San Diego: Frye & Smith, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. This is an inscribed first edition of the autobiography of a major figure in the development of San Diego, California – William Kettner. This was evidently a presentation copy for a close friend. The recto of the blank leaf preceding the..... More
London, Horbury & San Diego: Rickaro Books and Churchill Book Collector, 2019. First, limited, and numbered edition. Hardcover. This is the first, limited, and hand-numbered edition of an essay presenting a previously unrecorded letter by T. E. Lawrence. In 2018, the subject letter, penned in 1925 entirely in T. E...... More
Washington, D.C. Acme News Pictures Inc., 20 January 1941. Photograph. This is an original press photo of Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 20 January 1941 during the inaugural parade of his third term that made him unique among American presidents. This image, measuring 7 x 9 in (17.8 x 22.8 cm)..... More
London: Herbert Heather, Punch Magazine, 1916. Magazine, stapled. This original 20 September 1916 issue of Punch magazine features a full-page, illustrated advertisement for the forthcoming serial publication of “The War on Land and Sea” by Winston Churchill in The London Magazine. The visually and textually striking advertisement is a reminder..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1877. Hardcover. Sub-lieutenant Lord George Campbell was the youngest son of the eighth Duke of Argyll. He published 'Log-Letters from the Challenger' stating in the preface that 'These letters - extracted from my log - were written home during our cruise with no intention of publication....... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (H.M.S.O.), 1940. Pamphlet. This is a wartime pamphlet of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s speech on British agriculture in the first months of the Second World War. This copy is in good plus condition. This pamphlet is a single sheet folded to create four leaves including..... More
Cape Town: C. Struik (Pty) Ltd., 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Otto Landsberg (1803-1905) was a German-born artist who moved to South Africa with his parents when he was 14. He was a painter, art teacher and musician. His works were inspired by the masters of the Italian Renaissance. This "De..... More
London: Harrison & Sons Ltd. by Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, Printers, 1980. Pamphlet. Here is a copy of the order of service for the 15 July 1980 80th birthday ceremonial of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, detailing the elaborate ceremonial procession of the Royal Family to St. Paul’s..... More
London: Royal Society of Medicine Services Limited, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. This is an author's presentation copy of the first edition, evidenced by a laid in publisher's slip. The slip, featuring the "Royal Society of Medicine Services Limited" insignia and address, is both typed "With the Author's Compliments" and printed..... More
London: Drury Lane Press, 1941. First edition. Leaflet. Here is a set of three Second World War "Talking Points" leaflets. Each is printed in black on both sides of a single sheet of cheap 8.5 x 11 inch wartime paper. All three leaflets are in very good plus condition. Each..... More
New York: British Library of Information, 1941. Pamphlet. This Second World War leaflet describes Britain’s air raid procedures as part of the British Library of Information’s continued attempt to inform and sway the American people. Though no publication date is stated, WorldCat lists this as a 1941 publication, produced before..... More
Johannesburg: Cape to Cairo Publications, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is an anthology of short stories from South African writers with a Foreword by Lord de Villiers. Condition is very good in a very good dust jacket. The blue cloth binding is tight, clean, and square, retaining bright spine gilt..... More
Glasgow: The Grand Colosseum Warehouse Co., undated. Hardcover. Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) was a German scholar born in Hamburg. He achieved fame as an African explorer. His scholarly gifts helped him to learn many African languages and produce very careful documentation of the places and peoples he visited. There were multiple..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Ltd., 1935. First edition. Hardcover. This first and limited edition collects two letters written by Kipling to his American publishers, Frank Nelson Doubleday and his son Nelson Doubleday. The first letter was written to Nelson, and used as the Foreword to A...... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Stanislaw ochowski (1908-1999), "a prominent Polish Officer" during the Second World War, relates his view of "how Eastern Europe was lost by the British into the hands of Stalin's empire." Much of the book is dedicated to Churchill's policies relating to Poland..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office Press, 1952. First edition. Pamphlet. This pamphlet publishes speeches delivered before Parliament by MP Emrys Hughes on 6th, 10th, and 18th March 1952 during the second and final premiership of Winston S. Churchill. This copy is in very good minus condition. This 13-page pamphlet is..... More
London? Pamphlet. This undated, unattributed booklet contains 315 tongue twisters. The cover illustration of a boy and girl wearing “H.M.S.” caps leads us to conclude that this is a British wartime publication intended for children. We surmise that this may be one of the many small format books produced to..... More
Published for the Trustees of the South African Bird Book Fund by A. A. Balkema, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cuthbert John (Jack) Skead (1912-2006) was a South African ornithologist, although he was originally trained as a sheep and dairy farmer. During his career, he published more than 100 articles and..... More
New York: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1890 (nd). Limited Edition. Hardcover. The Last Days of Pompeii is Lord Lytton's 1834 novel inspired by the namesake painting by Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Lytton had seen in Milan. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873), was an English..... More
Johannesburg: Constantia, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Elisabeth Eybers (1915-2007) was a South African poet. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1934. In 1943, she became the first Afrikaans woman to win the Hertzog Prize, the most prestigious award in Afrikaans literature. This volume, one of a thousand copies..... More
Johannesburg: Constantia, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Elisabeth Eybers (1915-2007) was a South African poet. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1934. In 1943, she became the first Afrikaans woman to win the Hertzog Prize, the most prestigious award in Afrikaans literature. This volume contains verse in Afrikaans, and..... More
New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. "James Justinian Morier, (born c.1780, Smyrna, Tur. - died March 19, 1849, Brighton, Sussex, Eng.), English diplomat and writer whose fame depends on The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824), a picaresque romance of Persian life that long influenced English ideas of Persia;..... More
Johannesburg: Constantia, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Elisabeth Eybers (1915-2007) was a South African poet. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1934. In 1943, she became the first Afrikaans woman to win the Hertzog Prize, the most prestigious award in Afrikaans literature. This volume, featuring verse in Afrikaans, is..... More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. Hardcover. Issued as part of "The Royal Library Historical Series". 317 pages with extensive index at pages 319-349. Attractive contemporary binding in three-quarter brown leather over green cloth boards with raised spine bands and gilt rule compartments and double gilt rules at transitions, top edge..... More
Augusta, Maine: KJ Printing, n.d. First edition. Hardcover. This undated and privately printed account of the author’s trip to East Africa is handsomely produced, with endpapers featuring detailed color maps of Uganda and Kenya charting the course of Weston’s journey, and illustrated with 17 color photographs. The binding is heavy..... More