Recent Additions

Plays of Gods and Men
1917, first UK edition, containing four of Lord Dunsany's plays
Lord Dunsany
T Fisher Unwin, London, 1917
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions

Christo & Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates
The artists's "The Gates" installation in New York's Central Park
Jan Greenberg, and Sandra Jordan
Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2008
£10.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Policing Provincial England 1829–1856
The Politics of Reform. The making of the county Police forces.
David Philips, and Robert D Storch
Leicester University Press, London, 1999
£30.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Book of the Bayeux Tapestry
1914, first edition, with 76 colour facsimile illustrations of the complete tapestry
Hilaire Belloc
Chatto & Windus, London, 1914
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

The Sphinx, The Life of Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough (Signed copy)
First edition, signed and dedicated by Hugo Vickers
Hugo Vickers
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2020
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Masks of Time, A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative
1925, a limited edition of Edmund Blunden's verse, including some war poetry
Edmund Blunden, decorations and initial letters by Randolph Schwabe, typography and binding by Cyril William Beaumont
The Beaumont Press, London, 1925
£32.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions

Soldier Poets, Songs of the Fighting Men
Great War verse, 1916, the "Trench Edition" including Charles Hamilton Sorley, W N Hodgson, and Julian Grenfell
Galloway Kyle, preface, contributors include Charles Hamilton Sorley and Julian Grenfell
Erskine Macdonald, London, 1916
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover

Place Names in Kent
1921, the Hams, the Hithes, the Stones and the Tons...
Canon J W Horsley
South Eastern Gazette, Maidstone, 1921
£15.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions

Inventing Peace, A Dialogue on Perception
A dialogue between Wim Wenders & Mary Zournazi
Wim Wenders, and Mary Zournazi
I B Tauris, London, 2013
£15.00
Film & Theatre | Soft Cover | First Editions

My Friend My Father (Signed copy)
Signed by Jane Duncan, the second printing, and thirteenth of the author's "Friends" series
Jane Duncan
Macmillan, London, 1967
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Russian Pluralism: Now Irreversible?
1992, first edition. The politics and society of Russia, post-USSR
Uri Ra’anan, with Keith Armes, Kate Martin (editors), with a contribution by Yelena Bonner
St Martin's Press, New York, 1992
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
The extraordinary journeys of a Muslim traveller of the 14th Century
Ross E Dunn
Croon Helm, London, 1986
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Gladeye the War Horse
1939, first edition, a horse's story through the Great War
Brigadier Walter Brooke, illustrated by Anne Bullen
Collins, London, 1939
£30.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

Six Weeks in Russia in 1919
2nd printing, Arthur Ransome's account of Russian life after the October Revolution of 1917
Arthur Ransome
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1919
£30.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions

Poems, Principally Selected from Unpublished Manuscripts
1954, first edition, the first published complete collection
Ivor Gurney, with a memoir by Edmund Blunden
Hutchinson, London, 1954
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

Prince Otto, A Romance
1906, a fine blue leather Bumpus binding on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1885 novel
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chatto & Windus, London, 1906
£60.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound

Kidnapped
1912 edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel in a fine blue leather Bumpus binding
Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by W B Hole
Cassell, London, 1912
£120.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound

A Bibliography of the Works of Rupert Brooke
1959, second edition, a comprehensive list of Rupert Brooke's works
Geoffrey Keynes
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1959
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Kings of Space
1954, first edition, an adventure for W E John's Group-Captain Timothy 'Tiger' Clinton
Captain W E Johns, illustrated by Stead
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1954
£25.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Man Who Vanished into Space
1963, first edition, another adventure for W E John's spaceship Tavona.
Captain W E Johns
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1963
£40.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Sir Thomas Beecham, A Centenary Tribute (Signed copy)
Signed by Lady Shirley Beecham
Alan Jefferson, foreword by Sir Robert Mayer
World Records, London, 1979
£15.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper | First thus

Thou Shalt Not Uncover Thy Mother's Nakedness (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by George Hayim
George Hayim
Quartet Books, London, 1988
£50.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Ten Books by Andre Maurois
Uniformly bound in red / brown cloth, all early French language editions
Andre Maurois
Various, Paris, 1922
£40.00
Collections | Hard Cover

The Beatitudes
1984, limited edition, signed by the publisher, Edward Burrett and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
St Matthew, designed and published by Edward Burrett
Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1984
£45.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Association Copy | Slipcase

How the Worcesters Saved the Day, Gheluvelt, 31 October 1914
Great War history: 1915, a rare account from the First Battle of Ypres
Not stated
Worcestershire County Council, Worcester, 1915
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions