First Editions 3
First Editions 3
Tales of the Wise Black Raven illustrated by Vera Heinzova-Bruneova, published by Hamlyn London, 1st Edition 1974.
Tales of the Wise Black Raven, published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd 1974, 1st Edition. Dimensions : 264mm x 204mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.360kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Tales of the Wise Black Raven, illustrated by Vera Heinzova-Bruneova, published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited London, New York, Sydney, Toronto, 1st Edition 1974. Illustrations copyright 1973. English translation by Olga Kuthanova, Graphic Design by Bohuslav Blazey. Printed in Czechoslovakia by Svoboda.
ISBN 0 600 35488 1.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. The pictorial front board has good colour, light marking in places and slight wear to edges. The back board is similar with details of other volumes in the series. The spine is good with bumps to top and tail.
Front paste-down and facing e/p are decorated in dark blue backing design and there is a large 90mm x 100mm fold top rh corner which follows through to page 2 (there are no page numbers). Otherwise the pages are in good condition although with toning to the border edges and some usage marks in places. There are full page colour illustrations on most pages and these are good with strong colours. The binding is quite tight and fully intact. Full publishing details are on the final page facing back e/p.
A very well illustrated collection of folk tales designed for children.
The Best One-Act Plays of 1946-47, Selected by J.W. Marriott. 1948, 1st Edition.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London. Dimensions : 190mm x 135mm x 25mm. Weight : 0.380kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Best One-Act Plays of 1946-47, Selected by J.W. Marriott.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London. 1948. First Edition.
Printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London.
Produced in complete conformity with the Authorized Economy Standards.
12mo, 287 medium duty economy numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good. The green front DJ is in good condition with light wear edges, light marking face, light foxing face. DJ back is similar with very small tear to upper edge and light pencil script upper edge. DJ spine light wear edges with small tear lower rh corner. DJ front fold dusting to edges, brief bio The Editor, price marked 8/6 net, light foxing. DJ back fold similar, advertisement for The Art of the Critic, APT/M264 lower lh corner. Dark blue linen front board very light wear edges, embossed title, shading to face from lettering on front DJ. Back board similar. Spine very light wear, silver lettering. e/p blank with light foxing. pp with title; verso list of volumes in this series. Title page facing; verso copyright page. Foreword p5-6. Acknowledgments p7. Contents p9. Commences p11 The Fourpenny Box by Ian Hay Copyright 1947 by Samuel French, Ltd; verso Characters list and Author's Note and so through ten plays to the end p287. Back e/p with some foxing. Pages very good with light usage. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.
An interesting and quite scarce volume with good DJ.
The Book of Spells II, Marian Green. Simon and Schuster UK Ltd., 2001. 1st Edition.
Published by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. Dimensions : 200mm x 150mm x 15mm. Weight : 0.380kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Book of Spells II, Over 40 Charms and Magic Spells, Marian Green.
Published in GB by Simon and Schuster UK Ltd., 2001. A Viacom Company.
Copyright 2001 Quarto Publishing plc.
Manufactured by Regent Pub. Services Ltd. Hong Kong.
Printed by Midas Printing Ltd. China.
First Edition.
ISBN 0-7432-0777-7
8vo, 128 medium/heavy duty gloss numbered pages. Many colour illustrations/photos.
Condition/Notes : Good. Purple front board embossed with silver letters title. Light wear edges. Back board similar, blank purple; light marking face. Spine with silver lettering. Silver cotton ties centre board edges. Medium usage. Some sections previously sealed Spells with serrated edges, now opened leaving page edges with serration. Black p/d's and e/p's.
The Collected Poems of William Watson, published by John Lane, 1898. 1st Edition.
Published by John Lane London and New York, MDCCCXCVIII. Dimensions : 198mm x 132mm x 35mm. Weight : 0.520kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Collected Poems of William Watson, published by John Lane, London and New York, MDCCCXCVIII. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh and London at the Ballantyne Press.
8vo, (xiv), 305 medium/heavy duty rough cut numbered pages. Black and white illustrated frontispiece of William Watson 1898.
Condition/Notes : Good. Olive green linen front board has light wear to edges, bumps to corners. light marking to gilt decorated face. Back board similar with blind embossed decoration. Marking to lh edge. Spine with wear top and tail, gilt lettering and white inked library classification number 811. Front p/d blank with remnants of library pocket attached. Front e/p blank with University of Nottingham Dept. of Extra-Mural Studies Circulating Library label Cancelled with Class 811 and No 3102 in ink handscript. pp follows with title and foxing; verso list of other volumes by William Watson which may still be had. Frontispiece follows with block print of William Watson MDCCCXCVIII by EHN with tissue guard; foxing to tissue but not illustration. Title page follows with details (rough cut fore-edge), some foxing; verso printing details. Dedication to R.H. The Earl of Rosebery, K.G., K.T.; verso blank with small handscript 811 and 3102. Prefatory follows vii-viii. Contents follows ix-xiv; pp with Collected Poems follows. Wordsworth's Grave commences p1. Pages are good but with foxing and toning to edges and rough cut fore-edge. Binding quite tight but with strains in places (p96-97 with maximum 5mm gap to lower half). Back e/p blank with foxing. Gilt to top edge, fore-edge and lower edge rough cut. An interesting collection of Watson's poems in this quite rare volume. Please note more images available in Antiquarian Books Category.
The Curse of Salamander Street by G.P. Taylor, Faber & Faber Ltd., 2006. First Edition signed by the author.
Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., London. Dimensions : 222mm x 138mm x 32mm. Weight : 0.480kg net. Condition : Very good.
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The Curse of Salamander Street by G.P. Taylor, published by Faber & Faber Ltd., London. Printed by Mackays of Chatham plc, Chatham, Essex. First Edition signed by the author. 2006.
8vo, 335 medium duty, numbered pages. ISBN 0-571-22873-9
Condition/Notes : Very good. DJ very good. Front is very good with very light marking. Front fold with price mark £9.99 lower rh corner. Back DJ similar. Spine very good. The front and back black linen boards are very good. The spine is good with light wear to top and tail and gilt lettering. Front red paste-down and facing e/p are blank but with light corner fold top rh corner of e/p. Title page with author's signature in Biro. Verso publishing/printing details. Pages clean and undamaged. Binding tight.
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. Sci-Fi Book Club Nr.11. 1954.
Published by The Science Fiction Book Club. Dimensions : 190mm x 126mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.250kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. Published by The Science Fiction Book Club (proprietors Sidgwick and Jackson Limited), 1, Tavistock Chambers, Bloomsbury Way, London, W.C.1. Printed by Ferndale Book Co. Ltd., London, Worcester, Ferndale and Glamorgan, 1954. Copyright Alfred Bester 1953. 1st Edition in this series. First published by the proprietors in 1953.
Science Fiction Book Club Nr. 11. Highly collectible series.
12mo, 224 medium numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good. DJ : The pale green and red DJ front, illustrated by C.W. Bacon (initials CWB to front lower corner), is in good condition with light wear to edges and corners and light marking to face. DJ back similar with some marking to lower rh corner adjacent spine edge. DJ spine with light wear and very small tears top and tail and light marking. DJ front fold with note in red print re SF News. DJ back fold with note in red print re SF Book Club. Maroon linen front board has light wear edges and light bump lower rh corner. Back board similar with good corners. Spine with light bumps to top; embossed title, author, 11 SFBC against silver background. Blank p/d and e/p; pp with title. Title page with details and SFBC emblem; verso copyright page with details; Introduction facing. Commences Chaper 1 p7 through to p224 The End. Pages good but with browning to edges. Two very small 2mm tears to mid fore-edge of p224. Binding quite tight. Slight cocking to vol. Dusting to edges. Overall, a good example of this rare Science Fiction Book Club Edition with original DJ.
The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Brian Lane and Wilfred Gregg, Headline, 1992. 1st Edition.
Published by Headline Book Publishing PLC, London, 1992. First Edition. Dimensions : 240mm x 157mm x 30mm. Weight : 0.560kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Brian Lane and Wilfred Gregg. Published by Headline Book Publishing PLC, London. Printed by Richard Clay Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk. 1992. First Edition.
ISBN 0-7472-046106
8vo, 310 medium duty economy numbered pages. 32 black and white photographic plates.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ is in quite good condition with light wear to edges but creasing to front lower edge. General usage marks. Front DJ fold with PM £16.99. Back DJ fold with brief bio of author; crease to lower lh corner. Black linen front board with light wear. Back board similar with light usage. Spine medium wear top and tail; gilt lettering. pp with title; verso list of other titles by Brian Lane. Following pp missing. Title page follows with details; verso copyright details. Contents follows; then Acknowledgements dated 1991. Introduction follows p1-p16. Serial Killers A-Z commences p19 with Abe, Wolfgang. Ends p284 with Zwanziger, Anna Maria. Select Bibliography follows to p294. General Reference Works follows , then Index. Pages good but with toning to margin edges and general light usage. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. Plates good. An interesting reference work.
The Forbidden Game; A Social History of Drugs by Brian Inglis. 1975. 1st Edition.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1975. Dimensions : 242mm x 164mm x 34mm. Weight : 0.660kg net. Condition : Fair.
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The Forbidden Game. A Social History of Drugs by Brian Inglis.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton London 1975. 1st Edition.
Printed by The Garden City Press Limited, Letchworth, Herts., SG6 1JS.
ISBN 0340167610
8vo, 256 medium/heavy numbered pages. 8 black and white photo plates.
Condition/Notes : Fair. DJ : Quite good. The DJ is in quite good condition with plastic protector cover. 25mm long horizontal tear to face from mid rh edge. Face, colour good. Library stickers to spine. Summary to front fold, price marked £4.95 net in UK. Photo of author and brief bio to back fold. Maroon Rexine boardswith light marking, gilt letters to spine.
Remnants of College Library label to front e/p and stamped "Withdrawn". pp with title and By same Author verso. Title page, copyright and College stamp verso. Contents follows. Illustrations list follows. Introduction p9/10. Commences 1 Drugs and Shamanism p11 and through end including Postscript, Acknowledgements, Sources and Index. Pages quite good with medium usage, dusting to edges. Photo illustrations between p112 and 113 good. Binding quite tight. Dusting and light marking to edges.
A well-read volume.
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The Highgate Vampire, Sean Manchester, British Occult Society, London. 1985. 1st Edition.
Published by British Occult Society, Highgate, London. Non Fiction Occult. Dimensions : 209mm x 148mm x 11mm. Weight : 0.280kg net. Condition : Very good.
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The Highgate Vampire. The Infernal World of the Undead Unearthed at London's Famous Highgate Cemetery and Environs. Price Mark £7.50.
Published by British Occult Society, 15, Pond Square, Highgate, London N6 6BA.
ISBN 0 9510606 0 0
Softback.
72 Illustrations.
8vo, 172 medium duty numbered pages with 72 illustrations.
Condition/Notes : Very good. Front illustrated soft cover is very good but with a vertical surface cut to the rh edge; very light wear. Back cover with illustration of the author and summary; price marked £7.50. Spine with light wear top edge. Commences with title page; verso copyright page. Dedication to Lord Byron follows. Poem by Byron follows. Contents. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Commences p9 and through to end p172.
Pages very good, very light usage. Illustrations very good. Binding tight. Dusting to edges.
A rare 1st Edition.
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The Illustrators of Montmartre by Frank L Emanuel. The Langham Series of Art Monographs. Vol. III. 1904. 1st Edn.
Published by A. Siegle, London, W. Dimensions : 160mm x 122mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.190kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Illustrators of Montmartre by Frank L. Emanuel.
The Langham Series of Art Monographs, edited by Selwyn Brinton, M.A.
Vol. III The Illustrators of Montmartre.
Published by A. Siegle, 2, Langham Place, London, W. 1904. 1st Edition.
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., London & Edinburgh.
16mo, i-viii, 85 gloss medium duty numbered pages with colour plates and photogravures neatly bound in leather. Price 2s. 6d.
Condition/Notes : Good. Front fine leather with light wear edges and corners, gilt pattern with title, light creasing to lh edge. Back board similar with rubbing to rh edge; same gilt pattern and title. Slight horizontal bowing to board. Spine with wear and rubbing top edge, light rubb ing face and tail. Gilt lettering. Light marbling to paste-down and e/p with toning to edges; verso blank with pencil script M/S and R/d. Blank pp follows with foxing; verso blank with toning to edges. pp with The Langham Series an Illustrated Collection of Art Monographs etc; below owner's name which has been blocked out in blue ink. Verso list of The Langham Series with details; seepage of blue ink from verso. Frontispiece follows colour plate titled Trottin Dressmakers Apprentice with tissue guard. Title facing; verso illustration, All rights reserved. Dedication follows; verso List of Illustrations 1-20. Contents follows Chapters I to XII. Commences I A. Steinlen p1 through to p86. Some Press Opinions follows; advertisement L'Album in French. e/p and p/d as front. Ruby coloured marker ribbon. Pages good with toning to edges. Binding quite tight with light strain p16-17and p32-33. Colour plates and photogravures good. Gilt top edge; dusting to edges.
An interesting and quite scarce volume. Please note more images are available in the Antiquarian Books Category.
The Invaders Plan, Mission Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard, New Era Publications U.K. Ltd., 1985. First Edition.
Published by New Era Publications U.K. Ltd., Tonbridge. Dimensions : 240mm x 155mm x 48mm. Weight : 1.040kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Invaders Plan, Mission Earth, Volume 1, by L. Ron Hubbard. Published by New Era Publications U.K. Ltd., Tonbridge. Printed in the U.K. Copyright by L. Ron Hubbard 1985. Original jacket painting by Gerry Grace.
ISBN 87-7336-428-2
8vo, 559 medium duty numbered pages with map.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Quite good. DJ : Wear to top and tail edgeswith 15mm tear lower rh corner. Some light marking to face. Back DJ similar with wear to corners. DJ spine wear top and tail. DJ front fold good with light wear, ISBN and PM £10.95. Back DJ fold with photo of L. Ron Hubbard and brief summary. Crease to lh edge. Front blue linen board with light wear to edges, bumps to corners and gilt signature of author lower rh corner. Red linen to spine with 40mm border to front board with small scuff to top corner. Back board similar. Red linen spine with light wear top and tail and gilt lettering. Front paste-down and e/p with Voltar Governmental Cities Map; verso blank. pp with list of the author's classic works. pp with title; verso details of the Dekalogy. Title page follows, verso publication details. Dedication follows. Author's Introduction follows ix-xiv. The Invaders Plan commences p1. Pages good with light toning to edges. Binding quite tight. Dusting to the edges. The first volume of the famous Dekalogy completed a year before his departure.
The King's England, Nottinghamshire, The Midland Stronghold, Edited by Arthur Mee. First Edition 1938.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited London EC4 1938. Dimensions : 201mm x 137mm x 38mm. Weight : 0.640kg net. Condition : Fair.
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The King's England, Nottinghamshire, The Midland Stronghold. Edited by Arthur Mee, with 219 Places and 109 Pictures. Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, St Paul's House, London, E.C.4. Printed by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk, 1938. First Printed 1938.
8vo 339 numbered medium light gloss pages.
Condition/Notes : The dark red linen front board has wear to edges, bumps to corners and marking/wear to face. Faded black ink print. Back board similar with water stains. Spine wear to top and tail, creasing and taped to rh edge with brown synthetic tape covering half the spine face. Wear to lh edge also with cotton bind showing in places. Front paste-down blank off-white with some foxing. Facing e/p blank with pencil script top edge. Addendum slip added referring to error on page 200. pp blank follows with foxing, facing blank pp with Nottinghamshire crest top rh corner. Verso list of The King's England First 15 Volumes. Frontisplate follows with sepia photo of Southwell Minster. Title page follows with full details; verso printing details. Editor's acknowledgement follows. List of Pictures of Nottinghamshire follows with page numbers. The pages generally are good with some usage marks and toning to border edges and some foxing in places. Sepia pictures are good. Back paste-down and e/p have map of Nottinghamshire in 5-mile squares. There is straining to the bind here with 5mm gap showing cotton bind but intact. Binding intact but generally volume well used. A very detailed historical account of the county with very detailed descriptions of historic buildings, churches and monuments.Please note more images are available in History Category.
The Lady's not for Burning. A Comedy by Christopher Fry. 1949. 1st Edition 4th Impression.
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, Amen House, London E.C.4. Dimensions : 191mm x 125mm x 12mm. Weight : 0.200kg net. Condition : Good. DJ : Good.
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The Lady's not for Burning by Christopher Fry.
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Publisher to the University, OUP, Amen House, London E,C.4.
Printed by Charles Batey, Printer to the University, University Press Oxford.
12mo, i-viii, 1-98 gloss cream numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Good/Very good. DJ : Good. Light wear edges, light usage; light marking to back DJ, 10mm tear top lh corner. Front fold with price mark 6s. net lower rh corner. Back fold Christopher Fry bio. Dark green linen boards very good with gilt lettering to spine. Front e/p with foxing band to lh edge. Sub-title, copyright verso. Title follows. Forward. Characters list. Act One commences p1 and through to The Curtain Falls p98. Back e/p with foxing band to rh edge. Light usage, no marking. Quite tight binding. Dusting to edges. A classic work for which he is most well known .
The Life and Times of King George VI 1895-1952, Odhams Press Ltd., 1952. First Edition.
Odhams Press Limited, London. First Edition, 1952. Dimensions : 254mm x 180mm. Weight : 0.580kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Life and Times of King George VI 1895-1952. Published by Odhams Press Limited, Long Acre, London. 1952. No author listed. Printed in GB by Odhams (Watford) Ltd., Watford. Copyright S.352.Y.
8vo, 6 Chapters. 159 gloss numbered pages. Approx 186 black and white photographs.
Condition/Notes : Good. The DJ is quite good. Front DJ, wear to the edges with creasing and small tears to top edge and a 20mm and a 40mm tear on lower edge and spine edge. Back DJ similar wear to edges. DJ spine sunned with wear top and tail. Faces good with good colour. Folds good with toning to edges. Front board is good. Red rexine with very light wear to edges. Imbossed with 1895-1952 at top. Back board similar. Spine with light wear top and tail. Gilt title and publisher. Front paste-down blank; facing e/p blank with some foxing and ink handscript dated May 3rd 1952. Frontispiece plate follows King George VI in Field-Marshals uniform. Title page follows with contents and details. Numbered p4 commences verso with many photos. Includes Genealogical Tree of The Royal Family. Pages and photos very good with toning to page edges. Index to Photographs at end. Back e/p blank off-white. Binding tight and fully intact. Dusting to edges. A very interesting biography with an excellent collection of photographs.
The Mary Deare by Hammond Innes, published by Collins, 1956.
First Edition, published by Collins London, First Edition, 1956. Dimensions : 202mm x 135mm x 30mm. Weight : 0.420kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Mary Deare, by Hammond Innes, published by Collins London, 1956, First Edition, probably 2nd print, by Collins Clear-Type Press London and Glasgow.
8vo, 256 medium/heavy numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Quite good. The red tooled front board is quite good with light wear to the edges and a toning line along the top edge where DJ has positioned short of the board. Ex Libris white logo stamped towards the lower middle. There is a slight vertical bow to the front board. The back board is similar without the bow. The spine has wear to top and tail and a 15mm tear from the top rh corner down the rh edge. The title and author are in white ink. The DJ Has medium wear to the edges with a 40mm tear along the rh edge and tears to the corners. The back DJ face has some staining, light wear to edges and a 10mm tear to the top lh corner. DJ spine has wear to top and tail with small tears in places. The colours are good. Front fold has summary of novel and price 12s 6d net in lower rh corner. The back fold has details of 4 other novels by Hammond Innes. The front paste-down and e/p are blank off-white. pp follows with summary of the novel, list of other novels verso. Title page facing and printing details verso. Dedication and Contents follow (Parts 1,2 and 3). The pages are generally clean and undamaged. Binding tight and fully intact. A good edition of this classic maritime novel.
The Miracle on the Wall. A Revelation of Life after Death by H. Porten, 1954. First Edition.
Published by the Author. Dimensions : 222mm x 142mm x 18mm. Weight : 0.600kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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The Miracle on the Wall. A Revelation of Life after Death by H. Porten.
Published privately by the Author, 9, Prideaux Road, Flat 2, Eastbourne, Sussex, 1954.
Printed by Sussex Printers Ltd., Eastbourne.
1st Edition.
8vo, 286 medium duty, gloss, numbered pages including black and white photographs.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. The dark brown leatherette front board has light wear to edges, bumps to corners and light marking to face. Label with 233 in script attached lower lh corner. Back board similar. Spine with medium wear top and tail and red adhesive tape attached although cannot see any reason for this; title and author written in handscript. Blank white p/d and e/p with owner's name and address top rh corner with 3/6 in pencil. Illustrated title follows in black and white. Title page follows; verso copyright page 1954. Table of Contents follows (5 pages); verso dedication to our darling sons. Black and white frontispiece photograph of the author at his desk. Commences Chapter I The First Miracle p1. Continues through to p286 Conclusion dated Easter 1954 Eastbourne; facing black and white photograph of the author standing in his study. Pages good with light usage, some light marking, toning to edges. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.
The Modern Conjurer and Drawing Room Entertainer by C. Lang Neil, puiblished by C. Arthur Pearson 1903. 1st Edn.
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., London. 1903. First Edition. Dimensions : 219mm x 139mm x 30mm. Weight : 0.930kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Modern Conjurer and Drawing Room Entertainer by C. Lang Neil. With an Introduction by Charles Bertram. Explaining and illustrating tricks by J.N. Maskelyne, Trewey, Charles Bertram, Nelson Downs, Mdlle. Patrice, Paul Valadon, H. de Manche, L. Graham Lewis, Frank Kennard, Ellis Stanyon and others. With over 500 original illustrations from photographs.
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., Henrietta Street, London. 1903. First Edition. Printed by William Brendon and Son, Printers, Plymouth.
8vo, 414 high quality gloss numbered pages. Followed by 2 unnumbered pages (e/p) of advertising by Hamley's Grand Magical Saloons, 231, High Holborn, London, W.C., also Magical Palace of Wonders, 35, New Oxford Street, W.C..
Condition/Notes : The blue linen front board is quite good with light wear to edges, wear and bumps to corners, light marking to face. Title in gilt box design. Back board is similar with wear to corners, no lettering. Spine is sunned to dark blue with wear top and tail, some small dints to face and gilt lettering. Front paste-down is blank off-white with pencil script 5 top lh corner. Some foxing in places. Facing e/p blank with foxing, small fold top rh corner, small 3mm tear lower rh corner; verso blank with foxing. pp follows with title and same small 3mm tear lower rh corner; verso blank. Title page follows with full details as listed above (see image below), small fold crease to top rh corner, few foxing spots and toning to edges; verso printer's name. Contents follows with full details (p5-p8). Preface follows (p9-p11) by C. Lang Neil dated London 1902. Introduction follows by Charles Bertram (p13-p17), initialled C.B. dated London, August, 1902. Verso p17 "For the convenience of readers, there is a list of all requisites and apparatus for tricks described throughout the book, together with their cost, on pages 413 and 414". The Principles of Natural Magic follows p19-p22. Manner and Gesture follows p23-p25. The Conjurer's Clothes follows p27-p28. The Wand follows p29-p30. The Table follows p31-p32. The volume proper commences p33 with Chapter Title Page "Sleights Used in Card Conjuring". Each chapter has similar Chapter Title Page. Most pages have black and white photographs accompanying the text and descriptions. Following the last chapter commencing p389 is "Some Useful Books on Conjuring and Kindred Arts" p389-p392. Following is "Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Arts" p393-p412 which includes the prices of each item. Please note that p406 has a small area towards the top margin which has adherred to the opposite page p407. This can probably be separated by careful pressure between the two pages. Following is "Apparatus and Requisites" with prices p413-p414. E/p follows with advertising for Hamley's as detailed above. There is some strain to the binding between e/p and paste-down with some linen showing and foxing to both. The pages are clean and undamaged but all with toning to edges and foxing in places with light usage. Strain to binding in places but intact. Browning and dusting to edges. Slight cocking to the volume. Overall, a very interesting and quite rare edition which benefits from the Bibliography which is omitted from the American Wehmen Bros. publication.
The Murder of Marilyn Monroe by Leonore Canevari, J. van Wyhe, C. Dimas & R. Dimas. 1992, 1st Edition.
Published by Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc., New York, NY. Dimensions : 207mm x 140mm x 15mm. Weight : 0.250kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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The Murder of Marilyn Monroe. Foreword and Afterword by Brad Steiger. By Leonore Canevari, Jeanette van Wyhe, Christian Dimas and Rachel Dimas. First Carroll & Graf Edition 1992. Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc., 260 Fifth Ave., New York, NY. Printed in the USA. Cover Art by Wilma Ervin. Cover design by Don Ervin.
ISBN 0-88184-826-3 Price Mark $8.95. Paperback.
8vo, 207 numbered pages with black and white photographic plates.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. The paperback has light wear to edges, some creasing to front and one large crease across the lh lower back cover. Wear to edges of spine. Pages good. Black and white photographic plates good. Binding quite tight. Light usage. Stated First Carroll & Graf Edition on copyright page. Dusting to edges.
The Oriental Temple of Magic by Wu-Fang-Sing M.L.I.M.C., June 1937.
Published by Walter Geary, Leeds 11. Dimensions : 253mm x 205mm x 3mm. Weight : 0.140kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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The Oriental Temple of Magic by Wu-Feng-Sing M.L.I.M.C. Founder Leeds Magic Circle.
Printed by The Leeds Magic Circle, Dept. of Publications.
Published by Walter Geary, Leeds 11. June 1937.
8vo, Heavy paperback, 1-17 numbered medium duty pages followed by 16 unnumbered diagrammatic pages (not shown to protect secrecy of apparatus), followed by 9 pages of advertising titled "The Magic Market".
Condition/Notes : Quite good. Yellow front card cover with title/magic lantern in black ink; label fixed to lower rh corner with ink script "To Mr Geary (above label) with compliments James Grayson L.I.M.C. Dec 28/38 (below label) Sheffield". Inside front cover blank; e/p blank except 525 in print lower rh corner. Title follows with printing details lower edge dated June 1937. Contents follow. Introduction follows dated June 1937. Commences p5 with The Snap Dove Vanish and so through to p17 ending with Apex Four Ace Trick. Drawing follows with Chinaman kneeling holding lantern (marked WFS) exuding genie; Imagination, Fantasies ...Follows pages of illustrations explaining various procedures. Ends with very interesting collection of advertisements in the Magic Market section. Yellow card back cover blank with remnants of label attached top edge.
A rare publication.
The Orthodox Eastern Church by Adrian Fortesque, Ph.D., D.D. 1907. First Edition.
Published by the Catholic Truth Society, London. Dimensions : 227mm x 145mm x 42mm. Weight : 0.820kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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The Orthodox Eastern Church by Adrian Fortesque, Ph.D., D.D., published and printed by The Catholic Truth Society, 69, Southwark Bridge Road, S.E., 1907. First Edition.
8vo, xxvii, 451 medium/heavy duty numbered pages. Illustrated by the author.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. Front maroon linen board has light wear to edges, bumps to corners and marking to face. Gilt lettering and cross motif. Back board similar with some light scratching. Spine with wear top and tail, sunned and light marking. Faded gilt with publisher's emblem lower. Blank p/d and e/p with foxing and faded pencil owner's name. pp with title and foxing. Frontispiece follows with woodblock print of The Church of the Holy Wisdom at Constantinople drawn by the author. Title page faces with full details; verso inscription by Persae 186-189. Preface follows v-viii. Contents ix-xii. Illustrations; 6 by the author. List of Books xv-xxvii. The Orthodox Eastern Church commences p2 through to p439. Comprehensive Index to p451. Pages good with toning to border edges, light browning and light usage. Foxing spots in places. Foxing to back e/p and p/d and red ink stain to lower edges. Binding quite tight. Gilt to top edge, fore-edge rough cut and some pages still uncut in pairs. Lower edge uncut. An interesting study in the First Edition. Please note more images available in the History Category.
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, edited by George Godwin, illustrated by Henry C. Selous, M.DCCC.XL.IV.
Published by M.M. Holloway, Covent-Garden, 1844. Dimensions : 427mm x 287mm x 22mm. Weight : 2.300kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of A Dream wherein are discovered Christian's manner of setting-out, his dangerous journey, and his safe arrival at the desired country. By John Bunyan. I have used Similitudes. Hosea, XII, 10. Edited by George Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., and Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A. Honarary Secretaries of the Art-Union of London, with a memoir of the author , and a bibliographical notice. Illustrated by Engravings in Outline, and Woodcuts, from Drawings by Henry C. Selous, Esq. London : M.M. Holloway, 25, Bedford Street, Covent-Garden. Printed by Harrison and Co., Printers, St. Martin's Lane. M.DCCC.XL.IV. Bound by Hering 9, Newman St.
folio, heavy duty unnumbered pages. Many full page illustrations and smaller woodcuts.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. The marbled front board has wear to edges and face and some scratching. Corners reinforced with 95mm x 95mm calf which is worn to the board on edges. 70mm wide calf border lh edge to spine which is rubbed and worn at the edges with marking to face. Back board very similar with similar wear. The calf spine with five ribs has wear and rubbing top and tail, 15mm split from top rh edge down spine and 25mm split from top lh edge down spine. This is calf outer only and does not affect binding. Wear and rubbing full length both edges. Gilt title and "Illustrated" with decorations to ribs. Pale lemon paste-down and front e/p, both blank with usage marks. Some movement to front board but calf intact. Front e/p verso blank off-white with "Bound by Hering 9 Newman St" top lh corner; pp's blank; verso 2nd with full page engraved drawing. Facing title page with full details as listed in above description. Dated 1844 (M.DCCC.XL.IV). Verso printer's details. Frontispiece follows with full page engraved drawing by H.C. Selous del and Henry Moses. Sc. Memoir of the author commences with woodcut illustration, (Each page is divided into two sections and numbered individually i.e. number i and ii comprises page 1 but no page numbers) and memoir numbered i-xvi including a fac-simile of Bunyan's signature taken from his will. Biographical Notice follows numbers xvii-xxviii with six woodcuts. Author's apology for this book follows. Full page engraved outline drawing follows titled Christian Meditates his Departure, numbered 1, followed by two more full page drawings, numbered 2 and 3. The Pilgrim's Progress commences with first page containing the two sections numbered 3 and 4 (3 not written on first half) and so continues in this manner with the next drawing nr 4, through to the last page section number 90. The drawings are more complex in numbering as sub-number II follows 4 through to sub-number V, then nr 5, followed by VI to IX, then nr 6 - 9, then X, then nr 10, then XI, then nr 11-12, then XII, then nr 13-14, then XIII, then nr 15, then XIV, then nr 16-17, then XV -XVII, then nr 18, then XVIII, then nr 19, then XIX, then nr 20-21, then XX and final nr 22 Christian and Hopeful ascend into the Celestial City. pp blank and back e/p blank verso pale lemon facing same paste-down. Pages generally good with light toning to edges and some spots in places. Binding quite tight and fully intact as per numbering system. Edges gilt.
The Plain Man's Guide to Antique Clocks, W.J. Bentley, Michael Joseph London, 1963. 1st Edition.
Plain Man's Guide Series. Antique Clocks, W.J. Bentley. 1963. Dimensions : 204mm x 138mm x 17mm. Weight : 0.280kg net. DJ. Condition : Good.
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The Plain Man's Guide to Antique Clocks by W.J. Bentley.
First published by Michael Joseph Ltd, 26, Bloomsbury Street, London WC1. 1963. 1st. Edition.
Printed by Tonbridge Printers Ltd.
8vo, 96 medium/heavy numbered pages with black and white photographic illustrations.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ quite good/good, price marked 16s net, with plastic protective jacket. Dark green linen boards in good condition with gilt lettering to spine. Browning/toning vertical bands front and back e/p, pencil price mark £5.- top rh corner. Toning to page edges, light usage. Quite tight binding. Browning/dusting to edges.
The Return of the gods, Evidence of Extraterrestrial Visitation, by Erich von Daniken, Element Books 1997. 1st Edition.,
Published by Element Books Ltd., Dorset, 1997. Dimensions : 241mm x 159mm x 21mm. Weight : 0.560kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Return of the Gods, Evidence of Extraterrestrial Visitation, by Erich von Daniken. First Published in GB by Element Books Limited, Shaftesbury, Dorset, 1997. Copyright by Bertelsmann Verlag GmbH, Munchen, 1995. Printed and bound in the USA by Courier Westford, Inc.
ISBN 1-85230-961-X
8vo, 168 medium/light numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good. Front DJ has light wear to edges, light marking face. Back DJ similar with light/medium wear top edge and light marking face. Spine DJ wear top and tail with small tear top rh edge. PM £14.99, USA $21.95, Canada $28.99 Front DJ fold. Black linen front board with wear to corners. Back board good. Spine with wear top and tail with silver lettering. e/p blank, pp with brief summary. Title page follows with details; verso publication/printing details. Contents follows; followed by Picture Credits.Pages good and clean. Plates good and clean. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges with some foxing spots.
The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1910. Signed by the Artist.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. First Edition, Edition de Luxe, numbered 449/1000, signed by the artist, 1909. Dimensions : 320mm 255mm x 50mm. Weight : 2.500kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales. From the Old French, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch, illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. Text printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty, Edinburgh. Colour Plates and Borders engraved and printed by Henry Stone & Son. Ltd., Banbury. Illustrations by Henry Stone & Son. Ltd., Banbury. This Edition de Luxe is limited to 1000 copies, signed by the artist, and numbered, of which this copy is No. 449. 30 colour plates signed by the artist dated (19)10 including the frontispiece, heavy tissue guarded and tipped-in top edge. First Edition.
folio, full calf leather, 129 heavy duty numbered pages plus 22 pp's, 30 colour plates tipped-in tissue guarded.
Condition/Notes : The volume is in quite good condition. The front full calf board has wear/rubbing to edges and bumps to corners. There is surface scratching to the face within the gilt decoration which can be relieved with appropriate treatment. Rubbing to left hand edge and some loose leather at corners. Back board similar with scratching to face. The spine has losses top and tail with 10mm of binding revealed. Rubbing and light creasing to face with wear to gilt lettering. Rubbing to edges. Front paste-down is blank off-white with 5/- in pencil handscript top rh corner. Front board is loose but not detached with 5mm gap in gutter. Facing e/p blank with foxing; verso blank off-white. Blank pp facing; verso "This Edition de Luxe is limited to One Thousand copies, signed by the Artist, and numbered, of which this is No. 449 - signed by Edmund Dulac in faded ink below". Facing pp sub-title; verso blank. Frontispiece follows with first tipped-in colour plate with good colour but 2 creases lower rh corner. Signed on original by Edmund Deluc 09 with description below "And there, on a bed the curtains of which were drawn wide, he beheld the loveliest vision he had ever seen", with heavy tissue guard. Title page follows with full details (see images); verso details of printing. Preface follows with black and white illustration above, 9 pages, by Arthur Quiller-Couch. List of Illustrations follows with facing page numbers, from The Sleeping Beauty (frontispiece) p2-24, Blue Beard p26-42, Cinderella p46-68 and Beauty and the Beast p72-120. The Sleeping Beauty commences p1 and so through to p129, end of Beauty and the Beast. Printing details follow; verso "La vente de l'edition anglaise de cet ouvrage est interdite dans les pays de langue francaise". Back e/p blank; verso blank with foxing. Pages throughout are good, heavy duty, uncut fore-edge and lower edge, gilt top edge, with general light usage. Colour plates good colour and condition with exception of the following creases : p6 lower lh corner, p10 lower lh corner, p24 lower lh corner, p26 crease and small snip lower lh corner, p30 2 creases lower lower lh corner, p112 2 creases lower lh corner and p120 lower lh corner. All signed on original Edmund Deluc 10. Binding quite tight throughout except as detailed above re front board. Overall, a good volume with good condition plates. Please note more images available at Antiquarian Books Category.
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The Strand Magazine, Edited by George Newnes, Vol. V. January to June, 1893. 1st Edition.
Published by George Newnes Ltd., Strand, London. Dimensions : 242mm x 164mm x 37mm. Weight : 1.420kg net., Condition : Quite good.
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The Strand Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly, Edited by George Newnes.
Vol. V. January to June 1893.
Published & Printed by George Newnes Ltd., 8,9,10 & 11, Southampton Street, and Exeter Street, Strand, London. 1893.
1st Edition.
8vo, 652 gloss numbered pages with many black and white illustrations.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. Front heavy dark blue board with dark olive calf 30mm border and calf corners. Marking to face and scuffing/rubbing to calf. Back board similar. Spine gilt ribbed calf, wear top and tail , rubbing, faded gilt letters, 40mm detached upper rh edge with tape attached and upper lh edge. Fully attached to boards. Surface horizontal split to calf above third rib. Dark blue mottled p/d and e/p. pp with title. Frontispiece with black and white illustration by A. Pearse titled "We Swear!" (Margarita, the Bond Queen of the Wandering Dhahs). Title page facing. Commences p3 Shafts from an Eastern Quiver VII - Margarita, the Bond Queen of the Wandering Dhahs by Charles J. Mansford, B.A. with illustration by A.P. "The native pointed to the north", and so through to p652 including Index.
Pages good with light usage, dusting to edges. Illustrations good. Binding quite tight.
Includes Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle :
XIV. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box.
XV. The Adventure of the Yellow Face.
XVI. The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk.
XVII.The Adventure of the Gloria Scott.
XVIII. The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual.
XIX. The Adventure of the Reigate Squire.
All illustrated by Sidney Paget.
Back p/d and e/p as front.
Blue marbling to edges; dusting to edges.
Overall a good volume requiring some maintenance to boards and spine. Contents good.
The Tomb of Christ by Martin Biddle, 1999. First Edition.
Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd., Stroud. Printed in HK. Dimensions : 270mm x 200mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.840kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Tomb of Christ by Martin Biddle, published by Sutton Publishing Ltd., Stroud. Printed in Hong Kong by Midas Printing Ltd. 1999. First Edition.
4to, 172, gloss numbered pages. 103 illustrations in colour and black and white.
ISBN 0-7509-1926-4
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ good with plastic protector. Black leatherette boards are good with light wear and marking. Ex-library volume with labels and stamps. Front e/p with library date stamp label/pocket. pp with colour photo of The Tomb Chamber; verso library stamp. Title page with library stamps; verso copyright page with full details. Contents follows. List of Illustrations follows, Front e/p, Figs 1 - 103, Rear e/p. Preface, Introduction. Chapter 1 commences p5. Pages good with light/medium usage and toning to edges. Colour plates good. B & W plates good. Binding quite tight. Notes and References, Bibliography, Index. Back e/p with Willis' plan of Holy Sepulchre 1849. Dusting to edges. Very comprehensive study with excellent illustrations. Please contact for any enquires and more images. Thanks.
The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde, Centenary Edn., Compiled by Maria Leach, 2000. 1st Edition.
Published by Michael O'Mara Books Limited, London. Dimensions : 202mm x 134mm x 17mm. Weight : 0.340kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Wicked Wit of Oscar Wilde, Centenary Edition, Compiled by Maria Leach.
Published by Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 9, Lion Yard,Tremadoc Road, London SW4 7NQ. 2000. First Edition.
Designed by Mick Keates.
Printed in Finland by WS Bookwell, Juva.
ISBN 1-85479-542-2
8vo, i-viii, 153 medium/light numbered pages, with drawings by unknown or AB.
Condition/Notes : Good/Very good. DJ very good slight wear edges; old book price label attached back top rh corner £7.99. Summary on DJ front fold; Price Marked lower rh corner £9.99. Bio back fold. Front printed illustration gloss board very good. Back board/Spine similar. Title, copyright verso. Contents, Publisher's Foreword p vii-viii. Commences p1 Age Before Beauty and so through to p153. Many drawings in black and white. Pages good. Binding tight. Light dusting top edge. Gilt linen ribbon marker.
The Wonder Book of Things to Do, Indoors & Out of Doors. General Editor Harry Golding. 1943. 1st Edition.
Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London & Melbourne. Dimensions : 250mm x 185mm x 25mm. Weight : 1.000kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Wonder Book of Things to Do Indoors & Out of Doors.
General Editor Harry Golding F.R.G.S.
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1943. 1st Edition.
Printed by L.T.A. Robinson Limited, The Botolph Printing Works, London.
8vo, 256 medium/heavy duty gloss numbered pages with 8 colour plates and numerous diagrams and illustrations.
Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ. Colour printed illustration pasted to front board with light/medium wear to edges/ medium bumps/wear to corners, light marking to face, good colour. Back board with gilt pattern print pasted to board with similar wear to front. Green linen spine with wear top and tail, small tear lh edge at 27mm from top lh corner; sunning, faded black ink lettering and illustration. Front p/d and e/p joint pale green illustration by Thomas Maybank. pp follows with title and pale blue ink handscript "Christmas 1943 to Richard with Love"; verso two sepia photos of tennis and cricket. Frontispiece follows full colour "The Hikers". Title page facing, verso list of Other Wonder Books priced at 5/- net also Cloth 6/- net. List of Colour Plates follows; verso Contents p6-10. Original 1943 Christmas and New Year card inscribed "With Thoughts of Kind Remembrance Love and All Good Wishes to Richard From Uncle Charles and Auntie Vie" (Valentine's Series Printed in Gt Britain). Commences Making Model Aeroplanes p11 and through to p256. Eight colour plates and many illustrations and photos. Pages generally very good with light usage, small marks lower rh corners last 4 pages. Plates very good, illustratiions very good. Binding quite tight with no strains. Dusting to edges. Slight cocking to vol. An interesting edition with some unusual content.
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Toys, Dolls and Masks, Supplement 1938, Price List, Edition 1938, Fred H. Allen. 1938.
Published by Fred. H. Allen, London. Softback. Dimensions : 243mm x 165mm x 11mm. Weight : 0.340kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Toys, Dolls and Masks, Supplement 1938, Suplemento 1938 and Price List Edition 1938.
Published by Fred. H. Allen Ltd, 2, Butler Street, London, E.C.2.
Printer not stated.
Empire Trading Stamp Company (Sheffield) Ltd.
In English and Spanish.
8vo, Softback, I-XVI, I-IV, 1-232 light/medium numbered pages with numerous illustrations in black and white and 2 colour plates I - II.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. Front softback cover wear to edges, corners, illustrated face with wear and marking; faintly stamped at lower edge "Empire Trading Stamp Company (Sheffield) Ltd."
Back cover similar with wear, illustration centre, Fred. H. Allen stamp top lh corner. Spine with wear and tear top and tail. Fully intact.
Inside front cover "For List of Contents see page 231 of the catalogue".
Supplement I-XVI, browning to page/edges, I-IV medium duty with full colour images of Hakalu Artistic Masks. Catalogue commences p1 through to p232, pages good with light usage, some creasing in places. Many illustrations, light toning to page edges. Binding tight. Green cotton tie pierced through top lh corner of binding. Light usage. Dusting/browning to edges. Price List Edition 1938, Lista de Precios, separate, stapled binding.
An interesting and historical Catalogue.
Trees and Shrubs throughout the year by Blanche Henrey & W.J. Bean. 1944. 1st Edition.
Published by Lindsay Drummond Ltd., London. Dimensions : 250mm x 178mm x 12mm. Weight : 0.450kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Trees and Shrubs throughout the year by Blanche Henrey. Text by W.J. Bean. 1944.
Monochrome and Natural Colour Photographs by Blanche Henrey, F.R.P.S.
Text by W.J. Bean, C.V.O., I.S.O., V.M.H.
1st Edition.
Publihed by Lindsay Drummond Limited, London, W.C.2. 1944.
Jacket Design by John Heartfield.
8vo, (i-vi), 58 light duty economy (Wartime) numbered pages and 88 natural colour and monochrome plates.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. DJ : Quite good. The DJ is quite good with wear and tears to front edges, marking to face but good colour. Back DJ has wear and creases to edges, some small tears and marking to face. DJ spine with wear top and tail and losses to top edge. DJ front fold with tear top lh edge, toning top edge, price marked 21s. net, summary and quite good. DJ back fold with light wear edges, toning top edge and small tears, Flower Portraits by Blanche Henrey. Good. Front green linen board with medium wear edges, bumps to corners, silver illustration top rh corner, light marking to face. Spine with light wear top and tail, silver lettering. Back board similar weat with staining spots to face. Blank off-white p/d and e/p with handscript top rh corner and 21/-. Title page follows. List of Photographs piii-pv; verso Preface with details of publication delay due to outbreak of war 1939 (see images below). Cultivation commences p1 facing through to p58 Yunnan Pyracanth. Pages light duty due wartime economy; all good with light wear. Natural Colour photographic plates follow commencing Plate 8 Cydonia Lagenaria through to plate 80 Cotoneaster Frigida (not in numerical order). Monochrome plates follow commencing Plate 1 through to Plate 88 (in numerical order). Off white blank pp's follow. Binding quite tight. Plates good with some small tears, light usage. Dusting to edges.
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