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19842082702114600061Kodansha fixed 12000 yen 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kodansha fixed 12000 yen paperback
2091502135500667Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2017ABE-1687029010679Frances Lincoln 2017 An as new copy of the large format first edition. A chance to catch a great poet as he articulates another skill; photography was important to Larkin. He used the camera to extol and comment and to illuminate his own personalty. Clean and tight fist printing. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. Frances Lincoln paperback
2000ABE-1479648673431HarperCollins Entertainment 2000 A brilliant collection of memorabilia about the making of the BBC serial based on an 'unfilmable' epic Mervyn Peake's very great Gormenghast and Titus Groan. Stephen Fry writes a thoughtful introduction Sebastian Peake writes the Afterword and between the two are articles and many photographs of Peake and the actors and the scenes and the drawings. A stunning tribute to this super work. NEW and UNREAD first edition. Language: eng. Illus. by Peake Mervyn. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. HarperCollins Entertainment paperback
2011ABE-1505721715765Yale University Press 2011 An essential book for Ron Mueck fans. This has excellent and thorough pictures of his major works with searching descriptions. It is a large format stiff covered catalogue of the exhibition in the National Gallery Victoria. There are some exceptionally clear and beautiful photography in this much sought after first edition. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Yale University Press paperback
2007ABE-1496233714814Boydell & Brewer 2007 New and unread first printing of the first edition hardback. Protected jacket. This looks at the social and political aspects of Southey his mind changes and his political apostasy. A fascinating volume in the Studies In History series. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Boydell & Brewer hardcover
1903ABE-1687621560820Adrien Sporck Paris 1903 A gorgeous stylish illustrated children's book. Linen spine is firm and secure; most copies are usually in a broken state. The text paper is - as is common because of the cheap paper used - embrowned particularly at the edges. The cover boards are firm with decorated full colour illustrations. The front cover has a small area of loss see photos. Binding is secure spine intact and firm. Text is French the illustrations are in colour throughout. Utterly charming and profusely illustrated complete with songs. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adrien Sporck, Paris hardcover
2003ABE-1647887369209Yale University Press 2003 A great exhibition of the supreme art of Ron Mueck. And this is the FIRST EDITION of the catalogue which was issued only in large format card covers. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. Yale University Press paperback
2007ABE-14596471288Phaidon Press 2007 Wonderful book in an excellent first edition hardback copy. Protected jacket is unclipped. One tiny mark on the fore-edge of the text block and no names or inscriptions or anything whatever to denote hard usage. If it has been read it was carefully done. A stunning collectable with an engaging and worthwhile text and 300 photographs in mono and colour. Essential to anyone interested in the history of photography. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Phaidon Press hardcover
1987ABE-1538385742183Faber & Faber 1987 A collectable first edition hardback of the great poet's prose. The Faber edition had a different cover to the US edition a fine photograph by Fay Godwin. Lucky enough to meet her at a book signing I secured her signature on this copy on the front endppaer underneath my own signature. In my excitement I must have smudged the ink before it was properly dry. The signature probably makes this copy of the first printing unique I suspect. There is also a blind stamp on the half title. A firm binding no annotations not ex-library and with no turned down corners. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Faber & Faber hardcover
1962ABE-9571471379Longmans London 1962 A fine selection and this is the scarce first edition. Very few copies were printed and many went into libraries. This is a first edition first impression hardback with a protected unclipped jacket. There are damaged sections as can be seen in the photograph but nothing live is affected. The binding is sunned but firm and tight. Minor foxing. A former owner's blind stamp on the half title. No other marks or annotations. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Longmans London hardcover
2007ABE-1486997214434Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 2007 Gorgeous edition with a superb commentary. This is a most attractive edition of these superlative canonic works of English Literature. Untrimmed leading edge to the text block no owner marks not ex library. Perfect unclipped jacket is protected. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd hardcover
1951ABE-1620994062680Cassell London 1951 A sturdy volume Part 4 of the thrilling history by the man who helped make it. Clean and tight but signs of having been read. No annotations or owner names no inscriptions. The jacket is not price clipped and has only minor damage. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cassell London hardcover
2082702114600680Heibonsha 6250yen N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Heibonsha 6250yen paperback
1995ABE-11363784527PHAIDON London 1995 Brilliant survey of a fascinating school of architecture. This is an as new copy in an as new jacket but it has a gift inscription on the front end paper. Huge and heavy book will need extra postage depending on destination. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. PHAIDON London hardcover
1978ABE-11189724323Pitman Publishing 1978 Superb book about this superb painter. Harvey Dinnerstein is one of America's most respected painters and teachers and his mastery of classical painting techniques has won the admiration of artists and students throughout America. In this richly illustrated book Dinnerstein discusses his concepts drawing and painting techniques and the evolution of his personal approach to painting. Dinnerstein begins by describing his studio.lighting books easel and antique casts and the story behind their acquisition.in a detailed description of his environment that becomes a kind of self-portrait in its own way. Then he devotes a full chapter to each of his favorite painting media.drawing pastel and oil.and his varied approaches to them. Next in a stimulating and provocative chapter Dinnerstein explores the creation of his pictorial ideas.from sketch to finished painting.including how his thoughts evolve from drawings into a painting or series of paintings; how he develops a point of view in a portrait; how he creates a theme; and how he paints a series of painting based on a particular theme such as the seasons. Then Dinnerstein invites he reader to watch as he paints six 'works in progress' in oil and pastel with every stage reproduced in full-color: a male and female nude a portrait of a man and woman an autumn cityscape and a self-portrait. A gallery of his most brilliantly painted oil paintings pastels and drawings reveals the full scope of his technique. Firm text block binding is cloth jacket is protected and there is a neat former owner signature with an elegant blind stamp on the front end paper. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pitman Publishing hardcover
2014ABE-1495533681071Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 First printing of the Bloomsbury hardback first edition. NEW and UNREAD. Safe inside a protected jacket. A perfect collectable. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Bloomsbury Publishing hardcover
1961ABE-12897644248Rupert Hart-Davis London 1961 The joy of this particular first printing of the first edition hardback is the freshness of the wonderful drawings by Ralph Thompson. This is one of the finest of Durrell's trips beautifully and wittily brought to the page. Considering its age this is NF. The jacket protected now has some chip pings but no loss to anything 'live' and I recommend this to anyone who is collecting first editions of these imperishable works. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Rupert Hart-Davis London hardcover
1980ABE-1677242539750Thames & Hudson Ltd 1980 A fresh and engaging look at this great fantasy artist's work. It has 84 illustrations illuminating the life and work of this mysterious and sensational artist. He deserves to be recognised and rescued from the dastardly ignorance of today's so-called art critics. Illus. by Sidney Sime. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Thames & Hudson Ltd paperback
2010ABE-1538388208044Cambridge University Press 2010 A vigorous and fascinating collection from this wonderful series. Clean and tight first edition looks unread. An essential book for Stoppardists!. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Cambridge University Press paperback
2010ABE-4544010124392107293Faber & Faber 2010 Louis MacNeice is increasingly recognised as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century and his work has been a defining influence upon a generation of Irish poets that includes Derek Mahon Michael Longley and Paul Muldoon. The Selected Letters is indispensable as a resource for an understanding of the intellectual culture of the mid-twentieth century. A Classics don poet playwright and globetrotting BBC producer the medley and blend of MacNeice s cultural influences seems exemplary in its modernity. He kept up a significant correspondence with E. R. Dodds Anthony Blunt and T. S. Eliot to name but three prominent figures of the time. During his time at the BBC MacNeice witnessed many key events including the partition of India in 1947 and the independence of the Gold Coast from Britain in 1957 and these are recorded in two long sequences to his wife the singer Hedli Anderson. NEW FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION HARDBACK. UNREAD PERFECT COLLECTABLE Protected perfect dustjacket. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Faber & Faber hardcover
1951ABE-1598885353774Faber & Faber London 1951 Faber and Faber 1951. 1951. First edition. 64 pp. 64 pp. A long lovely many-faceted poem on the inexhaustible theme of Time. Winged Chariot displays "consummate craftsmanship wonderful mingling of humour and passion a range of thought and image and a triumphant vindication of the spirit of man". Super vignette on title page is a wood engraving by Joan Hassall. Text spotless throughout yellow cloth boards with slightly faded gilt titling on spine. Overall condition - considering the age - is Near Fine. The price clipped illustrated jacket has had something spilled on it but it is now protected. There are some minor chippings and it is no better than Very Good. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Faber & Faber London hardcover
195027891Houghton Mifflin 1950 HBDJ 1950 First Edition NOT a Weekly Reader. 1950. Hard Cover. Fine- in a NF- NOT price clipped dust jacket $2.25. dust jacket has not been price clipped and is beautiful with only a light crinkle back dj & wear to top of rear panel DJ. Minor wear tiny chips to extremities DJ. when his own grandfather was accused of starting a fire in the museum where he worked Toby set out by himself to track down the real criminal. Many strange things happened to Toby. hE DISCOVERED SOME FACTS NOT EVEN THE Police knew about as well as learning a lot about Fires Fire Fighting. learned how City Fire Dept works. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Anne Vaughan. Houghton, Mifflin, hardcover
2009ABE-1564207903639Faber and Faber 2009 NEW & UNREAD UK FIRST EDITION HARDBACK. A perfect copy carefully stored since publication. This is a perfect collectable inside a protected perfect jacket. No defects annotations owner names. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Faber and Faber hardcover
1950ABE-6128582517Rupert Hart Davis London 1950 Edited with an introduction and notes by Janet Adam Smith. This standard collected edition is classified 'Near Fine' taking the age into account. It is firm the binding is beautifully secure with a rounded spine and there are no added marks annotations or names. This is not an ex library copy. Cloth binding is not faded the corners are firm and square. Gilt titling to the spine. Rare in such a nice complete jacket which is sun darkened on the spine but now protected. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Rupert Hart Davis London hardcover
