Browse by Date—1950–
In Defence of the Earth (1959, first edition)
A book of verse from Kenneth Rexroth from the San Francisco Renaissance
Kenneth Rexroth
Hutchinson, London, 1959
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Flayed Deer : New Mexico : USA (1959)
A large original oil painting inspired by the customs of the Pueblo Indians
David Holt
Original Artwork, New Mexico, 1959
£150.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
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
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
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
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
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
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
£40.00
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
Cesare Pavese, Selected Poems (Signed copy)
This copy signed and dedicated by translator and editor, Margaret Crosland
Cesare Pavese, edited and translated with a foreword by Margaret Crosland
Penguin Books, London, 1971
£20.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus
Andy Warhol, Zoya Museum
The museum's illustrated book for its important Andy Warhol collection
Iveta Ledecka, et al
Zoya Museum, Modra, Slovak Republic, 2010
£15.00
Art | Soft Cover | Illustrated
Oeuvres de Maistre François Villon
1969, full leather, with illustrations by Émile Bernard. Printed with ink mixed with gold powder.
Francois Villon, illustrated by Émile Bernard
Jean de Bonnot, Paris, 1969
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated
Twilight of the Pistons (Signed first edition)
Malcolm Finnis' history of Air Ferry Limited at Manston Airport
Malcolm Finnis
M J Finnis, Eastbourne, 1997
£20.00
Transport | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | First thus
The Haunted Realm (1986, first edition)
Simon Marsden's photographs and visits to haunted houses and supernatural sites
Simon Marsden, introduction by Colin Wilson
Webb & Bower, London, 1986
£15.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz, A Catalogue Raisonne
Volume Two: The American Years 1941–1973
Alan G Wilkinson
Thames and Hudson, London, 2000
£50.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Commissioning Contemporary Art (Signed first edition)
Signed by Louisa Buck. A Handbook for Curators, Collectors and Artists
Louisa Buck, and Daniel McClean
Thames and Hudson, London, 2012
£35.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
