Browse by Attribute—First Editions

1978, first edition, a remarkable illustrated record

Canongate, Edinburgh, 1978

A comprehensive illustrated study of two hundred years of women's travel and writing from The Arcadian Library

The Arcadian Library & OUP, London, 2014

1969, a hardback first edition of Rumer Godden's sensitive novel

Macmillan, London, 1969

1987, a UK proof copy of Terry McMIllan's first novel

Jonathan Cape, London, 1987

A collection of writings on the experience of the Scottish farm worker

John Donald, Edinburgh, 1984

1917, Edmond Holmes' discussion of the inner life in terms of education and development

Constable, London, 1917

Signed artist and art historian, Liz Rideal

Lucas Schoormans, New York, 2001

Signed by the artist, David Johnson

Persistent Objects Limited, London, 2001

1949, first edition, one of Michael Home's Breckland novels

Methuen, London, 1949

1911, first edition, 'A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education'

Constable, London, 1911

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 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

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

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