Browse by Date—1900–1949

The Kitchener Mystery (1926, first edition)
Sensationalist conspiracy theories about the death of Lord Kitchener...
Frank Power, pseudonym of A V Freeman
The Rotary Press, London, 1926
£20.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions

The House at Pooh Corner (1928, first edition)
A nice copy of A A Milne's second Pooh book
A A Milne, with decorations by E H Shepard
Methuen, London, 1928
£120.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Winnie the Pooh
1926, the second edition of A A Milne's first Pooh book, and a very tidy copy
Methuen, London, 1926
£225.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Illustrated

The Winding Stair and other poems (1933)
Second impression in dustwrapper of W B Yeats's poetry, a lovely copy
W B Yeats, dustwrapper and binding design by T Sturge Moore
Macmillan, London, 1933
£300.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

East Suffolk, Illustrated (1909)
First thus, with 566 illustrations, a gazetteer of East Suffolk
H R Barker
F G Pawsey & Co. Ltd, Bury St Edmund's, 1909
£45.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated

Canals, Cruises, and Contentment (1921, first edition)
Cruises on the Ellesmere and Oxford Canals in pre-war England
Austin E Neal
Heath Cranton, London, 1921
£25.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Rudyard Kipling autograph December 1904
Signed aboard the SS Armadale Castle on Kipling's way to Cape Town
Rudyard Kipling
Not Published, 1904
Sold
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

The Stunt Girl
c1935, an adventure / romance and the japes of a film stunt girl. Super dustwrapper.
Richard Starr
Sampson Low, Marston & Co, London, 1935
Sold
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

The Readers Library Cookery Book (1928)
in the original dustwrapper
Judith Ann Silburn
Readers Library, London, 1928
£30.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes (1906, 2nd edition)
Beautifully illustrated throughout with decorative borders by the Birmingham School of Art
Sabine Baring-Gould, illustrated by Members of the Birmingham Art School under the Direction of A J Gaskin
Methuen, London, 1906
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Illustrated

Marie Lloyd, music hall singer, signed handwritten letter
Dated December 1902, and mentioning she is busy with panto and rehearsals
Marie Lloyd
Not Published, London, 1902
£95.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

A Study of Words (1911, first edition)
E W Blackburn's study of the philology and etymology of words
E W Blackburn
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1911
£12.00
Reference & Bibliography | Hard Cover | First Editions

Transactions of the Eighth Congress, Theosophical Society 1923
Lectures and reports from the Vienna Congress of July 1923
C W Dijkgraaf, editor, contributors include Jean Bindley, Mabel Besant-Scott and Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa
Council for the Federation, Amsterdam, 1923
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | First Editions

Interludes and Incantations, A Set of Poems (1927, limited edition)
Poems from minor Modernist poet B G Brooks, printed in Dijon by Maurice Darentierre
Benjamin Gilbert Brooks
Privately printed, Dijon, 1927
£25.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions

The Turmoil (First thus, 1915)
From Louis Conard's Standard Collection of British and American Authors series
Booth Tarkington
Louis Conard, Paris, 1915
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus

One Summer's Day, Comedy, in Three Acts (1900)
An early edition of H V Esmond's play
H V Esmond
Samuel French Limited, London, 1900
£12.00
Drama | Soft Cover

Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and other poems
1913, a pocket hardback edition of Christina Rossetti's verse
Christina G Rossetti
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1913
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus

They Knew What They Wanted
1926, the first UK edition of Sidney Howard's play
Sidney Howard
Chatto & Windus, London, 1926
Sold
Drama | Soft Cover | First Editions

A Primer for Peace and War (1915, first edition)
Charles Plater's Principles of International Morality
Charles Plater, editor
P S King & Son, London, 1915
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Lady of the Canaries (1913, first edition)
Seven short stories by St John Lucas
St John Lucas
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1913
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Oeuvres Choisies; Poesies et Drames en Vers
c1920, a good selection of Victor Hugo's poetry
Victor Hugo, illustrated by Leopold-Lacour, preface by Gustave Simon
Bibliotheque Larousse, Paris, 1920
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated

Voyages en Amérique, en Italie, au Mont Blanc
c1920, Chateaubriand travels in America and the Ruins of Ohio etc, with the bookplate of K T Butler of Girton College
François-René de Chateaubriand
Garnier Freres, Paris, 1920
£40.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate

Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem
c1920, Chateaubriand travels from Paris to Jerusalem, with the bookplate of K T Butler of Girton College
François-René de Chateaubriand
Garnier Freres, Paris, 1920
£40.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate

East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan (1907, first edition)
With the bookplate of Herbert G Squires, and rebound in half-leather by Henry Sotheran of London
Frederic Courtland Penfield
The Century Co, London, 1907
£50.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate

Present-Day Egypt (1903)
With the bookplate of Herbert G Squires, and rebound in half-leather by Henry Sotheran of London
Frederic Courtland Penfield, illustrated by Paul Philippoteaux and R Talbot Kelly
The Century Co, New York, 1903
£50.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate

