Hove: Combridges, 1931. Limited edition, one of 250 copies, this copy not numbered, small 4to, (xii), 285, (1) pp. 27 plates, two in colour, plus a large folding genealogy, this detached and with a few tears to the edges but otherwise sound. Original gilt titled blue cloth, t.e.g., gilt arms... More about Some Early Pelhams
London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1929. 8vo. xxiv, 912 pp. Contemporary blue full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label with gilt gilt decoration to the other compartments, endpapers and all edges marbled. Portrait frontispiece. Slight fading to the spine, an attractive copy overall. Printed on India paper. More about The Complete Poetical Works of... Edited by Thomas Hutchinson
London: Macmillan and Co., 1898. 8vo, viii, 898, (2) pp. Portrait frontispiece, later bookplate to fly leaf verso, light foxing at the beginning and end. Handsomely bound by Bumpus in contemporary dark blue full morocco, a.e.g., gilt spine, rules and central device to covers, some very mild marks otherwise a.... More about The Works of
London: Macmillan and Co., 1936. Second impression. 8vo. (ii), xii, 403, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. A trivial spots to the upper board, an excellent copy. First published one month before. More about The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
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Ditchling: Printed and Published by Douglas Pepler, 1917. Limited edition, one of 200 copies, 16mo, (iv), 46 pp. 17 wood engravings - 15 by Gill, one by John Beedham and one by both. Original printed card covers, some soiling, handwritten spine title. Taylor & Sewell A16. Evan Gill 267. More about God and the Dragon. Rhymes by H.D.C.P. Engravings by A.E.R.G. [Eric Gill
(New York): Aperture, (2008). First edition thus, oblong 4to, 223, (1) pp. Coloured photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More about RFK. Tribute by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Essays by Vicki Goldberg, Norman Mailer, and Evan Thomas
Paddock Wood: Mascalls Gallery, 2011. First edition, square 8vo, 127, (1) pp. Coloured illustrations. Original pictorial boards, a fine copy. More about John Piper in Kent & Sussex. Curated by Nathaniel Hepburn
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(Oxford: Bardwell Press, 2008). Second edition, 4to, 142, (6) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations plus a small map at the end. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More about Down the Deep Lanes. Photographs [by] James Ravilious. Foreword by Candida Lycett-Green
(London): The Herbert Press, (1990). First trade edition, 4to, 478 pp. 997 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine sunned, a couple of chips to the top of the lower wrapper otherwise very good. More about The Engravings. Edited by Christopher Skelton
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1981. Limited edition, no. 7 of 750 copies, oblong folio, (iv) pp, followed by 8 coloured plates. Original gilt titled cloth covers, bound as issued with a ribbon, held in a matching cloth slipcase, this with some wear and restoration to extremities. A facsimile of an... More about The Poacher's Progress, in eight plates from paintings by... engraved by C. Turner
London: Violette Editions, 2001. First edition. 4to. (296) pp. Publisher's black cloth backed illustrated boards, silver lettered to the spine and upper cover, inscribed by Paul Smith on the front free endpaper "They say... I am a brand! Yuk!" in red ink, continued "Best wishes "Brand Smith" - Paul Smith"... More about You Can Find Inspiration in Everything. (and If You Can't, Look Again
London: The Studio Ltd., 1934. First edition. 4to. 120 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, deep pink lettering to the spine and upper board, top edge pink, dust jacket. 4 colour plates (3 tipped in) plus numerous black and white illustrations. Fading to the jacket spine with slight loss to the... More about William Morris, Designer. The Special Winter number of the Studio: Edited by C.G. Holme
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition, first impression, first state. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine and with Japanese characters in gilt to the upper cover, dust jacket, not price clipped. Two minor tears without loss to the spine ends of the jacket, a little... More about You Only Live Twice
Ditchling: S. Dominic's Press, 1928. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 26 pp. Two engravings by David Jones and 13 by Mary Dudley Short. Uncut in recent linen backed boards. Taylor & Sewell A160. More about Diary with Dominican Calendar, and XII Wood-Engravings
[n.p.], 1968. Small 4to, 31, (1) pp. Signed and inscribed by 22 of the members for George Astley, secretary of the Society of Authors, including Ralph Richardson, Michael Ayrton, Stephen Potter, John Pudney, Winston Graham and Maurice Druon; the last four above their contributions to this volume. Loosely inserted is... More about The Savile Club. 1868-1968
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1917. First edition, 8vo, 61, (1) pp. Frontispiece. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf to Oliver Brett (later Lord Esher) "My dear Oliver, This 'remainder', not up to much in itself, For really it is hardly in my line...", Esher's bookplate opposite. Original... More about Souls on Fifth. With frontispiece by Norman Wilkinson
London: The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1937. First edition, 8vo, 27, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on the half title to Oliver Brett, Lord Esher, "For Oliver, his association co - but is this a book? Well, here it is anyhow and perhaps it will have one of those pleasing... More about The Perennial Shakespeare. The Twentieth of the Broadcast National Lectures delivered on 13...
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1937. First edition, small 8vo, 42, (2) pp. Inscribed from the author on the title verso to Oliver Brett, Lord Esher, "For Oliver - magnanimously!..." Printed wrappers, a fine copy held in a custom made gilt titled cloth case, with Esher's bookplate inside. More about On Poetry in Drama. The Romanes Lecture delivered in the Taylor Institution, 4 June 1937
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. First American edition, 8vo, (viii), 81, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf. Original cloth, spine with mild rubbing to ends and the gilt titling dull. More about The Marrying of Ann Leete. A comedy, in four acts
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1928. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 131, (1) pp. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf to Oliver Brett (later Lord Esher) "From a far less exact historian than he...", Brett's bookplate opposite. Original cloth, paper spine label slightly chipped. More about His Majesty: a play in four acts
[Cologne]: Könemann (& Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa), (1996). 4to, 529, (3) pp. Over 1,500 illustrations, some in colour. Cloth, d.w., slipcase, fine. More about Picasso Cubism. (1907-1917
London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition, 8vo, 329, (1) pp. 5 photographic plates, later owner's inscription to fly leaf, which is rather browned. Original cloth, spine slightly dull, some light marking. Kirkpatrick A23a. More about Three Guineas
(London): Tate Publishing, (2001). First edition. 4to. 240 pp. Pictorial card covers. Colour illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. More about James Gillray. The Art of Caricature. With an Essay by Mark Hallett
London: John Murray, 1994. First edition. 4to. (ii), 285, (1) pp. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Colour photographs throughout. Sight fading to the jacket spine, an attractive copy. More about Corfu. The Garden Isle. Presented by... Edited by Frank Giles
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1927-47. Five volumes, all first edition, 8vo. Bookplates of Oliver Brett, Lord Esher, in volumes I-IV and of his wife Antoinette in volume V. Two of the volumes are inscribed from the author; volume II on a slip tipped in - "Not to be read, Oliver..... More about Prefaces to Shakespeare. First - Fifth series