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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
The Girls of St. Gabriel's, or, Life at a French School.
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1905. [Girls' School Story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8] 296 [32]. With six black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Tarrant. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles, and black, white and pink decoration, to spine and upper. Dark brown..... More
Six Months at the Cape. Or Letters to Periwinkle from South Africa.
London: James Nisbet and Co., 1879. [African Colonial Topography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 256. With 12 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'Mrs. Aveling | with kind regards from | The Author.' Publisher's red cloth with gilt..... More
Empire of the Sun.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1984. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pps.278. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper. First issue jacket with quotes by Graham Greene and Angela Carter to the rear panel. Quite heavy toning to text block. Jacket very slightly sunned to spine, with some light wear to..... More
An End to Running.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1962. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. [8]; 303; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey with printed price of 18s to front flap. Toning and some spotting to edges of textblock, toning and soiling..... More
Banksy: Wall and Piece.
London: Century, 2006. [Graffiti Art] FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION, softcover. Octavo (26 x 21cm), pp.238 [2]. Illustrated in colour throughout, with occasional passages of text. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £12.99, with the 'Now with 10% more crap' sticker to front cover. A vertical crease to front cover with some..... More
Ancient Light.
London: Viking, 2012. [Modern Literature] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 245 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and signed also to tipped-in 'Exclusive Signed Edition' leaf. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and dark green endpapers. With the photographic..... More
Doctor Copernicus.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1976. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 242 [4]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue just-jacket illustrated by Philip Mann. Spotting to edges. Jacket spine sunned with black New Fiction Society label to base. Very good. More
A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages. Improved and augmented with above Ten Thousand Words, omitted in the last Edition of Altieri. To which is added, and Italian and English Grammar.
London: Printed for W. Strahan [etc.], 1771. [English—Italian Dictionary] A NEW EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (17 x 22cm), pp.[10] xxxiv; [698]; pp.[4] xl; [672]. With an Italian introduction to volume I (Italian to English) and an English introduction to volume II (English to Italian). Main text printed over..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends.
London: Blackie and Son, no date [circa 1940s]. [Literature] SANGOSKI AND SUTCLIFFE BINDING. Duodecimo (14 x 9cm), pp.[2]; xiii; [1]; 394; [2]. Fully bound in red morocco with gilt tooling and lettering to spine, gilt ruling to boards, all edges gilt, gilt-tooled dentelles to turn-ins. Illustrated frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Light..... More
The Alder Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Black Medick Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Cat's-Ear Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
Flower Fairies Of The Autumn. With the Nuts and Berries they Bring.
London: Blackie and Son Ltd, no date. Duodecimo (15 x 12 cm). Publisher's light brown patterned cloth with a coloured plate of 'The Hawthorn Fairy' to the front in a warmly illustrated dust jacket, priced 2/6. Slightly bumped to the lower spine and corners with a hint of a lean..... More
The Goose-Grass Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Hazel-Catkin Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Lime Tree Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Pine Tree Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Silver Birch Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Stork's-Bill Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Sycamore Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Tulip Fairy [Flower Fairies mounted colour plate].
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., No date [circa 1940s]. [Children's Illustration] ORIGINAL PRINT. An attractive illustration printed in colour, initials of the artist printed to bottom left corner, with a three-line border. Presented in an elegant archival green card mount, with a single-line rule in gilt. Image size 14 x...... More
The Patriots.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp. [6]; 390. Publisher's teal cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 16s to front flap. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock and flyleaf, bumping to spine, price clipped, toning and spotting..... More
Bond Cars. The Definitive History. 66988
London: BBC Books/Top Gear/Penguin Random House, 2020. [Film reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.336. Publisher's illustrated hardcovers without jacket as issued, 'blueprint' style endpapers. With colour photographs throughout. Slightly bumped and handled. A near fine copy, supplied with a protective clear plastic cover. Motor journalist and former Top Gear presenter, Jason..... More
Arthur and George.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Historical Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 360 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's olive cloth decorated in black and titled in white to spine and upper. With the original printed paper band to rear board..... More