Recent Additions

Made in Egypt (Signed copy)
Signed by artist Euphemia MacTavish
Euphemia MacTavish, edited by Sandra Drew, Essays by Jeremy Theophilus and Richard Parkinson
E L C MacTavish, Canterbury, 2005
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated

Jeremy and Hamlet
1935, in the original pictorial dustwrapper
Hugh Walpole
Macmillan, London, 1935
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Psychology and Folk-Lore
1920, R R Marett's collection of writings on matters psychological, anthropological and folkloric
R R Marett
Methuen, London, 1920
£25.00
Psychology | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Song of Bride
Isobel Wylie Hutchison's poetic retelling of the Gaelic legend of Bride, foster-mother to Christ
Isobel Wylie Hutchison
De La More Press, London, 1927
£20.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions

Nouvel Atlas de Champignons, Volume 2
Mycology: 1958, with 74 full-page colour plates of mushrooms
Henri Romagnesi
Bordas, Paris, 1958
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Nouvel Atlas de Champignons, Volume 1
Mycology: 1956, with 79 full-page colour plates of mushrooms
Henri Romagnesi
Bordas, Paris, 1956
£25.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Hand-coloured engraving of Dunfermline Abbey in Fifeshire
c1787—1789, framed and glazed
Olive
Alexander Hogg, London, 1787
£30.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Framed | Hand-painted

The Wandering Prince
1934, the story of The Young Pretender, Charles Edward, the Last of the Stuarts
L Dumont-Wilden, translated from the French by Warre Bradley Wells
George Bell & Sons, London, 1934
£12.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Raising Hare (Signed copy)
Signed to a Hare bookplate by Chloe Dalton.
Chloe Dalton
Canongate, Edinburgh, 2024
£60.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Snark Puzzle Book
1973, Martin Gardner's Snarkteasers with the original poem
Martin Gardner, after Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Henry Holiday and Sir John Tenniel
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1973
£20.00
Lewis Carroll | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Heroes of Asgard
1926, A & E Keary's tales of Scandinavian mythology
Annie & Eliza Keary, adapted for use in schools by M R Earle
Macmillan, London, 1926
£15.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Illustrated

I'm Here I Think, Where Are you? (Signed copy)
Signed by Timothy West, the letters from a touring actor
Timothy West, foreword by Prunella Scales
Nick Hern Books, London, 1994
£20.00
Film, Theatre & Radio | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Accident to Adeline
1952, a thriller from Eric Burgess
Eric Burgess, dustwrapper by Evadne Rowan
Michael Joseph, London, 1952
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Travel & Exploration Vol III, January—June 1910 (Signed copy)
Inscribed by the Editor, Eustace Raynolds-Ball, An Illustrated Monthly of Travel, Exploration, Adventure and Sport
Eustace Reynolds-Ball
Witherby & Co, London, 1910
£30.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated

The Code Napoleon; or, The French Civil Code (1824)
The 2nd English edition, with ownership signature of Colorado judge Robert Wilbur Steele
George Spence, writing as 'A Barrister of the Inner Temple'
Charles Hunter, London, 1824
£120.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Fountains in the Sand
1925, third printing of Norman Douglas' travels in Tunisia
Norman Douglas
Martin Secker, London, 1925
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Limited Editions

Hints to Young Architects
1895, a guide for all budding builders
George Wightwick, revised and enlarged by G Huskisson Guillaume
Crosby Lockwood & Co, London, 1895
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Illustrated

Men and the Fields
1939, with six fine lithographs by John Nash
Adrian Bell, illustrated by John Nash
Batsford, London, 1939
£30.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Sun Bathers
1935, a very good copy in dustwrapper of Bertram Park & Yvonne Gregory's 48 nude studies
Bertram Park, and Yvonne Gregory, introduction by Alan Warwick
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1935
£70.00
Photography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Greenbank School, Liverpool, 1888 to 1912, A Memoir
including a roll of pupils including those who served in the Great War
Greenbank School
University Press of Liverpool, London, 1939
£25.00
School & University Registers | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Scots Kitchen, Its Traditions and Lore with Old-Time Recipes
1968, a very good copy of F Marian McNeill's classic
F Marian McNeill
Blackie & Son, London, 1968
£20.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

The Architecture of Ancient Greece
1927, a fully illustrated history
William Bell Dinsmoor, revised and rewritten from the text of William J Anderson & R Phene Spiers
Batsford, London, 1927
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First thus | Illustrated

Ballads of Battle and Poems of Peace
1914, Newcastle-upon-Tyne poet R Ellis Gerrard's poems from his military days and of Tyneside
R Ellis Gerard
North of England Publishing Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1914
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

Seal Morning
1957, the story of Rowena Farre's childhood, and her friendship with a talented seal
Rowena Farre, illustrated by Raymond Sheppard
Hutchinson, London, 1957
£12.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Doktor Murkes Gesammeltes Schweigen and other stories
1966, second printing of Heinrich Boll's stories
Heinrich Boll, edited by Gertrud Seidmann and H M Waidson
George G. Harrap, London, 1966
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions