Drawn and described by Iris Brooke. With an Introduction by James Laver. Pp. 88(last blank)+[6](advertisements), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers printed in green; med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in silver, top fore-corners of boards very slightly bruised; top edges green; price-clipped dust..... More
Pp. 192(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and (mostly) black & white, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; free endpapers faintly offset; Bibliophile, London, 1982. Reprinted. *First published in 1977. More
Pp. vi+130+16(publisher's catalogue), frontispiece, text figures (some full page), index; small cr. 8vo; grey/green cloth, lettered and ruled in black, soiled and slightly damp stained, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower board chipped at top fore-corner; free endpapers faintly offset, a couple of spots of foxing; Sir Isaac Pitman &..... More
Appearances can be revealing. Translated by Michael Edward Troy. Pp.128(last colophon), 6 illustrations (5 full page); f'cap. 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in white; ribbon marker; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; occasional faint soiling; Metroverlag, Wien, 2011. *'Throughout his life Adolf Loos raised his eloquent voice..... More
A comparative history of the uniforms of the great armies from the 17th century to the First World War. Pp. 240, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full page), pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; narrow med. 4to; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges..... More
Pp. 48, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, short bibliography; f'cap. 4to; pictorial purple/brown papered boards, corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel faintly soiled; Collins, London, 1948. First edition. Britain in Pictures 121. Carney 121. More
From the Scythian Period to the Late 17th Century. Pp. 62, 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white text figures, bibliography; demy 4to; boards a trifle sprung, bottom edges slightly shelf worn, with a couple of tiny nicks; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Bayda Books, Melbourne, 1986. First edition thus. *'Contains..... More
Sixty years in tennis. Foreword by Richard Evans. Pp. 226, pictorial double title page, 24 plates, appendix, index; med. 8vo; small stain near bottom edge of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1983. First U.K. edition. *Autobiography of the tennis commentator and couturier. More
Fashions and Patterns. Pp. 32, illustrated; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled; together with 3 larger (med. 4to) pictorial envelopes each containing 4 folded clothes patterns; housed in a pocket within a narrow royal 4to portfolio of qr. cloth, with pictorial glazed papered boards and a ribbon side..... More