Recent Additions
The Mapleson Memoirs 1848–1888
The reminsicences of the opera impresario, James Henry Mapleson, complete in two volumes
James Henry Mapleson
Remington & Co Ltd, London, 1888
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover
Cheltenham College Register 1841–1927
Two volumes, including supplement of 1841–1919 Additions and Corrections 1919–1951
Edward Scot Skirving, editor, and Charles Herbert Pigg (editor, supplement)
The College, Cheltenham, 1928
£40.00
School & University Registers | Hard Cover
How the Voice becomes Prematurely Damaged, as in the Case of Maria Callas
Greek soprano Marika Palaisti's swipe at Maria Callas
Marika Palaisti
Not stated, Greece, 1962
£25.00
Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions
Marxism on the State
1972 1st thus, Lenin's Preparatory Material for the Book 'The State and Revolution'
V I Lenin
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1972
£15.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | First thus
Catalogue of Languages Spoken by ILEA School Pupils
1987, a wonderful range of languages, with maps
ILEA Research and Statistics B
ILEA Research and Statistics Branch, London, 1987
£20.00
Language | Soft Cover
The Geeta, The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna
1942, the second printing of Purohit Swami's magnificent translation
Shri Purohit Swami
Faber & Faber, London, 1942
£40.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions
Spirit in the Mass
A 1992 exhibition catalogue for the Borough Group with David Bomberg
Not stated
Fine Art Associates, London, 1992
£15.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Lady of the Lake
1853, Walter Scott's poem in an attractive gilt binding
Walter Scott, illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert
A & C Black, Edinburgh, 1853
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Illustrated
13 Years of Anti-Fascist Struggle
1943, a record of The Daily Worker's cartoon, articles, and headlines
William Rust, introduction, with articles by Harry Pollitt and J B S Haldane
The Daily Worker, London, 1943
£40.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions
New Tree (1997) by David Holt
Original semi-abstract oil painting in bespoke frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1997
£70.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Quiet Voyage (1989) by David Holt
A wonderful original semi-abstract oil painting
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1989
£80.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Pyramids and Blue C's (1984) by David Holt
Original abstract expressionist painting, oil on canvas
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1984
£60.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (Signed postcard)
A signed & handwritten postcard dated 1899. The first woman to qualify as a doctor in 1865
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Not Published, London, 1899
£100.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Parkett No 81
A contemporary art journal featuring Ai Weiwei, Cosima von Bonin, and Christian Jankowski
Bice Curiger, editor
Parkett, Zurich, 2007
£15.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Hundreds of Things a Girl Can Make
1934, first edition, A Hobby Book for Girls of All Ages...
Not stated
W Foulsham & Co Ltd, London, 1934
£20.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Hedgelaying Explained
A comprehensive guide to method and regional styles
Valerie Greaves
National Hedgelaying Society, 2002
£15.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | Illustrated
Hillsigns by David Holt (1966)
A superb large original abstract expressionist painting
David Holt
Original Artwork, 1966
Sold
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Lewis Carroll as I Knew Him
Isa Bowman's account of C L Dodwidge, with a new introduction by Morton N Cohen
Isa Bowman, with an introduction by Morton N Cohen
Dover, New York, 1976
£15.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First thus
Aventures d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles
A facsimile edition of the the first French translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, translated by Henri Bue, with an introduction by Morton Cohen, illustrated by John Tenniel
Dover, New York, 1972
£15.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First thus
Lewis Carroll, une vie, une legende
The first French edition of Morton Cohen's monumental biography of Lewis Carroll
Morton N Cohen, translated from the English by Laurent Bury
Editions Autrement, Paris, 1998
£15.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First Editions
Rasul Gamzatov, Selected Poems
1974, translated by Peter Tempest, and with a copy of Tempest's First Poems (1957)
Rasul Gamzatov, translated by Peter Tempest, translated from the Avar into Russia by Naum Grebnev and Yakov Kozlovsky
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1974
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Island of California
A History of the Myth. The hardback first US edition.
Dora Beale Polk
The Arthur H Clark Company, Spokane, Washington, 1991
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Gallipoli (Signed copy)
Signed by Peter Hart to historian and anthologist Anne Powell
Peter Hart
Profile Books, London, 2013
£12.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Sisters in Arms (Signed copy)
Signed by Nicola Tyrer. British Army Nurses of the Second World War tell their story
Nicola Tyrer
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2008
£15.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Spy, A Tale of the Neutral Ground
Half-leather bound, 1831, the first single volume edition with a new introduction by J F Cooper
J Fenimore Cooper
Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, London, 1831
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
