"Beware of the person of one book."
— Thomas Aquinas

Ex Libris Clement Attlee.
Belfast: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1956. [Second World War] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 569 [3]. With eight black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, as well as 12 folding maps. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With Attlee's distinctive bookplate..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. [Etymology] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.132. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges; spine toned with some rubbing to cloth. Very good. The sixth in Brown's popular..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. [Etymology] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.127 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown, and a blue ink gift inscription addressed to his wife to flyleaf: 'Violet H. Attlee |..... More
London: The Fortune Press, no date [1953]. [Topographical Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.64. With eight illustrations by Gurney. INSCRIBED in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To the Rt Hon. C.R. attlee | with the author's compliments. | 2/1/54.' With Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. [Short Stories] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, third printing. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.312. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and blind decoration to upper. Top edge orange; red endpapers. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Toned to edges. Spine heavily rubbed..... More
London: John Gifford, 1942. [Wartime Novel] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown, over a removed library bookplate. The blurb from the jacket flap pasted to fly-leaf. Both hinges repaired..... More
London: Hutchinson, June 1957. [Nature / Scotland] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. First edition, fifth impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.178 [2]. With frequent in-text illustrations by Sheppard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Grey illustrated endpapers. With Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown, and a fresh bookplate..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. [Humanitarianism] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.159 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to V.H.A. (Violet Attlee) to fly-leaf. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Spine sunned with..... More
London: Duckworth & Co., 1910. [Short Stories] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, a later edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue, others untrimmed. An early iteration of Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Half-title and title page leaves heavily browned..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1913. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[16] 302 [18]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges. Rubbing to cloth and toning to spine; lower joint starting. Good. From the library..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1932. [Modern Literature] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, third printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 280. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge green. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges; the lightest of rubbing to cloth. Very good. The..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1910. [Short Stories and Essays] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the third printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12] 256. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge green; others untrimmed. An early iteration of Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1930. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[12] 292. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge green. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges. Some marks to boards; spine a little toned and rubbed..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1911. [Literature] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the second impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 339 [5]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. A label removed from just above. Light offsetting to endpapers; edges heavily toned with..... More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1909. [Drama] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, second printing. Octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.[8] 89 [1]; 94; 110 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. An early iteration of Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges. Spine heavily browned, with..... More
London: J.L. Hodson, 1955. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED TO CLEMENT ATTLEE, ninth edition reprinted by the author. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.447 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For the Rt. Hon. C.R. Attlee O.M., | with every good wish and | congratulations on his recovery..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. [Great War Novel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'For the Rt Hon C.R. Attlee O.M. | with admiration for his | work for peace; and as | one soldier..... More
Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1961. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.957 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge red. Blue ink Christmas gift inscription from Attlee's daughter Janet (1923-2019) to fly-leaf: 'Mummy & Daddy |..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1950. [Law and Ethics] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[4] 828 [2]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author, and two double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To the..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1948. [Scottish Topography] INSCRIBED REVISED EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 234 [2]. With a high quality colour frontispiece after an oil painting by Mary Holden, and 54 black and white photographic illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'C.R...... More
London: William Heinemann, 1920. [Horse Racing Poetry] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the second printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 120. Publisher's green paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate, and a bookseller's label, to front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers and toning to edges..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1940. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.318 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. New bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Browning to edges. Spine heavily marked, and faded to grey. Very good. A novel set in..... More
London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. [Pedagogy and Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.183 [1]. With seven half-tone plates, including a frontispiece, as well as a few in-text maps and illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'with the author's | every..... More
Wellington, NZ: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1955. [Second World War] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 400 [4]. With many maps, including six folding, as well as two suites of eight double-sided black and white photographic plates, and a frontispiece. Publisher's red..... More
London: Collins, 1940. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.679 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Faint pencil ownership of Attlee's second daughter, Felicity (1925-2007) to fly-leaf. An old repair to split upper hinge; toning and some marks..... More