Recent Additions
Plays of Gods and Men
1917, first UK edition, containing four of Lord Dunsany's plays
Lord Dunsany
T Fisher Unwin, London, 1917
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
Christo & Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates
The artists's "The Gates" installation in New York's Central Park
Jan Greenberg, and Sandra Jordan
Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2008
£10.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Policing Provincial England 1829–1856
The Politics of Reform. The making of the county Police forces.
David Philips, and Robert D Storch
Leicester University Press, London, 1999
£30.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Sphinx, The Life of Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough (Signed copy)
First edition, signed and dedicated by Hugo Vickers
Hugo Vickers
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2020
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Soldier Poets, Songs of the Fighting Men
Great War verse, 1916, the "Trench Edition" including Charles Hamilton Sorley, W N Hodgson, and Julian Grenfell
Galloway Kyle, preface, contributors include Charles Hamilton Sorley and Julian Grenfell
Erskine Macdonald, London, 1916
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Place Names in Kent
1921, the Hams, the Hithes, the Stones and the Tons...
Canon J W Horsley
South Eastern Gazette, Maidstone, 1921
£15.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions
Russian Pluralism: Now Irreversible?
1992, first edition. The politics and society of Russia, post-USSR
Uri Ra’anan, with Keith Armes, Kate Martin (editors), with a contribution by Yelena Bonner
St Martin's Press, New York, 1992
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
The extraordinary journeys of a Muslim traveller of the 14th Century
Ross E Dunn
Croon Helm, London, 1986
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Prince Otto, A Romance
1906, a fine blue leather Bumpus binding on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1885 novel
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chatto & Windus, London, 1906
£60.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound
Kings of Space
1954, first edition, an adventure for W E John's Group-Captain Timothy 'Tiger' Clinton
Captain W E Johns, illustrated by Stead
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1954
£25.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Man Who Vanished into Space
1963, first edition, another adventure for W E John's spaceship Tavona.
Captain W E Johns
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1963
£40.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Sir Thomas Beecham, A Centenary Tribute (Signed copy)
Signed by Lady Shirley Beecham
Alan Jefferson, foreword by Sir Robert Mayer
World Records, London, 1979
£15.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper | First thus
Thou Shalt Not Uncover Thy Mother's Nakedness (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by George Hayim
George Hayim
Quartet Books, London, 1988
£50.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Ten Books by Andre Maurois
Uniformly bound in red / brown cloth, all early French language editions
Andre Maurois
Various, Paris, 1922
£40.00
Collections | Hard Cover
Alice in Wonderland
A rather kitsch 1981 pop-up up
Lewis Carroll
Brown Watson, Barcelona, 1981
£20.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First Editions
They Went
A first edition of Norman Douglas' second novel, rebound in half-leather
Norman Douglas
Chapman & Hall, London, 1920
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Down the River (Signed by H E Bates)
1937, first edition, with Agnes Miller Parker's glorious wood engravings
H E Bates, illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker
Victor Gollancz, London, 1937
£40.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated
Idea for a Painting by David Holt (1999)
Original abstract oil painting in bespoke frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, 1999
£150.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Range 1: Military View (1970) by David Holt
An original abstract expressionist oil painting, framed, with Dungeness Power Station on the horizon
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, 1970
£90.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Range 2: Blue Window (1970) by David Holt
An original abstract expressionist oil painting, framed. A work based on Hythe Rifle Ranges in Kent
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1970
£90.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Black Hill by David Holt, December 2003
A large modern oil painting of British mythical landscape with standing stones
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 2003
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David Holt Paintings | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Inside South America (Signed copy)
Signed by John Gunther, from the library of Fleur Cowles
John Gunther
Harper & Row, New York, 1967
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Mireio, Pouemo Prouvencau / Mireille, Poeme Provencal
Mistral's long poem in both French and Occitan, in a fine leather Hachette binding
Frederic Mistral
Bibliotheque Charpentier, Paris, 1926
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Binko's Blues, A Tale for Children of All Growths
1884, first edition. A whimsical fantasy novel in the original decorative binding
Herman Charles Merivale, illustrated by Edgar Giberne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1884
£60.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Vertical Log by David Holt (April 1972)
Original abstract expressionist oil painting, framed
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1972
£55.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
