The Arts & Sciences
Stage Management and Theatrecraft. A Stage Manager's Handbook.
London: J. Garnet Miller Ltd., 1968. [Theatre] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 304. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket showing the new lighting equipment at the Royal Opera House with printed price of 45s. (£2.25) net. Frontispiece and twenty two additional plates plus numerous in-text line..... More
Max's Nineties: Drawings 1892-1899.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. [Caricatures] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.10. With 46 black and white sketches by Beerbohm on 23 double-sided plates, including 35 not previously published. Publisher's burgundy quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and stripy red and white paper-covered boards. Black endpapers; top edge red..... 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
Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. [Book Illustration] THIRD EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xiv; 341 [1]. With numerous engraved illustrations, including frequent head and tail pieces, as well as 11 facsimile plates on glossy paper at rear. Publisher's green cloth with white titles and decoration to spine and..... More
Monarchy, and Three Political Letters.
New York, NY: The Noonday Press, 1954. [Political and Theological Philosophy] FIRST THUS, an English edition translated by Nicholl and Hardie. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. xxii; 121 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Brown monogrammed endpapers. With the brown typographic dust-jacket, priced at $2.75. Internally crisp..... More
The Doyle Diary: The Last Great Conan Doyle Mystery. With a Holmesian Investigation into the Strange and Curious Case of Charles Altamont Doyle.
London: Paddington Press, 1978. FIRST EDITION. Double-width Crown Octavo (19 x 26cm), pp.xxx, 91. In publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. End-papers with burgundy marbling effect. With original burgundy dust jacket. Jacket worn and lightly chipped to edges. Light even browning to text-block, as expected..... More
Life's Not a Rehearsal. The Autobiography of Margaret Durdant-Hollamby, MBE, Founder of the Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks.
Sevenoaks: Durdant-Hollamby, 1998. [Theatre] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 239 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. With three suites of four double-sided photographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, and architect's drawings to endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced..... More
A Zoo in My Luggage.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. [Animals] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.205 [3]. With frequent illustrations by Ralph Thompson. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the pink dust-jacket, also illustrated by Thompson, re-priced by the publisher from 18s to 16s. A nice crisp copy with..... More
Some Common Birds of West Africa. With Coloured lllustrations.
Lagos: Church Missionary Society Bookshop, no date [1933]. [Ornithology] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 12cm), pp.xii; 112. With a fine colour illustration of each bird. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Light spotting to endpapers. Very light rubbing to cloth with a few marks to lower..... More
Philip Henry Gosse: A Bibliography.
Folkestone: Wm Dawson & Sons Ltd., 1980. [Natural History Bibliography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 148 [2]. With six black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and white dust-jacket, priced at £12.00. A crisp, clean copy..... More
Light Matters: Writings on Photography.
New York, NY: Aperture Foundation, 2005. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.248. Publilsher's brown paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Francesca Richer, priced at $29.95 / £16.95. A fine, as-new copy. From the library of the writer, media and film executive Edward..... More
ABC of Plain Words. A Reference Book on the Use of English.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. [Official English] Second Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 146. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to navy backing on spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at 4/6. A nice crisp copy showing some toning to jacket and light wear to jacket edges. Near..... More
Plain Words.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. [Official English] Second Impression. Octavo pamphlet (21 x 14cm), pp.vi; 94. Publisher's typographic paper covers, priced at 2s. A nice, crisp copy, showing an ink ownership to the to right corner of the front cover, and even toning to covers. Near fine. The classic..... More
Operamania.
Wimbledon: Vernon & Yates, no date [1966]. [Opera Appreciation] FIRST EDITION, with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the author. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[8] 92 [4]. With occasional black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's cyan paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Also with a...... More
An extra pair of hands: A story of caring, ageing & everyday acts of love.
London: Profile Books, 2021. [Old Age] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12] 193 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and blue endpapers. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at £12.99, showing a Waterstones 'Signed by..... More
Aubrey Beardsley: Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum 1966. Catalogue of the original drawings, letters, manuscripts, paintings; and of books, posters, photographs, documents etc.
Christchurch: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Direct Design, 1966. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (23 x 12cm), unpaginated, containing 611 catalogue entries, and notes on the exhibition and use of the catalogue. Not illustrated. Publisher's green soft covers, with titles to upper. Light handling, and one scratch..... 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
Memorandum on Atmospheric Visibility.
London: Published for the Naval Meterological Service, Hydrographic Department, February 1918. ORIGINAL PAPER. Small quarto, pp.[2], 16. With tables and diagrams. In original oatmeal cloth with black titles to upper board. Some light outer wear and bleeding from rusting staples. Very good. In this short paper Shaw makes some contributions..... More
The Roy Strong Diaries. 1967-1987.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1997. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 461; [4]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, with photographic dust-jacket by John Swannell, with printed price £20.00 to flap. Illustrated map endpapers, with photographic plates throughout the text. Signed by author in black..... 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
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
Scottish Art and Letters. Number One.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1944. [Literary and Art Criticism] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.52. With three double-sided illustrated plates, one image reproduced in colour, as well as occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine and advertisements to endpapers. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at..... More
Edward Ardizzone: Artist and Illustrator.
New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1980. [Artist Biography] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.192. Heavily illustrated with black and white in-text illustrations, as well as four double-sided colour plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Orange endpapers. With the Ardizzone-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at $22.50. Some bumping..... More
'Wizard' Smith.
Ultimo, NSW: Murray Book Distributors, 1977. [Land Speed Record] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.128. With numerous black and white photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth with white titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. A production fault to front endpapers. Some wear to extremities, otherwise a crisp..... 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