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Peter Beard
FRONT LAWN P.B., & THAKA, 1982 / LARGE CAPE BUFFALO, c.1954 | original polaroid with ink and blood, executed later.
£8,500.00 GBP
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Farid al-Din ‘Attar
Illuminated Manuscript Quatrain from Sufi poem Mantiq al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds) | 16th century, Central Asia, Bukhara.
£12,000.00 GBP
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Ian Fleming
You Only Live Twice | 1967, Original film script of Roald Dahls screenplay, produced by Eon Productions, dated 17 June, 1966.
£5,000.00 GBP £8,000.00
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Letter on languages, prejudices that can arise from names and more and a brilliant reference to Tolkien’s son and his father | 2nd October 1947, 6 pages, original handwritten & signed Tolkien letter.
£19,500.00 GBP
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Ian Fleming
Casino Royale | 1953, fine first edition, first impression with the first state dustjacket. Rare.
£50,000.00 GBP
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J.R.R. Tolkien
THE LORD OF THE RINGS | 1954 - 1955, first edition, first impression set with first state dustjackets.
£85,000.00 GBP
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Sherlock Holmes Letter | 10th January 1947, 7 ½ pages, original signed Tolkien letter in which we discover what Tolkien thought of Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle.
£20,000.00 GBP
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter's Wand | 2004 - 2010, original screen-used wand prop.
£40,000.00 GBP
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Star Wars
STAR WARS | 1977, International Style "A" First Print One-Sheet
£6,500.00 GBP
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Peter Beard
Janice Dickinson and Cheetah | 1985/2006, Original Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ink, Mixed Media & Found Object Collage.
£195,000.00 GBP
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J.R.R. Tolkien
The famous Galley Proof ‘snorter’ letter | 24th July 1953, original Tolkien letter to his publishers Allen & Unwin, typed, hand annotated & signed.
£28,500.00 GBP
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Peter Beard
Hippo and Hand | 1955/2006, Original Colour Photograph for The End of the Game, Ink, Snakeskin & Mixed Media Collage.
£350,000.00 GBP
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Bram Stoker
Dracula | 1897, first edition of one of the most sought after books in collecting.
£20,000.00 GBP
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Peter Beard
Lioness and Birds - From The End of The Game Series | 1995, original Peter Beard photomontage
£65,000.00 GBP
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Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1908, first illustrated edition, finely bound in French master binding.
£3,500.00 GBP
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Douglas Kirkland
Audrey Hepburn | Paris, 1965, signed, titled and dated, rare original photograph, framed and glazed.
£7,500.00 GBP
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William Osler
The Principles and Practice of Medicine | 1892, Rare First Edition, First Issue.
£8,500.00 GBP
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George R.R. Martin
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS (Game of Thrones) | 2011, signed first edition.
£400.00 GBP
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Bram Stoker
Dracula | 1897, first edition, Graham Greenes' copy, signed by Greene.
£35,000.00 GBP
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George R.R. Martin
A FEAST OF CROWS (Game of Thrones) | 2005, signed first edition.
£400.00 GBP
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Agatha Christie
Evil Under The Sun | 1941, first edition with the rare, unrestored dustjacket. The best example on the market.
£5,500.00 GBP
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George R.R. Martin
A STORM OF SWORDS | 2000, signed first edition in fine condition.
£2,000.00 GBP
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George R.R. Martin
A Clash of Kings | 1998, signed.
£1,000.00 GBP
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George R.R. Martin
A GAME OF THRONES | 1996, signed first edition in fine condition.
£3,500.00 GBP
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