Browse by Attribute—First Editions

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

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

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

Faber & Faber, London, 1955

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

Signed by Un-Su Kim, a numbered limited edition with black sprayed edges

Fourth Estate, London, 2019

1861, Victorian stories in a gilt decorative binding

Darton & Co, London, 1861

Signed by Christophe Lautrette and with a hand-drawn cartoon

Design Studio Press, Culver City, CA, 2010

Uncorrected proof copy of Robert Nye's stories, published as The Facts of Life

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1983

Cassell's 1886 collection of engravings from history

Cassell, London, 1886

1980, a study of racism in children's books

World Council of Churches, Geneva, 1980

Hardback, signed by Virginia Nicholson, How Two Million Women Survived Without Men after the First World War

Penguin / Viking, London, 2007

1968, a first hardback edition of Jeff Nuttall's exploration of 1960s alternative society and counterculture

MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1968

A Greek illustrated study of the great Diva (Oi Metmorfoseis Mias Technis)

Cedar, Athens, 1982

Signed by Mrs Stanley Wrench (Mollie Stanley-Wrench)

Duckworth & Co, London, 1917

1915, an early collection of WW1 verse

Jarrold and Sons, London, 1915