Browse by Attribute—First Editions

Isobel Wylie Hutchison's poetic retelling of the Gaelic legend of Bride, foster-mother to Christ

De La More Press, London, 1927

Mycology: 1958, with 74 full-page colour plates of mushrooms

Bordas, Paris, 1958

Mycology: 1956, with 79 full-page colour plates of mushrooms

Bordas, Paris, 1956

1934, the story of The Young Pretender, Charles Edward, the Last of the Stuarts

George Bell & Sons, London, 1934

1973, Martin Gardner's Snarkteasers with the original poem

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1973

1952, a thriller from Eric Burgess

Michael Joseph, London, 1952

Inscribed by the Editor, Eustace Raynolds-Ball, An Illustrated Monthly of Travel, Exploration, Adventure and Sport

Witherby & Co, London, 1910

1939, with six fine lithographs by John Nash

Batsford, London, 1939

1935, a very good copy in dustwrapper of Bertram Park & Yvonne Gregory's 48 nude studies

George Routledge & Sons, London, 1935

1914, Newcastle-upon-Tyne poet R Ellis Gerrard's poems from his military days and of Tyneside

North of England Publishing Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1914

1957, the story of Rowena Farre's childhood, and her friendship with a talented seal

Hutchinson, London, 1957

1912, a novel of life in an Indian regiment

Duckworth & Co, London, 1912

1908, first edition, where London statues and posters come to life at midnight...

Francis Griffiths, London, 1908

1912, a novel by Owen Rhoscomyl, the Bardic name of Arthur Owen Vaughan

Duckworth & Co, London, 1912

1943, the fourth printing of Sigfried Giedion's influential architecture book

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1943

1929, J Hubert Jagger's contribution to the teaching of reading

The Grant Educational Co Ltd, London, 1929

1948, signed by William Kent to Maurice Bowra. A historical record of foreign visitors welcomed to London

Nicholson & Watson, London, 1948

1918, the first UK edition of Moysheh Oyved's first book (Aroys fun Khaos)

Minerva Publishing Co, London, 1918

A rare first issue of this theatrical magazine featuring Willy Clarkson, Allan Wilkie etc

The Thespian Publishing Co, London, 1913

John Gielgud's signed copy

Greenberg, New York, 1950

1918, first edition of Neil Munro's short stories, including two supernatural tales

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1918

1937, by Graham Seton, army officer, author, and fascist

Quaker Oats, Southall, 1937

1927, a selection of Indian fables and stories

G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1927

Signed by Martin Middlebrook to S/Ldr Norman Scrivener, of 83 (Pathfinder) Squadron

Allen Lane, London, 1980

1951, the first printing with sixteen maps and list of ports etc

Corporation of Lloyd's, London, 1951