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Homes and Gardens 1940—all 12 issues January to December
Architecture, decor, clothing and fashion, food, air raid defence...
Homes and Gardens Magazine
Country Life, London, 1940
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Journals, Periodicals and Reviews | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Well-Beloved
1897, first US edition on book form of Thomas Hardy's final novel
Thomas Hardy, frontispiece by H Macbeth-Raeburn
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1897
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Aristide Maillol (Signed copy)
From the library of British artist and sculptor David Heathcote
Bertrand Lorquin
Thames and Hudson, London, 1995
£30.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
Igor Mitoraj (Signed copy)
This copy from the library of British artist and sculptor David Heathcote
Donald Kuspit, and Giovanni Testori (text), introduction by John Russell Taylor. Photographs by Liberto Perugi
Fabbri Editori, Milan, 1992
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
The Novels of Thomas Peacock
1948, Headlong Hall, Melincourt, Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian, The Misfortunes of Elphin, Crotchet Castle, and Gryll Grange
Thomas Peacock, edited by David Garnett. Dustwrapper by Joan Hassall.
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1948
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Naval Mutinies of 1797, Unity and Perseverance
A comprehensive study
Ann Veronica Coats, and Philip MacDougall, editors
Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2011
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Kipps, The Story of a Simple Soul
1905, the first edition of the novel H G Wells's considered his favourite
H G Wells
Macmillan, London, 1905
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880–1938, On the Edge of the Abyss of Time
This copy from the library of British artist and sculptor David Heathcote
Norbert Wolf
Taschen, Koln, 2003
£12.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions | Association Copy
War Requiem & Aftermath
2013, Maggi Hambling's art featuring paintings of battlefields and war victims.
Maggi Hambling, with James Cahill
Unicorn Press, London, 2015
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Serbia: The History of an Idea
First edition of this comprehensive study
Stevan K Pavlowitch
New York University Press, New York, 2002
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Carlisle House, Carlisle Street, Soho, London
1936, a rare if brief history, in a fine Bickers & Son full leather binding
J Brooke Wilkinson, author identified by printed initials at end of text
British Board of Film Censors, London, 1936
£120.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound
Dear Philip
A Diary of Captivity, Changi, 1942–1945
Freddy Bloom
The Bodley Head, London, 1980
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
General Ludd (Signed copy)
Signed by John Metcalf, the author's second novel
John Metcalf
ECW Press, Downsview, Ontario, 1980
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Beauty of Flight
1932, a first edition of Manfred Curry's book of aerial photography
Manfred Curry, with a preface by C R Fairey
John Miles, London, 1932
£50.00
Photography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Quest for Arthur's Britain
1968, first edition of Geoffrey Ashe's study of King Arthur's Britain
Geoffrey Ashe
The 'Pall Mall' Press, London, 1968
£15.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
English Folk Heroes
1948, Christina Hole's account of Robin Hood, King Arthur etc
Christina Hole, illustrated by Eric King
Batsford, London, 1948
£12.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy
Incendiary (Signed copy)
Signed by Zoraida Cordova
Zoraida Cordova
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2020
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Merry England
1960, first edition beautifully illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
Cyril Ray, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
Vista Books, London, 1960
£15.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Illuminating the Renaissance
The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe
Thomas Kren, and Scot McKendrick, with contributions by Maryan W Ainsworth, Mari-Tere Alvarez, Brigitte Dekeyzer, Richard Gay, Elizabeth Morrison, Catherine Reynolds
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Cloth is the Center of the World
Nigerian Textiles, Global Perspectives. A 2001 exhibition catalogue
Susan J Torntore, editor
The Goldstein Museum of Design, St Pauls, MN, 2001
£20.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | First Editions
Brewing
A 1912 guide from the President of the Institute of Brewing
A Chaston Chapman
University Press, Cambridge, 1912
£20.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions
Modern Dancing and Dancers
1912, quite a rare first edition on danciing, ballet, dancers, morris dancing...
J E Crawford Flitch
Grant Richards, London, 1912
£40.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
A Suffolk Harvest
Adrian Bell's diary of a life in the countryside
Adrian Bell
The Bodley Head, London, 1956
£15.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Edward Halliday, Art for Life 1925–1939
The first monograph on this Liverpudlian artist
Ann Compton
Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 1997
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Flora
An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Dame Flora Robson
Kenneth Barrow
William Heinemann, London, 1981
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
