Recent Additions
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Nabokov Russian Translation
An unabridged republication of the 1923 first edition
Lewis Carroll, translated by "V Sirin" (Vladimir Nabokov), drawings by S Zalshupin
Dover, New York, 1976
£15.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First thus
Sunward by Yeoward (Signed limited edition)
The Story of Yeoward of Liverpool, the First 100 Years
Theodore W S Barry
Granta Editions, Cambridge, 1994
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated | Slipcase
War and Peace in the Space Age
1959, US officer James Gavin's warnings over the future of warfare
Lt.-Gen James Gavin, introduction by Lt.-Gen Sir Brian Horrocks
Hutchinson, London, 1959
£15.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Lore of the Land
1982, first edition of John Seymour's classic of land husbandry
John Seymour, illustrated by Sally Seymour
Whittet Books, Weybridge, 1982
£20.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Rock Paintings of the Upper Brandberg (Namibia)
Part IV Umuab and Karoab Gorges (Volume 2 only), with 10 large fold out plates
Harald Pager
Heinrich-Barth-Institut, Koln, 1998
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Confessions of an Art Addict
1960, a first edition of Peggy Guggenheim's memoir
Peggy Guggenheim
Andre Deutsch, London, 1960
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
Beibele
The Holy Bible in Tswana language
Holy Bible
Lekgotla La Beibele La Afrika Borwa, Cape Town, 2001
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover
Hieroglyphic Landscape by David Holt (2004)
A loud, busy original oil painting, in a bespoke frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, 2004
£80.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
The American Printer, Benjamin Franklin Bi-Centennial Edition 1923
Rebound in quarter leather, with many adverts and articles on the American printing industry and relating to Franklin
Various, cover design by George F Trenholm
Oswald Publishing Company, New York, 1923
£60.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
The Registers of Lydlinch, Dorset from 1559 to 1812
A transcription of parish records of births, deaths and marriages, and list of Rectors
Charles Herbert Mayo, and Francis George Henley (transcribers)
The Parish Register Society, London, 1899
£20.00
Genealogy & Family History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Photographing Fungi in the Field (Signed first edition)
Signed by photographer and author George McCarthy
George McCarthy
Guild of Master Craftsmen Publishers, Lewes, 2001
£20.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Memory Landscapes of the Inka Carved Outcrops
A comprehensive analysis of the carved rocks the Inka created in the Andean highlands
Jessica Joyce Christie, with a foreword by frank Meddens
Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland, 2016
£25.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions
George Lyman Kittredge, Teacher and Scholar
1962, a first edition of Clyde Hyder's biography
Clyde Kenneth Hyder
University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, 1962
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
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
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
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
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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
£25.00
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
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
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
