Browse by Attribute—First Editions
Christ's Hospital, A Retrospect (1923, first edition)
In an attractive full leather Christ's Hospital prize binding, given in 1924
Edmund Blunden
Christophers, London, 1923
£50.00
School & University Registers | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
The Kitchener Mystery (1926, first edition)
Sensationalist conspiracy theories about the death of Lord Kitchener...
Frank Power, pseudonym of A V Freeman
The Rotary Press, London, 1926
£20.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Sport of Queen (1957, first edition)
This copy signed by racing enthusiast G H S Dixon
Dick Francis
Michael Joseph, London, 1957
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
Farthest North (Volume 2, 1898)
Fridtjof Nansen's attempted trek to the North Pole
Fridtjof Nansen
George Newnes, London, 1898
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
The House at Pooh Corner (1928, first edition)
A nice copy of A A Milne's second Pooh book
A A Milne, with decorations by E H Shepard
Methuen, London, 1928
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Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Orchid-Grower's Manual (1852, first edition)
Benjamin Samuel Williams's first book, 'containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Two Hundred and Sixty Orchidaceous Plants'
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Chapman & Hall, London, 1852
£80.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
The Stand (1990, first thus)
The first complete and uncut edition of Stephen King's classic
Stephen King, illustrations by Bernie Wrightson
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1990
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | First thus
The Winding Stair and other poems (1933)
Second impression in dustwrapper of W B Yeats's poetry, a lovely copy
W B Yeats, dustwrapper and binding design by T Sturge Moore
Macmillan, London, 1933
£300.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Hawker Hurricane (Multi-signed first edition)
Signed by the author, Francis K Mason, and six RAF Hurricane pilots
Francis K Mason
Aston Press, Bourne End, 1987
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Canals, Cruises, and Contentment (1921, first edition)
Cruises on the Ellesmere and Oxford Canals in pre-war England
Austin E Neal
Heath Cranton, London, 1921
£25.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Readers Library Cookery Book (1928)
in the original dustwrapper
Judith Ann Silburn
Readers Library, London, 1928
£30.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Study of Words (1911, first edition)
E W Blackburn's study of the philology and etymology of words
E W Blackburn
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1911
£12.00
Reference & Bibliography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Transactions of the Eighth Congress, Theosophical Society 1923
Lectures and reports from the Vienna Congress of July 1923
C W Dijkgraaf, editor, contributors include Jean Bindley, Mabel Besant-Scott and Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa
Council for the Federation, Amsterdam, 1923
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | First Editions
Interludes and Incantations, A Set of Poems (1927, limited edition)
Poems from minor Modernist poet B G Brooks, printed in Dijon by Maurice Darentierre
Benjamin Gilbert Brooks
Privately printed, Dijon, 1927
£25.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions
They Knew What They Wanted
1926, the first UK edition of Sidney Howard's play
Sidney Howard
Chatto & Windus, London, 1926
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Drama | Soft Cover | First Editions
A Primer for Peace and War (1915, first edition)
Charles Plater's Principles of International Morality
Charles Plater, editor
P S King & Son, London, 1915
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Lady of the Canaries (1913, first edition)
Seven short stories by St John Lucas
St John Lucas
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1913
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Swift and Bold; A Portrait of The Royal Green Jackets 1966–2007
An illustrated history of the regiment and its service
Andrew Pringle, editor, with a foreword by Field Marshal the Lord Bramall
Third Millennium, London, 2007
£38.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan (1907, first edition)
With the bookplate of Herbert G Squires, and rebound in half-leather by Henry Sotheran of London
Frederic Courtland Penfield
The Century Co, London, 1907
£50.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Twilight of the Pistons (Signed first edition)
Malcolm Finnis' history of Air Ferry Limited at Manston Airport
Malcolm Finnis
M J Finnis, Eastbourne, 1997
£20.00
Transport | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | First thus
The Haunted Realm (1986, first edition)
Simon Marsden's photographs and visits to haunted houses and supernatural sites
Simon Marsden, introduction by Colin Wilson
Webb & Bower, London, 1986
£15.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Astonishing Island (1933, first edition)
Winifred Holtby's tale from the Radio Times, illustrated by Batt
Winifred Holtby, illustrated by Batt
Lovat Dickson, London, 1933
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonne
Volume Two: The American Years 1941–1973
Alan G Wilkinson
Thames and Hudson, London, 2000
£50.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Destroyer from America (Signed first edition)
1942, signed by John Fernald, and based on his wartime escort duties
John Fernald, illustrated by John Worsley
Jonathan Cape, London, 1942
£35.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated
Commissioning Contemporary Art (Signed first edition)
Signed by Louisa Buck. A Handbook for Curators, Collectors and Artists
Louisa Buck, and Daniel McClean
Thames and Hudson, London, 2012
£35.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
