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Moonrakers and Mischief (Signed copy)

Signed by G J Feakes, a 1961 comedy-mystery novel
G J Feakes, dustwrapper by ffolkes
Chapman & Hall, London, 1961
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

A20 Chevrons by David Holt (1966)

An original semi-abstract watercolour and ink painting
David Holt
Original Artwork, Kent, 1966
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David Holt Paintings | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork

The Pursuer

1962, the first UK edition of Gunther Weisenborn's thriller Der Verfolger
Gunther Weisenborn, translated from the German by Paul Selver
William Heinemann, London, 1962
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Midnight on the Place Pigalle

1932, first UK edition of Maurice Dekobra's Minuit... Place Pigalle
Maurice Dekobra, translated from the French by Metcalfe Wood, with twelve woodcuts by Jean Oberle
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1932
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Sketches in Verse (Signed copy)

Signed by author Henry Richard Dickinson, 1906, a collection of ghostly and romantic verse with tipped in illustrations
H R Dickinson, illustrated by A S Boyd, Gordon Browne, Frank Dadd, F C Dickinson, Charles Dixon, W Hatherell, H M Paget, Balliol Salmon, and the author.
Printed for the Author(s), 1906
£100.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated

Robert Buhler (Signed copy)

Signed by Robert Buhler
Colin Hayes
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1986
£35.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated

Bassano signed society portrait

c1928, signed in pencil by Bassano
Bassano
Bassano, London, 1928
£25.00
Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies

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
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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

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