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First edition, a near fine copy inscribed by the author on the title page with a nickname: 'For Bryan and Maud. With the Author's Love and Best Wishes always, June 25.52. Goodfern Mac" ' and signed on the title page: 'C K Jaeger'. A very nice copy, near fine, a little foxing to top edge of text block in a very good jacket, light staining to lower p… Read more…

First edition, a near fine book, no ownership inscriptions in a very good jacket with a strikingly designed front panel by Lewis Morley - price-clipped, browning to rear panel of jacket. A nice copy. Read more…

First edition in red cloth, a very good copy, no ownership inscriptions in very good jacket, not price-clipped, closed tear along top inch of hinge between front panel and spine. A British bloodhound mystery. Read more…

First British edition in a striking dustjacket which features a crystal ball. Orange cloth, very good; the jacket is chipped twice along the bottom edge but not price-clipped and shows good colour. An uncommon title. Read more…

First edition, near fine, bright red boards, minor foxing to fore edge in a near very good jacket. Not price clipped, a few 2mm tears at head of spine. Dustiness to rear flap. Striking dust jacket design by 'Morris'. Read more…

An inscribed association copy connecting the church of Great St Mary in Cambridge with that at Orton Waterville and including a little group of research letters by the author, Cambridge historian W D Bushell, and the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner. The book’s flyleaf offers a grateful inscription from the author to the Rev W H Holdsworh ‘… Read more…

An attractively provenanced Oxford printing of the 'Nouvelle Edition' of the major works of the sixteenth-century French tragedian Pierre Corneille, once part of the Sitwell family library at Weston Hall and with an earlier ownership inscription by the artist Mary Heber (1787 -1846) half-sister of the great book collector, Richard Heber. PHYSICAL D… Read more…

A small archive which celebrates the life of Anglican clergyman and mystical poet Thomas Traherne who was born circa 1636 in Hereford, England. Following study at Brasenose College, Oxford he became the rector of Credenhill in 1657. In his lifetime he published only one book, Roman Forgeries (1673) and the rediscovery of his work is considered one… Read more…

Previously owned by Alan Coren, writer, humorist, broadcaster and satirist. The inscription in black ink to the front flyleaf reads, ‘Alan Coren St. John’s Wood 1964’. Alan Coren (1938 – 2007) was a regular panellist on the BBC Radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. He was also the editor of Punch for almost… Read more…

RESERVED Scarce First Edition in near very good condition inscribed by the author Charles Stuart Forbes, a Royal Navy captain who had served with Garibaldi during the Risorgimento. This valuable first-hand account details Garibaldi's 1860 expedition to unify southern Italy, offering insights into battles and the political climate. PHYSICAL DESCRIPT… Read more…

Roger Mayne’s photographs of North Kensington, the streets of London W10 and in particular the children of Southam Street. The work takes the form of a reprint of the 1986 Victoria & Albert Museum catalogue accompanying Roger Mayne’s exhibition, incorporates further essays and letters and captures the vigour, colour and complexity of a collection o… Read more…

First English edition with provenance to the legendary book dealer HP Kraus of New York. Contemporary marbled boards with later calf spine. Binding square and firm. Armorial bookplate of Scrope Beardmore DD to front pastedown and that of Henry C Compton to rear. Title page and text block age toned, crisp and unmarked throughout. Very neatly repaire… Read more…

First edition of this 1880 collection of poetry by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Dedicated to Mrs Lynn Linton (1822 - 1898) who was the first female salaried journalist in Britain, and also her copy of the book. Linton was the author of over 20 novels, and who despite her ground breaking role as an independent woman penned many essays with a strong a… Read more…

Very good first edition mystery novel in a good jacket. bright red boards, crisp pages. Read more…

First Edition. Original unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Publishers black cloth boards very good. Age toning to front and rear free endpapers. Text block in very good condition. Inscribed by author to front free endpaper ‘For Win & Harry with much love Geoffrey. 27.viii.58’. 238 pp. Read more…

A fine first edition written and illustrated by British cinema and Hollywood star James Mason. Near fine unclipped dust jacket over fine dark blue cloth boards. Preliminaries and text block crisp, clean and likewise in very fine condition. Author’s distinctive signature to top of front free endpaper. Illustrated with drawings by the author and 16 p… Read more…

A collection of 11 plays in the ‘Dicks’ Standard Plays’ series. Issued as individual plays, each with an engraved illustration to the front and in overall very good condition. Several are stamped ‘British Drama League, Fitzroy Square’ which was founded in 1919 but the styles of binding and decoration date several of the issues to possibly the late… Read more…

Fifth Edition rebound in later (21st century) very good yellow cloth boards. Endpapers clean and crisp. Titled in black over tan ground to spine. Preliminaries and final leaf age toned with minor loss and creasing to corners. Remaining text block in very good condition. Ownership inscription to front flyleaf reads ‘David Thomas October. D Thomas Oc… Read more…

An attractively designed first edition in jacket. A near very good book in a good plus jacket, not price clipped, bright front panel, a few milLimeters of loss at the foot of the spine. Ownership inscription on the first blank. A good solid copy of this book. Read more…

Three conversational letters between literary friends: from American novelist David Robert Plante to Scottish writer and journalist Iain Finlayson. During this period both David Plante and his partner Nikos moved in the London world of artists, poets, writers and thinkers while Iain Finlayson wrote and reviewed books for prominent publications incl… Read more…

Profusely illustrated rare woodblock colour encyclopaedia/dictionary of all things Japanese. Illustrated beautifully by the eminent period Ukiyo-e artist Chikanobu with an array of fascinating objects from mid-19th century Meiji period Japanese life. Also a useful language dictionary to both English and Japanese native speakers showing both English… Read more…

Wonderfully evocative silver gelatin photo-portrait, signed, of the founder and secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, sat at his desk in the original Transport House, just off Smith Square in Westminster. Lighting his pipe, with a Trades Union certificate framed behind him, books and files on the window sill and a bakelite telephon… Read more…

An important archive of print history ephemera with provenance to the estate of Derek Law, the General Manager of the Scolar Press, Ilkley which was founded in 1965 by Robin Alston, lecturer in English Language and Medieval English Literature at the University of Leeds. Inspired by his belief that undergraduates should read set texts in their origi… Read more…

Fascinating letter seemingly written on behalf of the Prince Regent’s very annoyed librarian - and correspondent of Jane Austen - James Stanier Clarke to another member of the Royal household, Colonel Bloomfield, demanding the return of a book denied his patronage. James Stanier Clarke (1766-1834) was a naval officer and biographer of Nelson, turne… Read more…

Undated but probable Second Edition, marvellously illustrated throughout with complete set of 40 chromo-lithographic colour plates. Original cloth binding with blind stamped decoration is faded, just cracking along spine edges but otherwise very sound. All edges gilt. Yellow endpapers fresh. Small bookseller’s plate to front pastedown reads ‘ J. Ph… Read more…