Recent Additions

Fencing with the Sabre, Introduction and Technique (1965)
Second edition of Roger Crosnier's instructive book
Roger Crosnier, preface by Roger Tredgold, illustrations by Kaye Gibson
Faber & Faber, London, 1965
£25.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Mond, Moon, Lune—1968 moon landing map
1 : 4000000 scale, with instructions on where to mark either the American or Russian landing
Dr F Holzel
Falk Plan Publishing Co, London, 1968
£40.00
Maps | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Cosmic Crystal Spiral (Signed first edition)
Signed by Ra Bonewitz
Ra Bonewitz
Element Books, Shaftesbury, 1986
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

To Throw Away Unopened (Signed first edition)
Signed and dedciated by Viv Albertine
Viv Albertine
Faber & Faber, London, 2018
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Memoirs of Henrietta Caracciolo, of the Princes of Forino, Ex-Benedictine Nun (1865)
Fourth edition of Caraciollo's convent scandal memoir Mysteries of the Neapolitan Cloister / Misteri del Chiostro Napoletano. In the Register of Erotic Books (Entry No 2950).
Henrietta Caracciolo, otherwise Enrichetta Caracciolo
Richard Bentley, London, 1865
£200.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate

Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poemes en Prose
1925, limited edition of Baudelaire's prose poems, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Enseigne du Pot Cassé, Paris, 1925
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated

The Week-End Book (1928, in the original dustwrapper)
Illustrated with full page colour decorations by Albert Rutherston
Nonesuch Press, illustrated by Albert Rutherston
The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Three Plays by Thornton Wilder (1958, first edition)
Our Town; The Skin of our Teeth; The Matchmaker
Thornton Wilder
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1958
£25.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Mr Noselighter (1976, signed first edition)
Signed by Roger McGough
Roger McGough, illustrated by Andre Francois
G Whizzard / Andre Deutsch, London, 1976
£40.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

The People of Kau (1976, signed by Leni Riefenstahl)
A signed first printing of Reifenstahl's time with the Nuba of Kau
Leni Riefenstahl, translated by J Maxwell Brownjohn
Collins, London, 1976
£100.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Buddhism and the Nichiren Shoshu Tradition
1986, the first edition of this introductory guide to Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism
Yasuji Kirimura
Nichiren Shoshu International Centre, Tokyo, 1986
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Lotus Sutra
The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma, an important Mahayana sutra
Senchu Murano, translator, revised by Daniel B Montgomery
Nichiren Shu Headquarters, Tokyo, 1991
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover

Autographs: H Rider Haggard, C J Cutliffe Hyne & Alfred Austin
Three on one sheet, clipped from letters
Henry Rider Haggard. C J Cutliffe Hyne and Alfred Austin
Not Published, n.d.
£50.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, handwritten letter
Dated 1827 and sent from Gloucester House
Prince William Frederick Duke of Gloucester
Not Published, London, 1827
£60.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Field Marshal F S Roberts, signed envelope, South Africa c1902
Sent to Lt-Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle, commanding Harrismith
Field Marshal F S Roberts
Not Published, South Africa, 1902
£35.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

The Kitchener Mystery (1926, first edition)
Sensationalist conspiracy theories about the death of Lord Kitchener...
Frank Power, pseudonym of A V Freeman
The Rotary Press, London, 1926
£20.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Orchid-Grower's Manual (1852, first edition)
Benjamin Samuel Williams's first book, 'containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Two Hundred and Sixty Orchidaceous Plants'
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Chapman & Hall, London, 1852
£80.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated

Canals, Cruises, and Contentment (1921, first edition)
Cruises on the Ellesmere and Oxford Canals in pre-war England
Austin E Neal
Heath Cranton, London, 1921
£25.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Readers Library Cookery Book (1928)
in the original dustwrapper
Judith Ann Silburn
Readers Library, London, 1928
£30.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Marie Lloyd, music hall singer, signed handwritten letter
Dated December 1902, and mentioning she is busy with panto and rehearsals
Marie Lloyd
Not Published, London, 1902
£95.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Transactions of the Eighth Congress, Theosophical Society 1923
Lectures and reports from the Vienna Congress of July 1923
C W Dijkgraaf, editor, contributors include Jean Bindley, Mabel Besant-Scott and Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa
Council for the Federation, Amsterdam, 1923
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | First Editions

Cesare Pavese, Selected Poems (Signed copy)
This copy signed and dedicated by translator and editor, Margaret Crosland
Cesare Pavese, edited and translated with a foreword by Margaret Crosland
Penguin Books, London, 1971
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Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus

The House of Life (1898, The Siddal Edition)
An attractive silk-bound copy of D G Rossetti's sonnet sequence
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, frontispiece by Arthur Ellis
Ellis and Elvey, London, 1898
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings

The Turmoil (First thus, 1915)
From Louis Conard's Standard Collection of British and American Authors series
Booth Tarkington
Louis Conard, Paris, 1915
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus

One Summer's Day, Comedy, in Three Acts (1900)
An early edition of H V Esmond's play
H V Esmond
Samuel French Limited, London, 1900
£12.00
Drama | Soft Cover

