Browse by Date—1950–
Trances
1966, a study of trance rites and shamanistic skills
Stewart Wavell, with Audrey Butt and Nina Epton
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1966
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Condition of the Working Class in England
Blackwell's 1958 edition of Engels' first book
Frederick Engels, translated and edited by W O Henderson and W H Chaloner
Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1958
On Hold
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First thus
The Protestant Tradition, An Essay in Interpretation
from the library of early female minister, Rev Kathleen M Hendry
J S Whale
University Press, Cambridge, 1955
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions | Association Copy
Alvar Aalto, Between Humanism and Materialism
1998 exhibition book for the great Finnish architect
Peter Reed, editor, , essays by Kenneth Frampton, Pekka Korvenmaa, Juhani Pallasmaa, Peter Reed and Marc Treib
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Devil and Scripture
Leszek Kolakowski's The Key to Heaven and Talk of the Devil
Leszek Kolakowski, translated from the Polish by Nicholas Bethell and Celina Wieniewska
Oxford University Press, London, 1973
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Ramayana in Palm Leaf Pictures, Citraramayana
A 15th century illustrated version of the Ramayana
Dr K Vijayan
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 1997
£25.00
Classics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper
Sundials at an Oxford College
An account of the creation and restoration of the Corpus Christi College sundials
Philip Pattenden
Roman Books, Oxford, 1979
£15.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | First Editions
Metroburbia, The Anatomy of Greater London (2017)
and London: Architecture, Building and Social Change (2015)—two studies of the metropolis by Paul Knox
Paul L Knox
Merrell, London, 2017
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Visual Arts and the Law
A Handbook for Professionals
Judith B Prowda
Lund Humphries, London, 2013
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Choice of Flowers, Chaguo la Maua
An Anthology of Swahili Love Poetry
Jan Knappert, translator
William Heinemann, London, 1972
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Poetry | Soft Cover | First Editions
Genes, Cells and Brains (Signed copy)
Signed by Hilary and Steven Rose. The Promethean Promises of the New Biology
Hilary Rose, and Steven Rose
Verso, London, 2012
£15.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Designing a House
Charles Jencks & Terry Farrell's conversion of a Victorian London terrace house
Charles Jencks, and Terry Farrell
AD Editions Ltd, London, 1986
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Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | First Editions
From the Other Shore & The Russian People and Socialism
This copy owned and signed by historian G E Aylmer
Alexander Herzen, with an introduction by Isaiah Berlin
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1979
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Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First thus
The World of the Ranters
A L Morton's account of religious radicalism in the English Revolution
A L Morton
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1979
£22.00
History | Soft Cover | First thus
John Mullen, Incursions: Paintings 2005
The exhibition book of the Scottish artist's solo show in New York
John Mullen, with chapters by Robert C Morgan & Adrian Dannatt
Howard Scott Gallery, New York, 2005
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
Anish Kapoor: Drawings
A 1990 illustrated Tate Gallery catalogue
Jeremy Lewison
Tate Gallery, London, 1990
£10.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Diaspora Blues, A View of Israel (Signed copy)
Signed by Clive Sinclair
Clive Sinclair
William Heinemann, London, 1987
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Inside Rose's Kingdom (Signed copy)
Signed by Matthew Kneale, his second novel
Matthew Kneale
Victor Gollancz, London, 1989
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Western Swing, Adventures with the Heretical Buddha (Signed copy)
Signed by Andrew Grieg
Andrew Greig
Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1994
£10.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Iron Age Burials from Mill Hill, Deal
1995, a comprehensive account of archaeological excavations between 1984 and 1989
Keith Parfitt, with contributions by Janet Ambers, T Anderson, D Holman, A J Legge, Valery Rigby, I M Stead and Sheelagh Stead
The British Museum Press, London, 1995
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History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Toys, Play and Disicpline in Childhood
Beatrix Tudor Hart's 1955 classic book on development through play
Beatrix Tudor Hart
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1955
£40.00
Psychology | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Five Vera Stanley Alder paperbacks
Wisdom in Practice, The Initiation of the World, When Humanity Comes of Age, The Secret of the Atomic Age, and The Fifth Dimension
Vera Stanley Alder
Rider & Company, London, 1970
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover
The 'Heaven' and 'Hell' of William Blake
A study of William Blake as social critic
G R Sabri-Tabrizi
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1973
£15.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Building the Revolution
Soviet Art and Architecture 1915–1935
Jean-Louis Cohen, and Maria Tsantsanoglou, Maria Ametova et al
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2011
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | First Editions
Unknown Bown 1947–1967
Photography by Jane Bown, The Observer's photographer
Germaine Greer, introduction
The Observer, London, 2007
£20.00
Photography | Soft Cover | First Editions