Browse by Attribute—First Editions
Kingfishers of the World (Signed first edition)
A highly-detailed ornithological study, signed by Leslie J Knowles and James W Nitchen
Leslie J Knowles, and James W Nitchen
Times Editions, Singapore, 1995
£80.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Mirage of Life (Signed first edition)
Inscribed by William Haig Miller in 1867, illustrated by John Tenniel
William Haig Miller, but anonymous, illustrated by John Tenniel
Religious Tract Society, London, 1867
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated
Bertold Brecht, Programme & Lyric Booklet 1959 Festival Hall
with the lyrics given in English and an illustration by Caspar Neher
Bertolt Brecht
Deutsches Theater Berlin, Berlin, London, 1959
£20.00
Drama | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Golden Honeycomb (Signed first edition)
Signed by Vincent Cronin to the parents of WW2 pilot Richard Hillary, and winner of the Richard Hillary Prize (1955)
Vincent Cronin
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1954
£40.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Decembrists (Dekabristite)
A Bulgarian history of the Decembrist Revolt of 1825 in Imperial Russia
Brigita Yosifova
Publishing House of the Fatherland Front, Sofia, 1979
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Significant Message of Georges Mathieu (1952)
The book for Mathieu's first solo US exhibition and an important development in the Art Informel movement
Michel Tapié, and Georges Mathieu
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, 1952
£50.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
An Essay on the Philosophy of Self-Consciousness
1882, a rare first edition from philosopher Penelope Frederica Fitzgerald
Penelope Frederica (as P F) Fitzgerald
Printed for the Author by Trubner & Co, London, 1882
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Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Book of Humans (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by Adam Rutherford
Adam Rutherford
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2018
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Grave Expectations (Signed first edition)
Signed & dedicated by Alice Bell at Comic Con 2023
Alice Bell
Corvus, London, 2023
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Law of Political Uniforms, Public Meetings and Private Armies
Joseph Baker's 1937 book hot on the heels of the Public Order Act 1936 and the British Union of Fascists
Joseph Baker
H A Just & Co, London, 1937
£40.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions
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
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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
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
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
