The Life of Mammals.
(London: BBC Books, 2002). First edition, 8vo, 320 pp. Numerous colour photographic illustrations, inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More
(London: BBC Books, 2002). First edition, 8vo, 320 pp. Numerous colour photographic illustrations, inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More
London: Lutterworth Press, 1959. First edition. 8vo. 185, (3) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper. 35 plates, 3 in colour and 32 black and white. Some wear to the extremities of the jacket, shadow of an old..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. First edition. 4to. 273, (3) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine and with the publisher's matching logo to the upper board, dust jacket, folding guide to the 1999 Barbican exhibition "David Bailey: Birth of Cool" loosely inserted. 313 photographic illustrations, predominantly black..... More
London: David Bailey and Olympus Optical Co. (U.K.) Ltd., 1976. First edition. 4to. 142, (2) pp. Publisher's pale grey cloth, brown lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by Bailey on the front free endpaper, an unrelated early gift inscription to the front pastedown. Photographically illustrated throughout, mostly monochrome. Occasional..... More
London: Whisper Promotions, 1971. First edition. 8vo. 128 pp. Publisher's faux black leather, gilt lettering and decoration, early inscription in French to the half title. Black and white illustrations. Very good. "These writings were smuggled out of Her Majesty's prison between November 1966 and September 1969. They are the psychological..... More
(London: Contini), [2017]. First edition, folio, 118, (2) pp. Photographic illustrations. Pictorial boards, fine. More
University of Iowa Press, (1999). First edition, 8vo, viii, 251, (1) pp. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Sheffield Academic Press, (1993). First edition, 3 volumes, large 8vo. Black and white illustrations in the third volume. Cloth, d.w.'s, mild soiling to the spines, slipcase with a little wear to one corner. More
London: The William Blake Trust, 1987. Text volume only. Folio. 27, (1) pp. Publisher's quarter tan morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettered direct to the spine. Very good. An out-of series copy of just the text from one half of this scarce collection, without any of the accompanying illustrations or..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Limited edition, no. 1 of 365 copies, 4to, xvi, (ii), 236 pp. 94 black and white plates. Original teal cloth, maroon leather spine label, a fine copy. A British edition of 650 copies appeared the year before. More
London: Cassell, 1997. First edition. Large 8vo. xiv, 382, (2) pp. Publisher's indigo cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Very good. More
New Haven & London: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art [and] The Yale Centre for British Art [by] Yale University Press, 2002. First edition. Small 4to. xx, 386 pp. Publisher's grey cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, 8 pages of colour plates plus..... More
(London): V&A Publishing, (2008). First edition, 4to, 319, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations. Card wrappers, a fine copy. More
(London): Academy Editions, (1996). First edition, 4to, 256 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More
Milwaukee Art Museum in association with Lund Humphries, 2004. First edition. 4to. 279, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Illustrations throughout, some in colour. Very good. More
London: B.T. Batsford, (1940). First edition, viii, 136 pp. Black and white photographic plates plus a couple of paintings reproduced in colour. Elizabeth David's copy, with her booklabel and ten bookmarks saving places in the volume, nine of which are inscribed by her with the relevant details and page numbers..... More
[n.p.]. 8vo, (8) pp. Loosely inserted is the invitation to the service as well as two postcards, of Folkington Church and David's grave there, plus a two page autograph letter on David's headed notepaper to Melissa Bakewell of the BBC, concerning the 1987 radio programme "A Matter of Taste." Decorative..... More
London: John Lehmann, (1951). Seventh impression, 8vo, 191, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations by John Minton, signature to fly leaf, brief annotation to the rear free endpaper, outer edge of the first few leaves with a light stain. Original cloth with a scorch mark to the middle of the..... More
London: John Lehmann Ltd., 1950. First edition. 8vo. 191, (1) pp. Publisher's pink cloth, gilt lettered brown spine panel, dust jacket on a design by John Minton, nor price clipped. Frontispiece, title and further illustrations in the text also by Minton. Some losses to the upper edge of the jacket..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2005. First edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's green cloth backed colour illustrated boards on a design by MacCarthy, gilt lettered to the spine, Anne Olivier Bell's copy inscribed to her by the illustrator - "To Olivier on her Birthday, June 2006. With much love and affection from..... More
London: Macdonald, (1965). Second edition, second impression, 8vo, 207, (1) pp. Frontispiece, decorative title and illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., slightly roughly price clipped, some faint rubbing, mild rubbing to spine ends, a very good bright copy. More
London: Dorling Kindersley, (1987). Limited edition, no. 47 of 450 copies signed by the author, small 4to, (ii), 224 pp. Illustrations in both colour and black and white. Pictorial boards, d.w., price clipped, spine slightly sunned otherwise very good. More
London: Michael Joseph, (1960). First edition. 8vo. 493, (1) pp. Recent black full morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to two panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, signed by the author on the title page. An excellent copy. More
(Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1963). 8vo, 364, (2) pp. Inscribed from the author to Joan Baylis "...Greetings for Christmas 1963" on the half title, marginal browning throughout, original covers bound in at the end, marbled endpapers. Recent dark green full morocco, a.e.g. More