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Harlemville.
Göttingen: Steidl Mack, 2003. [Photography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto (24 x 29cm), 40 unpaginated leaves with colour photographs printed to recto only. INSCRIBED by the photographer in black ink to flyleaf: 'For Edward, | All the Best | Clare Richardson | 27/07/04.' Publisher's oatmeal cloth with black titles to..... More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.60.
London: Express Newspapers, published by Pedigree, 1995. [Children's annual] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.109. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £5.50 intact. A very fine/as new copy. Designated '75th Anniversary Edition' (Rupert first appeared in the Daily Express in 1920;..... More
The Rupert Annual [Express Newspapers' Rupert Bear], No.61.
London: Express Newspapers, published by Pedigree, 1996. [Children's annual] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.109. Stories illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy card covers, pictorial endpapers. Original printed price £5.99 intact. A very fine/as new copy. More
Deutsche Gefangene in England [German Prisoners in England].
London: the London General News and Book Agency, no date [circa 1916]. [Wartime Propaganda] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.62. A collection of photogravure images printed on clay paper showing German prisoners of war engaging in wholesome and enjoyable activities, including gardening, tailoring, amateur dramatics, sport, and model..... More
The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage.
London: Continuum, 2009. [Architecture] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xii; 282 [2]. With a series of glossy photographic plates in black and white and colour. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. A fine as-new copy. More
Wheels and Butterflies. New Plays.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1933. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[x]; 181; [1], imprint; [2], blank. Publisher's gilt-embossed green cloth, edges untrimmed, in original printed dust-wrapper, priced at 6/- net. Page edges toned otherwise a fine copy of the book, in a very good wrapper, toned to spine..... More
The Art of Photoplay Making.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1918. [Filmmaking] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 283; [11]. With 10 photogravure plates, including a frontispiece of the Venus de Milo. Publisher's brown cloth. gilt titles to spine and in dark brown to upper board, dust-jacket title with printed price of $2.00..... More
Atlantic Fury.
London: Collins, 1961. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.318; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey priced at 16s., illustrated map endpapers. Very good in a slightly chipped and torn jacket. Shows well. A naval thriller set in the..... More
Cricket in the Park. The Life and Times of Lord Sheffield 1832-1909.
London: Methuen, 2009. [Cricket] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 288; [4]. Publisher's black paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. With a foreword by Sir John Major. inscribed by the author to the title page: "To Leonard F. Johnson | Best..... More
In Gallant Company. [A Bolitho Novel].
London: Hutchinson, 1977. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.287; [1]. With maps to grey endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Chris Mayger, priced at £3.95. Spotting to edges. Some rubbing to cloth and some light bruising to jacket edges..... More
Varied Verse.
London and Tunbridge Wells: The Reliance Press, no date [1925]. [Kent and Sussex Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.63 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Major Heron, with the author's | kindred regards & in remembrance | of many a hearty..... More
To Risks Unknown.
London: Hutchinson, 1969. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, map endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Val Biro, priced at 30s / £1.50. A little toned to edges, cloth bumped to top corners. Minor chips and some closed tears to jacket edges;..... More
Beasts in Heraldry.
Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1974. [Heraldry] FIRST EDITION. Square octavo (22 x 22cm), pp.96. Containing twenty colour illustrations by Marie Angel (1923-2010). Publisher's cream vegetable parchment with gilt titles to spine, presented in the original blue paper-covered box, with a cream insert and a tri-fold flier for the..... More
Sonia Married.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1919]. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.335 [25]. INSCRIBED: 'For | Mrs. Cleveland-Stevens | with every good wish from | author | Stephen McKenna | 29 November 1919.' in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's pink cloth with black titles to..... More
The Unicorn.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 319; [1], blank. Sage green hardcovers with gilt titles to spine, top edge coloured blue, in pictorial dust-jacket by Christopher Cornford priced at 21s. Book is near fine; jacket very good, with a few chips and..... More
The Gang on Wheels.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1930. [Motoring crime caper] PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.269; [3], blank. Publisher's grey-green cloth blocked in colours, dust-jacket designed by W.Edward Wigton, with printed price of 2/6s net. Publisher's file copy signified by ink stamp to title page and paper label to..... More
The White Lie.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1914. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; 16, advertisements. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard. Black cloth ornately decorated in red and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. Publisher's file copy signified by a paper label to the upper board and a discreet file..... More
The Confidential Clerk. A Play.
London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1954. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.136. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers titled in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Corrected text on p.7, which is apparently more elusive. Some light spotting including board edges, trivial toning to jacket; overall a fresh, bright..... More
Solomons Seal.
London: Collins, 1980. [Ocean-going adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320; [2], blank. With two maps before the text. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, orange and brown dust jacket. Top edge a little dusty else near fine in similar, lightly used and unfaded wrapper. The..... More
The Green Man.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. [Strange tale] UNCORRECTED PROOF of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253. Publisher's green softcovers in proof-only pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 30s. A fine, unread copy of the book in near fine, lightly rubbed oversized jacket. A ghostly tale set in an english medieval coaching..... More
The Anti-Death League. A Novel.
London: Victor Gollancz, [1966] 1972. [Modern Literature] SIGNED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.352. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at £2.75. One of an unspecified small number of the second printings issued on behalf of the New Fiction Society..... More
Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather..... More
Roden's Corner.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1898. [Victorian Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; 343; [9]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top and fore-edge untrimmed. Dark brown coated endpapers. Largely unopened. With a bookseller's postcard bill loosely inserted, addressed to Goulden and Curry..... More
Triptych.
Boston, MA: Privately printed by Reynolds Printing Inc. for the author, no date [1953]. [Tales of the Sea] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.98. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's tan quarter cloth with red titles to spine, brown paper over boards, and printed..... More
The Desolate Antarctic.
London: Lutterworth Press, 1950. [Antarctic exploration] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION WITH TLS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 172. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. net. Illustrated with photographic plates. Warmly inscribed by the author to W.G. Whincop to the half title..... More