Recent Additions
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
The Cambridge History of the British Empire
Volume VII, Part I: Australia, and Part II: New Zealand (1933)
J Holland Rose, and A P Newton, and E A Benions (general editors), Ernest Scott (advisor for the Dominion of Australia), J Hight (advisor for the Dominion of New Zealand)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1933
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | 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 History of Freemasonry, Volume 4
1885, first edition of this volume of Gould's comprehensive history
Robert Freke Gould
Thomas C Jack, London, 1885
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History | Hard Cover | First Editions
The History of Freemasonry, Volume 2
1883, first edition of this volume of Gould's comprehensive history
Robert Freke Gould
Thomas C Jack, London, 1883
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
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
Touring in 1600
A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education
E S Bates
Constable, London, 1911
£25.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
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
The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe
1858, with original memoir. Full leather binding, profusely illustrated
Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by F R Pickersgill, John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Felix Darley, Jasper Cropsey, P Duggan, Percival Skelton, and A M Madot
Sampson Low, Son & Co, London, 1858
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
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
Winnie the Pooh
1931, 11th impression, and a lovely copy
A A Milne, with decorations by E H Shepard
Methuen, London, 1931
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Childrens | Hard Cover
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
