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Roll of Honour, Arbroath and District 1939–1945

with ephemera from the Imperial War Graves Commission concerning one of the casualties
Marion Angus, foreword
T Buncle, Arbroath, 1946
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Association Copy

Johnson over Jordan

1939, second printing of J B Priestley's play of a soul in limbo
J B Priestley
William Heinemann, London, 1939
£22.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Post Office London Directory with County Suburbs for 1916

Three volumes, an important resource for historians and genealogists
Kelly's Directories
Kelly's Directories, London, 1916
£170.00
Genealogy & Family HIstory | Hard Cover

Seven volumes of Great War poetry

Including Robert W Service, Rupert Brooke and war-time anthologies
Various, including Robert W Service & Rupert Brooke
Various, London etc, n.d.
£28.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Mixed Editions

Poems

Peter Tempest's translation of the Hurufi poet Imadeddin Nesimi
Imadeddin Nesimi, translated by Peter Tempest, wood engravings by Yuri Kosmynin
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1973
£15.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Art of the Maker

Peter Dormer's essay, "Skill and its Meaning in Art, Craft and Design"
Peter Dormer
Thames and Hudson, London, 1994
£35.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions

Songs of a Soldier

1931, first edition of American Great poetry from William V V Stephens
William V V Stephens
Banner Press, Emory University, Georgia, 1931
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

Maxims of War

1905, taken from the writings of Wellington, Napoleon, Clausewitz etc
Maurice V Brett
Hugh Rees Ltd, London, 1905
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions

A Summer's Fancy

1930, a limited edition of Edmund Blunden's poem published by The Beaumont Press
Edmund Blunden, decorations by Randolph Schwabe, typography and binding by Cyril William Beaumont
The Beaumont Press, London, 1930
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated

An Elegy and Other Poems

1937, first edition, including some of Edmund Blunden's war poetry
Edmund Blunden
Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1937
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Anthology of War Poetry 1914–1918

Robert Nichols's selection, published in the middle of the Second World War
Robert Nichols
Nicholson & Watson, London, 1943
£12.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Tantivy Towers, A Light Opera in Three Acts (Signed copy)

Signed and dedicated by A P Herbert
A P Herbert
Methuen, London, 1931
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper

Douaumont, or the Return of the Soldier Ulysses

A Great War play from German dramatist Eberhard Wolfgang Möller
Eberhard Wolfgang Moeller / Möller, translated by Graham and Tristan Rawson
Victor Gollancz, London, 1930
£30.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Poems of Ivor Gurney 1890–1937

1973, a reissue of Blunden's 1954 edition, with a new bibliographical note by Leonard Clark
Ivor Gurney, with an introduction by Edmund Blunden and a bibliographical note by Leonard Clark
Chatto & Windus, London, 1973
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus

Poems of Love and War

Liverpool sociologist John Barron Mays's first book
John Barron Mays
James Foggo, Liverpool, 1940
£10.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions

Actor, Soldier, Poet

1939, first edition of the memoirs of Robert Henderson-Bland
Robert Henderson-Bland, with an appreciation by General Sir Hubert Gough
Heath Cranton, London, 1939
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Bomber Command War Diaries (Signed copy)

Signed by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt to Bomber Command veteran Les King, DFM
Martin Middlebrook, and Chris Everitt
Viking, London, 1985
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Month, May 1937. Vol CLXIX, No 837

including an article on Lithobolio, a New England Poltergeist of 1692
Joseph Keating, editor, with articles by Herbert Thurston, C C Martindale etc
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1937
£20.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Soft Cover | First Editions

Brought Forward

1916, first edition, fifteen tales from R B Cunninghame Graham
R B Cunningham Graham
Duckworth & Co, London, 1916
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Tooting Corner, A Book of Reminiscences

1946, first edition of Eric Bligh's memoirs, in the original dustwrapper
Eric Bligh
Secker & Warburg, London, 1946
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Gustav Holst, A Biography

Imogen Holst's biography of her husband
Imogen Holst, with a note by R Vaughan Williams
Oxford University Press, London, 1974
£15.00
Music | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

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

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