Browse by Date—1900–1949
Oxford Poetry 1925
including early work by Graham Greene, C Day Lewis and Harold Acton
Patrick Monkhouse, and Charles Plumb (editors)
Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1925
£35.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
An early 20th century copy
James Boswell
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1910
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
L'Aviation Militaire Francaise
1936, a summary of the French air force—seaplanes, flying formations etc
Pierre Barjot, preface by General Vuillemin
J de Gigord, Paris, 1936
£12.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Basilica of S. Clemente in Rome
1914, a nicely bound hardback guide to the Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano
Louis Nolan
Tipografia Italo-Orientale "S. Nilo", Grottaferrata, 1914
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover
Handling a Low-Powered Steamer in a Revolving Storm
A 1929 prize-winning essay
Captain J S Commander
Thomas Gray Memorial Trust, 1929
£20.00
Transport | Hard Cover | First Editions
In the Day of Battle
1916, an early anthology of Great Poetry, and the first apprearance in book form of John McCrae's In Flanders Fields
Carrie Ellen Holman
William Briggs, Toronto, 1916
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Spirit of the People, An Analysis of the English Mind
Ford Madox Hueffer's study of English mentality
Ford Madox Hueffer
Duckworth & Co, London, 1915
£40.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover
The Bounty of the Gods, A Study in Points of View (1910)
and its sequel The Polar Star (1911)
Lady Helen Forbes
Duckworth & Co, London, 1910
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Secret Kingdom
1911, a parody of Ruritanian romances, with guest appearance from Sherlock Holmes
Frank Richardson
Duckworth & Co, London, 1911
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Tal, His Marvellous Adventures with Noor-Zor-Noom
A fantasy adventure from the great-grandson of James Fenimore Cooper
Paul Fenimore Cooper, illustrated by Ruth Reeves
Victor Gollancz, London, 1930
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Golden Staircase, Poems for Children
1906, in a delightful cream cloth and gilt decorated binding
Louey Chisholm, colour plates by M Dibdin Spooner
T C & E C Jack, London, 1906
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Fine Bindings
Echo
Shaw Desmond's novel of reincarnation set in Nero's Rome
Shaw Desmond
Duckworth & Co, London, 1927
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Bodies and Souls
An early novel from Shaw Desmond
Shaw Desmond
Duckworth & Co, London, 1922
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Passion
An early novel from Shaw Desmond
Shaw Desmond
Duckworth & Co, London, 1920
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Fundamental Problems of Marxism
1941, this copy owned and signed by architect & planner, Graeme Shankland
G V Plekhanov, edited by D Ryazanov
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1941
£25.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
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
A small collection of a 1930s / 1940s amateur magician's paper ephemera
Howard J Rutter, including wartime concerts
Howard J Rutter
Not Published, Various, 1939
£25.00
Magic | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
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
Madame Yevonde signed society wedding bride photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Madame Yevonde signed society wedding photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Madame Yevonde signed society portrait photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Second World War naval portrait by Lafayette
Commander Julian Liddell
Lafayette
Lafayette, London, 1940
£20.00
Photography | Soft Cover
Madame Yevonde signed society portrait photograph
c1928, signed in pencil by Yevonde Middleton
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1928
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
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