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Road to Tunis

1944, journalist A D Divine's account of the Tunisian campaign in WW2
A D Divine
Collins, London, 1944
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

War Pictures at the National Gallery

1942, including work by Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, Barnett Freedman, Graham Sutherland etc
Eric Newton
National Gallery, London, 1942
£30.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The School for Dictators

1964, Ignazio Silone's powerful anti-Fascist satire
Ignazio Silone, with a preface by the author for the New Edition, translated from the Italian by William Weaver
Victor Gollancz, London, 1964
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus

Emmeline and Her Daughters, The Pankhurst Suffragettes

A biography of the fight for Vots for Women
Iris Noble
Bailey Brothers and Swinfen Ltd, Folkestone, 1974
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

As It Was (1926, first edition, first state)

Helen Thomas's memoir of her relationship with Edward Thomas, this is the first printing before pages 53–57 were cancelled
Helen Thomas, as H.T.
William Heinemann, London, 1926
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Candle, Vol 1, No 1. January, 1938 (Signed by R C Trevelyan)

Oliver W F Lodge's poetry pamphlet, this copy signed by Trevelyan to Gordon Bottomley
Oliver W F Lodge, writing as William Foster
Oliver W F Lodge, Holmbury St Mary, 1938
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The Case of Archibald Douglas, Esq (1769, first edition)

A rare narrative and documents of the famous Scottish inheritance law case, The Douglas Cause / Case
Sir James Montgomery, et al
Not stated, 1769
£50.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | First Editions

Deucalion, No 1, Marzo / March 1951

The rare first issue of Angel Crespo's short-lived but important Spanish poetry journal
Angel Crespo, editor, illustrated by Gregorio Pietro et al
Departamento Provincial de Seminarios, Ciudad Real, 1951
£200.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Printers’, Bookbinders’, Lithographers’, and Stationers’ Sales and Wants Advertiser

November 1915, a rare original print trade journal, with superb advertisments
Trade Journal
Hicks, Wilkinson & Sears, London, 1915
£40.00
Journals, Periodicals and Reviews | Soft Cover | First Editions

Mes Annees Campagne (Signed first edition)

Signed by Janine Niepce, a collection of her rural life photography
Janine Niepce, text by Claude Michelet
Editions de La Martiniere, Paris, 1994
£30.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Matisse in Morocco (first edition hardback)

The Paintings and Drawings, 1912–1913
Jack Cowart, with Pierre Schneider, John Elderfield, Albert Kostenevich, and Laura Coyle
Thames and Hudson, London, 1990
£30.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Orientalism in Art

1998, Christine Peltre's immense illustrated study
Christine Peltre, translated from the French by John Goodman
Abbeville Press, New York, 1998
£30.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Type (first edition)

1949, Rudolf Hostettler's collection of typefaces. This copy owned by Stewart R Valdar of Hampstead
Rudolf Hostettler
fgm-Books, St Gallen & London, 1949
£22.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions

This is All for You

Michael Pennington's verse and lyrics in a book designed and made by him (1972)
Michael Pennington
Printed for the Author(s), 1972
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

"Swaff", The Life and Times of Hannen Swaffer (SIgned first edition)

Signed by Tom Driberg, with signed Christmas cards and postcards from Hannen Swaffer
Tom Driberg
MacDonald, London, 1974
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

When Britain Invaded Soviet Russia

1979, Andrew Rothstein's account of Douglas Young, "the Consul who rebelled"
Andrew Rothstein
The Journeyman Press, London, 1979
£20.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Mandarins (1957), and Force of Circumstance (1965)

Two first UK editions of Simone de Beauvoir's novel and autobiography
Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Leonard Friedman and Richard Howard
Various, London, 1957
£20.00
Collections | Hard Cover | First Editions

Industrial Finishing, January—June 1945

The first six issues for 1945 of this American industrial journal, with superb adverts
W H Rohr, and E A Dosch (editors)
Practical Publications, Inc., Indianapolis, 1945
£25.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions

Milk and Peace, Drought and War (Signed copy)

Somali Culture, Society and Politics, signed by Professor I M Lewis
Markus V Hoehne, and Virginia Luling (editors)
Hurst and Company, London, 2010
£35.00
History | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Ivan Ilych and Hadji Murad

1934, the fifteenth volume in the Centenary Edition of Leo Tolstoy's works
Leo Tolstoy, translations by Louise and Aylmer Maude, with introductions by Stephen Graham and Prince D Mirsky
The Tolstoy Society / OUP, London, 1934
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Longest Journey (1924, first thus)

The first Uniform Edition of E M Forster's favourite of his own novels
E M Forster
Edward Arnold, London, 1924
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus

G.Q.G. Secteur 1 (Signed first edition)

A French Great War history, signed by the author, Jean de Pierrefeu, to J J Frappa.
Jean de Pierrefeu
L'Edition Francais Illustree, Paris, 1920
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy | Bookplate

The Messengers Will Come No More (Signed first edition)

Signed by Leslie A Fiedler to Arnold Wesker, a work of speculative fiction
Leslie A Fiedler
Stein and Day, New York, 1974
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

A Practical Treatise on the Breeding Cow (1844)

A 19th century livestock breeding guide. Hardback, rebound, with thirteen fold-out plates
Edward Skellett
Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, London, 1844
£60.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | Illustrated

The Apothecary Rose (Signed first edition)

Signed by Candace Robb, 1994, her first book and the first in the Owen Archer series
Candace Robb
William Heinemann, London, 1994
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

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