Recent Additions
The True Story of My Life
1926. The autobiography of Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Mary Howitt. Preface by Violet Jacob, Appendix by Hanna Astrup Larsen
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1926
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First thus
The Long Fourth & other stories
1948, Peter Taylor's first collection of short stories
Peter Taylor, introduction by Robert Penn Warren
Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1948
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
New Peace County (Signed copy)
Signed by Peter Ng & Hugh Baker, a Chinese Gazetteer of the Hong Kong Region
Peter Y L Ng, with additional material by Hugh D R Baker
Hong Kong University Press, 1983
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Third Dimension, Voices from Radio 3
with bookplate of Leonard Miall, journalist and contributor and a handwritten letter from the publisher
Philip French, editor.
The Stourton Press, London, 1983
£30.00
Film, Theatre & Radio | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Association Copy
Strange Fruit
Lillian Smith's debut novel of interracial love
Lillian Smith, dustwrapper by Hans Tisdall
The Cresset Press, London, 1945
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Atalanta in Calydon
1865, the second edition of A C Swinburne's tragedy
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Edward Moxon, London, 1865
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Eight Weeks; Looking Back, Moving Forwards, Defying the Odds (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by Baroness Lola Young
Baroness Lola Young
Fig Tree, Penguin, London, 2024
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Erotic Tales of Old Russia
1988, bilingual edition, and quite fruity...
Aleksander Afanas'ev, compiler, selected and translated by Yury Perkov, illustrated by Alek Rapoport
Scythian Books, Oakland, 1988
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Illustrated
Range Targets: Evening by David Holt (1976)
A superb Modern British semi-abstract oil painting
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1976
Sold
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
After The Grapes of Wrath
Essays on John Steinbeck in honor of Tetsumaro Hayashi
Donald V Coers, with Paul D Ruffin and Robert J DeMott (editors)
Ohio University Press, Athens, 1995
£20.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia (Signed copy)
Signed by Paul Willetts, The Bizarre Life of Writer, Actor, Soho dandy Julian Maclaren-Ross
Paul Willetts
Dewi Lewis, London, 2003
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
A History of Man in the Lake District
1967, from the Neolithic period to the National Park
William Rollinson
J M Dent, London, 1967
£15.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Reader's Handbook to Proust
1952, first edition, An Index Guide to Remembrance of Things Past
P A Spalding, compiler
Chatto & Windus, London, 1952
£20.00
Reference & Bibliography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Seagull and Sea-Power
1937, a novel in the footsteps of Erskine Childers' Dulcibella and the Frisian Islands
Douglas and Mary Dixon
William Blackwood & Sons, London, 1937
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Autobiography of a Cad
1938, a first printing of A G Macdonell's hilarious spoof memoir of a complete rotter
A G Macdonell
Macmillan, London, 1938
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Al Khaleej and Beyond: Reflections of Two Artists (Signed copy)
Signed by Peter Lawrence & Mike Shepley
Peter Lawrence, and Mike Shepley
Motivate Publishing, Dubai, 2007
£35.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Great Church Towers of England
Chiefly of the Perpendicular Period. 1932, first edition in dustwrapper
Frank J Allen
University Press, Cambridge, 1932
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: Sussex
2001, Ian Nairn and Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition
Ian Nairn, and Nikolaus Pevsner
Penguin Books, London, 2001
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset
2001, Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition
Nikolaus Pevsner
Penguin Books, London, 2001
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire
2002, Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
The Buildings of England: Dorset
2002, John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide in excellent condition.
John Newman, and Nikolaus Pevsner
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
The Buildings of England. Yorkshire, The North Riding
2002, one of Pevsner's Guides in excellent condition.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
Hawkshead, Its History, Archaeology, Industries, Folklore, Dialect, etc
1899, a first edition of H S Cowper's history of the Lake District parish
Henry Swainson Cowper
Bemrose & Sons, London, 1899
£120.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Helbeck of Bannisdale
1898, a first edition of Mrs Humphrey Ward's Lake District romance
Mrs Humphrey Ward
Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1898
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Vagabond's Way, Haphazard Wanderings on the Fells
1914, a first edition of the English actresses tour of the Lake District
Nancy Price, illustrated by A S Hartrick
John Murray, London, 1914
£30.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
