Browse by Attribute—First thus
The School for Dictators
1964, Ignazio Silone's powerful anti-Fascist satire
Ignazio Silone, with a preface by the author for the New Edition, translated from the Italian by William Weaver
Victor Gollancz, London, 1964
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
The Longest Journey (1924, first thus)
The first Uniform Edition of E M Forster's favourite of his own novels
E M Forster
Edward Arnold, London, 1924
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
The Housing Question (1946, first English language edition)
Engel's collection of essays on the housing
Frederick Engels, edited by C P Dutt
International Publishers, New York, 1946
£30.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, & Brittany
The first revised edition of Aubrey Burl's classic study
Aubrey Burl
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2000
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
My Little Lady
1871. Eleanor Frances Poynter's first novel, complete in two volumes
Eleanor Frances Poynter, but published anonymously
Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1871
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
That Astonishing Infantry
A hardback edition of The History of The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689–2006
Michael Glover, and Jonathon Riley
Pen & Sword, Barnsley, 2008
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Victory, The Shadow Line, and The Duel
Three Folio Society Joseph Conrad titles
Joseph Conrad, illustrated by Francis Mosley, introductions by Eleanor Bron, Alan Ross, and Giles Foden
The Folio Society, London, 1999
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Dover editions in French, German and Italian
Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel
Dover, New York, 1972
£18.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First thus
The Last Fight of the Revenge at sea
by Walter Raleigh et al, bound with poet Barnabe Googe's Sonnets etc, and Row & Barlowe's Dialogue
William Roy, and Jerome Barlowe; Sir Walter Raleigh, Gervase Markham, and Jan Huygen Van Linschoten; and Barnabe Googe; edited by Edward Arber
Printed for the Author(s), London, 1871
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
Fragmentia Regalia (1630)
by Sir Robert Naunton, his observations on Elizabeth I, bound with Thomas Watson's poems
Sir Robert Naunton, and Thomas Watson, edited by Edward Arber
Printed for the Author(s), London, 1870
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
The Rose and the Yew Tree
1973, a novel from Agatha Christie writing as Mary Westmacott
Agatha Christie, writing as Mary Westmacott
Collins, London, 1973
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Von Gut und Bose
1942, a selection from Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich W Nietzsche, selected by Hans Werner
Verlag Benno Schwabe & Co, Basel, 1942
£20.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
English Captain
1941, Tom Wintringham's account of his time with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War
Tom Wintringham
Penguin Books, London, 1941
£35.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First thus
The True Story of My Life
1926. The autobiography of Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Mary Howitt. Preface by Violet Jacob, Appendix by Hanna Astrup Larsen
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1926
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First thus
The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire
2002, Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: Dorset
2002, John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition.
John Newman, and Nikolaus Pevsner
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
Marie-Claire
1928, Marguerite Audoux's tale of rural France in the early twentieth century
Marguerite Audoux, with woodcuts by Paul-Emile Colin
Artheme Fayard, Paris, 1928
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus | Illustrated
Ariane, Jeune Fille Russe
1929, Claude Anet's love story with woodcuts by Angelina Beloff
Claude Anet, pseud.Jean Schopfer, woodcuts by Angelina Beloff
Artheme Fayard, Paris, 1929
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus | Illustrated
L'Ile de Volupte
1928, Myriam Harry's novel of travel in Ceylon, illustrated by Pierre Falke
Myriam Harry, with woodcuts by Pierre Falke
Artheme Fayard, Paris, 1928
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus | Illustrated
La Petite Fille de Jerusalem
1928, with 27 woodcuts by Gerard Cochet
Myriam Harry, woodcuts by Gerard Cochet
Artheme Fayard, Paris, 1928
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus | Illustrated
Star Maker
2004, first paperback printing of this edition of Olaf Stapledon's classic
Olaf Stapledon, foreword by Freeman J Dyson, introduced and edited by Patrick A McCarthy
Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, 2004
£12.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First thus
The Danger Tree (Signed copy)
1980, signed by Olivia Manning, the first book in her Levant Trilogy
Olivia Manning, dustwrapper by Albert Runciman Cummings
The Book Club, London, 1980
£70.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper | First thus
Poems of Ivor Gurney 1890–1937
1973, a reissue of Blunden's 1954 edition, with a new bibliographical note by Leonard Clark
Ivor Gurney, with an introduction by Edmund Blunden and a bibliographical note by Leonard Clark
Chatto & Windus, London, 1973
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Marxism on the State
1972 1st thus, Lenin's Preparatory Material for the Book 'The State and Revolution'
V I Lenin
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1972
£15.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | First thus
Two books on Countess Markievicz
Prison Letters of Countess Markievicz and The Rebel Countess, The Life and Times of Countess Markievicz
Countess Markievicz, with Amanda Sebestyen, and Anne Marreco
Virago, London, 1987
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First thus
