Browse by Date—1950–
On Literature, Music and Philosophy
A selection of Andrei Zhdanov's speeches and reports
A A Zhdanov
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1950
£20.00
Essays | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Letters of Lewis Carroll
A very good set from Morton Cohen's own collection, with letter to MNC from C FitzSimons Allison
Morton N Cohen, with the assistance of Roger Lancelyn Green
Oxford University Press, New York, 1979
£50.00
Lewis Carroll | Hard Cover | First Editions | Slipcase
Lewis Carroll, A Biography
The first Japanese edition, in two volumes, and from Morton Cohen's own collection.
Morton N Cohen
Kawaru Shobo Shinsha, Tokyo, 1995
£30.00
Lewis Carroll | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Men of Gallipoli (Signed copy)
Signed by Peter Liddle to Thomas Spurgeon who served on the Ark Royal in the Gallipoli campaign
Peter Liddle
Allen Lane, London, 1976
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
James Herbert's Dark Places: Locations and Legends
The first printing, 1993
James Herbert, photographs by Paul Barkshire
HarperCollins, London, 1993
£20.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Eyewitness: Australian Ghosts (Signed copy)
Signed by Miriam Howard-Wright to British radio producer Piers Plowright
Miriam Howard-Wright
Artlook, Western Australia, 1980
£20.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Painted Fans of Japan, 15 Noh Drama Masterpieces
Bound in silk and shaped like a fan
Reiko Chiba
Charles E Tuttle, Vermont & Tokyo, 1974
£12.00
Art | Hard Cover
Cinema Dadiste et Surrealiste
with the bookplate of English Surrealist and bibliophile John Lyle
Alain Sayag, and Claire Blanchon
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1978
£20.00
Film & Theatre | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Black Book
Lawrence Durrell's third novel, the 2nd edition of 1959, Olympia Press
Lawrence Durrell
The Olympia Press, Paris, 1959
£15.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Dustwrapper
Something And Nothing—Tales From The Wedding Present: Vol Two
Signed by David Lewis Gedge, Terry de Castro and Lee Thacker
David Lewis Gedge, with Terry de Castro and Jessica McMillan, adapted and illustrated by Lee Thacker, additional editing by Karl Kathuria
Scopitones, Brighton, 2022
£50.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
About Britain, complete in 13 volumes
Geoffrey Grogson's series, published for the Festival of Britain in 1951
Geoffrey Grigson, editor and author (of two)
Collins, London, 1951
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Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Two books on Rex Whistler
Rex Whistler's War, and Rex Whistler—The Triumph of Fancy
Jeremy Spencer-Smith, and Stephen Calloway
Various, London & Brighton, 1994
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Dr No
1958, the first printing of the sixth James Bond novel
Ian Fleming
Jonathan Cape, London, 1958
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Diary of Frida Kahlo, An Intimate Self-Portrait
1995, the first printing of this edition
Frida Kahlo, introduction by Carlos Fuentes, essay and commentaries by Sarah M Lowe
Abrams, New York, 1995
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Wombles at Work
1973, the first edition
Elisabeth Beresford, illustrated by Margaret Gordon
Ernest Benn, London, 1973
£15.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Jazz, An Introduction to its Musical Basis (Signed copy)
Signed by Avril Dankworth
Avril Dankworth
Oxford University Press, London, 1975
£15.00
Music | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
The Empire of Min
1954, first edition, Edward Shafer's study of Chinese history AD907–960
Edward H Schafer
Charles E Tuttle, Rutland, VT, 1954
£32.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Chasing Winter, A Journey to the Pole of Cold (Signed copy)
Signed by Felicity Aston
Felicity Aston, edited by Paul Deegan
Helvetis Books, London, 2014
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Wakefield Mystery Plays
1961, first edition, a complete translation of the cycle of 32 plays
Martial Rose, editor
Evans Brothers, London, 1961
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Kicking Against the Pricks, A Theatre Producer Looks Back
with a signed postcard from Oscar Lewenstein to set designer Douglas Heap
Oscar Lewenstein
Nick Hern Books, London, 1994
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Film & Theatre | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Return of the Shadow
1989, 1st/2nd, the history of The Lord of the Rings, part one
J R R Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien
Unwin Hyman, London, 1989
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Sam Pig Storybook
1965, first edition, with 35 Sam Pig stories
Alison Uttley, illustrated by Cecil Leslie
Faber & Faber, London, 1965
£25.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Normal People
The true first printing of 2018
Sally Rooney
Faber & Faber, London, 2018
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Masquerade; The Lives of Noel Coward (Signed copy)
Signed by Oliver Soden
Oliver Soden
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2023
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now: Seven Scenes from the Life of a House
A sumptuous history of the Derbyshire house
John-Paul Stonard, foreword by The Duke of Devonshire & The Duchess of Devonshire photography by Victoria Hely-Hutchinson, Art Direction by Huw Morgan
Particular Books, London, 2021
£25.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
