Browse by Attribute—First Editions
The Oxford Book of French Verse, XIIIth century—XIIXth century
1920, first edition bound in full leather
St John Lucas
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1920
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex (1937)
The RCHM's detailed report, with maps, plans and photographs
RCHM
HMSO, London, 1937
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
A Gilbert and Sullivan Dictionary (1936, first edition)
An A to Z of all people, places and events, real and imaginary, in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
George E Dunn
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1936
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
In Defence of the Earth (1959, first edition)
A book of verse from Kenneth Rexroth from the San Francisco Renaissance
Kenneth Rexroth
Hutchinson, London, 1959
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Contemporary Chinese Poetry (1947, first edition)
A selection from nine modern Chinese poets
Robert Payne, editor and introduction
Routledge, London, 1947
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Bad Lord Byron (1949, first edition)
"A controversial book about a controversial film", with original flyer for the film
Sydney Box, and Vivian Cox, introduction by Dennis Price
Convoy Publications, London, 1949
£40.00
Film, Theatre & Radio | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The White Spider (1960)
A second impression of Heinrich Harrer's 'History of the Eiger's North Face'
Heinrich Harrer, translated from the German by Hugh Merrick
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1960
£15.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
In the Steps of the Brontes (1948, first edition)
Ernest Raymond's study in the uncommon dustwrapper
Ernest Raymond
Rich & Cowan, London, 1948
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Ismailis, An Illustrated History (2008, first edition)
2008, a very good copy of this important study
Farhad Daftary, and Zulfikar Hirji
Azimuth / The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2008
£50.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Necroscope & Necroscope II: Wamphyri! (Signed by Brian Lumley)
First paperback editions of the first two books in the Necroscope series
Brian Lumley
Grafton Publishing, London, 1986
£40.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Littlehampton Bequest (Signed limited edition, 1973)
No 66 of 75 copies, signed by Osbert Lancaster and 'the Earl of Littlehampton'
Osbert Lancaster, with a foreword by Roy Strong
John Murray, London, 1973
£50.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Thinking the Unthinkable (1994, signed first edition)
Signed by Richard Cockett, his study of "Think Tanks and the Economic Counter-Revolution, 1931–1983"
Richard Cockett
HarperCollins, London, 1994
£30.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Compendium of the Travels of Dr Richard Pococke, Alex. Drummond, and Alexander Russell
1757, first edition. Extracts from their travels around the Levant and North Africa
Dr Richard Pococke, with Alexander Drummond, and Alexander Russell
J Smith, Dublin, 1757
£120.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Daphnis and Chloe (1937, signed by Aristide Maillol)
Limited edition 54/250, additionally inscribed by Anton Zwemmer to E L T Mesens
Longus, translated by George Thornley, illustrated by Aristide Maillol
A Zwemmer, London, 1937
£700.00
Classics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Association Copy | Illustrated | Slipcase
Mond, Moon, Lune—1968 moon landing map
1 : 4000000 scale, with instructions on where to mark either the American or Russian landing
Dr F Holzel
Falk Plan Publishing Co, London, 1968
£40.00
Maps | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Cosmic Crystal Spiral (Signed first edition)
Signed by Ra Bonewitz
Ra Bonewitz
Element Books, Shaftesbury, 1986
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
To Throw Away Unopened (Signed first edition)
Signed and dedciated by Viv Albertine
Viv Albertine
Faber & Faber, London, 2018
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Sophyle ou de la Philosophie
1778, a rare first edition of Dutch philosopher Frans Hemsterhuis's dialogue
Frans / Francois Hemsterhuis
Not stated, Paris, 1778
On Hold
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Life, Writings and Correspondence of George Borrow (1899, first edition, signed copies)
Both from the library of Elizabeth von Arnim with her signature and ex libris plate
William I Knapp
John Murray, London, 1899
Sold
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy
Three Plays by Thornton Wilder (1958, first edition)
Our Town; The Skin of our Teeth; The Matchmaker
Thornton Wilder
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1958
£25.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Mr Noselighter (1976, signed first edition)
Signed by Roger McGough
Roger McGough, illustrated by Andre Francois
G Whizzard / Andre Deutsch, London, 1976
£50.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The People of Kau (1976, signed by Leni Riefenstahl)
A signed first printing of Reifenstahl's time with the Nuba of Kau
Leni Riefenstahl, translated by J Maxwell Brownjohn
Collins, London, 1976
£100.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Interviews with American Artists
David Sylvester's talks with Cy Twombly, Barnett Newman, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein etc
David Sylvester
Chatto & Windus, London, 2001
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Buddhism and the Nichiren Shoshu Tradition
1986, the first edition of this introductory guide to Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism
Yasuji Kirimura
Nichiren Shoshu International Centre, Tokyo, 1986
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | 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
