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T.Rex. Marc Bolan - Electric Warrior.
no date [taken 1971]. [Glam rock] Original black and white photograpH. Printed by photographer Spud Murphy, titled signed and dated by him in ink to lower margin. In an elegant acid-neutral mount, glaze, and bespoke archival frame. Overall dimensions 37 x 46 cm. Fine. This classic shot shows the band..... More
The Slider. A Screenprint image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Two-colour monochrome print pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Front-view version, in fine condition. A striking work, based..... More
The Slider. A Screenprint image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Three-colour monochrome print pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Rear-view version, in fine condition. A striking work, based..... More
The Slider. A Screenprint Image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Matching pair of two and three-colour monochrome prints pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of ten numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Each image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Front and rear..... More
The Letters of Ann Fleming [Proof and first edition copies].
London: Collins Harvill, 1985. [Letters] two volumes; PROOF and FIRST EDITION. Bibliographer's copies. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.448. Publisher's green softcovers with proof-only jacket, or blue hardcovers with dust-jacket. Endpapers show Ann Fleming's family tree. Illustrated with two suites of black and white photographs (no plates within proofs). Some light..... More
No Time To Die. The Making of the Film.
London: Titan Books, 2020. [James Bond film reference] Oblong quarto (28 x 30cm), pp.192. Glossy photo-documentary in a large hardback format with gilt-stamped covers, patterned endpapers, and photographic dust-wrapper, priced at £39.99. Illustrated throughout with black & white and colour stills. As new, sealed in shrinkwrap (assumed first printing as..... More
The Destroyer and A Cargo Of Nations.
London: Privately Printed by Messrs. Hatchard, 1909. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (17 x 14cm), pp.[4] 43 [1]. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to upper, gilt ruling, brown silk ribbon, top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Toning to endpapers, else internally clean. Slight rubbing to spine, bumping to corners, minor..... More
A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotical. Containing an Index to the first Twenty Volumes of the " Sussex Archaeological Collections."
Lewes: George P. Bacon, 1870. [Sussex History and Topography] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] xxx; 270 [2]; pp.[6] 278; xiv [2]. With the folding map to volume I, and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 78 additional topographical engravings, carefully trimmed and mounted to fit..... More
Richard Meinertzhagen. Soldier, Scientist & Spy.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 292. With a suite of black and white plates. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-jacket priced at £14.95 to front flap. Contents clean, edges toned, some offset to endpapers, jacket lightly used. Near fine. Colonel Richard..... More
"The Lanox of Auld." An Epistolary Review of "The Lenox, by William Fraser."
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1880. [Scottish Family History] PRIVATELY PRINTED, the only edition. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[4] xii; 153 [1]. With a genealogical scheme, occasional small in-text illustrations, and three engraved plates showing charter seals. Publisher's brown pebble-grained cloth, with gilt titles to spine and gilt armorial devices stamped to..... More
Shooting Stars.
London: BBC Books, 1996. [Game Show] MULTI-SIGNED COPY, the second printing. Tall octavo (29 x 15cm), pp.120. Illustrated in colour throughout, with audio CD attached to clear plastic pouch on front cover. SIGNED by all five members of the cast in blue marker to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper..... More
Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers. Edited by his friend, Reuben Shapcott.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co., 1890. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 194 [2]. With an engraved frontispiece. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black endpapers. All edges untrimmed. A touch of light spotting to preliminaries. Somewhat shaken. Moderate wear to..... More
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Berlin: The Lough Press & Amarquismanipulationproductions, 2008. [Music Scrapbook] LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 21cm), pp.[2] 208 [2]. Filled with black and white facsimiles of clippings, engravings and other ephemera. Publisher's blue soft covers, with titles to spine and upper. Number 1870 of 2000 copies thus, hand-numbered to limitation page..... More
Douglas Hurd the Public Servant. An Authorised Biography.
Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1998. [British Politics] EX LIBRIS LORD MOYNIHAN, First Edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.472; [8]. With eight doubled sided plates, in black and white and colour. Publisher's purple cloth with silver titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket priced at £20.00. Bookplate detailing provenance to flyleaf. A fine copy..... More
The American Claimant.
Charles L. Webster and Co., New York, 1892. 8vo., half-title, frontispiece, illustrations in text, pp. 278 + 8 of adverts. Publisher's pictorial grey cloth. Head and tail of spine very slightly rubbed. Fine. FIRST EDITION. BMC No261, p90-93. More
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. [Literature] FIRST UK EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, being novelist Sir Walter Besant's copy, a friend of the author and an early public champion of this book. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 438; [34]. With 174 wood-cut illustrations by Kemble. Pictorial red cloth boards, brown floral endpapers..... More
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. [Literary classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.xvi; 438; [2], blank. With 174 wood-cut illustrations by Kemble. Exquisitely bound by Frost of Bath in full scarlet polished calf with full gilt back, twin title labels, marbled endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, original decorative cloth..... More
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. [Literary classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.xvi; 438 [34]. Catalogue dated October 1884. With 174 wood-cut illustrations by Kemble. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Publisher's brown foliate endpapers. Presented in a black quarter morocco clamshell box, with..... More
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. [Literary classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.xvi; 438 [34]. Catalogue dated October 1884. With 174 wood-cut illustrations by Kemble. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Publisher's brown foliate endpapers. A few reading marks within, discreet rubber stamped name..... More
A Tramp Abroad.
Chatto and Windus, London, 1880, FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION- with scarce catalogue dated JUNE 1880. The first single volume edition, following the rare two volume edition by four months. First issue calls for sewn catalogue dated the month of publication which was August 1880. Other copies noted with later Sept..... More
Pudd'nhead Wilson. A Tale.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. [Crime Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 246 [34]. With six illustrated plates by Loeb, and a frontispiece photograph of the author. Publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper. Moderate spotting and light toning throughout. Very light wear to binding..... More
The American Claimant.
New York, NY: Charles L. Webster, 1892. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. 277; [9], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper board with illustrations to upper. Illustrative frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, bumping..... More
Extract from Adam's Diary.
New York, NY and London: Harper and Brothers, 1906. [Comedic fiction] Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 89; [1] blank. Frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations by F.Strothmann. Bound in red morocco with green labels over original pictorial cloth sides. Contents clean, minor marks to covers. A fine copy in a handsome..... More
The Innocents Abroad. The Innocents abroad: a book of travel in pursuit of pleasure.
London: John Camden Hotten, 1870. [Travel literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[iv]; 256; [xxviii]. Publisher's green cloth, neatly rebacked with the original spine laid on, with some loss, blind stamped design to boards, brown coated endpapers. Advertisements at front pp.i-ii and rear pp.i-xxviii; 'Very Important New Books..... More
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg. And Other Stories and Sketches. With a Frontispiece by Lucius Hitchcock.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1900. [Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 414; [32] advertisements (dated June 1900 as called for in Johnson). Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in gilt to spine and black to upper board, blocked in black and yellow to upper board, patterned endpapers, gilt top..... More