Browse by Date—1900–1949
Perissa (Signed copy)
Signed by S P B Mais with a lengthy dedication (1924)
S P B Mais
Grant Richards, London, 1924
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
John Galsworthy, signed framed photograph
Signed in 1927, taken by Elliott and Fry
John Galsworthy
Elliott & Fry, London, 1927
£50.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed
WW2 Buckingham Palace letter of condolence
Lt.-Cdr. Henry Thomas Robert Bonham, wounded at Narvik on HMS Fleetwood in 1940
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, London, 1940
£20.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover
The Intelligentsia of Great Britain
1935, the first UK edition of Dmitri Mirsky's critical assessment
Dmitri Mirsky, translated by Alec Brown
Victor Gollancz, London, 1935
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Poets in Picardy and Other Poems
1919, first edition, Great War poetry
Edward Adolphe Sinauer De Stein
John Murray, London, 1919
£12.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
Masks of Time, A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative
1925, a limited edition of Edmund Blunden's verse, including some war poetry
Edmund Blunden, decorations and initial letters by Randolph Schwabe, typography and binding by Cyril William Beaumont
The Beaumont Press, London, 1925
£32.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions
Social Psychology of International Conduct
1929, first US edition of George M Stratton's book
George Malcolm Stratton
D Appleton, New York, 1929
£20.00
Psychology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Twenty-Four Woodcuts of Cambridge
1926, limited edition, with 24 full page woodcuts of the Colleges etc
John F Greenwood
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1926
£30.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated
The Secret Valley
1929, A Picture of the Great Events which Took Place in Unconquered Lakeland during Norman Times
Nicholas Size
Titus Wilson & Son, Kendal, 1929
£20.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions
Future of Man, A Study in Human Possibilities
1944, a rare first edition of Frank E Warner's call for natural ethics
Frank E Warner, pseud. Ernest Frankenstein, translated from the original manuscript by S L Salzedo
Nicholson & Watson, London, 1944
£40.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions
Crime, Law and Social Science
1933, Michael and Adler's important book on early American criminology
Jerome Michael, and Mortimer J Adler
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd, London, 1933
£40.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Les Orientales, Les Feuilles D'Automne
1890, a pocket edition of Victor Hugo's poems in a full leather binding
Victor Hugo
G Charpentier, Paris, 1906
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Les Fleurs de Mal et Poesies Diverses
1927, a leather bound copy of Baudelaire's poetry
Charles Baudelaire, introduction and notes by Georges Roth
Bibliotheque Larousse, Paris, 1927
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Dijon, Son Passe Evoque par Ses Rues
1928, first French edition of Eugene Fyot's exploration of the French city
Eugene Fyot
Louis Damidot Editeur, Dijon, 1928
£50.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Larousse Medical Illustre
1920, a nice copy of this profusely illustrated French medical dictionary
Dr Emile Galtier-Bossiere
Librairie Larousse, Paris, 1920
£40.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Michael Arlen (novelist) hand-signed photograph
1928, signed and dedicated to his publisher Frere-Reeves of Heinemann
Michael Arlen
Not Published, London, 1928
£80.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed
Salome, Drame en un Acte
A 1922 French limited edition of Oscar Wilde's play, illustrated by Alastair
Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Alastair (Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt)
Les Editions G Cres & Cie, Paris, 1922
£60.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poemes en Prose
1925, limited edition of Baudelaire's prose poems, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Enseigne du Pot Cassé, Paris, 1925
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
A House of Pomegranates
1909, the Tauchnitz edition of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales
Oscar Wilde
Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1909
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
Human Being
1933, Christopher Morley's novel of biography and American life
Christopher Morley
Faber & Faber, London, 1933
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Les Villes Tentaculaires precedes des Campagnes Hallucinees
1908, 5th edition. Emile Verhaeren's Symbolist poetry, limited to 19 copies on Holland paper.
Emile Verhaeren
Societe du Mercure de France, Paris, 1908
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound
Mon Premier Voyage
1936, Jean Cocteau's journey in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg, with the original errata slip.
Jean Cocteau
Librairie Gallimard / NRF, Paris, 1936
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Soft Cover
The Critical Attitude
1915, Ford Madox Ford's critical essays
Ford Madox Ford, writing as Ford Madox Hueffer
Duckworth & Co, London, 1915
£25.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover
Burnt Mallow
1936, a novel from Priscilla Johnston, daughter of calligrapher Edward Johnston
Priscilla Johnston
Duckworth & Co, London, 1936
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Cheiro's Guide to the Hand
1900, Cheiro's study of cheirognomy and cheiromancy (palmistry)
Cheiro, pseud. William John Warner
Nichols & Co, London, 1900
£20.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover
