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Now Pray We For Our Country

1940, a scarce Eric Knight novel of a mining village in Yorkshire
Eric Knight
Cassell, London, 1940
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Function of Literature

A Study of Christoper Caudwell's Aesthetics
David N Margolies
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1969
£10.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The West Indian Experience in British Schools

Multi-Racial Education and Social Disadvantage in London
Raymond Giles
Heinemann Educational Books, London, 1977
£15.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Soft Cover | First Editions

Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park

1855, illustrated and with maps, Great Exhibition interest
Samuel Phillips, illustrated by P H Delamotte
The Crystal Palace Library, London, 1855
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Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover

A War-torn Chester Parish

St Werburgh's before, during and after the Great War
Ann Marie Curtis, et al
Scotforth Books, 2017
£20.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | First Editions

Master Humphrey's Clock

1840–1841, first edition, complete in three volumes
Charles Dickens, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1840
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Journey's End, A Play in Three Acts

1929, The third printing of the American edition
R C Sherriff
Brentano's, New York, 1929
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Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions

Dream Children, A Reverie, and The Child Angel, A Dream

1902, two essays from Charles Lamb in an attractive leather binding
Charles Lamb
De La More Press, London, 1902
£30.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Art in the Light of Conscience (Signed copy)

Eight essays on poetry by Marina Tsvetaeva, signed by translator Angela Livingstone, and a copy of The Ratcatcher (also signed by Livingstone)
Marina Tsvetaeva, translated & edited by Angela Livingstone
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1992
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

RAILWAYANA original 1870s handwritten letter concerning George Stephenson

Disputing Stephenson's claim to have invented the Locomotive
William Beattie, and engine designer, to Rochdale Pioneer George Healey
Not Published, 1870
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Transport | Soft Cover | Handwritten

The History of Romney Marsh from its Earliest Formation to 1837

1849, a rare first edition of the first history of the Marsh
William Holloway
John Russell Smith, London, 1849
£100.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions

Rock Mr Blues (Signed copy)

The Life & Music of Wynonie Harris, signed by Tony Collins
Tony Collins
Big Nickel Publications, Milford, New Hampshire, 1995
£40.00
Music | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

David Leach, A Potter's Life with Workshop Notes (Signed copy)

Signed and dated by David Leach
David Leach, edited by Robert Fournier
Fournier Pottery, Lacock, 1977
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Crafts | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Dorothy Wilding, 1928 photograph of Prince George, Duke of Kent

Signed by both Dorothy Wilding and Prince George
Dorothy Wilding
Dorothy Wilding, London, 1928
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies

Oxfordshire Annals, 1869 (Signed copy)

Signed by John Marriott Davenport to Horatio Nelson Goddard, JP
John Marriott Davenport
E W Morris, Oxford, 1869
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The Valley of Eyes Unseen

An early lost race novel set in the Himalayas
Gilbert Collins
Duckworth & Co, London, 1923
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Mogreb-El-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco (with signed letter)

With a handwritten letter from R B Cunningham Graham pasted in
R B Cunningham Graham
Duckworth & Co, London, 1928
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies

Manuscript: The Psalms of David in Spanish, c1725

Handwritten copy of all 150 Psalms by Christopher Russell, 17th Foot, Minorca
Lt.-Col. Christopher Russell
Not Published, Minorca, 1725
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Handwritten

Silversmithing

1983, Finegold and Seitz's classic book
Rupert Finegold, and William Seitz
Krause Publications, Iowa, 1983
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Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions

Original 1877 Rate Book for Bishop's Hull, Somerset

With handwritten entries of all residents
Not stated
Knight & Co, London, 1877
£100.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | Handwritten

The Dark Island

1934, a Hogarth Press first edition of Vita Sackville-West's novel
Vita Sackville-West, with map drawn by Ben Nicolson
The Hogarth Press, London, 1934
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Lady Killer

1957, first edition of this murder thriller
William M Hardy
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Nineteen-Sixteen, An Anthology

1935, poems inspired by the Easter Rising in Dublin, 1916
Edna C Fitzhenry, compiler
Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1935
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Crusader's Christmas

c1890, covers cut in the shape of the crusader's armour, and with super lithographs
Broadbrim, illustrations by Frank Feller
The Art Lithographic Publishing Co, Munich & New York, 1890
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

Police Handbook: Home Office Aliens Department, Aliens Order 1953

The 1959 edition with circular from the Home Office
Home Office
Home Office, London, 1959
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Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover

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