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You Only Live Twice [LOBBY CARDS].
Frankfurt: United International Pictures, 1967. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight German lobby cards from the film You Only Live Twice [Man Lebt Nur Zweimal], directed by Lewis Gilbert, and starring Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Karin Dor, Akiko Wakabayashi, and Tetsur Tamba. Colour half-tone images on thin..... More
The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands.
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1841. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 367 [3]. Publisher's blue quarter morocco, with gilt titles to spine and brown cloth over boards. All edges speckled red. With a loosely inserted etching of 'The Pic-nic' at rear. Bound by Birdball and Son..... More
Land: Its Attractions ad Riches. By Fifty-Seven Writers.
London: The Land Roll Office, 1892. [Property Investments] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 910 [10]. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. Bookplate dated 1892 to front pastedown. Light browning and spotting to edges and preliminaries. Light rubbing to cloth. Very good. A rather desperate and highly..... More
The Strand Magazine, volumes I to VI. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, etc.]
London: George Newnes, 1891-1893. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six volumes. Large octavo (24 x 18 x 25cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. Publisher's cyan cloth with titles in black and gilt to spines, and in black with the 'Strand' street scene to uppers. All edges speckled..... More
The Strand Magazine, volumes I to XII. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, etc.]
London: George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1896. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 12 volumes. Large octavo (25 x 17 x 50cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. In contemporary green half calf, with gilt titles to red labels, gilt and blind ruling to spines, and matching textured..... More
[Sherlock Holmes in] The Strand Magazine, July-Dec (1926) and Jan-June (1927).
London: The Strand Magazine, 1926, 1927. [Literature] FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes. Octavos (24 x 28cm), pp.666; pp.630. Consecutive bi-annuals uniformly bound in green cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout (1927 edition has some coloured illustrations and title pages), double columns. All edges speckled red. Toning..... More
Naked Under Leather [MOVIE CAMPAIGN BROCHURE]. [The Girl on a Motorcycle].
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1968. [Movie Memorabilia] DISTRIBUTOR'S CAMPAIGN BOOKLET and HERALD SAMPLE. Folio (38 x 26cm), a single folded sheet with two leaves inserted. Illustrated in black and white to front cover, concerning the film 'Naked Under Leather' starring Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon. Also with the Herald sample..... More
Snapshot: Painters and Photography 1888-1915.
Yale University Press, 2011. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.xiv; 234. heavily illustrated with black and white photographs, and colour images of paintings. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, not priced. Jacket shows a little sunning to spine, with one small..... More
A Poem for Every Night of the Year.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2016. [Poetry] INSCRIBED COPY, the 16th impression thus. Octavo (25 x 15cm), pp.xx; 523 [1]. With occasional vignette illustrations by Goldhawk. INSCRIBED by the actress Helena Bonham Carter, who read a selection from the anthology at 'Allie Esiri Presents Women Poets Through the Ages' at the..... More
A Poem for Every Day of the Year.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2017. [Poetry] INSCRIBED COPY, the seventh impression thus. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xx; 555 [1]. With occasional vignette illustrations by Goldhawk. INSCRIBED by the editor, Allie Esiri, in black marker to flyleaf: 'Dear Jacquelyn | love | Allie Esiri'. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to..... More
The Seven Deadly Sins. With a Special Foreword by Ian Fleming, introduced by Raymond Mortimer.
New York: William Morrow and Company (Printed and Bound in Great Britain), 1962. [Morality Essays] FIRST US EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 87. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket, priced $3.50s. UK sheets in the US (Morrow) binding, with Morrow..... More
Octopussy [LOBBY CARDS].
Beverley Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists, 1983. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'Octopussy', directed by John Glen, and starring Roger Moore, Maud Adams, and Kabir Bedi. Colour lithographic images on medium stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to..... More
The Book of Ballads.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, no date [circa 1870]. [Illustrated Ballads] REISSUE. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.[6] 256. With illustrations in-text and to margins by various artists, as well as an engraved frontispiece and a title page decorated in red and gilt. Publisher's blind-decorated blue cloth, with gilt..... More
The Mahavamsa, or, The Great Chronicle of Ceylon. Pali Text Society.
London: Published for the Pali Text Society by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. [Sri Lankan History] FIRST THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.lxiv; 300 [4]. With a large introduction and two maps. Publisher's cream quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and upper, and orange cloth over boards. Black..... More
Quand Les Dinosaures Dominaient Le Monde [LOBBY CARDS]. [When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth].
Paris: Warner Brothers [Hammer Film Productions], 1970. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of 12 lobby cards from the French version of the film 'When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth' written and directed by Val Guest, and starring Victoria Vetri. Colour lithographic images on light stock measuring 24 x 30cm..... More
Love Lyrics from Five Centuries.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., printed at the University Press Oxford, 1932. [Illustrated Poetry Anthology] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.198 [2]. With five mounted colour plates, including a frontispiece, by Rosenkrantz. INSCRIBED by the editor in black ink to the half-title: 'To Charles &..... More
Twentieth Century Impressions of Orange River Colony and Natal: their History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources.
Natal: Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, 1906. [South African Topography] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.667; [1]. Printed on clay paper with frequent photographic illustrations. Contemporary red full morocco with raised bands and gilt titles and decoration to spine. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Light sunning to spine, with..... More
The Oblong Box [LOBBY CARDS].
Los Angeles, CA: American International Pictures, 1969. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'The Oblong Box' directed by Gordon Hessler, and starring Christopher Lee and Vincent Price. Black and white lithographic images on heavy stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits..... More
Gorgo [LOBBY CARDS].
Beverley Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. An incomplete set of five lobby cards from the film 'Gorgo' directed by Eugene Lourie, and starring Bill Travers. Colour lithographic images on heavy stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to a white banner at foot. Lightly browned..... More
Memorable Moments in Motor Racing. Legends and Personalities Tell their Stories.
London: Cyan Books, 2005. [Motor Racing] FIRST EDITION, with SIGNED BOOKPLATE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xvi; 278 [10]. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout. SIGNED by David Coulthard in black marker to a bookplate on the title page. Publisher's back cloth, with silver titles to spine and blue endpapers. With the..... More
The Lost World: Jurassic Park [LOBBY CARDS].
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1997. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore. Colour lithographic images on light stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to..... More
Present-Day Prose.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1928. [Prose anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 244. Publisher's pink paper wraps, with red titles to spine and covers. Untrimmed edges. Includes prose from sixty-three authors. Heavy toning to spine, and some wear and marks to front cover. Very good. Including pieces by..... More
Six Modern One-Act Plays.
London: University of London Press, 1950. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, thus. Octavo, pp.160. Publisher's softcovers. SIGNED BY JOHN LENNON. An interesting school text-book borrowed by Lennon whilst a student at Quarry Bank School, Liverpool. Lennon has signed the lending stamp to the inside cover 'J[ohn] W[inston] Lennon, IVC', and dated this..... More
Diamonds Are Forever [LOBBY CARDS].
Beverley Hills, CA: United Artists, 1971. [Movie Memorabilia] A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'Diamonds Are Forever', directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Charles Gray. Colour lithographic images on thin stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to lower margin. Presented..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [LOBBY CARDS].
Beverley Hills, CA: United Artists, 1969. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', directed by Peter Hunt, and starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, and Telly Savalas. Colour lithographic images on thin stock measuring 21 x 25cm, with production..... More