Browse by Date—1900–1949
A Midsummer Memory
1910, limited edition, An Elegy on the Death of Arthur Upson
Richard Burton
Edmund D Brooks, Minneapolis, 1910
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Bookplate
Alone
1921, first edition, Norman Douglas's travels around Italy
Norman Douglas
Chapman & Hall, London, 1921
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Semi-Detached House & The Semi-Detached Couple
1928, hardback copies of Emily Eden's two novels
Emily Eden, with introductions by Anthony Eden and John Gore
Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd, London, 1928
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
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
Sold
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
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
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
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
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
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
They Went
A first edition of Norman Douglas' second novel, rebound in half-leather
Norman Douglas
Chapman & Hall, London, 1920
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Down the River (Signed by H E Bates)
1937, first edition, with Agnes Miller Parker's glorious wood engravings
H E Bates, illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker
Victor Gollancz, London, 1937
£40.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated
Mireio, Pouemo Prouvencau / Mireille, Poeme Provencal
Mistral's long poem in both French and Occitan, in a fine leather Hachette binding
Frederic Mistral
Bibliotheque Charpentier, Paris, 1926
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
La Democrazia Cristiana e il Marxismo
1944, an Italian political discussion on Christian Democracy and Marxism
Mario Baronci, and Giuseppe Togni
Il Segno, Rome, 1944
£10.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Littlest One (Signed copy)
This copy signed and inscribed by Italia Conti, the actress and founder of the acting school
Marion St John Adcock, pseud. Mrs Sidney H Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant
George G. Harrap, London, 1918
£80.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy
G.Q.G. Secteur 1 (Signed copy)
Signed by the author, Jean de Pierrefeu to J J Frappa. A French Great War history
Jean de Pierrefeu
L'Edition Francais Illustree, Paris, 1920
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy | Bookplate
Prowling Russia's Forbidden Zone
1949, first edition, a secret journey into Soviet Germany
Werner Knop, wrapper by E McKnight Kauffer
Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1949
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
