Browse by Date—1900–1949
Poems
A scarce 1913 second printing of Rupert Brooke's early verse
Rupert Brooke
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1913
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
Rupert Brooke, A Memoir
1918, the first separate edition of Edward Marsh's memoir
Edward Marsh
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1918
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First thus
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
Soldier Poets, Songs of the Fighting Men
1916, the "Trench Edition" including C H Sorley, W N Hodgson, and Julian Grenfell
Galloway Kyle, preface, contributors include Charles Hamilton Sorley and Julian Grenfell
Erskine Macdonald, London, 1916
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
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
The Warwick Edition of George Eliot, 1901. Nine volumes
Near complete, comprising Middlemarch, Scenes of Clerical life, Felix Holt, Romola, Silas Marner, Daniel Deronda, The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1901
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The House at Pooh Corner
1929, the third edition
A A Milne, with decorations by E H Shepard
Methuen, London, 1929
£35.00
Childrens | Hard Cover
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 Coming of the Monster
A Tale of the Masterful Monk (Problems of Human Happiness V)—1938
Owen Francis Dudley
Longmans, London, 1938
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
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
Cyrano de Bergerac
1920, in an attractive quarter leather binding
Edmond Rostand
Libraire Charpentier et Fasquelle, Paris, 1920
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Beyond Khyber Pass
c1932, No 11 in Hutchinson's Booklover's Library
Lowell Thomas
Hutchinson, London, 1932
£12.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
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 Glass Mender & other stories
Maurice Baring's tales, some with a supernatural element, illustrated by S.B.
Maurice Baring, illustrated by S.B.
William Heinemann, London, 1926
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
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
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
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
Hugh Walpole, handwritten signed letter
c1921, from York Terrace, NW1
Hugh Walpole
Not Published, London, 1921
£35.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales
1926, with 16 colour plates by Warwick Goble
Grace James, illustrated by Warwick Goble
Macmillan, London, 1926
£50.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover
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
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
