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Adolf in Blunderland. A Political Parody of Lewis Carroll's Famous Story.
London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1940. [Satire] REVISED EDITION. Slim Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.60. Publisher's printed paper covered boards, matching pictorial dust-jacket. Illustrated throughout by Mansbridge. Some offsetting to endpapers, discreet contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf. Boards slightly rubbed to spine ends. Price clipped dust-jacket shows very well, rubbed to..... More
Dressed to Kill. James Bond The Suited Hero. With an Introduction by Albert R 'Cubby' Broccoli.
New York, NY and Paris: Flammarion, 1996. [Film costume design] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.200. Colour photographs throughout. Publisher's black cloth lettered in grey, black endpapers photographic dust-wrapper. A clean, fine copy. A captivating and detailed documentary on the well-dressed gentleman spy, from the novels to the big..... More
Biggles in the South Seas.
London: Oxford University Press, 1940 [circa 1942]. [Children's Adventure] EARLY REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. With a colour frontispiece and six other black and white illustrations by Howard. Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles to spine and upper, and brown decoration matching the First to upper only. With..... More
Biggles Sees It Through.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1947. [Children's Adventure] Vintage hardcover. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], blank. With a colour frontispiece and six full-page black and white illustrations by Alfred Sindall. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, 'Flying Jacket' series wrapper on economy paper (another jacket..... More
Selected Poems.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1971. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.126 [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket. A crisp, clean copy showing some toning the spine of the price-clipped jacket. Near fine. More
Marilyn. A Biography.
New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1973. [Biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (30 x 26cm), pp.[2] 270 [2]. Heavily illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs by various artists. SIGNED by the author and the editor in blue ink to the limitation page. Publisher's white padded cloth..... More
An American Dream.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [American Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.271 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge red. With the dust-jacket designed by Tom Adams, priced at 25s. Fore-edge a little toned, with some toning also to jacket spine, and rubbing and..... More
The White Negro.
San Francisco, CA: City Light Books, 1957. [Hipsterism] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), pp.[32]. Including the essay, as well as a series of letters on the subject between the author and various correspondents. Publisher's photographic card covers, priced at 50c, and stapled twice. Some rubbing..... More
Why Are We in Vietnam?
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. [Modern novel]. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's dark grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Holmes/Kitley Associates. Sunday Times book review by Paul Theroux loosely inserted. Cloth slightly rubbed to extremities. Dust-jacket shows well, slight lifting of the..... More
The Old Man of the Mountains. A Play in Three Acts.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.76. Publisher's orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 6s to front flap. Light spotting to endpapers. Toning and spotting to edges. Some mottling to the top of upper board. Rubbing to..... More
Sisters Under the Skin.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1979. [Photography] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Quarto (32 x 23cm), unpaginated, with numerous photographic portraits of notable women by Parkinson, many with accompanying text or quotations by various authors. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's burgundy cloth with silver titles..... More
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1952.
London: Sporting Handbooks, 1952. [Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Sextodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.viii, 1031. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Light toning and spotting to edges and endpapers. Some rubbing and toning to spine, with the gilt dulled..... More
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1954.
London: Sporting Handbooks, 1954. [Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Sextodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.xx, 999. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Some toning and spotting to edges, and a small blue ink ownership to front pastedown. Light wear and..... More
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1955.
London: Sporting Handbooks, 1955. [Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Sextodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.xx, 1011. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Light toning and spotting to edges. Light wear to cloth, with some rubbing and dulling to gilt. Very..... More
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1956.
London: Sporting Handbooks, 1956. [Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Sextodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.xxxii, 1043. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Library markings, including a stamp and a sticker, and an ink inscription, to title page. A library 'rules'..... More
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1958.
London: Sporting Handbooks, 1958. [Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Sextodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.xxxvi, 1035. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Light toning and spotting to edges and endpapers. Light wear to cloth, with some rubbing and dulling to..... More
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1964.
London: Sporting Handbooks, 1964. [Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Sextodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.xxviii, 1027. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. A leaflet for the Sportsmans Book Club loose to preliminaries. Light toning and spotting to edges. Light wear..... More
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1978.
London: Sporting Handbooks, 1978. [Cricket] ORIGINAL ALMANACK. Sextodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.xii; 1151. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. With the yellow dust-jacket titled in black and red, priced at £4.85. Spotting to top edge, otherwise crisp..... More
The Life of Graham Greene: Volume One, 1904-1939 [together with] Volume Two, 1939-1955 [and] Volume Three, 1955-1991.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1989, 1994, 2004. [Literary Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes, large octavo (24 x 16 x 16cm). With three suites of black and white photographs within each volume. Publisher's cloth hardcovers in jacket. Inscribed by the late Norman Sherry to title pages in blue ink 'For Edward..... More
Tickle Me [MOVIE CAMPAIGN BROCHURE]. [Elvis Presley].
London: Warner-Pathe, 1965. [Movie Memorabilia] DISTRIBUTOR'S CAMPAIGN BOOKLET. Folio (38 x 26cm), a single folded sheet of card with one leaf inserted. Illustrated in blue and orange to front cover, concerning the musical comedy film 'Tickle Me' starring Elvis Presley and Jocelyn Lane. Two hole-punch marks near spine. Light handling..... More
Air Force Poetry.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1944. [Second World War Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.90 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. With the blue and white dust-jacket designed by Foss, priced at 7/6. Cloth spine faded, with toning to jacket spine. Rubbing..... More
Protest: The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men.
London: a Panther Book by Hamilton & Co., 1960. [Beat Anthology] FIRST THUS. Octavo paperback (18 x 11cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's colour photographic soft covers, priced at 3/6. Heavily browned, as usual, with light wear and creasing to covers. Very good. More
The Best from Playboy Number Five.
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1971. [Anthology] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.196. Illustrated in colour throughout, with central folding plate. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at $2.50. Some rubbing to covers, with spotting to preliminaries, and occasionally throughout. Very good. Another round-up of notable articles published in Playboy..... More
Is James Bond Dead? Great Spy Stories.
St Paul, MN: EMC Publishing, 1979. [Spy stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.64. With frequent illustrations by Nodel. Publisher's colour-illustrated card covers. A black ink mark to top edge. Rubbing to edges; spine sunned. Very good. A collection of seven 'real' spy stories, inspired by the popular appeal..... More
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