Search results for: 'the works'
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TIMLIN, William M. Untitled illustration for "The Building of a Fairy City".Kimberley, South Africa, : 1939
This magnificent signed illustration appears to be from Timlin's watercolor cycle The Building of a Fairy City, left unpublished upon his death in 1943. Timlin's "most significant expression of the world of fantasy, which formed a considerable part of his output, is to be found among his studies for The Building of a Fairy City, which flowed forth from... Learn More£20,000.00Stock Code: 44516
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GREENE, Graham. The Basement Room and other stories.London : 1935
First edition, first impression, a superb association: Greene's personal copy, with his ownership inscription and manuscript annotations towards his screenplay for The Fallen Idol (1948), the Carol Reed-directed adaptation of the lead story in this, Greene's first short story collection. Particularly significant here is his introduction of a device... Learn More£35,000.00Stock Code: 139241
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CANNON, Richard. Historical Record of The Fifteenth, or The King's Regiment of Light Dragoons, Hussars:London : 1841
First edition. "Reputedly, William IV proposed that a series of regimental histories should be compiled, whereby the general public could be apprised of the distinguished services rendered by the regiments of the British army the work of compilation was entrusted by royal warrant to Cannon. He started immediately and the first volume to be published... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 125526
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FLEMING, Ian - CHOPPING, Richard. Archive for the dust jacket of "For Your Eyes Only".October 14 1959 - April 14 1960
A series of twenty-two autograph and typed letters signed between Ian Fleming, his agent at Jonathan Cape Michael Howard, and Fleming's dust-jacket artist of choice Richard Chopping, documenting the conception and creation of Chopping's jacket design for For Your Eyes Only, also containing a number of drafts and colour palettes for the dust jacket,... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 145633
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GREENE, Graham. Yes and No and For Whom The Bell Chimes.London : 1983
First edition, signed limited issue, number 643 of 750 copies signed by the author. This work collects two of Greene's plays, Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes, both of which were first performed at the Haymarket Studio Theatre on 20 March 1980. Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 131255
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WAUGH, Evelyn. The Holy Places.London & New York : 1953
First US edition, signed limited issue, number 36 of 50 specially bound copies, signed by both the author and illustrator, from a total edition of 1,000 copies. The Holy Places is based on an article Waugh wrote for Life magazine, "The Plight of the Holy Places," (24 December 1951) after visiting Israel Palestine in 1951 with his friend Christopher... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 67863
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MALKUS, Alida Sims. Eastward Sweeps the Current.Chicago : 1937
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author to Julia F. Carter on the half-title verso, "For Miss Julia Carter, with warm appreciation of her kindness. Alida Malkus Cincinnati Nov. 5 1937." Julia F. Carter was the first full time children's librarian at the New York Public Library. Miss Carter was also the first national president of the... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 93380
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NIELSEN, Kay (illus.) East of the Sun and West of the Moon.London : [1914]
Signed limited edition, number 5 of 500 copies signed by the artist. The richness of the Danish Nielsen's colour images for this lavish illustrated book of Norse pagan mythology was achieved by a four-colour process, in contrast to many of the illustrations prepared by his contemporaries, such as Rackham and Dulac, which characteristically utilised... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 106880
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SHISUI, Tanahashi. Ryurai Ryukyo [The Stream Comes and the Stream Flows Away] 1954-1973.1974
First edition, first printing. Inscribed to Sam Haskins from Shisui on the front free endpaper with a stamped chop mark, another chop mark stamped to the half title. Shisui's second book, being a retrospective of his work up to 1973. Text in Japanese. From the library of Sam Haskins. Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 147077
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed letter signed to the sculptor Herbert Haseltine, commending his statue of George Washington.15 July 1957
A typed letter signed from Churchill to the French-American sculptor Herbert Haseltine (1877-1962): "Thank you so much for sending me the photographs of your statue of George Washington. I think it is magnificent, and am honoured to have been a patron of your exhibition. Yours very sincerely, Winston S. Churchill".
Haseltine's sculptures, generally... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 145818
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DE ANGELI, Marguerite. The Door In The Wall.Garden City, New York : 1949
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by author to Julie F. Carter on the verso of the title page, 'For Julia Carter, with my warm greetings and in memory of a happy dinner party long ago, affectionately Marguerite De Angeli, 1949.' Winner of the 1950 Newbery Medal. Julia F. Carter, was the first full time children's librarian at the New York Public... Learn More£775.00Stock Code: 89564
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BRADBURY, Ray. Two manuscript poems, inscribed: "So Run the Sands Back up the Glass" and "The East is Up".[Los Angeles : 1961 & 1980]
Presentation copies of two original manuscripts, both inscribed by the author to his old friend Douglas Menville, the science fiction and fantasy writer.
"So Run the Sands Back Up the Glass" is a corrected typescript dated 1961, and apparently unpublished, inscribed by the author on the recto, "For Doug, with my friendliest wishes - this original... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 127474
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GATLING, Richard J. Report of the Board of Officers … on Gatling Guns of Large Caliber for Flank-Defence - with two autograph letters signed to Edgar T. Welles.Washington : 1874
First edition. Engraved bookplate; "Compliments of the Acting Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army" to the front pastedown. Two 2-page autograph letters signed on Gatling Gun Company stationery from Richard J. Gatling to Edgar T. Welles, son of Gideon Welles Civil War Secretary of the Navy, and secretary and treasurer of the Gatling Gun Co. In the first, dated... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 82902
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SWINTON, Ernest D. Eyewitness; Being Personal Reminiscences of Certain Phases of the Great War, including the Genesis of the Tank.London : 1932
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Stephen Foot in memory of 1914-18 from the author E. D. Swinton Feb. 1939". Swinton (1868-1951) was appointed by Kitchener in September 1914 as the official war correspondent for the British Army, under the pseudonym "Eyewitness". Swinton claims... Learn More£575.00Stock Code: 116838
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YARDE, Richard. The Savoy Ballroom.Boston : 1986
First and sole edition, limited to 400 copies, of this beautifully produced tribute to the famed Harlem ballroom, reproducing Yarde's vibrant original watercolours, drawing on many of the renowned photographic images of dancers - largely the work of Life photographers Gjon Mili and Cornell Capa - at what was known to the cognoscenti as "The Track".... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 132940
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GRAY, Milner. Four papers on packaging and industrial design from the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts.London, : 1939-59
Attractively bound volume comprising four articles by Gray extracted from the journal of the RSA over a twenty year period. Inscribed by the author to his wife on the front free endpaper, "To Gnade with all my love, Milner 1959". The papers are; "The History and Development of Packaging"(26 pages with illustrations, 5 May, 1939); "The Industrial Designer... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 81478
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LOWRY, L. S. Get Well card with an original drawing by Lowry, together with Three Portraits of the Lowrys.A "get well" card, featuring an original drawing by Lowry for his friend the sculptor Leopold "Leo" Solomon (19191976), also jokingly signed by their mutual friend and fellow artist Martin Levy as "L. S. Levy"; it is acccompanied by the Lowry Commemorative Portfolio, containing three offset lithographs, each signed by Lowry, and the bronze medallion... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 111652
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Tender is the Night.New York : 1934
First edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. This is a superb copy of Fitzgerald's magnificent yet maligned follow-up to The Great Gatsby. It is one of 19 copies specially signed by the author for the booksellers Hochschild, Kohn & Co. of Baltimore, with their ticket on the rear pastedown.... Learn More£30,000.00Stock Code: 136034
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THATCHER, Margaret. Autograph letter signed, the day before she was elected Leader of the Conservative Party.10 February 1975
Autograph letter signed from Margaret Thatcher, dated 10 February 1975, the day prior to her election as Leader of the Conservative Party - and thus Leader of the Opposition - on 11 February.
Sent to Joan Pashley in Luton, Thatcher writes "Dear Mrs. Pashley, Thank you for your kind letter. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit. You managed everything... Learn More£575.00Stock Code: 142141
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JACOB, George Le Grand, Major-General. Western India before and during the Mutinies: Pictures drawn from Life.London : 1872
Second edition, one year after the first, fairly uncommon, just 9 locations for this, and two for the first on Library Hub. This copy inscribed on the half-title: "To Sir Henry Rodes Green KL.C.S.I and C.B. from his old friend The Author", initialled and dated in 1874. "I have met with no work giving full insight into the duties and responsibilities... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 112990
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MACKAY, Andrew. The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea or Land:London : 1793
First edition of this important and scarce work. The Scottish teacher of navigation, Andrew Mackay (1758-1809), "corrected the latitude of Aberdeen, estimated the longitude by comparing timings of Jovian satellite phenomena with Greenwich, and rated chronometers. Meantime he earned his living teaching mathematics, geography, navigation with lunars,... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 119448
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HEINZ, W. C. The Professional.New York : 1958
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Ruth & Alan Hilditch our good friends who have heard me talk a lot of this. Bill Heinz Xmas 1957". Alan Hilditch (1900-1971), a certified public accountant, was a graduate of Yale and "a member of the St. Elmo Society, the Yale Club and the Innis... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 134056
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OSWELL, William Cotton; OSWELL, W. Edward (ed.) William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer. The Story of his Life.New York : 1900
First US edition, same year as the UK. Cotton was educated at Rugby and Haileybury, the Company's seminary, before taking up a post as assistant collector at Arcot. Transferring to Madras he "won celebrity as an elephant-catcher" (ODNB). Ill health forced him to leave India for South Africa; "There he spent two years in hunting and became acquainted... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 127570
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BICKERSTETH, J. B. History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade 1914-1919.London : [1919]
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on a preliminary blank: "From the Author, 14 Jan: 20".
Also present: the signed ("D. Haig") original typescript of Haig's Foreword (2 leaves, dated 15th August 1919, on GHQ letterhead); an autograph letter signed from Haig's private secretary Lieutenant-Colonel J.... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 106246
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DISNEY, Walt. Walt Disney: the Art of Animation.Burbank : 1957
An important early draft, corrected and annotated by Walt Disney throughout, for The Art of Animation, "one of the pillars of Disney bibliography" and the definitive work on Disney animation to that date. In addition to corrections, Walt provided steer to the content, such as noting on p. 103, "Bob possibly too much history & not enough of Sleeping... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 142454
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PAULING, Linus. Autograph letter signed, and inscribed typescript speech, opposing the Vietnam War.5 December 1969
Autograph letter signed from Linus Pauling, together with an inscribed typescript speech, fiercely setting out his anti-war views. The American chemist and peace activist Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), one of the founders of molecular biology and quantum chemistry, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 and for Peace in 1962, one of only four individuals... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 141385
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CAVELL, Edith Louisa. Autograph letter signed by the nurse and war heroine, providing a professional reference for a former member of her staff in Belgium.Brussels : 1913
Autograph letter signed "E. Cavell, Matron", her retained file copy, dating from her time as the director of a nurses' training school in Brussels, just two years before her controversial execution by a German firing squad for treason. In this succinct letter Cavell (1865-1915) provides a reference for one Miss Hardy, affirming that "she has nursed... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 127702
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YEATS, W. B. The Wind Among the Reeds.London : 1899
First edition, first impression, of Yeats's third volume of poetry. "This remarkable book will be, in the judgement of posterity, the sole rival of A Shropshire Lad for the position of the most significant verse production in England in the 1890s" (Norman Colbeck). The striking cloth design by fellow poet and artist Althea Gyles is generally considered... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 145132
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[LAWRENCE, T. E.] A Brief Record of The Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary ForceCairo : 1919
First edition, first impression, more commonly found in buff paper wrappers, O'Brien commenting that only "a few copies" were bound in cloth, scarce in this state. A "collaborator's copy" bearing the name of Corporal E. W. Grater on the official compliments slip pasted to the front free endpaper, which is signed by the editor Lieutenant-Colonel Harry... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 108776
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WHITTINGHAM, Ferdinand, Major-General. Four Years in the Ionian Islands.London : 1864
First and only edition, uncommon, just eleven copies on Library Hub; a single copy recorded at auction, the Blackmer sale. Both volumes inscribed on the front free endpapers; "Clementina L. Whittingham, from her loving father the Author, Feby. 2d. 1874"; the title pages annotated "(Written by Major-General Ferdinand Whittingham C.B.) M.S.S. sic notes... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 132270
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FRANCKLIN, W. The History of the Reign of Shah-Aulum,London : 1798
First edition of this uncommon account of the eventful if mournful reign of Shah Alam II (1728-1806), one of the last of the Mughal emperors, restored to his throne by the Marathas in 1788. Having been defeated decisively by the East India Company's forces at the Battle of Buxar in 1764, Shah Alam sought the protection of the British and signed the... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 140891
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ROSENBERG, Heinz. My Four Years of Horror through the Holocaust.New York : 1983
First edition of one of the most important of Holocaust memoirs, produced in a very small number of copies. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on a preliminary blank: "To Mr & Mrs Gourany, May the tragedy of the Holocaust bring people together to create a better world for generations to come. With kind regards Henry L. Robertson, N. Y. 6/13.83"... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 126940
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NOEL-BAKER, Phillip. The Arms Race.London : 1958
First edition, subsequent issue with the "Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1959" wraparound. Signed to front free endpaper "Phillip Noel-Baker 26th March 1960". Offering a vision of nuclear control through international agreements, the work won Noel-Baker the Nobel Peace Prize, culminating a lifetime of pacifist activity. Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 122006
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CAHUN, Claude. Two autograph postcards signed to Surrealist poet Robert Desnos, the second also signed by Marcel Moore.Paris & Jersey : 1932 & 1938
Two exceptionally rare autograph postcards signed from the French photographer and mixed-media artist Claude Cahun to Surrealist poet Robert Desnos, one written from Paris, the other from Jersey in exile; in the first thanking him for a gift of flowers, and in the second reporting on her reclusive life in Jersey with her collaborator, lover, and step-sister... Learn More£6,500.00Stock Code: 131539
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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.London : 2000
First edition, first impression, dedication copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page with an arrow from the printed dedication ("to Susan Sladden who helped Harry out of his cupboard"): "and, though we didn't want it in print, helped me out of my cupboard. With unending gratitude and equal love Jo a.k.a. (again) JK Rowling x". The printed... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 128864
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BOSWELL, James. British Essays in Favour of the Brave Corsicans: By Several Hands.London : 1769
First edition of this collection of 20 essays compiled by Boswell as part of his long-standing campaign on behalf of the Corsican insurgents seeking independence from the Genoese - his first important work had been An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli, published by the Dilly brothers in the previous... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 129020
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LIVINGSTONE, David. A portion of the original manuscript of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa,London : 1857
A remarkable fragment, the only portion of the original manuscript of Missionary Travels known to remain in private hands. We understand that all other manuscript material is held in the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland. Together with an autograph letter signed from Livingstone's sister, sending the manuscript fragment, and a... Learn More£65,000.00Stock Code: 139047
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WOOLF, Virginia. To the Lighthouse.London : 1927
First edition, first impression, with the front panel of Vanessa Bell's scarce dust jacket laid in at the front, and a Woolf signature (clipped from the Beau Brummell signed limited edition) laid in also.
To the Lighthouse was "written at the height of her luminous Impressionist vision... It is the sunniest of her books and shows the obsession... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 147068
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ORWELL, George. Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher, Victor Gollancz, relating to the publication of Inside the Whale.1 Jan 1940 - 13 Oct 1966
Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence relating to their publication of George Orwell's first collection of essays, Inside the Whale, including the original contract. Orwell began work on the essays in May 1939. The outbreak of the war led to an unproductive period, but by mid-December he had finished the book and sent the manuscript to Gollancz.... Learn More£22,500.00Stock Code: 131758
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STARR, Jimmy. The Corpse Came C.O.D.Hollywood : 1944
First edition, first printing. Signed by Starr on the front flyleaf and additionally inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: "To Bonita Porter - the first of my new fan club. Best wishes, Jimmy Starr. March 19 1980." Starr was an American screenwriter and columnist active in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. The present novel was the basis... Learn More£675.00Stock Code: 110379
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CARROLL, Lewis - FOLKARD, Charles (illus.). Collection of original ink drawings for Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.[1921]
Collection of original preliminary artworks by Charles Folkard for the songbook "Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass". First published in 1921 by A. & C. Black, London, the book featured Carroll's words put to music by Lucy Etheldred Broadwood and illustrated throughout by Folkard. This collection contains:
1. Watercolour... Learn More£4,750.00Stock Code: 110506
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UELSMANN, Jerry. The Mind's Eye.San Francisco : 2010
First edition, first printing. Signed by the photographer on the title page. This work comprises of 170 black and white photographs as a celebration and exploration of Jerry Uelmann's 50 years as a photographer. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 139946
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FISHER, Irving. The Purchasing Power of Money.New York : 1911
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Fred with the compliments of Irving". The Purchasing Power of Money "completely recast the theory of money, giving a full demonstration of the principles that determine the purchasing power of money in the formal framework of the equation of exchange... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 131452
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EMERSON, Harrington. The Twelve Principles of Efficiency.New York : 1912
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author to the refrigeration scientist Mary Engle Pennington: "To Miss M. E. Pennington. 'I learned about - refrigeration - from her.' With the sincere regards of the author, Harrington Emerson, August 28th 1916". Emerson (1853-1931), an influential American business theorist, made significant contributions... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 120873
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FISHER, Irving. Stabilizing the Dollar.New York : 1920
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author to his fellow economist John R. Commons, inscribed on the half-title "To Prof. John R. Commons with the compliments and esteem of Irving Fisher. New Years 1920".
Commons, together with Thorstein Veblen and Wesley Clair Mitchell, was one of the three founders of American Institutionalism.... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 142339
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(NIGHTINGALE, Florence.) PROCTER, Adelaide Anne (ed.) The Victoria Regia.London : 1861
First edition, inscribed by Florence Nightingale on the half-title, "Mrs. Webb Watson, with the kind and grateful regards of Florence Nightingale, Dec. 1865". The work was subsequently re-gifted by Webb, "Presented to L. Martin Edmunds by Mrs. Webb Watson". Nightingale's choice of this beautifully produced work as a gift provides insight into her active... Learn More£4,750.00Stock Code: 131565
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HOLDEN, Inez. To the Boating,London : 1945
First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To Dokter Hell, from Inez Holden, August 1950". Beatrice Inez Holden (1903-1974) was a British author and journalist whose work was admired by the likes of Graham Greene and Anthony Powell. A glamorous socialite, Holden became a close friend and lover to George Orwell after... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 137337
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TYNDALE, Walter. Below the Cataracts.London : 1907
First and limited edition, number 62 of 150 copies signed by the artist. This is a lavishly produced and attractively illustrated work by one of the most popular and influential topographical watercolourists of the period, who holds a prominent place in the British school of orientalists; his work is known widely through the A. & C. Black series of... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 141259
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DICK, Philip K. A significant archive of correspondence from the collection of his third wife and biographer Anne Williams Rubinstein Dick.Los Angeles, CA, and elsewhere : c.1965-91
Philip K. Dick was married to his third wife Anne Williams Rubinstein from 1 April 1959 to October 1965. Long after their divorce, in mid-1973, Anne burned most of their earlier correspondence, but they renewed contact in December 1973. The ultimate fruit of this was her biography, Search for Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982; A Memoir and Biography of the... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 97282
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BARETTI, Joseph. A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages.London : 1760
First edition of this major English-Italian dictionary, inspired both by Baretti's adulation for Samuel Johnson and by his contempt for the previous English-Italian dictionary of Ferdinando Altieri, whom Baretti castigates in his preface for his ignorance and his "love of obscene words and phrases... as well as of scurrilous sayings and senseless proverbs... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 131203
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BELT, Thomas. The Naturalist in Nicaragua:London : 1874,
First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed verso of the front free endpaper, "P. Brown Esqre, M.D. with the kind regards of the Author", with Brown's ownership inscription to the title page. The son of a Newcastle seedsman, Belt (1832-1878) was educated at a private school conducted by by John Storey, a secretary of Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club,... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 114155
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LIEBOW, Averill; Shields Warren; Elbert de Coursey. The Pathology of Atomic Bomb Casualties.Ann Arbor, MI : 1949
First edition, inscribed by Liebow on the bound-in front wrapper, "Inscribed, with pleasure, for Russell Miller, Averill Liebow, June 1954", the inscription just running off the fore edge. Miller was a medical student at Yale, graduating in 1955, where Liebow taught as Professor of Pathology from 1951 until 1968. This seminal study is now uncommon,... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 141920
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DULAC, Edmund (illus.) Stories from the Arabian Nights.London : 1907
Signed limited edition, number 302 of 350 copies numbered and signed by the artist. It was this book that first announced Dulac's status as a popular artist, confirming him as "a direct challenger in the illustrated gift book market to the work of Arthur Rackham... The exotic stories he illustrated struck a new chord in Dulac. They allowed him to enlarge... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 131648
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ORWELL, George. The Road to Wigan Pier.London : 1937
First edition, first impression, signed by the author ("Geo. Orwell", his customary form when signing books with his nom de plume) on the front free endpaper, very scarce thus. Orwell originally believed The Road to Wigan Pier would not be included in Gollancz's Left Book Club as "it is too fragmentary and, on the surface, not very left-wing" (Fenwick).... Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 130355
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MILLER, Henry. The Angel is my Watermark.Fullerton, CA : 1944
Signed limited edition, number 8 of a small number of copies signed by Henry Miller and enclosing one of Miller's original watercolours. The number of copies is estimated by Porter as 15, by Riley as 15 or 16, and at any rate a very small number, each unique with a different water colour. Alongside the original watercolour, the publication contains... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 136512
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HEINLEIN, Robert A. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.New York : 1966
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Polly, with love, Bob", additionally signed by the author above his printed name on the title page. The recipient is believed to by Polly Freas, wife of Frank Kelly Freas, the illustrator to Heinlein's The Door into Summer (1957). Polly was one... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 131839
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ARONOWITZ, Al. The Blacklisted Masterpieces of Al Aronowitz.Bearsville, NY : 1981
Aronowitz was one of the first professional journalists to cover rock music, developing lasting friendships, and enmities, with many of his stellar subjects, writing " in a smooth yet informal voice and frequently including himself in the story, an early proponent of the participatory style later called New Journalism" (NYT obituary). Fired by The New... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 146261
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LUSHINGTON, Franklin, as Mark Severn. The Gambardier.London : 1930
First edition, first impression of this important artillery battery commander's account of service on the Western Front. This an excellent association copy from the library of gunner and military historian Major Archibald Frank Becke (1871-1947), with a letter from the author concerning Becke's, unacknowledged, involvement in the writing of the book,... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 144528
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(SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR.) ESPOSITO, Vincent J., Brigadier-General (ed.). The West Point Atlas of American Wars.New York : 1964
A remarkable copy of this classic work, first published in 1959. Inscribed on the front free endpaper; "To His Royal Highness Prince Brigadier Abdul Wali on the occasion of your visit to The United States Military Academy, D. V. Bennett, Major General, USA, 11 March 1968". The set was presented as a memento to the Sandhurst-trained deputy commander... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 128934
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LEWIS, Wyndham. The Human Age:London : 1955
First edition, first impression, inscribed on the half-title by both Lewis and Ayrton. This volume constituted the second and third parts of the Human Age tetralogy, begun with The Childermass (1928); the final part, The Trial of Man, was left unfinished at Lewis's death.
"Towards the end of his life he resumed the task of completing The Human... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 87778
