Browse by Date—1900–1949
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1929)
Pocket edition, in good order for age
Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel
Macmillan, London, 1929
£30.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Illustrated
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1938)
This edition is a less common binding with Cheshire Cat to spine
Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel
Macmillan, London, 1938
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Childrens | Hard Cover | Illustrated
Cupid and Psyche and Other Tales from the Golden Ass of Apuleius (1904)
Signed by Grace Curzon, and in a fine decorative red leather binding by Bumpus
Lucius Apuleius, edited by W H D Rouse
Alexander Moring Ltd, The De La More Press, London, 1904
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Classics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | First thus
The Secret Life of Salvador Dali (1948, limited edition)
This copy in a unique leather Surrealist binding
Salvador Dali, translated by Haakon M Chevalier
Vision, London, 1948
£275.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound
The Conquered (1927)
Naomi Mitchison's first book, a tale of the Roman defeat of Gaul
Naomi Mitchison
Jonathan Cape, London, 1927
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
Black Sparta (1928, first edition)
Naomi Mitchison's stories of the Greek city-state Sparta
Naomi Mitchison
Jonathan Cape, London, 1928
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Cloud Cuckoo Land (1926, second impression)
Naomi Mitchison's novel of the Peloponnesian War and the eclipse of Athens
Naomi Mitchison
Jonathan Cape, London, 1926
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
When the Bough Breaks (1924, second impression)
Naomi Mitchison's short stories of the Roman Empire
Naomi Mitchison
Jonathan Cape, London, 1924
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927, first edition)
Sylvia Townsend Warner's second novel
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Chatto & Windus, London, 1927
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Walter Pater, four first printings in the pocket edition
Marius the Epicurean, Imaginary Portraits, The Renaissance, and Appreciations
Walter Pater
Macmillan, London, 1924
£25.00
Collections | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
The Jungle Book (1924) & The Second Jungle Book (1923)
Two very decent reprinted editions of Kipling's classic tales
Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by J Lockwood Kipling & W H Drake
Macmillan, London, 1924
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Illustrated
Anna Livia Plurabelle (1932)
James Joyce's short work that would be part of Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
Faber & Faber, London, 1932
£30.00
Fiction | Soft Cover
The Life and Teaching of Jesus the Christ (1923, first edition)
This copy rebound in quarter leather and marbled page edges, with the crest of Christ's Hospital to the upper board
Rt Rev Arthur Cayley Headlam
John Murray, London, 1923
£40.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
The Garden (1946, first edition)
A nice first printing of Vita Sackville-West's long poem
Vita Sackville-West, decorations by Broom Lynne
Michael Joseph, London, 1946
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
En Campagne 1914–1915, Impressions d'un Officier de Legere (1918)
Marcel Dupont WW1 memoirs, this edition for English students
Marcel Dupont, edited by G-C Bosset
George G. Harrap, London, 1918
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
The Oxford Book of French Verse, XIIIth century—XIIXth century
1920, first edition bound in full leather
St John Lucas
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1920
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander (1902)
The two volume Library Edition of J B Bury's history
J B Bury
Macmillan, London, 1902
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex (1937)
The RCHM's detailed report, with maps, plans and photographs
RCHM
HMSO, London, 1937
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Cambridge Companion to the Bible (1920)
A very good copy with Christ's Hospital crest in gilt
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1920
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Illustrated
Biography for Beginners (1930)
E C Bentley's clerihews and G K Chesterton's sketches
E C Bentley, illustrated by G K Chesterton
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1930
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
L'Atlantide
1924, a nicely bound copy of Pierre Benoit's 1919 classic French lost-world novel
Pierre Benoit
Albin Michel, Paris, 1924
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
A Gilbert and Sullivan Dictionary (1936, first edition)
An A to Z of all people, places and events, real and imaginary, in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
George E Dunn
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1936
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Contemporary Chinese Poetry (1947, first edition)
A selection from nine modern Chinese poets
Robert Payne, editor and introduction
Routledge, London, 1947
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Bad Lord Byron (1949, first edition)
"A controversial book about a controversial film", with original flyer for the film
Sydney Box, and Vivian Cox, introduction by Dennis Price
Convoy Publications, London, 1949
£40.00
Film, Theatre & Radio | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Armand Rassenfosse, 30 colour plates for Les Fleurs du Mal
1930, limited edition, Trente Compositions aux Crayons de Couleur de Rassenfosse pour Les Fleurs du Mal de Charles Baudelaire
Armand Rassenfosse
Dorbon-Ainé, Paris, 1930
£180.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
