Browse by Attribute—First Editions
A Garden Flora: Trees and Flowers Grown in the Gardens at Nymans
A Sussex garden inventory of Ludwig Messel's planting, with notes by his daughter Muriel
Muriel Messel, illustrated by Alfred Parsons, foreword by William Robinson, and notes by Muriel Messel
Country Life, London, 1918
£40.00
Gardening & Botany | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Chelsea Arts Ball and Bystander Coming of Age Celebrations 1924
A rare original 1924 souvenir programme from the Roaring Twenties
Chealsea Arts Club / Bystander, illustrated by Edmund Blampied, W Heath Robinson et al
The Chelsea Arts Club, London, 1924
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Ephemera | Soft Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated
An Essay On The Genius Of George Cruikshank (1840, first edition)
An early work by William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray, but published anonymously
Henry Hooper, London, 1840
£35.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Jamaica: On the Tracks of James Bond
2025, a first edition hardback of Simon Firth's fifth 007 book
Simon Firth, foreword by Hon. Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, afterword by Gloria Hendry (Rosie Carver), edited and designed by Martijn Mulder. Cover art by Jeffrey Marshall
DMD Digital, 2025
£30.00
Film, Theatre, Dance & Radio | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Age of Scandal and The Scandal Monger (first editions)
T H White's duels, mistresses, public executions, royal gossip etc
T H White
Jonathan Cape, London, 1950
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
From the Shoulder, Sixteen Rounds with the Gloves Off (1935)
A Scottish minister's advice to older boys to stop thinking about *that* etc
Herbert Reid, MC
Church of Scotland & Boy Scouts, Edinburgh, 1935
£20.00
Education, Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Point of Inconvenience (Signed first edition, 2013)
Signed by by A F Harrold to Greta Bellamacina and Robert Montgomery
A F Harrold
Two Rivers Press, Reading, 2013
£20.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Cedric Morris (1984, first edition)
The illustrated exhibition book for the Tate Gallery's retrospective
Richard Morphet
Tate Gallery, London, 1984
£35.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Only the Unexpected Happens (1985, signed limited edition)
Signed by Phyllis Pearsall, seven short stories from the creator of the London A-Z Atlas
Phyllis Pearsall, frontispiece by James McBey
The Stourton Press, Hackney, London, 1985
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings
From Bedsitter to Household Name (1990, signed first edition)
Signed by Phyllis Pearsall, the creator of the A-Z London atlas
Phyllis Pearsall
Geographer's A-Z Map Company, Sevenoaks, 1990
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Hungarian Ethnography and Folklore
A thorough guide to the customs, history and manners of the Hungarians
Ivan Balassa, and Gyula Ortutay, translated by Maria and Kenneth Bales
Corvina Kiado, Budapest, 1984
£30.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Tales of the British Aristocracy (1956, first edition)
L G Pine's wry look at British noble families...
L G Pine
Burke, London, 1956
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Long Revolution (1961, first edition)
Raymond Williams's companion to Culture and Society.
Raymond Williams
Chatto & Windus, London, 1961
£20.00
Education, Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Stories of the Italian Artists from Vasari (1885, first edition)
with sixteen illustrations, some in gilt and colour
Emma Louisa Seeley, but published anonymously
Seeley & Co, London, 1885
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Bric-a-Brac Hunter (1875, first edition)
or, Chapters on Chinamania, in a superb gilt binding
Major Herbert Byng Hall
Chatto & Windus, London, 1875
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Fine Bindings
Augustus John: Drawings (1942, second impression)
with 64 reproduction of Augustus John's work
Lillian Browse, with 'A Note on Drawing' by Augustus John, and a preface by T W Earp
Faber & Faber, London, 1942
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Lord Byron's Letters and Journals, volumes 1 to 4
All hardbacks in dustwrapper, covering 1798 to 1815
Lord Byron, edited by Leslie A Marchand
John Murray, London, 1973
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Two Ballet books by Tamara Karsavina
Ballet Techniques (1957) and Classical Ballet, The Flow of Movement (1965)
Tamara Karsavina, with forewords by Margot Fonteyn and A H Franks
Adam and Charles Black, London, 1957
£25.00
Film, Theatre, Dance & Radio | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Memoirs of Painting (1824, first edition. two volumes)
William Buchanan's record of the art market in the early nineteenth century
William Buchanan
R Ackermann, London, 1824
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Love Letters of Henry VIII (1949, first edition)
including facsimile reproductions of The Vatican Letters
Henry Savage, editor. Dustwrapper designed by John Buckland-Wright
Allan Wingate, London, 1949
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
English Legends (1950, first edition)
Henry Bett's retelling of classic English myths, legends and tales
Henry Bett, illustrated by Eric Fraser
Batsford, London, 1950
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Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Paddy (1987, first edition)
The Life and Times of Wing-Commander Patrick Barthropp, DFC, AFC
Patrick Barthropp
Howard Baker, London, 1987
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Dreams, Dances and Disappointments (1881, first edition)
A charming Victorian childrens book, illustrated by the Casella sisters
Gertrude A Konstam, illustrated by Ella Casella and Louisa Cornelia ("Nelia") Casella
T De La Rue, London, 1881
£15.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Moon of Destiny (Signed first edition,1921)
Signed by Chester Keith, a story of 15th century Mexico
Chester Keith
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1921
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Joan Miró 1893–1983, The Man and his Work
1988, first edition of Walter Erben's illustrated study
Walter Erben, with commentary by Hajo Duchting. Edited by Ingo F Walther
Benedikt Taschen, Cologne, 1988
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
