The Sun Engraving Company Ltd. London. 1919. FIRST EDITION. (9.8 x 7.2 inches). 28pp. Woodcut illustrations, printed in colour: one for every month with poetry on opposite pages by William Blake, Edith Sitwell, Aldous Huxley, Edward Thomas, Walt Whitman and Robert Herrick, among others. Yellow paper wraps with black printed... More about THE SUN CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 1920. Arranged by Paul Nash, with illustrations by Paul and John...

Collins. London.,1984. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. The tenth novel in O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin series. Pages margins are browned as is common with this book, otherwise a fine tight copy in publishers dark green boards with gilt lettering and publishers device to the spine. In the original full colour illustrated dustwrapper... More about THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

Heinemann. London. 1951. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). The title page has been trimmed a little to the top edge otherwise this is a fine copy bound in a fine leather binding of recent full red morocco. Spine with five raised bands. The compartments decorated, ruled and lettered... More about A QUESTION OF UPBRINGING

George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. 1946. FIRST U.K EDITION. 8vo.(8.8 x 5.9 inches). 916pp. A fine and bright copy bound in recent full brown morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge... More about HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY. And its connection with political and social circumstances from...

Henry and Co. London. 1893. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Original blue buckram, lettered in gilt. Housed in a custom green cloth slipcase and chemise. Small bookplate to front pastedown, related bibiliographic material pasted to endpapers. Shaw's very scarce first play, published in an edition, according to Laurence, of "not more than... More about WIDOWERS' HOUSES. A Comedy. First Acted by the Independent Theatre in London

No publisher. London. 1725. FIRST Mrs STANLEY EDITION. Folio. xii,511pp. Lovely tall, wide margined copy (16 x 10.4 inches). Title page vignette and head and tail pieces engraved by Gribelin. A very good copy in contemporary full calf binding with blind tooled decorative border on boards. Spine with raised bands... More about ARCADIA, MODERNIZED BY MRS STANLEY

Privately printed by the authors.,1929. TWO VOLUMES.LIMITED TO 400 COPIES,numbered and signed by the authors.Original burgundy cloth boards,grey cloth spines,lettered in gilt.Spines a bit faded but overall a very good set.Loosely inserted are two hand written postcards from Sidney Webb regarding the ordering of these books.Very good.:..... More about ENGLISH POOR LAW HISTORY. Part II:The last hundred years

Leonard Smithers and Co. London. 1899. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. (8.4 x 6.3 inches). One of 100 large paper copies, printed on Dutch hand made paper, numbered and signed by Oscar Wilde. Original publishers pale purple cloth with both boards and spine lettered and decorated with designs by Charles Shannon... More about THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. A trivial comedy for serious people