Browse by Date—1900–1949

Hogarth Living Poets No 24: New Signatures
including W H Auden, Stephen Spender and Julian Bell
Michael Roberts, editor
The Hogarth Press, London, 1932
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

A small collection of a 1930s / 1940s amateur magician's paper ephemera
Howard J Rutter, including wartime concerts
Howard J Rutter
Not Published, Various, 1939
£20.00
Magic | Soft Cover | Signed Copies

Madame Yevonde signed society wedding bride photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies

Madame Yevonde signed society wedding photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies

Madame Yevonde signed society portrait photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Second World War naval portrait by Lafayette
Commander Julian Liddell
Lafayette
Lafayette, London, 1940
£20.00
Photography | Soft Cover

Madame Yevonde signed society portrait photograph
c1928, signed in pencil by Yevonde Middleton
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1928
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies

Life of an Indian Outpost
First edition, c1914
Major Gordon Casserly, of the Indian Army
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1914
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

Dream Children, A Reverie, and The Child Angel, A Dream
1902, two essays from Charles Lamb in an attractive leather binding
Charles Lamb
De La More Press, London, 1902
£30.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

The Valley of Eyes Unseen
An early lost race novel set in the Himalayas
Gilbert Collins
Duckworth & Co, London, 1923
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Mogreb-El-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco (with signed letter)
With a handwritten letter from R B Cunningham Graham pasted in
R B Cunningham Graham
Duckworth & Co, London, 1928
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies

Widsith, Beowulf, Finnsburgh, Waldere, Deor
C K Scott Moncrieff's translation "Done Into Common English After the Old Manner"
C K Scott Moncrieff, with an introduction by Viscount Northcliffe
Chapman & Hall, London, 1921
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

An Introduction to Dutch Art
This copy belonged to artist and illustrator Brian Robb
R H Wilenski
Faber & Gwyer, London, 1929
£30.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy

The Sun Queen & People of the Twilight
Two weird fiction first editions from H Kaner
Hyman Kaner, dustwrapper design by H W Perl
The Kaner Publishing Company, Llandudno, 1946
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Strange Adventure in the Life of Miss Laura Mildmay
J Sheridan Le Fanu's ghost story, including Madam Crowl's Ghost
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, introduction by Herbert Van Thal, frontispiece and wrapper by Felix Kelly
Home and Van Thal Ltd, London, 1947
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Marriage of Anne
1927, a Jazz Age romance from Concordia Merrel
Concordia Merrel, dustwrapper design by John Drew
George H Doran, New York, 1927
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Scots Kitchen
1931 (seventh impression); Its Traditions and Lore with Old-Time Recipes
F Marian McNeill
Blackie & Son, London & Glasgow, 1931
On Hold
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Mrs Kimber (Signed copy)
Signed by artist Mary Kessell, and Shell publicity maestro Jack Beddington
Osbert Sitwell, illustrated by Mary Kessell
Macmillan, London, 1937
£80.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper

A Rambler's Recollections & Reflections (Signed copy)
Signed by Alfred Capper, a magician and drawing-room entertainer
Alfred Capper
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1915
£40.00
Magic | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Julia, Daughter of Claudius
1927, Gertrude Trevelyan's first work and winner of the Newdigate Prize for poetry
Gertrude Eileen Trevelyan
Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1927
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A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake
1944, 1st US edition
Joseph Campbell, and Henry Morton Robinson
Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1944
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Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Poems of The Land Army
1945, An anthology of verse by members of the Women's Land Army
Vita Sackville-West, (foreword)
The Land Girl, London, 1945
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Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions

Vain Glory (Signed copy)
This copy signed by British bookseller Ben Weinreb. An anthology of Great War writing.
Guy Chapman, editor
Cassell, London, 1937
£35.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Electricalities
A superb cover on this guide to car electrics, c1935, by Joseph Lucas Ltd
Joseph Lucas Ltd
Joseph Lucas Ltd, Birmingham, 1935
£30.00
Transport | Soft Cover

A Dream Observed and Other Poems (Signed copy)
Signed by Anne Ridler and Roger Senhouse, with handwritten note by Tambimuttu
Anne Ridler
Poetry London, London, 1941
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Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy