History & Biography
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Charterhouse Past and Present: A brief history of the Hospital founded in Charterhouse by Thomas Sutton, and more particularly of the school belonging thereto.
Godalming: H. Stedman, 1879. [Public School History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 239 [3]. With 20 illustrations, including a frontispiece and plans of the school. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to first blank: 'Cecil James Gladdish Hulkes | from Dr. Haig Brown | for History..... More
P.G. Wodehouse: A Biography.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982. [Literary Biography] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.xviii; 399 [7]. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. With a 'Proof Copy' statement pasted to half-title stating probable price and publication date. Publisher's completely blank white soft covers, titled by hand..... More
[An Archive of Books and Letters Inscribed to her agent John Reece]. The Daphne du Maurier Tandem (My Cousin Rachel and Mary Anne); The Scapegoat; The Flight of the Falcon; The House on the Strand; Vanishing Cornwall; The Apple Tree; The Breaking Point; Not After Midnight; The Progress of Julius; Golden Lads; The Winding Stair; Growing Pains.
London: Victor Gollancz; [and] Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company; [and] New York, NY: Avon Books; [and] Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964;. [Modern Literature and Biography] INSCRIBED BOOKS AND LETTERS. Thirteen books, one autograph postcard, and one typed letter signed: 1) The Daphne du Maurier Tandem, comprising Mary Anne..... More
News From Tartary. A Journey from Peking to Kashmir.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. [Travel Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 384 [2]. With 32 photographic plates including a frontispiece, and a fold-out map. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge burgundy; lower edge..... More
The Arms of Time, The Power of Chance, and Halfway To Heaven. A Memoir.
London: Hamish Hamilton, Sinclair-Stevenson, Sutton Publishing, 1979, 1991, 1998. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITIONS, three volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 6cm) pp.xii; 157 [1], pp.xii; 196, pp.xii; 163 [1]. Publisher's hardcovers in photographic dust-jackets, variously priced (first vol. p/c). No ink inscriptions, contents clean, crisp jackets (spine sunned to first title)..... More
The Story of Lamb House Rye: The Home of Henry James.
Rye: Adams of Rye, 1966. [Guide Book] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet in soft covers, stapled (22 x 14cm), pp.84. With black and white photographs. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to inside cover: 'For | Joyce and John Harkness, | Souvenir of their visit | to Lamb House..... More
Meet the U.S. Army. Prepared for the Board of Education by the Ministry of Information.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1943. [Second World War Propaganda] FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 12cm), pp.24. With a suite of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's red paper covers, priced at 4d and stapled twice. Very light handling with just a few spots. Near fine. A...... More
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