Browse by Date—1950–

The White Spider (1960)
A second impression of Heinrich Harrer's 'History of the Eiger's North Face'
Heinrich Harrer, translated from the German by Hugh Merrick
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1960
£15.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Mixed editions but a clean set of Winston S Churchill's monumental history
Winston S Churchill
Cassell, London, 1958
£25.00
History | Hard Cover | Mixed Editions

The Ismailis, An Illustrated History (2008, first edition)
2008, a very good copy of this important study
Farhad Daftary, and Zulfikar Hirji
Azimuth / The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2008
£50.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Necroscope & Necroscope II: Wamphyri! (Signed by Brian Lumley)
First paperback editions of the first two books in the Necroscope series
Brian Lumley
Grafton Publishing, London, 1986
£40.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The Ice Monkey and Other Stories (1983, signed first edition)
Signed and dedicated by M John Harrison
M John Harrison, dustwrapper design by Eddie Gornall
Victor Gollancz, London, 1983
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Farmer Giles of Ham (1971)
The eighth impression of Tolkien's comic medieval fable
J R R Tolkien, illustrated by Pauline Diana Baynes
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1971
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

The Littlehampton Bequest (Signed limited edition, 1973)
No 66 of 75 copies, signed by Osbert Lancaster and 'the Earl of Littlehampton'
Osbert Lancaster, with a foreword by Roy Strong
John Murray, London, 1973
£50.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Counter-Attack aginst Subtopia (1956, first edition)
Ian Nairn's sequel to Outrage, superbly illustrated
Ian Nairn
The Architectural Press, London, 1956
£30.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Thinking the Unthinkable (1994, signed first edition)
Signed by Richard Cockett, his study of "Think Tanks and the Economic Counter-Revolution, 1931–1983"
Richard Cockett
HarperCollins, London, 1994
£30.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Ficciones (First UK edition, 1962)
Jorge Luis Borges seminal short stories, in the original dustwrapper
Jorge Luis Borges, edited with an introduction by Anthony Kerrigan. Dustwrapper by Ralph Mabey
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1962
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Erotic Ex Libris Exhibition (with signed bookplate, and unique leather binding)
Also signed by artists and curators, from the collection of Gordon R Smith
Dr Iva Tauferova, & Ing. Tatána Macurová (introduction)
Municipal Cultural Centre, Havirov, Czech Republic, 2002
£120.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate

Memoires de Casanova (1955, unique leather binding & signed bookplates)
With 32 colour plates by Brunelleschi, and two signed bookplates for Gordon Smith by David Bekker
Casanova, edited by Rene Groos. Illustrated by Brunelleschi
Gibert Jeune, Librairie d'Amateurs, Paris, 1955
£300.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate

Les Amores (1954, the artist's proof copy, and with signed bookplate)
Ovid's verse in prose, limited edition, with illustrations by Paul-Emile Becat
Ovid, as Ovide, translated by George Vertut. Illustrated by Paul-Emile Becat
Editions Athena, Paris, 1954
£100.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate

The Saturday Book 17, signed by Selma van de Perre
This copy owned and signed by Selma van de Perre, WW2 Dutch resistance worker and Ravensbruck concentration camp survivor
John Hadfield
Hutchinson, London, 1957
£50.00
Journals, Periodicals and Reviews | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Fencing with the Sabre, Introduction and Technique (1965)
Second edition of Roger Crosnier's instructive book
Roger Crosnier, preface by Roger Tredgold, illustrations by Kaye Gibson
Faber & Faber, London, 1965
£25.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Mond, Moon, Lune—1968 moon landing map
1 : 4000000 scale, with instructions on where to mark either the American or Russian landing
Dr F Holzel
Falk Plan Publishing Co, London, 1968
£40.00
Maps | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Cosmic Crystal Spiral (Signed first edition)
Signed by Ra Bonewitz
Ra Bonewitz
Element Books, Shaftesbury, 1986
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

To Throw Away Unopened (Signed first edition)
Signed and dedciated by Viv Albertine
Viv Albertine
Faber & Faber, London, 2018
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Nurse Matilda Trilogy (2005, in slipcase)
Nurse Matilda, Nurse Matilda Goes to Town, & Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital, all with Edward Ardizzone's wonderful illustrations
Christianna Brand, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
Bloomsbury, London, 2005
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Childrens | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated

Three Plays by Thornton Wilder (1958, first edition)
Our Town; The Skin of our Teeth; The Matchmaker
Thornton Wilder
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1958
£25.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Mr Noselighter (1976, signed first edition)
Signed by Roger McGough
Roger McGough, illustrated by Andre Francois
G Whizzard / Andre Deutsch, London, 1976
£50.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

The People of Kau (1976, signed by Leni Riefenstahl)
A signed first printing of Reifenstahl's time with the Nuba of Kau
Leni Riefenstahl, translated by J Maxwell Brownjohn
Collins, London, 1976
£100.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Interviews with American Artists
David Sylvester's talks with Cy Twombly, Barnett Newman, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein etc
David Sylvester
Chatto & Windus, London, 2001
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Buddhism and the Nichiren Shoshu Tradition
1986, the first edition of this introductory guide to Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism
Yasuji Kirimura
Nichiren Shoshu International Centre, Tokyo, 1986
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Lotus Sutra
The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma, an important Mahayana sutra
Senchu Murano, translator, revised by Daniel B Montgomery
Nichiren Shu Headquarters, Tokyo, 1991
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover

