Wyndham Lewis
Shop rare books by Wyndham Lewis, a leading British artist, writer, and critic in the early 20th century.
Wyndham Lewis is renowned for his avant-garde art and significant contribution to the Vorticist movement, challenging traditional forms and perspectives with his dynamic and geometric styles. His work not only defined the visual language of Vorticism but also left a lasting impact on modernist art and literature. Discover our exclusive selection of Wyndham Lewis's rare books, featuring first editions and autographed copies that highlight his influential role in modernist art and literature.
Explore seminal works that showcase his pioneering approach, from the bold, abstract compositions of his paintings to his sharp, satirical writings, all of which cement his legacy as a key figure in the advancement of 20th-century art and thought.
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Beyond This Limit.
[LEWIS, Wyndham illustrates] MITCHISON, Naomi.Original price £160.00 - Original price £160.00Original price £160.00£160.00£160.00 - £160.00Current price £160.00A gorgeous collaboration between two 'difficult' people. Arguments between them are not recorded but this was their only collaboration. Great litt...
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The Ideal Giant. The Code of a Herdsman. Cantelman's Spring-Mate.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00First edition of Lewis's first separate literary book, (preceded by Timon of Athens, a portfolio of illustrations). Contains two stories which had...
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The Roaring Queen.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £275.00 - Original price £275.00Original price £0.00£275.00£275.00 - £275.00Current price £275.00Wyndham Lewis' novel is a satire of the literary world in the 1930s, which Lewis intended to be published in 1936, but which Cape did not publish ...
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The Apes of God.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00Limited edition signed by the author. Originally part of the "five hundred thousand word book, The Man of the World" (so-called in a letter to Ezra...
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The Caliph's Design:
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £100.00 - Original price £100.00Original price £0.00£100.00£100.00 - £100.00Current price £100.00Lewis's critique of the early 20th century art scene in Britain, which he would subsequently define as the third part of Blast.First edition; 8vo;...
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The Childermass.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00Original price £0.00£350.00£350.00 - £350.00Current price £350.00A very good example of the special limited edition of the first part of Wyndham Lewis' trilogy The Human Age, published simultaneously with an ord...
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America and Cosmic Man.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £85.00 - Original price £85.00Original price £85.00£85.00£85.00 - £85.00Current price £85.00An informal history of America and a study on the spread of 'Americanism'.First edition; 8vo; some foxing to extremities of text-block; publisher'...
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The Red Priest.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £75.00 - Original price £75.00Original price £75.00£75.00£75.00 - £75.00Current price £75.00Communism & Catholicism collide.First edition; 8vo; publisher's boards, dust-jacket with design by Michael Ayrton, a sharp, near fine copy.Mor...
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The Revenge for Love.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £100.00 - Original price £100.00Original price £100.00£100.00£100.00 - £100.00Current price £100.00'humane and moving: one of the profoundest "political" novels since Conrad' (Justin Wintle, Makers of Modern Culture)A very good copy of one of Le...
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Time and Western Man.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £500.00 - Original price £500.00Original price £500.00£500.00£500.00 - £500.00Current price £500.00'Time and Western Man, perhaps [Wyndham] Lewis's single most important philosophical work, was written during his period of intense study and work...
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[The Human Age].
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00Original price £450.00£450.00£450.00 - £450.00Current price £450.00Wyndham Lewis' trilogy The Human Age, comprising The Childermass (1928), one of 2500 trade copies of which 1000 were destroyed by the publisher, a...
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The Childermass.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £225.00 - Original price £225.00Original price £225.00£225.00£225.00 - £225.00Current price £225.00A very good example of the special limited edition of the first part of Wyndham Lewis' trilogy The Human Age, published simultaneously with an ord...
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The Roaring Queen.
LEWIS, Wyndham; AYRTON, Michael.Original price £220.00 - Original price £220.00Original price £220.00£220.00£220.00 - £220.00Current price £220.00The first edition of this satirical attack on the book world, originally destined for publication in 1936 but pulled by the then publishers Jonath...
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Filibusters in Barbary.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £675.00 - Original price £675.00Original price £0.00£675.00£675.00 - £675.00Current price £675.00Account of Lewis' travels through Morocco and the Middle East. Scarce as the book was withdrawn due to fears over legal action. First edition, fir...
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Time and Western Man.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £650.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00'Time and Western Man, perhaps [Wyndham] Lewis's single most important philosophical work, was written during his period of intense study and work...
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Filibusters in Barbary
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00Original price £350.00£350.00£350.00 - £350.00Current price £350.00A scarce title, quickly withdrawn after initial publication due to a libel suit, resulting in only 1500 copies being printed.First edition, 8vo, l...
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The Revenge for Love.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00'humane and moving: one of the profoundest "political" novels since Conrad' (Justin Wintle, Makers of Modern Culture)A very good copy of one of Le...
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One-Way Song.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £1,150.00 - Original price £1,150.00Original price £1,150.00£1,150.00£1,150.00 - £1,150.00Current price £1,150.00A very good, inscribed first edition of this collection of satirical poetry by Wyndham Lewis, dedicated on the front free endpaper 'To Arthur Smit...
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Doom of Youth.
LEWIS, Wyndham.Original price £2,250.00 - Original price £2,250.00Original price £2,250.00£2,250.00£2,250.00 - £2,250.00Current price £2,250.00One of only 550 copies. A very good copy of a scarce Wyndham Lewis first edition in the original dust-jacket. This was the only work by Wyndham Lew...
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The Roaring Queen.
LEWIS, Wyndham; AYRTON, Michael.Original price £275.00 - Original price £275.00Original price £275.00£275.00£275.00 - £275.00Current price £275.00The first edition of this satirical attack on the book world, originally destined for publication in 1936 but pulled by the then publishers Jonath...
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