Browse by Date—1900–1949

Scenes from the Fall of Troy and Other Poems, and Fragments
1915, Limited edition being Volume XXIV of the Collected Works of William Morris.
William Morris, with an introduction by his Daughter May Morris
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1915
Sold
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | First thus

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

Types and Scenes of Egypt, Detachable Phototype Post Cards
c1910/1920, 21 of 24 sepia postcards in a booklet
Not stated
B Livadas & Couticos, Cairo, 1920
£20.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover

The Housing Question
1946, the first English language edition of Engels's work
Frederick Engels, edited by C P Dutt
International Publishers, New York, 1946
£30.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus

Portraits and Speculations
1913, Arthur Ransome's essays, this copy signed by Maurice Firuski in 1916
Arthur Ransome
Macmillan, London, 1913
£35.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Association Copy

Discurso del Presidente Dr. Ramon J Carcano en al acto de la tome de posesion (Signed copy)
Signed by Ramon Carcano's son, Miguel Angel Carcano, also an Argentinian politician
Ramon J Carcano
Consejo Nacional de Prevision Social, Buenos Aires, 1944
£30.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The Court is Sitting (Signed copy)
Signed by Ernest Pettifer, and where he describes the goings-on in the court
Ernest W Pettfier
Clegg & Sons, Bradford, 1940
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Hours and the Centuries
1944, a first edition of Peter de Mendelssohn's timeslip novel
Peter de Mendelssohn
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1944
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas Discussed
1938, a solid copy of this seminal work of music criticism
Eric Blom
J M Dent, London, 1938
£15.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions

An Outline of the Natural History of our Shores (Signed copy)
First edition, 1906. Signed by the author, Joseph Sinel, to entomologist K G Blair
Joseph Sinel
Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1906
£40.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy

The Stage Cyclopaedia—A Bibliography of Plays
1909, this copy signed by Montague Berryman, a barrister of 12 King's Bench Walk
Reginald Clarence, compiler
The Stage, London, 1909
£12.00
Film, Theatre & Radio | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The House of God (Signed copy)
Signed by Ernest H Short, a history of religious architecture and symbolism
Ernest H Short
Macmillan, New York, 1926
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Memoirs of Edward, Earl of Sandwich 1839–1916
1919, first edition of the peers memoirs
Mrs Steuart Erskine
John Murray, London, 1919
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

On Freedom
1911, politician and poet Godfrey Locker Lampson's study of freedom
Godfrey Locker Lampson
Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1911
£20.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions

Reminiscences of My Fifty-Five Years in Chile and Peru (Signed copy)
Signed by William Russell Young, published in 1933
William Russell Young
Sociedad Imprenta y Litografia Universo, Valparaiso, 1933
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Athletics
1929, a first edition of this scarce survey of the sport
D G A Lowe, and A E Porritt
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1929
£20.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | First Editions

Die Vielgeliebte Frau; George Sand und ihre Freunde in Briefen und Dokumenten
Signed by Lili Turel, one of only 20 copies in a hand-made leather binding
Lili Turel
O C Recht Verlag, Munchen, 1922
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound

High Wycombe Furniture
Lawrence Weaver's treatise on Buckingham furniture
Lawrence Weaver
The Fanfare Press, London, 1929
£20.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Milk in the Cocoanut
1933, a work of speculative fiction by W Barnard Faraday
W Barnard Faraday, as W Bernard Faraday to the spine
Denis Archer, London, 1933
£45.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Boy in the Bush
First US edition of D H Lawrence's novel set in Western Australia
D H Lawrence, and M L Skinner
Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1924
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Life and Death of Jason (Signed copy)
This copy signed by American writer and anthologist Edward J O'Brien
William Morris
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1914
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy

Candle in the Dark, A Postscript to Despair
This copy signed by British author Rumer Godden
Irwin Edman
The Viking Press, New York, 1939
£12.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Is It Peace?
David Lloyd George's thoughts and theories on the Treaty of Versailles, and the years after the Great War
David Lloyd George
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1923
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions

Pilate's Wife
French author Jean Damase's first novel
Jean Damase, translated from the French by Arthur Mayne
Duckworth & Co, London, 1932
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

