"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
History & Biography
A Bag of Boiled Sweets: An Autobiography.
London: Faber and Faber, 1994. [Political Memoirs] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 244. SIGNED by the author in black ink to a white label on title page, dated October 10th 1994. With a suite of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's grey cloth with white..... More
Olly: The Life and Times of Frederick Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquis of Ripon.
No place: [Privately Published], 2012. [Game Shooting Biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.x; 222. Liberally illustrated with both colour and black and white illustrations. Number 259 of 1500 copies signed by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to..... More
A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. From the MSS. of Fray Antonio Agapida. To which is added Legends of the Conquest of Spain.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1859. [Spanish History] FINE PRIZE BINDING, the third edition thus. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[2] x; 360; [6] 361-492 [2]. Contemporary full tan diced calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to black label, and further gilt decoration to spine, as well..... More
The Second World War.
London: Cassell and Co., 1948-1954. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine; top edges pink, with grey monogrammed..... More
The Great Boer War.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm) pp.[2] x; 552 [12]. With five folding maps. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed; dark brown endpapers. Black ink gift inscription to half-title. Spotting to fly-leaves, and a 3cm tear to..... More
Step by Step 1936-1939.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1939. [Politics / Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.366. With two maps; one folding at rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf; toned throughout. Corners bumped. Spine toned, with rubbing to head, tail and joints. Good..... More
Lawrence and the Arabs.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 454. With twenty-eight black and white plates; a mixture of photographs and illustrations. With the advertising sheet tipped-in after p.448. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. A little offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a clean, fresh copy..... More
The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs My Terrible Joys by ENZO FERRARI, with a foreword by STIRLING MOSS.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963. [Motor Sport] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm). pp. 162; 164; index, [1], blank. Publishers sky blue cloth with gold titles to spine, top edge in light red. With pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s. Black and white advertisements on back-cover, and a suite of black and..... More
Post-War Speeches, 1945-1959. The Sinews of Peace; Europe Unite; In the Balance; Stemming the Tide; The Unwritten Alliance.
London: Cassell and Company, 1948-61. [Politics] FIRST EDITIONS. Five volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 18cm). Publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jackets. One discreet inscription, two jackets price-clipped. Some light spotting/toning, jackets clean and fresh, with shallow loss to crown of 'Sinews', otherwise particularly fresh examples. 'Tide' is..... More
Post-War Speeches, 1945-1959. The Sinews of Peace; Europe Unite; In the Balance; Stemming the Tide; The Unwritten Alliance.
London: Cassell and Company, 1948-61. [Politics] FIRST EDITIONS. Five volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 18cm). Publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jackets. Some light spotting/toning, jackets clean and fresh, all prices present. A very bright set. 'Tide' is the second state of the jacket. Smartly housed in a...... More
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[War Speeches 1938-1945]: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.
London: Cassell and Company, 1941-6. [History / Politics] COMPLETE WAR SPEECHES IN FIRST EDITION. Seven volumes, octavo (22 x 15 x 19cm). Includes several half-tone plates. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. All in original colour dust-jackets. Wartime paper is clean and generally free of the usual..... More
Lady Sings the Blues.
London: Barrie Books, 1958. [Jazz Autobiography] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 226. With two double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at 16s. Moderate toning to text block. Jacket spine toned, with rubbing and light..... More
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2010. [Art and History] SIGNED COPY, the fifth impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 354 [2]. With occasional in-text illustrations. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's grey cloth with red and dark grey titles, and grey endpapers. With the wrap-around band..... More
Endure No Makeshifts: Some Naval Recollections.
London: Leo Cooper, 1993. [Naval Memoirs] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 274. With 37 black and white photographic illustrations interleaved with the text. SIGNED by the author in black ink to publisher's bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed..... More
Helmet and Spear: Tales from the Wars of the Greeks and Romans.
London: Seeley and Co., 1900. [Ancient Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 380 [8]. With eight black and white plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles, and gilt and black decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Heavy spotting to first and final leaves..... More
The Observer's Book of British Architecture.
London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1951. [Observer Book] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (15 x 10cm), pp.218 [4]. With frequent in-text illustrations, many dichromatic. Publisher's grey cloth with maroon titles to spine and upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 5s. Cloth spine slightly toned. Light rubbing to jacket edges, with..... More
Bruges and West Flanders.
London: A. & C. Black, 1906. [Flemish History and Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.x; 187 [5]. With 37 half-tone colour plates, including a frontispiece, each with a tissue guard. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles and blue and green decoration to spine and upper. Top edge gilt..... More
William S. Burroughs: A Life.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2014. [Literary Biography] SIGNED COPY, the second impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xviii; 718. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and orange..... More
London Under.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2011. [London Topography] SIGNED COPY, the sixth impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 202. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, with black endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket..... More
With Gilbert & George in Moscow.
London: Bloomsbury, 1991. [Art and Russia] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.191 [1]. With frequent black and white and occasional colour photographs. INSCRIBED by Gilbert & George to Michael Barnett in red ink to half-title. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper, and red..... More
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Punchard's Agency [and] Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest [and] The British Campaign in France [and] Uneasy Money [and] The Man-Trap [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 53, numbers 315, 316 and 317
London: George Newnes, March to May 1917. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three magazines. Octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.50; 209-312; 51-58; pp.50; 313-416; 51-58; pp.40; 417-512; 41-48. Liberally illustrated in black and white throughout. Publisher's blue paper covers, titled in red and navy, and priced at 7d. Presented in a navy..... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Attractively bound in full brown morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, gilt rule to..... More
Fighter. The True Story of the Battle of Britain.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. [Military history] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.304. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, red endpapers, top edge red, dust-wrapper displays a Paul Nash painting, priced at £4.95. With many photographic plates. With presentation note..... More
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[Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell Photographic Archive and Long-Play Record, including] World Water Speed Record 1956: Donald Campbell's Southward Run on Coniston Water [and] See Sir Malcolm Campbell Breaking the World's Water Speed Record Using Castrol Motor Oil [Flick Book].
London: His Master's Voice, 1937, 1956, and 1984. [Land and Water Speed Records] ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS, SIGNATURES, FLICK BOOK, NEWSPAPER, AND LONG-PLAY RECORD, LEO VILLA ASSOCIATION. Two ink signatures by Malcolm Campbell on separate scraps of paper, one with a small newspaper photograph cut out and laid on, dated 22/07/1935. One..... More
Bits of Old China.
Taipei: Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company, 1966. [China] TAIWAN EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 280 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Upper hinge just starting. Light wear to cloth; spine heavily sunned. Very good. Essentially a facsimile re-print of the original 1855 edition. Exactly as it says on..... More