Browse by Date—1900–1949

Present-Day Egypt (1903)
With the bookplate of Herbert G Squiers, and rebound in half-leather by Henry Sotheran of London
Frederic Courtland Penfield, illustrated by Paul Philippoteaux and R Talbot Kelly
The Century Co, New York, 1903
£50.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate

Le Tribunal Révolutionnaire (1793–1795)
Lenotre's history of the French Revolution court, and this copy with D Y Cameron's engraved bookplate for W D S Catalani
G Lenotre, pseudonym of Théodore Gosselin
Librairie Académique Perrin et Cie, Paris, 1912
£35.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate

Irish Folk-Tales Collected by Jeremiah Curtin
1944, edited with notes by folklorist Séamus Ó Duilearga
Seamus O Duilearga, editor
Folklore of Ireland Society / Talbot Press, Dublin and Cork, 1944
£18.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover

Destroyer from America (Signed first edition)
1942, signed by John Fernald, and based on his wartime escort duties
John Fernald, illustrated by John Worsley
Jonathan Cape, London, 1942
£25.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated

The Curse of Khatra (1947, first edition)
One of T C H Jacobs' Superintendent John Bellamy crime classics
T C H Jacobs
Stanley Paul, London, 1947
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Expert Cigarette Magic (1932, first edition)
With Demon's Head bookseller ticket from L Davenport
D Deveen, with a foreword by Oswald Williams
Edward Bagshawe, London, 1932
£15.00
Magic | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Defence of London 1915–1918
1924, third edition of Rawlinson's account of the Zeppelin and Gotha raids on London
Augustus Rawlinson, with an introduction by Admiral Sir Percy Scott
Andrew Melrose, London, 1924
£22.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Illustrated

The Crafty Farmer, A Spanish Folk Tale (Signed first edition)
1938, signed by Gregorio Prieto
Gregorio Prieto, illustrator. Translated and introduced by Henry Thomas
The Dolphin Bookshop Editions, London, 1938
£50.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Three early 20th Century Luigi Prandello Plays
1924/1925, Il Piacere dell'Onestà; Pensaci, Giacomino!; and La Vita che ti Diedi
Luigi Pirandello
Bemporad & Figlio, Firenze (Florence), 1924
£15.00
Drama | Soft Cover

The Law of Political Uniforms, Public Meetings and Private Armies
Joseph Baker's 1937 book hot on the heels of the Public Order Act 1936 and the British Union of Fascists
Joseph Baker
H A Just & Co, London, 1937
£40.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions

Guerre Civile
1938, an unusual French language text book centred around the Spanish Civil War
J L Bede, and R J F Cook
Macmillan, London, 1938
£20.00
Language | Hard Cover | First Editions

Three books by Rene Boylesve
Mademoiselle Cloque, La Becquee, L'Enfant a la Balustrade
Rene Boylesve
Calmann Levy, Paris, 1925
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover

The Art of Public Speaking
c1923, with tips on electioneering etc
Lucy D Bell
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1923
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover

The Right to Strike
A rare 1921 novel of industrial action and its consequences
Ernest Hutchinson, and Geo. Goodchild
Robert Hayes, London, 1921
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Original photograph of the Japanese Peace Envoy, August 1945
Taken at Mingaladon Airfield (Rangoon) and showing Esler Dening, Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata and Rear Admiral Kaigun Chujo Chudo
Not stated
Not stated, Rangoon (Burma), 1945
£25.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover

I Go by Sea, I Go by Land
P L Travers' fictional diary of an Atlantic Crossing
P L Travers, illustrated by Gertrude Hermes
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1941
£18.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Concrete Work
1941, E Molloy's guide to concrete construction, Volume 4 in Newnes Building Practice series
E Molloy
George Newnes, London, 1941
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

The House with Green Shutters
c1932, with five super illustrations by Sidney Stanley
George Douglas, with an introduction by J W Drawbell, illustrated by Sidney Stanley
Collins, London, 1932
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

RMS Aquitania: Original Pencil Plans/Sketches Attributed to Arthur J. Davis
With two original freehand pencil plans/sketches executed on the endpapers of Kipling’s Life’s Handicap (1913)
Rudyard Kipling, with the bookplate of architect Arthur J Davis
Macmillan, London, 1913
£200.00
Transport | Hard Cover | Original Artwork | Bookplate

The American Printer, Benjamin Franklin Bi-Centennial Edition 1923
Rebound in quarter leather, with many adverts and articles on the American printing industry and relating to Franklin
Various, cover design by George F Trenholm
Oswald Publishing Company, New York, 1923
£60.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated

Road to Tunis
1944, journalist A D Divine's account of the Tunisian campaign in WW2
A D Divine
Collins, London, 1944
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

War Pictures at the National Gallery
1942, including work by Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Barnett Freedman, Graham Sutherland etc
Eric Newton
National Gallery, London, 1942
£30.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

As It Was (1926, first edition, first state)
Helen Thomas's memoir of her relationship with Edward Thomas, this is the first printing before pages 53–57 were cancelled
Helen Thomas, as H.T.
William Heinemann, London, 1926
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Candle, Vol 1, No 1. January, 1938 (Signed by R C Trevelyan)
Oliver W F Lodge's poetry pamphlet, this copy signed by Trevelyan to Gordon Bottomley
Oliver W F Lodge, writing as William Foster
Oliver W F Lodge, Holmbury St Mary, 1938
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The Printers’, Bookbinders’, Lithographers’, and Stationers’ Sales and Wants Advertiser
November 1915, a rare original print trade journal, with superb advertisments
Trade Journal
Hicks, Wilkinson & Sears, London, 1915
£40.00
Journals, Periodicals and Reviews | Soft Cover | First Editions

