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Wobbly Sounds: A Collection of British Flexi Discs. Four Corners Irregulars No. 6.
London: Four Corners, 2019. [Sound Recordings] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.160. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated soft covers, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10. Also with a publisher's bookmark loose to preliminaries. A fine, as-new copy. More
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. [Little Red Book].
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1966. [Marxism-Leninism] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, No. 1050-491 00077 1-E-734Pc. Vigesimo-quarto (13 x 9cm), pp.[10] 312 [2]. With a black and white frontispiece portrait of Mao. Publisher's red vinyl covers with blind titles to upper. Heavy pencil underlining to p.11, otherwise crisp and clean with a...... More
Hans Hotter: Man and Artist.
London: John Calder, 1983. [Opera Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.280. With occasional black and white photographic illustrations. SIGNED by both author and subject, in black and blue ink respectively, to the fly-leaf. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink photographic..... More
Adrian Turner on Goldfinger.
New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999. [James Bond reference] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo, pp.[vi]; 248; [2]. Publisher's photographic softcovers. [Together with] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000. Small octavo, pp.[iv]; 314; [2]. Publisher's photographic softcovers priced at £4.99. Both are fine copies. No.2 in a series of pocket movie guides..... More
The Fashionable Letter Writer; or, Art of Polite Correspondence. Consisting of Original Letters on every Occurrence in Life, written in a concise and familiar style, and adapted to both sexes. To which are added, complimentary cards, petitions, wills, bonds, etc.
London: Dean and Munday, and A.K. Newman, n.d. [c.1840]. EARLY EDITION in original publisher's boards. Sexto, pp.216. With a steel engraved frontispiece and decorated title page after drawings by H. Corbould, by H. Adlard. In original publisher's plain paper-covered boards with black titles to spine and upper board. Some outer..... More
Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New-York, for the Year 1854.
Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and co., 1854. [Americana] FIRST EDITION. Duodecimo (), pp.[4] 445 [1]. Bound in red morocco, foliate gilt panelling to boards, "R.F. Wilson" in gilt to front board, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt. Binding is rubbed, with some marks and tanning..... More
The Heart of the Hunter.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1961. [Legends and fables from the African bush] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Maurice Wilson. Illustrated with numerous drawings by Maurice Wilson. A particularly fine copy with a hint of toning to..... More
[Review of The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex in] The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: (No 273), July, 1871.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, and London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1871. [Evolution] CONTEMPORARY REVIEW. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.36 of advertisements; 16 of advertisements; ii; 302; [20 of advertisements]. Publisher blue printed wraps, yellow paper spine with cream paper title label. Partially unopened, some sporadic light spotting and..... More
The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: for Nov. 1814..... Feb. 1815.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1815. CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS. Octavo, pp.[8], 560 [2]. In contemporary tan half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and marbled boards. All edges flecked blue / grey. Some light edge wear; a few marks to spine. Very good indeed. Works reviewed include Wordsworth's 'The..... More
[Contribute to] Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Volume VI. - Part I.
Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1804. [Americana] IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Quarto (27 x 23cm), pp.xx; [4] contents; 190. Original grey paper covered boards, cream paper spine, with title label, edges untrimmed and some leaves unopened. Four engraved plates and numerous tables throughout. Small circle clipped from title page, perhaps removing an ownership..... 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
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
Nature [X-Rays]. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science. Volume LIII.
London: Macmillan and Co., November 1895 to April 1896. [Science Journal] FIRST APPEARANCE IN ENGLISH of Rontgen's discovery of X-Rays. Quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.[2]; xl; 624; [2]. Contemporary black half morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Leather-grain effect cloth over boards. Marbled endpapers; all edges flecked..... More
Encountering Derrida: Legacies and Futures of Deconstruction.
London: Continuum, 2007. [Philosophy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 215 [13]. Publisher's glossy white and blue boards, not priced. Light handling and a few small marks to binding. Near fine. An edited volume containing papers concerning Jacques Derrida and the future of the theory of Deconstruction... More
[Album of Paintings and Quotations].
No place, No date [1900-1904]. [Album] FINE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS. Oblong octavo (17 x 21cm), with 60 leaves of various grades, hues and thickness. Quotations, paintings and drawings very finely applied to 13 leaves, variously dated between 1900 and 1904. Quotations, including Thackeray, Tennyson and Shakespeare, copied in black..... More
Instruction in Military Engineering, Volume I (Part III) Military Bridges. Compiled at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1877. [Military history] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.iv; 174. With forty illustrated plates. Contemporary straight grained red morocco, gilt titles to spine and upper board, gilt name to base of front cover: Lieutenant G. Turnbull. All edges gilt; yellow coated endpapers. Small ex..... More
Joe Weider's Muscle Builder Power Magazine. Vol.40, No.11.
Woodland Hills, CA: Brute Enterprises, December 1979. [Body Building] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE, (28 x 21cm), pp.160. Illustrated with a mixture of black and white, and colour leaves, and colour paper covers, perfect-bound and priced at $2.00 / £1. Light wear to covers. Near fine. More
Motor Cycles and How to Manage Them. By the Motor Cycle Staff.
London: Iliffe and Sons Ltd., 1946. [Motorcycles] THIRTIETH EDITION, second impression. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.[6] 284. Illustrated with diagrams. Publisher's colour illustrated boards, rebacked in plain white paper with hand-written pencil titles to spine. Heavily browned with a little staining and chipping to edges. Boards rubbed and bumped. A...... More
Mr. America [and] Shape Up. Number One; Number Two; Number Four; vol.14 No.1; Shape Up Vol.1 no. 5.
Croydon: Weider Sports and Health Centre [and] Woodland Hills, CA: Muscle Builder Publications [and] Brute Enterprises, circa 1970; March 1973; May 1974. [Body Building] FIVE ORIGINAL MAGAZINES, (27 x 21cm), pp.52; pp.52; pp.52; pp.92; pp.76. Illustrated in black and white, with colour paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 2/6..... More
Muscle Digest. Vol.2, No.2.
Alhambra, CA: Donald Wong, May / June 1978. [Body Building] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE, (28 x 21cm), pp.84. Illustrated mainly in black and white, with a colour centre-fold, and colour paper covers, stapled twice and priced at $1.50 / 90p. Advertising supplements browned. Tears to head and tail of spine, otherwise light..... More
Muscle Mag. Vol.4 Issue I.
Brampton, Ont.: Health Culture, March 1979. [Body Building] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE, (28 x 21cm), pp.68. Illustrated mainly in black and white, with occasional colour leaves, and colour paper covers, stapled three times and priced at $1.50 / 90p. Light toning to margins, and a little light handling to covers. Near fine..... More
Publicité 1938.
Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1938. [French Advertising] ORIGINAL ANNUAL. Quarto (31 x 25cm), pp.122. Filled with colour reproductions of advertisements from the previous year, as well as numerous black and white photographic plates. Text in French to coloured card leaves. Publisher's colour illustrated soft covers, bound with three heavy..... More
Strength and Health.
York, PA: Strength and Health Publishing Co., February 1948; August 1949; December 1949; November 1950. [Body Building] FOUR ORIGINAL MAGAZINES, (30 x 22cm), pp.52; pp.52; pp.52; pp.52. Illustrated in black and white, with colour paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 20c / 25c. One small nick to front cover..... More
Useful Hints and Tips for Automobilists, from The Autocar.
London: Iliffe and Sons, 1905. [Early Motoring] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), unpaginated, with 478 hints, an index, and 25 pages of adverts at rear. Occasional in-text diagrams. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine, and black and white titles to upper. Blind stamp of W.H. Smith to..... More
The Masque [6 volumes]: The Old Vic King Lear; Designs for the Theatre by Rex Whistler Parts 1 and 2; Oscar Wilde and the Theatre; The Masque of Christmas; Notes on the Verse Drama.
London: The Curtain Press, 1946-1948. [Theatre notebooks] FIRST EDITIONS. Six volumes. Octavos (19 x 12cm), pp.16; pp.20; pp.24; pp.36; pp.40; pp.40. Many colour and halftone illustrations throughout each issue. All with the original paper covers, staple-bound, with ads imprinted to cover interiors. All six books are protected by the pink..... More
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