Browse by Attribute—Illustrated
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex (1937)
The RCHM's detailed report, with maps, plans and photographs
RCHM
HMSO, London, 1937
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Cambridge Companion to the Bible (1920)
A very good copy with Christ's Hospital crest in gilt
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1920
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Illustrated
Biography for Beginners (1930)
E C Bentley's clerihews and G K Chesterton's sketches
E C Bentley, illustrated by G K Chesterton
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1930
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Lectures on Architecture (1929, first edition)
Sir John Soane's lectures from 1809 to 1836, illustrated
Sir John Soane, edited from the original MS. by Arthur T Bolton
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 1929
£70.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Armand Rassenfosse, 30 colour plates for Les Fleurs du Mal
1930, limited edition, Trente Compositions aux Crayons de Couleur de Rassenfosse pour Les Fleurs du Mal de Charles Baudelaire
Armand Rassenfosse
Dorbon-Ainé, Paris, 1930
£180.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
The Story of the Heavens (1910)
Sir Robert Ball's astronomical classic, in a decorative binding
Sir Robert Stawell Ball
Cassell, London, 1910
£30.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover | Illustrated
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1911)
An early printing of these thirteen adventures, illustrated by Sidney Paget
Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by Sidney Paget
Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1911
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Illustrated
The Ismailis, An Illustrated History (2008, first edition)
2008, a very good copy of this important study
Farhad Daftary, and Zulfikar Hirji
Azimuth / The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 2008
£50.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Jane Eyre (Quick Readers, 1944)
A pocket sized paperback edition, with pulp fiction style illustrations
Charlotte Bronte, cover illustrated by Axelrod
Royce Publishers, Canada, 1944
£25.00
Fiction | Soft Cover | Illustrated
The Littlehampton Bequest (Signed limited edition, 1973)
No 66 of 75 copies, signed by Osbert Lancaster and 'the Earl of Littlehampton'
Osbert Lancaster, with a foreword by Roy Strong
John Murray, London, 1973
£50.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Exercise Eskimo "Dry Cold", Volumes 1 & 2 (1945)
The Canadian Army's Winter Warfare Research Programme 1944–1945, a rare military publication
General Staff Canadian Army and Air Force
Department of National Defence, Ottawa, 1945
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Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
Counter-Attack aginst Subtopia (1956, first edition)
Ian Nairn's sequel to Outrage, superbly illustrated
Ian Nairn
The Architectural Press, London, 1956
£30.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
English Book-Plates, Ancient and Modern (1893)
The second enlarged edition of Egerton Castle's history of bookplates
Egerton Castle
George Bell & Sons, London, 1893
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated
Erotic Ex Libris Exhibition (with signed bookplate, and unique leather binding)
Also signed by artists and curators, from the collection of Gordon R Smith
Dr Iva Tauferova, & Ing. Tatána Macurová (introduction)
Municipal Cultural Centre, Havirov, Czech Republic, 2002
£120.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Memoires de Casanova (1955, unique leather binding & signed bookplates)
With 32 colour plates by Brunelleschi, and two signed bookplates for Gordon Smith by David Bekker
Casanova, edited by Rene Groos. Illustrated by Brunelleschi
Gibert Jeune, Librairie d'Amateurs, Paris, 1955
£300.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Les Amores (1954, the artist's proof copy, and with signed bookplate)
Ovid's verse in prose, limited edition, with illustrations by Paul-Emile Becat
Ovid, as Ovide, translated by George Vertut. Illustrated by Paul-Emile Becat
Editions Athena, Paris, 1954
£100.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Thais (1948, in a unique leather binding)
With 10 colour lithographs by Suzanne Ballivet, and from the library of Gordon R Smith with a signed Lynn Paula Russell bookplate
Anatole France, illustrated by Suzanne Ballivet
Aux Editions du Livre, Monte Carlo, 1948
£120.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | First thus | Illustrated | Slipcase
Dévergondages, Souvenirs Érotiques (1937, in a unique leather binding)
With 12 colour plates by DD, and from the library of Gordon R Smith with a signed Lynn Paula Russell bookplate
Spaddy, (pseud. Johannes Gros), illustrated by Berthomme Saint-Andre and DD. Bookplate signed by Lynn Paula Russell
A la Fontaine des Nymphes [Maurice Duflou], Paris, 1937
£300.00
Erotica | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | Illustrated | Bookplate
Daphnis and Chloe (1937, signed by Aristide Maillol)
Limited edition 54/250, additionally inscribed by Anton Zwemmer to E L T Mesens
Longus, translated by George Thornley, illustrated by Aristide Maillol
A Zwemmer, London, 1937
£700.00
Classics | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Fine Bindings | Association Copy | Illustrated | Slipcase
Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poemes en Prose
1925, limited edition of Baudelaire's prose poems, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Charles Baudelaire, illustrated by Louis Bouquet
Enseigne du Pot Cassé, Paris, 1925
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Limited Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
The Nurse Matilda Trilogy (2005, in slipcase)
Nurse Matilda, Nurse Matilda Goes to Town, & Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital, all with Edward Ardizzone's wonderful illustrations
Christianna Brand, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
Bloomsbury, London, 2005
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Childrens | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus | Illustrated
The Week-End Book (1928, in the original dustwrapper)
Illustrated with full page colour decorations by Albert Rutherston
Nonesuch Press, illustrated by Albert Rutherston
The Nonesuch Press, London, 1928
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
Mr Noselighter (1976, signed first edition)
Signed by Roger McGough
Roger McGough, illustrated by Andre Francois
G Whizzard / Andre Deutsch, London, 1976
£50.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The People of Kau (1976, signed by Leni Riefenstahl)
A signed first printing of Reifenstahl's time with the Nuba of Kau
Leni Riefenstahl, translated by J Maxwell Brownjohn
Collins, London, 1976
£100.00
Photography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Illustrated
The Orchid-Grower's Manual (1852, first edition)
Benjamin Samuel Williams's first book, 'containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Two Hundred and Sixty Orchidaceous Plants'
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Chapman & Hall, London, 1852
£80.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated
