Recent Additions
The Mapleson Memoirs 1848–1888
The reminsicences of the opera impresario, James Henry Mapleson, complete in two volumes
James Henry Mapleson
Remington & Co Ltd, London, 1888
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover
Cheltenham College Register 1841–1927
Two volumes, including supplement of 1841–1919 Additions and Corrections 1919–1951
Edward Scot Skirving, editor, and Charles Herbert Pigg (editor, supplement)
The College, Cheltenham, 1928
£40.00
School & University Registers | Hard Cover
How the Voice becomes Prematurely Damaged, as in the Case of Maria Callas
Greek soprano Marika Palaisti's swipe at Maria Callas
Marika Palaisti
Not stated, Greece, 1962
£25.00
Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions
Marxism on the State
1972 1st thus, Lenin's Preparatory Material for the Book 'The State and Revolution'
V I Lenin
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1972
£15.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | First thus
The Geeta, The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna
1942, the second printing of Purohit Swami's magnificent translation
Shri Purohit Swami
Faber & Faber, London, 1942
£25.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions
Spirit in the Mass
A 1992 exhibition catalogue for the Borough Group with David Bomberg
Not stated
Fine Art Associates, London, 1992
£15.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Lady of the Lake
1853, Walter Scott's poem in an attractive gilt binding
Walter Scott, illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert
A & C Black, Edinburgh, 1853
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Illustrated
New Tree (1997) by David Holt
Original semi-abstract oil painting in bespoke frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1997
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David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Pyramids and Blue C's (1984) by David Holt
Original abstract expressionist painting, oil on canvas
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1984
£70.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (Signed postcard)
A signed & handwritten postcard dated 1899. The first woman to qualify as a doctor in 1865
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Not Published, London, 1899
£80.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Parkett No 81
A contemporary art journal featuring Ai Weiwei, Cosima von Bonin, and Christian Jankowski
Bice Curiger, editor
Parkett, Zurich, 2007
£13.50
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Hundreds of Things a Girl Can Make
1934, first edition, A Hobby Book for Girls of All Ages...
Not stated
W Foulsham & Co Ltd, London, 1934
£20.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Hillsigns by David Holt (1966)
A superb large original abstract expressionist painting
David Holt
Original Artwork, 1966
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David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Aventures d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles
A facsimile edition of the the first French translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, translated by Henri Bue, with an introduction by Morton Cohen, illustrated by John Tenniel
Dover, New York, 1972
£10.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First thus
Lewis Carroll, une vie, une legende
The first French edition of Morton Cohen's monumental biography of Lewis Carroll
Morton N Cohen, translated from the English by Laurent Bury
Editions Autrement, Paris, 1998
£15.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Island of California
A History of the Myth. The hardback first US edition.
Dora Beale Polk
The Arthur H Clark Company, Spokane, Washington, 1991
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Gallipoli (Signed copy)
Signed by Peter Hart to historian and anthologist Anne Powell
Peter Hart
Profile Books, London, 2013
£12.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Sisters in Arms (Signed copy)
Signed by Nicola Tyrer. British Army Nurses of the Second World War tell their story
Nicola Tyrer
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2008
£15.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Fifteen Rounds a Minute (Signed copy)
First edition, signed by J M Craster, the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in the Great War, August to December 1914
J M Craster, edited from the diaries of Major 'MA' Jeffreys and Others
Macmillan, London, 1976
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Estate Litigation
1987, hardback, first edition of this text on Canadian estate law
Brian A Schnurr
Carswell, Toronto, 1987
£40.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions
Death and Eternal Life
John Hick's study into the mystery of death
John Hick
Collins, London, 1976
£15.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Heaven in Your Hand (Signed copy)
Signed by Norah Lofts, the first US printing, a collection of 16 short stories
Norah Lofts
Doubleday, New York, 1958
£38.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Strange Case of Thomas Walker (Signed copy)
1957, first edition. Signed by the author, Frida Knight, Communist and activist
Frida Knight, foreword by G D H Cole
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1957
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Journal of William Morris Studies—10 issues
from Summer 2007 to Winter 2011
The William Morris Society
The William Morris Society, London, 2007
£30.00
William Morris | Soft Cover | First Editions
Regimental Badges Worn in the British Army One Hundred Years Ago (Signed copy)
1900, leather-bound, limited edition (33/50), and signed by Edward Amack
Edward Almack
Blades, East and Blades, London, 1900
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Leather Bound
