Browse by Attribute—First Editions
The Man Who Vanished in 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
Biggles Goes Alone
1962, first printing in an unclipped wrapper
Captain W E Johns, illustrated by Stead
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1962
£60.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Place Names in Kent
1921, the Hams, Hithes, Stones and Tons...
Canon J W Horsley
South Eastern Gazette, Maidstone, 1921
£15.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions
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
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Poems
1917, the second printing of Edward Thomas's first collection of poetry
Edward Thomas, (Edward Eastaway)
Selwyn & Blount, London, 1917
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
Masks of Time, A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative
1925, a limited edition of Edmund Blunden's verse, including his war poetry
Edmund Blunden, decorations and initial letters by Randolph Schwabe, typography and binding by Cyril William Beaumont
The Beaumont Press, London, 1925
£32.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions
Dust in the Lion's Paw, Autobiography 1939–1946
A very good copy of the fourth volume of Freya Stark's autobiography
Freya Stark
John Murray, London, 1962
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Therese
1928, the first UK edition of Francois Mauriac's novel
Francois Mauriac, translated by Eric Sutton
Martin Secker, London, 1928
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
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
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Spy and his Masters
1963, a short course in the secret war
Christopher Felix, pseudonym
Secker & Warburg, London, 1963
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Gunner Jingo's Jubilee
1893, first edition of T Bland Strange's entertaining military autobiography
Thomas Bland Strange
Remington & Co Ltd, London, 1893
£60.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Two A J P Taylor first editions
Englishmen and Others (1956) and From Sarajevo to Potsdam (1966)
A J P Taylor
Various, London, 1956
£12.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Henry Lamb, The Artist and his Friends
A biography of the artist and his Bloomsbury Group friends
Keith Clements
Redcliffe, Bristol, 1985
£10.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
How Amusing! And a Lot of Other Fables
1929, first edition of Mackail's short stories
Denis Mackail
William Heinemann, London, 1929
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
On Literature, Music and Philosophy
A selection of Andrei Zhdanov's speeches and reports
A A Zhdanov
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1950
£15.00
Essays | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Glass Harmonica (Signed copy)
A Lexicon of the Fantastical, signed by Barbara Ninde Byfield
Barbara Ninde Byfield, illustrated by the author
Macmillan, New York, 1967
£60.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
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
£60.00
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
£120.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Historique de 244e Regiment D'Artillerie de Campagne, 1 Avril 1917—30 Janvier 1919
A 1919 French WW1 regimental history with Roll of Honour
Not stated
Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1919
£20.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions
Historique des 44e, 244e et 264e Regiments D'Artillerie de Campagne, 1914–1918
French WW1 regimental history including Roll of Honour
Not stated
Libraire Chapelot, Paris, 1919
£30.00
Military & War | Soft 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
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
