Recent Additions

Edward Thomas and the Great War (Signed copy)
Signed by Christopher Saunders, one of Cecil Woolf's War Poets series
Christopher Saunders
Cecil Woolf, London, 2006
£15.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Edward Halliday, Art for Life 1925–1939
The first illustrated monograph on the Liverpudlian artist
Ann Compton
Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 1997
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

A Suffolk Harvest
1956, hardback. Adrian Bell's diary of a life in the Suffolk countryside
Adrian Bell
The Bodley Head, London, 1956
£15.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Modern Dancing and Dancers
1912, hardback, a first edition on dancing, ballet, dancers, morris dancing...
J E Crawford Flitch
Grant Richards, London, 1912
£40.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions

Cloth is the Center of the World
Nigerian Textiles, Global Perspectives. A 2001 exhibition catalogue with essays
Susan J Torntore, editor
The Goldstein Museum of Design, St Pauls, MN, 2001
£20.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | First Editions

Illuminating the Renaissance
Hardback, first edition. The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe
Thomas Kren, and Scot McKendrick, with contributions by Maryan W Ainsworth, Mari-Tere Alvarez, Brigitte Dekeyzer, Richard Gay, Elizabeth Morrison, Catherine Reynolds
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Me and Catharine Susan
1903, the first of Kathleen Ainslie's little picture books about the two Dutch peg dolls
Kathleen Ainslie
Castell Brothers, London, 1903
£25.00
Childrens | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Two books on Countess Markievicz
Prison Letters of Countess Markievicz and The Rebel Countess, The Life and Times of Countess Markievicz
Countess Markievicz, with Amanda Sebestyen, and Anne Marreco
Virago, London, 1987
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First thus

War Requiem & Aftermath
First edition, 2013. Maggi Hambling's art of battlefields and war victims.
Maggi Hambling, with James Cahill
Unicorn Press, London, 2015
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions

Folk Bronzes of Rajasthan
An illustrated study of the statues from the Northern Indian state, from the library of sculptor David Heathcote
Subhashini Aryan
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1994
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Historique des 44e, 244e et 264e Regiments D'Artillerie de Campagne, 1914–1918
A Great War French WW1 regimental history including Roll of Honour
Not stated
Libraire Chapelot, Paris, 1919
£30.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions

Historique de 244e Regiment D'Artillerie de Campagne, 1 Avril 1917—30 Janvier 1919
A 1919 Great War French regimental history with Roll of Honour
Not stated
Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1919
£20.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions

Guide to the Stars
Patrick Moore's 1960 title, super wrapper by Eric Fraser
Patrick Moore, wrapper by Eric Fraser
Scientific Book Club, London, 1960
£12.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus

Therese
1928, the first UK edition of Francois Mauriac's classic novel
Francois Mauriac, translated by Eric Sutton
Martin Secker, London, 1928
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Original 1877 Rate Book for Bishop's Hull, Somerset
With handwritten entries of all residents
Not stated
Knight & Co, London, 1877
£80.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Handwritten

Western Women Travelling East 1716–1916
A comprehensive illustrated study of two hundred years of women's travel and writing
Penelope Tuson
The Arcadian Library & OUP, London, 2014
£80.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Glass Harmonica (Signed copy)
A Lexicon of the Fantastical, signed by Barbara Ninde Byfield
Barbara Ninde Byfield, illustrated by the author
Macmillan, New York, 1967
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Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Snow Boxes by David Holt (1981)
A large original semi-abstract oil painting on canvas
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1981
£150.00
Artwork | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork

A Cloistered War (Signed copy)
Signed by Maisie Duncan, her account of surviving the Japanese Occupation of Malaya
Maisie Duncan
Printed for the Author, Helensvale, Queensland, 2002
£12.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Eleanor Marx, Volume I: Family Life 1855–1883
First printing of the first volume of Yvonne Kapp's important biography of Karl Marx's daughter
Yvonne Kapp
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1972
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The "Green Pelican" and other stories
First edition, seven charming stories by Robert Tredinnick, aka Uncle Robert
Robert Tredinnick, illustrated by John Read
Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1944
£15.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Missel Romain
c1910, in a full leather binding with beautifully illuminated pages
Not stated
J Depelley, Limoges, 1910
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

In Ruhleben Camp, No 1. Sunday, June 6th 1915
The first issue of the magazine for the German WW1 camp's internees
Not stated
T A Barton, Berlin, 1915
£15.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Natural History of Selborne (Signed copy)
Signed by the editor, Ronald Davidson-Houston, illustrated in colour
Gilbert White, edited by Ronald Davidson-Houston, introduction by June E. Chatfield
Thames and Hudson, London, 1993
£15.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated

People of the Black Mountains 1: The Beginning
1989, the first printing of the first volume of Raymond Williams' immense Welsh history novel
Raymond Williams
Chatto & Windus, London, 1989
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper