Recent Additions
A Treasury of War Poetry
Two volumes, 1917 & 1919, a comprehensive collection of verse
George Herbert Clarke, editor
Houghton, Mifflin & Co, Boston, 1917
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
Early to Rise, A Suffolk morning
Agricultural life in Suffolk in the 1930s
Hugh Barrett, illustrated by Roderic Barrett
Faber & Faber, London, 1967
£20.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Below Scafell
Farming life in Eskdale
Dudley Hoys, illustrated by Lynton Lamb
Oxford University Press, London, 1955
£12.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Norman Cornish, A Shot Against Time
A study of the Spennymoor artist
Mara-Helen Wood, editor, with essays by William Feaver, William Varley, Michael Chaplin and Dr Gail-Nina Anderson
Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010
£28.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Whathisname
The Life and Death of Charles Hawtrey
Wes Butters
Tomahawk Press, Sheffield, 2010
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Memoirs of Edward, Earl of Sandwich 1839–1916
1919, first edition of the peers memoirs
Mrs Steuart Erskine
John Murray, London, 1919
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Alice in Wonderland
A 1981 pop-up up
Lewis Carroll
Brown Watson, Barcelona, 1981
£20.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Illustrators of Alice
Graham Ovenden edits a study of the illustrations to Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Graham Ovenden, editor, with an introduction by John Davies
Academy Editions, London, 1972
£12.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Cone-Gatherers (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by Robin Jenkins
Robin Jenkins
Penguin Books, London, 1985
£60.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Stalking the Zombie
A John Justin Mallory Mystery Collection
Mike Resnick
American Fantasy, Woodstock, Illinois, 2012
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Twopence to Cross the Mersey
1974, Helen Forrester's account of growing up in 1930s Liverpool
Helen Forrester, dustwrapper by Pauline Martin
Jonathan Cape, London, 1974
£17.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Original architectural watercolour
A finely detailed Georgian building
Tony Townsend
Not Published, n.d.
£40.00
Artwork | Soft Cover
Original watercolour of Carcassonne from the air
A detailed original illustration
Tony Townsend
Not stated, n.d.
£40.00
Artwork | Soft Cover | Hand-painted
The National History and Views of London and its Environs
1835, volume 2, with 270 engravings on 54 pages
C F Partington, editor
Black and Armstrong, London, 1835
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Diamond Guide for the Stranger in Paris
1889, a comprehensive guide to Paris with superb advertisements
Paul Joanne
Libraire Hachette, Paris & London, 1889
£40.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover
Five books on Archibald McIndoe / The Guinea Pig Club
including one signed by McIndoe's daughter and six members of the GPC
Guinea Pig Club, see below for details
Various, London, n.d.
£60.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Mixed Editions
How the Worcesters Saved the Day, Gheluvelt, 31 October 1914
1915, a rare account from the First Battle of Ypres
Not stated
Worcestershire County Council, Worcester, 1915
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions
Wild Lone, The Story of a Pytchley Fox
1938, first edition, illustrated by the author
BB, illustrated by D J Watkins-Pitchford
Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1938
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Lorna Doone
c1900, two volumes in a delightful red cloth binding
R D Blackmore
The John C Winston Co, Philadelphia, 1900
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
Hungarian Tragedy
Peter Fryer's account of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Peter Fryer
Dennis Dobson, London, 1956
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
A Room with a View (Signed copy)
A rare example signed by E M Forster directly to the title page
E M Forster
Edward Arnold, London, 1952
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper
The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain
1899, Anne Pratt's classic botanical title, revised by Edward Step and with 315 colour plates in four volumes
Anne Pratt, revised by Edward Step
Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1899
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Natural History | Hard Cover | First thus
A Short Account of the British Encampments
Lying Between the Rivers Rheidol and Llyfnant, in the County of Cardigan, and their Connection with the Mines (1866)
J G Williams
D Jenkins / The Observer Offices, Aberystwyth, 1866
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
The First World War in Africa (Signed copy)
Signed by Hew Strachan to historian Anne Powell
Hew Strachan
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
£20.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
The Outbreak of the First World War (Signed copy)
Signed by Hew Strachan to historian Anne Powell
Hew Strachan
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
£20.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies