Browse by Date—1900–1949
An Introduction to Dutch Art
This copy belonged to artist and illustrator Brian Robb
R H Wilenski
Faber & Gwyer, London, 1929
£30.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy
Mrs Kimber (Signed copy)
Signed by artist Mary Kessell, and Shell publicity maestro Jack Beddington
Osbert Sitwell, illustrated by Mary Kessell
Macmillan, London, 1937
£80.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper
A Rambler's Recollections & Reflections (Signed copy)
Signed by Alfred Capper, a magician and drawing-room entertainer
Alfred Capper
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1915
£40.00
Magic | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Bookplate
Electricalities
A superb cover on this guide to car electrics, c1935, by Joseph Lucas Ltd
Joseph Lucas Ltd
Joseph Lucas Ltd, Birmingham, 1935
£30.00
Transport | Soft Cover
Squad
1928, first US edition, a novel of the American infantry in the Great War
James B Wharton
Coward-McCann, New York, 1928
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Old Contemptibles, Mons to Ypres 1914 (Signed copy)
Signed by Beatrix Brice
Beatrix Brice
Old Contemptibles Association, London, 1939
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Alcools
Apollinaire's collection of poetry from 1898–1913
Guillaume Apollinaire
Librairie Gallimard / NRF, Paris, 1946
£10.00
Poetry | Soft Cover
The Technique and Spirit of Fugue
Signed by Alexander Kelly, pianist and piano teacher
George Oldroyd
Geoffrey Cumberlege / OUP, London, 1949
£12.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
Unfigured Harmony
Signed by Alexander Kelly, pianist and piano teacher
Percy C Buck
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1946
£12.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
Questionings on Criticism and Beauty
Balfour's Romanes Lecture of 1909
Arthur James Balfour
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1909
£15.00
Essays | Soft Cover | First Editions
Practical Animal Husbandry (Signed copy)
Signed by one of the authors, E D S Robertson
William C Miller, and E D S Robertson
Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1934
£10.00
Animals & Pets | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Adventure in Algeria (Signed copy)
Signed by Brian Stuart, an account of his time in the French Foreign Legion and trek across the Sahara
Brian Stuart
Herbert Jenkins, London, 1936
£70.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Duenna
Signed by Nigel Playfair, this edition issued for his production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with an introduction by Nigel Playfair, and illustrations by George Sheringham
Constable, London, 1925
£20.00
Film & Theatre | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Riallaro, The Archipelago of Exiles
1901, a rare first edition of a lost race satirical novel
Godfrey Sweven, (pseud. John MacMillan Brown)
G P Putnam's Sons, New York & London, 1901
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Monster of Mu
1945 reissue of Owen Rutter's thrilling mystery
Owen Rutter
Francis James Publishing Co, London, 1945
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
Medical Gymnastics and Massage in General Practice
1926, treatments for all types of conditions
Dr J Arvdeson, translated and edited by Mina L Dobbie
J & A Churchill, London, 1926
£12.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover
Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant
Two vols, 1924 & 1921, containing seven plays
George Bernard Shaw
Constable, London, 1924
£12.00
Drama | Hard Cover
The Brewing Room Diary & Year Book 1948
Packed with useful information to brewers and an unused diary
White Tomkins & Courage Ltd
White Tomkins & Courage Ltd, London, 1948
£40.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover
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
£30.00
Language | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Story of the British Navy (Signed copy)
Signed by Almeric Paget to Richard Hennessy
E Keble Chatterton
Mills & Boon, London, 1911
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Three books of French poetry by Francis Jammes
La Vierge et les Sonnets, De L'Angelus de L'Aube a l'Angelus du Soir, and Les Nuits Qui Me Chantent...
Francis Jammes
Various, Paris, 1919
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
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 Crafty Farmer, A Spanish Folk Tale (Signed copy)
Signed by the illustrator, Gregorio Prieto
Gregorio Prieto, illustrator. Translated and introduced by Henry Thomas
The Dolphin Bookshop Editions, London, 1938
£60.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Flower Foes
1923, a book of garden pests from the editor of Amateur Gardening
T W Sanders, illustrated in colour by Miss Kate Ashley
W H & L Collingridge, London, 1923
Sold
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Cosmic Rhythm of Art and Literature
1948, a series of essays on French and English art and culture
Mary P Harris
Frank Cork, Adelaide, 1948
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
