Browse by Date—1900–1949

1948, signed by William Kent to Maurice Bowra. A historical record of foreign visitors welcomed to London

Nicholson & Watson, London, 1948

1918, the first UK edition of Moysheh Oyved's first book (Aroys fun Khaos)

Minerva Publishing Co, London, 1918

A rare first issue of this theatrical magazine featuring Willy Clarkson, Allan Wilkie etc

The Thespian Publishing Co, London, 1913

A superb dustwrapper on this riches to rags to riches story (1941)

Cassell, London, 1941

c1925, 2nd edition of Pierre Benoit's Atlantean fantasy

Hutchinson, London, 1925

An uncommon title from Catharine Amy Dawson Scott

Hurst & Blackett, London, 1920

A novel of smuggling in the Carribean, c1925

Hurst & Blackett, London, 1925

1918, first edition of Neil Munro's short stories, including two supernatural tales

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1918

1938, the first printing of Evelyn Waugh's Fleet Street satire

Chapman & Hall, London, 1938

1937, by Graham Seton, army officer, author, and fascist

Quaker Oats, Southall, 1937

1927, a selection of Indian fables and stories

G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1927

1935, a South African adventure from L Patrick Greene

John Hamilton, London, 1935

1902, Italian economist Luigi Cossa's book on political economy

V Giard & E Briere, Paris, 1902

1909, an early edition of C H Senn's popular book

The Food & Cookery Publishing Agency, London, 1909

1939 (3rd printing), Winston Churchill's newspaper writings in the years before the outbreak of war

Thornton Butterworth, London, 1939

1904, first edition, a wealth of information on postage stamps

Henry J Drane, London, 1904

2nd impression of C E Montague's powerful Great War novel in the original wrapper

Chatto & Windus, London, 1926

c1900 by Kwako.

Original Artwork, Japan, 1900

1930, a scarce novel of the French Foreign Legion

Boots Pure Drug Co [Printed by Collins], Nottingham & London, 1930

1903, Beatrice and Sidney Webb's history from 1700 to 1830

Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1903

1936, first edition, with thirteen maps

Sifton Praed & Co, London, 1936

1931, Erroll Sherson's recipes and tips for all manner of vegetables

Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1931

1942, a selection from Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil

Verlag Benno Schwabe & Co, Basel, 1942

1919, first edition, a history of the Naval operations out of the Essex port

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1919

1928, Trinity House pilot Charles Haill's autobiography

Reporter, Ltd., Gravesend, 1928