Recent Additions
The Condition of the Working Class in England
1950, a Bulgarian Communist Party edition
Frederick Engels
Bulgarian Communist Party, Sofia, 1950
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover
Gate to Snow Field by David Holt (1987)
A small original oil on canvas, framed
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1987
£50.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
I Go by Sea, I Go by Land
P L Travers' fictional diary of an Atlantic Crossing
P L Travers, illustrated by Gertrude Hermes
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1941
£18.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Autobiography of Hamlet Nicholson (1892, first edition)
Rochdale interest, and Nicholson persecution for fighting against Ritualism in the Parish Church
Hamlet Nicholson
Not stated, Rochdale, 1892
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
On the Nature and Significance of the Crafts
Brian Keeble's three essays on W.R. Lethaby, Edward Johnston, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Brian Keeble, with a foreword by Keith Critchlow
Temenos Academy, London, 2005
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First Editions
Oxford High School 1975, Centenary Magazine
Contributions from Gillian Avery, Jane & Sophie Grigson, Elizabeth Jennings...
Oxford High School
Oxford High School, Oxford, 1975
£20.00
School & University Registers | Soft Cover | First Editions
Bradshaw's Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales (First edition)
1904, A Handbook of Inland Navigation for Manufacturers, Merchants, Traders, and Others; Compiled, after a Personal Survey of the Whole of the Waterways
Henry Rodolph De Salis
Henry Blacklock, London, 1904
£40.00
Transport | Hard Cover | First Editions
Sun Blind by David Holt (1980)
An original semi-abstract oil painting on board, with geometrical design
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1980
Sold
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
White Gate by David Holt (1977)
A striking Modern British semi-abstract oil painting inspired by Hythe Ranges in Kent
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1977
£180.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Concrete Work
1941, E Molloy's guide to concrete construction, Volume 4 in Newnes Building Practice series
E Molloy
George Newnes, London, 1941
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
James Pryde, 1866–1941
Derek Hudson's 1949 study of the Scottish artist, with colour & monchrome plates
Derek Hudson
Constable, London, 1949
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
They Fought for Freedom (Four volumes)
Biographies of South African fighters for freedom and justice: Yusuf Dadoo, Helen Joseph, Dora Tamana, and Lilian Ngoyi
John Pampallis, series editor. Authors: Venitha Soobrayan, Julie Frederikse, Jane Rosenthal, Dianne Stewart
Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town, 1995
£16.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First Editions
Little Golden America
1944, Russian humourists Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov's tour of 1930s America
Ilya Ilf, and Eugene Petrov, translated from the Russian by Charles Malamuth
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1944
£40.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions
A History of Warfare (Signed first edition)
Signed by John Keegan
John Keegan
Hutchinson, London, 1993
£15.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The House with Green Shutters
c1932, with five super illustrations by Sidney Stanley
George Douglas, with an introduction by J W Drawbell, illustrated by Sidney Stanley
Collins, London, 1932
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Architecture, Nature and Magic (1956, first edition)
W R Lethaby's papers on his theory of architecture
W R Lethaby, with a biographical note by Alfred Powell
Duckworth & Co, London, 1956
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Understand the Weapon, Understand the Wound
The Selected Writings of John Cornford
John Cornford, edited by Jonathan Galassi
Carcanet New Press, Manchester, 1976
£16.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Radio Recombination Lines [Astrophysics]
1980, first edition, Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 24–25, 1979 (Astrophysics & Space Science Library No 80)
P A Shaver, editor, contributors include Daniel Kleppner, Jacqueline van Gorkom, Yervant Terzian, Peter G Mezger, Nino Panagia, Robert L Brown, Edith Falgarone, Jay Lockman, Edward Churchwell, and James S Mathis amongst others.
D Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland, 1980
£50.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Redevelopment of Central Areas
1947, a town planning guide written in the aftermath of the Second World War
Ministry of Town and Country P
HMSO, London, 1947
£15.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Firebird 1, Writing Today (1982, signed first edition)
Graham Swift has signed and dated his short story, The Watch
T J Binding, editor, contributors include Graham Swift, William Trevor, Salman Rushdie, Angela Carter.
Penguin Books / Allen Lane, London, 1982
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
In Memoriam, James Gordon Smith (1899)
Liverpool MP and philanthropist Samuel Smith's memorial book to his only son
Samuel Smith, MP, with sermons by Rev George Johnstone, Rev A J Doull, and Rev J J Muir
Turner, Routledge & Co, Liverpool, 1899
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Maria Callas, a collection of 14 books in Italian
includining Michele Nocera, Tripeleff, Irene Bottero, and Leonardo Bragaglia
Various
Various, Roma, Milano etc, n.d.
£50.00
Maria Callas | Hard Cover | Mixed Editions
The Big Book of Fables (first edition)
1912, with 28 colour plates by Charles Robinson
Walter Jerrold, editor, illustrated by Charles Robinson
Blackie & Son, London, 1912
£30.00
Classics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Carved Masonry Domes of Mediaeval Cairo
An illustrated architectural study
Christine Kessler
The American University in Cairo Press, London, 1976
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Francis Bacon
2008, the Tate Gallery's reassessment of Francis Bacon's importance
Matthew Gale, and Chris Stephens (editors)
Tate Gallery, London, 2008
£16.50
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
