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Telescope Teachings: A familiar sketch of Astronomical Discovery; combining a special notice of objects coming within the range of a small telescope, illustrated by the author's original drawings; with a detail of the most interesting discoveries which have been made with the assistance of powerful telescopes, concerning the phenomena of the Heavenly Bodies, including the recent comet.
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1859. [Astronomy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.[2] xii; 212 [8]. With sixteen mono and dichromatic plates, as well as a vignette title page, from observational drawings by the author, each with a tissue guard. INSCRIBED by a relative of the author, Anne Ward, to..... More
Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945.
New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, 2007. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.xxxii; 278. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at $60. Light markings to jacket. Near fine. From the..... More
Futurism.
London: Tate Publishing, 2009. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Quarto (30 x 24cm), pp.360. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated card wraps. A fine, as-new copy. From the library of the writer, media and film executive Edward Milward-Oliver. More
Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics. Technical Trends Series.
London: Temple Press Limited, 1950. [Space Exploration] MULTI-SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 164 [2]. With six double-sided black and white plates. SIGNED to flyleaf by the author, and eleven other important science fiction writers and editors, including John (Wyndham) Harris, author of 'The Day of the Triffids'..... More
Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War.
Chichester: Pallant House Gallery, 2014. [Exhibition Catalogue] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.160. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the author and curator in black ink to title page: 'For Edward | with all good | wishes, | Simon Martin.' Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers..... More
Pauline Boty: Pop Artist and Woman.
Wolverhampton: Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 2013. [Art Reference] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.144. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'with best wishes from | Sue Tate | 2013.' Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, priced at £15. A...... More
Peter Blake.
London: Tate Publishing, 2003. [Art Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.128. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. From the library of the writer, media and film executive Edward Milward-Oliver. More
London Photographs.
London: The Museum of London, 1999. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.131 [1]. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Publisher's black soft covers with white titles. Light rubbing to covers. Near fine. From the library of the writer, media and film executive Edward Milward-Oliver... More
Robert Brownjohn: Sex and Typography. 1925-1970 Life and Work.
London: Laurence King Publishing, 2005. [Design Biography] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 20cm), pp.239 [1]. Illustrated throughout in colour. Publisher's black glossy hard covers. Blue endpapers. Light scratching to covers. Near fine. The life of a significant graphic designer, best known for the title sequences of 'From Russia with..... More
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