Browse by Date—1900–1949
A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander (1902)
The two volume Library Edition of J B Bury's history
J B Bury
Macmillan, London, 1902
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
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
L'Atlantide
1924, a nicely bound copy of Pierre Benoit's 1919 classic French lost-world novel
Pierre Benoit
Albin Michel, Paris, 1924
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Guide to 25 Languages of Europe (1932, first edition)
Archibald Lyall's phrase-book, in a striking dustwrapper
Archibald Lyall
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1932
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Language | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
A Gilbert and Sullivan Dictionary (1936, first edition)
An A to Z of all people, places and events, real and imaginary, in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
George E Dunn
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1936
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Holy Bible (1922, Christ's Hospital binding)
A very nice copy, with 15 coloured maps
Holy Bible
Humphrey Milford, London, 1922
£40.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound
Contemporary Chinese Poetry (1947, first edition)
A selection from nine modern Chinese poets
Robert Payne, editor and introduction
Routledge, London, 1947
£40.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
The Bad Lord Byron (1949, first edition)
"A controversial book about a controversial film", with original flyer for the film
Sydney Box, and Vivian Cox, introduction by Dennis Price
Convoy Publications, London, 1949
£40.00
Film, Theatre & Radio | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
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
In the Steps of the Brontes (1948, first edition)
Ernest Raymond's study in the uncommon dustwrapper
Ernest Raymond
Rich & Cowan, London, 1948
£25.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
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
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
White Fang (1907, first UK edition)
Jack London's classic, this is the first printing by Methuen
Jack London, frontispiece by Charles Livingston Bull
Methuen, London, 1907
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
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
Axel's Castle (1935, early edition)
Edmund Wilson's "A Study in the Imaginative Literature of 1870–1930"
Edmund Wilson
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York & London, 1935
£15.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover
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 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
Field Marshal F S Roberts, signed envelope, South Africa c1902
Sent to Lt-Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle, commanding Harrismith
Field Marshal F S Roberts
Not Published, South Africa, 1902
£60.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
