There certainly were books published before the 1920s and here are our picks of the best. They are, to us, very old, but still love them.
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John Hassall – A NAVAL ALPHABET – First Edition 1901
£95.00London Sands. Undated but c.1901. Folio, in colour pictorial paper-covered boards, with cloth spine; 26 colour plates, each with an illustrated text page. Ink gift inscription second endpaper. Light foxing…
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Winston Churchill – Hand-written Two Page Letter Discussing Ireland With His Cousin, Ivor Guest – with Pamphlet
£12,500.00Autograph letter signed (“Winston S. Churchill”) to Ivor Guest (”My dear Ivor”), marked “Confidential”, 2 pages on a bifolium, Admiralty, 26 June 1912, offering candid political and personal advice during…
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Edgar Brinsmead – The History of the Pianoforte – First Edition 1879 – INSCRIBED With an account of the theory of sound and also of the music and musical instruments of the ancients.
£125.00A first edition, first printing of The History of the Pianoforte by Edgar Brinsmead, published by Novello, Ewer & Co, London in 1879. A good book INSCRIBED and dated in…
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Beatrix Potter – The Tale Of Peter Rabbit – First Edition 1902
£8,750.00First commercially published edition, first issue of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ – grey boards – leaf-patterned end-papers – all first issue points sated. A very good copy without inscriptions….
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Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows – First UK Edition 1908 – Presentation Copy
£7,500.00“The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home…”
The true first edition of one of the greatest works of English literature, an enduring celebration of…
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Lizzie Borden: The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders – The Most Famous Crime of the Century
£14,500.00THE PERSONAL COPY OF LIZZIE BORDEN’S LEAD DEFENCE COUNSEL
PORTER, Edwin H., Reporter. The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders. A Plain Statement of the Material Facts Pertaining…
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J.M. Barrie – Little White Bird – First UK Edition 1902 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Barrie to his friend and agent
£12,500.00First edition, first printing of ‘The Little White Bird’ by J M Barrie, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London in 1902. A very good copy, with contemporary gift inscription from…
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Arthur Conan Doyle – The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – First UK Edition 1894
£2,250.00A first edition, first issue of ‘The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes’, published by Newnes in 1894. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and Strand Library design on upper covers…
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Siegfried Sassoon [Saul Kain] – The Daffodil Murderer – First Edition 1913 – First Appearance and winner of the Chantrey Prize Poem
£750.00A first edition, first printing published by John Richmond in 1913. Original frail orange-yellow wrappers printed in red. Some toning and rubbing – no inscriptions.
The first of Sassoon’s books…
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H.G. Wells – Twelve Stories and A Dream – First Edition 1903
£300.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Twelve Stories and A Dream’ published by Macmillan in 1903. A very good book without inscriptions. Some fading to the boards which show a…
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H.G. Wells – The Plattner Story – First Edition 1897
£250.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Plattner Story’ published by Methuen in 1897. A very good book without inscriptions. Some browning to the spine which is mottled. Some wear…
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H.G. Wells – Love and Mr Lewisham – First Edition 1897
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Love and Mr Lewisham’ published by Harpers in 1900. A very good book without inscriptions. Some browning and fading to the boards which show…
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H.G. Wells – The Wheels Of Chance – First Edition 1896
£175.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Wheels of Chance’ published by Dent in 1896. A very good book with a small name to the prelims and a stamp of…
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H.G. Wells – The Discovery of the Future – First Edition 1902
£125.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Discovery of the Future’ published by Unwin in 1902. A very good book without inscriptions. Some browning and fading to the boards which…
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H.G. Wells – The Food of the Gods – First Edition 1904
£95.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Food of the Gods’ published by Macmillan in 1904. A very good book without inscriptions. Bumping to corners – some fairly heavy internal…
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H.G. Wells – The Wonderful Visit – First Edition 1895
£95.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Wonderful Visit’ published by Dent in 1895. A very good book with a small name to the endpaper. Browning and wear to the…
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