1. A TIME TO REMEMBER TOYS. A collection of anecdotes - printed for my friends at Christmastime, 1968. Illustrations by Charles Attebery. Pp. [16], French-folded, printed in brown & black, text illustrations; pictorial textured paper wrappers, slightly split at foot of backstrip; 2. ON THE MEANING OF LIFE AND THE..... More
and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches. [bound with] A COMPANION TO THE..... More
Cream silk-ribbon pictorial bookmarker (c. 1880-1910), printed in colours on one side, depicting a gloved hand holding a rose, the bottom edge folded into the traditional bookmarker point with tassel; a trifle soiled. Length (without tassel) 24.5 cm. More
Translated by Thomas Shelton (1612-1620). Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn. With an Introduction by Justin Huntly McCarthy. In four volumes, totalling nearly 1400 pages, with 24 half-tone plates, decorative half-title and title pages printed in red & brown; f'cap. 8vo; bound by Zaehnsdorf in half dark green morocco, the spines lettered..... More
Pp. [70], folded in the Japanese style, 55 small hand-tipped coloured plates, 4 page coloured map of the tokaido, bamboo patterned endpapers; oblong cr. 12mo; pictorial cloth over card, with printed red title label, stabbed & sewn with purple thread; within pictorial card slipcase; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper..... More
Vol. V. June 1900. Edited by Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill. Pp. viii+248, frontispiece portrait and 6 plates with tissue guards, a few text figures, the title page printed in red & black; impl. 8vo; full red morocco, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt between 4 raised bands, boards elaborately..... More
Edited by Randolph S. Churchill. Together five volumes, complete. Comprising: 1) The Sinews of Peace. Post-War Speeches. Pp. 256 (with irregular pagination of preliminaries, as called for); 1948. Cohen A242.1; 2) Europe Unite. Speeches 1947 and 1948. Pp. xii+506; corners of upper boards lightly bumped; 1950. Cohen A246.1; 3) In..... More
Five volumes in six (complete). Volume One: 1911-1914. Pp. [viii]+536, 6 maps (5 folding), 2 facsimile plates, appendices, index, errata slip tipped onto p. 339; foxing to edges of leaves, light soiling to fore margins of two pages; 1923. Cohen A69.2(I).a First state; Volume Two: 1915. Pp. 558(last blank), 7..... More
Introduction and Commentaries by John Plummer. Pp. 26+360(last blank), including 160 full page coloured illustrations, appendices; gilt lettered & decorated white patterned cloth; top edges blue; within slipcase, edges faded and lightly worn; bookplate on upper pastedown; Barrie & Rockliff, London, 1966. First U.K. edition. *Reproduction, with detailed modern commentary..... More
Pp. [vi]+190(last blank), frontispiece plus text illustrations (some full page); small square 4to; gilt lettered qr. maroon cloth and papered boards, small stain to cloth of lower board near spine; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed, UK price sticker at foot of back panel; Wyrick & Company, Charleston..... More
A book of old rhymes with new dresses by Walter Crane. The music by the earliest masters. Engraved & printed in colour by Edmund Evans. Pp. 56, printed and illustrated in colour throughout (11 full page, including the frontispiece), with music scores to 36 nursery rhymes; small square 4to; red..... More
Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Pp. 240, numerous text illustrations (a couple full page); post 8vo; pictorial stiff red paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper faintly creased; the half-title page slightly soiled Jonathan Cape, London, 1988. Uncorrected proof copy. *Winner of the 1988 Children's Book Award..... More
Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Pp. 208, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (a couple full page); post 8vo; printed stiff red paper wrappers, slightly creased, edges lightly rubbed; the text block slightly buckled; Jonathan Cape, London, 1983. Uncorrected proof copy. *Winner of the 1983 Whitbread Prize for Children's Book of..... More
Pp. 160(last blank), appendices, reference guide; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated with a 'bullet hole' design in blind, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly silverfished; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown and bookplate on upper free endpaper;..... More
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Arts & Crafts of Publishing in Chicago, 1900. With an original leaf from the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz printed in Chicago in 1900. Pp. 144(last colophon, blank), pictorial double title page printed in red, green & black, 76 coloured or..... More
A sketch of a temperament [under the title THE PURSUIT OF THE WELL-BELOVED]. Published serially in twelve weekly parts, from October 1 to December 17, 1892, in The Illustrated London News. With running bannerhead and 24 illustrations by Walter Paget (one for Oct. 22 with abrasion to illustration and small..... More
Leaves from the diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine. With a Foreword by General Sir Harry Chauvel. Pp. [x]+388+[10](advertisements, last colophon), endpaper maps, glossary; cr. 8vo; beige cloth, lettered and decorated in blue, boards lightly marked; contents slightly shaken, some light soiling and foxing, mainly marginal;..... More
Pp. [x](including errata sheet)+766, appendices; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; top edges pale green; dust wrapper, faded and browned (heaviest on backstrip), slight signs of sticker removal from foot of front flap; name stamp on verso of upper and recto of lower free endpaper..... More
Pp. 544, mainly tabulated, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, appendices; half black cloth, spine lettered in red, red cloth boards, lettered in pale red and black; ribbon bookmarker; oblong med. 4to; Taschen, Cologne, 2005. First edition, with CD of an interview with Stanley Kubrick by..... More
or freedom and independence for the seven united provinces of Australia. Pp. xviii+454(last blank), folding frontispiece map, yellow coated endpapers; cr. 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated in blind, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn, the fore-corners faintly bruised; inked gift inscription (dated 1946) at top fore-corner..... More
Edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson. Pp. xiv+340, printed on grey and white paper, hand-tipped coloured portrait as frontispiece, pictorial endpapers; demy 4to; qr. blue-grey goatskin, spine lettered in gilt, blue cloth boards, edges lightly flecked; ribbon marker; within cloth slipcase, which is also lightly flecked; Castle Hill Press, Fordingbridge..... More
Introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan. Photographs by T. E. Lawrence and others, sketches by Edward Bawden. Pp. viii+326, frontispiece plus 9 plates, endpaper map, index; med. 8vo; pictorial ochre cloth, spine blocked in brown and lettered in gilt; top edges brown; within yellow card slipcase; The Folio Society, London, 1986. Second..... More
In two volumes; Volume 1: pp. [x]+258; Volume II: [iv]+264(last blank), each with title page decoration; qr. brown cloth, printed title label on spines, marbled papered boards, lower edges shelf worn; uncut; dust wrappers, soiled, edges lightly worn; a little light foxing; Heinemann, London, 1928. Uniform edition. *Revised edition, in..... More
An Illustrated Home Monthly with which is incorporated The Home Magazine. Vol. VI. July to December, 1902. [Numbers 31 to 36, including the Christmas Double number]. Pp. xxvi+716, with a frontispiece to each issue, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations and decorative initials; dark green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered..... More
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With a hand-list of books hitherto published by the Press. Pp. 16(last colophon); impl. l6mo; grey Ingres papered boards, upper board lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, boards a trifle sprung, the upper board faintly marked; uncut and partly unopened; endpapers lightly offset; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925. McKitterick..... More