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1962ABE-1488102163536Harvill Press London 1962 The standard life of a very great eccentric who was anything but eccentric in his wonderful paintings. A clean and still reasonably tight hardback first edition in a chipped and torn price clipped jacket that is nevertheless complete in that nothing 'live' has been affected. A former owner's name on the half title is the only extraneous mark. Not ex-library. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Harvill Press London hardcover
19732082702114608408Geirinsha Regular price: 4000 yen 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Geirinsha Regular price: 4,000 yen paperback
19842082702114600061Kodansha fixed 12000 yen 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kodansha fixed 12000 yen paperback
2014ABE-1640009826645Paul Holberton Publishing 2014 A hard book to find in any condition at all; this is a near fine copy that is collectable. A brilliant exhibition catalogue of a revelatory show. Gorgeous draughtsmanship allied to a seriously enquiring intellect. No inscriptions no annotations. Large format soft back printed on high quality art paper. This is sought after. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Paul Holberton Publishing paperback
2012ABE-1571213679262Faber & Faber 2012 Anyone interested in Edward Thomas and Robert Frost will want to add this brilliant play to their collections. This is a first edition unread and new. Soft cover. New. Faber & Faber paperback
2091502135500667Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2022ABE-1677168016274Hazel Press England 2022 An exquisite book. The twelve gorgeous photographs by Norman McBeath are accompanied by a text by De Waal. The musical term perdendosi almost always comes at the end of a piece and directs sound rhythm and tone to gradually fade and die away. After the leaves have fallen we return To a plain sense of things wrote Wallace Stevens. Perdendosi is a collaborative work by photographer Norman McBeath with ceramicist artist and writer Edmund de Waal. It is a study of leaves at the stage of their transformation when they have lost all colour and become more like parchment than plant taking up the most extraordinary shapes giving the leaves unique identities and character. Many of the photographs were taken at the start of the pandemic in a time of daily news of increasing deaths and infections. Although not a direct response this time had a profound influence on how Norman McBeath saw the leaves. Edmund de Waal s accompanying text Twelve Leaves which he describes as both autobiography and a journal of reading is his own unique and moving response to living with these images for several months during lockdown. With a heightened awareness and increased sensitivity towards the natural world Perdendosi offers a fresh perspective on the familiar. The book is bound in French flaps and the entire production has been carefully done to limit any environmental harm. Printed at The Lavenham Press Suffolk. This production will never be a best seller of course; that is not its purpose. But it is in its small way a gorgeous and quietly aesthetic book. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New/New. Hazel Press England paperback
1975ABE-1566897725493Macmillan London 1975 Considering its age this is in Near Fine condition. The binding is still firm and clean. No former owner names or notes. The jacket is clean and unclipped. The boards are square no bashed corners. This is the true first edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Macmillan London hardcover
2014ABE-1544979128716Henry Holt and Co. NYC 2014 Writers on literature and the literary life; taken from the long-running series in The New York Times Book Review. First edition hardback in a perfect protected jacket. This book is very hard to find in this collectable condition in the UK. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Henry Holt and Co. NYC hardcover
2007ABE-1621158591696Sourcebooks Mediafusion USA 2007 Quite rare in the UK. A splendid anthology with a set of three CDs of poets reading their own work. Included are the voices of three poets from the 19thC. Tennyson Browning Whitman all from around 1888 and perhaps the first recordings of poets. They were recorded by Eddison and allowances must be made for the poor quality. The bulk of the recordings benefit from improved technology of course. This generously produced book is worthy to be on any poetry lover's shelf. FIRST PRINTING of the first edition near fine with no annotations or signs of use. The recordings are loose laid in a folder and they are utterly fascinating. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sourcebooks Mediafusion USA hardcover
2015ABE-1571213307265Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2015 This the scarce special edition of this celebrated play produced for the Donmar production of the play. HARD TO FIND in a pristine first printing as this copy is. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama paperback
1994ABE-19273532729Julia MacRae Books 1994 Essential for all Glyndebourne enthusiasts. This is in 'AS NEW' unread condition. It is a first printing. The jacket is unclipped. Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Julia MacRae Books hardcover
2006ABE-7960752343Chatto & Windus London 2006 A NEW UNREAD first printing of this fresh and fascinating biography. Full numberline protected jacket utterly collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Chatto & Windus London hardcover
2013ABE-1571232278113OUP Oxford 2013 A NEW & UNREAD FIRST EDITION HARDBACK. Beautiful Oxford edition with introductions notes and index. This thoroughgoing scholarly work examines the letters of Manning and Gladstone during 1844 - 1853. This extensive volume provides substantial insights into debates on Church-state alignments and relations between Roman Catholics and the British Government on issues such as Ireland Italy and education. Clean and tight new copy unread and in perfect collectable or archive condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/Fine. OUP Oxford hardcover
1988ABE-1562863307249Pan Books 1988 Dare one say this has a Stiff Cover I mean these days; we live in such a PC era that this collection of truly saucy postcards simply would not be published today. Here is a complete set of sixteen PENIS jokes. Delightful silly and beautifully printed in full colour this is a perfect set still bound togther and the whole assemblage is printed on postcard weight card. Very amusing but not to the puritanical media of today. Soft cover. Fine. Pan Books paperback
1992ABE-1593084838612Laurence King Publishing 1992 A lerge format card bound introduction ot one of the world's strangest accumulations. This is a clen and new looking large format paperback. A true miscellany; a building sized cabinet of curiosities. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Laurence King Publishing paperback
1991ABE-10740110421Sidgwick & Jackson London 1991 An exceptional copy of this stunning book. All cat lovers will want this. It is far and away the most aesthetic collection of cat paintings. This first edition copy is almost as new. There are no bent corners owner names or library abuses. It is strongly bound no damage to the binding and the jacket is perfect. This is now a rare find.Most copies for sale are well used and not in a collectable state. The only flaw if flaw it be is a discrete and attractive 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. Fine/Fine. Sidgwick & Jackson London hardcover
19572082702114603363Fixed 350 yen Shinchosha 1957. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Fixed 350 yen Shinchosha paperback
1985ABE-9511704430Gresham Books England 1985 With a thoughtful essay by Monica Poole and a Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh this tribute to one of the greatest wood engravers of the 20th Century is essential for the collector. Large format sturdily bound with beautiful plates some in two colours. This is a Fine copy and the jacket is Near Fine with a small amount of use being visible. Jacket unclipped and protected. Very thorough index of works and a chronology. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Gresham Books England hardcover
19892082702114604681Asahi Shimbun Co. Ltd. 1500 yen 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Asahi Shimbun Co., Ltd. 1,500 yen paperback
1987ABE-1599564223084Faber and Faber 1987 Superb selection by Craig Raine of Kipling's writing. With the ludicrous calls for him to be an 'unperson' by the ghastly WOKE brigade of little small minded fascists who would love us to live in a police state of rewritten history and cultural denial Kipling towers - dare one use the term IMPERIOUSLY. His work is truly fresh and original even especially today. Former owner's signature - although very neat - keeps the price down and the rating to Near Fine. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Faber and Faber paperback
1988ABE-14604954559Swan Hill Press 1988 Extremely rare signed first edition of this magisterial artist's work. One grows tired of the appalling neglect of such a great painter; sought after by those who can tell which way up paintings should be and a glorious rebuke to those who can only take notice of officially approved art these gorgeous paintings will still enchant when the contemporary dross has been binned. A perfect first printing of the first hardback edition with Raymond Ching's elegant signature to the title page. Protected perfect jacket. Of interest to all who admire talent imagination and vision peerlessly expressed. My private and discrete blind stamp to the coloured end paper at the from is the only fault if fault it be. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Swan Hill Press hardcover
1946ABE-12914559240Bodley Head London 1946 BRILLIANTLY illustrated with 15 reversible heads and 30 associated verses original pictorial boards dust jacket slightly worn and now protected. Not price clipped. First edition of this ingenious book which the publishers proudly claim "We make bold to announce that OHO! Is unique among books. For it has no front or back or rather two of each. So the reader is enabled to enter the Whistler Brothers' gallery in either direction." Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Bodley Head London hardcover
1998ABE-1652263000898Folio LONDON 1998 Beautiful first printing of this one volume edition. The slipcase is scruffy and slightly damaged but the book is near fine. Great first printings of the John Vernon Lord illustrations. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio LONDON hardcover
1954ABE-7853653216Macmillan London 1954 A neat and tight copy of a book more frequently encountered with annotations and library abuses; this is a clean copy alas without a jacket. It has a neat blind stamp on the half tile but other than that it is a good collectable hardback first edition. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Macmillan London hardcover