Browse by Date—1900–1949

Jataka Tales out of Old India
1927, a selection of Indian fables and stories
Marguerite Aspinwall, illustrated by Arnold Hall
G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1927
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Major—Knight Errant
1935, a South African adventure from L Patrick Greene
L Patrick Greene
John Hamilton, London, 1935
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover

Premiers Elements d'Economie Politique (Economie Sociale)
1902, Italian economist Luigi Cossa's book on political economy
Luigi Cossa, translated by Alfred Bonnet
V Giard & E Briere, Paris, 1902
£12.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Cookery for Invalids and the Convalescent
1909, an early edition of C H Senn's popular book
Charles Herman Senn
The Food & Cookery Publishing Agency, London, 1909
£15.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover

Step by Step 1936–1939
1939 (3rd printing), Winston Churchill's newspaper writings in the years before the outbreak of war
Winston S Churchill
Thornton Butterworth, London, 1939
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions

A.B.C. of Stamp Collecting
1904, first edition, a wealth of information on postage stamps
F J Melville
Henry J Drane, London, 1904
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Rough Justice
2nd impression of C E Montague's powerful Great War novel in the original wrapper
C E Montague
Chatto & Windus, London, 1926
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Camelia, original Japanese watercolour
c1900 by Kwako.
Kwako
Original Artwork, Japan, 1900
£50.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies

Fifty Traditional Scottish Nursery Rhymes
1933, first edition, collected, edited and arranged for voice and piano by Alfred Moffat
Alfred Edward Moffat, cover illustration by M C Shoosmith
Augener Ltd, London, 1933
£40.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Legion of the Lost
1930, a scarce novel of the French Foreign Legion
Julien Le Brocq
Boots Pure Drug Co [Printed by Collins], Nottingham & London, 1930
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

The History of Liquor Licensing in England
1903, Beatrice and Sidney Webb's history from 1700 to 1830
Sidney and Beatrice Webb
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1903
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions

An Outline of British Military History 1660–1936
1936, first edition, with thirteen maps
Major D H Cole, and Major E C Priestley
Sifton Praed & Co, London, 1936
£22.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Book of Vegetable Cookery, Usual and Unusual
1931, Erroll Sherson's recipes and tips for all manner of vegetables
Erroll Sherson
Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1931
£20.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions

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

The Harwich Naval Forces, Their Part in the Great War
1919, first edition, a history of the Naval operations out of the Essex port
E F Knight
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1919
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions

Silver Ley
1931, the first edition of the second title in Adrian Bell's novelized memoir trilogy
Adrian Bell
Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1931
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Memoirs of Life on a River Thames Tug
1928, Trinity House pilot Charles Haill's autobiography
C W Haill
Reporter, Ltd., Gravesend, 1928
£25.00
Transport | Hard Cover | First Editions

These Little Ones
1909, a first edition of Edith Nesbit's collection of short stories
Edith Nesbit, illustrated by Spencer Pryse
George Allen, London, 1909
£40.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Henrietta's House
1942, a first printing of Elizabeth Goudge's charming tale
Elizabeth Goudge, illustrated by Lorna Steele
University of London Press, London, 1942
£30.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions

The School Queens
1908, a first edition of L T Meade's novel of school life
L T Meade, illustrated by William Rainey
W & R Chambers, London, 1908
£15.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

When We Were Very Young
1927, the first appearance of Winnie the Pooh, and a very clean copy
A A Milne, with decorations by Ernest H Shepard
Methuen, London, 1927
£20.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Illustrated

Stories of the Forties
1945, including Anna Kavan and Julian Maclaren-Ross
Reginald Moore, and Woodrow Wyatt (editors)
Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945
£22.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

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

Along the Seine, Paris
A signed coloured etching of the booksellers / Bouquinistes of Paris by Marcel Julien Baron
Marcel Julien Baron
Not stated, Paris, 1947
£50.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies

'T E Lawrence' in Arabia and After
1937 edition in dustwrapper
Basil H Liddell Hart
Jonathan Cape, London, 1937
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

