Recent Additions
The Mill on the Floss, Adam Bede, Silas Marner, and Scenes from Clerical Life
Four George Eliot novels, part only of a set
George Eliot
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1890
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Mother Goose Finger Plays
1915, a charming illustrated guide to finger plays for children
Irene Margaret Cullen
George W Jacobs & Co, Philadelphia, 1915
£16.50
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions
Christo & Jeanne-Claude: The Floating Piers
Lake Iseo, Italy, 2014–2016
Christo, and Jeanne-Claude, photographs by Wolfgang Volz, picture commentary by Jonathan Henery and Wolfgang Volz
Taschen, Koln, 2016
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
John Craxton, A Life of Gifts
Ian Collin's biography of the artist
Ian Collins
Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2021
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Illustrations of the Principle Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom
1874, a rare first edition with 109 hand-coloured plates by W H Fitch
Professor Daniel Oliver, illustrated by W H Fitch
Chapman & Hall, London, 1874
£300.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Madame Yevonde signed society wedding bride photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Madame Yevonde signed society wedding photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
A General Treatise on Cattle, the Ox, the Sheep, and the Swine
A rare 1809 2nd edition of John Lawrence's study of farm animals
John Lawrence
Sherwood, Neely & Jones et al, London, 1809
£120.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover
Madame Yevonde signed society portrait photograph
1930, signed in pencil by Yevonde
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1930
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Second World War naval portrait by Lafayette
Commander Julian Liddell
Lafayette
Lafayette, London, 1940
£20.00
Photography | Soft Cover
Madame Yevonde signed society portrait photograph
c1928, signed in pencil by Yevonde Middleton
Yevonde Middleton
Madame Yevonde, London, 1928
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Photography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies
Bucks: Shell Guide
1936, John Nash text and drawings, and an Edward Bawden advert
John Nash, with notes on monuments by Katherine Esdaile
Batsford, London, 1936
£35.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | First Editions
General Strike certificate 1926
issued as acknowledgement for Miss E Johnson acting as a canteen worker
Not stated
London General Omnibus Company, London, 1926
£20.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover
Life of an Indian Outpost
First edition, c1914
Major Gordon Casserly, of the Indian Army
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1914
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Secret Agent
1914, the fourth edition of Conrad's classic novel
Joseph Conrad
Methuen, London, 1914
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
Now Pray We For Our Country
1940, a scarce Eric Knight novel of a mining village in Yorkshire
Eric Knight
Cassell, London, 1940
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Function of Literature
A Study of Christoper Caudwell's Aesthetics
David N Margolies
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1969
£10.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The West Indian Experience in British Schools
Multi-Racial Education and Social Disadvantage in London
Raymond Giles
Heinemann Educational Books, London, 1977
£15.00
Social Sciences & Anthropology | Soft Cover | First Editions
Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park
1855, illustrated and with maps, Great Exhibition interest
Samuel Phillips, illustrated by P H Delamotte
The Crystal Palace Library, London, 1855
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Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover
A War-torn Chester Parish
St Werburgh's before, during and after the Great War
Ann Marie Curtis, et al
Scotforth Books, 2017
£20.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | First Editions
Master Humphrey's Clock
1840–1841, first edition, complete in three volumes
Charles Dickens, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1840
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journey's End, A Play in Three Acts
1929, The third printing of the American edition
R C Sherriff
Brentano's, New York, 1929
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Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions
Dream Children, A Reverie, and The Child Angel, A Dream
1902, two essays from Charles Lamb in an attractive leather binding
Charles Lamb
De La More Press, London, 1902
£30.00
Essays | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
Art in the Light of Conscience (Signed copy)
Eight essays on poetry by Marina Tsvetaeva, signed by translator Angela Livingstone, and a copy of The Ratcatcher (also signed by Livingstone)
Marina Tsvetaeva, translated & edited by Angela Livingstone
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1992
£35.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
RAILWAYANA original 1870s handwritten letter concerning George Stephenson
Disputing Stephenson's claim to have invented the Locomotive
William Beattie, and engine designer, to Rochdale Pioneer George Healey
Not Published, 1870
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Transport | Soft Cover | Handwritten
