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Item #13694 Radical Journalist: H. W. Massingham (1860-1924). Alfred F. Havighurst

Radical Journalist: H. W. Massingham (1860-1924)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974. First Edition / First Impression. Hardback. Near fine condition. A little edgewear, some bumping to the spine tips, a little sunning to the spine and some foxing to the top edge. Lower corner price-clipped with US price retained. Massingham was an influential journalist and editor.....

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Item #13562 Theological and Philosophical Treatise of the Nature and Goodnesse of Salt. Anonymous

Theological and Philosophical Treatise of the Nature and Goodnesse of Salt

Out of the Holy Scriptures, Learned Writers and Approved Parctice; Wherein the Old Vulgar Conceit that Salt Makes Earth Barren is Examined; and the Much More Ancient Truth, that Salt is the Great Fructifier of the Earth, is Established.
London: Richard Boyle, 1912. First Edition / First Impression. Hardback. Very good condition. A fascinating little volume countering the case that salt is bad. "Use salt, for it is good: but use not too much," this is the central maxim built around the premise that, despite the fall of man.....

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Item #13354 The Anthony Berkeley Cox Files: Notes Towards a Bibliography. Ayresome Johns, George...

The Anthony Berkeley Cox Files: Notes Towards a Bibliography

London: Ferret Fantasy, 1993. Limited Paperback. A fine copy. One of 300 numbered copies. The present copy, as with all in the run, has an original typescript from Cox laid in (some pasted). Please note, we have several copies of this so the ms you receive may be different to.....

Price: £250.00

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Item #13234 From the Beginning: An Amalgamated Press Record in Outline (1888-1944). E H. McManus,...

From the Beginning: An Amalgamated Press Record in Outline (1888-1944)

London: Amalgamated Press, 1945. First / First. Hardback. A near fine copy. Rebound in full leather, with the initials of George Davies at the bottom (his copy). A few spots of foxing to the front, but neat overall.

Price: £60.00

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Item #13614 The New World of English Words. E P., Edward Phillips

The New World of English Words

Or, a General Dictionary:
London: Nath. Brooke, 1658. First Edition / First Impression. Hardback. Very good condition. An early and influential English dictionary, and the first English dictionary in folio. A lot of the content was copied by Phillips from Blount's Glossographia of 1656, which in turn led to Blount publishing A World of.....

Price: £875.00

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Item #13251 Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning. Edward Carpenter

Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1920. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. An examination of the Pagan roots of Christianity, looking at it as a development of earlier ideas rather than a single newly-formed religion, including subjects such as nature worship, solar myths and fertility cults. Carpenter was.....

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Item #13827 If - Lapses into Imaginary History. Ronald Knox J C. Squire Winston S. Churchill,...

If - Lapses into Imaginary History

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1931. First Edition / First Impression. Hardback. Very good condition in a good jacket. A fascinating collection of speculative essays examining possible outcomes had certain events gone a different way. Examples include Booth missing Lincoln, Shakespeare turning out to actually be Bacon, and Napoleon escaping.....

Price: £1,000.00

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Item #13257 Tracing Frankenstein: Editions, Performances, and Inspired Fictions. Mattias Tornquist

Tracing Frankenstein: Editions, Performances, and Inspired Fictions

Nuuk: Privately Published, 2026. Limited Hardback. A fine copy. This is the first edition, printed with a run of 50 unnumbered copies. 217pp. 11 pages of full colour illustrations of the various editions. Covering book publications from 1818 to 2024, performances and books inspired by Frankenstein.

Price: £45.00

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Item #11127 The Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom [Harlan Ellison's Copy]....

The Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom [Harlan Ellison's Copy]

No Place: Kay and Henry Burwell, 1951. Limited No Place, Kay and Henry Burwell, 1951. Limited Edition. A good copy. Harlan Ellison's copy, with his plate to the verso of the wrapper. A fantastic book, taking an early deep dive into the genre's fan base. One of 150 unnumbered copies.....

Price: £400.00

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Item #13633 A Small Archive of Material Relating to de Laredo's Translation of the Quiros...

A Small Archive of Material Relating to de Laredo's Translation of the Quiros Memorial

Very good condition. A fascinating archive of typescripts and correspondence documenting bibliographer, historian and Maggs cataloguer Sarah de Laredo’s work on early Spanish exploration, the projected colonisation of Australia and the exceptionally rare memorials of Pedro Fernández de Quiros. [Comprising] 1. A 25-page typescript, with manuscript amendments presumably in de.....

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Item #13624 Cope Bros. & Co. - An Archive of Manuscripts, Original Artwork, Proofs,...

Cope Bros. & Co. - An Archive of Manuscripts, Original Artwork, Proofs, Correspondence and Publications Relating to the Liverpool Tobacco Firm and its Literary Publications.

Liverpool: Cope's Tobacco Plant, 1890s. Manuscript Unbound. Very good condition throughout. 1876–c.1896, principally 1890s. A substantial working archive from the publishing activities of Cope Bros. & Co., seemingly associated with John Fraser, who produced the firm's periodical Cope's Tobacco Plant, and preserving manuscripts, correspondence, original artwork, proofs and finished publications.....

Price: £4,750.00

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Item #13654 Paper Covered Books: A Catalogue [Vincent Starrett's Copy]. W E. Price

Paper Covered Books: A Catalogue [Vincent Starrett's Copy]

San Francisco: W.E. Price, 1894. First Edition / First Impression. Hardback. Very good condition. Noted Sherlockian Vincent Starrett's copy with his plate to the front pastedown, alongside the plate of notable bookseller J. Francis Ruggles. Starrett has signed and dated the book on the front endpaper. Lists probably 10,000-20,000 books.....

Price: £125.00

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Item #9846 The Life and Words of Pierre Mille. William Jewett Everts

The Life and Words of Pierre Mille

New York: Columbia University, 1938. Manuscript Hardback. A very good copy. I've noted this as a manuscript, but rather it's a privately printed book given it was produced as part of a PhD by Everts. There are copies in UK universities, so I presume it was published to some extent.....

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Item #13705 Fully Booked: Bookdealer Anthology - Volume One. Michael Berry, Jean Desebrock

Fully Booked: Bookdealer Anthology - Volume One

Minehead, Somerset: Rare Books and Berry, 2008. First Edition / First Impression. Hardback. Near fine condition. Signed by both authors without inscription. Collects 16 pieces by experts in the trade including Ian Mackay, Sheila Markham, George Locke, Christopher Ondaatje and Mick Herron.

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