Browse by Date—1900–1949
Stories from The Iliad
H L Havell's retelling of Homer's tales of Achilles, Patroclus, Hector etc)
Homer, retold by H L Havell
George G. Harrap, London, 1919
£15.00
Classics | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated
Thorns of Thunder, Selected Poems (1936, first edition)
Paul Eluard's verse, with a wrapper by Max Ernst and a frontispiece by Picasso
Paul Eluard, with a drawing by Pablo Picasso, edited by George Reavey. Dustwrapper by Max Ernst. Translations by Samuel Beckett, Denis Devlin, David Gascoyne, Eugene Jolas, Man Ray, George Reavey and Ruthven Todd
Europa Press & Stanley Nott, London, 1936
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper
Frans Masereel (1948, first German edition)
An excellent selection of Masereel's woodcuts
Gerhart Ziller
Sachsenverlag, Dresden, 1949
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
The Book of Margery Kempe, A Modern Version
The life of a 15th century laywoman, widely considered to be the first autobiography written in the English language
Margery Kempe, edited by W Butler-Bowdon, introduction by W R Chambers
Jonathan Cape, London, 1940
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper | First thus
Sealed and Delivered, A Book on the Abyssinian Campaign (1942)
First edition, owned by British colonial administrator J K Maurice of Gambella (Ethiopia) from 1928–1949.
G L Steer
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1942
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover | First Editions | Association Copy
Murder in the Squire's Pew (1932, first edition)
J S Fletcher's third Ronald Campbell adventure
J S Fletcher
Harrap, London, 1932
£15.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Sketches in Verse (Signed copy)
Signed by author Henry Richard Dickinson, 1906, a collection of ghostly and romantic verse with tipped in illustrations
H R Dickinson, illustrated by A S Boyd, Gordon Browne, Frank Dadd, F C Dickinson, Charles Dixon, W Hatherell, H M Paget, Balliol Salmon, and the author.
Printed for the Author(s), 1906
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Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Illustrated
The Handling of Words (1927)
An early edition of Vernon Lee's studies in literary psychology
Vernon Lee, pseud. Violet Paget
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1927
£40.00
Literary Criticism | Hard Cover | First thus
The Dancing Floor
1932, an early edition of John Buchan's thriller, in the original dustwrapper
John Buchan
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1932
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper
Mrs Kimber (Signed first edition)
Signed by artist Mary Kessell, and Shell publicity maestro Jack Beddington
Osbert Sitwell, illustrated by Mary Kessell
Macmillan, London, 1937
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper
Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday (1929, first edition)
Eleven short pieces from Ernest Bramah
Ernest Bramah
George G. Harrap, London, 1929
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
No Heaven—No Hell, Human Conclusions (1946, first edition)
Jack Bilbo's maxims and musings on the human condition
Jack Bilbo, pseud. Hugo Baruch
Modern Art Gallery Ltd, London, 1946
£20.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions
A Mystic under Arms (1945, first edition)
A biography of Trappist monk Michael Carlier, killed in the Great War
Eugene Boylan O. Cist. R., prefatory note by Capt. J M Feehan
The Mercier Press, Cork, 1945
£15.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Patriot's Progress (1930, first edition)
Henry Williamson's Great War novel "being the vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock", with woodcuts by William Kermode
Henry Williamson, illustrated by William Kermode
Geoffrey Bles, London, 1930
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
Adventure (1930, first edition, with important Great War inscription)
J E B Seely's wartime memoirs, this copy signed by Sir Lionel Fletcher to Général Vicomte de la Panouse
J E B Seely, illustrations by Sir William Orpen and A J Munnings, introduction by Rt. Hon. The Earl of Birkenhead
William Heinemann, London, 1930
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Military & War | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy | Illustrated
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph (1935, first trade edition)
First trade printing of T E Lawrence's account of his role as a military advisor during the Arab Revolt in the Great War
T E Lawrence, illustrated by Eric Kennington et al
Jonathan Cape, London, 1935
£150.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper
J M W Turner (1902, signed limited edition)
This copy owned by artist and collector Charles Fairfax Murray, signed to him from the publisher and one of 350 copies on Japanese paper
Sir Walter Armstrong
Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1902
£250.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Association Copy | Illustrated
Original 1930s colour fashion illustration, a smart suited lady
Pictured as she walks her terrier through a wisteria garden
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£30.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
Original 1930s colour fashion illustration, child's dress
with a dress pattern meticulously painted in
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£30.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
Original 1930s colour fashion illustration, summer wedding dress
An elegant dress, with bolero jacket and flowers
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£30.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
Original 1930s colour fashion illustration, column evening dress
A very detailed dress pattern and headwear sketches to the back
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£30.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
Original colour fashion illustration, 1930s elegant garden party dress
with a highly detailed dress pattern painted in
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£30.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
Original colour fashion illustration, 1930s Riviera Resort Wear
With a lovely hand-painted sailing boat design to the dress
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£30.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
Original 1930s colour fashion illustration, Chinoiserie style
A nicely detailed oriental style dress
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£25.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
Original 1930s colour fashion illustration, Indian dress
Well-painted with detailed jewellery
Not stated
Not stated, 1938
£25.00
Fashion, Costume & Etiquette | Soft Cover | Original Artwork
