Browse by Attribute—First Editions

Signed by David Lewis Gedge, Terry de Castro and Lee Thacker

Scopitones, Brighton, 2022

With colour illustrations by Dutch artist Willy Schermele

Juvenile Productions Ltd, London, 1960

Signed by both authors, Brian Braithwaite and Joan Barrell

Associated Business Press, London, 1979

Signed by Tim Blanning, the first printing

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2010

Signed by the editor Margaret Busby and poet Patience Agbabi, contributor

Myriad, Oxford, 2019

Volumes 2 & 3 of Baron Baude's 1841 study of Algeria

Meline, Cans et Compagnie, Bruxelles et Leipzig, 1841

Peter Goffin's 1946 study on the philosophy of art

Lindsay Drummond, London, 1946

1947, A selection from the writings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels

International Publishers, New York, 1947

1891, a first edition of L H Bailey's Complete Guide to the Multiplication and Pollination of Plants

The Rural Publishing Company, New York, 1891

A first edition of E P Thompson's final book, a study of William Blake and the Moral Law

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993

1939, a miscellany of Stephen Leacock's humorous writings

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1939

1921, first edition, a series of brief art lessons from Louise Hervieu

Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1921

1946, Hellmuth Weissenborn's charming illustrated tale of a rumbunctious raven

The Acorn Press, London, 1946

An early printing of Karel and Josef Capek's play (1924)

Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1924

1955, the first printing in dustwrapper of Henry Treece's adventure story

Faber & Faber, London, 1955

1972, an elusive title, first paperback edition

Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1972

A record of meetings and rules etc

Presbyterian Church of England, London, 1923

Graham Ovenden's selection from the works of three Victorian children's book illustrators: Richard Doyle, E.V.B. (Eleanor Vere Boyle), and William Stephen Coleman

Academy Editions, London, 1976

First edition, with appendices

South Tyneside Borough Council, 1979

Signed by Clive Sinclair. The first edition, 1987.

William Heinemann, London, 1987

Confirm or Deny, The Home Secretary Will See You Now, Lost or Found, and Jack in the Box

Various, London and New York, n.d.

Signed by both Hilary & Steven Rose. The Promethean Promises of the New Biology

Verso, London, 2012

together with London: Architecture, Building and Social Change (2015)—two studies of the metropolis by Paul Knox

Merrell, London, 2017

This edition issued for his production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Constable, London, 1925

1967, John Venmore-Rowland's history of the first British off-shore radio station

The Landmark Press, Lavenham, 1967