Browse by Date—1900–1949

c1920, a good selection of Victor Hugo's poetry

Bibliotheque Larousse, Paris, 1920

c1920, Chateaubriand travels in America and the Ruins of Ohio etc, with the bookplate of K T Butler of Girton College

Garnier Freres, Paris, 1920

c1920, Chateaubriand travels from Paris to Jerusalem, with the bookplate of K T Butler of Girton College

Garnier Freres, Paris, 1920

With the bookplate of Herbert G Squiers, and rebound in half-leather by Henry Sotheran of London

The Century Co, London, 1907

With the bookplate of Herbert G Squiers, and rebound in half-leather by Henry Sotheran of London

The Century Co, New York, 1903

Lenotre's history of the French Revolution court, and this copy with D Y Cameron's engraved bookplate for W D S Catalani

Librairie Académique Perrin et Cie, Paris, 1912

Winifred Holtby's tale from the Radio Times, illustrated by Batt

Lovat Dickson, London, 1933

1944, edited with notes by folklorist Séamus Ó Duilearga

Folklore of Ireland Society / Talbot Press, Dublin and Cork, 1944

1942, signed by John Fernald, and based on his wartime escort duties

Jonathan Cape, London, 1942

One of T C H Jacobs' Superintendent John Bellamy crime classics

Stanley Paul, London, 1947

With Demon's Head bookseller ticket from L Davenport

Edward Bagshawe, London, 1932

1924, third edition of Rawlinson's account of the Zeppelin and Gotha raids on London

Andrew Melrose, London, 1924

1938, signed by Gregorio Prieto

The Dolphin Bookshop Editions, London, 1938

1901, a rare first edition of Charles Aubert's book on mime

E Meuriot, Paris, 1901

1924/1925, Il Piacere dell'Onestà; Pensaci, Giacomino!; and La Vita che ti Diedi

Bemporad & Figlio, Firenze (Florence), 1924

Joseph Baker's 1937 book hot on the heels of the Public Order Act 1936 and the British Union of Fascists

H A Just & Co, London, 1937

1938, an unusual French language text book centred around the Spanish Civil War

Macmillan, London, 1938

Mademoiselle Cloque, La Becquee, L'Enfant a la Balustrade

Calmann Levy, Paris, 1925

c1923, with tips on electioneering etc

George Routledge & Sons, London, 1923

A rare 1921 novel of industrial action and its consequences

Robert Hayes, London, 1921

1923, the second UK printing of Karel Capek's play that gave us the word "robot"

Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1923

Taken at Mingaladon Airfield (Rangoon) and showing Esler Dening, Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata and Rear Admiral Kaigun Chujo Chudo

Not stated, Rangoon (Burma), 1945

A wealth of information on the South London district

Westminster City Publishing Co, London, 1938

P L Travers' fictional diary of an Atlantic Crossing

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1941

1941, E Molloy's guide to concrete construction, Volume 4 in Newnes Building Practice series

George Newnes, London, 1941