Browse by Date—1900–1949
Rupert Brooke, A Memoir
1918, the first separate edition of Edward Marsh's memoir
Edward Marsh
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1918
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First thus
Finale of Seem, A Lyrical Narrative
The radical American poet's second book, 1929
Walter Lowenfels, with a prefatory note by Humbert Wolfe
William Heinemann, London, 1929
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
How Amusing! And a Lot of Other Fables
1929, first edition of Mackail's short stories
Denis Mackail
William Heinemann, London, 1929
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Cyrano de Bergerac
1920, in an attractive quarter leather binding
Edmond Rostand
Libraire Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1920
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Beyond Khyber Pass
c1932, No 11 in Hutchinson's Booklover's Library
Lowell Thomas
Hutchinson, London, 1932
£12.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
The Glass Mender & other stories
Maurice Baring's tales, some with a supernatural element, illustrated by S.B.
Maurice Baring, illustrated by S.B.
William Heinemann, London, 1926
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
The Novels of Thomas Peacock
1948, Headlong Hall, Melincourt, Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian, The Misfortunes of Elphin, Crotchet Castle, and Gryll Grange
Thomas Peacock, edited by David Garnett. Dustwrapper by Joan Hassall.
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1948
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Carlisle House, Carlisle Street, Soho, London
1936, a rare if brief history, in a fine Bickers & Son full leather binding
J Brooke Wilkinson, author identified by printed initials at end of text
British Board of Film Censors, London, 1936
£50.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound
Hugh Walpole, handwritten signed letter
c1921, from York Terrace, NW1
Hugh Walpole
Not Published, London, 1921
£35.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
L'Art Mimique
1901, a rare first edition of Charles Aubert's book on mime
Charles Aubert
E Meuriot, Paris, 1901
£40.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
Christ Church, Madras, Parish Magazine 1928
Church notices, short stories, home help, adverts...
Christ Church, Madras
Not stated, Madras (Chennai), 1928
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions
Original Architectural Drawing for a Proposed Youth Hostel in the Lake District
1946, with colour perspective, elevations, and floorplan
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1946
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten | Illustrated | Original Artwork
Original architect's drawing for a stone carver's workshop in the Cotswolds
1947, with watercolour image and floorplan
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1947
£30.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten | Illustrated | Original Artwork
Original architect's drawing for the design of a Public Library
1947, by a student architect, with colour elevations and a floorplan
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1947
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten | Illustrated | Original Artwork
Over the Range (Signed copy)
Signed by Ion L Idriess, 'Sunshine and Shadows in the Kimberleys'
Ion L Idriess
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1949
£25.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper
A Catalogue of the Pictures in the Garrick Club
1936, half-vellum, a comprehensive list with biographies
C K Adams, compiler
The Garrick Club, London, 1936
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Fine Bindings
Aspects of Dialectical Materialism
1934, first edition, six essays by J D Bernal, Ralph Fox, R Page Arnot etc
J D Bernal, with H Levy, John MacMurray, Ralph Fox, R Page Arnot, and E F Carritt
Watts & Co, London, 1934
£40.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions
Things to Make in the Clubroom
1937, A Book for Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies and Woodcraft Folk
Henry Bramford
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1937
£20.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Secret of Japanese Success (Signed copy)
Signed by J Hagiwara, his lecture given in Glasgow in 1906
J Hagiwara
Japanese Consulate, Glasgow, 1906
£40.00
History | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Robert Hugh Benson, Pretre et Romancier 1871–1914
Agnes de La Gorce's 1928 biography of the Priest and novelist
Agnes de La Gorce
Librairie Plon, Paris, 1928
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Adventures of a Pretty Woman
1927, a romance from Florence Warden
Florence Warden
Benman's, London, 1927
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
The Never-Ending Road and Other Sketches in War-Time
1916, a selection of writings from J E G De Montmorency, some of a supernatural flavour
J E G De Montmorency
C North, The Blackheath Press, London, 1916
£50.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Guild State, Its Principles and Possibilities (Signed copy)
Inscribed by the author to R McNair Wilson
G Stirling Taylor
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1920
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Modern Housing Estates
1949, A Practical Guide to their Planning, Design and Development
Stanley Gale
Batsford, London, 1949
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Naval Front (Signed copy)
Signed by Gordon S Maxwell, the Royal Navy in the Great War
Gordon S Maxwell, illustrated by Donald Maxwell
A & C Black, London, 1920
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
