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A Song of the English
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. A nice copy of this edition, with Heath Robinson's illustrations. 12 full page colour plates, Clean blue cloth with gilt titles & illustrations. There seem to be two variant bindings of the ordinary edition. This one, and another with a different gilt illustration and titles to the front board. This seems to be a cheaper edition, with 12, rather than 30 tipped in plates. A little rubbing to the boards. Very slight cracking to the rear hinge. Internally clean and tidy with a touch of foxing only. Two gift inscriptions - one 1913 and one 1921. Overall a very nice copy. Unpaginated. 205 by 155mm (8 by 6 inches).
Book ID: 3499More details Price: £60.00 -
A Tolkien Bestiary.
London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers Limited, 1979. First Edition. In original unclipped colour illustrated dust jacket. Here, David day lucidly has identified, analysed and described 129 separate imaginary beasts from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy worlds. Cream cloth covered boards in good clean state. Dust jacket clean, but has closed tear to spine. There is no loss, and now the book is under a clear protective cover it is almost imperceptible. Book inside is clean and full of colour and b/w illustrations and explanatory text. 287 pages. 285 x 215 mm (11¼ x 8½ inches).
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Book ID: 4024More details Price: £40.00 -
A Travel Photograph Album Of England, Germany, South Tyrol And Austria.
Book ID: 2911More details Price: £475.00
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A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls,
In Which Their Importance Is Considered: And Plain Rules Are Exhibited for Ascertaining the Value of Both; And the True Method of Manufacturing Diamonds.
London: W. L. Molyneux, 1871. Fourth edition (first 1750) in blue cloth hardback. Gilt decoration to front board and gilt title to spine. Boards bumped, and faded to spine edge. Spine has a horizontal split in the centre of the cloth. Ex Libris to front pastedown. Old newspaper clipping to the front free endpaper. This has transferred toning to the title page. Otherwise very clean and tidy inside. Pagination: xxiii, 96, 30 (tables). 180 x 110 mm (7 x 4¼ inches).
Famous handbook for jewellers and antique dealers, or those with gemology collections.Book ID: 2960More details Price: £50.00 -
A Vanished World.
London: Allen Lane, 1984. Second printing of this fascinating photo-book. In hardback in brown boards, under original unclipped dust jacket. Foreword by Elie Wiesel, himself a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. This book is illustrated with a comprehensive selection (180) of Vishniac's celebrated photographs of the Jews of Eastern Europe in the lead up to World War Two. Many of the photos are are full-page. The images were taken secretly, under difficult circumstances, between 1934 and 1939, and the negatives smuggled out sewn in to clothing etc. It is not an over statement to say that these photographs remain important to preserve for posterity unforgettable images of pre-war Jewish life. Unpaginated [96 pages]. 315 x 315 mm
Book ID: 3618More details Price: £40.00 -
A Water Colour of Mary in the Style of Raphaël.
Une aquarelle de Marie dans le style de Raphaël.
Book ID: 3821More details Price: £275.00
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A Window in Thrums.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1892. First edition. Illustrated with 18 etchings by William Hole. Limited edition. This copy is 450/550. By the creator of Peter Pan. Original blue cloth with gilt titles. Very nice clean copy with almost no bumping or edgewear. Internally spotless, with a foxing to the end papers only. xiv, 217 pp. 270 x 190 mm (10¾ x 7½ inches).
This copy was owned by Mrs Van der Poorten Schwartz - the wife of Dutch author Maarten Maartens. Almost certainly given to her by William Robertson Nicoll, who wrote anecdotes of 19th Century Literary history with T.J. Wise, and edited 'The Expositor' for Hodder & Stoughton.
Book ID: 2380More details Price: £120.00 -
A Wonderful Likeness
Book ID: 2987More details Price: £150.00
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Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas. Essays commemorating the Quadricentennial of his Death. 1598 - 1998.
With an introduction by Leon Voet.
Utrecht: Hes Publishers BV, 1998. First edition. Hardback in red publisher's cloth with tipped on colour portrait to front board, with gilt title to front and spine. Fully illustrated in b/w. Fascinating insights in to "the father of historical cartography". Text in English. 432 pages. In very good condition. 310 x 240 mm (12¼ x 9½ inches).
Book ID: 3864More details Price: £75.00 -
Affiche publicitaire. Bilbille et Cie. Collaborateurs Industriels. Paris. 101, rue Reaumur.
Book ID: 3896More details Price: £250.00
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Age of Surrealism.
London: Dennis Dobson, 1953. First British edition. Published in hardback in original dust jacket. Russet cloth boards under jacket are clean. Dust jacket is light coloured so has some age toning and grubbiness. The first popularly written history of surrealism in art and literature which has appeared in Great Britain when it was published. Professor Fowlie deals in this book with the artists: Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Breton, Apollinaire, Cocteau, Eluard, Mallarmé, and Picasso. Previous owner's name and stamp to FFEP. Overall good copy. 203 pages. 220 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches).
Book ID: 3547More details Price: £30.00 -
Ai Weiwei: On The Table.
Barcelona: La Virreina / La Fábrica, 2014. First edition, in its original clothbound format. Includes photographs from his early years in New York, a selection of his 'altered objects', such as 'Suitcase for Bachelor', and 'One Man-Shoe', plus much more. This book served as both a retrospective of Weiwei's career, and as a companion publication to the exhibition of the same name. With photographs of many of his best-known items, an essay by the exhibition's curator Rosa Pera, and an artist interview conducted by Llucià Homs. Text in Catalan, English and Spanish. As new. Unpaginated [280 pages]. 310 x 230 mm (12¼ x 9 inches).
Book ID: 2689More details Price: £35.00 -
Aigle et Palombe au Survol de la Mer.
Book ID: 2153More details Price: £400.00
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Airborne - The New Dance photography of Lois Greenfield.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. Softback first edition. Clean and tidy white covers. Internally in excellent condition. Dance photography. 112 pages. 265 by 265mm (10½ by 10½ inches).
Book ID: 3249More details Price: £20.00 -
Album photo français
Book ID: 3372More details Price: £320.00
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Albumen Photograph of John Ruskin.
Book ID: 2588More details Price: £200.00
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Alechinsky. une peinture, etc. - En Puisaye N°3
Book ID: 4211More details Price: £120.00
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All About Copy-Kitten.
The complete adventures of Copy-Kitten, as first told in Copy-Kitten and More About Copy-Kitten.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1944. First edition thus. Hardback navy blue cloth with gold titles. In original unclipped dust jacket. With pictorial endpapers. Now in wrap for protection. Dust jacket has shelf-wear to edges, light chipping to spine ends, and an area of creasing / closed tear to back. Neat small owners name to front end paper. Pages inside have some transference (shown in pictures). Overall still a lovely little book. Copy-Kitten likes copying other animals and this book contains over forty wonderful illustrations by the talented Helen and Alf Evers. Unpaginated. 200 x 175 mm (7¾ x 7 inches).
Book ID: 2888More details Price: £28.00 -
Allegory of the History of England.
With a portrait of Isaac de Larrey
1713. Engraving taken from Isaac de Larrey's Histoire d'Angleterre. Designed by B. Picart and engraved by Gouwen. Shows the Thames and London Bridge, as well as mythological figures, including Britannia, leaning on the shield of the Union - only formed 6 years before this engraving - alongside a lion. A little darkening to the leaf, and a small tear to the right edge, but overall in very good condition. 400 x 260 mm (15¾ x 10¼ inches).
Book ID: 3170More details Price: £50.00 -
Almanach dédié aux dames. Pour l'an 1810.
Book ID: 3928More details Price: £50.00