Milligan, Spike: (Hobbs, Jack, ed:) "Rommel?" "Gunner Who?": A confrontation in the desert. London: Michael Joseph, 1974. First edition, signed presentation copy with letter loosely inserted. 8vo., pp.191, [i]. Illustrations in the text. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, near fine. Dust jacket a little creased along top edge with a little very light dampstaining on the inside, very good indeed. Presentation inscription to ffep and a friendly typewritten letter loosely inserted, both to John Tiplady. The second of Milligan's seven volumes of WWII memoirs. Ref: 54987show full image..
Milne, A.A.; Fraser-Simson, H. (Music); Shepard, E.H. (Illust.): Teddy Bear and Other Songs from "When We Were Very Young". London: Methuen & Co. [and] Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd., 1926. First edition. Folio, pp, [iv], 43, [i]. Very slightly toned towards head edge, but very good. Cream cloth spine, brown paper boards, printed paper label with title to upper board. Dust jacket edges tattered and repaired with tape, a little toned, still good. To front panel of dust jacket: 'B. Baker'; inkstamp of J.T. White of Barnstable, Bideford and Ilfracombe. Inscription to ffep, 'Betty with love from Mother, Xmas 1926'. Contains music and lyrics for the songs Disobedience, The Alchemist, Johnathan Jo., The Four Friends, Independence, Before Tea, Bad Sir Brian Botany, Sand-Between-the-Toes, Puppy and I, Daffodowndilly, Rice Pudding, Teddy Bear, At the Zoo, If I Were King. Ref: 55270
Morris, William: (Kelvin, Norman, ed.:) The Collected Letters. Chichester: Princeton University Press, 1996. 4 vols bound as 5. 3rd printing, large 8vo., pp. lxiv, 626; liii, [i], 365, [i]; [ix], 366-921, [i]; lxv, [i], 537, [i]; lvii, [i], 465, [i]. Internally clean and bright. Beige buckram, burgundy titles to spines. A few small smudges to edges, very good indeed. Dust-jacket spines a little sunned, very good indeed. Dates covered as follows: Vol I, 1848-1880; Vol II pt.i,1881-1884; Vol. II pt.ii, 1885-1888; Vol. III, 1889-1892; Vol. IV, 1893-1896. Ref: 54955show full image..
[Morris, William] Peterson, William S.: The Kelmscott Press: A History of William Morris's Typographical Adventure. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. Folio, pp. xiv, 371, [i]. Richly illustrated. Clean and bright within. Very dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Very slight wear to endcaps, near fine. Dust-jacket spine a little sunned, very slight shelf wear, very good indeed. Loosely inserted, an interesting correspondence between the noted book collector Eric Sweet and the Oxford University Press prompted, by Mr Sweet's complaints about the quality of the book's boards and the publisher's proof reading. Chapters: 1. The World of Victorian Printing; 2. William Morris and the Book Arts; 3. Founding the Press; 4. Morris as Book-designer; 5. The Decorated Book; 6. The Business of the Press; 7. The Story of Three Books; Ref: 54957show full image..
Naughton, Bill: Alfie. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1966. First edition. 8vo., pp.208. Bright and clean within. Dark brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Top edge a little dusty, near fine. Some faint creases to dust jacket, slightly chipped at tail of spine, very good indeed. Alfie began life as a radio play called Alfie Elkins and His Little Life, first broadcast by the BBC in 1962. It was adapted for the stage in 1963, and debuted at the Mermaid Theatre before transferring the West End and, briefly, to Broadway. 1966 saw the appearance of both this novel and the celebrated film version starring Michael Caine in the title role. Ref: 54971show full image..
Nelson, E. Charles & Elliott. David J. (eds.): The Curious Mister Catesby: A "Truly Ingenious" Naturalist Explores New Worlds. Athens & London: The University of Georgia Press, 2015. First edition. Large format (287mm x 212mm), pp. xx, 424. Illustrations throughout. Hardback: brown cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Small bumps to top corners, otherwise very good. Dust-jacket, two small tears to spine, otherwise very good. Edited for the Catesby Commemorative Trust by F. Charles Nelson and David J. Elliott. Foreword by Jane O. Waring. Ref: 54818
Origo, Iris: (Smith, Denis Mack, intro.:) War in Val d'Orcia. A Diary London: John Murray, 1984. Reissue, first edition thus. 8vo., pp.xvi, 239, [i]. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, near fine. Dust wrapper with a scratch travelling the width of the upper side but otherwise very good indeed. Reissue (with a new introduction by the historian Denis Mack Smith) of the wartime memoir of the writer and philanthropist Iris Origo (1902-1988), written from her home in rural Italy. The New York Times called the book "a remarkably moving document that, like the best of the elemental war stories, eventually becomes a statement about the unplanned nature and folly of war." (29th May 1984) Ref: 54653
Owen, Mrs. Henry: (Egerton, Mary Margaret, ed.:) The Illuminated Book of Needlework: The Illuminated Book of Needlework: Comprising Knitting, Netting, Crochet and Embroidery [...] Preceded by A History of Needlework, including An Account of the Ancient Historical Tapestries. (Bound with) The Illuminated Ladies' Book of Useful and Orn London: Henry G. Bohn, 1847. 8vo., pp. ix, [i], 405, [i], 114 + gilded and coloured additional title-page, with tissue guard, and 18 further colour plates across 13 leaves plus one further plate in black and white. With separate title-page and pagination at rear, The Illuminated Ladies' Book of Useful and Ornamental Needlework, with same publisher and date. Tiny faint spots here and there but clean and bright internally. Red cloth, spine ornately gilt, cliund debossed borders to boards, a.e.g. Endcaps slightly tattered, joints worn, endpaper split at rear hinge, a little worn but very good. To ffep, an inscription: 'Mrs Sutherland, In memory of dear Mrs Mayer - at rest Dec. 28th, 1884. New Year's Day, 1885.' To rear paste-down, small label of Bone and Son, binders of Fleet Street, London. A compilation by Mrs Owen of 'The Illuminated Book of Embroidery' (1847) and 'The Art of Needlework' (1840, here retitled 'A History of Needlework'). The combined book contains chapters on knitting, netting, crochet, and embroidery patterns, and was also issued as 'The Illuminated Ladies' Book of Useful and Ornamental Needlework'. Ref: 55077show full image..
Pevsner, Nikolaus: An Outline of European Architecture. London: Thames & Hudson, 2009. Revised edition. Large format (286mm x 227mm), pp. 256. Hardback: grey cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Light rubbing to edges of boards and creasing to edges of jacket, but still very good. First published in 1943 by Penguin Books. This revised edition now with a Preface and Postscript by Michael Forsyth. Ref: 54679
Pinter, Harold: The Dwarfs, A Novel. London: Faber and Faber, 1990. First, limited edition. Signed by the author. 8vo., pp.[x], 183, [i]. Lightly toned. Quarter pale terracotta cloth, gilt title to spine, marbled boards, near fine. With original glassine wrapper tattered at edges but whole. 'One of 150 numbered copies of the First Edition of The Dwarfs signed by the author and specially bound. No.49.' Signed beneath by Pinter. Ref: 54719show full image..
