Another week has arrived on our shelves, and the new arrivals are just as compelling as always. This week we have some Japanese and modern works you do not want to miss, as well as pleasing volumes of natural history and poetical works, and attractive leather books. Keep an eye out for this space if you wish to keep up to date with our favourite library additions and find the best volume to take home!

1953 Welsh Legends and Fairy Lore by D. Parry-Jones

A near fine first edition work on the classic legends and fairy lore of Wales, illustrated throughout by Ivor Owen.

£120.00
2007 Iron Road by P. J. G. Ransom

A lovely copy of the history of the railway in Scotland, illustrated throughout. The first edition in the pictorial dust wrapper.

£40.00
1938 Curses, Lucks and Talismans by J. G. Lockhart

A scarce and unusual history of curses associated to families or stately homes in Britain, illustrated and with a particularly scarce dust wrapper. We have many exciting works on the occult on our shelves; you can check them out here!

£340.00 
1817 Walks Through London by David Hughson

A charming work on the various walks across London one could take, illustrated with almost one-hundred maps and plates. Two volumes bound in one.

£540.00 

A scarce complete set in eighteen colourful volumes of this immensely popular and important Japanese newspaper, the large edition in English titled This is Japan. The first editions. Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan, as well as one of the oldest in Japan and Asia, founded in 1879 by the Murayama and Ueno families. It is known for its liberal and progressive news and contains much information on contemporary Japanese history.

£1,950.00
1823 The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Islington by John Nelson

The second edition of John Nelson's uncommon work on the fascinating history and antiquities of Islington, illustrated with maps and plates.

£295.00
1875-6 Cyclopaedia of English Literature and Dictionary by William and Robert Chambers

A beautiful three-volume collection compiling the important reference works by Robert Chambers, in a fine binding for Kings College, London.

£390.00
1994 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

A lovely signed copy of a non-fictional novel following the story of an antiques dealer's trial for the murder of a male prostitute. For more tr

£525.00 
c1880 British Landscape and Coast Scenery by Edward Duncan

A lovely work describing the British landscape, illustrated with colour plates by J. M. W. Turner. A charming work. You can browse our vast art catalogue here.

£65.00
1951-2 The War Speeches of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

The first edition of Winston Churchill's inspirational speeches given over the course of the Second World War, an important historical and military work complete in three volumes.

£600.00


1749 The Wooden World Dissected in the Character of a Ship of War by Edward Ward [Ned Ward]

A scarce copy of Edward Ward's controversial account of the Royal Navy. This work was first published in 1707, and is scarce in any edition. An interesting work.

£895.00


1863 The Language of Flowers

A pocket-sized dictionary of floral emblems and their significance, from the library of collectors Anne Renier and F. G. Renier.

£95.00 
1871 Das Wort der Frau by Friedrich von Heyden

A pleasingly bound volume of German poems by Friedrich von Heyden. Illustrated by W. Georgy. Complete with six full plates.

£55.00
1914 Ancient English Christmas Carols 1400-1700 by Edith Rickert

A festive collection of old English carols, complete with a scarce dust wrapper and illustrated with eight photogravure illustrations. 

£190.00
1859-63 The Illustrated Natural History by J. G. Wood

A beautiful modern rebinding of this important and popular first edition work of natural history by J. G. Wood, richly illustrated.

£700.00
1920-29 The Wayside and Woodland Series by T. A. Coward

A beautiful seven-volume collection detailing the fauna of Britain, illustrated with colour plates.

£175.00
1879 The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines by Mary Cowden Clarke

A new edition of these charming tales by Mary Clarke recounting the lives of Shakespeare's heroines. View our catalogue  of early English works here.

£65.00
1893 Humorous Poems by Thomas Hood

The first trade edition of this richly illustrated collection of humorous poems by Thomas Hood.

£98.00 
c1860 The Language of Flowers by Laura Valentine

A pretty and scarce pocket-sized volume with poems and legends of flowers.

£95.00
1946 Tittymouse & Tattymouse by Rosalind Vallance

An uncommon children's work by Rosalind Vallance, with illustrations by Margaret Tempest and a pictorial dust wrapper.

£150.00
1925 An Artist in America by Maxwell Armfield

A scarce first edition volume by Maxwell Armfield, noting his travels across America, illustrated with his paintings in colour and monochrome.

£140.00
1987 The Meccano Magazine by Joseph Manduca

An excellent first edition of the Hornby Companion Series dealing with the history, images, and content of the Meccano Magazine.

£47.00
1977 Japanese Craft by B. Hickman

The first edition of this fascinating volume on Japanese crafts and materials. A very smart copy in its original dust wrapper.

£49.00 
1901 Mediaeval London, Old St Paul's Cathedral, London on Thames by William Benham et al.

A lovely uniform first edition set of three volumes exploring the early history of London and of the Cathedral of St Paul's. Illustrated throughout.

£240.00
2004 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

The first impression signed by both Susanna Clarke and Portia Rosenberg of Clarke's popular debut novel, Jonathan Strange. Illustrated throughout. An excellent copy in likewise dust wrapper. More modern fiction to be found in this section.

£575.00 
1970 A Collection of Tales from Uji by D. E. Mills

The first UK edition of this scarce collection of thirteenth-century Japanese tales. A lovely example of Setsuwa.

£175.00
1899 Dan Leno Hys Booke by Dan Leno [George Wild Gavin]

The second scarce edition of Victorian comedian Dan Leno's book comprising a miscellany of autobiographical sketches. For more biographical and autobiographical books check out this space.

£140.00  1896 School for Scandal and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A wonderful decoratively bound edition of 'The School for Scandal' and 'The Rivals' by Brinsley Sheridan, the first edition to be illustrated by Edmund Sullivan.

£125.00
1882 A Thousand Tit-Bits from a Hundred Authors by George Newnes [ed.]

A very attractive and scarce comprising a miscellany of writings by various authors from the weekly magazine "Tit-Bits", compiled by George Newnes. With contributions by noted authors such as George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe, and others.

£80.00
1962 Mrs Malone by Eleanor Farjeon

A superb copy of this first edition Mrs Malone, an illustrated narrative poem by the award-winning author of children's literature Eleanor Farjeon.

£150.00
1937 All Men Are Brothers by Shi Nai'an

The first edition of Pearl S. Buck's translation of the monumental fourteenth-century Chinese novel, 'All Men Are Brothers'. Complete in two volumes.

£195.00

1971 The Sanka Shu by Saigyo H. H. Honda

A very scarce translation of Saigyo's poetry collection 'Sankashu', court poetry.

£215.00
1883 Tea: The Drink of Pleasure and of Health by W. Gordon Stables

A very scarce, charming little book, exploring the history of tea. The first edition.

£250.00
1827-1829 The History and Antiquities of London by Thomas Allen

The first edition, complete with four illustrated volumes, of Thomas Allen's topographical work of London.

£375.00 
1902 Love Poems of Sir John Suckling by Sir John Suckling

A lovely copy of this scarce collection of poems by Sir John Suckling. A lovely book bound in paper vellum and gilt comprising a miscellany of love poems by Sir John Suckling, prominent among the English school of Cavalier poets.

£125.00
1861 Indoor Plants, and how to Grow them by E. A. Maling

A gardening work instructing the reader on how to cultivate house plants, with chapters on potting, conservatories, balconies and flower stands, as well as on the seasons. The first edition of this charming work.

£115.00
1892 Modern Practical Farriery by W. J. Miles

A concise work on the art of veterinary, an immense and incredibly useful work, illustrated beautifully with chromolithograph plates.

£390.00
1934 Tricking the Batsman by C. V. Grimmett

The first edition in its original wraps of this illustrated classic text on bowling techniques by C. V. Grimmett. Profusely illustrated. For more works on ball games, click here.

£75.00
1936 Phoenix Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence 

The first edition of these selected papers of D. H. Lawrence, published posthumously, these essays pondering on a variety of different subjects.

£55.00
1862 l'Ete Sous les Tilleuls, ou, les Causeries du Chalet by Jean-Baptiste Champagnac

An uncommon French novel by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, a charming novel set in the Limousin countryside, illustrated throughout with nine full-page plates. A lovely work.

£120.00 
1718 The Whole Prophecies of Scotland, England, France, Ireland and Denmark by Thomas Rymer

A very smart, eighteenth-century edition of Thomas Rymer's celebrated prophetical work. A fascinating and scarce work.

£400.00
1745 The Whole Prophecies of Scotland, England, France, Ireland and Denmark by Thomas Rymer

A very rare copy of these two eighteenth-century works on historic prophecies decreed by many noted individuals including Thomas Rymer.

£595.00