Recent Additions
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
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
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
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 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
The Impressionist & the City; Pissarro's Series Paintings
A study of Camille Pissarro's later urban painting
Richard R Brettell, and Joachim Pissarro, edited by Mary Anne Stevens
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1993
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Trap (Signed uncorrected proof)
Signed by Catherine Ryan Howard and her father, John.
Catherine Ryan Howard
Bantam Press, London, 2023
£25.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Rudyard Kipling, An Annotated Bibliography of Writings about him
Complete in 3 volumes, an impressive work of bibliography
Morton N Cohen, with Helmut E Gerber, Edward S Lauterbach et al
Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1960
£35.00
Reference & Bibliography | Soft Cover | First Editions
Man-Made Gemstones (first edition)
1979, Dennis Elwell's guide to the methods of making gemstones
Dennis Elwell
Ellis Horwood Publishers, Chichester, 1979
£30.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Dancing Floor
1932, an early edition of John Buchan's thriller, in the original dustwrapper
John Buchan
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1932
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
1914 and Other Poems
1915, tenth impression in a scarce original dustwrapper.
Rupert Brooke, with an introductory note by Edward Marsh
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1915
£80.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
RMS Aquitania: Original Pencil Plans/Sketches Attributed to Arthur J. Davis
With two original freehand pencil plans/sketches executed on the endpapers of Kipling’s Life’s Handicap (1913)
Rudyard Kipling, with the bookplate of architect Arthur J Davis
Macmillan, London, 1913
£300.00
Transport | Hard Cover | Original Artwork | Bookplate
