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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
Liddell Hart; A Study of his Military Thought.
Aldershot: Gregg Revivals. 1991. Reprint with new preface. Octavo, pp. x, 289, 3 of adverts. Grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Slight yellowing to the edges, a fine copy. More
Birds of the West Indies.
London: Collins, 1960. [Ornithology] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256; [1], blank. With colour plate illustrations and line drawings. Publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine, cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 35s. A few related ink notes to half title else contents clean. Used..... More
Nobody Lives Forever.
Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, 1945. [Crime thriller] FIRST MOTION PICTURE EDITION. Octavo (21x 15cm), pp.243; [3], blank. Two black and white photos as frontis plate. Publisher's red cloth blocked in grey, endpapers feature ten b & w stills from the movie, photographic dust-wrapper. Cheap paper toned..... More
A Maker of Nations.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1900. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.342; [10], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine, bevelled edges. Eight halftone illustrations by Browne, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Archival repairs to pg.55, archival tape applied to..... More
In Spite of the Czar.
London: John Long, n.d. [1907]. NEW EDITION, second overall. Octavo, pp.126 [2]. In publisher's illustrated paper covers. Browned, as expected; near-fine. A rare survival. First published in 1905. More
Pharos The Egyptian [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volume 8.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., June to November 1898. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.vi; 716. With many photogravure illustrations. Contemporary deep burgundy half calf with gilt titles to spine and dark green foliate cloth. All edges flecked red; yellow coated endpapers. Binding rubbed and worn, slightly..... More
The Shotgun History & Development.
London: A & C Black, 1985. [Firearms] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. With photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, original pictorial dust-jacket priced at £15. Some light handling, near fine. Geoffrey Boothroyd was a British expert on firearms who wrote several standard reference..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson. Including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1865. [Biography] FINELY BOUND, a New Edition, with notes etc. In four volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 12cm), pp.xxxvi; 25-468 [2]; pp.[2] 479 [3]; pp.[2] 452 [6]; pp.[2] 452 [6]. With an engraved frontispiece to volumes I and II. Contemporary tan half calf..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson. The Temple Bar Edition, Including 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'.
New York, NY: Gabriel Wells, 1922. FINELY BOUND. In ten volumes. Medium Octavo. With a frontispiece engraving of Johnson and other engraved plates. No. 115 of 750 sets originally for sale. With a bibliographical introduction by Clement Shorter and an introduction to each vol. by the following: Aleyn Lyell Reade;..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson, including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Hon. John Wilson Crocker. A New Edition, Thoroughly Revised, With Much Additional Matter. With Portraits.
London: John Murray, 1900. [Literary biography] FINELY BOUND. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.874. Illustrated with engravings. Contemporary full red morocco by R. Grant & Son, Edinburgh, with raised bands, full gilt backs, seal of Fettes College stamped in gilt to upper, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William John..... More
The Life of Samuel Johnson.
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 1900. [Biography] FINELY BOUND. Three volumes. Octavo (23 x 15 x 11cm), pp.[2]; xvi; 533; [5]; pp.[6]; 470; [2]; pp.[6]; 522; [2]. Title pages printed in two colours. Elegantly bound by Denny of London in half red morocco over gilt-ruled buckram sides, gilt panelled spines..... More
Ian Botham: My Illustrated Life.
London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007. [Cricket]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.256. Illustrated in colour throughout. INSCRIBED by the author 'To Max', in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered illustrated boards with matching dust-jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. More
The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. Originally Translated from the French by John Bourchier, Lord Berners. A New Edition. With a Series of Plates, from the Illuminated Drawings contained in a valuable Ms. of the Original Romance.
London: Printed for White, Cochrane and Co., 1814. Limited Edition to 175 regular copies. Quarto; pp: half title page, frontispiece, title page, (12), (1), vi - xxvii, (1), iv, 544. Illustrated with black and white plates based on drawings from the original manuscript. Complete. This edition is edited by Edward..... More
How Do You Like Me Now?
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2018. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15 cm), pp.[6]; 362. Signed by author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's yellow cloth with blue titles to spine, dust-jacket with cover image by Mathilde Cretier and printed price of £12.99. Fine/as New copy. The debut..... More
The Art of Bond.
London: Boxtree/Pan Macmillan, 2006. [Film design] FIRST EDITION. Square quarto (26 x 26cm), pp.240. Colour photographs throughout. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver, black endpapers photographic dust-wrapper priced at £30rrp. Some trivial handling to jacket else a fine copy. Sub-titled 'From the storyboard to screen: the creative process behind the..... More
The Niger Explored.
London: Oxford University Press, 1968. [African Colonial Exploration] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 263 [1]. With six black and white plates, and numerous maps. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to a blue background on spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated with a detail from a painting by Captain..... More
Performing Under Difficulties. A recent experience.
By the author. No date [circa 1924]. [Magic / Conjuring] ORIGINAL TYPE-WRITTEN ARTICLE. American-gauge paper folded in half (23 x 15cm), pp.14. Original plain, green, paper cover, with three staples. Owner's inscription to upper and title page, typography in typewriter style. A good copy. From the library of American deaf..... More
Defender of the Faith.
London: Methuen and Co., 1911. First Edition. Octavo, pp. viii, 365 [31]. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and tooling to spine and upper board. Monogrammed bookplate to front paste down. Small square of paper pasted to lower spine. Spine very slightly sunned, and slight spotting to edges and..... More
Prince and Heretic.
London: Methuen and Co., 1914. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 374 [31]. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles and tooling to spine, and blind to upper board. Monogrammed bookplate to front paste down. Spotting to edges and prelims. Even light browning throughout. Very good overall. An historical novel concerning..... More
The Quest of Glory.
London: Methuen and Co., 1912. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 311 [31]. In publisher's cyan cloth, with gilt titles and tooling to spine and upper board. Monogrammed bookplate to front paste down. Spine sunned, and spotting to edges and prelims. Even light browning throughout. Very good overall. An historical novel..... More
William by the Grace of God.
London: Methuen and Co., 1916. First Edition. Octavo, pp. vi, 312 [31]. In publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles and tooling to spine, and blind to upper board. Bookplate to front paste down. Even light browning throughout. Spotting to edges, and heavily to prelims. Slight spattering to upper board, otherwise..... More
The Heritage of the Sioux.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. [Old West Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 313. With a black and white frontispiece illustrated by Monte Crews. Publisher's brown cloth with black and tan titles and decoration to spine. Water staining to margins. Lacking rear endpaper, hinge starting. Moderate..... More