Recent Additions
John Mullen, Incursions: Paintings 2005
The exhibition book of the Scottish artist's solo show in New York
John Mullen, with chapters by Robert C Morgan & Adrian Dannatt
Howard Scott Gallery, New York, 2005
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
Anish Kapoor: Drawings
A 1990 illustrated Tate Gallery catalogue
Jeremy Lewison
Tate Gallery, London, 1990
£10.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions
Diaspora Blues, A View of Israel (Signed copy)
Signed by Clive Sinclair
Clive Sinclair
William Heinemann, London, 1987
£40.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Inside Rose's Kingdom (Signed copy)
Signed by Matthew Kneale, his second novel
Matthew Kneale
Victor Gollancz, London, 1989
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Western Swing, Adventures with the Heretical Buddha (Signed copy)
Signed by Andrew Grieg
Andrew Greig
Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1994
£10.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Iron Age Burials from Mill Hill, Deal
1995, a comprehensive account of archaeological excavations between 1984 and 1989
Keith Parfitt, with contributions by Janet Ambers, T Anderson, D Holman, A J Legge, Valery Rigby, I M Stead and Sheelagh Stead
The British Museum Press, London, 1995
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History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Toys, Play and Disicpline in Childhood
Beatrix Tudor Hart's 1955 classic book on development through play
Beatrix Tudor Hart
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1955
£40.00
Psychology | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Five Vera Stanley Alder paperbacks
Wisdom in Practice, The Initiation of the World, When Humanity Comes of Age, The Secret of the Atomic Age, and The Fifth Dimension
Vera Stanley Alder
Rider & Company, London, 1970
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Soft Cover
The 'Heaven' and 'Hell' of William Blake
A study of William Blake as social critic
G R Sabri-Tabrizi
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1973
£15.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Building the Revolution
Soviet Art and Architecture 1915–1935
Jean-Louis Cohen, and Maria Tsantsanoglou, Maria Ametova et al
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2011
£25.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | First Editions
Unknown Bown 1947–1967
Photography by Jane Bown, The Observer's photographer
Germaine Greer, introduction
The Observer, London, 2007
£20.00
Photography | Soft Cover | First Editions
Back to Black
Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary—the book to accompany the Whitechapel Gallery exhibition of 2005
Richard J Powell. David A Bailey, and Petrine Archer-Straw
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 2005
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Brewing Room Diary & Year Book 1948
Packed with useful information to brewers and an unused diary
White Tomkins & Courage Ltd
White Tomkins & Courage Ltd, London, 1948
£40.00
Food & Drink | Hard Cover
The History of Dover Harbour (Signed copy)
Signed by Alec Hasenson
Alec Hasenson
Aurum Special Editions, London, 1980
£45.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Slipcase
Guerre Civile
1938, an unusual French language text book centred around the Spanish Civil War
J L Bede, and R J F Cook
Macmillan, London, 1938
£30.00
Language | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Story of the British Navy (Signed copy)
Signed by Almeric Paget to Richard Hennessy
E Keble Chatterton
Mills & Boon, London, 1911
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Wrongful Deaths (Signed copy)
Signed by William Wharton
William Wharton
Granta, London, 1994
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
1823, published by Thomas McLean, Haymarket
Edmund Burke
Thomas McLean, London, 1823
£44.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover
Contes Populaires Berberes, Recuillis, Traduits et Annotes
The myths, legends and poems of the North African Berbers
Rene Basset
Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1887
£40.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
Three books of French poetry by Francis Jammes
La Vierge et les Sonnets, De L'Angelus de L'Aube a l'Angelus du Soir, and Les Nuits Qui Me Chantent...
Francis Jammes
Various, Paris, 1919
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Three books by Rene Boylesve
Mademoiselle Cloque, La Becquee, L'Enfant a la Balustrade
Rene Boylesve
Calmann Levy, Paris, 1925
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
The Beatitudes
1984, limited edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, signed by publisher, and this copy from the library of John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham etc
St Matthew, designed and published by Edward Burrett
Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1984
£45.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Association Copy | Slipcase
Ten titles by Andre Maurois
Uniformly bound in red / brown cloth, all early French language editions
Andre Maurois
Various, Paris, 1922
£40.00
Collections | Hard Cover
The Crafty Farmer, A Spanish Folk Tale (Signed copy)
Signed by the illustrator, Gregorio Prieto
Gregorio Prieto, illustrator. Translated and introduced by Henry Thomas
The Dolphin Bookshop Editions, London, 1938
£60.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Presence of the Past
Chronicles, Politics and Culture in Sinhala Life—from the library of Sinhalese scholar C H B Reynolds
Steven Kemper
Cornell University Library, Ithaca, 1991
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper