Recent Additions
Church Music in the Metropolis
1884, first edition, a study of London's church music
Charles Box
William Reeves, London, 1884
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions
Things to Make in the Clubroom
1937, A Book for Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies and Woodcraft Folk
Henry Bramford
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1937
£20.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Secret of Japanese Success (Signed copy)
Signed by J Hagiwara, his lecture given in Glasgow in 1906
J Hagiwara
Japanese Consulate, Glasgow, 1906
£40.00
History | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Robert Hugh Benson, Pretre et Romancier 1871–1914
Agnes de La Gorce's 1928 biography of the Priest and novelist
Agnes de La Gorce
Librairie Plon, Paris, 1928
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Adventures of a Pretty Woman
1927, a romance from Florence Warden
Florence Warden
Benman's, London, 1927
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
The Never-Ending Road and Other Sketches in War-Time
1916, a selection of writings from J E G De Montmorency, some of a supernatural flavour
J E G De Montmorency
C North, The Blackheath Press, London, 1916
£50.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions
Bruno, Chief of Police
The first printing of the first book in the series
Martin Walker
Quercus, London, 2008
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Picasso and Portraiture; Representation and Transformation
A profusely illustrated study of Picasso's portraits
William Rubin, editor, with essays by Anne Baldassari, Pierre Daix, Michael C FitzGerald, Brigitte Leal, Marilyn McCully, Robert Rosenblum, William Rubin, Helene Seckel, and Kirk Varnedoe
Thames and Hudson, London, 1996
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Guild State, Its Principles and Possibilities (Signed copy)
Inscribed by the author to R McNair Wilson
G Stirling Taylor
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1920
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Eighth Octave
1951, the final instalment of Mark Hambourg's recollections
Mark Hambourg
Williams and Norgate, London, 1951
£15.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Modern Housing Estates
1949, A Practical Guide to their Planning, Design and Development
Stanley Gale
Batsford, London, 1949
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Wild Knight and Other Poems
1906, the second edition of G K Chesterton's second book
G K Chesterton, as Gilbert Chesterton
Brimley Johnson & Ince, London, 1906
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Carson was Here
1962, further travel sketches from Anthony Carson
Anthony Carson
Methuen, London, 1962
£10.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Train to Tarragona
Anthony Carson's travels to the Spanish city
Anthony Carson, dustwrapper by Charles Mozley
Methuen, London, 1957
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Rose by Any Other Name
1960, a first edition of Anthony Carson's autobiographical sketches.
Anthony Carson, dustwrapper by Tomi Ungerer
Methuen, London, 1960
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Reminiscences of the Opera
1864, the memoirs of Her Majesty's Theatre owner Benjamin Lumley
Benjamin Lumley
Hurst & Blackett, London, 1864
£70.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions
A Theory of Shifting Relationships in Knowledge as Seen in Medieval and Modern Times
with A Reconstruction of Newton's Thought and Essays on Art Patronage—three volumes, signed, limited edition
David Castillejo
Printed for the Author, 1967
£200.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions
The Naval Front (Signed copy)
Signed by Gordon S Maxwell, the Royal Navy in the Great War
Gordon S Maxwell, illustrated by Donald Maxwell
A & C Black, London, 1920
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Scenes from the Fall of Troy and Other Poems, and Fragments
1915, Limited edition being Volume XXIV of the Collected Works of William Morris.
William Morris, with an introduction by his Daughter May Morris
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1915
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | First thus
Bill Brandt: Behind the Camera
Photographs 1928–1983
Bill Brandt, with Mark Haworth-Booth (introduction), and David Mellor (essay)
Aperture, New York, 1985
£20.00
Photography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Maria Callas, Mook21 Japanese Magazine
1997, including Maria Callas and Di Stefano in Japan
FM Fan
Kyodo Tsushinsha, Tokyo, 1997
£20.00
Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions
Tony O'Malley
An illustrated exhibition book from the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Enrique Juncosa, with Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, Catherine Marshall, Brian Fallon MD
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 2005
£30.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Post Office Went to War
with two superb illustrations by Coombs
Ian Hay
HMSO, London, 1946
£12.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions
Poems and Prose by The Penge Poet
1899, the poetry of Joseph Gwyer, one of the world's worst poets
Joseph Gwyer, the Penge Poet
F Perraton, London, 1899
£60.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
A World of Folk Tales
Five volumes of illustrated folk stories from around the world
James Riordan, with various illustrators
Paul Hamlyn, London, 1981
£30.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
