Browse by Date—1900–1949

Ordinary Families
E Arnot Robertson's novel of a Suffolk family in the early 20th century
E Arnot Robertson
Jonathan Cape, London, 1933
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Mr Finchley Discovers his England
1934, Victor Canning's picaresque novel
Victor Canning
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1934
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Sporting Recollections of H J Chinnery
From the Sporting Life, 1909. Boxing, rowing, hunting.
H J Chinnery
T W Pankhurst, Bicester, 1909
£12.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | First Editions

Christmas Holiday
1939, first edition of Somerset Maugham's novel
W Somerset Maugham
William Heinemann, London, 1939
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Up at the Villa
First printing of Somerset Maugham's 1941 novel
W Somerset Maugham
William Heinemann, London, 1941
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Head Girl of the Chalet School
1936 edition of the fourth Chalet School story
Elinor M Brent-Dyer, frontispiece by Nina K Brisley
W & R Chambers, London, 1936
£25.00
Childrens | Hard Cover

The Buildings Erected at Port Sunlight and Thornton Hough
Paper Read by W H Lever at a Meeting of The Architectural Association, London, March 21st, 1902
W H Lever
Lever Brothers, Port Sunlight, 1902
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Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Elements of Astronomy
A rare first edition of D N Mallik's astronomical book
Devendra Nath Mallik
University Press, Cambridge, 1921
£20.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | First Editions

Extraction of the Teeth
1912, an illustrated dentistry book
J F Colyer
Claudius Ash, Sons & Co, London, 1912
£30.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover

Shakespeare’s Henry VI and Richard III
An examination of the plays including their authorship
Peter Alexander, with an introduction by Alfred W Pollard
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1929
£12.00
William Shakespeare | Hard Cover | First Editions

Short Studies in Shakespeare
Macbeth, Hamlet, Falstaff...
G F Bradby
John Murray, London, 1929
£10.00
William Shakespeare | Hard Cover | First Editions

Maum Nancy (Signed copy)
Limited edition, signed by Susan Merrick Heywood
Susan Merrick Hayward, illustrated by Wilbur G Kurtz
Mabel Loeb & Virginia Pairo, Atlanta, Georgia, 1937
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions

The Great Offensive, The Strategy of Coalition Warfare (Signed copy)
Signed by the translator Heinz Norden
Max Werner, translated by Heinz and Ruth Norden
Victor Gollancz, London, 1943
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

A Cumsha Cruise (Signed copy)
Signed by E Laurie-Long
Ernest Laurie-Long
Ward Lock & Co, London, 1937
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Lady Incognito
A London thriller from J M Walsh in rare original dustwrapper
J M Walsh
Collins, London, 1940
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Men's Gods (Signed copy)
Signed by Edward Charles, a fragment from an unfinished pageant
Edward Charles
Joiner and Steele Ltd, London, 1931
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Slipcase

William the Silent (Signed copy)
Previously owned by theologian C H Dodd and historian J T Driver
C V Wedgwood
Jonathan Cape, London, 1948
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy

The War and After
Short Chapters on Subjects of Serious Practical Import for the Average Citizen in A.D. 1915 Onwards
Sir Oliver Lodge
Methuen, London, 1915
£20.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions

La Chanson de Roland
Bedier's translation from Old French to Modern French, in a pleasing blue leather binding by Hachette of London
Joseph Bedier
L'Edition D'Art, Paris, 1924
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The Ace of Games
An Intimate Talk on Soccer (1944), in the rare original wrapper
Alec E Whitcher, foreword by George F Allison and cartoons & sketches by Reg Carter
Southern Press, Brighton, 1944
£25.00
Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Love's Progress, or The Education of Araminta (Signed copy)
This copy signed by Humbert Wolfe
James Laver
The Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, 1929
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Association Copy

This Jewel Remains
A photographic record of the Exeter Baedeker raid of May 1942
M C B Hoare, compiler
The Western Times Co, Exeter, 1947
£25.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Bond
Neith Boyce's 1908 novel of open marriage
Neith Boyce
Duckworth & Co, London, 1908
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Parents Revolt
A Study of the Declining Birth-Rate in Acquisitive Societies
Richard Titmuss, and Kathleen Titmuss, preface by Beatrice Webb
Secker & Warburg, London, 1942
£10.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Birth, Poverty and Wealth
A study of infant mortality
Richard Titmuss
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1943
£12.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper