Recent Additions
English Book-Plates, Ancient and Modern (1893)
The second enlarged edition of Egerton Castle's history of bookplates
Egerton Castle
George Bell & Sons, London, 1893
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated
A Compendium of the Travels of Dr Richard Pococke, Alex. Drummond, and Alexander Russell
1757, first edition. Extracts from their travels around the Levant and North Africa
Dr Richard Pococke, with Alexander Drummond, and Alexander Russell
J Smith, Dublin, 1757
£120.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
An Essay on the Government of Children (1756, second edition)
James Nelson's seminal study of the health, manners and education of children
James Nelson
R & J Dodsley, London, 1756
£100.00
Education, Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
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
Thais (1948, in a unique leather binding)
With 10 colour lithographs by Suzanne Ballivet, and from the library of Gordon R Smith with a signed Lynn Paula Russell bookplate
Anatole France, illustrated by Suzanne Ballivet
Aux Editions du Livre, Monte Carlo, 1948
£120.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
Daphnis and Chloe (1937, signed by Aristide Maillol)
Limited edition 54/250, additionally inscribed by Anton Zwemmer to E L T Mesens
Longus, translated by George Thornley, illustrated by Aristide Maillol
A Zwemmer, London, 1937
£700.00
Classics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Association Copy | Illustrated | Slipcase
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
Memoirs of Henrietta Caracciolo, of the Princes of Forino, Ex-Benedictine Nun (1865)
Fourth edition of Caraciollo's convent scandal memoir Mysteries of the Neapolitan Cloister / Misteri del Chiostro Napoletano. In the Register of Erotic Books (Entry No 2950).
Henrietta Caracciolo, otherwise Enrichetta Caracciolo
Richard Bentley, London, 1865
£300.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate
Sophyle ou de la Philosophie
1778, a rare first edition of Dutch philosopher Frans Hemsterhuis's dialogue
Frans / Francois Hemsterhuis
Not stated, Paris, 1778
On Hold
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poemes en Prose
1925, limited edition of Baudelaire's prose poems, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Enseigne du Pot Cassé, Paris, 1925
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
Life, Writings and Correspondence of George Borrow (1899, first edition, signed copies)
Both from the library of Elizabeth von Arnim with her signature and ex libris plate
William I Knapp
John Murray, London, 1899
Sold
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy
The Week-End Book (1928, in the original dustwrapper)
Illustrated with full page colour decorations by Albert Rutherston
Nonesuch Press, illustrated by Albert Rutherston
The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | 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
Autographs: H Rider Haggard, C J Cutliffe Hyne & Alfred Austin
Three on one sheet, clipped from letters
Henry Rider Haggard. C J Cutliffe Hyne and Alfred Austin
Not Published, n.d.
£50.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, handwritten letter
Dated 1827 and sent from Gloucester House
Prince William Frederick Duke of Gloucester
Not Published, London, 1827
£60.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Field Marshal F S Roberts, signed envelope, South Africa c1902
Sent to Lt-Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle, commanding Harrismith
Field Marshal F S Roberts
Not Published, South Africa, 1902
£60.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
