Recent Additions
The Caddis-Worm
An uncommon title from Catharine Amy Dawson Scott
C A Dawson Scott
Hurst & Blackett, London, 1920
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
The Surf Queen
A novel of smuggling in the Carribean, c1925
Stuart Martin
Hurst & Blackett, London, 1925
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
Jaunty Jock
1918, first edition of Neil Munro's short stories, including two supernatural tales
Neil Munro
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1918
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Tarka the Otter (Signed copy)
Signed by Richard Williamson, author of the introduction and Henry Williamson's
Henry Williamson, introduction by Richard Williamson
Book Club Associates, London, 1979
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper
The Master Book of Secrets and Secret Societies
1937, by Graham Seton, army officer, author, and fascist
Graham Seton, aka Graham Seton Hutchinson
Quaker Oats, Southall, 1937
£15.00
Childrens | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Major—Knight Errant
1935, a South African adventure from L Patrick Greene
L Patrick Greene
John Hamilton, London, 1935
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
The Battle of Hamburg (Signed copy)
Signed by Martin Middlebrook to S/Ldr Norman Scrivener, of 83 (Pathfinder) Squadron
Martin Middlebrook
Allen Lane, London, 1980
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Book of Deal and Walmer (Signed copy)
Signed by Ivan Green, no 4 in a limited edition
Ivan Green
Barracuda Books, Buckingham, 1983
£20.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Blue Field by David Holt (2001)
An impressive large original oil painting, night-time shapes and Moon
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 2001
£150.00
David Holt Paintings | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Premiers Elements d'Economie Politique (Economie Sociale)
1902, Italian economist Luigi Cossa's book on political economy
Luigi Cossa, translated by Alfred Bonnet
V Giard & E Briere, Paris, 1902
£12.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Picturesque Scenery of the Lake District 1752–1855
A Bibliographical Study by Peter Bicknell
Peter Bicknell
St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, 1990
£15.00
Reference & Bibliography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Augustus John, The New Biography (Signed copy)
Signed by Michael Holroyd, the first printing of the single volume edition
Michael Holroyd
Chatto & Windus, London, 1996
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Perspective View of the Town of Leicester, in Leicestershire
1779, from The Modern Universal British Traveller, framed and glazed
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck
J Cooke, London, 1779
£40.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Framed
Cookery for Invalids and the Convalescent
1909, an early edition of C H Senn's popular book
Charles Herman Senn
The Food & Cookery Publishing Agency, London, 1909
£15.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover
Lectures on Painting delivered at the Royal Academy
1866, four lectures by Henry Nelson O'Neil
Henry O'Neil
Bradbury, Evans & Co, London, 1866
£32.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
A.B.C. of Stamp Collecting
1904, first edition, a wealth of information on postage stamps
F J Melville
Henry J Drane, London, 1904
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Rough Justice
2nd impression of C E Montague's powerful Great War novel in the original wrapper
C E Montague
Chatto & Windus, London, 1926
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Hand-coloured engraving Yarmouth, with Nelson's Monument
c1840, a fine view from the Lowestoft Road, framed and glazed
W H Bartlett, artist, engraved by H. Griffiths
Not stated, London, 1840
£20.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Framed
The Last Fight of the Revenge at sea
by Walter Raleigh et al, bound with poet Barnabe Googe's Sonnets etc, and Row & Barlowe's Dialogue
William Roy, and Jerome Barlowe; Sir Walter Raleigh, Gervase Markham, and Jan Huygen Van Linschoten; and Barnabe Googe; edited by Edward Arber
Printed for the Author(s), London, 1871
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
Fragmentia Regalia (1630)
by Sir Robert Naunton, his observations on Elizabeth I, bound with Thomas Watson's poems
Sir Robert Naunton, and Thomas Watson, edited by Edward Arber
Printed for the Author(s), London, 1870
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus
Camelia, original Japanese watercolour
c1900 by Kwako, sold through J B Millet Co,. Boston
Kwako
Original Artwork, Japan, 1900
£40.00
Artwork | Hard Cover | Signed Copies
A Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary
1845, 2nd edition of Neil McAlpine's Gaelic Dictionary and grammar
Neil McAlpine
Printed for the Author(s), Edinburgh, 1845
£25.00
Language | Hard Cover
The Rose and the Yew Tree
1973, a novel from Agatha Christie writing as Mary Westmacott
Agatha Christie, writing as Mary Westmacott
Collins, London, 1973
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
The Legion of the Lost
1930, a scarce novel of the French Foreign Legion
Julien Le Brocq
Boots Pure Drug Co [Printed by Collins], Nottingham & London, 1930
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Public Library Buildings 1975–1983
An illustrated review of 150 library projects 1975–83
K C Harrison, editor. Editorial board members: R F Atkins, Alan Longworth, K A Stockham, and G K V Tomlinson
Library Services Limited, London, 1987
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
