Browse by Date—1950–
How It Is
Samuel Beckett's harrowing novel in three parts
Samuel Beckett, translated from the French by the author. Dustwrapper by John Sewell
John Calder, London, 1964
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Woodcut
Bryan Nash Gill's tree cross-section art
Bryan Nash Gill, foreword by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2012
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
Letters on Cezanne
Rainer Maria Rilke's correspondence concerning Cezanne's paintings
Rainer Maria Rilke, edited by Clara Rilke. Translated by Joel Agee.
Jonathan Cape, London, 1988
£10.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Maria Callas
An early Dutch biography of the Diva
Leo Riemens
Bruna & Zoon A.W., Utrecht, 1960
£10.00
Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions
The House on the Hill
1956, first UK edition, this copy signed to Neville Braybrooke from Derek Stanford and Muriel Spark
Cesare Pavese, translated by W J Strachan. Dustwrapper by Wendy Des Moulins.
Peter Owen, London, 1956
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Soutine's Portraits: Cooks, Waiters and Bellboys
The book to accompany the Courtauld's exhibtion of Chaim Soutine's portraits
Merlin James, with Karen Serres, and Barnaby Wright
Courtauld Gallery, London, 2017
£17.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
David Lance Goines: Posters
1985, a collection of all 114 posters created by Goines
David Lance Goines, introduction by Charles Shere
Alphabet Press, Natick, MA, 1985
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Case of the Abominable Snowman
Published in Hatchards Library limited edition series
Nicholas Blake, pseud. C Day Lewis
Vintage, London, 2019
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper | First thus
Crete, The Battle and the Resistance
1991, the first edition of Antony Beevor's history
Antony Beevor
John Murray, London, 1991
£25.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Monet and Architecture
2018, how architecture and buildings feature in Monet's paintings
Richard Thomson
National Gallery, London, 2018
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
Lambeth's Open Spaces
An Historical Account
Marie P G Draper
London Borough of Lambeth, London, 1979
£20.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | First Editions
Mr Clive & Mr Page (Signed copy)
Signed by Neil Bartlett
Neil Bartlett
Serpent's Tail, London, 1996
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Design for Applied Decoration in the Crafts
1959, John Farleigh's guide to decorating furniture and furnishings
John Farleigh
George Bell & Sons, London, 1959
£12.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Henry 'Chips' Channon, The Diaries 1918–38
Simon Heffer's editing of Volume One
Simon Heffer, editor
Hutchinson, London, 2021
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Jewel in the Crown
1966, the first printing of the first of Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet
Paul Scott
William Heinemann, London, 1966
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Franny and Zooey
1962, first UK edition of J D Salinger's novel in two halves
J D Salinger
William Heinemann, London, 1962
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seegar's collection of traveller's folk songs
Ewan MacColl, and Peggy Seeger
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1977
£20.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Quest for Christa T
1971, the first UK edition of Christa Wolf's novel
Christa Wolf, translated by Christopher Middleton
Hutchinson, London, 1971
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
JAPANESE SWORDS Token no mikata: gijutsu to ryuha
1971, an illustrated Japanese guide by Yurichi Hiroi
Yurichi Hiroi
Dai-ichi Hoki Shuppan, Tokyo, 1971
£200.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Slipcase
Political Essays
Essays from the Russian politician and writer, Roy A Medvedev
Roy A Medvedev
Spokesman Books, Nottingham, 1976
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Francis Bacon's Studio
An illustrated in-depth study
Magarita Cappock
Merrell, London, 2005
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Dombrovskis: A Photographic Collection
A celebration of photographer Peter Dombrovskis' nature photography
Peter Dombrovskis, photographs, with Essay by Bob Brown and A Personal and Natural History by Jamie Kirkpatrick
West Wind Press, Hobart, Australia, 1998
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Photography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
People of the Streets
1968, Tony Parker's meetings with seven people on the streets of London
Tony Parker, illustrated by Anthony Colbert
Jonathan Cape, London, 1968
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Shape of Content
1957, a first edition of Ben Shahn's Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
Ben Shahn
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1957
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Destruction of Lord Raglan (Signed copy)
A Crimean War history, with letter from Christopher Hibbert
Christopher Hibbert
Longmans, London, 1961
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
