London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1979. 4to. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. D/w very slightly rubbed in places. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. This remains the definitive work on the subject.
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1980. 8vo. First edition. One of 600 unnumbered copies from a limited edition of 630. Original ring-bound stiff card covers. Eight front and back views of country figures are split horizontally in three to enable incongruous characters to be formed. The bespectacled old woman in a....
London: Beat Publications Ltd, [1964]. 12mo. First edition. Original white laminated boards. Black and white author photograph on back cover. Price label of 'Seven Shillings' tipped in but crossed through in pencil with revised price of '2/-'. Illustrated in colour by the author. Covers a bit rubbed and dust-soiled. Near...
London: William Campion, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Frontispiece and illustrations by Betty Swanwick. Near fine. Collected articles from the Evening Standard, arranged by the seasons, describe a farmer's life in post-war Devon.
London: Faber and Faber, 1953. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Illustrated by V. H. Drummond. Tiny nick to the d/w at the tail of the spine. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Self-explanatory (although I could go on).
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Jacket design by Richard Kennedy. Very slightly cocked (how appropriate!) D/w slightly toned and faded on the spine with dust-soiling to the back panel. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Set on the coast of County Londonderry in 1807...
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Jacket and vignette on the title page by Joan Hassall. Portrait plates scattered throughout. Ink ownership on fly. D/w toned and rubbed with a few nicks along the top edge. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: John Lehmann, 1947. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth, gilt. D/w and illustrations by Keith Vaughan. D/w price-clipped. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. An exceptional copy of a strange, dark, dream-like story for children. Keith Vaughan's illustrations are a perfect match.
London: Nicholson & Watson for Poetry Library, 1944. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter black cloth with illustrated paper boards. Drawings by Lucian Freud. D/w toned to spine and edges with tiny loss to corner tips and a 1cm chip from the head of the spine. Near fine in very good...
London: John Lehmann, 1949. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. D/w and eight colour lithographs by Keith Vaughan (printed by The Baynard Press). Neat ink ownership, dated 1952, on fly. D/w very slightly toned, dust-soiled and foxed with light rubbing to top and bottom edges and a nick at...
London: Hutchinson, 1960. 8vo. First edition. Original tangerine hardcovers. Illustrated with drawings by the author. D/w is tone on the spine and has two tiny nicks to the top edge. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A celebration of English towns through the eyes of an artist and aimed at the...
London: John Lehmann, 1948-9. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original ochre and buff cloth, gilt. D/ws by Keith Vaughan and John Minton. Illustrated throughout both volumes with drawings and black and white photographic plates. Volume 1: Frontispiece and title page browned as usual (cheap paper). D/w rubbed and dust-soiled with a....
London: John Lehmann, 1948-9. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original ochre and buff cloth, gilt. D/ws by Keith Vaughan and John Minton. Illustrated throughout both volumes with drawings and black and white photographic plates. Volume 1: Slight foxing to edges of text block. Frontispiece and title page browned as usual (cheap...
London & High Wycombe: J. M. Dent & Sons for Hague & Gill Ltd, 1938. 8vo. First edition. Original sewn printed wraps in envelope. Set in Gill's Bunyan type. Illustrations by Denis Tegetmeier. Fine in fine envelope. Eleven short essays by Eric Gill are accompanied by 11 pictures by Denis...
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944. Royal 8vo. First edition. Original buff cloth. Illustrated by the author. Slight marking and toning to covers. Neat ink ownership dated 1945 on fly. Near fine. The colour illustrations must have seemed even more saturated in wartime than they do now. Almost psychedelic!
London: The Architectural Press, 1958. 4to. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. With black and white photographs by Eric de Maré, John Piper and the author. Jacket design by Gordon Cullen. D/w has two closed tears to the bottom edge of the front panel, some rubbing to the edges and.....
London: The Architectural Press, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Four coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Ring binding twisted. Front cover partially detached, very worn and wrinkled. Back cover missing...
London: The Architectural Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Covers worn and creased. Ring binding a bit bent at the bottom. Very good...
London: The Architectural Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Covers a little rubbed with creasing to the corners of the front cover. Near...
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1936. 8vo. First edition. Original black plastic comb binding with 'Buckinghamshire' silver gilt. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Covers a little rubbed and foxed with small creases at...
London: The Architectural Press, [1936]. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Light foxing to slightly rubbed edges and the verso of each map. Both covers...
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, [1937]. 8vo. First edition. Original red plastic comb binding with 'Northumberland and Durham' silver gilt. Errata slip bound in at the start of the Introductory Note. Four colour maps and black and white photographs throughout. Covers just a trifle rubbed at extremities. Front endpapers partially...
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original red plastic comb binding with 'West Coast of Scotland' gilt. Four colour maps and black and white photographs throughout. 'Seventeen large photographs depicting Highland life and Scenery' in magenta tone. Covers a little rubbed at edges and a little wrinkling...
London: The Architectural Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Ring binding with card covers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and sepia tint with a double page colour map of the county. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at rear by Edward Bawden. Wrinkling to both covers which are rubbed at...
London: B.T. Batsford, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow plastic comb binding, with 'Oxon' printed in red, with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. A little rubbed around the edges. Near fine...
