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pp 24 Service Order for the Poet Laureate's life and work held in Westminster Abbey, on 13th May, 1999. Stiff card printed wrappers and a substantial text with biography, a reading from Wolf-watching by Michael Baldwin, A March Calf, Pibroch, Fern and Anniversary read by Seamus Heaney. Slight marking to covers, otherwise near fine. Read more…

Important pamphlet owned by the British potter Harry Horlock-Stringer. Original printed wrappers, 'Froebel Handwork Library' in ink on the front cover with a shelfmark sticker on the spine and bookplate on the lower cover. Small tear at head of spine. St Madeleine Sophie House stamp on title page with the blind ownership stamp of 'HHS' below. Good… Read more…

pp 40 pp 4[advert] Rare astrological 'nativity' for Queen Victoria (COPAC locates Oxford, Manchester, Wellcome for this second edition - BL/ Wellcome only for the first edition). Brown paper wrappers, stab sewn with manuscript title, closed tears; fingermarking and dogearring to margins of first and last leaves of text. Additional advertisement bif… Read more…

A Restoration era play quarto from a collection compiled by the financier and book collector, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859) and rebound by 'T Connolly' of Dublin. [10], pp50, pp65-103, [1], collated and complete as per the English Short Title Catalogue. Bound in half green calf with gilt spine lettering and decoration which features the initi… Read more…

A Restoration era play quarto from a collection compiled by the financier and book collector, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859) and rebound by 'T Connolly' of Dublin. [8], 24, 33-48, 41-71, [1] Despite erratic pagination this play is collated and complete as per the English Short Title Catalogue. Bound in half calf with gilt spine lettering and d… Read more…

8vo, [xiv] pp 466 The Memoirs of Sir John Reresby, written by himself, edited from the original manuscript by James J Cartwright. Extra-illustrated with 17 engraved portraits at relevant passages in the text. These include Richard Cromwell, Catherine of Braganza, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Edward Wortley Montague. A fine copy bound in contemporary half… Read more…

pp384 A collection of erudite essays dedicated to Charles Dickens by David McBurnie, author of the Manchester First Prize essay on the "Education Question". First edition inscribed "To John Thompson with the Author's Best Respects January 1st 1855". Good plus in blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, covers rubbed and worn to corners and spine ends,… Read more…

A promotional brochure for the De Luxe Edition of The Democratic Book of 1936, to be signed by President Roosevelt. The brochure was sent to Maurice W Randall, Vice President of Air Reduction Company, New York with a covering letter from W Forbes Morgan, Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Fine in tan boards with gilt titles, the brochu… Read more…

pp512 A new edition, complete and unabridged with a short commentary by Havelock Ellis, published by The Obelisk Press in Paris, c1930, the book having been banned in Britain under the Obscene Publications Act. In a typical French binding of buff card wrappers, very good, creased spine with short tears along the edges. Read more…

[viii] pp145 [1] The 25th edition, corrected, of Melmoth's devotional work which is attractively printed with engraved capitals and ornamental tail pieces. Very good in dark green cloth which is split along the spine although the binding is sound, pages crisp and clean. Religious bookplate and contemporary ownership inscription of Gertrude Woodd "G… Read more…

pp298 A fine First Edition in a fine dust jacket, not price clipped. Signed by Michael Moorcock to title page, and humorously inscribed to his friend John Baxter "To Yoko - Keep on strumming! Lots of love Mike, 12/12/97". With laid in letter of condolences on the death of Baxter's father. A very nice copy. Read more…

[vi] pp120 [photographs] Large Folio. A thesis on Antwerp printer and publisher Christopher Plantin (1520-1589) submitted for examination at Leeds College of Technology in 1953. Bound in Buckram with brown spine lettering, yellow top edge and attractive 'mid-century' patterned end papers. Printed title page and photographic reproduction of a portra… Read more…

A programme of events to celebrate the centenary of Franklin D Roosevelt, held at Campobello, New Brunswick, which was the President's summer retreat. Bound in white card wrappers blind stamped with an attractive sailing ship design flanked by a star and a maple leaf signifying the close links between Canada and the USA. The programme is nicely ill… Read more…

A folder of typescript translations of Euripides and Sophocles, and poems by Robert John Beadon, b.1844, who was a published author and colonial administrator. The covers are creased and chipped to the edges but the text is near fine. Inscribed "Minnie Pridham from R.J.B. June 1909", occasional annotations and additional manuscript verses of a poem… Read more…

pp169 Alan Sillitoe's short story collection inscribed by the author to English poet Ted Hughes, "For Ted from Alan", to front free end paper. The book is very good in clean brown cloth, text block edges dusty, clean and crisp pages in a tight binding; in a very good dust jacket, nicked and creased to spine ends and corners, not price clipped. Prov… Read more…

pp128 A practical, well illustrated guide to making pottery published following a BBC television series. Near fine in glossy photographic wrappers, sunned spine and one corner creased but overall very fresh and clean. Blind stamp to title page of British potter Harry Horlock Stringer, with tipped in Christmas card inscribed by the author "Happy Chr… Read more…

pp 94 [frontispiece] An account of the unveiling of the statue to the American Founding Father and fourth Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall. Publisher's dark green cloth with title in gilt to upper cover, rubbing to boards. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard of the statue by William Wetmore Story which depicts Marshall wearing… Read more…

pp35 A delightful Victorian children's picture book, the linen backed pages are fully illustrated in colour with charming characters and interesting period details such as Brunel's SS Great Eastern which was launched in 1858. The topics covered include birds, nursery songs, wild and tame animals, the way we travel, Robinson Crusoe and Punch and Jud… Read more…

Unpublished manuscript. A large notebook containing a very well researched history of the Beaver family compiled by Arthur Hill of Cadnam, Hampshire; some information was supplied by Colonel Frederick Tyssen Mackinley Beaver born in 1852. Very good in rubbed marbled boards with red leather spine, worn to ends, marbled end papers, a firm binding, 42… Read more…

A 19th century commonplace book by members of the Ord family. The unpublished manuscript covers over half of the book; numbered pages 1-47 are written by one neat hand in German, a further 60 pages of the notebook are completed in English by several different authors. This includes sections on homeopathy, the beauty of women and the language of the… Read more…

A rehearsal script for episode two of the Anglian Television drama series 'Inside Story' in which Lord Wilson of Rievaulx played himself appearing at an awards dinner, although the script reveals that the part was originally written for Prince Charles. Near fine, 117 sheets of pink paper, printed on one side only, some annotations in ink to Harold… Read more…

150pp Ledger of minutes of meetings dealing with tenancies and land use in North London, including footpaths, rivers and waterways, railway applications (development of the 'Metropolitan Outer Circle Railway'). Many letters to the committee are transcribed. In embossed leather covers, smart marbled edges and end papers, index tabs. Good plus, leath… Read more…

Jesus College Prize, bound with the college crest in gilt to the upper cover. Very good in green cloth, spine sunned, edges browned, bookseller's ticket of 'Parker & Son, Oxford'. This book comes from the private collection of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary who died recently at the age of 102. During his lifetime Harold Wils… Read more…

Harold Wilson's Gladstone Prize Book, embossed in gilt with 'Oxoniensis Academia' crest to upper cover. The 'Gladstone Memorial Prize' bookplate appears on the front paste-down with Wilson's ownership signature: 'J H Wilson, Jesus College, 1936'. Bookseller's ticket from Blackwells, Oxford. Hardcovers, green cloth, very good, the covers are clean w… Read more…

Prime Minister Harold Wilson's schoolboy copy neatly signed 'H Wilson 6' to front free end paper; extensive pencil annotations throughout the text. Near fine in tan cloth with black titles, the pages are crisp in a firm binding and clean apart from black marks on page 31. This book comes from the private collection of British Prime Minister Harold… Read more…