Browse by Date—1950–
Rum, Yesterday and Today
First edition, a history of the drink from its first distillation in Barbados
Hugh Barty-King, and Anton Massel, foreword by Hammond Innes
William Heinemann, London, 1983
£12.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The White Men (Signed copy)
Signed by Julia Blackburn. The First Response of Aboriginal Peoples to the White Man"
Julia Blackburn, foreword by Dr Edmund Carpenter
Orbis, London, 1979
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
After You with the Pistol
The second Charlie Mortdecai novel, a first edition book in a Book Club wrapper.
Kyril Bonfiglioli
Secker & Warburg, London, 1979
£18.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Ray Atkins, Recent realist paintings
Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition pamphlet from 1974
Ray Atkins
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1974
£15.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
David Hepher, paintings, reliefs and collages, of interiors and exteriors
Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition pamphlet from 1974
David Hepher, essay by Edward Lucie-Smith
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1974
£15.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Marc Chagall, en Terre Promise
2008, the book of a French exhibition of Chagall's Bible illustrations
Francois Chapon
Henry des Abbayes Art Editions, Fougeres, 2008
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Blue Cockerel (1994) by David Holt
A vibrant, colourful original abstract framed oil on canvas
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1994
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David Holt Paintings | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Night Field (2000) by David Holt
A large original abstract oil painting, 76 × 101cm
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 2000
£100.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Somme, The Heroism and Horror of War (with signed letters)
Loosely enclosed are five letters from Martin Gilbert to historian Anne Powell
Martin Gilbert
John Murray, London, 2006
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Maria Callas, A Record Obsession (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by John Pettitt
John Pettitt
The Odda Press, Ilkley, 2000
£20.00
Maria Callas | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated
Maria, Beyond the Callas Legend (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by Arianna Stassinopolulos, also with handwritten letter
Arianna Stassinopoulos
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1980
£20.00
Maria Callas | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Reimagining Britain, Foundations for Hope (Signed copy)
Signed by Justin Welby with his episcopal signature Justin Cantaur
Justin Welby
Bloomsbury Continuum, London, 2018
£40.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Poems
Peter Tempest's translation of the Hurufi poet Imadeddin Nesimi
Imadeddin Nesimi, translated by Peter Tempest, wood engravings by Yuri Kosmynin
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1973
£15.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Art of the Maker
Peter Dormer's essay, "Skill and its Meaning in Art, Craft and Design"
Peter Dormer
Thames and Hudson, London, 1994
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Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Bomber Command War Diaries (Signed copy)
Signed by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt to Bomber Command veteran Les King, DFM
Martin Middlebrook, and Chris Everitt
Viking, London, 1985
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
How the Voice becomes Prematurely Damaged, as in the Case of Maria Callas
Greek soprano Marika Palaisti's swipe at Maria Callas
Marika Palaisti
Not stated, Greece, 1962
£25.00
Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions
Spirit in the Mass
A 1992 exhibition catalogue for the Borough Group with David Bomberg
Not stated
Fine Art Associates, London, 1992
£15.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
New Tree (1997) by David Holt
Original semi-abstract oil painting in bespoke frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1997
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David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Pyramids and Blue C's (1984) by David Holt
Original abstract expressionist painting, oil on canvas
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1984
£70.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Parkett No 81
A contemporary art journal featuring Ai Weiwei, Cosima von Bonin, and Christian Jankowski
Bice Curiger, editor
Parkett, Zurich, 2007
£13.50
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Hillsigns by David Holt (1966)
A superb large original abstract expressionist painting
David Holt
Original Artwork, 1966
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David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Lewis Carroll, une vie, une legende
The first French edition of Morton Cohen's monumental biography of Lewis Carroll
Morton N Cohen, translated from the English by Laurent Bury
Editions Autrement, Paris, 1998
£15.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Island of California
A History of the Myth. The hardback first US edition.
Dora Beale Polk
The Arthur H Clark Company, Spokane, Washington, 1991
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Gallipoli (Signed copy)
Signed by Peter Hart to historian and anthologist Anne Powell
Peter Hart
Profile Books, London, 2013
£12.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Sisters in Arms (Signed copy)
Signed by Nicola Tyrer. British Army Nurses of the Second World War tell their story
Nicola Tyrer
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2008
£15.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
