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Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas Discussed

1938, a solid copy of this seminal work of music criticism
Eric Blom
J M Dent, London, 1938
£15.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions

Karma and Rebirth

A first edition, published in the midst of the Second World War
T Christmas Humphreys
John Murray, London, 1943
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Italian Lakes

1908, with 68 colour plates by Ella Du Cane
Ella Du Cane, illustrator, text by Richard Bagot
A & C Black, London, 1908
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe

1909, with previous owner's curious annotations
Edgar Allan Poe, edited by R Brimley Johnson
Henry Frowde, London, 1909
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus

An Organic Architecture; The Architecture of Democracy

1941, four lectures by Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Lund Humphries, London, 1941
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions

An Outline of the Natural History of our Shores (Signed copy)

Signed by the author, Joseph Sinel, to entomologist K G Blair
Joseph Sinel
Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1906
£50.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy

La Sagesse et La Destinee

Maurice Maeterlinck's philosophical work on the nature of life, death, etc
Maurice Maeterlinck
Bibliotheque Charpentier, Paris, 1923
£20.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Edgar Degas Letters

1947, signed by British artist David Heathcote
Marcel Guerin, editor, translated by Marguerite Kay
Bruno Cassirer, London, 1947
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Dispersal of Plants Throughout the World

1930, first edition, with 22 plates
Henry N Ridley, illustrated by the author and Miss M B Moss
L Reeve & Co, Ashford, 1930
£50.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions

Windlestraw (Signed copy)

Signed by Pamela Tennant, A Book of Verse with Legends in Rhyme of the Plants and Animals
Pamela Tennant
The Chiswick Press, London, 1905
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The Stage Cyclopaedia—A Bibliography of Plays

1909, this copy signed by Montague Berryman, a barrister of 12 King's Bench Walk
Reginald Clarence, compiler
The Stage, London, 1909
£12.00
Film & Theatre | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

The Truth about Reparations and War-Debts

1932, Lloyd George's warning on the overly harsh conditions attached to Germany
David Lloyd George
Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1932
£15.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The House of God (Signed copy)

Signed by Ernest H Short, a history of religious architecture and symbolism
Ernest H Short
Macmillan, New York, 1926
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Mr Fortune's Maggot (Signed copy)

This copy owned and signed by E M Forster
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Penguin Books, London, 1948
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Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy | First thus

A Treasury of War Poetry

Two volumes, 1917 & 1919, a comprehensive collection of verse
George Herbert Clarke, editor
Houghton, Mifflin & Co, Boston, 1917
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

Memoirs of Edward, Earl of Sandwich 1839–1916

1919, first edition of the peers memoirs
Mrs Steuart Erskine
John Murray, London, 1919
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Poems of Wilfred Owen

1933, 1st thus. Preface by Edmund Blunden, and 59 poems
Wilfred Owen, preface by Edmund Blunden
Chatto & Windus, London, 1933
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus

How the Worcesters Saved the Day, Gheluvelt, 31 October 1914

1915, a rare account from the First Battle of Ypres
Not stated
Worcestershire County Council, Worcester, 1915
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions

Wild Lone, The Story of a Pytchley Fox

1938, first edition, illustrated by the author
BB, illustrated by D J Watkins-Pitchford
Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1938
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Lorna Doone

c1900, two volumes in a delightful red cloth binding
R D Blackmore
The John C Winston Co, Philadelphia, 1900
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings

Grim Glory, Pictures of Britain under Fire

1941, with photographs by Lee Miller
Ernestine Carter, preface by Edward R Murrow, photographs by Lee Miller and others
Lund Humphries, London, 1941
£50.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Peeps at Politicians

1930, first edition of Ellen Wilkinson's caricatures of colleagues and opposition
Ellen Wilkinson, MP, preface by Oliver Baldwin, MP, and caricatures by Low, Matt, and Horrabin
Philip Allan, London, 1930
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Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

To-morrow for Apricots

c1930, an early Ursula Bloom title in original wrapper
Ursula Bloom
Hutchinson, London, 1930
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Passing of the Third Floor Back and other stories

1909, in a rare early dustwrapper
Jerome K Jerome
Hurst & Blackett, London, 1909
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Lessons from 100 Notes Made in Peace and War

1914, and owned by Colin Buchanan, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Lieut.-Gen. E A H Alderson
Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1914
£25.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Association Copy

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