Recent Additions
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1876, an early printing of Lewis Carroll's classic
Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel
Macmillan, London, 1876
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Fiction | Hard Cover
Ghost Stories and Presentiments
1888, Arthur Conan Doyle's first appearance in book form with five short stories of horror and the supernatural
Arthur Conan Doyle, contributor
George Redway, London, 1888
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Monet and Architecture
2018, how architecture and buildings feature in Monet's paintings
Richard Thomson
National Gallery, London, 2018
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
Lambeth's Open Spaces
An Historical Account
Marie P G Draper
London Borough of Lambeth, London, 1979
£20.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | First Editions
Under the Flag and Somali-Coast Stories
Colonial memoirs in Africa in the 1880s and 1890s, including meeting Sir Richard Burton
Langton Prendergast Walsh
Andrew Melrose, London, 1932
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Mr Clive & Mr Page (Signed copy)
Signed by Neil Bartlett
Neil Bartlett
Serpent's Tail, London, 1996
£20.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Design for Applied Decoration in the Crafts
1959, John Farleigh's guide to decorating furniture and furnishings
John Farleigh
George Bell & Sons, London, 1959
£12.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
L'Aviation Militaire Francaise
1936, a summary of the French air force—seaplanes, flying formations etc
Pierre Barjot, preface by General Vuillemin
J de Gigord, Paris, 1936
£12.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Jewel in the Crown
1966, the first printing of the first of Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet
Paul Scott
William Heinemann, London, 1966
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Basilica of S. Clemente in Rome
1914, a nicely bound hardback guide to the Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano
Louis Nolan
Tipografia Italo-Orientale "S. Nilo", Grottaferrata, 1914
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover
Handling a Low-Powered Steamer in a Revolving Storm
A 1929 prize-winning essay
Captain J S Commander
Thomas Gray Memorial Trust, 1929
£20.00
Transport | Hard Cover | First Editions
In the Day of Battle
1916, an early anthology of Great Poetry, and the first apprearance in book form of John McCrae's In Flanders Fields
Carrie Ellen Holman
William Briggs, Toronto, 1916
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Spirit of the People, An Analysis of the English Mind
Ford Madox Hueffer's study of English mentality
Ford Madox Hueffer
Duckworth & Co, London, 1915
£80.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover
The Bounty of the Gods, A Study in Points of View (1910)
and its sequel The Polar Star (1911)
Lady Helen Forbes
Duckworth & Co, London, 1910
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Secret Kingdom
1911, a parody of Ruritanian romances, with guest appearance from Sherlock Holmes
Frank Richardson
Duckworth & Co, London, 1911
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Tal, His Marvellous Adventures with Noor-Zor-Noom
A fantasy adventure from the great-grandson of James Fenimore Cooper
Paul Fenimore Cooper, illustrated by Ruth Reeves
Victor Gollancz, London, 1930
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Quest for Christa T
1971, the first UK edition of Christa Wolf's novel
Christa Wolf, translated by Christopher Middleton
Hutchinson, London, 1971
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
JAPANESE SWORDS Token no mikata: gijutsu to ryuha
1971, an illustrated Japanese guide by Yurichi Hiroi
Yurichi Hiroi
Dai-ichi Hoki Shuppan, Tokyo, 1971
£200.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Slipcase
The Golden Staircase, Poems for Children
1906, in a delightful cream cloth and gilt decorated binding
Louey Chisholm, colour plates by M Dibdin Spooner
T C & E C Jack, London, 1906
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Fine Bindings
Political Essays
Essays from the Russian politician and writer, Roy A Medvedev
Roy A Medvedev
Spokesman Books, Nottingham, 1976
£20.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Echo
Shaw Desmond's novel of reincarnation set in Nero's Rome
Shaw Desmond
Duckworth & Co, London, 1927
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Bodies and Souls
An early novel from Shaw Desmond
Shaw Desmond
Duckworth & Co, London, 1922
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Passion
An early novel from Shaw Desmond
Shaw Desmond
Duckworth & Co, London, 1920
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Dombrovskis: A Photographic Collection
A celebration of photographer Peter Dombrovskis' nature photography
Peter Dombrovskis, photographs, with Essay by Bob Brown and A Personal and Natural History by Jamie Kirkpatrick
West Wind Press, Hobart, Australia, 1998
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Photography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
People of the Streets
1968, Tony Parker's meetings with seven people on the streets of London
Tony Parker, illustrated by Anthony Colbert
Jonathan Cape, London, 1968
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper