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Chelsea Football Club, Official Programme. Chelsea v Everton, Saturday 24th October, 1959 [and] Chelsea v Newcastle United, Saturday 26th December, 1959.
London: Programme Publications, 1959. [Football Match Programmes] TWO ORIGINAL PROGRAMMES. Octavo pamphlets (22 x 14cm), pp.16; pp.16. Publisher's blue paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 6d. Lightly rubbed, creased and browned; a little spotting to rear covers. Some minor ink notes amending the line-up. Very good. More
Classics Illustrated: Story of Magic. No.515.
London: Thorpe & Porter, no date [circa 1960]. [Magic and Conjuring] ORIGINAL COMIC (26 x 17cm), pp.48. A series of stories about magic and magicians, told in the form of a colour-illustrated comic. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Moderate toning throughout, with wear and bumping to covers. A tear..... More
Close Encounters of the third Kind [Film Campaign Brochure].
New York, NY: Encounter Enterprises, 1977. [Science-Fiction Film] ORIGINAL SOUVENIR BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 23cm), pp.[20]. Notes on the production, plot, leading actors, producer, director, and key production team, with colour photographs. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, stapled twice. Moderate rubbing to spine; light handling otherwise. Very good. A...... More
The Club Cricketer. Hints by "Cricketer" of the Manchester Guardian.
Manchester: Manchester Guardian, n.d. FIRST PUBLICATION OF CARDUS. Slim octavo, pp.3 [ads]; 54. Bound in publisher's orange paper covers with illustration of cricketer to front panel. Includes diagrams and charming contemporary advertisements for golfing trousers, etc. Shows very well, excepting one crease to rear of pamphlet which continues into contents..... More
Complete Life of The Right Honourable Winston L. Spencer Churchill. Life-Stories of Success No.2 Soldier and Statesman.
London: The Self-Help Press, no date [circa 1910]. [Self-Help / Political Biography] RARE ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.96. Publisher's paper covers illustrated with a photograph by Elliott and Fry, stapled twice and priced at 2d. Crumbling to dust as you read this; as brown as they come and..... More
Coney Island and Brooklyn, N.Y., Illustrated.
New York, NY: Manhattan Post Card Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Coney Island] EARLY POSTCARD IMAGES. Octavo pamphlet. Dichromatic printing on clay paper, with colour-illustrated card covers, stapled. 16 double-sided black and white photographic plates, totalling 64 individual images. Some small losses to edges of first and last leaves. Rubbing..... More
Daily Express New Road Book of Great Britain. Maps by George Philip and Son, Ltd.
London: The Daily Express, no date [c.1937]. [Early Road Map] EARLY EDITION. Quarto (28 x 21), pp.128. A gazetteer with eight loose map cards with the original wrap-around band stating 'Important | First - turn to page two!'. Publisher's navy leatherette boards with titles blind to upper board. Light outer..... More
The Denis Law Testimonial [Football Match Programme].
Manchester: Pace Group, 1973. [Football Match Programme] ORIGINAL SOUVENIR BROCHURE. Magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.28. A series of articles produced in celebration of the career of Denis Law as a souvenir programme for the Benefit Match against Ajax organised as a send-off when leaving Manchester United for Manchester City..... 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
Documents Diplomatiques 1914 La Guerre Européene. 1. Pièces Relatives aux Négotiations qui ont Précédé Les Déclarations de Guerre de L'Allemagne a La Russie (1er Août 1914) et a La France (3 Août 1914) Déclaration du 4 Septembre 1914.
Paris: Librairie Hachette Et Cie. 1914. Foreign Office Government publication [Ministére Des Affairés Etrangéres]. Printed pamphlet, pp.xx; 194; [1], imprint. Quatriéme édition. Original price 0fr.50. Slightly browned, simple later paper spine and label. Near fine. More
DR. T.J. Barnardo: A Brief Life and Sketch. Reprinted from "Night & Day," October, 1905.
London: Dr. Barnardo's Homes, 1919. [Children's Welfare] EARLY ARTICLE. Octavo pamphlet (24 x 18cm), pp.12. No covers as issued, stapled twice. Folded both horizontally and vertically. Fairly lightly handled, with just a few marks out outer leaves. Very good. A short article on the life and work of philanthropist and..... More
[Enamelled Russian Address Book featuring a Winter portrait of Lenin].
no date [circa 1980's]. A simple Cyrillic address book in a red plastic binding (14 x 7cm), but uniquely decorated in black over the top with an enamelled image of Lenin leaning on a shovel in a snowy park. Fine and unused inside; some cracking and chipping of the enamel..... More
Extracts from Regimental Orders, for the Use of the First Battalion Grenadier Guards.
[Private Compilation]. n.d. [c.1878]. ORIGINAL HANDBOOK, printed material interleaved with MS notes. Octavo, pp.36, xcv. With approximately half the booklet consisting of blank unpaginated leaves. Printed material interleaved with MS notes in black and red ink, paginated by hand in Roman numerals. Some annotations to printed leaves. Folding poster 'Arrangement..... More
The Festival of Britain Exhibition of Books. Arranged by the National Book League at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
London: Published for the National Book League by the Cambridge University Press, no date [1951]. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's plain soft covers, titled to upper. A little toned, with heavy spotting to covers, and some light handling. Blue pencil 'IF' to front over. Very..... More
Fighter Aircraft of Today.
London: Juvenile Productions, no date [circa 1939]. [Second World War Aircraft] FIRST EDITION, and the only edition. Oblong octavo (19 x 28cm), pp.[20]. With a page of text facing a full-page colour illustration of each of the nine aircraft featured, as well as a colour-illustrated title page. Publisher's colour-illustrated card..... More
Great Britain and the European Crisis. Correspondence, and Statements In Parliament, together with an Introductory Narrative of Events.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914. Government publication. Printed pamphlet, pp.xxvi; 102. Original price One Penny. Blue wrappers, slightly browned, simple later paper spine and label. Near fine. More
Greater East Asia War Record. [Official Japanese Second World War Photography].
Tokyo, [circa 1942]. [Japanese War Photography] ORIGINAL COMMEMORATIVE COLLECTION. Small quarto portfolio containing 40 loose black and white photographs backed onto card, with descriptions tipped onto verso. Also with a loose introductory leaf, and publishing information to the inside of the portfolio. Publisher's blue cloth chemise portfolio, with plain card..... More
Guildhall Portsmouth Sunday, 18th April: A Concert in aid of the Lord Mayor's Special Appeal for the Sir Winston Churchill Memorial. Presented by Joe Collins and Mervyn Conn. With Manfred Mann, Dave Berry, the Ivy League.
Hastings: Hastings Printing Company, April 1965. [Concert Programme] RARE PAMPHLET (27 x 20cm), pp.12. Publisher's colour printed paper covers with two staples. Very light wear. Near fine. More
Kiss of the Vampire — Publicity Services [Film Campaign Brochure].
London: Rank Film Distributors, 1963. [Horror Film] ORIGINAL PUBLICITY SERVICES BROCHURE. A4 magazine format (28 x 22cm), pp.[8]. Including notes on the plot, specs for posters and lobby cards, and suggestions cinema owners for publicising the film and extracting maximum financial benefit from showing it at their venue. Printed in..... More
Literary Characters.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. [Literary Offprint] ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.32. INSCRIBED in black ink to inside of cover on behalf of the publisher. Publisher's plain paper covers with woodcut illustrations, bound with thick brown string. Lightly toned and spotted. Browning to spine and outer edges, with some..... More
Map of Environs of Tunbridge Wells.
Nottingham: Roberts & Co., no date [circa 1890s]. [Tourist Map] ORIGINAL MAP. Folded 19 x 12cm, unfolded 39 x 48cm. Printed in red, blue and black, divided into two-mile squares by a heavy red grid. Showing the country around Tunbridge Wells, between Westerham, Rye, Lewes and Lenham. A free copy..... More
Marylebone Cricket Club Matches for the Season, 1926. With Full Scores and Batting Averages.
London: The Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926. [Cricket] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] vi; 190 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Ink ownerships to front endpapers, with some light Spotting. Spine heavily sunned with some light rubbing to cloth. Very good. More
The Menagerie. No. 102, Dean's Fluffidown Rag Books, Patented.
London: Dean's Rag Book Co., no date [circa 1910s]. [Rag Book] ORIGINAL RAG BOOK. Octavo (21 x 17cm), unpaginated. Five double-sided illustrated cloth sheets showing various exotic animals, in cloth covers, sewn to spine. Strong sewing, but for some fraying to head of spine. All colours except the red on..... More
Miscellanies.
1880. [History] NINETEENTH-CENTURY COMMONPLACE BOOK. Octavo (24 x 20cm), pp.[12]; 315; [21]. Most pages hand-written in black ink, with numerous newspaper and periodical clippings pasted in. Red full morocco with gilt tooling, and gilt and blind ruling to boards. Gilt titles and additional tooling to spine. Raised bands. Bevelled edges..... More
[Movie Wrap-Party Invitation for "The Krays"].
November 1989. [Wrap-Party Invite] ORIGINAL INVITATION and PROMOTIONAL POSTCARD. Presented as a montage within a simple glass frame. Hand-addressed to Rodney Pincott, standby propman for the film. Postcard well-thumbed with a few creases. Light toning and handling to invitation. Very good. Released in April 1990, 'The Krays' was a well-received..... More