Browse by Attribute—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
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
Edward Thomas and the Great War (Signed copy)
Signed by Christopher Saunders
Christopher Saunders
Cecil Woolf, London, 2006
£15.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Worthing, A Survey of Times Past and Present
1938, with a 1900s copy of Bacon's map of Worthing and environs
F W H Migeod, editor
The Southern Publishing Co Ltd, Brighton & Worthing, 1938
£30.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Thou Shalt Not Uncover Thy Mother's Nakedness (Signed copy)
Signed and dedicated by George Hayim
George Hayim
Quartet Books, London, 1988
£60.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Crystal Sun (Signed copy)
Signed by Robert Temple, "Rediscovering a Lost Technology of the Ancient World"
Robert Temple, introduction by Arthur C Clarke
Century, London, 2000
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Evolution of the English House
1898, first edition of S O Addy's history of domestic architecture
Sidney Oldall Addy
Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1898
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions
The King's Drum
A collection of African folk tales (1963)
Harold Courlander, illustrated by Enrico Arno
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1963
£15.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Heroes of Kalevala
1973, a collection of folk tales from Finland
Irma Kaplan, illustrated by Barbara Brown
Frederick Muller, London, 1973
£15.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
