Citizens. A Chronicle of the French Revolution.
London: Viking, 1989. 8vo. Third impression. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
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The Embarrassment of Riches. An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age.
London: Collins, 1988. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1987. Original oatmeal cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Very slight foxing to covers and edges of text block. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
The World of Psmith.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. Front fly very slightly foxed. D/w price-clipped. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. An omnibus volume containing all the Psmith titles: Mike and Psmith; Psmith in the City; Psmith, Journalist; Leave it to Psmith.....
Lynton Lamb - Illustrator 1907-77. A Selection of his work arranged and introduced by George Mackie.
London: The Scolar Press, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Very slight dust-soiling to the back panel of the d/w. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
The Collected Dialogues of Plato. Including the Letters. Edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns. With Introduction and Prefatory Notes.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. 8vo. First published in this edition 1961. Seventh impression. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green. Light foxing to endpapers and edges of text block. D/w price-clipped. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Number 71 in the Bollingen Series.
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell. Edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. First editions. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Slight bump to the foot of the spine of volume 4, otherwise fine in fine d/w. Comprising Vol. 1 An Age Like This 1920-1940; Vol. 2 My Country Right or Left 1940-1943; Vol.....
Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide.
London: John Murray, 1949. Large 8vo. First edition. Original mustard yellow cloth decorated in black and white. Folding map and black and white photographic plate section. Light foxing to endpapers and edges of text block. D/w is somewhat foxed with a few chips and short closed tears. Near fine in.....
Murray's Buckinghamshire Architectural Guide.
London: John Murray, 1948. Large 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth decorated in black and white. Folding map and black and white photographic plate section. Price-clipped d/w with a few very short closed tears, light rubbing to corner tips and small loss to the head of the spine. Fine in.....
The Complete Works. The New Nonesuch Shakespeare.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1953. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Original brown quarter buckram with marbled paper boards, gilt. Without the original glassine jacket or slipcase. Illustrated by Reynolds Stone. Offsetting to the edge of the endpapers from the original glassine jackets. Contents clean and fresh. Near fine. 'The text and.....
Our Lady of the Green. (A Book of Ladies' Golf). With chapters by Issette Pearson, A. Bennet Pascoe and others.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd, 1899. 8vo. First edition. Original pictorial cloth. Extremities lightly rubbed and spine ends gently pushed. Endpapers and half-title a bit foxed. Pencil signature on half-title. Contents clean. Near fine. 'Among the many reasons why women play golf are the following: (1) A desire to be.....
Golf (The Badminton Library). With contributions by Lord Wellwood, Sir Walter Simpson, Bart., Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, M.P., Andrew Lang, H. S. C. Everard, and others.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890. Small 4to. First edition. Large Paper Edition. #21 of 250 copies. Original blue half-morocco, gilt, with orange cloth boards. Top edge gilt. With tissue-guarded frontispiece and numerous illustrations by Thomas Hodge and Harry Furniss. A fine copy. One of the most sought-after volumes in.....
The Inward Laugh. Edward Bawden and his circle.
Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2005. Large 4to. Limited edition. One of 750 copies (75 were not for sale). Original quarter brown/tan cloth, with paper spine label, with printed paper boards adapting Bawden's 'Pigeon and Clocktower' pattern. The publisher's prospectus is loosely inserted, with notes about changed dimensions and binding.....
Tone, Texture, Light and Shade. A Barnett Freedman Picture Album. Introduced by Ian Rogerson.
Upper Deby: The Fleece Press, 2011. 4to. One of 250 standard copies (there were also 90 special copies) including an original lithographic card produced by the artist at the Curwen Press for Jack Beddington. Original quarter red cloth, with paper spine label, with printed paper boards featuring a repeat pattern.....
Barnett Freedman. The Graphic Art. With an essay on Freedman as master lithographer by Michael Twyman.
Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2006. 4to. Limited edition. One of 500 copies. Original red buckram with paper label to spine. DVD of the film, 'The King's Stamp', housed inside the rear board. In grey cloth-covered slipcase. Illustrated throughout with numerous reproductions in colour, some folding and tipped-in. Fine. A.....
Down Cemetery Road.
London: Constable, 2003. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Jacket design by Nick Castle. Signed by the author in blue ink on the title page. Mint in dust-wrapper. Mick Herron's debut novel is also the first of four to feature Zoë Boehm, private investigator. When a neighbouring house in.....
The Guildhall Lavenham Suffolk.
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press for The National Trust, 1983. Quarto. New edition, (later issue?). First published in 1975. Original paper covers. Illustrated throughout in colour from hand-drawn lithographic plates. Fine. This is a later printing, possibly after the author's death in 1999. No information is provided, and she is.....
Portrait of Arundel.
Tarrant Monkton and Littlehampton: The Workshop Press for Arun District Council, 1986. Quarto. New edition, later issue. First published in 1979. Original laminated paper covers with ISBN. Illustrated throughout in colour from hand-drawn lithographic plates. Fine. This is a later printing, possibly after the author's death in 1999. No information.....
The Story of Tewkesbury Abbey.
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press, 1983. Quarto. Second, revised edition. First published in 1971. Original stapled paper covers with price ('40p'). Illustrated throughout in colour from hand-drawn lithographic plates. The back cover has a slight scuff and a short, indented line towards the top corner. Near fine. Designed, drawn and.....
The Story of Tewkesbury Abbey.
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press, 1971. Tall 8vo. First edition. Original stapled paper covers with price ('40p'). Illustrated throughout in colour from hand-drawn lithographic plates. Ink presentation inside cover from the Tewkesbury town mayor and a loose typed sheet from the Tewkesbury Register about the Mayor's Chain of Office. Near.....
The Story of Tewkesbury Abbey.
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press, 1971. Tall 8vo. First edition. Original stapled paper covers with price ('40p'). Illustrated throughout in colour from hand-drawn lithographic plates. Fine. Designed, drawn and printed by Rena Gardiner. 'The illustrations in this book are from drawings made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore.....
The Story of Tewkesbury Abbey.
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press, 1971. Tall 8vo. First edition. Original stapled paper covers with price ('40p'). Illustrated throughout in colour from hand-drawn lithographic plates. Fine. Designed, drawn and printed by Rena Gardiner. 'The illustrations in this book are from drawings made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore.....
The Story of Ely Cathedral.
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press, [1974?]. Tall 8vo. First edition, later issue. The price is given as '30p' on the back cover and on page 49 the text states, 'In 1973 Ely Cathedral celebrated the thirteen hundredth anniversary of its founding by St. Etheldreda.' Original stapled paper covers. Illustrated throughout.....
The Story of Ely Cathedral.
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press, [1974?]. Tall 8vo. First edition, later issue. The price is given as '30p' on the back cover and on page 49 the text states, 'In 1973 Ely Cathedral celebrated the thirteen hundredth anniversary of its founding by St. Etheldreda.' Original stapled paper covers. Illustrated throughout.....
The Story of Ely Cathedral.
Tarrant Monkton: The Workshop Press, [1972]. Tall 8vo. First edition. The price is given as '25p' on the back cover and on page 49 the text states, 'In 1973 Ely Cathedral celebrates the thirteen hundredth anniversary of its founding by St. Etheldreda.' Original stapled paper covers. Illustrated throughout in colour.....
Look at Cotehele.
Unknown: Penwell Limited (originally The Workshop Press for The National Trust), 2000. Oblong 8vo. Reprint. First published by Rena Gardiner for The National Trust in 1984 and in a revised edition in 1994. This is a reprint of the revised edition and was printed the year after the author/artist's death.....