Description:
A First UK printing published by Macmillan, London in 1970. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with the publisher's original green boards and gilt titling. Some mild pushing at the spine ends. Mild toning of the page edges and text-block due to the quality of the paper used. Some very light spotting to the text block. One penned inscription to the upper front end paper: 'Review Copy. John P. White, ix.70'. The WRAPPER is complete and in VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor edge-wear with a 3cm closed tear to the upper rear cover. Some toning to the folds, spine and upper cover edges. The Justin Todd wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been Signed (without dedication) by David Lodge directly to the title page and a ticket for the signing event accompanies the book as provenance. This title was one of the first to be printed by computer and the process was deeply flawed, resulting in significant textual errors, and Lodge was also disappointed with the dust…
Read More The Equilibriad : With The Scarce Printed Glassine Wrapper by Sansom, William & Freud, Lucian (Illus.) - 1948
by Sansom, William & Freud, Lucian (Illus.)
The Equilibriad : With The Scarce Printed Glassine Wrapper
by Sansom, William & Freud, Lucian (Illus.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
The sole UK printing published by the Hogarth Press in 1948. The book is in Very Good++ or better condition with moderate toning and spotting to the end papers and text block. The pages are clean. Number '11' of only 750 copies issued. Numbered and signed by the author to the limitation page as called for. Five full page B/W plates by Lucian Freud which are all in wonderful clean condition. The buckram-backed marbled boards and leather spine are very sharp with light rubbing to the edges and corners. The gilt titling remains bright. Slight pushing at the spine ends. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The elusive printed Glassine WRAPPER is present and is lacking the spine section. There are some losses to the spine area to the rear panel. It has some edge wear, chipping and creasing in places - see images. The front flap with the printed title and price is present. The wrapper is extremely scarce and fragile, and few have survived. The book and wrapper are protected in the removable Mylar archival cover and presents very well. 'William Sansom was once described as London's closest equivalent to Franz Kafka. He wrote in hallucinatory detail, bringing every image into pin-sharp focus.He fell from favour, but now there is a movement to rediscover his finest works.' (The Independent). Scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
- Bookseller Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB (GB)
- Illustrator Freud, Lucian
- Book Condition Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition Very Good-
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First UK Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication UK
- Date Published 1948
- Keywords Equilibriad, Freud, Hogarth, Sansom
More Photos
Out of the Shelter : Signed By The Author
by Lodge, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,478.00
Show Details
Item Price
€1,478.00
More Photos
Lenten Illuminations – Sight Sufficient
by Sassoon, Siegfried
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,478.00
Show Details
Description:
The First UK printing published by University Press Cambridge for Siegfried Sassoon & Geoffrey Keynes in 1958. One of only 35 copies printed for the authors. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Free from inscriptions. The publisher's plain glassine WRAPPER is in near Fine condition with just a little edge wear at the spine tips and edges. Extremely scarce. With the wrappered edition which was published a year later in 1959 by Downside Review Publication, Bath in an edition of 200 copies. This copy is also in near Fine condition with just a hint of toning to the edges. Provenance : Siegfried Sassoon then through family descent. More images available on request. Ashton rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Item Price
€1,478.00
More Photos
George Leigh Mallory : A Memoir
by Pye, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,123.28
Show Details
Description:
The First UK printing published by Oxford University Press in 1927. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Original publisher's paper label complete with slight toning to the top edge. Spare paper label is present and is tipped in to the rear. Early rubbing to the lower corners. Tiny superficial scuff to the rear cover. Light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Edges rough-cut. Portrait frontispiece by Emery Walker with the tissue-guard present. Contemporary gift inscription to the front blank end-paper. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some loss to the upper spine end but there is no loss of lettering. Mild edge-wear to the lower spine tip and corners. A little light edge-wear with mild toning to the spine. Small closed tear area with light rubbing to the rear cover and a few age related markings in places. Illustrated with five B/W photographic plates which are complete. The wrapper remains very attractive in the removable Brodart archival cover. George Herbert Leigh…
Read More Item Price
€1,123.28
More Photos
Blow Your House Down : Signed By The Author
by Barker, Pat
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,005.04
Show Details
Description:
The First UK printing published by Virago, London in 1984. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Light pushing at the spine ends. Some light offsetting to the end-papers and toning to the text-block. A hint of toning to the page edges. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Some light creasing at the spine tips and corners. Light toning to the flap edges. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. A copy fo the signing event ticket accompanies this title as provenance. The Booker Prize winning author's very scarce second book which was also published simultaneously in paperback, with the hardback copies being issued in much smaller numbers. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Item Price
€1,005.04
More Photos
Memoirs Of An Aesthete : Signed By The Author
by Acton, Harold
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,123.28
Show Details
Description:
The First UK printing published by Methuen, London in 1948. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Light pushing with a little fading at the spine tips. Gilt titling to the spine remains bright. A hint of rubbing to the corners. Mild offsetting to the blank end-papers. The scarce fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some edge-wear with small areas of loss to the spine ends and rear upper edge areas. Some brown tape reinforcement to the edges to the verso with some small areas of this visible to the front. Some age related markings, few nicks and short closed tears with some light toning to the edges. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been inscribed by the author to the front blank end-paper : 'To Anthony Hobson, with happy memories of amazing occasions, with all best wishes, from Harold Acton'. The recipient Anthony Hobson was a noted historian, auctioneer and scholar. Hobson's personal bookplate is present on the front pastedown. 'In this…
Read More Item Price
€1,123.28
More Photos
A Single Man : Signed Limited Edition With Ephemera
by Isherwood, Christopher
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,182.40
Show Details
Description:
A special Limited Edition published by the Land Press in 1980. The BOOK is in Fine condition. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, decorations to covers gilt and silver designed by James Brockman. With the original blue cloth slipcase as issued in near Fine condition. This is number 31 from an edition of only 400 copies which were Signed by the Author and printed on Barcham Green paper. Accompanied by firstly, the loose Prospectus and secondly, a printed letter from Christie Art auctioneers with a photo of the special leather bound book referring to the prospectus. A very handsome edition of this title originally published in 1964 which has been successfully adapted for the movies starring Colin Firth and directed by Tom Ford.
Item Price
€1,182.40
More Photos
A Primer Of Birds : Signed By Hughes And Baskin : With The Publisher's Prospectus And Flyer Letter
by Hughes, Ted & Baskin, Leonard (Illus.)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Sole UK Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,182.40
Show Details
Description:
The sole UK printing published by The Gehenna Press, UK in 1981. Number '120' of only 250 copies issued. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a tiny amount of rubbing and a very small split to the extreme spine tips. Free from inscriptions and erasures. 'The woodcuts were printed from the blocks ; the paper is Dover, handmade at Maidstone, Kent, these copies are signed by the poet and artist and are numbered one to two hundred and twenty five.'. Leonard Baskin has provided five full page B/W woodcuts, a further one hand coloured and a further half page bird decoration to the limitation page. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Loosely inserted are the 4 page publisher's Prospectus with a B/W woodcut and also a a very scarce promotional letter from Mark Ritchie at The Phaidon Press promoting this title and informing collectors that they had taken over the ownership of The Gehenna Press. An increasingly elusive copy of one of the most handsome books that Hughes and Baskin…
Read More Item Price
€1,182.40
More Photos
Poems : With The Scarce Wrapper
by Mansfield, Katherine
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,478.00
Show Details
Description:
The First UK printing published by Constable & Co., Ltd., London, 1923. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. The publisher's original brown boards with sand-coloured cloth as the spine and half-cover are clean. Light pushing at the spine tips. The red leather label on the spine with the title and author details is complete with just a hint of rubbing to the upper edge. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Some offsetting to the end-papers. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Light toning to the page edges. Some light creasing to the upper corner of a couple of pages. The notoriously fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Light edge-wear with a little loss at the upper spine end ( not involving any lettering) and the corners. Some internal tape repairs to the spine folds to the verso. Mild toning to the spine and edges, with some light spotting in places. The wrapper presents very well in the removable Brodart archival cover. A handsome production and very scarce with the…
Read More Item Price
€1,478.00
More Photos
At Mrs Lippincote’s
by Taylor, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,123.28
Show Details
Description:
The First UK printing published by Peter Davies, London in 1945. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition with just some very light pushing at the spine tips. Light fading to the spine ends corresponding to the losses to the wrapper spine. Free from inscriptions and erasures. A small neat bookseller sticker to the lower front pastedown. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some losses to the spine ends and the lower front edge. Mild edge-wear with some nicks, light creasing and minor losses. The unattributed wrapper artwork remains striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book, the author's first novel, was printed in conformity with the authorised war economy standards and is a very scarce survivor. It is highly likely that the book would have been printed in a small print run. I can only see one copy having appeared at auction in the last 30 years, and it is unclear as to whether that copy had a wrapper or not. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books…
Read More Item Price
€1,123.28
More Photos
The Magic Of A Line – The Autobiography Of Laura Knight : Presentation Copy – Signed, Doodled And Located By Laura Knight In The Year Of Publication
by Knight, Laura (Dame)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good++
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€1,478.00
Show Details
Description:
The First UK printing published by William Kimber, London in 1965. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Original cloth with gilt titling. The pink salmon top-stain is present but a little faded in a few places. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some small losses at the upper spine and edges (see images). Toning to the spine and edges with mild fading of the red lettering to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The decorative bookplate of Sir Michael Fraser, Lord Fraser of Kilmorack pasted in to the front pastedown. Penned inscription to the front blank endpaper : 'Mike with love from Chloe, 25th July 1965'. Chloe(Drummond) was Lord Fraser's wife. Laura Knight has penned a signed elaborate doodle to the title page. This doodle is presumable that of Lord Fraser and his wife having a meal. Laura Knight has written ' MIchael Fraser his book' to the top of the page. She has also doodled 'Fog' above the couple, presumably referring to ?? brain fog.…
Read More Item Price
€1,478.00
A diáspora da palavra: obras de autores portugueses impressas fora de Portugal, 1521-1550. Guia da exposição.
by DIAS, João José Alves
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST and ONLY EDITION
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
€22.68
Show Details
Description:
Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Centro de Estudos Históricos, Universidade Nova, 2021.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 110 pp., (1 blank l.), profusely illustrated, indexes of authors, places of publication, printers and booksellers. One of 500 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this excellent exhibition catalogue. Alves Dias is one of Portugal's leading historians, and a distinguished bibliophile.***
Item Price
€22.68
The Butterflies Fly-Past. with illus. by Mandy Shepherd.
by Simson, Clive
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€8.87
Show Details
Description:
Special Offers Entomology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994. pp.xviii, 127 with 8 coloured illus. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £20.00. A fascinating book describing the authors experiences of studying butterflies in the UK. All native British Butterflies are mentioned at some point in the text, which is handsomely supported by 8 watercolour plates by Mandy Shepherd.
Item Price
€8.87
In Search of Nature.
by Ratcliffe, D.A
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 20
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€10.35
Show Details
Description:
Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000. pp.xii, 249 with illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £27.00. The distinguished naturalist, Derek Ratcliffe, passed away in 2005 aged 75. Born in 1929, this book tells the tale of his life from boyhood, when his interest in birds, butterflies, moths and dragonflies started to develop, through to the period in his life before 1970. Ratcliffe took the opportunity presented by writing this book of paying tribute to some of the people who helped him along the way and became lifelong friends.
Item Price
€10.35
Native Plums (Prunus) of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€17.74
Show Details
Description:
Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018. pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
Item Price
€17.74
A History of Whaling in Brazil. From royal fish to Japanese delicacy.
by Hart, Ian & Edmundson, William
- New
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st. Ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€23.65
Show Details
Description:
Pequena., 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxii, 234 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A new softback. This is the first book to describe comprehensively the history of whaling in Brazil, starting with traditional whaling as a Portuguese crown monopoly and culminating with the introduction of modern ships, equipped with harpoon guns in the twentieth century - an initiative led by a British company (Duder and Brother) in Brazil.
Item Price
€23.65
Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€27.79
Show Details
Description:
Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013. pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
Item Price
€27.79
Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904-1931. A History of shore and bay-based whaling in the Antarctic.
by Hart, Ian
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€29.56
Show Details
Description:
Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006. pp.xvi, 363 with many illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. A fascinating account of the whaling industry in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The sequence of events which led to the extension of British sovereignty in the Antarctic and the legislation & policing imposed by the Falkland Islands Government to control the burgeoning whaling industry are also discussed.
Item Price
€29.56
Antarctic Magistrate. A life through the lens of a camera.
by Hart, Ian
- New
- first
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st. Ed.
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€29.56
Show Details
Description:
Pequena., 2009. 1st. Ed.. pp.303 with many photographs. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. This volume is a celebration of the life of Edward Beveridge Binnie, (born on the Falkland Islands in 1884) the eighth child of immigrant Scottish parents. The book traces his rise from humble beginnings through Falkland Islands Government service to becoming the first Antarctic Magistrate.
Item Price
€29.56
More Photos
Austral Enterprises. A History of shore, bay-based and pelagic whaling and sealing in the Southern Ocean encompassing the Southern Whaling & Sealing Company, The Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Company and their associated enterprises at South Georgia, the Antarctic peninsula, the South Indian Ocean and South Africa.
by Hart, Ian
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st. Ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 8
- Seller
-
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
€35.47
Show Details
Description:
Pequena., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 380 with b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Print run of just 400 copies. Signed by author. There have been very few attempts to document British involvement in the whaling and sealing industry. This book describes, in detail, some of the major companies that undertook this trade and the profound effect this had on the whale and seal populations in the southern hemisphere.
Item Price
€35.47
More Photos
Teses Apresentadas ao II Congresso realizado de 4 a 11 de Setembro de 1960. 2º volume. Boletim da Sociedade de Estudos de Moçambique. Ano XXIX, N.º 125, Novembro a Dezembro.
by [MOZAMBIQUE]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- FIRST and ONLY EDITION
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
€51.04
Show Details
Description:
Lourenço Marques, [from rear cover] Composto e Impresso na Sociedade de Estudos, 1960.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original pale blue printed wrappers (browned, short tear on spine). Illustrations, maps and tables in text. Some light dampstains. In good condition. Old faint circular stamp on front cover. (2 ll.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 9, (2) pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 8 pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 15 pp., errata slip, (1 l.), 4 pp., (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., 2 folding tables, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 10 pp., (1 ll. plates, printed on both sides, 1 blank l., 1 l.), 7 pp., (8 pp. illustrations, 1 blank p., 1 l.), 13 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., (1 l.), 11 pp. including 3 full-page illustrations, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 24 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 5 pp., (1 l. with bibliography, 2 ll. plates, 1 l.), 17 pp., (1 l.), 14 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The volume contains four brief…
Read More Item Price
€51.04