Browse by Date—1950–
The Illustrators of Alice
Graham Ovenden edits a study of the illustrations to Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Graham Ovenden, editor, with an introduction by John Davies
Academy Editions, London, 1972
£12.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Hungarian Tragedy
Peter Fryer's account of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Peter Fryer
Dennis Dobson, London, 1956
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
A Room with a View (Signed copy)
A rare example signed by E M Forster directly to the title page
E M Forster
Edward Arnold, London, 1952
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Dustwrapper
The First World War in Africa (Signed copy)
Signed by Hew Strachan to historian Anne Powell
Hew Strachan
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
£20.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
The Outbreak of the First World War (Signed copy)
Signed by Hew Strachan to historian Anne Powell
Hew Strachan
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007
£20.00
Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
The Distaff Dimension
Anne Bulley's biography of the women from one family
Anne Bulley
Cockatrice, London, 2001
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | First Editions
Afropean, Notes from Black Europe (Signed copy)
Signed by Johny Pitts
Johny Pitts
Allen Lane, London, 2019
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Foster in View
A 2009 study of the work of architect Norman Foster
Ben Johnson, with Norman Foster, Charles Jencks, and Mel Gooding. Edited by David Jenkins.
Prestel, London, 2005
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions
Plankton in Ton (Signed copy)
Signed by the botanical artist Amedeo Baumgartner
Amedeo Baumgartner
Ed. Howeg, Zurich, 2005
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
On Literature, Music and Philosophy
A selection of Andrei Zhdanov's speeches and reports
A A Zhdanov
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1950
£20.00
Essays | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Letters of Lewis Carroll
A very good set from Morton Cohen's own collection, with letter to MNC from C FitzSimons Allison
Morton N Cohen, with the assistance of Roger Lancelyn Green
Oxford University Press, New York, 1979
£50.00
Lewis Carroll | Hard Cover | First Editions | Slipcase
Lewis Carroll, A Biography
The first Japanese edition, in two volumes, and from Morton Cohen's own collection.
Morton N Cohen
Kawaru Shobo Shinsha, Tokyo, 1995
£30.00
Lewis Carroll | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Men of Gallipoli (Signed copy)
Signed by Peter Liddle to Thomas Spurgeon who served on the Ark Royal in the Gallipoli campaign
Peter Liddle
Allen Lane, London, 1976
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Cinema Dadiste et Surrealiste
with the bookplate of English Surrealist and bibliophile John Lyle
Alain Sayag, and Claire Blanchon
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1978
£15.00
Film & Theatre | Soft Cover | First Editions
The Black Book
Lawrence Durrell's third novel, the 2nd edition of 1959, Olympia Press
Lawrence Durrell
The Olympia Press, Paris, 1959
£15.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Dustwrapper
Something And Nothing—Tales From The Wedding Present: Vol Two
Signed by David Lewis Gedge, Terry de Castro and Lee Thacker
David Lewis Gedge, with Terry de Castro and Jessica McMillan, adapted and illustrated by Lee Thacker, additional editing by Karl Kathuria
Scopitones, Brighton, 2022
£40.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Wombles at Work
1973, the first edition
Elisabeth Beresford, illustrated by Margaret Gordon
Ernest Benn, London, 1973
£15.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Jazz, An Introduction to its Musical Basis (Signed copy)
Signed by Avril Dankworth
Avril Dankworth
Oxford University Press, London, 1975
£15.00
Music | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
The Empire of Min
1954, first edition, Edward Shafer's study of Chinese history AD907–960
Edward H Schafer
Charles E Tuttle, Rutland, VT, 1954
£32.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Wakefield Mystery Plays
1961, first edition, a complete translation of the cycle of 32 plays
Martial Rose, editor
Evans Brothers, London, 1961
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Sam Pig Storybook
1965, first edition, with 35 Sam Pig stories
Alison Uttley, illustrated by Cecil Leslie
Faber & Faber, London, 1965
£18.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now: Seven Scenes from the Life of a House
A sumptuous history of the Derbyshire house
John-Paul Stonard, foreword by The Duke of Devonshire & The Duchess of Devonshire photography by Victoria Hely-Hutchinson, Art Direction by Huw Morgan
Particular Books, London, 2021
£25.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
One by One
1965, Penelope Gilliatt's first novel
Penelope Gilliatt
Secker & Warburg, London, 1965
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Pillion Riders
A first printing of Elisabeth Russell Taylor's novel of the conflicting demands of passion and morality
Elisabeth Russell Taylor
Peter Owen, London, 1993
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Wizard from Vienna
Franz Anton Mesmer and the Origins of Hypnotism
Vincent Buranelli
Peter Owen, London, 1976
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
