Browse by Attribute—First Editions

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 Queens (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 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

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

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

East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan (1907, first edition)
With the bookplate of Herbert G Squiers, 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

The Curse of Khatra (1947, first edition)
One of T C H Jacobs' Superintendent John Bellamy crime classics
T C H Jacobs
Stanley Paul, London, 1947
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

When My Ship Comes Home (1959, first edition)
Chris Massie's last novel in an Edward Ardizzone dustwrapper
Chris Massie, dustwrapper by Edward Ardizzone
Faber & Faber, London, 1959
Sold
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

British Dandies: Engendering Scandal and Fashioning a Nation
The scandalous story of fashionable men and their clothes
Dominic Janes
Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2022
£15.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Expert Cigarette Magic (1932, first edition)
With Demon's Head bookseller ticket from L Davenport
D Deveen, with a foreword by Oswald Williams
Edward Bagshawe, London, 1932
£15.00
Magic | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume LXIV, January to June 1794
with 18 plates, all present
Sylvanus Urban, pseud. Edward Cave
John Nichols, London, 1794
£80.00
Journals, Periodicals and Reviews | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated

Reborn, Early Diaries 1947–1964
First UK edition of the first instalment of Susan Sontag's diaries
Susan Sontag, edited by David Rieff
Hamish Hamilton, London, 2009
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Devil's Own Work (Signed first edition)
Signed by Alan Judd
Alan Judd
HarperCollins, London, 1991
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

