Browse by Date—1900–1949

Signed by Sydney J Chapman, his 'Continuation of Lord Brassey's 'Work and Wages' and 'Foreign Work and English Wages' Vol 1: Foreign Competition, and Vol 2: Wages and Employment'

Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1904

1933, the first prose work of Caryl Brahms, an irreverent look at married life

Denis Archer, London, 1933

An unused 1936 calendar with 52 witty sayings...

Hills, London, 1936

A 1920s paperback copy of Edward Bellamy's Utopian novel

George Routledge & Sons, London, 1920

1942, once used in The Sanatorium, Liguanea

E & S Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1942

with ephemera from the Imperial War Graves Commission concerning one of the casualties

T Buncle, Arbroath, 1946

1939, second printing of J B Priestley's play of a soul in limbo

William Heinemann, London, 1939

Three volumes, an important resource for historians and genealogists

Kelly's Directories, London, 1916

1931, first edition of American Great poetry from William V V Stephens

Banner Press, Emory University, Georgia, 1931

1905, taken from the writings of Wellington, Napoleon, Clausewitz etc

Hugh Rees Ltd, London, 1905

1930, a limited edition of Edmund Blunden's poem published by The Beaumont Press

The Beaumont Press, London, 1930

1937, first edition, including some of Edmund Blunden's war poetry

Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1937

Robert Nichols's selection, published in the middle of the Second World War

Nicholson & Watson, London, 1943

Signed and dedicated by A P Herbert

Methuen, London, 1931

A Great War play from German dramatist Eberhard Wolfgang Möller

Victor Gollancz, London, 1930

Liverpool sociologist John Barron Mays's first book

James Foggo, Liverpool, 1940

1939, first edition of the memoirs of Robert Henderson-Bland

Heath Cranton, London, 1939

including an article on Lithobolio, a New England Poltergeist of 1692

Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1937

1916, first edition, fifteen tales from R B Cunninghame Graham

Duckworth & Co, London, 1916

1946, first edition of Eric Bligh's memoirs, in the original dustwrapper

Secker & Warburg, London, 1946

Two volumes, including supplement of 1841–1919 Additions and Corrections 1919–1951

The College, Cheltenham, 1928

1942, the second printing of Purohit Swami's magnificent translation

Faber & Faber, London, 1942

1934, first edition, A Hobby Book for Girls of All Ages...

W Foulsham & Co Ltd, London, 1934

1900, leather-bound, limited edition (33/50), and signed by Edward Amack

Blades, East and Blades, London, 1900

1913, first edition, stamped 'Presentation Copy' by the publisher

Constable, London, 1913