Recent Additions
An Aspidistra in Babylon
Four novellas from H E Bates
H E Bates
Michael Joseph, London, 1960
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
An Exaltation of Skylarks in Prose and Poetry (Signed copy)
Signed by the compiler, Stewart Beer
Stewart Beer, compiler. Preface by Richard Mabey
SMH Press, Pulborough, 1995
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Mr Finchley Discovers his England
1934, Victor Canning's picaresque novel
Victor Canning
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1934
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
An Earthlife Anthology
Poetry and prose on the conservation of the Earth's resources
Stewart Beer, with Douglas and Jean MacEwan (compilers)
Volturna Press, Hythe, 1992
£20.00
Collections | Soft Cover | First Editions
Le Manuscrit de Ma Mere
Alphonse de Lamartine's editing of his mother's diary in a half-vellum binding
Alphonse De Lamartine
Libraire Hachette, Paris, 1886
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
Hetären Gespräche [Dialogues of the Courtesans] (Signed copy)
Signed and with small sketch of an owl by the illustrator, Inge Jastram
Lucian, illustrated by Inge Jastram, translation (into German) by C. M. Wieland
Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin, 1983
£80.00
Classics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Slipcase
From London Bridge to Lombardy by a Macadamised Route
1869, the first edition
W R Richardson, illustrated by Sydney Prior Hall
Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, London, 1869
£50.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions
Children and Families at the Centre: Radical Innovation 1938–2018
An award-winning designed in-house publication from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Elizabeth Allison
Anna Freud National Centre for Children & Families, London, 2017
£25.00
Psychology | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Fear Not (Signed copy)
Signed by Stephen James Smith
Stephen James Smith
Arlen House, Dublin, 2018
£15.00
Poetry | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Biological and Geological Perspectives of Dinoflagellates
Current research on fossil and modern dinoflagellates
J M Lewis, with F Marret and L R Bradley (editors)
The Geological Society, London, 2013
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Elements of Astronomy
A rare first edition of D N Mallik's astronomical book
Devendra Nath Mallik
University Press, Cambridge, 1921
£20.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Scala Diva
Erio Piccagliani fotografo alla Scala (1950–1979)
Silvana Turzio
Franco Cosimo Panini, Modena, 1993
£30.00
Maria Callas | Soft Cover | First Editions
King Lear in Brooklyn (Signed copy)
Signed by Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington
Oberon Books, London, 2016
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Extraction of the Teeth
1912, an illustrated dentistry book
J F Colyer
Claudius Ash, Sons & Co, London, 1912
£30.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover
Maria Callas, Chronicle of her Greek Career 1937–64
A scarce Greek book on the great Diva
Polybios Marsan, editor
Gnosi, Athens, 1983
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Maria Callas | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Masks of Lucifer
Technology and the Occult in Twentieth Century Popular Literature
David Morris
Batsford, London, 1992
£20.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Mirrors (Signed copy)
Short stories on the theme of mirrors, signed by four contributors: Vivian French, Celia Rees, Anne Fine & Paul Stewart
Wendy Cooling, editor
Collins, London, 2001
£15.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Great Offensive, The Strategy of Coalition Warfare (Signed copy)
Signed by the translator Heinz Norden
Max Werner, translated by Heinz and Ruth Norden
Victor Gollancz, London, 1943
£30.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Ghost of Henry James
David Plante's first novel
David Plante
Gambit Incorporated, Boston, 1970
£10.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Cumsha Cruise (Signed copy)
Signed by E Laurie-Long
Ernest Laurie-Long
Ward Lock & Co, London, 1937
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Men's Gods (Signed copy)
Signed by Edward Charles, a fragment from an unfinished pageant
Edward Charles
Joiner and Steele Ltd, London, 1931
£20.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Slipcase
Mozart (Signed copy)
This copy signed by Scottish composer Shena Fraser
Hugh Ottaway
Orbis, London, 1979
£25.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper
My Little Lady
Eleanor Frances Poynter's first novel
Eleanor Frances Poynter, but published anonymously
Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1871
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
William the Silent (Signed copy)
Previously owned by theologian C H Dodd and historian J T Driver
C V Wedgwood
Jonathan Cape, London, 1948
£15.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy
Queens of Song
Signed by Dr Fordyce Barker to American soprano Clara Louise Kellogg
Ellen Creathorne Clayton
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1865
£100.00
Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
