Recent Additions

The Chelsea Arts Ball and Bystander Coming of Age Celebrations 1924
A rare original 1924 souvenir programme from the Roaring Twenties
Chealsea Arts Club / Bystander, illustrated by Edmund Blampied, W Heath Robinson et al
The Chelsea Arts Club, London, 1924
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Ephemera | Soft Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated

An Essay On The Genius Of George Cruikshank (1840, first edition)
An early work by William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray, but published anonymously
Henry Hooper, London, 1840
£35.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Jamaica: On the Tracks of James Bond
2025, a first edition hardback of Simon Firth's fifth 007 book
Simon Firth, foreword by Hon. Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, afterword by Gloria Hendry (Rosie Carver), edited and designed by Martijn Mulder. Cover art by Jeffrey Marshall
DMD Digital, 2025
£30.00
Film, Theatre, Dance & Radio | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

The Age of Scandal and The Scandal Monger (first editions)
T H White's duels, mistresses, public executions, royal gossip etc
T H White
Jonathan Cape, London, 1950
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Giambologna, The Complete Sculpture
A comprehensive illustrated study of the 16th century Italian sculptor
Charles Avery, principal photographs by David Finn
Phaidon, London, 1993
£25.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

From the Shoulder, Sixteen Rounds with the Gloves Off (1935)
A Scottish minister's advice to older boys to stop thinking about *that* etc
Herbert Reid, MC
Church of Scotland & Boy Scouts, Edinburgh, 1935
£20.00
Education, Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Point of Inconvenience (Signed first edition, 2013)
Signed by by A F Harrold to Greta Bellamacina and Robert Montgomery
A F Harrold
Two Rivers Press, Reading, 2013
£20.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Cedric Morris (1984, first edition)
The illustrated exhibition book for the Tate Gallery's retrospective
Richard Morphet
Tate Gallery, London, 1984
£35.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Fair Shares for All, Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice (Signed)
With a postcard signed by the author
Jean-Pierre Gross
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Only the Unexpected Happens (1985, signed limited edition)
Signed by Phyllis Pearsall, seven short stories from the creator of the London A-Z Atlas
Phyllis Pearsall, frontispiece by James McBey
The Stourton Press, Hackney, London, 1985
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings

From Bedsitter to Household Name (1990, signed first edition)
Signed by Phyllis Pearsall, the creator of the A-Z London atlas
Phyllis Pearsall
Geographer's A-Z Map Company, Sevenoaks, 1990
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Hungarian Ethnography and Folklore
A thorough guide to the customs, history and manners of the Hungarians
Ivan Balassa, and Gyula Ortutay, translated by Maria and Kenneth Bales
Corvina Kiado, Budapest, 1984
£30.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Flight (Memorial to Hubert Latham) by David Holt (1998)
A large original oil painting of Latham spectral aeroplane
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1998
£250.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork

Tales of the British Aristocracy (1956, first edition)
L G Pine's wry look at British noble families...
L G Pine
Burke, London, 1956
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Long Revolution (1961, first edition)
Raymond Williams's companion to Culture and Society.
Raymond Williams
Chatto & Windus, London, 1961
£20.00
Education, Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Quo Vadis (1901)
An early edition of Henryk Sienkiewitz's novel set in the time of Nero
Henryk Sienkiewicz, translated by Dr S A Binion and S Malevsky
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1901
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover

Stories of the Italian Artists from Vasari (1885, first edition)
with sixteen illustrations, some in gilt and colour
Emma Louisa Seeley, but published anonymously
Seeley & Co, London, 1885
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Bric-a-Brac Hunter (1875, first edition)
or, Chapters on Chinamania, in a superb gilt binding
Major Herbert Byng Hall
Chatto & Windus, London, 1875
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Fine Bindings

Augustus John: Drawings (1942, second impression)
with 64 reproduction of Augustus John's work
Lillian Browse, with 'A Note on Drawing' by Augustus John, and a preface by T W Earp
Faber & Faber, London, 1942
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Lord Byron's Letters and Journals, volumes 1 to 4
All hardbacks in dustwrapper, covering 1798 to 1815
Lord Byron, edited by Leslie A Marchand
John Murray, London, 1973
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Digging Dinosaurs (1990, signed first thus)
Signed by John R Horner, his account of the excavation of dinosaur nesting sites in Montana
John R Horner, and James Gorman, foreword by David Attenborough. Illustrated by Donna Braginetz and Kris Ellingsen
Harper & Row, New York, 1990
£15.00
History | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First thus

Three Ballet books by Cyril W Beaumont
Complete Book of Ballets (1951), Supplement (1942) and Sadler's Wells (1947)
C W Beaumont
C W Beaumont & Putnam, London, 1942
£25.00
Film, Theatre, Dance & Radio | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Two Ballet books by Tamara Karsavina
Ballet Techniques (1957) and Classical Ballet, The Flow of Movement (1965)
Tamara Karsavina, with forewords by Margot Fonteyn and A H Franks
Adam and Charles Black, London, 1957
£25.00
Film, Theatre, Dance & Radio | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Basic Principles of Classical Ballet (1965, second edition)
The book of the Vaganova Russian ballet technique
Agrippina Vaganova, with an introduction by Ninette de Valois
Adam and Charles Black, London, 1965
£25.00
Film, Theatre, Dance & Radio | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Memoirs of Painting (1824, first edition. two volumes)
William Buchanan's record of the art market in the early nineteenth century
William Buchanan
R Ackermann, London, 1824
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions

