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Peter Harrington - Chelsea

Peter HarringtonEstablished in 1969, Peter Harrington has become one of the leading rare books firms in the world. With a stock of fine books from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries in a broad range of subjects, in the past few years we have sourced and sold such outstanding items as:

James Joyce, Ulysses, one of 100 copies on Dutch paper, in the original wrappers.
Shakespeare first folio, 1623.
Virginia Woolf’s pocket engagement diaries for eight years including that for the final year of her life.
The Columbus letter: Epistola Christofori Colom: (Rome, Stephan Plannck, 1493), the corrected Latin edition of the first printed announcement of the discovery of the American continent.
The publisher's copy of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn: "the first copy ever bound", with a unique autograph draft of Clemens’s unused dedication.

Peter Harrington  Our customer service includes not only sales advice but commission bidding at auctions, library projects and others. We regularly produce fully-illustrated catalogues featuring our newest acquisitions. Each entry is fully described and carries our unconditional guarantee. We provide both domestic and international shipping and accept all major credit cards.

We offer the finest quality original first editions, rare books, fine bindings and library sets. Contemporary prints, maps, views, photography, and original artwork are at our gallery. We also sell first editions in fine leather bindings by the Chelsea Bindery.

Peter Harrington
100 Fulham Road
Chelsea
London SW3 6HS

Tel: 020 7591 0220
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Website: www.peterharrington.co.uk

Opening hours: Mon-Sat 10.00-6.00.

 

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wells mr britling

‘The best book written during this accused war' (GORKY)

First edition in Russian in book form (it was serialized in Letopis’ in the second half of 1916) of Mr Britling sees it through (1916), in Gorky’s words ‘the best, most daring, truthful, and humane book written in Europe during the course of this accursed war’ (Selected Letters, 1997, p. 195).

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Olympia 2012. The ABA's London International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held in the superb National Hall at Olympia. The National Hall provides the Fair with much more space – both for circulation and more stands. ¶ Read more...

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