Browse by Date—1900–1949
Athletics
1929, a first edition of this scarce survey of the sport
D G A Lowe, and A E Porritt
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1929
£20.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | First Editions
Die Vielgeliebte Frau; George Sand und ihre Freunde in Briefen und Dokumenten
Signed by Lili Turel, one of only 20 copies in a hand-made leather binding
Lili Turel
O C Recht Verlag, Munchen, 1922
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound
A Country Garden
1936, with glorious wood engravings by John Farleigh
Ethel Armitage, engraved by John Farleigh
Country Life, London, 1936
Sold
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
West African Folk Tales
1917, many featuring Anansi, and illustrated by Cecilia Sinclair
William H Barker, and Cecilia Sinclair
George G. Harrap, London, 1917
£20.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
Ancient Order of Druids Choruses
A collection of Initiation Choruses from the most senior druidic order
Ancient Order of Druids
Ancient Order of Druids, London, 1920
Sold
Ephemera | Hard Cover
Proceedings of the Synod of the Presyterian Church of England 1906–1920
A record of meetings and rules etc
Samuel William Carruthers
Presbyterian Church of England, London, 1923
£15.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions
Oils, Pigments, Paints & Varnishes etc
1922, Rupert Truelove's treatise on protective and decorative coatings
Rupert H Truelove
Isaac Pitman, London, 1922
£30.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions
High Wycombe Furniture
Lawrence Weaver's treatise on Buckingham furniture
Lawrence Weaver
The Fanfare Press, London, 1929
£20.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Real "Lady of the Camellias"
and Other Women of Quality (1927)
Charles A Dolph
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1927
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Medical Directory 1915
with thousands of entries for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Not stated
J & A Churchill, London, 1915
£35.00
Genealogy | Hard Cover
The Milk in the Cocoanut
1933, a work of speculative fiction by W Barnard Faraday
W Barnard Faraday, as W Bernard Faraday to the spine
Denis Archer, London, 1933
£60.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Poets at War
An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen (1944)
Ian Mudie, compiler
Georgian House, Melbourne, 1944
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Malvern Register 1865–1904
including Aleister Crowley who attended 1891–1892
L S Millward, and E C Bullock, revised by R T C Cookson
Malvern Advertiser, Malvern, 1905
£20.00
School & University Registers | Hard Cover
The Boy in the Bush
First US edition of D H Lawrence's novel set in Western Australia
D H Lawrence, and M L Skinner
Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1924
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Life and Death of Jason (Signed copy)
This copy signed by American writer and anthologist Edward J O'Brien
William Morris
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1914
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy
Candle in the Dark, A Postscript to Despair
This copy signed by British author Rumer Godden
Irwin Edman
The Viking Press, New York, 1939
£12.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Fall of Valor
Charles Jackson's 1946 novel, first major American novel to deal with the theme of homosexuality
Charles Jackson
Rinehart & Co, New York, 1946
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Is It Peace?
David Lloyd George's thoughts and theories on the Treaty of Versailles, and the years after the Great War
David Lloyd George
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1923
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Pilate's Wife
French author Jean Damase's first novel
Jean Damase, translated from the French by Arthur Mayne
Duckworth & Co, London, 1932
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Warrior's Path
A Native American kidnap novel from American author Don Ryan
Don Ryan
Duckworth & Co, London, 1937
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
An early 20th century copy
James Boswell
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1910
£12.00
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
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
