Recent Additions
Sammelband: A collection of 13 rare 19th & 20th century pamphlets
including the SS Great Eastern in Liverpool, Banting's Letter on Corpulence, and British Israelism with hand-coloured map. 1817 to c1908
Various, including William Banting, M. Le Comte de Montalembert, and Lewis's of Liverpool
Various, London, Leeds etc, 1817
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Collections | Hard Cover | Mixed Editions
Sky Gazer by David Holt (2001)
An original modern British oil painting on canvas in bespoke frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 2001
£100.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Harvest 2, 1955
An early issue of the journal of The Analytical Psychology Club, Irene de Castillejo's copy
Irene de Castillejo, et al
The Analytical Psychology Club, London, 1955
£24.00
Psychology | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy
Geo Milev—The Poet, Geo Milev—Draws
A centenary celebration of the Bulgarian poet Geo Milev
Geo MIlev, compiled by Leda Mileva, Ivan Granitski, Ruza Marinska
Hristo Botev, Sofia, 1995
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Chalet & Fisherman by David Holt (1968)
A large, bright original oil painting on board, 98 × 75.5cm
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1968
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David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
The Condition of the Working Class in England
1950, a Bulgarian Communist Party edition
Frederick Engels
Bulgarian Communist Party, Sofia, 1950
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover
I Go by Sea, I Go by Land
P L Travers' fictional diary of an Atlantic Crossing
P L Travers, illustrated by Gertrude Hermes
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1941
£18.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Autobiography of Hamlet Nicholson (1892, first edition)
Rochdale interest, and Nicholson persecution for fighting against Ritualism in the Parish Church
Hamlet Nicholson
Not stated, Rochdale, 1892
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
On the Nature and Significance of the Crafts
Brian Keeble's three essays on W.R. Lethaby, Edward Johnston, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Brian Keeble, with a foreword by Keith Critchlow
Temenos Academy, London, 2005
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Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First Editions
Oxford High School 1975, Centenary Magazine
Contributions from Gillian Avery, Jane & Sophie Grigson, Elizabeth Jennings...
Oxford High School
Oxford High School, Oxford, 1975
£20.00
School & University Registers | Soft Cover | First Editions
White Gate by David Holt (1977)
A striking Modern British semi-abstract oil painting inspired by Hythe Ranges in Kent
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1977
£180.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Concrete Work
1941, E Molloy's guide to concrete construction, Volume 4 in Newnes Building Practice series
E Molloy
George Newnes, London, 1941
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The House with Green Shutters
c1932, with five super illustrations by Sidney Stanley
George Douglas, with an introduction by J W Drawbell, illustrated by Sidney Stanley
Collins, London, 1932
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Radio Recombination Lines [Astrophysics]
1980, first edition, Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 24–25, 1979 (Astrophysics & Space Science Library No 80)
P A Shaver, editor, contributors include Daniel Kleppner, Jacqueline van Gorkom, Yervant Terzian, Peter G Mezger, Nino Panagia, Robert L Brown, Edith Falgarone, Jay Lockman, Edward Churchwell, and James S Mathis amongst others.
D Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland, 1980
£50.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Firebird 1, Writing Today (1982, signed first edition)
Graham Swift has signed and dated his short story, The Watch
T J Binding, editor, contributors include Graham Swift, William Trevor, Salman Rushdie, Angela Carter.
Penguin Books / Allen Lane, London, 1982
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
In Memoriam, James Gordon Smith (1899)
Liverpool MP and philanthropist Samuel Smith's memorial book to his only son
Samuel Smith, MP, with sermons by Rev George Johnstone, Rev A J Doull, and Rev J J Muir
Turner, Routledge & Co, Liverpool, 1899
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Maria Callas, a collection of 14 books in Italian
includining Michele Nocera, Tripeleff, Irene Bottero, and Leonardo Bragaglia
Various
Various, Roma, Milano etc, n.d.
£50.00
Maria Callas | Hard Cover | Mixed Editions
The Carved Masonry Domes of Mediaeval Cairo
An illustrated architectural study
Christine Kessler
The American University in Cairo Press, London, 1976
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Francis Bacon
2008, the Tate Gallery's reassessment of Francis Bacon's importance
Matthew Gale, and Chris Stephens (editors)
Tate Gallery, London, 2008
£16.50
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Impressionist & the City; Pissarro's Series Paintings
A study of Camille Pissarro's later urban painting
Richard R Brettell, and Joachim Pissarro, edited by Mary Anne Stevens
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1993
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Trap (Signed uncorrected proof)
Signed by Catherine Ryan Howard and her father, John.
Catherine Ryan Howard
Bantam Press, London, 2023
£25.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Man-Made Gemstones (first edition)
1979, Dennis Elwell's guide to the methods of making gemstones
Dennis Elwell
Ellis Horwood Publishers, Chichester, 1979
£24.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
RMS Aquitania: Original Pencil Plans/Sketches Attributed to Arthur J. Davis
With two original freehand pencil plans/sketches executed on the endpapers of Kipling’s Life’s Handicap (1913)
Rudyard Kipling, with the bookplate of architect Arthur J Davis
Macmillan, London, 1913
£200.00
Transport | Hard Cover | Original Artwork | Bookplate
Reel to Real, A Life in Film (Signed first edition)
Signed by Noel Cronin
Noel Cronin
Talking Pictures TV, 2021
£20.00
Film, Theatre & Radio | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Winter Solstice (Signed first edition)
Signed by Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2000
£27.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
