Recent Additions
Afropean, Notes from Black Europe (Signed copy)
Signed by Johny Pitts
Johny Pitts
Allen Lane, London, 2019
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Foster in View
A 2009 study of the work of architect Norman Foster
Ben Johnson, with Norman Foster, Charles Jencks, and Mel Gooding. Edited by David Jenkins.
Prestel, London, 2005
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions
Plankton in Ton (Signed copy)
Signed by the botanical artist Amedeo Baumgartner
Amedeo Baumgartner
Ed. Howeg, Zurich, 2005
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
8 books by C Henry Warren
Books on the English countryside, illustrators include C F Tunnicliffe and Thomas Hennell
C Henry Warren, illustrated by C F Tunnicliffe, Thomas Hennell, Charkes Stewart etc
Various, London, n.d.
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Natural History | Hard Cover | Mixed Editions
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
Peeps at Politicians
1930, first edition of Ellen Wilkinson's caricatures of colleagues and opposition
Ellen Wilkinson, MP, preface by Oliver Baldwin, MP, and caricatures by Low, Matt, and Horrabin
Philip Allan, London, 1930
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Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Tales of Terror and Wonder
1887, a compendium of Gothic ballads collected by Matthew Gregory
Matthew Gregory Lewis, with an introduction by Henry Morley
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1887
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus
To-morrow for Apricots
c1930, an early Ursula Bloom title in original wrapper
Ursula Bloom
Hutchinson, London, 1930
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Passing of the Third Floor Back and other stories
1909, in a rare early dustwrapper
Jerome K Jerome
Hurst & Blackett, London, 1909
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
Lessons from 100 Notes Made in Peace and War
1914, and owned by Colin Buchanan, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Lieut.-Gen. E A H Alderson
Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1914
£25.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Association Copy
Selected Poems
1928, first edition of this collection of Ezra Pound's poetry
Ezra Pound, edited with an introduction by T S Eliot
Faber & Gwyer, London, 1928
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
On Freedom
1911, politician and poet Godfrey Locker Lampson's study of freedom
Godfrey Locker Lampson
Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1911
£20.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State
1946 edition of Engel's 1884 classic work
Frederick Engels, in the light of researches of Lewis H Morgan
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1946
£12.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover
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
All Quiet on the Western Front
First American printing of 1929 in original first state unlipped dustwrapper
Erich Maria Remarque, translated by A W Wheen. Dustwrapper by Paul Wenck.
Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1929
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Fiction | Hard Cover | 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
The Cambridge History of the British Empire
Volume VIII: South Africa, Rhodesia and the Protectorates (1936)
A P Newton, and E A Benions (general editors), Eric A Walker (Advisor in South Africa)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1936
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Cambridge History of the British Empire
Volume VII, Canada and Newfoundland (1930)
J Holland Rose, and A P Newton, and E A Benions (general editors), W P M Kennedy (advisor for the Dominion of Canada)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1930
£25.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions