Browse by Date—1900–1949
The Bon Mot; A Calendar of Scintillating Wisdom
An unused 1936 calendar with 52 witty sayings...
Not stated
Hills, London, 1936
£30.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover
Looking Backward (2000—1887), or, Life in the Year 2000 A.D.
A 1920s paperback copy of Edward Bellamy's Utopian novel
Edward Bellamy
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1920
£12.00
Fiction | Soft Cover
War Injuries of the Chest
1942, once used in The Sanatorium, Liguanea
H Morriston Davies, and Robert Coope (editors)
E & S Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1942
£10.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Roll of Honour, Arbroath and District 1939–1945
with ephemera from the Imperial War Graves Commission concerning one of the casualties
Marion Angus, foreword
T Buncle, Arbroath, 1946
£25.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Association Copy
Johnson over Jordan
1939, second printing of J B Priestley's play of a soul in limbo
J B Priestley
William Heinemann, London, 1939
£18.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Post Office London Directory with County Suburbs for 1916
Three volumes, an important resource for historians and genealogists
Kelly's Directories
Kelly's Directories, London, 1916
£170.00
Genealogy & Family History | Hard Cover
Songs of a Soldier
1931, first edition of American Great poetry from William V V Stephens
William V V Stephens
Banner Press, Emory University, Georgia, 1931
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
A Summer's Fancy
1930, a limited edition of Edmund Blunden's poem published by The Beaumont Press
Edmund Blunden, decorations by Randolph Schwabe, typography and binding by Cyril William Beaumont
The Beaumont Press, London, 1930
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated
An Elegy and Other Poems
1937, first edition, including some of Edmund Blunden's war poetry
Edmund Blunden
Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1937
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Anthology of War Poetry 1914–1918
Robert Nichols's selection, published in the middle of the Second World War
Robert Nichols
Nicholson & Watson, London, 1943
£12.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Tantivy Towers, A Light Opera in Three Acts (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by A P Herbert
A P Herbert
Methuen, London, 1931
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper
Douaumont, or the Return of the Soldier Ulysses
A Great War play from German dramatist Eberhard Wolfgang Möller
Eberhard Wolfgang Moeller / Möller, translated by Graham and Tristan Rawson
Victor Gollancz, London, 1930
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Poems of Love and War
Liverpool sociologist John Barron Mays's first book
John Barron Mays
James Foggo, Liverpool, 1940
£10.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
Actor, Soldier, Poet
1939, first edition of the memoirs of Robert Henderson-Bland
Robert Henderson-Bland, with an appreciation by General Sir Hubert Gough
Heath Cranton, London, 1939
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Month, May 1937. Vol CLXIX, No 837
including an article on Lithobolio, a New England Poltergeist of 1692
Joseph Keating, editor, with articles by Herbert Thurston, C C Martindale etc
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1937
£20.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Soft Cover | First Editions
Brought Forward
1916, first edition, fifteen tales from R B Cunninghame Graham
R B Cunningham Graham
Duckworth & Co, London, 1916
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Tooting Corner, A Book of Reminiscences
1946, first edition of Eric Bligh's memoirs, in the original dustwrapper
Eric Bligh
Secker & Warburg, London, 1946
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Geeta, The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna
1942, the second printing of Purohit Swami's magnificent translation
Shri Purohit Swami
Faber & Faber, London, 1942
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Quintessence of Ibsenism. Now Completed to the Death of Ibsen
1913, first edition, stamped 'Presentation Copy' by the publisher
George Bernard Shaw
Constable, London, 1913
£12.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Little Girl's Sweet Book
1924. Recipes for sweet treats and how to run a sweet stall...
Flora Klickmann, editor
Office of "The Girl's Own Paper", London, 1924
£20.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions
Slum Clearance and Rehousing
1934, first edition. The First Report of the Council for Research on Housing Construction
The Earl of Dudley, introduction
Council for Research on Housing Construction, London, 1934
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions
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
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
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten | Illustrated | Original Artwork
