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Original documents on the Naval career of Alfred Whitehouse 1847–1907

Including two original commissions, 1850 & 1858. Whitehouse became the Paymaster-in-Chief for the Navy
Alfred Whitehouse. Paymaster-in Chief of the Royal Navy
The Office of Admiralty, London, 1847
£150.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Candle in the Dark, A Postscript to Despair

This copy signed by British author Rumer Godden
Irwin Edman
The Viking Press, New York, 1939
£12.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

War Diaries

Jean-Paul Sartre's Notebooks from a Phoney War, 1939–1940
Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Quintin Hoare
Verso, London, 1984
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Fall of Valor

Charles Jackson's 1946 novel, first major American novel to deal with the theme of homosexuality
Charles Jackson
Rinehart & Co, New York, 1946
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Is It Peace?

David Lloyd George's thoughts and theories on the Treaty of Versailles, and the years after the Great War
David Lloyd George
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1923
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions

Pilate's Wife

French author Jean Damase's first novel
Jean Damase, translated from the French by Arthur Mayne
Duckworth & Co, London, 1932
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Warrior's Path

A Native American kidnap novel from American author Don Ryan
Don Ryan
Duckworth & Co, London, 1937
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Fairey Aircraft since 1915 (Signed copy)

Signed by H A Taylor
H A Taylor
Putnam, London, 1974
£15.00
Transport | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Logic as a Positive Science

Della Volpe's efforts to establish a scientific logic free of any aprioristic speculation
Galvano Della Volpe
NLB, London, 1980
£12.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Le Monde Fou Préferé au Monde Sage

1733, an early French language edition of Marie Hubin's The World Unmask'd
Marie Huber, though published anonymously
Wetsteins & Smith, Amsterdam, 1733
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The Women of Molise, An Italian Village, 1950

The photographer's images and recollections
Frank Monaco
Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2001
£30.00
Photography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare

In a decorative painted calf binding, 6 vols including the Tragedies, Comedies, Biography and Doubtful Plays
William Shakespeare, edited by Charles Knight
Charles Knight, London, 1842
£150.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings

Maria Callas

An early Dutch biography of the Diva
Leo Riemens
Bruna & Zoon A.W., Utrecht, 1960
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Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

An early 20th century copy
James Boswell
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1910
£12.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The House on the Hill

1956, first UK edition, this copy signed to Neville Braybrooke from Derek Stanford and Muriel Spark
Cesare Pavese, translated by W J Strachan. Dustwrapper by Wendy Des Moulins.
Peter Owen, London, 1956
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

David Lance Goines: Posters

1985, a collection of all 114 posters created by Goines
David Lance Goines, introduction by Charles Shere
Alphabet Press, Natick, MA, 1985
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

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

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
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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 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

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

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

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