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First edition in paper over boards with blue illustration to upper board in near fine condition with slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket in very good condition with chips to spine and corners along with wearing along edges. Price clipped. Bright attractive illustrations by Eric Winter on dust jacket cover and throughout the book.… Read more…

From John Cunliffe’s library, bound in blue cloth publisher’s binding in good condition with gilt lettering to upper board and spine. Gilt lettering partially faded to upper board and fully faded to spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription by Cunliffe to upper pastedown. Cunliffe (1933-2018) is best remembered as the creator of Pos… Read more…

Second impression from writer John Cunliffe’s (1933 -2018) library, bound in black cloth publisher’s binding with gilt lettering to spine in fine condition with dusting to top edge. Bright dust jacket in good condition with chips to top of spine, some markings to back cover and two closed tears to corners. Not price clipped. Ownership plate to uppe… Read more…

xiv, pp 519 The 1896 reprint by Osgood, McIlvaine of Hardy's Tess in the publisher's decorated green cloth binding with gilt floral decoration, top edge gilt. The fine frontispiece portrait of Thomas Hardy and another etching of Wellbridge Manor House as featured in the novel are by H Macbeth-Raeburn. The map of Wessex is present as required. Very… Read more…

Signed first edition in cream paper over boards in near fine condition with very slight bumping to top and tail of spine. Dust jacket in near fine condition with wrinkling to tail of spine and specs of dirt to top of spine. Not price clipped. Rebanks’ signature in black pen to title page. Seemingly unread. Read more…

Commonwealth period Manorial Court Book for the district of ‘Sutton Outsoken’ in central Norfolk detailing fines against manorial custom as well as transfers of copyhold property. Small folio size manuscript bound in a reused vellum indenture from 1623. Manuscript title to front cover: ‘1650 usqe 1660’ - 1650 up to 1660 - with the letter ‘D’ below.… Read more…

A set of ‘Wainwright’ owned and annotated by the Lakeland writer John Cunliffe, creator of Postman Pat and a longtime resident of Kendal. Seven volumes from Cunliffe’s library, all later editions from the 1970s and afterwards in well-used condition. The first volume has Cunliffe’s ownership inscription to the front pastedown ‘John and Sylvia Cunlif… Read more…

The archive of the inventor of Waldram’s Day and Night Pier Signals, including his unrecorded pamphlet and a part set of hand-painted miniature tin signalling flags - and compass. Edward Waldram’s proposal for a new set of Brighton maritime signals is housed within a custom-made wooden box (35x17x9cm) with a brass label on top: ‘International Code… Read more…

Manuscript records from one of the world’s oldest architectural societies containing hundreds of signatures of leading members of the association including the architect of the Walker Art Gallery. Quarto manuscript book, half green morocco over marbled boards, stationer’s ticket of ‘Joseph A D Watts... Liverpool’ on marbled front endpaper with deta… Read more…

Early manuscript copy - apparently English in origin - of a French novel of diabolic seduction that has inspired everyone from Jacques Lacan to Jonny Depp. Small quarto (16.5x20.5cm) bound in (likely) English full sheep, rubbed with some loss close to outer hinges but boards remain well attached. No decoration apart from a gilt roll to the edge of… Read more…

First edition bound in beige publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to spine in near fine condition with slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. Some brown markings to end papers. Dust jacket in good condition with a couple closed tears and chips to spine and edges. A cellotape repair has been made to the bottom right corner of the front cover. N… Read more…

Three pamphlets, stab-sewn, in good condition with browning and soiling to some pages as well as chips and tears to some edges. Pamphlet [1] consists of 31 pages with 28 pages of text and 3 pages of tables. Page 13/14 fully detached and laid in. Pamphlet [2] consists of 15 pages. Pamphlet [3] consists of 19 pages. These pamphlets document various a… Read more…

Taken from John and Sylvia Cunliffe’s library, bound in quarter blue publisher’s cloth and laid over marbled paper with gilt lettering to spine. Binding in very good condition with rubbing to spine. Small brown square markings to end papers. Browning to several pages of text. Speckled edge stain. A number of black and white illustrations throughout… Read more…

Magazine held by staples in very good condition with slight soiling to front cover and dog-ear toi right corner. Various articles discussing the development of early computers including; ‘The Birth of Computers’ by Murray Laver exploring Charles Babbage’s role in computer design in the 17th & 18th century, ‘Originators of the number crunches: Pione… Read more…

From writer John Cunliffe’s library, a first edition bound in red publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to spine, in near fine condition with slight crease down spine. Dust jacket in fine condition, not price clipped. Above his signature, dated as ‘Dec 2005’ on the upper flyleaf, Cunliffe has made a note concerning page 295. He has also starred the… Read more…

From John Cunliffe’s library but originally from Constance Irving’s collection, a third impression bound in blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spine. Embossed symbol to lower right of lower board. In good condition with fading and bumping to spine and white circular mark to lower board [pictured]. Dusting to top edge. Cun… Read more…

From writer John Cunliffe’s library, a first pocket edition of Hardy’s ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ bound in burgundy cloth publisher’s binding with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Gilt top edge, binding in very good condition with fading and slight bumping to spine. Tear to inner hinge and final two pages 3/4 of the way detached. Black an… Read more…

From writer John Cunliffe’s library, signed and numbered limited edition of Beeching’s ‘Truth is a Naked Lady’. Bound in yellow paper held with staples in fine condition with slight discolouration to spine and front cover. Number 156 of 200 copies. Author’s signature located opposite the last page of text on the limitation page. Cunliffe’s ownershi… Read more…

From writer John Cunliffe’s library, bound in textured brown cloth binding in very good condition with bumping to top and bottom of spine and discolouration and faded gilt lettering to spine. A few marks to boards and dusting to top edge. Black and white line frontispiece illustration by Marcus Stone. 40 additional Marcus Stone plates present. Half… Read more…

From writer John Cunliffe’s library, a first edition in red cloth publisher’s binding with gilt lettering to spine. In near fine condition with patches of discolouration to spine and slight bumping. Dusting to top edge. Dust jacket in good condition with chips to to spine and large closed tear to tail of spine. Not price clipped. Perhaps the most n… Read more…

A signed first edition bound in cyan publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and border to front board and spine in very good condition with slight bumping and discolouration to spine. Browning to end papers. Author’s image frontispiece with protective tracing paper tipped in. Signature found below image. A four page hand-written letter on blue paper… Read more…

Signed first edition of McEwans modern classic atonement bound in black publisher’s cloth in fine condition. Dusk jacket in similarly fine condition. The book is encased in the original sellers plastic covering from when it was signed and first sold by Manchester Waterstones. Absolutely fine. Shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize. Read more…

Signed second impression of the first edition in quarter burgundy cloth over grey textured paper in fine condition with gilt lettering to spine. Tiny brown spots on top edge. Maps decorating upper and lower end papers. Dust jacket in fine condition, not price clipped. Author’s signature in black ink to title page. Silk burgundy bookmark. Read more…

Signed first edition in green cloth publisher’s binding in near fine condition with slight wrinkling to the bottom of spine and tiny brown spots to top edge. Gilt lettering spine and green top edge stain. Dust jacket is fine condition, not price clipped. Author’s signature in blue ink to title page. Seemingly unread. Read more…

Signed first edition in green cloth publisher’s binding in near fine condition with slight bumping to top and bottom of spine, tiny brown spots to top edge and the tops corner of both pastedowns. Dust jacket in near fine condition with minor bumping to top and bottom of spine. Not price clipped. Author’s signature in black ink to title page. Pengui… Read more…