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Peter Pan's Play-Book

1929, a collection of 24 images on card by Flora White, a rough copy of a rare title.
J M Barrie, illustrated by Flora White
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1929
£30.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Original architect's drawing for a staircase for a hall

1946, hand-drawn, watercolour (with maid), and technical plan
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1947
£30.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten | Illustrated | Original Artwork

Original Architectural Drawing for an Author's Retreat

1946, hand-drawn and hand-coloured, a quiet country cottage with large writing room
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1946
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten | Hand-painted | Illustrated | Original Artwork

Original Architectural Drawing for a Small Dance Hall

1947, hand-drawn, with floorplan and two dancers in evening wear
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1947
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten | Illustrated | Original Artwork

The Marxist Philosophy and the Sciences

1942 hardback edition of J B S Haldane's Muirhead lectures on political philosophy of 1938
J B S Haldane
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1942
£35.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Modern Dancing and Dancers

1912, hardback, a first edition on dancing, ballet, dancers, morris dancing...
J E Crawford Flitch
Grant Richards, London, 1912
£40.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions

Me and Catharine Susan

1903, the first of Kathleen Ainslie's little picture books about the two Dutch peg dolls
Kathleen Ainslie
Castell Brothers, London, 1903
£25.00
Childrens | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Historique des 44e, 244e et 264e Regiments D'Artillerie de Campagne, 1914–1918

A Great War French WW1 regimental history including Roll of Honour
Not stated
Libraire Chapelot, Paris, 1919
£30.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions

Historique de 244e Regiment D'Artillerie de Campagne, 1 Avril 1917—30 Janvier 1919

A 1919 Great War French regimental history with Roll of Honour
Not stated
Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1919
£20.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions

Therese

1928, the first UK edition of Francois Mauriac's classic novel
Francois Mauriac, translated by Eric Sutton
Martin Secker, London, 1928
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

The "Green Pelican" and other stories

First edition, seven charming stories by Robert Tredinnick, aka Uncle Robert
Robert Tredinnick, illustrated by John Read
Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1944
£15.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Missel Romain

c1910, in a full leather binding with beautifully illuminated pages
Not stated
J Depelley, Limoges, 1910
Sold
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

In Ruhleben Camp, No 1. Sunday, June 6th 1915

The first issue of the magazine for the German WW1 camp's internees
Not stated
T A Barton, Berlin, 1915
£15.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions

Plays of Gods and Men

1917, first UK edition, containing four of Lord Dunsany's plays
Lord Dunsany
T Fisher Unwin, London, 1917
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Book of the Bayeux Tapestry

1914, first edition, with 76 colour facsimile illustrations of the complete tapestry
Hilaire Belloc
Chatto & Windus, London, 1914
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

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

Soldier Poets, Songs of the Fighting Men

Great War verse, 1916, the "Trench Edition" including Charles Hamilton Sorley, W N Hodgson, and Julian Grenfell
Galloway Kyle, preface, contributors include Charles Hamilton Sorley and Julian Grenfell
Erskine Macdonald, London, 1916
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover

Place Names in Kent

1921, the Hams, the Hithes, the Stones and the Tons...
Canon J W Horsley
South Eastern Gazette, Maidstone, 1921
£15.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions

Gladeye the War Horse

1939, first edition, a horse's story through the Great War
Brigadier Walter Brooke, illustrated by Anne Bullen
Collins, London, 1939
£30.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Six Weeks in Russia in 1919

2nd printing, Arthur Ransome's account of Russian life after the October Revolution of 1917
Arthur Ransome
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1919
£30.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions

Prince Otto, A Romance

1906, a fine blue leather Bumpus binding on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1885 novel
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chatto & Windus, London, 1906
£60.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound

Kidnapped

1912 edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel in a fine blue leather Bumpus binding
Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by W B Hole
Cassell, London, 1912
£120.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound

Ten Books by Andre Maurois

Uniformly bound in red / brown cloth, all early French language editions
Andre Maurois
Various, Paris, 1922
£40.00
Collections | Hard Cover

How the Worcesters Saved the Day, Gheluvelt, 31 October 1914

Great War history: 1915, a rare account from the First Battle of Ypres
Not stated
Worcestershire County Council, Worcester, 1915
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions

They Went

A first edition of Norman Douglas' second novel, rebound in half-leather
Norman Douglas
Chapman & Hall, London, 1920
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

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