Browse by Attribute—First Editions

The American Printer, Benjamin Franklin Bi-Centennial Edition 1923
Rebound in quarter leather, with many adverts and articles on the American printing industry and relating to Franklin
Various, cover design by George F Trenholm
Oswald Publishing Company, New York, 1923
£60.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated

The Registers of Lydlinch, Dorset from 1559 to 1812
A transcription of parish records of births, deaths and marriages, and list of Rectors
Charles Herbert Mayo, and Francis George Henley (transcribers)
The Parish Register Society, London, 1899
£20.00
Genealogy & Family HIstory | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Sea Devil
The Adventures of Count Felix von Luckner, the Last Raider under Sail
Sam Jefferson
Osprey, London, 2017
£25.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Photographing Fungi in the Field (Signed first edition)
Signed by photographer and author George McCarthy
George McCarthy
Guild of Master Craftsmen Publishers, Lewes, 2001
£20.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Aurora Burning (Signed first edition)
Signed by Amie Kaufman & JayKristoff at Forbidden Planet
Amie Kaufman, and Jay Kristoff
Rock the Boat, London, 2020
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper

Memory Landscapes of the Inka Carved Outcrops
A comprehensive analysis of the carved rocks the Inka created in the Andean highlands
Jessica Joyce Christie, with a foreword by frank Meddens
Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, 2016
£25.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions

George Lyman Kittredge, Teacher and Scholar
1962, a first edition of Clyde Hyder's biography
Clyde Kenneth Hyder
University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, 1962
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Korea, The Limited War (Signed first edition)
Signed by David Rees
David Rees
Macmillan, London, 1964
£25.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Eighty-Five Days (1957, first edition)
The Battle of the Schledt, a WW2 narrative
R W Thompson
Hutchinson, London, 1957
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Road to Tunis
1944, journalist A D Divine's account of the Tunisian campaign in WW2
A D Divine
Collins, London, 1944
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

War Pictures at the National Gallery
1942, including work by Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Barnett Freedman, Graham Sutherland etc
Eric Newton
National Gallery, London, 1942
£30.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Emmeline and Her Daughters, The Pankhurst Suffragettes
A biography of the fight for Vots for Women
Iris Noble
Bailey Brothers and Swinfen Ltd, Folkestone, 1974
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

As It Was (1926, first edition, first state)
Helen Thomas's memoir of her relationship with Edward Thomas, this is the first printing before pages 53–57 were cancelled
Helen Thomas, as H.T.
William Heinemann, London, 1926
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Candle, Vol 1, No 1. January, 1938 (Signed by R C Trevelyan)
Oliver W F Lodge's poetry pamphlet, this copy signed by Trevelyan to Gordon Bottomley
Oliver W F Lodge, writing as William Foster
Oliver W F Lodge, Holmbury St Mary, 1938
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The Case of Archibald Douglas, Esq (1769, first edition)
A rare narrative and documents of the famous Scottish inheritance law case, The Douglas Cause / Case
Sir James Montgomery, et al
Not stated, 1769
£50.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | First Editions

Deucalion, No 1, Marzo / March 1951
The rare first issue of Angel Crespo's short-lived but important Spanish poetry journal
Angel Crespo, editor, illustrated by Gregorio Pietro et al
Departamento Provincial de Seminarios, Ciudad Real, 1951
£200.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Printers’, Bookbinders’, Lithographers’, and Stationers’ Sales and Wants Advertiser
November 1915, a rare original print trade journal, with superb advertisments
Trade Journal
Hicks, Wilkinson & Sears, London, 1915
£40.00
Journals, Periodicals and Reviews | Soft Cover | First Editions

Mes Annees Campagne (Signed first edition)
Signed by Janine Niepce, a collection of her rural life photography
Janine Niepce, text by Claude Michelet
Editions de La Martiniere, Paris, 1994
£30.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Piero della Francesca (first edition, 1951)
Kenneth Clark's illustrated study
Kenneth Clark
Phaidon, London, 1951
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Matisse in Morocco (first edition hardback)
The Paintings and Drawings, 1912–1913
Jack Cowart, with Pierre Schneider, John Elderfield, Albert Kostenevich, and Laura Coyle
Thames and Hudson, London, 1990
£30.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Orientalism in Art
1998, Christine Peltre's immense illustrated study
Christine Peltre, translated from the French by John Goodman
Abbeville Press, New York, 1998
£30.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Type (first edition)
1949, Rudolf Hostettler's collection of typefaces. This copy owned by Stewart R Valdar of Hampstead
Rudolf Hostettler
fgm-Books, St Gallen & London, 1949
£22.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions

This is All for You
Michael Pennington's verse and lyrics in a book designed and made by him (1972)
Michael Pennington
Printed for the Author(s), 1972
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

"Swaff", The Life and Times of Hannen Swaffer (SIgned first edition)
Signed by Tom Driberg, with signed Christmas cards and postcards from Hannen Swaffer
Tom Driberg
MacDonald, London, 1974
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

When Britain Invaded Soviet Russia
1979, Andrew Rothstein's account of Douglas Young, "the Consul who rebelled"
Andrew Rothstein
The Journeyman Press, London, 1979
£20.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions

