Recent Additions
Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes
1972, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in French
Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrations by Jean Kerleroux
Editions de Cremille, Geneve, 1972
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
George Orwell, non-fiction and selected essays & journalism (1980, first thus)
Containing Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia, Selections from Essays and Journalism 1931 to 1949 (including Such, Such Were the Joys and The Lion and the Unicorn), and The Road to Wigan Pier. Complete and Unabridged
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg / Octopus, London, 1980
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Old City of Warsaw, 10 wood-engravings (Signed limited edition)
Each wood-engraving signed by Eugeniusz Pichell, housed in a leather portfolio
Eugeniusz Pichell, also as Eugeniusza Pichella in Polish
Intrografia, Warsaw, 1969
£150.00
Art | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Illustrated
Celebrating Krishna (Signed first edition, 2001)
This copy signed and dedicated by photographer Robyn Beeche
Shrivatsa Goswami, with photographs by Robyn Beeche
Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana, Vrindavan, 2001
£120.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Ismailis, An Illustrated History (2008, first edition)
2008, a very good copy of this important study
Farhad Daftary, and Zulfikar Hirji
Azimuth / The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2008
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Kelly's Directory of Cumberland 1894
Professionally rebound, complete with folding map
Kelly's Directories
Kelly & Co, London, 1894
£40.00
Genealogy & Family History | Hard Cover
Mrs Kimber (Signed first edition)
Signed by artist Mary Kessell, and Shell publicity maestro Jack Beddington
Osbert Sitwell, illustrated by Mary Kessell
Macmillan, London, 1937
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper
Binko's Blues, A Tale for Children of All Growths
1884, first edition. A whimsical fantasy novel in the original decorative binding
Herman Charles Merivale, illustrated by Edgar Giberne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1884
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Rappel 1910 (1964, signed first edition)
Signed and dedicated by Caryl Brahms
Caryl Brahms, and Ned Sherrin, dustwrapper by Patrick Tilley
W H Allen, London, 1964
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Rebel Advocate, A Biography of Gerald Gardiner (1983, signed first edition)
Signed and dedicated by Murial Box, author and second wife of Gerald Gardiner
Muriel Box
Victor Gollancz, London, 1983
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday (1929, first edition)
Eleven short pieces from Ernest Bramah
Ernest Bramah
George G. Harrap, London, 1929
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
McLuhan's Global Village Today: Transatlantic Perspectives (2014, 1st edition)
A series of essays exploring the many facets of McLuhan’s work
Carmen Birkle, with Angela Krewani, and Martin Kuester (editors)
Pickering & Chatto, London, 2014
£30.00
Education, Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Psycho (1989, first Tor edition)
The first printing in very good condition
Robert Bloch, cover art by Joe DeVito
Tor, New York, 1989
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First thus
No Heaven—No Hell, Human Conclusions (1946, first edition)
Jack Bilbo's maxims and musings on the human condition
Jack Bilbo, pseud. Hugo Baruch
Modern Art Gallery Ltd, London, 1946
£20.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions
Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in Wales (Signed first edition)
Signed by Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Malby
Kaffe Fassett
The Taunton Press, Newtown, CT, 2022
£30.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated
In our Time (2009, signed first edition)
Signed by Melvyn Bragg, a companion to his Radio 4 series
Melvyn Bragg
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2009
£25.00
Essays | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Mystic under Arms (1945, first edition)
A biography of Trappist monk Michael Carlier, killed in the Great War
Eugene Boylan O. Cist. R., prefatory note by Capt. J M Feehan
The Mercier Press, Cork, 1945
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Terminal Moraine (1972, first edition)
James Fenton's first full length collection of poetry
James Fenton
Secker & Warburg, London, 1972
£10.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Publishing Game (1971, signed first edition)
Signed by the author, Anthony Blond
Anthony Blond
Jonathan Cape, London, 1971
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Man in Winter (1972, signed first edition)
Dedicated by Edward Storey to Harry Chambers 'Keeper of the Flame'
Edward Storey
Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, London, 1972
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
J M W Turner (1902, signed limited edition)
This copy owned by artist and collector Charles Fairfax Murray, signed to him from the publisher and one of 350 copies on Japanese paper
Sir Walter Armstrong
Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1902
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Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Association Copy | Illustrated
The Complete Works of Shakesperare
1954, with a signed Christmas card from Ursula and Ralph Vaughan Williams
William Shakespeare, edited by W J Craig
Geoffrey Cumberlege / OUP, Oxford, 1954
£50.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus
Never (Signed first edition, 2021)
Signed by Ken Follett
Ken Follett
Macmillan, London, 2021
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Original 1930s colour fashion illustration, a smart suited lady
Pictured as she walks her terrier through a wisteria garden
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£30.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
Original 1930s colour fashion illustration, child's dress
with a dress pattern meticulously painted in
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£30.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
