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Is It Peace?

David Lloyd George's thoughts and theories on the Treaty of Versailles, and the years after the Great War
David Lloyd George
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1923
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Land of the Children

1928, a novel of the Russian Revolution
S Gussiev Orenburgsky, translated from the Russian by Nina Nikolaevna Selivanova
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1928
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Dawn's Left Hand

1931, a first printing of the tenth volume in Dorothy M Richardson's Pilgrimage sequence
Dorothy M Richardson
Duckworth & Co, London, 1931
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Pilate's Wife

French author Jean Damase's first novel
Jean Damase, translated from the French by Arthur Mayne
Duckworth & Co, London, 1932
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Warrior's Path

A Native American kidnap novel from American author Don Ryan
Don Ryan
Duckworth & Co, London, 1937
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Witch Poems

A collection of poems about witches, superbly illustrated
Daisy Wallace, editor. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Pepper Press, London, 1980
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

Fairey Aircraft since 1915 (Signed copy)

Signed by H A Taylor
H A Taylor
Putnam, London, 1974
£20.00
Transport | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The High Window and Spanish Blood

A second and first printing of two Raymond Chandler thrillers
Raymond Chandler
World Publishing, Cleveland and New York, 1946
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Green and Silver (Signed copy)

Signed by L T C Rolt, his canal journey in Southern Ireland
L T C Rolt, with photographs by Angela Rolt
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1949
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Logic as a Positive Science

Della Volpe's efforts to establish a scientific logic free of any aprioristic speculation
Galvano Della Volpe
NLB, London, 1980
£12.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Tales of Bielkin

1947, first thus of Pushkin's first prose works
Alexander Pushkin, drawings by Donia Nachshen. Translated from the Russian by Evgenia Schimanskaya and M Elizabeth Gow
Lindsay Drummond, London, 1947
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus

To Kiss the Crocodile

A "lost gay novel" from 1928, and actor Ernest Milton's only novel
Ernest Milton
Duckworth & Co, London, 1928
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Le Monde Fou Préferé au Monde Sage

1733, an early French language edition of Marie Hubin's The World Unmask'd
Marie Huber, though published anonymously
Wetsteins & Smith, Amsterdam, 1733
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The Diary of Frida Kahlo, An Intimate Self-Portrait

A facsimile of the artist's diary
Frida Kahlo, introduction by Carlos Fuentes, essay and commentaries by Sarah M Lowe
Abrams, New York, 1995
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Art | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

The Women of Molise, An Italian Village, 1950

The photographer's images and recollections
Frank Monaco
Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2001
£30.00
Photography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Oxford Poetry 1925

including early work by Graham Greene, C Day Lewis and Harold Acton
Patrick Monkhouse, and Charles Plumb (editors)
Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1925
£35.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions

Woodcut

Bryan Nash Gill's tree cross-section art
Bryan Nash Gill, foreword by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2012
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare

In a decorative painted calf binding, 6 vols including the Tragedies, Comedies, Biography and Doubtful Plays
William Shakespeare, edited by Charles Knight
Charles Knight, London, 1842
£150.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings

Studies in Shakespeare

1849, a first edition of Charles Knight's critical notices
Charles Knight
Charles Knight, London, 1849
£80.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Practical Hints for Footplate Men

A pocket guide for railway works with fold-out illustrations
Not stated
Southern Railway, Traffic Department, London, 1945
£30.00
Transport | Hard Cover | First Editions

Maria Callas

An early Dutch biography of the Diva
Leo Riemens
Bruna & Zoon A.W., Utrecht, 1960
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Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

An early 20th century copy
James Boswell
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1910
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The House on the Hill

1956, first UK edition, this copy signed to Neville Braybrooke from Derek Stanford and Muriel Spark
Cesare Pavese, translated by W J Strachan. Dustwrapper by Wendy Des Moulins.
Peter Owen, London, 1956
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Soutine's Portraits: Cooks, Waiters and Bellboys

The book to accompany the Courtauld's exhibtion of Chaim Soutine's portraits
Merlin James, with Karen Serres, and Barnaby Wright
Courtauld Gallery, London, 2017
£17.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions

David Lance Goines: Posters

1985, a collection of all 114 posters created by Goines
David Lance Goines, introduction by Charles Shere
Alphabet Press, Natick, MA, 1985
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

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