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Jonathan Cape. First edition published by Jonathan Cape in 1956. This is a very good or better copy. The jacket is no chips or loss except it is price clipped. There is minimal wear to the spine ends and corners. On the reverse of the jacket is a watermark. The book has a gift inscription on the front free end paper. The boards have a pushed corner but otherwise are clean as are the pages. The book is very good or better. An award winning children's novel set in the second world war. It is brilliantly illustrated by C. Walter Hodges. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1956.
Reed all about me - with a signed photograph of Oliver Reed by Reed, Oliver - 1979
by Reed, Oliver
Reed all about me - with a signed photograph of Oliver Reed
by Reed, Oliver
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- near fine
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W H Allen. 8vo., original brown publisher's boards, lettered in gilt direct to spine; in the original unclipped dust jacket (£5.95 net), with both upper and lower panels showing photographs of the author; pp. [vi], vii-x, 261, [i], together with numerous black and white photographs throughout; a sturdy example, the pages lightly toned, as ever, light pushing to spine tips and corners; else a very uptogether copy in the near-fine jacket which is a touch creased to extremities, with very marginal toning. First edition. This copy complete with a rather dashing signed black and white photo showing the actor in his breakthrough film, The Curse of the Werewolf. Reed was born in 1938, and made his first screen appearances in the Hammer Horror films of the 1960s. It was Oliver!, however, which shot him to fame in his role as Bill Sikes. He went on to star in numerous productions, with his final performance as the gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's Gladiator earning him a posthumous BAFTA nomination. Reed was perhaps at the height of his career when this book was published. In it, he describes his life, from the opening line, "My father found me through a ration book",his adventures in prep school, and his time as a bouncer at a Soho club, through to his acting career, and subsequent adventures. The Curse of the Werewolf was Reed's first starring role. It was also the first werewolf film to be shot in colour. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1979.
- Bookseller The Plantagenet King (GB)
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- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher W H Allen
- Date Published 1979
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The Silver Sword
by Serraillier, Ian
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The Haunted Omnibus
by Laing, Alexander; Ward, Lynd; Blackwood, Algeron; James, M.R.; Machen, Arthur; Poe, Edgar Allan; Saki; Wharton, Edith
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Cassell. First edition of this comprehensive collection of horror short stories, edited by Alexander Laing and published by Cassell in 1937. The book and wrapper are in very good or better condition. The wrapper has wear to the spine ends and corners but is all there. There is a patch of browning to the top of the front panel. It displays the correct price of 8/6 net on the spine. The book has a gentle push to one corner and the spine ends. Overall a nice copy. The editor Laing has put together a who's who of horror short story writers, for what the publishers claim is the first illustrated omniibus of ghost stories. Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, Arthur Machen, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Ambrose Bierce and Edith Wharton all contribute haunted tales. The real star of the show though is illustrator Lynd Ward who contributes 62 illustrations, either full page, vignettes or tail pieces to accompany each story. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1937.
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Poems - a signed presentation copy to Laurie Lee
by Spender, Stephen
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- Very Good
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Faber & Faber. First edition published by Faber and Faber in 1940. This is a very good or better copy. The wrapper is not price clipped displaying the correct price of 2/6 net. Someone has written their name (from Charles) neatly on the inside flap. The spine is toned. Otherwise there is no loss to the wrapper and it is in presentable condition. The book is also in excellent condition. A couple of pages of foxing to the front and rear otherwise clear. Stephen Spender has inscribed this copy to fellow author Laurie Lee to the title page. He has inscribed "To Laurence Lee inscribed by Stephen Spender". An early collection of poetry from Stephen Spender and very rare to be inscribed to Laurie Lee. Spender was an early supporter of Laurie Lee's work and along with Cyril Connolly his fellow editor at Horizon, they published his poems. A rare literary association. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1940.
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South Riding
by Holtby, Winifred
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Collins. First edition published by Collins in 1936. A very good copy. Dustjacket with design by J.L. Carstairs, chipped to corners and spine ends with the odd nick, spine panel faded. Original green cloth, spine lettered in purple and a little faded at tips, top edge green largely faded, a few smalls spots to edges and foxing to preliminary pages, lower edge roughtrimmed, faint partial browning to free endpapers and a few faint spots. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and the author's key title. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1936.
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Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor
by Peake, Mervyn
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Country Life. London: Country Life (1939). A first edition. 4to., original pictorial paper boards, backed with the original green cloth spine; pp. 48; An about very good copy. Missing its jacket. The boards and all pages have browned with age. The upper board has wear and rubbing to the corners. The lower board has marks, a couple of small splash marks and a small number of scratches. The corners are also rubbed. The upper board at the bottom edge says "A Country Life book London 1939". The front free end paper is heavily creased. It has a near contemporary gift inscription from 1941. The third leaf has a handful of tiny pen marks dotted at the bottom of the page. All pages have browning marks although most are sporadic and occasional. Overall an about very good copy of a scarce book. Mervyn Peake's first book and notoriously scarce. Most copies were destroyed in the blitz as the Country Life building was hit, just as the book was about to be…
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Spark, Muriel
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- near fine
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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London: Macmillan. First UK edition. The Victor Reinganum dust wrapper is in near fine condition. It has a crease to the bottom of the front panel. Along with very minor rubbing to the spine ends and corner tips. The jacket is complete and not price clipped. The book has a small number of light marks to the top of the front board. The pages are very clean without foxing or ink. Overall a near fine copy. Muriel Spark's best known works and a highlight in modern first edition collecting. With the fantastic dust wrapper artwork. It was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the top 100 novels of the 20th Century. And also adapted to the big screen in 1969. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1961.
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Superworm - double signed and doodled
by Donaldson, Julia; Scheffler, Axel
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€505.50
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Alison Green. First UK edition published by Alison Green Books in 2012. This is a near fine copy. The front free end paper has some crumpling and a crease in the bottom corner otherwise the jacket and book present as new. The jacket hasn't been price clipped. This is a first print copy with the number string going down to 1. This is a rare copy as it has been signed by both Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler on the title page as well as being dated in the year of publication. Axel Scheffler has also doodled superworm. Rare to find double signed and doodled. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2012.
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Ethel & Ernest
by Briggs, Raymond
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- near fine
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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€327.08
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Jonathan Cape. First edition published by Jonathan Cape in 1998. This is a near fine copy. The jacket has a couple of faint strips of browning to the back panel and a couple of spots. Otherwise it is as new and is not price clipped. The book is square and firm. There are a few foxing marks to the upper text block. There are no inscriptions, foxing or ink to the pages. Overall a near fine copy and rare to find signed without dedication by Raymond Briggs to the title page. Briggs' story about his parents that has been adapted to TV. A rare book signed. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1998.
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Toad of Toad Hall
by Milne, A.A.
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- near fine
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- Near Fine
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Methuen. First edition published by Methuen in 1929. A near fine copy. The wrapper is complete with no loss. It is not price clipped with the correct price displayed on the spine of 5/- net. There is the odd dirt mark to the front panel but overall it is remarkably clean and more so than is usually found. The spine is without any browning at all. The book has a neat contemporary inscription. There is the odd foxing mark and patch of browning but again overall it is in excellent condition. Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne's play based on The Wind in the Willows. On the inside flap Milne says "Theres enough of Kenneth Grahame in it to appease his many admirers, and enough of me in it to justify my name on the title page". Toad, Mole, Rat and Badger all make an appearance. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1929.
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Landscape and Silence
by Pinter, Harold
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Near Fine
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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€576.86
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Methuen & Co Ltd. First edition published by Methuen & Co Ltd in 1969. This is a near fine copy. The wrapper has the odd mark to the front and back panel but overall is clean and with only light wear tp the spine ends. The jacket has the publisher's sticker applied to the front flap. The black publishers boards, lettered in silver to spine are slightly pushed to the spine ends. The final page inside is lightly offset. This copy is boldly inscribed to the title page "To Brice Ritchie, Best Wishes, Harold Pinter", with the ownership plate of the dedicatee to the front paste-down. A one-act play on the theme of marriage, first broadcast on radio in 1968 and first performed on stage in 1969. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1969.
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Timeless Treasure,: Exploring Miniature Libraries and their Bookcases (1800-1932).
by Burley, Jason
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London, London, United Kingdom
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€11.89
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24 printed pages. 11 colour photgraphic illustrations. Index and Bibliography. 'Introduction', 'The History of Small Antique Bookcases', 'Caring for Your Mini Bookcases', 'Notable Examples', 'Investment Value' and 'Conclusion'. 15 x 21 cm. Perfect bound with colour pictorial card wrappers. Newly published in June 2024. This approaches collectable miniature books through the perspective of their original bookcases and draws from a number of different academic and reference sources, as well as on the author's own current stock. Jason Burley has worked in antiquarian bookselling since 1979, when he joined Francis Edwards, 83 Marylebone High Street, W1 as a Trainee Bookdealer. He opened his first independent bookshop in 1984 in Camden and jointly founded the multiple award-winning Burley Fisher Books in 2015. Jason has campaigned with Lord Bird to reduce Business Rates on UK bookshops and has sold miniature books since the mid 1980s -exhibiting 750 miniature books at Firsts London 2024 in the Saatchi…
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A diáspora da palavra: obras de autores portugueses impressas fora de Portugal, 1521-1550. Guia da exposição.
by DIAS, João José Alves
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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.***
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The Butterflies Fly-Past. with illus. by Mandy Shepherd.
by Simson, Clive
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994
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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.
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In Search of Nature.
by Ratcliffe, D.A
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- first
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- New
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- New
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000
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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.
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Native Plums (Prunus) of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018. pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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A History of Whaling in Brazil. From royal fish to Japanese delicacy.
by Hart, Ian & Edmundson, William
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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.
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Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013. pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904-1931. A History of shore and bay-based whaling in the Antarctic.
by Hart, Ian
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006
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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.
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Antarctic Magistrate. A life through the lens of a camera.
by Hart, Ian
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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.
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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.
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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…
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