Recent Additions

Fifty Traditional Scottish Nursery Rhymes (1933)
First edition, collected and arranged for voice and piano by Alfred Moffat
Alfred Edward Moffat, cover illustration by M C Shoosmith
Augener Ltd, London, 1933
£40.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions

Pedigree of the Family of Bonham, signed association plus manuscript copy
1891, signed by Admiral Charles W Bonham, uncle of the author, Edward William Bonham
Edward William Bonham
Printed for the Author(s), 1891
£50.00
Genealogy & Family History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Handwritten

The Megalithic European (Signed first edition, 2004)
Signed by Julian Cope, his study of European standing stones and temples
Julian Cope
Element, London, 2004
£80.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated | Slipcase

The Canterbury Tales
A 1995 hardback edition of Geraldine McCaughrean's retelling for children, with illustrations in colour by Victor Ambrus
Geraldine McCaughrean, after Geoffrey Chaucer, illustrated by Victor G Ambrus
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, & Brittany
The first revised edition of Aubrey Burl's classic study
Aubrey Burl
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2000
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus

Paymaster-in-Chief Alfred Whitehouse: Original Royal Navy Commissions (1850–1907)
Including two original commissions, 1850 & 1858 and handwritten record of service
Alfred Whitehouse. Paymaster-in Chief of the Royal Navy
The Office of Admiralty, London, 1847
£150.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Fortunately, the Milk... (Signed first edition)
Signed by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell, in an exclusive Foyles Bookshop edition, with Neil Gaiman metal bookmark
Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
Bloomsbury, London, 2013
£60.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated | Slipcase

Ernest Bevin by Howard Coster, signed photographic portrait
Taken in 1942 and signed by both Bevin and Coster
Howard Coster
Howard Coster, London, 1942
£250.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed

Charles Dickens, Magician (Signed first edition)
Conjuring in Life, Letters and Literature. Signed by Ian Keable.
Ian Keable
Printed for the Author(s), 2014
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Four Duncan Forbes travel books (three are signed first editions)
Heart of Nepal, Heart of Malaya, Travels in Pakistan, The Buddhist Pilgrimage
Duncan Forbes
Various, London, Delhi, etc, n.d.
£30.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Peace is Our Answer (First edition, 1950)
12 linocuts by Noel Counihan and poems by Jack Lindsay, Paul Eluard, Pablo Neruda, and Louis Aragon
Noel Counihan, illustrator, poems by Jack Lindsay, with further prefatory poems by Paul Eluard, Pablo Neruda, Louis Aragon, and a foreword by J G Crowther
Collets Holdings Ltd, London, 1950
£40.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions

Maiden Voyage
First edition, 1982, a novel of the R.M.S. Titanic
Patricia Crowley, dustwrapper by Margaret Bonito
Robert Hale, London, 1982
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Ordinary Families
1933, first edition. E Arnot Robertson's novel of a Suffolk family in the early 20th century
E Arnot Robertson
Jonathan Cape, London, 1933
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

An Aspidistra in Babylon
First edition, 1960. Four novellas from H E Bates
H E Bates
Michael Joseph, London, 1960
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

An Exaltation of Skylarks in Prose and Poetry (Signed first edition)
Signed by the compiler, Stewart Beer
Stewart Beer, compiler. Preface by Richard Mabey
SMH Press, Pulborough, 1995
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Le Manuscrit de Ma Mere
Half-vellum binding, 1886. Alphonse de Lamartine's editing of his mother's diary
Alphonse De Lamartine
Libraire Hachette, Paris, 1886
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings

Hetären Gespräche [Dialogues of the Courtesans] (Signed first edition)
1983, signed, and with small sketch of an owl, by the illustrator, Inge Jastram
Lucian, illustrated by Inge Jastram, translation (into German) by C. M. Wieland
Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin, 1983
£80.00
Classics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Slipcase

Biological and Geological Perspectives of Dinoflagellates
2013, from the library of the Geological Society. Current research on fossil and modern dinoflagellates
J M Lewis, with F Marret and L R Bradley (editors)
The Geological Society, London, 2013
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions

Scala Diva
Erio Piccagliani 's photographs from the Milan Opera House (1950–1979)
Silvana Turzio
Franco Cosimo Panini, Modena, 1993
£30.00
Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Masks of Lucifer
1992, first edition. Technology and the Occult in Twentieth Century Popular Literature
David Morris
Batsford, London, 1992
£20.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Great Offensive, The Strategy of Coalition Warfare (Signed first edition)
Signed and dedicated by the translator Heinz Norden
Max Werner, translated by Heinz and Ruth Norden
Victor Gollancz, London, 1943
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Ghost of Henry James
1970. The first American edition of David Plante's first novel
David Plante
Gambit Incorporated, Boston, 1970
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

A Cumsha Cruise (Signed first edition)
1937, signed by Ernest Laurie-Long
Ernest Laurie-Long
Ward, Lock & Co, London, 1937
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Men's Gods (Signed first edition)
Signed by Edward Charles, a fragment from an unfinished pageant
Edward Charles
Joiner and Steele Ltd, London, 1931
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Slipcase

Mozart (Signed first edition)
1979, This copy signed by Scottish composer Shena Fraser
Hugh Ottaway
Orbis, London, 1979
£25.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

