Some toning; wrappers a bit worn at edges.
Frontispiece portrait.
£175
antwort an Hitler
Vienna, , n.d. [c.1935].
Early reprint. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers.
Viennese activist Irene Harand’s Sein Kampf: Antwort an Hitler (literally “His Struggle: An Answer to Hitler”), first issued in 1935, was one of the earliest direct rebuttals to Hitler’s Mein Kampf, systematically countering his antisemitic propaganda with fact, moral argument, and Catholic humanist reasoning.
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Some toning; wrappers a bit worn at edges.
Frontispiece portrait.
Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order
London, By Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.
First edition, first issue (with "gve" on page 135 line 10 of volume I). 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary half calf, rebacked in later calf with some matching recornering.
Boswell's renowned, sometimes hagiographical portrayal of Dr Samuel Johnson, the great lexicographer, moralist, and wit of the 18th century. It is often considered one of the greatest biographies ever written in the English language.
London, Cassell, 1956.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Slim was commander of the 14th Army, which, in concert with American and Chinese forces, defeated the Imperial Japanese Army during the Burma Campaign. This work is widely regarded as a classic memoir of high command.
Biography
London, Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1928.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original patterned cloth with paper spine label.
An early and influential English-language critical essay on Proust by one of the central figures of the Bloomsbury Group. Bell was among the first British critics to engage seriously with Proust's work.
Biography
London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1933-34.First editions, first impressions. 4 vol. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jackets.In this four-volume set, former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George provides a comprehensive account of World War I from his perspective. He offers insights into political decisions, military strategies, and international relations, shedding light on the complexities of the war and its aftermath.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Methuen, 1928.
Third UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
Edgar Rice Burroughs's The Chessmen of Mars, originally published in the US in 1922, continues the adventures of John Carter on the dying planet of Barsoom.