Recent Additions

Edward Thomas and the Great War (Signed copy)
Signed by Christopher Saunders, one of Cecil Woolf's War Poets series
Christopher Saunders
Cecil Woolf, London, 2006
£15.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Modern Dancing and Dancers
1912, hardback, a first edition on dancing, ballet, dancers, morris dancing...
J E Crawford Flitch
Grant Richards, London, 1912
£40.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions

Two books on Countess Markievicz
Prison Letters of Countess Markievicz and The Rebel Countess, The Life and Times of Countess Markievicz
Countess Markievicz, with Amanda Sebestyen, and Anne Marreco
Virago, London, 1987
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First thus

Historique des 44e, 244e et 264e Regiments D'Artillerie de Campagne, 1914–1918
A Great War French WW1 regimental history including Roll of Honour
Not stated
Libraire Chapelot, Paris, 1919
£30.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions

Historique de 244e Regiment D'Artillerie de Campagne, 1 Avril 1917—30 Janvier 1919
A 1919 Great War French regimental history with Roll of Honour
Not stated
Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1919
£20.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions

Therese
1928, the first UK edition of Francois Mauriac's classic novel
Francois Mauriac, translated by Eric Sutton
Martin Secker, London, 1928
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Snow Boxes by David Holt (1981)
A large original semi-abstract oil painting on canvas
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, Kent, 1981
Sold
David Holt Paintings | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Hand-painted | Original Artwork

A Cloistered War (Signed copy)
Signed by Maisie Duncan, her account of surviving the Japanese Occupation of Malaya
Maisie Duncan
Printed for the Author(s), Helensvale, Queensland, 2002
£12.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Eleanor Marx, Volume I: Family Life 1855–1883
First printing of the first volume of Yvonne Kapp's important biography of Karl Marx's daughter
Yvonne Kapp
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1972
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The "Green Pelican" and other stories
First edition, seven charming stories by Robert Tredinnick, aka Uncle Robert
Robert Tredinnick, illustrated by John Read
Brockhampton Press, Leicester, 1944
£15.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

People of the Black Mountains 1: The Beginning
1989, the first printing of the first volume of Raymond Williams' immense Welsh history novel
Raymond Williams
Chatto & Windus, London, 1989
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Plays of Gods and Men
1917, first UK edition, containing four of Lord Dunsany's plays
Lord Dunsany
T Fisher Unwin, London, 1917
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions

Christo & Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates
The artists's "The Gates" installation in New York's Central Park
Jan Greenberg, and Sandra Jordan
Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2008
£10.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated

The Sphinx, The Life of Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough (Signed copy)
First edition, signed and dedicated by Hugo Vickers
Hugo Vickers
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2020
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Soldier Poets, Songs of the Fighting Men
Great War verse, 1916, the "Trench Edition" including Charles Hamilton Sorley, W N Hodgson, and Julian Grenfell
Galloway Kyle, preface, contributors include Charles Hamilton Sorley and Julian Grenfell
Erskine Macdonald, London, 1916
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover

Place Names in Kent
1921, the Hams, the Hithes, the Stones and the Tons...
Canon J W Horsley
South Eastern Gazette, Maidstone, 1921
£15.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions

Russian Pluralism: Now Irreversible?
1992, first edition. The politics and society of Russia, post-USSR
Uri Ra’anan, with Keith Armes, Kate Martin (editors), with a contribution by Yelena Bonner
St Martin's Press, New York, 1992
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Prince Otto, A Romance
1906, a fine blue leather Bumpus binding on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1885 novel
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chatto & Windus, London, 1906
£60.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound

Kings of Space
1954, first edition, an adventure for W E John's Group-Captain Timothy 'Tiger' Clinton
Captain W E Johns, illustrated by Stead
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1954
£25.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Man Who Vanished into Space
1963, first edition, another adventure for W E John's spaceship Tavona.
Captain W E Johns
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1963
£40.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Sir Thomas Beecham, A Centenary Tribute (Signed copy)
Signed by Lady Shirley Beecham
Alan Jefferson, foreword by Sir Robert Mayer
World Records, London, 1979
£15.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper | First thus

Ten Books by Andre Maurois
Uniformly bound in red / brown cloth, all early French language editions
Andre Maurois
Various, Paris, 1922
£40.00
Collections | Hard Cover

Alice in Wonderland
A rather kitsch 1981 pop-up up
Lewis Carroll
Brown Watson, Barcelona, 1981
£20.00
Lewis Carroll | Soft Cover | First Editions

They Went
A first edition of Norman Douglas' second novel, rebound in half-leather
Norman Douglas
Chapman & Hall, London, 1920
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Idea for a Painting by David Holt (1999)
Original abstract oil painting in bespoke frame
David Holt
Original Artwork, Hythe, 1999
£150.00
David Holt Paintings | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Framed | Hand-painted | Original Artwork

