Recent Additions
How are Verses Made?
A 1970 printing of Mayakovsky's classic 1926 critical text
Vladimir Mayakovsky, translated from the Russian by G M Hyde
Jonathan Cape, London, 1970
£10.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
More Father Potter of Peckham
1958, a second volume of autobiography from the south east London friar
The Rev. Canon George Potter, illustrated by Mike
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1958
£12.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Women's Mysteries, Ancient and Modern
Esther Harding's study of the feminine principle in myths, dreams, and religious symbolism
M Esther Harding
Rider & Company, London, 1971
£30.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
La Retraite Sentimentale
1914 edition of Colette's first sole authorship novel
Colette
Ernest Flammarion, Paris, 1914
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
What We All Wear
The Raw Materials of Clothing (1968)
Owen Webster
George G. Harrap, London, 1968
£20.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Beginners, Please!
1953, Kay Ambrose's concentrated primer for ballet lovers of all ages
Kay Ambrose, in collaboration with Celia Franca
A & C Black, London, 1953
£15.00
Entertainment & Games | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Peace and Roses, Stories
1965, short stories from Bulgarian writer, Brigita Yosifova
Brigita Yosifova
Bulgarian Writer, Sofia, 1965
£12.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions
An Historical and Descriptive Account of The Coast of Sussex
1833, with delightful hand-coloured plates
J D Parry
Printed for The Author by Wright & Son, Brighton, 1833
£50.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Always On (Signed copy)
Signed by Rory Cellan-Jones, "Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era"
Rory Cellan-Jones
Bloomsbury Continuum, London, 2021
£20.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Bird of Ill Omen (with signed postcard)
A volume of Simon Raven's autobiography
Simon Raven, illustrated by Tim Jacques
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1989
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Collected Works of Yordan Yovkov
1956, complete in seven volumes, Bulgarian text
Yordan Yovkov, edited by Elka Yovkova et al
Bulgarian Writer, Sofia, 1956
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Matter of Britain
A L Morton's Essays in a Living Culture
A L Morton
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1966
£25.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Drake's Drum (Signed copy)
Signed by Draycot M Dell, the co-creator of the 1933 King Kong screenplay
Draycot M Dell
Jarrold and Sons, London, 1920
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Tunnel Trench, A Play in Three Acts
1924, a Great War play set in the Allied offensive of 1918
Hubert Griffith
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1924
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Unknown Warrior, A Tragedy in Three Acts
A Great War drama, Cecil Lewis's 1928 translation of Paul Raynal's anti-war play
Paul Raynal, translated by Cecil Lewis
Methuen, London, 1928
£15.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Second Jungle Book
1901, an early printing in the uniform edition
Rudyard Kipling, with decorations by J Lockwood Kipling
Macmillan, London, 1901
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
Rupert Brooke, A Memoir
1918, the first separate edition of Edward Marsh's memoir
Edward Marsh
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1918
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First thus
God Made Blind. Isaac Rosenberg, His Life and Poetry (Signed copy)
Signed by Deborah Maccoby
Deborah Maccoby
Symposium Press, 1998
£12.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Four books on artist and poet Isaac Rosenberg
All are first editions
Various, including Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Joseph Cohen & Jean Liddiard
Various, London, 1975
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Finale of Seem, A Lyrical Narrative
The radical American poet's second book, 1929
Walter Lowenfels, with a prefatory note by Humbert Wolfe
William Heinemann, London, 1929
£25.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Golden Lotus
Clement Egerton's four volume translation of Chin P'ing Mei
Clement Egerton, his translation after Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng (attrib)
Graham Brash, Singapore, 1980
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Slipcase
Red Square at Noon
1973, the first Penguin edition
Natalia Gorbanevskaya, translated by Alexander Lieven
Penguin Books, London, 1973
£10.00
History | Soft Cover | First thus
How Amusing! And a Lot of Other Fables
1929, first edition of Mackail's short stories
Denis Mackail
William Heinemann, London, 1929
£22.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Building News and Engineering Journal, Volume 47, July to December 1884
1000+ pages, profusely illustrated, including an early photo-lithograph of the Statue of Liberty
The Building News and Engineer
E J Kibblewhite for the Building News, London, 1884
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Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Building News and Engineering Journal, Volume 45, July to December 1883
1000+ pages, profusely illustrated, a remarkable sourcebook of Victorian architecture
The Building News and Engineer
E J Kibblewhite for the Building News, London, 1883
£80.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
