Recent Additions
The Welsh Republic
1949, Cliff Bere's impassioned call for Welsh independence
Cliff Bere
Welsh Republican Publications, Glaslwyn, Cwmoernant, 1949
£35.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | First Editions
Conscience of the King
1951, Alfred Duggan's historical novel of Cerdic Elesing, King of Wessex
Alfred Duggan
Faber & Faber, London, 1951
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Eight Weeks; Looking Back, Moving Forwards, Defying the Odds (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by Baroness Lola Young
Baroness Lola Young
Fig Tree, Penguin, London, 2024
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
William Shakespeare, A Biography (Signed copy)
1963, first edition, signed by A L Rowse
A L Rowse
Macmillan, London, 1963
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Erotic Tales of Old Russia
1988, bilingual edition, and quite fruity...
Aleksander Afanas'ev, compiler, selected and translated by Yury Perkov, illustrated by Alek Rapoport
Scythian Books, Oakland, 1988
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Illustrated
Range Targets: Evening by David Holt (1976)
A superb Modern British semi-abstract oil painting
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1976
£150.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
After The Grapes of Wrath
Essays on John Steinbeck in honor of Tetsumaro Hayashi
Donald V Coers, with Paul D Ruffin and Robert J DeMott (editors)
Ohio University Press, Athens, 1995
£20.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia (Signed copy)
Signed by Paul Willetts, The Bizarre Life of Writer, Actor, Soho dandy Julian Maclaren-Ross
Paul Willetts
Dewi Lewis, London, 2003
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Cockley Beck
1984, first hardback edition, A Celebration of Lakeland in Winter
John Pepper
Element Books, Shaftesbury, 1984
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Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A History of Man in the Lake District
1967, from the Neolithic period to the National Park
William Rollinson
J M Dent, London, 1967
£15.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Six Volumes from Proust's Remembrance of Things Past
Cities of the Plain, The Sweet Cheat Gone, The Captive & Time Regained (1936—1970)
Marcel Proust, translated by C K Scott Moncrieff, four illustrated by Philippe Jullian
Various, London and New York, n.d.
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
A Reader's Handbook to Proust
1952, first edition, An Index Guide to Remembrance of Things Past
P A Spalding, compiler
Chatto & Windus, London, 1952
£20.00
Reference & Bibliography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Matisse par Henri Cartier-Bresson
1995, a collection of 29 b&w photographs of Matisse by Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson, introduction by Dominique Szymusiak
Musee Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambresis, Nord, 1995
£30.00
Photography | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Seagull and Sea-Power
1937, a novel in the footsteps of Erskine Childers' Dulcibella and the Frisian Islands
Douglas and Mary Dixon
William Blackwood & Sons, London, 1937
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Autobiography of a Cad
1938, a first printing of A G Macdonell's hilarious spoof memoir of a complete rotter
A G Macdonell
Macmillan, London, 1938
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Comprehensive Guide to the Wild Flowers of the United Arab Emirates
Detailing 755 species of wild flower in the Emirates
Marijcke Jongbloed, with Gary Feulner, Benno Boer, and A. Rob Western
ERWDA, Abu Dhabi, 2003
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Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Al Khaleej and Beyond: Reflections of Two Artists (Signed copy)
Signed by Peter Lawrence & Mike Shepley
Peter Lawrence, and Mike Shepley
Motivate Publishing, Dubai, 2007
£35.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Great Church Towers of England
Chiefly of the Perpendicular Period. 1932, first edition in dustwrapper
Frank J Allen
University Press, Cambridge, 1932
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: Sussex
2001, Ian Nairn and Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition
Ian Nairn, and Nikolaus Pevsner
Penguin Books, London, 2001
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset
2001, Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition
Nikolaus Pevsner
Penguin Books, London, 2001
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire
2002, Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: Dorset
2002, John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition.
John Newman, and Nikolaus Pevsner
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
The Buildings of England. Yorkshire, The North Riding
2002, one of Pevsner's Guides in excellent condition.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
Lychgate, The Entrance to the Path
1945, Hugh Dowding's second title on Spiritualism and Life after Death
Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh Dowding
Rider & Company, London, 1945
£25.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Hawkshead, Its History, Archaeology, Industries, Folklore, Dialect, etc
1899, a first edition of H S Cowper's history of the Lake District parish
Henry Swainson Cowper
Bemrose & Sons, London, 1899
£120.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
