Recent Additions
English Historic Carpentry
and English Cathedral and Monastic Carpentry, two authoritative books by Cecil A Hewett
Cecil A Hewett
Phillimore & Co, Chicester, 1980
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Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Beginnings of Poetry
1908, an early edition of Gummere's study of evolution of poetry as a social institution
Francis B Gummere
Macmillan, New York, 1908
£15.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover
These Are the Times
2005, Trevor Griffiths' script for the Life of Thomas Paine
Trevor Griffiths
Spokesman Books, Nottingham, 2005
£12.00
Drama | Soft Cover | First Editions
John Galsworthy, signed framed photograph
Signed in 1927, taken by Elliott and Fry
John Galsworthy
Elliott & Fry, London, 1927
£50.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed
WW2 Buckingham Palace letter of condolence
Lt.-Cdr. Henry Thomas Robert Bonham, wounded at Narvik on HMS Fleetwood in 1940
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, London, 1940
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Ephemera | Soft Cover
A Tribute to President Kennedy (1963)
Poet John Alfriston's verse in honour of JFK
John Alfriston, as A Humble English Poet
John Alfriston, London, 1963
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
England Observed, John Gay (1909–1999)
First edition, a superb collection of John Gay's photographs
John Gay, [Hans Gohler], essay Andrew Sargent; memoir by Gundrun Zufall; foreword by Ralph Beyer
English Heritage, Swindon, 2009
£30.00
Photography | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
They Die Like Cattle by David Holt (1997)
A huge original oil painting, inspired by the Great War cemeteries of the Somme and Wilfred Owen's poem
David Holt
Original Artwork, Kent, 1997
£300.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
The Poets in Picardy and Other Poems
1919, first edition, Great War poetry
Edward Adolphe Sinauer De Stein
John Murray, London, 1919
£12.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Letters of Rupert Brooke
1968, first edition, a comprehensive collection
Geoffrey Keynes, editor
Faber & Faber, London, 1968
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Masks of Time, A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative
1925, a limited edition of Edmund Blunden's verse, including some war poetry
Edmund Blunden, decorations and initial letters by Randolph Schwabe, typography and binding by Cyril William Beaumont
The Beaumont Press, London, 1925
£32.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions
The Roman Drain by David Holt (1982)
Original abstract oil painting, Kentish apple crates and Roman remains
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1982
£100.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
The Winter Tree by David Holt (2001)
An impressive large original oil painting, in a bespoke hand-tinted frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 2001
£200.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Social Psychology of International Conduct
1929, first US edition of George M Stratton's book
George Malcolm Stratton
D Appleton, New York, 1929
£20.00
Psychology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Twenty-Four Woodcuts of Cambridge
1926, limited edition, with 24 full page woodcuts of the Colleges etc
John F Greenwood
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1926
£30.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated
The Secret Valley
1929, A Picture of the Great Events which Took Place in Unconquered Lakeland during Norman Times
Nicholas Size
Titus Wilson & Son, Kendal, 1929
£20.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions
Ross in the Antarctic
The Voyages of James Clark Ross in Her Majesty's Ships Erebus and Terror 1839–1843
M J Ross
Caedmon, Whitby, 1982
£15.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Future of Man, A Study in Human Possibilities
1944, a rare first edition of Frank E Warner's call for natural ethics
Frank E Warner, pseud. Ernest Frankenstein, translated from the original manuscript by S L Salzedo
Nicholson & Watson, London, 1944
£40.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions
Crime, Law and Social Science
1933, Michael and Adler's important book on early American criminology
Jerome Michael, and Mortimer J Adler
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd, London, 1933
£40.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Les Orientales, Les Feuilles D'Automne
1890, a pocket edition of Victor Hugo's poems in a full leather binding
Victor Hugo
G Charpentier, Paris, 1906
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Ballades, Les Rayons et les Ombres
1890, a pocket edition of Victor Hugo's poems in a fine leather binding
Victor Hugo
G Charpentier, Paris, 1890
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Les Fleurs de Mal et Poesies Diverses
1927, a leather bound copy of Baudelaire's poetry
Charles Baudelaire, introduction and notes by Georges Roth
Bibliotheque Larousse, Paris, 1927
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Art Deco Ivory Statuettes
A profusely illustrated study , the text in French and English
Catherine Verecken-Meert
Galerie Bernard de Leye, Bruxelles, 2011
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated
Histoire des Plantes
1865, first French edition of Louis Figuier's illustrated study of botany
Louis Figuier
Librairie de L Hatchette et Cie, Paris, 1865
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Larousse Medical Illustre
1920, a nice copy of this profusely illustrated French medical dictionary
Dr Emile Galtier-Bossiere
Librairie Larousse, Paris, 1920
£40.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
