Recent Additions
War in Val d'Orcia
1947, a rare first printing of Iris Origo's Italian wartime diary
Iris Origo
Jonathan Cape, London, 1947
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
St Francis of Assisi
1926, the first illustrated edition of G K Chesterton's biography, signed by Welsh opera singer Leila Megane
G K Chesterton, illustrated by F Cayley-Robinson
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1926
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First thus
The Novels of Jane Austen
1902–1924: Macmillan's red cloth editions of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
Jane Austen, introduction by Austin Dobson, illustrated by Hugh Thomson or C E Brock
Macmillan, London, 1924
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Fiction | Hard Cover
The Running Hare, The Secret Life of Farmland (Signed copy)
First printing, signed by John Lewis-Stempel
John Lewis-Stempel
Doubleday, London, 2016
£35.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Oeuvres de Crebillon
1812, in a Simier R. du Roi binding, and plates by Clement Marillier
Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon
P Didot L'Aine, Paris, 1812
£30.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
A Crown of Lights
The first printing of the third Merrily Watkins novel
Phil Rickman
Macmillan, London, 2001
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Voyage of HMS Beagle
1905, Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches
Charles Darwin
The Amalgamated Press, London, 1905
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover
Renaissance (Signed copy)
Signed by Andrew Graham-Dixon
Andrew Graham-Dixon
BBC, London, 1999
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Dragon Keeper (Signed copy)
Signed by Robin Hobb, Book One of The Rain Wild Chronicles
Robin Hobb
Harper Voyager, London, 2009
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Lois: Bermuda's Grande Dame of Politics (Signed copy)
Signed by Lois Marie Browne-Evans
J Randolf Williams
Camden Editions, Bermuda, 2001
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Wayside and Woodland Blossoms
1896, first edition of the Second Series
Edward Step
Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1896
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Original Architectural Drawing for an Author's Retreat
1946, a quiet country cottage with large writing room
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1946
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten
Original Architectural Drawing for a Proposed Youth Hostel in the Lake District
1946, with colour perspective, elevations, and floorplan
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1946
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten
Original Architectural Drawing for a Small Dance Hall
1947, with floorplan and two dancers in evening wear
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1947
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten
The History of Arsaces, Prince of Betlis
1775, an early printing of volume one only, but a poor copy
Charles Johnston, as 'By the Editor of Chrysal'
W Sleater et al, Dublin, 1775
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
A Synopsis of the British Diatomaceae
1853 & 1856, first edition, with 7 colour & 62 black and white plates
The Rev. William Smith, illustrated by Tufffen West
Smith and Beck, London, 1853
£250.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Legends and Stories of Ireland
1832, the second edition of Samuel Lover's tales from Irish folklore
Samuel Lover, with six etchings by the Author
W F Wakeman, Dublin, 1832
£70.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Original architect's drawing for a staircase for a hall
1946, watercolour (with maid), and technical plan
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1947
£30.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten
Original architect's drawing for a stone carver's workshop in the Cotswolds
1947, with watercolour image and floorplan
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1947
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten
Original architect's drawing for the design of a Public Library
1947, by a student architect, with colour elevations and a floorplan
G Reed
Not Published, Essex, 1947
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | Handwritten
The Bride Regrets
1951, first UK edition of a New England thriller
Marjorie Carleton, dustwrapper by Barbara Bradley
Michael Joseph, London, 1951
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Peter Pan's Play-Book
[1929], a collection of 24 images on card by Flora White
J M Barrie, illustrated by Flora White
Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1929
£30.00
Illustrated | Hard Cover | First Editions
Alexandria, A History and Guide, and Pharos and Pharillon
Abinger Edition, Volume 16 of E M Forster's works
E M Forster, edited by Miriam Allott
Andre Deutsch, London, 2004
£40.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Anti-Nazi Germans (Signed copy)
Signed by Merilyn Moos
Merilyn Moos, and Steve Cushion, introduction by Ian Birchall
Community Languages, London, 2020
£25.00
History | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The White Riders
One of Monica Edwards's Romney Marsh stories
Monica Edwards
John Goodchild Publishers, Wendover, 1984
£20.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
