Recent Additions

1895, second edition, an alphabetical dictionary of the body, ailments and treatments etc

Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1895

1844, hardback. S J Van Butchell's treatments and cases

H Renshaw, London, 1844

Volume V of The English Charlemagne Romances (the Sultan of Babylon)

The Early English Text Society / OUP, London, 1969

Volumes 2 & 3 of Baron Baude's 1841 study of Algeria

Meline, Cans et Compagnie, Bruxelles et Leipzig, 1841

Peter Goffin's 1946 study on the philosophy of art

Lindsay Drummond, London, 1946

1947, A selection from the writings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels

International Publishers, New York, 1947

1891, a first edition of L H Bailey's Complete Guide to the Multiplication and Pollination of Plants

The Rural Publishing Company, New York, 1891

1939, a miscellany of Stephen Leacock's humorous writings

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1939

1921, first edition, a series of brief art lessons from Louise Hervieu

Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1921

1946, Hellmuth Weissenborn's charming illustrated tale of a rumbunctious raven

The Acorn Press, London, 1946

An early printing of Karel and Josef Capek's play (1924)

Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1924

2004, first paperback printing of this edition of Olaf Stapledon's classic

Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, 2004

An immense round up of doctors etc for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland

J & A Churchill, London, 1915

1955, the first printing in dustwrapper of Henry Treece's adventure story

Faber & Faber, London, 1955

1972, an elusive title, first paperback edition

Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1972

A record of meetings and rules etc

Presbyterian Church of England, London, 1923

This copy signed by Edwin M Standing, friend, assistant, and biographer of Maria Montessori

Burns Oates & Washbourne, London, 1920

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

Academy Editions, London, 1976

First edition, with appendices

South Tyneside Borough Council, 1979

Signed by Clive Sinclair. The first edition, 1987.

William Heinemann, London, 1987

Confirm or Deny, The Home Secretary Will See You Now, Lost or Found, and Jack in the Box

Various, London and New York, n.d.

Signed by both Hilary & Steven Rose. The Promethean Promises of the New Biology

Verso, London, 2012

together with London: Architecture, Building and Social Change (2015)—two studies of the metropolis by Paul Knox

Merrell, London, 2017

This edition issued for his production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Constable, London, 1925

Signed by Un-Su Kim, a numbered limited edition with black sprayed edges

Fourth Estate, London, 2019