Recent Additions
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
Industrial Finishing, January—June 1945
The first six issues for 1945 of this American industrial journal, with superb adverts
W H Rohr, and E A Dosch (editors)
Practical Publications, Inc., Indianapolis, 1945
£25.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions
Milk and Peace, Drought and War (Signed copy)
Somali Culture, Society and Politics, signed by Professor I M Lewis
Markus V Hoehne, and Virginia Luling (editors)
Hurst and Company, London, 2010
£35.00
History | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
G.Q.G. Secteur 1 (Signed first edition)
A French Great War history, signed by the author, Jean de Pierrefeu, to J J Frappa.
Jean de Pierrefeu
L'Edition Francais Illustree, Paris, 1920
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy | Bookplate
The Messengers Will Come No More (Signed first edition)
Signed by Leslie A Fiedler to Arnold Wesker, a work of speculative fiction
Leslie A Fiedler
Stein and Day, New York, 1974
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Practical Treatise on the Breeding Cow (1844)
A 19th century livestock breeding guide. Hardback, rebound, with thirteen fold-out plates
Edward Skellett
Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, London, 1844
£60.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | Illustrated
The Apothecary Rose (Signed first edition)
Signed by Candace Robb, 1994, her first book and the first in the Owen Archer series
Candace Robb
William Heinemann, London, 1994
£26.50
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Thou Shalt Not Uncover Thy Mother's Nakedness (Signed first edition)
1988, signed and dedicated by George Hayim
George Hayim
Quartet Books, London, 1988
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Origin and Character of the British People (1900, first edition)
Nottidge MacNamara's study of characteristics through the human skull
Nottidge Charles MacNamara
Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1900
£25.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Dog Crusoe and his Master
c1940, in a dustwrapper designed by Edie Morris
R M Ballantyne, dustwrapper & binding by Edie Morris
Seeley Service, London, 1940
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
Maria Callas La Divina. Art That Conceals Art
1963, the first UK edition of Stelios Galatopoulos's study of the Greek Prima Donna
Stelios Galatopoulos
Cunningham Bass, London, 1963
£20.00
Maria Callas | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
To Dream of the Dead (Signed first edition)
2008. Signed by Phil Rickman, the tenth book on the Merrily Watkins series
Phil Rickman
Quercus, London, 2008
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Signed first edition)
2004. Signed by Phil Rickman, the sixth in the Merrily Watkins series
Phil Rickman
Macmillan, London, 2004
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Lamp of the Wicked (Signed first edition)
2003. Signed by Phil Rickman. The fifth in his Merrily Watkins series
Phil Rickman
Macmillan, London, 2003
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Roy Colmer
2017, the book to accompany the 2017 Lisson Gallery exhibition
Alex Bacon
Lisson Gallery, London, 2017
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Kevin Francis Gray
2017, the illustrated book of the Irish sculptor's New York solo show
Martina Droth, introductory essay
Pace, London, 2017
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Double Take, Works from the collection of Christian Zacharias
2021, Joost van den Bergh's illustrated exhibtion book
John Yau, and Alexander Gorlizki
Joost van den Bergh, London, 2021
£25.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Cities, Plains and People (Signed by Robert Liddell in Cairo, 1946)
An early Lawrence Durrell collection of poetry, owned by his friend and fellow Cairo poet
Lawrence Durrell
Faber & Faber, London, 1946
Sold
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy
Paganism in Roumanian Folklore (1928, first edition)
Marcu Beza's examination of Roumania's pagan rites and their continuation into the twentieth century
Marcu Beza
J M Dent, London, 1928
Sold
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Shrewsbury, An Archaeological Assessment (Signed first edition)
Signed by Nigel Baker, his thorough illustrated history of the English border town
Nigel Baker
Oxbow, Oxford, 2010
£40.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Celestina (Number 1 of only twenty copies)
1968, an unpublished stage adaptation by David Castillejo
Fernando De Rojas, adapted for the stage and translated by David Castillejo
Not Published, 1968
£20.00
Drama | Soft Cover | Limited Editions
The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos (Signed limited edition)
Signed by Stathis A Arfanis
S A Arfanis
Irinna S.A., Athens, 1990
£25.00
Music | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions
From London Bridge to Lombardy by a Macadamised Route (1869, first edition)
A witty, illustrated trip from London to Italy.
W R Richardson, illustrated by Sydney Prior Hall
Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, London, 1869
£50.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions
