Recent Additions
No Snow in Latching
1949, first edition, one of Michael Home's Breckland novels
Michael Home, pseud. Christopher Bush
Methuen, London, 1949
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Touring in 1600
1911, first edition, 'A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education'
E S Bates
Constable, London, 1911
£25.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Something And Nothing, Tales From The Wedding Present: Vol Two
Signed by David Lewis Gedge, Terry de Castro and Lee Thacker
David Lewis Gedge, with Terry de Castro and Jessica McMillan, adapted and illustrated by Lee Thacker, additional editing by Karl Kathuria
Scopitones, Brighton, 2022
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Illustrated
Quiet Voyage (1989) by David Holt
A wonderful original semi-abstract oil painting
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1989
£70.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Jackstraws (1987) by David Holt
Original semi-abstract oil painting, framed
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1987
£50.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork
Alice in Wonderland
With colour illustrations by Dutch artist Willy Schermele
Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Willy Schermele
Juvenile Productions Ltd, London, 1960
£20.00
Lewis Carroll | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Business of Women's Magazines (Signed copy)
Signed by both authors, Brian Braithwaite and Joan Barrell
Brian Braithwaite, and Joan Barrell
Associated Business Press, London, 1979
£20.00
Journals, Periodicals and Reviews | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Romantic Revolution (Signed copy)
Signed by Tim Blanning, the first printing
Tim Blanning
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2010
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
New Daughters of Africa (Signed copy)
Signed by the editor Margaret Busby and poet Patience Agbabi, contributor
Margaret Busby, editor
Myriad, Oxford, 2019
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Household Dictionary of Medicine, Preventative and Curative
1895, second edition, an alphabetical dictionary of the body, ailments and treatments etc
Frederick Rufenacht Walters
Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1895
£30.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover | Illustrated
On the Cure of Piles, Fistula, Hoemorrhoidal Excrescences, Tumours and Strictures
1844, hardback. S J Van Butchell's treatments and cases
S J Van Butchell
H Renshaw, London, 1844
£40.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover
The Sowdone of Bablyone and of Ferumbras his Sone who Conquerede Rome
Volume V of The English Charlemagne Romances (the Sultan of Babylon)
Emil Hausknecht, editor
The Early English Text Society / OUP, London, 1969
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
L'Algérie [Algeria]
Volumes 2 & 3 of Baron Baude's 1841 study of Algeria
Baron Jean Jacques Baude
Meline, Cans et Compagnie, Bruxelles et Leipzig, 1841
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
The Realm of Art
Peter Goffin's 1946 study on the philosophy of art
Peter Goffin
Lindsay Drummond, London, 1946
£15.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Literature and Art
1947, A selection from the writings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
Karl Marx, and Frederick Engels
International Publishers, New York, 1947
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Nursery-Book
1891, a first edition of L H Bailey's Complete Guide to the Multiplication and Pollination of Plants
Liberty Hyde Bailey
The Rural Publishing Company, New York, 1891
£20.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Funny Pieces, A Book of Random Sketches
1939, a miscellany of Stephen Leacock's humorous writings
Stephen Leacock
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1939
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Entretiens sur le Dessin avec Genevieve
1921, first edition, a series of brief art lessons from Louise Hervieu
Louise Hervieu
Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1921
£50.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated | Slipcase
Raven the Rascal, A Nature Story
1946, Hellmuth Weissenborn's charming illustrated tale of a rumbunctious raven
Hellmuth Weissenborn
The Acorn Press, London, 1946
£30.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Star Maker
2004, first paperback printing of this edition of Olaf Stapledon's classic
Olaf Stapledon, foreword by Freeman J Dyson, introduced and edited by Patrick A McCarthy
Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, 2004
£12.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First thus
The Medical Directory 1915
An immense round up of doctors etc for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Not stated
J & A Churchill, London, 1915
£35.00
Genealogy & Family History | Hard Cover
Ask for King Billy
1955, the first printing in dustwrapper of Henry Treece's adventure story
Henry Treece, drawings by Richard Kennedy
Faber & Faber, London, 1955
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Proceedings of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of England 1906–1920
A record of meetings and rules etc
Samuel William Carruthers
Presbyterian Church of England, London, 1923
£15.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Hound of Heaven
This copy signed by Edwin M Standing, friend, assistant, and biographer of Maria Montessori
Francis Thompson
Burns Oates & Washbourne, London, 1920
£10.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Nymphets and Fairies
Graham Ovenden's selection from the works of three Victorian children's book illustrators: Richard Doyle, E.V.B. (Eleanor Vere Boyle), and William Stephen Coleman
Graham Ovenden
Academy Editions, London, 1976
£12.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
