DHL EXPRESS' LAST SENDING DATES FOR CHRISTMAS 2025:
United Kingdom: 22 December
Europe (EU and Non-EU): 18 December
USA, Canada and Mexico: 17 December
Rest of world: 17 December
Books Of The Great War – a selection of rare books from the First World War – first editions, some signed about or pertaining to WW1.
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.)
-
Edith Sitwell [Wilfred Owen] – Wheels 1919 – Fourth Cycle – First Edition – First appearance of Owen’s Poetry
£950.00A first edition, first printing of the Fourth Cycle of ‘Wheels’, published by C. Daniel in 1919. Cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards featuring a magnificent colour design by William Roberts who…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War – First UK Editions 1948-54 [The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy]
£750.00A set of first edition, first printings of ‘The Second World War’ published by Cassell between 1948-1954. All are in very good to near fine condition in very good (or…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Edith Sitwell [Wilfred Owen] – Wheels 1919 – Fourth Cycle – First appearance of Owen’s Poetry
£1,500.00A first edition, first printing, published by C. Daniel in 1919. Cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards featuring a magnificent colour design by William Roberts who also contributes colour decorations to the…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Sidney Rogerson – Twelve Days – First UK Edition 1933
£1,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Twelve Days’ published by Barker in 1933. A near fine book with one neat name and date to the front endpaper, with a little…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Robert Graves – Good-Bye To All That – First UK Edition 1929 – the true first issue with the Sassoon poem present in exceptional dust wrapper
£2,950.00A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1929. A near fine copy without inscriptions. This is the FIRST ISSUE with the Sassoon poem. Gutter to front-endpaper marked. In…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Tolstoi – War and Peace – First British Edition 1889
£750.00Walter Scott 1889. First British Edition, wear to edges, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif & gilt decoration to front board, 359pp (vol1), 392pp (vol2),…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Alan Clark – The Donkeys – First UK Edition 1961 – The basis for ‘Oh, What A Lovely War’
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1961. A near fine book with one neat name and date to the front endpaper. In a very good unclipped dustwrapper…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Sebastian Faulks – Birdsong – First UK Edition 1993 –
£225.00A first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1993. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good clipped wrapper with a thin stain to the top of…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War – First UK Editions 1948-54 – With Handwritten Note Tipped In From Winston S. Churchill
£5,000.00A set of first edition, first printings of ‘The Second World War’ published by Cassell between 1948-1954. All are in very good to near fine condition in very good to…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Karl Broger – Pillbox 17 – First UK Edition 1930
Original price was: £250.00.£125.00Current price is: £125.00.A first edition, first printing published by Thornton Butterworth in 1930. A very good book without inscriptions. Some bumping and wear to the corners, board edges showing a little wear….
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.) -
Robert Graves – Good-Bye To All That – SIGNED First UK Edition 1929
£3,750.00First edition, first printing, second-state. Published by Jonathan Cape, London, in 1929. SIGNED. This is a very good copy. This is the expurgated second-state, without the Siegfried Sassoon poem. The…
(We don't keep all of our stock in the shop, so send us an email if you're planning a trip to see a particular author or book.)
