Browse by Date—1900–1949
The Inconstancy of Madam Chuang
1924, six Chinese stories from Chin Ku Ch'i Kuan
E B Howell, translator, illustrated by "a native artist"
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1924
£22.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
La Retraite Sentimentale
1914 edition of Colette's first sole authorship novel
Colette
Ernest Flammarion, Paris, 1914
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
Drake's Drum (Signed copy)
Signed by Draycot M Dell, the co-creator of the 1933 King Kong screenplay
Draycot M Dell
Jarrold and Sons, London, 1920
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Tunnel Trench, A Play in Three Acts
1924, a Great War play set in the Allied offensive of 1918
Hubert Griffith
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1924
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Unknown Warrior, A Tragedy in Three Acts
A Great War drama, Cecil Lewis's 1928 translation of Paul Raynal's anti-war play
Paul Raynal, translated by Cecil Lewis
Methuen, London, 1928
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Second Jungle Book
1901, an early printing in the uniform edition
Rudyard Kipling, with decorations by J Lockwood Kipling
Macmillan, London, 1901
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
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
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
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
Christ Church, Madras, Parish Magazine 1928
Church notices, short stories, home help, adverts...
Christ Church, Madras
Not stated, Madras (Chennai), 1928
Sold
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
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
£30.00
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 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 Man Takes a Wife
A Study of Man's Problems in and through Marriage
Ira S Wile
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1938
£20.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Princess Galva, A Romance
1926, in the original dustwrapper
David Whitelaw
Stanley Paul, London, 1926
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
