Recent Additions
About Britain, complete in 13 volumes
Geoffrey Grogson's series, published for the Festival of Britain in 1951
Geoffrey Grigson, editor and author (of two)
Collins, London, 1951
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Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Two books on Rex Whistler
Rex Whistler's War, and Rex Whistler—The Triumph of Fancy
Jeremy Spencer-Smith, and Stephen Calloway
Various, London & Brighton, 1994
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Dr No
1958, the first printing of the sixth James Bond novel
Ian Fleming
Jonathan Cape, London, 1958
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Diary of Frida Kahlo, An Intimate Self-Portrait
1995, the first printing of this edition
Frida Kahlo, introduction by Carlos Fuentes, essay and commentaries by Sarah M Lowe
Abrams, New York, 1995
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The History of Freemasonry, Volume 4
1885, first edition of this volume of Gould's comprehensive history
Robert Freke Gould
Thomas C Jack, London, 1885
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History | Hard Cover | First Editions
The History of Freemasonry, Volume 2
1883, first edition of this volume of Gould's comprehensive history
Robert Freke Gould
Thomas C Jack, London, 1883
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Two Screenplays & Three Screenplays
Visconti's La Terra Trema, Senso, White Knights, Rocco and his Brothers, and The Job
Luchino Visconti, translated from the Italian by Judith Green
The Orion Press, New York, 1970
£30.00
Film & Theatre | Soft Cover | 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
Touring in 1600
A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education
E S Bates
Constable, London, 1911
£25.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
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 Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe
1858, with original memoir. Full leather binding, profusely illustrated
Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by F R Pickersgill, John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Felix Darley, Jasper Cropsey, P Duggan, Percival Skelton, and A M Madot
Sampson Low, Son & Co, London, 1858
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Chasing Winter, A Journey to the Pole of Cold (Signed copy)
Signed by Felicity Aston
Felicity Aston, edited by Paul Deegan
Helvetis Books, London, 2014
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Winnie the Pooh
1931, 11th impression, and a lovely copy
A A Milne, with decorations by E H Shepard
Methuen, London, 1931
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Childrens | Hard Cover
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
Kicking Against the Pricks, A Theatre Producer Looks Back
with a signed postcard from Oscar Lewenstein to set designer Douglas Heap
Oscar Lewenstein
Nick Hern Books, London, 1994
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Film & Theatre | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Return of the Shadow
1989, 1st/2nd, the history of The Lord of the Rings, part one
J R R Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien
Unwin Hyman, London, 1989
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Texts of Taoism, Volume 1 & 2
The works of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, translated by James Legge (two volumes on one)
James Legge, translator
Graham Brash, Singapore, 2001
£30.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover
The Sam Pig Storybook
1965, first edition, with 35 Sam Pig stories
Alison Uttley, illustrated by Cecil Leslie
Faber & Faber, London, 1965
£25.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Normal People
The true first printing of 2018
Sally Rooney
Faber & Faber, London, 2018
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
No Snow in Latching
1949, one of Michael Home's Breckland novels
Michael Home, pseud. Christopher Bush
Methuen, London, 1949
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Pigeon Hoo
A novel of a young couple moving to a farmhouse in Tenterden in the years after the Great War
Franklin Lushington, dustwrapper by R Hartman
Faber & Faber, London, 1935
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Masquerade; The Lives of Noel Coward (Signed copy)
Signed by Oliver Soden
Oliver Soden
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2023
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | 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
Reminiscences of My Fifty-Five Years in Chile and Peru (Signed copy)
Signed by William Russell Young, published in 1933
William Russell Young
Sociedad Imprenta y Litografia Universo, Valparaiso, 1933
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions