge worn through, scuff marks on front and spine. First edition, signed by the author on a blank sheet between the half-title and the title page. (i) Bookplate and brown mark bottom p82-83, (iii) soiling to the top page edges, o/w clean. Unclipped first state dust jackets, priced $10.00, $12.50 and $20.00. .