Recent Additions
The Jazz Scene
1989, E J Hobsbawm's classic of jazz literature
Eric Hobsbawm, originally written as Francis Newton
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1989
£10.00
Music | Soft Cover | First thus
The Poets Talk by David Holt (1998)
A large original oil painting in bespoke frame, a very impressive and evocative piece
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1998
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David Holt Paintings | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
The Crafty Farmer, A Spanish Folk Tale (Signed first edition)
1938, signed by Gregorio Prieto
Gregorio Prieto, illustrator. Translated and introduced by Henry Thomas
The Dolphin Bookshop Editions, London, 1938
£50.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Reflexions sur la Typografie
1951, limited edition. Extracts from the preface of Bodini's Manual of Typography
Giambatista Bodoni
J Haumont, Paris, 1951
£20.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | Limited Editions | First thus
Roseline Granet: Drawings (Limited edition portfolio, 2011)
30 Large Atlas Folio Plates
Roseline Granet
Alias / William Blake & Co, 2011
£175.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated
The Vicar of Morbing Vyle
1993, the first printing of Richard Harland's cult horror novel
Richard Harland
Karl Evans, Australia, 1993
£40.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions
Frontiers of Astronomy (Dr Joseph Kaplan's copy)
1955, stamped by the American physicist to the ffep
Fred Hoyle
William Heinemann, London, 1955
£80.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
The Interpretation of Early Music (1963, first edition)
This copy from the library of pianist Alexander Kelly (1929–1996)
Robert Donington
Faber & Faber, London, 1963
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
Military Elements, signed screenprint by David Holt
Number 7 of only 10 copies, from March 1963
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1963
On Hold
David Holt Paintings | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Original Artwork
Take These Men (1955, first edition)
A classic account of tank warfare in the Western Desert in the Second World War
Cyril Joly
Constable, London, 1955
£18.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Beer Mug with Coins [Birena chasha s moneti]
Bulgarian short stories and observations on London in 1960
Brigita Yosifova
Bulgarian Writer, London, 1960
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
J M W Turner, View of Hythe, Kent (1824)
A framed and glazed hand-coloured engraving from 1826
J M W Turner, engraved by George Cooke
John and Arthur Arch et al, London, 1826
£30.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Framed | Illustrated
Plastik (Signed copy)
Signed by Jo Jastram, the German sculptor
Jo Jastram
Rheinland-Vlg, Germany, 1989
£50.00
Art | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Escaped Kite by David Holt (1999)
An original framed oil painting, a striking study of tension and release
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1999
£100.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Aldfrith's Beowulf
Beowulf as depicting real Yorkshire history, linking its legendary characters to actual historical figures.
Paula Grant, translator
Llanerch Publishers, Felinfach, 1995
£12.00
Classics | Soft Cover | First Editions
Kingfishers of the World (Signed first edition)
A highly-detailed ornithological study, signed by Leslie J Knowles and James W Nitchen
Leslie J Knowles, and James W Nitchen
Times Editions, Singapore, 1995
£80.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Gate over Moon by David Holt (1996)
An original oil painting of nighttime shapes and luminosiity
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1996
£70.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Bertold Brecht, Programme & Lyric Booklet 1959 Festival Hall
with the lyrics given in English and an illustration by Caspar Neher
Bertolt Brecht
Deutsches Theater Berlin, Berlin, London, 1959
£20.00
Drama | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Golden Honeycomb (Signed first edition)
Signed by Vincent Cronin to the parents of WW2 pilot Richard Hillary, and winner of the Richard Hillary Prize (1955)
Vincent Cronin
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1954
£40.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Overgrown Greenhouse by David Holt (2005)
A wonderful large original oil painting in bespoke frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 2005
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David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
The Decembrists (Dekabristite)
A Bulgarian history of the Decembrist Revolt of 1825 in Imperial Russia
Brigita Yosifova
Publishing House of the Fatherland Front, Sofia, 1979
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Three early 20th Century Luigi Prandello Plays
1924/1925, Il Piacere dell'Onestà; Pensaci, Giacomino!; and La Vita che ti Diedi
Luigi Pirandello
Bemporad & Figlio, Firenze (Florence), 1924
£15.00
Drama | Soft Cover
The Book of Humans (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by Adam Rutherford
Adam Rutherford
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2018
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Grave Expectations (Signed first edition)
Signed & dedicated by Alice Bell at Comic Con 2023
Alice Bell
Corvus, London, 2023
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
On the Party (1951, third edition; signed copy)
This copy owned and signed by artist Geri Morgan (1926–2010)
Liu Shao-Chi
Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1951
£40.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy
