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Dear Friend,
Collecting can be costly, so this month nothing here is priced over £500. That doesn't mean there won't be association copies from Lytton Strachey's library, the Flying Duchess of Bedford, American novelist Madeleine L'Engle and, ahead of next week's movie release, Tenzing, two inscribed items from the first man to summit Mount Everest. We're delighted to offer a friendship album from a VAD Nurse at Harewood House (1918-1919) and a down to earth account of the travels of two women and their Morris Minor in the Lake District from the summer of 1935.
Best wishes,
Christian
A Display of Heraldrie... Reduced by the Study and Industry of John Guillim late Pursuivant at Armes - WITH HENRY JAMES’S ZINCOGRAPHED FACSIMILE LEAVES — John Guillim — 1638
A most unusual copy, improved by Sir Henry James (1803-1877, Director of the Ordnance Survey) with several examples of his invention in action: pages quite beautifully reproduced through photo zincography. This innovation arose out of James’s need to be able to reproduce maps effectively but is remarkable effective at reproducing missing leaves in a book such as this. Small folio bound in 19th century calf, contained within an ill-fitting solander box. Bookplate ‘William Basevis Sanders’ (Keeper…… Read more
Kent Solicitor’s Memorandum Books and Cash and Receipt Books — Edward Witts — 1791 - 1816
Edward Witts’s cash and memorandum books dated 1791 - 1816, originating in his solicitor’s practice in Tenterden in Kent. Each volume is titled and dated to the front cover, bursting with dated business transactions, clients, monies in and out, notes (Fuller v Brown, Chambers Stamp Bill 24 -6 -7, Taylor Salary 2 weeks, Justice Papers 19 -9, Goldsmiths, Butchers etc). Annual turnover is recorded as approaching c £500 per annum. 2 volumes have the signature ‘Edw Witts’ to front flyleaves. One volu…… Read more
Abrege D'Astronomie par Jerome Lalande — Jerome Lalande — 1795
Second Edition including complete set of 16 folding plates in very good contemporary sheep boards just a little bumped to corners. Very handsome 6 panelled spine ornately tooled in gilt and titled over red ground. Age toned as expected throughout; endpapers clean; remnants of an ink and water stain evident to title page. Text block very sound and unmarked other than an annotation which reads ‘1775’ in the margin of p. v and a hole to the tail of p. xx which has a small arrow pointing towards it…… Read more
Hamlet’s Letter to Ophelia ‘set to music’ in a Regency Commonplace Manuscript Book — Ralph Skelton [William Shakespeare] — c1810
‘Doubt thou the stars are fire’ - Hamlet’s teasing letter to Ophelia found in a gentleman’s commonplace manuscript book dating from the Regency era. Entitled ‘Words from Shakespeare set to music by [Charles] Dignum’ (tenor and composer, 1765-1827). Additionally a satirical epitaph for local delivery man ‘Thomas Wright the Epsom Carrier’ with the initials E.R.C.T to the foot of a poem. Included within the manuscript is a poem titled ‘Tribute to the Memory of Sir Ralph Abercromby’; an acrostic poe…… Read more
The Art of Drawing on Stone: In which is fully explained The process of Chalk Drawing, of Pen and Ink Drawing, and of the Dabbing System — Giles Firman Phillips — 1828
A rare example of this 19th century manual on lithography written by British landscape painter and early lithographer Giles Firman Phillips. In very good condition, this concise, 22pp. guide is bound in attractive printed paper covers, a little age toned and scuffed to corners; decoratively titled to upper. Just cracking over lower 1 cm of front gutter, otherwise text block sound, crisp and unmarked throughout. 2pp. advertisements to rear. Printed by J. Rider. Copac locates BL; OCLC: Rijskmuseum…… Read more
O Ful, Tru, Un Pertikler Okeawnt O Bwoth Wat Aw Seed Un Wat Aw Yerd, We Gooin Too Th’ Greyt Eggshibishun, E Lundun [with] Tom Treddlehoyle’s Peep at T’Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition [with] Tom Treddlehoyle’s Thowts, Joakes, An Smiles For Midsummer Day — Oliver Omerod [O Felley Fro Rachde]; Charles Rogers [Tom Treddlehoyle] —
Three uncommon Victorian comic narratives and satirical works in very good condition including original wrappers; two written in Lancashire and Yorkshire dialects; all in very good condition throughout; bound together in one volume. Comprises: 1. O Ful, Tru, Un Pertikler Okeawnt O Bwoth Wat Aw Seed Un Wat Aw Yerd, We Gooin Too Th’ Greyt Eggshibishun, E Lundun. Uncommon 1856 Third Edition. Written by Oliver Omerod under the pseudonym O Felley Fro Rachde. Printed by Wrigley and Son, Rochdale. Publ…… Read more
LYTTON STRACHEY’S COPY: Devotions by John Donne DD Dean of St Pauls — John Donne [Lytton Strachey] — 1840
The Britwell Court-Lytton Strachey-Roger Senhouse-Jerrold Northrup Moore copy! Lytton Strachey acquired the book following the dispersal of the Britwell Court Library (1916-1927) before leaving it to his final lover, Roger Senhouse and, according to a postcard laid in, it was then ‘bought... at Roger Senhouse’s sale of LS’s library in the late 60’s.’ The purchaser at that sale, John Porter, a renowned collector of William Pickering imprints, continues in his postcard: ‘No doubt Lytton wd have be…… Read more
Lotos Leaves: Stories, Essays and Poems by Members of the Lotos Club - Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain etc — Wilkie Collins; Mark Twain; John Elderkin, John Brougham — 1875
Scarce First Edition in an attractive example of the scarce original trade binding. Green publisher’s cloth decoratively embossed; titled in gilt to spine; bevel edged; a little bumped to spine tips and corners; age toned to edges. Floral endpapers very good. b/w frontispiece. A little foxed to preliminaries. Text block sound and square. Numerous engravings. 401pp. A very pleasing copy which comprises 31 original stories, essays, and poems by various contributors and members of the New York Loto…… Read more
Number. 1 The Quest, November 1894 — Charles March Gere, Edmund Hort New and Sidney Harold Meteyard; Birmingham Guild of Handicraft — 1894
An uncommon limited edition periodical from the British Arts and Crafts movement. In very good condition. Illustrated wrappers nicked to edges and spine revealing binding beneath which remains sound; limited edition statement to front free endpaper confirms ‘This edition is limited to 300 copies, of which this is number 163’. Hand printed on fine laid paper by the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft Press; medieval woodcut designs to cover, frontispiece and throughout featuring decorative work from m…… Read more
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians : Nicola Paganini — Elbert Hubbard; Nicola Paganini — 1901
An attractive limited edition, signed copy in original American Arts and Crafts binding by The Roycrofters of Erie County, New York. Limp suede cover, good plus featuring inlaid leather labels titled in gilt and yapp edges which are a little worn to corners and tail. Gilt text block edges. Dark orange silk pastedown features the ex libris label of Alice Kuhting and her name neatly inscribed in ink to front free. Text block very sound and unmarked; handmade, uncut paper slightly worn to tail in p…… Read more
Constantinople at the end of the Ottoman Period: A Young Woman’s Watercolour Album — Gretchen D — 1902/1903
Early 20th century watercolour pocket sketchbook which offers a visual record of time spent in the late Ottoman Empire and of British pastoral and still life scenes. The first small watercolour to the front pastedown depicts a character in national Turkish costume in a street scene and is followed by 11 more full page scenes depicting the Topanch Mosque, the Tower of Rumelli Hissa and the Galata Tower all in Constantinople, now Istanbul, and dhows and shipping in the port area. The remaining 23…… Read more
A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland - North West Highland and Skye - ‘This is the late Duchess of Bedford’s annotated copy’ — J.A. Harvie Brown; Rev. H.A. Macpherson [Duchess of Bedford; James Fisher] — 1904
First edition owned and inscribed by The Duchess of Bedford, and later owned and inscribed by British naturalist James Fisher. Green publisher’s cloth a little water marked to upper; slightly bumped to corners; exhibiting slight spine slant. Deep red endpapers a little water marked to tail, inscribed to front pastedown, ‘M Bedford. S.Y. Sapphire’. (The S.Y. Sapphire was built in 1912 for the Duke of Bedford). Title page signed to top ‘James Fisher’ and annotated in his same hand, ‘This is the la…… Read more
Thumb-O-Graph Album: Imprints of Thumbs — Dow & Lester — c1905
An Edwardian era novelty thumb print and autograph book which spans 80 years of collecting from 1905 until 1985. ‘The Latest & Newest Form of Science and Amusement’. A gift inscription dated 2/9/05 to front free reads,’Morley with love from Annie [Style]’. The first four entries next to vivid blue thumb prints read N. Style, Annie Style, Marion Style and Morley J. Style. Almost half of the book is filled with the most common names being Griffin, Adams, Babbs, Allen, Hill, Bizley, Vowles, Leney a…… Read more
Charlotte Corday - A Tragedy in One Act — Harry Graham [Jocelyn Henry Clive ‘Harry’ Graham] — c1908
An unrecorded typed manuscript of a tragedy written by Jocelyn Henry Clive ‘Harry’ Graham (23 December 1874 – 30 October 1936), a prominent English writer, journalist, and lyricist. Written around 1908, Graham's unpublished (though seemingly performed at least once) annotated one-act play is an example of Edwardian historical romanticism, set in July 1793 and set entirely within Corday’s prison cell at the Conciergerie on the eve of her execution. Rather than focusing on political theory or the…… Read more
Harewood House - VAD Nurse Beilby’s Convalescent Autograph Album — Nurse Beilby; Harewood House — 1918 -1919
A beautifully executed autograph and friendship album compiled by - or perhaps on behalf of the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) Nurse Bielby who looked after wounded officers at Harewood House during 1918/1919. During these years at the end of the First World War, the stately home was loaned by Lord Harewood as a convalescent hospital for recovering officers. This lovely album contains the names and regiments of its contributors and is full of whimsical notes, sketches and messages of intense gra…… Read more
Priests in Pillory - Problems for Parents — J.H. Walters — c1910 - 1920
Fiercely anti clerical typed manuscript which captures a society beginning to transition away from unquestioning religious observance. The author ‘J.H. Walters’, explicitly states their mission to expose ‘the grosser faults and fallacies’ of contemporary Christianity, the ‘insincerity of its priesthood’ and the ‘baneful effects’ of religion on national advancement. Facing severe institutional pushback and strict publisher censorship this unpublished manuscript simply failed to find a contemporar…… Read more
Alfred Piccaver’s copy of The Vocal Score of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Aida — Verdi; [Alfred Piccaver] — c1910
British operatic tenor Alfred Piccaver’s copy, annotated throughout and bound in early twentieth-century limp black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine and Piccaver’s name in gilt to the upper cover. Piccaver’s beautiful etched bookplate designed by Berta Bindtner, dated 1919, to the front pastedown, depicting a grand theatre interior. Annotated by Piccaver throughout with red crayon lines and verbal and musical notations in pencil. A very good copy, the binding secure with some minor scatter…… Read more
The Monthly Review - 1914 SCHOOL BOY MAGAZINE — A. Carman, P Hamer, S Taylor — 1914
Unrecorded south London school-boy’s home-made magazine: copies numbered 18 - 22 put together during the final peaceful winter of 1914 just months before Britain entered WW1. Edited and printed by A. Carman of 50 Winterbrook, Herne Hill, SE London (Luther Thomas Carman is recorded as the head of the household) with the help of fellow contributors P. Hamer and S Taylor. Vernacular hand stitched binding contains 5 issues dated between January 1914 and June 2014 (April and May combine to form one s…… Read more
Cunard Daily Bulletin from The Lusitania — Cunard Line — 1914
An onboard newspaper printed during a crossing dated Thursday Feb 5 1914. Remnants of a stamp which reads ‘Boston’ to title panel. Folded horizontally and vertically into quarters; the fold lines are sound with no tears; spine panel tender in places; one small nick to top edge of front cover; corners creased otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout. Features wireless telegraphy news updates, photographs, financial reports and advertisements. 12pp. A lovely piece of maratime history printed i…… Read more
A Message to Garcia — Elbert Hubbard — 1914
A lovely little book in its original American Arts and Crafts binding printed by The Roycrofters of Erie County, New York. Soft calf binding very good, titled in gilt to front within decorative panel featuring the official Roycroft mark of an orb and cross. Gilt text block edges. Watered silk pastedowns and text block very good plus; contemporary gift inscription dated 1930 to front free; frontispiece illustration; printed in black and red fonts on handmade paper; uncut edges; original pink silk…… Read more
Asprey & Co. Miniature Library: Dictionaries; Gazeteer; Classics and Mythology; Atlas — Asprey — c1920
Asprey & Co. Ltd. London, reference library miniature book collection consisting of 8 small matching volumes bound in textured dark brown leather with decorative gold gilt to spines; all edges gilt; signed to turn in, ‘Made in England. Asprey, London, England’. Clean crisp and unmarked throughout. Arranged inside a custom, angled, limed wood desk top stand designed specifically to house the set with the Dictionary resting horizontally in its own slot at the base of the stand. Titles include Fren…… Read more
The Holy Bible in Tamil — British and Foreign Bible Society — 1929
Super Royal 8vo. Beautifully bound in soft brown calf, titled in gilt to spine with unusual, oversized yapp edges in very good condition. Striking red text block edges. Unmarked endpapers. Printed in Tamil. Text block clean and crisp throughout. Printed at the Diocesan Press Madras. Binders label to rear pastedown reads ‘Bound at The Methodist Publishing House, Madras’. 1161pp.
Holistic Medical Handbook of Physico Medical Therapeutics: ‘To my Dear Friend Reverend R Jardine from Wilfrid Cliff, D.C.’ — Wilfred Cliff — c1920
A manuscript notebook of physico medical and therapeutic herbal remedies, including aphrodisiacs, with a gift inscription to the Rev. R. Richard Jardine from ‘Wilfred Cliff D.C., Amer Univ. Chicago’. Wilfrid Cliff seems to have obtained his qualification via a mail order diploma from the American University of Chiropractic Sciences which operated a mail order correspondence course allowing American holistic medical developments to channel back across the Atlantic to traditional British herbalist…… Read more
One Man's Road Being a Picture of Life in a Passing Generation — Arthur Waugh — 1931
A very good, scarce first edition in original jacket. Blue publisher’s boards show very slight hints of shelf wear; square and sound. Clean and unmarked throughout text block. Frontispiece and 25 further illustrations very good; collated and complete. Original jacket very good, just a touch nicked to spine and tips of flaps. A lovely copy.
Diary of a Lake District Trip taken by Jan Foster and Theo Bottomley - 2 YOUNG WOMEN & A MORRIS MINOR: 482 MILES — Jan Foster; Theo Bottomley — 1935
A charming and somewhat comedic account of a trip taken by two young women to the Lake District in their Morris Minor in August 1935. Recorded by our travellers Jan Foster and Theo Bottomley, the diary is rich in anecdote and ephemera. Typed entries log every detail of the four night trip from the departure time (’3pm. Prompt. Brighouse’, Yorkshire), the cargo (’Us’), the costs (’Bill appalling £2-0-6 without tips’) and the food (‘this is the third time in three possible meals during 2 days that…… Read more
Utopia and A Dialogue of Comfort - MADELEINE L’ENGLE’S ANNOTATED COPY — Thomas More — 1937
The young Madeleine L’Engle’s sophomore copy of More’s Utopia, annotated throughout while she studied at Smith College. L’Engle’s ownership inscription appears on the first pastedown: ‘Madeleine L’Engle Camp, September, 1938’. In her pencilled annotations she draws attention to a ‘tall tale’ (p17), passages ‘on peace’ (germane to 1938) and More’s treatment of those who steal: ‘this attitude toward thieves unheard of in More’s day’. Most of L’Engle’s annotation is concentrated on the first book o…… Read more
Camp Fire Songs - ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT — Unknown — c.1940
One of a kind, hard backed volume containing a 64 page collection of wonderfully illustrated campfire songs, hymns and blessings. The songs, penmanship and accompanying illustrations point heavily to the scouting or girl guiding aesthetics and traditions of the mid 20th century. Rounds meant for group singing include contemporary classics like Kookaburra, Rise up O Flame, John the Boatman, Old Clothes and Row Your Boat. The abundant ink and water colour illustrations are very accomplished, a vis…… Read more
Plans of Hindu Raj - Edward Strachey’s copy — Malik Fazl-E-Hussain — 1932
Inscribed first edition presented to Edward Strachey, 2nd Baron Strachey, whose family had deep ties to the British administration in India. Recased in later quarter blue card boards over burgundy cloth spine. Cracking over front free and title page but holding well. Original title page and text block very sound, unmarked with just a little light spotting. Inscribed by hand to verso of title page. ‘Presented to Honourable Edward Strachey by Khan Haq [Nawaz] Khan Rais, Nawaz Manzil, Firozpur City…… Read more
FIRST UK EDITION: Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell — 1941
First UK Edition in original green cloth boards. A little discolouration to edges of boards but overall a robust, good copy of this vital twentieth century text. Spine panel slightly faded, titled in red, top edge of text block faded red. Very slight forward lean to spine, otherwise sound. Front pastedown displays bookseller’s ticket for ‘L.C.S. Hammersmith’ - probably London Cooperative Society bookshop in west London, the kind of organisation much approved of by Orwell. Small semi-legible, bir…… Read more
Alamein to Zem Zem — Keith Douglas; John Waller; G.S. Fraser; J.C. Hall; Lawrence Durrell — 1946
A pair of first editions in very good condition. Alamein to Zem Zem, Editions Poetry London:London, 1946. Strong card boards with orange cloth to spine. Small paper cutting of a review cellotaped to front pastedown; neat previous ownership inscription to front free; text block age toned as expected throughout; clean and unmarked. Alamein to Zem Zem, Faber and Faber: London, 1946. Blue cloth boards near fine; text block clean, crisp and unmarked. Original near very good clipped jacket just a litt…… Read more
The Pisan Cantos; A Draft of XXX Cantos; Rock-Drill 85-95; Thrones 96 - 109 de los cantares; Drafts & Fragments CX-CXVII — Ezra Pound — 1949; 1933; 1960; 1957
Five first editions from the complex early publication of Ezra Pound’s Cantos by Faber and Faber. 1 A Draft of XXX Cantos. Faber and Faber: London, 1933. 8vo. First UK Edition. In very good plus condition. Black cloth boards notably fresh, titled in gilt to spine; corners sharp. Text block edges rough trimmed. Clean, crisp and unmarked throughout. 153 pp. Printed by R, Maclehose and Company Ltd. 2 The Pisan Cantos, square and sound copy. Original black cloth boards with spine lettered in gilt, c…… Read more
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold; Put Out More Flags; The Loved One; The Holy Places; A Little Learning; Helena; Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood — Evelyn Waugh — 1957; 1942; 1948; 1953; 1964; 1950;
A collection of seven limited, first and early editions of the works of Evelyn Waugh, comprising: First edition. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. Chapman & Hall: London, 1957. Good boards a little age worn. Original unclipped jacket, chipped to spine top and tail, tips of hinges and top right corner; age toned to insides. Text block clean and unmarked. First edition. Put Out More Flags. Chapman & Hall Ltd: London, 1942. Cream cloth boards near very good with a small spot of brown to upper. Text bl…… Read more
Snatches of Verse by Peter Daymond — Peter Daymond - D M Daymond King — c1951
Unrecorded volume of self-published World War II verse, in very good condition. A volume of poetry, written in the years spanning 1937 - 1940. Green cloth boards age toned particularly to spine. Inscribed ‘for my mother, Peter’ to front free and ‘D.M. Daymond King’ written to top dated 1951. Text block clean and unmarked. Contains 24 poems. Early poems reflect idealised romantic themes focusing on travel and nature while later entries shift dramatically away from pastoral themes to wartime resis…… Read more
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE COMPLETE WORKS - A Shakespearean Gift from Robertson Davies to his Daughter, Miranda — William Shakespeare — 1953
Shakespeare’s Plays, gifted by the Canadian writer Robertson Davies to the daughter whom he named after Prospero’s daughter in The Tempest and affectionately inscribed: ‘For Miranda Davies with every good with for her birthday December 24th 1954 - The Tempest Act III Sc. I. lines 38-40 from R.D.’ Davies’ reference is to Ferdinand’s encomium: ‘Admired Miranda,/ Indeed the top of admiration, worth/ What’s dearest to the world.’ Robertson Davies has highlighted these lines in the text. Laid in, a l…… Read more
Hell is a City — Maurice Procter — 1954
Signed First Edition in near very good condition. Green cloth boards unmarked, square and sound. Previous ownership inscription in pencil to front free. Inscription in blue ink to title page reads,’For Edwin Brearly with Best Wishes/Maurice Procter Dec 1954’. Text block clean and unmarked throughout with just a touch of age spotting to text block edges. Original jacket good with several nicks to spine tips and along lower and upper edges
The Devonshire School of Lettering: Sign Writers, Letter Writers and Decorators — The Devonshire School of Lettering — c1957
A very pleasingly illustrated product catalogue produced by the Devonshire School of Lettering in Morecambe c1955. The school acted as both an educational institution and a supplier to the trade and the contents provide a snapshot of mid 20th century commercial art history in an era before the introduction of digital or vinyl printing when every shop sign, price card and advertisement was hand painted and these trades were in high demand. The cover and illustrations within are in themselves a pi…… Read more
East Africa and European Travel in an Illustrated Travel Journal — Anglican World Conference Delegate, possibly Ugandan — 1963/1964
Distinctive and interesting hand written, naively illustrated travel journal written by one of the international delegates travelling through Europe and East Africa as part of the global tour in connection with the Anglican World Conference (the Toronto Conference) of August 1963. The entries which are written in a difficult hand record East African travels throughout Uganda (the Victoria Nile, Entebbe, Misindi), traversing Tanganyika (now Tanzania) and arriving in the Kenyan port city of Kisumu…… Read more
The Telepathist - Proof Copy with Author's Corrections — John Brunner — 1965
Faber and Faber proof copy inscribed and with corrections by the author. Black cloth boards titled in gilt to upper very good. Tipped in using tape along front gutter is a half title page inscribed ‘Proof copy of Faber edition, 1965, with author’s corrections, donated to World [Con] - John Bulmer /August 1965’. Corrections in pencil throughout commencing on the title page. A little watermarked to early leaves without the text being compromised. 239 pp. An interesting copy in overall very good co…… Read more
‘How over worked [Martin Amis] is’ - New Statesman Letters and Postcards from Arthur Marshall — Arthur Marshall [Iain Finlayson, Martin Amis] — 1976 - 1979
In very good condition. Seven typed and signed letters and 2 hand written postcards sent during the 1970s from writer and broadcaster Arthur Marshall to Scottish writer and journalist Iain Finlayson. Full of good humour and encouragement, the amicable correspondence reveals the developing friendship between the two men, exposes the writer’s frustrations with the New Statesman, then edited by Martin Amis and uncovers thoughts on life and work. Included are: Letter 1: Dated 1st July 1976. 2pp. Tha…… Read more
After Everest: An Autobiography by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa SIGNED BY TENZING, MALCOLM BARNES — Tenzing Norgay Sherpa; Malcolm Barnes — 1977
First edition inscribed by Tenzing Norgay in Leeds on June 1st 1977 also bearing the signatures of his ghost writer and collaborator, Malcolm Barnes as well as the publisher, a local journalist, the mountaineer Doug Scott and the child for whom the book was inscribed, a keen Everest collector, Ian Bareham. Accompanying the book is a local newspaper clipping showing Bareham meeting his hero in Leeds. A very good first edition in green imitation cloth covered boards; a little spotting to the edges…… Read more
The Ascent of Everest - SIGNED BY TENZING, IN LEEDS — Tenzing Norgay Sherpa — 1977
A colour by numbers image of the conquest of Everest in 1953, presented by a young Everest collector to Tenzing Norgay in Leeds on June 1st 1977 and signed for him by the great mountaineer. Accompanying this image is a reproduction of a local newspaper clipping showing Bareham meeting his hero at Austicks bookshop in Leeds where Norgay was signing copies of his second autobiography, After Everest. Printed on stiff card (23x38cm) Bareham has coloured the images as instructed before giving it to T…… Read more
‘I have an awful feeling I was not very discreet about both homosexuality and publishers - Letters from a Scottish novelist — Fred Urquhart [iain Finlayson] — 1980
Two typed manuscript letters signed in blue ink by Scottish writer Fred Urquhart, written to Glasgow Herald reporter, biographer and writer Iain Finlayson regarding their interview in July 1980 and subsequent newspaper feature focusing on Urquhart’s contributions to 20th century Scottish fiction. Letter 1: Dated 25th June 1980. Urquhart arranges a suitable interview date and complains about the late publication of his new short story collection while expressing his horror at the number of printe…… Read more
Goodbye Mickey Mouse - First Edition and Uncorrected Proof — Len Deighton — 1982
First edition in near fine condition and very good plus Uncorrected Proof Copy ‘Not For Sale’. Goodbye Mickey Mouse. Hutchinson: London, 1982. First edition in original, very good dust wrapper. Red cloth boards lettered in silver to spine; unmarked, square and sound. Endpapers and text block crisp and unmarked. Original jacket very good. Goodbye Mickey Mouse. Uncorrected Proof. Hutchinsons of London: 1982.‘Uncorrected proof copy on proofing paper and the property of the publisher and not for sal…… Read more
Julian Sands before A Room with a View - Letters to Iain Finlayson — Julian Sands, Sarah Sands [Iain Finlayson] — 1982; 1983
In very good condition. Four hand written manuscript letters dated 1982 and 1983, penned by English actor Julian Sands to Scottish writer and journalist Iain Finlayson. Written before his role as George Emerson in Merchant Ivory’s his E M Forster adaptation, the letters range across family life, potential projects, collaborations, and work commitments. Discussions includes Julian Sand’s response to reading Iain Finlayson’s draft of the first act of Mr Fortune, ‘I certainly think the project shou…… Read more
Northanger Abbey - BBC2 TV Adaptation Rehearsal Script — Jane Austen; Maggie Wadey — 1986
An original 170pp typescript (3rd Draft - Typed 3rd June 1986) of Maggie Wadey’s TV adaptation of Northanger Abbey, broadcast in the UK in February 1987 as part of BBC Two's prestigious Screen Two anthology series. The film was a joint production between the BBC and the A&E Network. Directed by Giles Foster and produced by Louis Marks. The 90-minute adaptation is distinct for its surreal, 1980s stylistic choices. To highlight Catherine's obsession with Gothic literature, Maggie Wadey added highl…… Read more
Derek Walker Associates - The View From Great Linford - Architectural Monographs No 43 — Derek Walker Associates — 1995
Inscribed copy to a Yorkshire designer who is mentioned in the text. A neat gift inscription dated December ‘95 in Derek Walker’s hand to the tail of the half title is written to ‘Jean’ - Jean Schofield, a fellow designer whose name is underlined in red ink on p25. In very good plus condition. Softcovers very bright and unmarked. Endpapers, preliminaries and text block very fresh and crisp throughout. 400 illustrations mostly in colour. 144pp. Projects include Whitney Museum Development, New Yor…… Read more
Achilles [with] Bowl — Elizabeth Cook — 2001; 2006
Tow first edition: Achilles in near fine condition. First edition hardback in original jacket, inscribed by author. Jacket is fresh and unmarked with just a small nick to top edge of lower. Brown cloth boards and text block pristine. Inscribed in blue ink by the author to the title page, ‘with much love to Alistair & Jennifer / Liz / 1.iii.01’. Bowl: In very good plus condition. Inscribed paperback, first edition. Softcovers unmarked. Text block fresh, crisp and unmarked throughout. Inscribed by…… Read more
John Nash's Cats — Ronald Blythe — 2003
A very fine limited edition of ‘John Nash’s Cats’ comprising ‘The Nash Cat’s Story’ by Ronald Blythe, six wood engravings and two woodcuts. One of only 300 copies produced by the Wood Lea Press, printed on Zerkall mould paper. Bound by the Fine Bindery at Wellingborough with a printed cover. Three of the wood engravings and the two woodcuts are printed from original blocks; a four page insert printed lithographically reproduces the remaining three engravings. Laid in is an inscribed note from ‘J…… Read more
REVIEW COPY Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks — Derek Jarman; Stephen Farthing; Ed Webb-Ingall; Tilda Swinton — 2013
First edition review copy with A4 publisher’s press release letter laid in. Hardcovers and text block entirely fresh, crisp and unmarked. 190 illustrations, 187 in colour. 256pp. A volume which distils 31 private sketchbooks into one beautifully produced book, offering a personal insight into Derek Jarman’s life and career.… Read more
The Watering Place - Six Page Catalogue and Six Colour Plates — William Tillyer; Bernard Jacobson Gallery — 2013
A fine, bright blue, soft backed catalogue which accompanied an exhibition of the works of William Tillyer at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery in London between 11th October and 30th November 2013. Accompanying the catalogue are six pristine colour plates presented within a matching blue sleeve which depict the cycle of six luminous landscape paintings in which the artist reimagined the pastoral tradition for a contemporary age. Unmarked, crisp and fresh throughout. Each plate measures 19cm x 16.5cm…… Read more
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