Recent Additions
Three Apples Fell from Heaven
A collection of Armenian folk and fairy tales
Mischa Kudian, illustrated by Ann Tout
Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1969
£20.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Book of Saints and Heroes
1912, first edition of Andrew and Leonora Lang's telling of the saints' stories
Mrs Lang, edited by Andrew Lang, illustrated by H J Ford
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1912
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Kick It
A Social History of the Drum Kit
Matt Brennan
Oxford University Press, New York, 2020
£15.00
Music | Soft Cover | First Editions
L'Art Mimique
1901, a rare first edition of Charles Aubert's book on mime
Charles Aubert
E Meuriot, Paris, 1901
£40.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
Jane Austen in Australia (Signed copy)
Signed by Barbara Ker Wilson
Barbara Ker Wilson
Secker & Warburg, London, 1984
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A History of the Occult Tarot 1870–1970
A comprehensive history taking in Theosophy, Aleister Crowley, the Order of the Golden Dawn and P.D. Ouspensky
Ronald Decker, and Michael Dummett
Duckworth & Co, London, 2002
£30.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Physical Basis of Life
1951, J D Bernal's 1947 lecture to the Physics Society
J D Bernal
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1951
£15.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Crisis in Physics
Second edition of Christopher Caudwell's analysis
Christopher Caudwell, with an introduction by Professor H Levy
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1949
£25.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
The Marxist Philosophy and the Sciences
1942, J B S Haldane's Muirhead lectures on political philosophy of 1938
J B S Haldane
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1942
£35.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
The Making of the English Landscape: Leicestershire
W H Hoskin's Illustrated Essay on the History of the Landscape (1957)
W G Hoskins
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1957
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Apes of God
1932, Wyndham Lewis's attack on the aesthetic artistic society of the time, in the original dustwrapper
Wyndham Lewis
Grayson & Grayson, London, 1932
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
Recipes for the Bartender
c1950, a pocket book of cocktails
21 Brands
21 Brands Inc, New York, 1950
£20.00
Food & Drink | Soft Cover | First Editions
Christ Church, Madras, Parish Magazine 1928
Church notices, short stories, home help, adverts...
Christ Church, Madras
Not stated, Madras (Chennai), 1928
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | First Editions
Broken Greek (Signed copy)
Signed by Pete Paphides
Pete Paphides
Quercus, London, 2020
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Doctor Syn, A Tale of the Romney Marsh (Signed copy)
Signed by the author's son, the illustrator, and the publisher: Daniel Thorndike, Emily Goddard, and Liz Skilbeck
Russell Thorndike, illustrated by Emily Goddard, introduction by Daniel Thorndike
Romney Bookshop, New Romney, 1998
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First thus
Three books on artist Samuel Palmer
including Geoffrey Grigson's The Visionary Years (1947)
Geoffrey Grigson, and Raymond Lister, The Arts Council
Various, London, n.d.
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Three books on L S LOWRY
All three profusely illustrated
Michael Howard, and Michael Leber & Judith Sandling, and Mervyn Levy
The Lowry Press et al, Salford & London, n.d.
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover
Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings
2005, am extensive and comprehensive study of Van Gogh's drawings, profusely illustrated
Colta Ives, with Susan Alyson Stein, Sjraar van Heugten, and Marije Vellekoop
Metropolitan Museum of Art / Van Gogh Museum, New York & Amsterdam, 2005
Sold
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Kitty Frew
1936, a novel of married life from American author Jane Abbott
Jane Abbott
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1936
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Mirror for Narcissus
1956, the second volume of Negley Farson's autobiography
Negley Farson
Victor Gollancz, London, 1956
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A collection of five J R R Tolkien books
The Hobbit (graphic novel), Roverandom, Mr Bliss, Lord of the Rings Pocket Companion
J R R Tolkien, and David Wenzel, Brian Simmons et al
Various, London, Philadelphia, n.d.
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Witches, Druids and King Arthur
Nine essays from Professor Ronald Hutton
Ronald Hutton
Hambledon & London, London, 2003
£30.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Corruption of Blood (Signed copy)
Signed by Ambrose Parry (Christopher Brookmyre & Marisa Haetzman)
Ambrose Parry, pen-name of Christopher Brookmyre & Marisa Haetzman
Canongate, Edinburgh, 2021
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
In My Own Footsteps, A Memoir (Signed copy)
Signed by Star Wars actor Michael Pennington to fellow Star Wars actor Ken Colley
Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington Books, 2021
£60.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Rambles Round London Town
1891, a late Victorian tour of London sights
C L Mateaux
Cassell, London, 1891
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover
