Browse by Attribute—First Editions
Hammershoi
The book to accompany the 2008 exhibition at the Royal Academy
Felix Kramer, with Naoki Sato, and Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2008
£30.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Hogarth Living Poets No 24: New Signatures
including W H Auden, Stephen Spender and Julian Bell
Michael Roberts, editor
The Hogarth Press, London, 1932
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Thoreau Calendar
A Quotation from the Works of Henry David Thoreau for Every Day in the Year (1912)
Henry David Thoreau, edited by E M Evors
Frank Palmer, London, 1912
£30.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
John Donne: Life, Mind & Art
John Carey's fine study of the poet
John Carey
Faber & Faber, London, 1981
£10.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Studies in Revolution
1950, E H Carr's essays on Proudhon, Herzen, Plekhanov, Lenin, Stalin etc
E H Carr
Macmillan, London, 1950
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Mother Goose Finger Plays
1915, a charming illustrated guide to finger plays for children
Irene Margaret Cullen
George W Jacobs & Co, Philadelphia, 1915
£16.50
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions
Christo & Jeanne-Claude: The Floating Piers
Lake Iseo, Italy, 2014–2016
Christo, and Jeanne-Claude, photographs by Wolfgang Volz, picture commentary by Jonathan Henery and Wolfgang Volz
Taschen, Koln, 2016
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
John Craxton, A Life of Gifts
Ian Collin's biography of the artist
Ian Collins
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2021
Sold
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Illustrations of the Principle Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom
1874, a rare first edition with 109 hand-coloured plates by W H Fitch
Professor Daniel Oliver, illustrated by W H Fitch
Chapman & Hall, London, 1874
£300.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Bucks: Shell Guide
1936, John Nash text and drawings, and an Edward Bawden advert
John Nash, with notes on monuments by Katherine Esdaile
Batsford, London, 1936
£35.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | First Editions
Life of an Indian Outpost
First edition, c1914
Major Gordon Casserly, of the Indian Army
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1914
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1919–1961
predominantly their service in the Second World War
Brigadier J Clabby, and General Sir Cecil S Sugden
J Allen, London, 1963
£24.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions
Now Pray We For Our Country
1940, a scarce Eric Knight novel of a mining village in Yorkshire
Eric Knight
Cassell, London, 1940
Sold
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Function of Literature
A Study of Christoper Caudwell's Aesthetics
David N Margolies
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1969
£10.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The West Indian Experience in British Schools
Multi-Racial Education and Social Disadvantage in London
Raymond Giles
Heinemann Educational Books, London, 1977
£15.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Soft Cover | First Editions
A War-torn Chester Parish
St Werburgh's before, during and after the Great War
Ann Marie Curtis, et al
Scotforth Books, 2017
£20.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | First Editions
Master Humphrey's Clock
1840–1841, first edition, complete in three volumes
Charles Dickens, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1840
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journey's End, A Play in Three Acts
1929, The third printing of the American edition
R C Sherriff
Brentano's, New York, 1929
£15.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
Dream Children, A Reverie, and The Child Angel, A Dream
1902, two essays from Charles Lamb in an attractive leather binding
Charles Lamb
De La More Press, London, 1902
£30.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Art in the Light of Conscience (Signed copy)
Eight essays on poetry by Marina Tsvetaeva, signed by translator Angela Livingstone, and a copy of The Ratcatcher (also signed by Livingstone)
Marina Tsvetaeva, translated & edited by Angela Livingstone
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1992
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The History of Romney Marsh from its Earliest Formation to 1837
1849, a rare first edition of the first history of the Marsh
William Holloway
John Russell Smith, London, 1849
£100.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions
Rock Mr Blues (Signed copy)
The Life & Music of Wynonie Harris, signed by Tony Collins
Tony Collins
Big Nickel Publications, Milford, New Hampshire, 1995
£40.00
Music | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
David Leach, A Potter's Life with Workshop Notes (Signed copy)
Signed and dated by David Leach
David Leach, edited by Robert Fournier
Fournier Pottery, Lacock, 1977
£50.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Oxfordshire Annals, 1869 (Signed copy)
Signed by John Marriott Davenport to Horatio Nelson Goddard, JP
John Marriott Davenport
E W Morris, Oxford, 1869
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Starkenden Quest
A classic 1925 Lost Race adventure from Gilbert Collins
Gilbert Collins
Duckworth & Co, London, 1925
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
