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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

Henri Chopin, Graphic, objective and other poems

Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition pamphlet from 1974
Henri Chopin
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1974
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions

76 volumes from Benn's Sixpenny Library

covering all manner of subjects: biography, science, literature, history
Various, including J B Priestley, Prince Mirsky, and Edward Thompson
Ernest Benn, London, n.d.
£60.00
Collections | Soft Cover | Mixed Editions

Japanese Sword Essentials

Yoshiaki Limura's profusely illustrated study of Japanese swords
Yoshiaki Limura
Unknown, Japan, 1961
£60.00
Reference & Bibliography | Hard 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

The New Compleat Angler (Signed copy)

Signed by the author, Stephen Downs, and the illustrator Martin Knowelden
Stephen Downes, illustrated by Martin Knowelden, foreword by Richard Walker
Orbis, London, 1983
£20.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

The Bon Mot; A Calendar of Scintillating Wisdom

An unused 1936 calendar with 52 witty sayings...
Not stated
Hills, London, 1936
£30.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover

Japanese Flowers and Birds by Hiroshige and Hokusai

A set of six prints, in a portfolio bound in obonai paper
Hiroshige, and Hokusai
Kyoto Hanga Institute, Shinagawa, n.d.
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | Illustrated

As I Recall, An Autobiography

An unpublished memoir by R E Clilverd, MC, including the Great War (Salonika and the Western Front) and the Summer Olympics, 1912
Ralph Egerton Clilverd
Not Published, 1969
On Hold
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Seven books by / about Max Beerbohm

including More Theatres, Last Theatres, and his Letters to Reggie Turner
Max Beerbohm, and John Rothenstein etc
Various, London, n.d.
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Mixed Editions

Four books by / about Wilfred Owen

including a signed copy of Jon Stallworthy's biography
Jon Stallworthy, with John Bell, Dominic Hibberd etc
Various, London, 1974
£15.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Bookplate | Mixed Editions

Blue Cockerel (1994) by David Holt

A vibrant, colourful original abstract framed oil on canvas
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1994
£100.00
Artwork | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

Marxist art historian F D Klingender's copy, with his bookplate
John Ruskin
George Allen, Orpington, 1989
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Association Copy | Bookplate

Midnight Tales

1946, first edition. Twenty uncanny tales including The Beast with Five Fingers
William Fryer Harvey
J M Dent, London, 1946
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Legends and Stories of Ireland

1832, Samuel Lover's tales from Irish folklore, ghosts and the supernatural
Samuel Lover, with six etchings by the Author
W F Wakeman, Dublin, 1832
£70.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Looking Backward (2000—1887), or, Life in the Year 2000 A.D.

A 1920s paperback copy of Edward Bellamy's Utopian novel
Edward Bellamy
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1920
£12.00
Fiction | Soft Cover

War Injuries of the Chest

1942, once used in The Sanatorium, Liguanea
H Morriston Davies, and Robert Coope (editors)
E & S Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1942
£10.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

United Nations Peacekeeping 1946–1967, Documents and Commentary

Vol 1: The Middle East (1969), Vol 2. Asia (1970), with a signed card from the author, Rosalyn Higgins
Rosalyn Higgins
Oxford University Press, London, 1969
£30.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Night Field (2000) by David Holt

A large original abstract oil painting, 76 × 101cm
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 2000
£120.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork

The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1919–1961

First edition, 1963, predominantly their service in the Second World War
Brigadier J Clabby, and General Sir Cecil S Sugden
J A Allen & Co, London, 1963
£26.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

A Fake's Progress, Tom Keating's Story (Signed copy)

Signed by Frank and Geraldine Norman, the story of the unmasking of art forger Tom Keating and his Sexton Blakes (fakes)
Tom Keating, with Frank Norman and Geraldine Norman
Hutchinson, London, 1977
£50.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

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 Remembered (Signed copy)

Signed by Nadia Stancioff
Nadia Stancioff
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1988
£20.00
Maria Callas | 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

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