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The Hsi-yu Chi (1970, first edition)

A Study of Antecedents to the Sixteenth-Century Chinese Novel (Monkey)
Glen Dudbridge
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1970
£30.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Madame de Maintenon d'apres sa Correspondance Authentique (Signed copy)

Signed by Mathieu Auguste Geffroy, with a handwritten letter to Charles Schefer, a prominent orientalist and bibliophile
Mathieu Auguste Geffroy
Librairie Hatchette et Cie, Paris, 1887
£50.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Leather Bound

Guerre Civile

1938, an unusual French language text book centred around the Spanish Civil War
J L Bede, and R J F Cook
Macmillan, London, 1938
£30.00
Language | Hard Cover | First Editions

Contes Populaires Berberes, Recuillis, Traduits et Annotes

The myths, legends and poems of the North African Berbers
Rene Basset
Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1887
£40.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Grounds for Divorce in Hindu and English Law (Signed copy)

Inscribed by the author for E P Skone-James
P K Virdi
Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1972
£25.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Right to Strike

A rare 1921 novel of industrial action and its consequences
Ernest Hutchinson, and Geo. Goodchild
Robert Hayes, London, 1921
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (Signed by the translator, Paul Selver)

1923, the second UK printing of Karel Capek's play that gave us the word "robot"
Karel Capek, translated from the Czech by Paul Selver and adapted for the English stage by Nigel Playfair
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1923
£120.00
Drama | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Historique du 6e Bataillon Alpin de Chasseurs a Pied; Campagne 1914–1918 (Signed copy)

Signed by the Commanding Officer, Charles Marion, and 17 of his officers to a visiting British Army officer
Not stated
Libraire Chapelot, Paris, 1919
£60.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Verdun (1933, signed first edition)

This copy signed by Jacques Pericard to Verdun veteran Alfred Lucien Salabelle of the 74th R.I. who helped with the writing of the book
Jacques Pericard
Librairie de France, Paris, 1933
£100.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Illustrated

Secret Army (1977, first edition)

John Brason's novel of the BBC series set in Belgium in the Second World War
John Brason
BBC, London, 1977
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Nabi (signed by Elizabeth Gili)

2001, Joan Gili's translation of Josep Carner's classic Catalan poem
Josep Carner, translated from Catalan by J L Gili, Catalan text edited by Jaume Coll, preface by Jonathan Gili, introduction by Arthur Terry, acknowledgements by Elizabeth Gili.
Anvil Press Poetry, London, 2001
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy

Literaturnoe Nasledstvo, Alexander Herzen and Nikolay Ogarev, Nos 61, 62, & 63

1953–1956; Three volumes archiving the lives and activities of Alexander Herzen and Nikolai Ogarev
Aleksandr Herzen, and N P Ogarev
Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1953
£50.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

Apologia, Ogonyok Library 34 (Signed first edition, 1991)

Signed by Kir Bulychev under his real name, Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheyko
Kir Bulychev, pseudonym of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheyko
Pravda Publishing House, Moscow, 1990
£80.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Selected Works (Signed first edition)

1958, signed and dedicated by Svetoslav Minkov, father of Bulgarian science fiction and horror.
Svetoslav Minkov
Bulgarian Writer, Sofia, 1958
On Hold
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Storm-Troopers of Satan (1990, first edition)

An Occult History of the Second World War
Michael FitzGerald
Robert Hale, London, 1990
£35.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

William Scott RA, Themes and Variations

2025, an exhibition of works from the artist's estate
Jenna Burlingham, with Robert Scott, and James Rawlin
Jenna Burlingham Gallery, Kingsclere, 2025
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Harvest 2, 1955

An early issue of the journal of The Analytical Psychology Club, Irene de Castillejo's copy
Irene de Castillejo, et al
The Analytical Psychology Club, London, 1955
£24.00
Psychology | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy

A Bridge Too Far

1974, a first printing of Cornelius Ryan's account of Operation Market Garden
Cornelius Ryan
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1974
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Geo Milev—The Poet, Geo Milev—Draws

A centenary celebration of the Bulgarian poet Geo Milev
Geo MIlev, compiled by Leda Mileva, Ivan Granitski, Ruza Marinska
Hristo Botev, Sofia, 1995
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

I Go by Sea, I Go by Land

P L Travers' fictional diary of an Atlantic Crossing
P L Travers, illustrated by Gertrude Hermes
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1941
£18.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Autobiography of Hamlet Nicholson (1892, first edition)

Rochdale interest, and Nicholson persecution for fighting against Ritualism in the Parish Church
Hamlet Nicholson
Not stated, Rochdale, 1892
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

On the Nature and Significance of the Crafts

Brian Keeble's three essays on W.R. Lethaby, Edward Johnston, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Brian Keeble, with a foreword by Keith Critchlow
Temenos Academy, London, 2005
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First Editions

Oxford High School 1975, Centenary Magazine

Contributions from Gillian Avery, Jane & Sophie Grigson, Elizabeth Jennings...
Oxford High School
Oxford High School, Oxford, 1975
£20.00
School & University Registers | Soft Cover | First Editions

Concrete Work

1941, E Molloy's guide to concrete construction, Volume 4 in Newnes Building Practice series
E Molloy
George Newnes, London, 1941
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

James Pryde, 1866–1941

Derek Hudson's 1949 study of the Scottish artist, with colour & monchrome plates
Derek Hudson
Constable, London, 1949
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

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