Browse by Date—1900–1949
Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant
Two vols, 1924 & 1921, containing seven plays
George Bernard Shaw
Constable, London, 1924
£12.00
Drama | Hard Cover
The Travels Lesson on the Old Testament
1904—the book to accompany the stereographs
William Byron Forbush
Underwood & Underwood, New York, 1904
£30.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions
Timothy Richard of China
1924, rare first edition of William Soothill biography of the Welsh Baptist missionary to China
William E Soothill, with a foreword by The Right Hon. Sir John N Jordan
Seeley, Service & Co, London, 1924
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Brewing Room Diary & Year Book 1948
Packed with useful information to brewers and an unused diary
White Tomkins & Courage Ltd
White Tomkins & Courage Ltd, London, 1948
£40.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover
Guerre Civile
1938, an unusual French language text book centred around the Spanish Civil War
J L Bede, and R J F Cook
Macmillan, London, 1938
£30.00
Language | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Story of the British Navy (Signed copy)
Signed by Almeric Paget to Richard Hennessy
E Keble Chatterton
Mills & Boon, London, 1911
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Three books of French poetry by Francis Jammes
La Vierge et les Sonnets, De L'Angelus de L'Aube a l'Angelus du Soir, and Les Nuits Qui Me Chantent...
Francis Jammes
Various, Paris, 1919
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Three books by Rene Boylesve
Mademoiselle Cloque, La Becquee, L'Enfant a la Balustrade
Rene Boylesve
Calmann Levy, Paris, 1925
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
Ten titles by Andre Maurois
Uniformly bound in red / brown cloth, all early French language editions
Andre Maurois
Various, Paris, 1922
£40.00
Collections | Hard Cover
The Crafty Farmer, A Spanish Folk Tale (Signed copy)
Signed by the illustrator, Gregorio Prieto
Gregorio Prieto, illustrator. Translated and introduced by Henry Thomas
The Dolphin Bookshop Editions, London, 1938
£60.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Flower Foes
1923, a book of garden pests from the editor of Amateur Gardening
T W Sanders, illustrated in colour by Miss Kate Ashley
W H & L Collingridge, London, 1923
£15.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Cosmic Rhythm of Art and Literature
1948, a series of essays on French and English art and culture
Mary P Harris
Frank Cork, Adelaide, 1948
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
Work & Property etc
1937, eight essays by Eric Gill
Eric Gill, illustrated by Denis Tegetmeier
J M Dent for Hague & Gill, London, 1937
£15.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
Sounding Stones of Architecture
Philip N Youtz's philosophy of architecture (1929)
Philip N Youtz
W W Norton, New York, 1929
£12.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions
Arts and Crafts Essays
1903, including William Morris, Walter Crane, W R Lethaby, Somers Clarke et al
William Morris, preface
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1903
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Crafts | Hard Cover
Good-bye Mr Chips
1938, the first printing of the play edition
James Hilton, and Barbara Burnham
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1938
£15.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire for 1907
Complete with large fold-out map
Kelly's Directories
Kelly's Directories, London, 1907
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Genealogy | Hard Cover
The Post Office London Directory for 1903
Rebound in two volumes, including trades, streets, businesses and residents
Kelly's Directories
Kelly's Directories, London, 1903
On Hold
Genealogy | Hard Cover
The Story of Amaryllis
1908, Viola Taylor's first book of poetry
Viola Taylor
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1908
£10.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
Musik-Lexikon
1900, the fifth edition of the German musicologist Hugo Riemann's great work
Hugo Riemann
Max Hesse, Leipzig, 1900
£20.00
Music | Hard Cover
And Then You Wish (Signed copy)
Signed by John Van Druten to Vivian de Sola Pinto
John Van Druten
Little, Brown & Company, London, 1937
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Life of the Fields
1904, Richard Jefferies' essays
Richard Jefferies
Chatto & Windus, London, 1904
£12.00
Natural History | Hard Cover
The Art of Public Speaking
c1923, with tips on electioneering etc
Lucy D Bell
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1923
£15.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover
The Right to Strike
A rare 1921 novel of industrial action and its consequences
Ernest Hutchinson, and Geo. Goodchild
Robert Hayes, London, 1921
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Modern Things
1934, Modern American poetry including Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and Parker Tyler
Parker Tyler, editor
The Galleon Press, New York, 1934
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
