Browse by Date—1900–1949
An Elegy in a Country Churchyard
A 1908 pocket edition of Thomas Gray's poem, with An Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
Thomas Gray, illustrated by J T Friedenson
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1908
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Slum Clearance and Rehousing
1934, The First Report of the Council for Research on Housing Construction
The Earl of Dudley, introduction
Council for Research on Housing Construction, London, 1934
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions
A Room with a View
1909, a lovely copy of the second impression of E M Forster's third novel
E M Forster
Edward Arnold, London, 1909
Sold
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Midnight Tales
1946, twenty uncanny tales including The Beast with Five Fingers
William Fryer Harvey
J M Dent, London, 1946
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Vera
A very good 1921 first edition of Elizabeth von Arnim's novel
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Macmillan, London, 1921
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Aspects of Dialectical Materialism
1934, first edition, six essays by J D Bernal, Ralph Fox, R Page Arnot etc
J D Bernal, with H Levy, John MacMurray, Ralph Fox, R Page Arnot, and E F Carritt
Watts & Co, London, 1934
£40.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Mount School, York, 1785–1814, 1831–1931 (Signed copy)
This copy signed by H Winifred Sturge
H Winifred Sturge, and Theodora Cook
J M Dent, London, 1931
£20.00
School & University Registers | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy
Things to Make in the Clubroom
1937, A Book for Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies and Woodcraft Folk
Henry Bramford
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1937
£20.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Secret of Japanese Success (Signed copy)
Signed by J Hagiwara, his lecture given in Glasgow in 1906
J Hagiwara
Japanese Consulate, Glasgow, 1906
£40.00
History | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Robert Hugh Benson, Pretre et Romancier 1871–1914
Agnes de La Gorce's 1928 biography of the Priest and novelist
Agnes de La Gorce
Librairie Plon, Paris, 1928
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Adventures of a Pretty Woman
1927, a romance from Florence Warden
Florence Warden
Benman's, London, 1927
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
The Never-Ending Road and Other Sketches in War-Time
1916, a selection of writings from J E G De Montmorency, some of a supernatural flavour
J E G De Montmorency
C North, The Blackheath Press, London, 1916
£50.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A 1947 edition of Oscar Wilde's only novel
Oscar Wilde
Unicorn Press, London, 1947
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
The Guild State, Its Principles and Possibilities (Signed copy)
Inscribed by the author to R McNair Wilson
G Stirling Taylor
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1920
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Bridge, Poems 1939–1944 (Signed copy)
Signed by Ruth Pitter
Ruth Pitter
The Cresset Press, London, 1945
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Modern Housing Estates
1949, A Practical Guide to their Planning, Design and Development
Stanley Gale
Batsford, London, 1949
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Bessie Cotter
A 1946 edition of Wallace Smith's novel of a prositute's life in Chicago
Wallace Smith
The Obelisk Press, Paris, 1946
£12.00
Fiction | Soft Cover
The Wild Knight and Other Poems
1906, the second edition of G K Chesterton's second book
G K Chesterton, as Gilbert Chesterton
Brimley Johnson & Ince, London, 1906
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Strait is the Gate
1924, the first UK edition of Andre Gide's classic novel
Andre Gide, translated by Dorothy Bussy
Jarrolds, London, 1924
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Naval Front (Signed copy)
Signed by Gordon S Maxwell, the Royal Navy in the Great War
Gordon S Maxwell, illustrated by Donald Maxwell
A & C Black, London, 1920
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
S. 519 Journal, For Use of Junior Officers Afloat
1927, a rare unused journal for Navy midshipmen
The Admiralty
The Admiralty, London, 1927
£50.00
Military & War | Hard Cover
Scenes from the Fall of Troy and Other Poems, and Fragments
1915, Limited edition being Volume XXIV of the Collected Works of William Morris.
William Morris, with an introduction by his Daughter May Morris
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1915
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | First thus
A Pocket Book of Alphabets
1946, for Ornamental Penmen, Engravers, Signwriters and Draughtsmen
E & F N Spon
E & F N Spon, London, 1946
£10.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions
Experiments
Norman Douglas's collected essays, this copy signed by Leslie Van Ness Denman
Norman Douglas
Robert McBride & Company, New York, 1925
£18.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions
Together
1923, Norman Douglas's travels around Austria
Norman Douglas
Chapman & Hall, London, 1923
£12.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions
