Latest Rare Books for Sale

Title: Unsere Marine im Weltkrieg 1914-1918 Author: Mantey, Eberhard Von Price: GBP 280.00 Publisher: Weller Bewrlin Published: 1926 Edition: 1 Superb Condition. 490pp photos; gilt illus of sea eagle fcvr; fold out maps; color illus plates; articles on german ships & subs Very important work about the German Navy during the First World war. Ist Edition. Maps and charts many folding in excellent condition (More info)

Title: John Thomas and Lady Jane Author: D.H. Lawrence Price: GBP 38.00 Publisher: Heinemann Published: 1972 Edition: 1 Second draft(out of three)of the infamous‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover' published by the Author's daughter. Dustjacket VG+, not priceclipped, unfaded & glossy white covers. Book Fine, light tan boards, internally very clean & tight. A highly sought after collectable!. (More info)

Title: The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie Author: Muriel Spark Price: GBP 38.00 Publisher: Macmillan Published: 1961 Edition: 1 Authors most famous novel! Dust jacket VG+, neatly priceclipped, very slight handling wear to edges, bright & colourful ‘Reingdnum’ jacket design. Book VG+, neat inscription to ffep, emerald boards, clean & tight pages. A scarce edition to any collection of school classics!. (More info)

Title: The Bridge Over The River Kwai Author: Pierre Boulle Price: GBP 38.00 Publisher: Vanguard Published: 1954 Edition: 1 Famous escapade translated from the french by Xan Fielding! Dustjacket VG, not priceclipped, minimal handling wear, 4 tiny closed niks to edges, otherwise very clean & bright. Book VG+, green boards, brown spine, very clean & tight. Pre-dates the award winning movie & a must for any wartime collector!. (More info)

Title: The Annotated Oscar Wilde Author: Introductions and annotations by H.Montgomery.Hyde Price: GBP 25.00 Publisher: Orbis Published: 1982 Edition: 1 Green cloth hard back; gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine ;8.5"x11"tall; 487 pages including index; b/w illustated. Condition: no dust jacket; excellent condition inside and cover. (More info)

Title: Tricks With Cards (Professor Hoffmann's Card Tricks) Author: Professor Hoffmann Price: GBP 40.00 Publisher: George Routledge and Sons Published: 1910 Antique card tricks volume with 58 illustrations. Exterior in V.Good condition, internally excellent apart from hand-written number '13' on first blank page. (More info)

Title: The Ubiquitous Pig Author: Marilyn Nissenson and Susan Jonas Price: GBP 15.00 Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson Published: 1993 Edition: 1 Pigs have inspired writers from Mother Goose to Miss Piggy in The Muppets, and artists from ancient Herculaneum to contemporary Hollywood. This book is an overview of our relationship to these fascinating and often misunderstood creatures. The book has a lively introduction, anecdotes, aphorisms and history, this illustrated book explores and celebrates the phenomenon of the pig in art, culture, entertainment, humour, food, farming and relationships. The images presented in this very collectable book are in the form of a compilation of anecdotes, cartoons, history, photographs, paintings and sculpture. At times the images of pigs compiled here are beguiling, dignified, haunting, touching or even ferocious. Some portray the pig as a rather disturbing reflection of some of the more bizarre aspects of our own human nature! Perfect condition, no wear whatsoever, THE "Pig Bible'. (More info)

Title: Libya Jamahiriya Author: Cultural Affairs Department, Administrative Committee for Revolutionary Information Price: GBP 175.00 Publisher: Libyan Cultural Affairs Department Published: 1981 Published by the Libyan 'Cultural Affairs Department', the book charts the industrial, cultural and agricultural advances through over 300 pages of beautiful photographs. For anyone interested in Libya this book is a collectors item. What makes it unique is that 12 were given to a small group of Western journalists in 1983 and each one was signed by Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi and to the best of my knowledge only 12 of these hardbacks are in existence. The photographs alone make the book a stunning publication. After exhaustive Internet searches, this book has ceased to appear adding to its uniqueness. (More info)

Title: The Second Deluxe Collector's Edition Of DAN DARE, Pilot Of The Future, Featuring The Red Moon Mystery And Marooned On Mercury Author: Mike Higgs Price: GBP 35.00 Publisher: Hawk Books Published: 1988 Edition: 1 Excellent copy of this book Clean fresh boards, without any flaws. Just a touch of side-page yellowing. Internally excellent. Book shows little signs of being read. Collectors edition published in 1988 by Hawk books, and compiled by Mike Higgs. Features the Red Moon Mystery and Marooned on Mercury. From Eagle comic Vol 2 number 26 (October 1951) to Vol 3 number 46 (Feb 1953). (More info)

Title: Tales from Green Hedges Author: Enid Blyton Price: GBP 12.00 Publisher: National Magazine Co. Published: 1946 Edition: 1 A scarce collection of tales from the prolific Children’s Author! Boards only VG, pale green with gilt titles,minor fading top front corner & & bottom edge, Feint rubbing to cloth edges. Book VG, very clean throughout, child’s crayon numbering to rear fep, otherwise in very good condition & extremely scarce! (More info)

Title: The Story Of Peter Pan Author: Daniel O'Conner Price: GBP 12.00 Publisher: Bell Published: 1955 Retold from J.M. Barrie’s Fairy Play. Illustrations by Alice B. Woodward. Dustwrapper G, price clipped, slight chipping to spine top & bottom, 2cm chip to top edge, Book VG+, orange illustrated boards, clean & bright with 16 colour/B&W illustrations. (More info)

Title: Like Men Betrayed Author: John Mortimer Price: GBP 12.00 Publisher: Collins Published: 1953 Edition: 1 'Rumpole' Author's fourth novel & published here first as a Collins 'Book Society Choice'. Dustjacket VG, not price clipped, minor chipping top/tail spine, 2cm closed tear top spine folds, otherwise well preserved, clean & bright. Book VG, grey boards, gilt titles, minor bumping & slight sunning top/tail spine, internally unused neat ex-libris sticker to front pastedown & 'Sunday Times' reveiw of book dated 1953 pasted to rear end papers, pages very clean & tight. A very scarce & collectable title! (More info)

Title: Stories From The Odyssey As Told To The Children Author: Jeanie Lang Price: GBP 12.00 Publisher: T.C. & E.C. Jack Pocket sized story book. No date. Boards & spine worn, Poor,internally VG, neat inscription to front pastedown, fantastic coloured plates by Heath Robinson, all intact & unfaded, pages clean & tight (More info)

Title: Biggles In The Baltic Author: Captain W.E. Johns Price: GBP 38.00 Publisher: OUP Published: 1941 Edition: 2 Very early reprint for this scarce Biggles title. No dustjacket. Book VG, tan cloth boards, feint stain to bottom rear board, illustrated cover/spine & frontispiece, pencil inscription to ffep, altogether very good & collectable for its age (More info)

Title: The New Big Noddy Book Author: Enid Blyton Price: GBP 12.00 Publisher: Sampson Low Published: 1953 Edition: 1 Boards only(large), VG, very slight curve to front & back boards, corners bumped, neat inscription, interior clean & bright, colourful illustrations by Beek. A very rare example of an early Noddy title!. (More info)

Title: Five Have A Mystery To Solve Author: Enid Blyton Price: GBP 24.00 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Published: 1962 Edition: 1 Twentieth adventure of the highly collectable Famous Five series. Dustjacket VG+, not price clipped, minor handling wear to edges, very bright and colourful. Book VG+,child's pencil & ink inscription ffep, bright & clean, B&W illustrations by Eileen Soper. Very scarce in a complete dustwrapper!. (More info)