Latest additions
| Author, Title, Summary | Price | |
|---|---|---|
|
Sir Reginald Blomfield The Touchstone of Architecture. Pages: viii + 245. No jacket. Spine somewhat grubby, but good tight copy of attractively printed book. One inch closed tear to half-title. Collection of eleven essays 'approached from the point of view of architecture', including 'State-aided Training in Art in England', 'Atavism in Art', 'The... |
£35.00 | |
|
Sotheby's Wraps, illustrated, 5 June 1961, inscribed by the scholar C.E. Wright who has noted prices and purchasers beside 9 items which interested him. He also notes that Cherry-Garrard originally paid £5000 for a missal. A flick through the pages throws up Back, Bligh, Dalrymple, Scoresby for polar... |
£50.00 | |
|
Rev. John Harris Britannia; or, The moral claims of seamen stated and enforced. An essay, in three parts. 8vo. Pages: half-title, xix + 195. Ownership inscription of 'Chrisr. Cole 1837' at head of title. Modern rebacking with new endpapers, but retaining original blind-stamped boards. Paper heavily foxed. Binder's ticket of John Gardner, Borough Green and paper wallet containing long cutting on... |
£45.00 | |
|
S. G. Green, intro. [The Religious Tract Society; Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press] The christmas box or new year's gift. Small 8vo. 80 pages. Numerous woodcuts. In original grey printed wraps, with cloth spine. Internally good, with some light spotting and discoloration. Binding worn and grubby; front fep splitting. Ownership inscription. Interesting and informative introduction discusses 'the advance made in less... |
£45.00 | |
|
Samuel Smiles Victorian writer and social reformer (DNB), famous for his book 'Self-Help (1859)'. Inscribed by Smiles on the half-title 'To Dear Georgie | from the Author | S Smiles. | Christmas 1886'. Later ownership inscription on front free endpaper. 8vo, xii + 388 pages, followed by sixteen-page catalogue... |
£60.00 | |
|
T. C. Noble (intro.) 1st edition, 1886. 8vo. Pages: xxxv + 92. Original cloth blind stamped on front board. Paper browing with age, some fraying at head of spine and title leaf loosening; otherwise good copy. Variant spellings of some of the names in the list have been added in ink in a neat small contemporary hand... |
£35.00 | |
|
[TELEVISION EPHEMERA] General Electrics. An irregular rectangle of paper, roughly five inches by three and a half, with the image of a 1950's television printed on one side in light and dark brown. In good condition, with negligible glue-staining to front. The screen, roughly 1 1/2 inches by 2 inches, is cut away, with the image of a... |
£35.00 | |
|
[The Manchester Guardian] The dethronement of Stalin full text of the Khrushchev speech. 33 pages, 8vo. In original printed wraps, with cartoon of Khrushchev on front wrap. In good condition, with slight spotting and staining to front wrap. Rust stains from staples and from paperclip at heads of front wrap and first leaf. Offsetting to inside of front wrap from newspaper cutting of... |
£50.00 | |
|
Dr. Rudolf Urbantschitsch Psychoanalyst (1879-1965). 46 pages, 8vo. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. In original brown printed wraps. Paper browning and with some wear to first and last leaves, and some loss, wear and closed tears to wraps. |
£65.00 | |
|
Golfing ephemera. All 12mo. Dulwich and Sydenham Golf Club, Rules & Regulations and List of Members (1940); ibid., Rules, etc. (1950, 1952,1962, 1977)); ibid. Directory & Fixture Diary, 1894-1994. With score cards (undated but with 50s phone numbers) from Queen's Park Golf Links (Bournemouth), Selsdon... |
£75.00 |
