First edition - with dustjacket by Keith Vaughan. A very good first edition of The American Genius, showcasing Edith Sitwell's talent as an antholo...

The US edition includes poems not in the UK edition, including 'Spring Morning', dedicated to Kenneth and Jane Clark. Kenneth had been an enthusia...

First edition - with dustjacket. A very good first edition of A Book of Flowers - an anthology of praises of the flower, compiled by Edith Sitwell,...

Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. Inscribed by the author in pencil to her youngest brother, 'For / my darling Sachie / with best love / fr...

First edition - with dustjacket by Rex Whistler. A charming first edition of Edith Sitwell's Bath, in which Sitwell superbly recreates the atmosphe...

Inscribed by the author. A selection of Cartland's famous historical romances each with her signed presentation inscription, in pink or red ink, to...

Inscribed by the author. A selection of Cartland's famous historical romances each with her signed presentation inscription, in pink or red ink, to...

Author's presentation copy to her brother. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, 'For my darling Sachie wit...

Author's presentation copy to her sister-in-law. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, 'For darling Georgia...

Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. Inscribed by the author to her youngest brother in pencil on front free endpaper, 'For my darling Sachie ...

Inscribed to Max Beerbohm. A memorial volume produced by Laurence Whistler in memory of his wife, the actor Jill Furse. This copy with his signed p...

Synesthesic ponderings by Aesthetic critic Alice Meynell: 'Red is the colour of violence, or of life broken open, edited, and published.'First edi...

A biography of the famous author by one of his young ingénues, who made the role of Alice her own in the 1888 revival of the stage play. Carroll d...

The author's landmark pre-war novel, not so common in the jacket.First edition, first impression; 8vo; contents a little browned as usual; publish...

A later title in the oeuvre of prolific author Florence Warden, but an early example of a crime thriller in a dust-jacket, with wonderful jacket a...

The author travelled the Yenisey as part of an expedition that set out to study tribes that lived along the banks. Her main interest was in natura...

Inscribed presentation copy from the author. A rare inscribed first edition of this relatively radical feminist work, presenting the women's libera...

Rare early edition. Austen's debut novel and one of her several masterpieces, was originally issued in this three-volume format with a print run th...

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink'. First edition. 8vo; top edge stained red. Publisher's blue cloth, spine and upper board lettered and dec...

A near fine example. The story of Timmy and Goody Tiptoes is the only Beatrix Potter story apparently set in North America - although this is impli...