Recent Additions
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
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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
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
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
