Recent Additions
Horses & Husbands, The Memoirs of Etti Plesch (first edition, 2007)
This copy signed and dedciated by the editor, Hugo Vickers
Etti Plesch, edited by Hugo Vickers
Dovecote Press, Wimborne Minster, 2007
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Time Trap (1979, Signed copy)
Signed by Nicholas Fisk, the first paperback edition
Nicholas Fisk
Puffin, London, 1979
£20.00
Childrens | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
A Dyer's Manual
1985, a classic text on the making and using of dyes
Jill Goodwin
Pelham Books, London, 1985
£40.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Sketches in Verse (Signed copy)
Signed by author Henry Richard Dickinson, 1906, a collection of ghostly and romantic verse with tipped in illustrations
H R Dickinson, illustrated by A S Boyd, Gordon Browne, Frank Dadd, F C Dickinson, Charles Dixon, W Hatherell, H M Paget, Balliol Salmon, and the author.
Printed for the Author(s), 1906
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated
Letters from Julia (1897, signed by W T Stead)
A rare signed first edition of Stead's automatic writing communications from the deceased Julia A Ames
W T Stead
Grant Richards, London, 1897
£300.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes
1972, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in French
Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrations by Jean Kerleroux
Editions de Cremille, Geneve, 1972
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
The Benn Diaries (Signed first edition, 1995)
Signed by Tony Benn, a single volume edition covering 1940 to 1990
Tony Benn, abridged and introduced by Ruth Winstone
Hutchinson, London, 1995
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Handling of Words (1927)
An early edition of Vernon Lee's studies in literary psychology
Vernon Lee, pseud. Violet Paget
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1927
£40.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First thus
The Art Forger's Handbook (1997, first edition)
Master art forger Eric Hebborn reveals his secrets
Eric Hebborn
Cassell, London, 1997
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
George Orwell, non-fiction and selected essays & journalism (1980, first thus)
Containing Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia, Selections from Essays and Journalism 1931 to 1949 (including Such, Such Were the Joys and The Lion and the Unicorn), and The Road to Wigan Pier. Complete and Unabridged
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg / Octopus, London, 1980
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Cat Among the Pigeons (1959, first edition)
A very good copy of this Hercule Poirot mystery from Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Collins Crime Club, London, 1959
On Hold
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Old City of Warsaw, 10 wood-engravings (Signed limited edition)
Each wood-engraving signed by Eugeniusz Pichell, housed in a leather portfolio
Eugeniusz Pichell, also as Eugeniusza Pichella in Polish
Intrografia, Warsaw, 1969
£150.00
Art | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Illustrated
The Dancing Floor
1932, an early edition of John Buchan's thriller, in the original dustwrapper
John Buchan
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1932
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
Celebrating Krishna (Signed first edition, 2001)
This copy signed and dedicated by photographer Robyn Beeche
Shrivatsa Goswami, with photographs by Robyn Beeche
Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana, Vrindavan, 2001
£120.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
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
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Kelly's Directory of Cumberland 1894
Professionally rebound, complete with folding map
Kelly's Directories
Kelly & Co, London, 1894
£40.00
Genealogy & Family History | Hard Cover
Mrs Kimber (Signed first edition)
Signed by artist Mary Kessell, and Shell publicity maestro Jack Beddington
Osbert Sitwell, illustrated by Mary Kessell
Macmillan, London, 1937
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper
Binko's Blues, A Tale for Children of All Growths
1884, first edition. A whimsical fantasy novel in the original decorative binding
Herman Charles Merivale, illustrated by Edgar Giberne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1884
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Rappel 1910 (1964, signed first edition)
Signed and dedicated by Caryl Brahms
Caryl Brahms, and Ned Sherrin, dustwrapper by Patrick Tilley
W H Allen, London, 1964
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Rebel Advocate, A Biography of Gerald Gardiner (1983, signed first edition)
Signed and dedicated by Murial Box, author and second wife of Gerald Gardiner
Muriel Box
Victor Gollancz, London, 1983
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday (1929, first edition)
Eleven short pieces from Ernest Bramah
Ernest Bramah
George G. Harrap, London, 1929
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Five Novels by Ronald Firbank (1950)
Second printing, with the Keith Vaughan dustwrapper
Ronald Firbank, introduction by Osbert Sitwell
Duckworth & Co, London, 1950
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
McLuhan's Global Village Today: Transatlantic Perspectives (2014, 1st edition)
A series of essays exploring the many facets of McLuhan’s work
Carmen Birkle, with Angela Krewani, and Martin Kuester (editors)
Pickering & Chatto, London, 2014
£30.00
Education, Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Psycho (1989, first Tor edition)
The first printing in very good condition
Robert Bloch, cover art by Joe DeVito
Tor, New York, 1989
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First thus
No Heaven—No Hell, Human Conclusions (1946, first edition)
Jack Bilbo's maxims and musings on the human condition
Jack Bilbo, pseud. Hugo Baruch
Modern Art Gallery Ltd, London, 1946
£20.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions
