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200646042<p>London : Picador 2006. First edition. "It was not the dead that seemed to Quirke uncanny but the living" - the first of Banville's addictive Quirke series written initially under his "Benjamin Black" pseudonym - we meet the pathologist in the morgue long after midnight in 1950s Dublin. "It's soaked in my recollections. It is more connected to the circumstances of my life than my Banville books" John Banville. Demy 8vo 23cm. viii390iipp. Original black boards lettered in silver; a very good copy indeed in the dust-jacket - the jacket also very good indeed.</p> London : Picador, (2006). hardcover
08272London: The New Gallery 1898-1899. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Squarish 8vo. the original catalogue rebound in cloth with a leather spine label original wrappers bound-in pp. 90; no illustrations. Includes 235 items. Long introduction to the catalogue by J. Comyns Carr. Fore-edge of covers and several lower page corners have been chipped and repaired with Japanese paper paper tanned else very good and quite sturdy for use in this binding. Fredeman 9.9 <br/> <br/> [London]: The New Gallery, 1898-1899. First edition. hardcover
193916075Chicago: Popular Publications 1939. Some age tanning to page edges mild edge wear to cover with several tiny edge tears and two small chips to left edge closed tear along upper front cover a very good or better copy. 16075. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Features the Raymond Chandler story "Pearls are a Nuisance". Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications unknown
66481New York NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Henry Holt 2014. Detective mystery SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo 24 x 16cm pp.xii; 290; 4. Limited to 100 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's quarter black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards lilac endpapers. A fine as-new copy. A novel featuring Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe being an authorised sequel to 'The Long Goodbye' 1953/54. The Deluxe Edition from The Mysterious Bookshop the true first edition is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies black leather and 26 signed and lettered editions red leather. Basis for the 2022 neo-noir thriller film 'Marlowe' directed by Neil Jordan starring Liam Neeson. New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Henry Holt, 2014 unknown
193928279New York: The Red Star News Company 1939. Mild wear to lower edge reading crease a nearly fine copy. 28279. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "Those Who Kill" by Cornell Woolrich this story was later expanded into THE PHANTOM LADY and "The Charitable Countess" by Leslie Charteris with the "Saint". "Detective Fiction Weekly maintained a strong personality in a crowded field through a rigid weekly publication schedule for two decades. It is greatly underrated today" - Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 135-137. The Red Star News Company unknown
193932876New York: Street & Smith Publications Inc 1939. Mild tanning to text paper mild edge wear with two small chips small separation of cover at lower left front corner slight loss at spine ends a very good copy. 32876. Octavo single issue cover by H.W. Scott pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by L. Ron Hubbard Robert Bloch L. Sprague De Camp Steve Fisher and others. Signed by artist Edd Cartier at the story "The Cloak." Reference: Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 694-699. Street & Smith Publications, Inc unknown
1981016612London: Warwick Arts Trust 1981. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 9" x 8 1/4. Unpaginated 44 Items Of Which Some Illustrated. A Clean Unmarked Copy. With A Long Typed Signed Letter 1989 From Hubbard To A Friend In The U.S. Referencing His Daughter Hus Recent Trip To A Show In The U.S. Etc. <br/> <br/> Warwick Arts Trust paperback
193928202New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company 1939. Small chip to lower left front corner several tiny edge tears a nearly fine copy. 28202. Octavo single issue cover by Ralph Belarski pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes part one of "Maker of Shadows" a Gees supernatural novel by Jack Mann pseudonym of E. C. Vivian. The Frank A. Munsey Company unknown
72685Guildford: Genesis Publications 1995. Rock Music biography LIMITED EDITION SIGNED by Bob Gruen and Yoko Ono. Number 503 of 3500 copies only. Folio. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Bob Gruen on matt art paper with traced overlays. Text by Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Original black leather over silkscreened aluminium boards all edges silver. Contained in a black card slip-case then housed in a silkscreened tray-type box with metal title-plate to the lid. Carefully handled. Near fine with the publisher's loose statement concerning cover materials and storage of the binding. The story of John and Yoko as told in the words of Yoko Ono Bob Gruen and John Lennon himself and through the intimate photographs - mostly in full colour and previously unpublished - selected from the photographer's archive. Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1995 unknown
193963999New York NY: Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company C.S. Hammond & Co. 1939. 8vo. 5 x 10.25 in. which folds out into double-sided pictorial birds-eye map on recto 2 inset NY World’s Fair & NY Transit maps on versos sized 30.5 x 20.75 in. when fully folded out cover art of the iconic Trylon & Perisphere on front of self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers minor edgewear slight rubbing light toning still VG bright copy. First edition of this relatively scarce birds-eye panorama pictorial map view of New York City the five boroughs including the World’s Fair and Central Park demarcated in green. This brochure’s inset verso maps emphasize the ease of travel on New York’s extensive Rapid Transit system to the World’s Fair and other sites and includes a site map depicting the Fair laid out. Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company, [C.S. Hammond & Co.], paperback
193932602Chicago: Sun Publications 1939. Mild tanning to text paper small clear tape to base of spine with a small closed tear a fine copy. 32602. Octavo single issue cover by Harold Delay pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Features "Gates of Empire" by Robert E. Howard. Fiction by Ralph Milne Farley L. Sprague DeCamp Phyllis Moore Gallagher and others. Reference: Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 319-320. Sun Publications unknown
73631London 1978. Entertainment Memorabilia Rod Stewart & Ronnie Laine autograph display with illustrated concert ticket London Olympia 1978 SIGNED BY BOTH ARTISTS. Overall dimensions 13 x 11 inches mounted framed and glazed. Ink autographs a little faded else fine. Rod Stewart and Ronnie Lane both played in The Faces which disbanded in 1975. Lane guested on Stewart's tour in 1978 to promote a recent album the U.S. triple-platinum-selling 'Blondes have More Fun'. This was Stewart's ninth studio LP topping the album charts in America Canada and Australia. The accompanying single 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy' peaked at number one on both sides of the Atlantic. London, 1978 unknown
67526Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd. 2004. Rock photo-documentary COLLECTOR EDITION signed by Olivia Harrison. Folio 36 x 27cm pp.306. Number 1898 of 2500 copies. Publisher's decorative padded cloth binding housed in a silk-screen printed clamshell box. Inside a pocket in the box are four laminated back-stage passes and an original concert programme from the Royal Albert Hall November 29th 2002. The 28-page commemorative booklet is printed on art paper bound in an embossed cover and fastened with an orange silk ribbon. Original synopsis and certificate tucked in. Fine in a very near fine clamshell. The official limited edition celebrating the life of George Harrison with contributions from Michael Palin Tom Petty Jeff Lynne Eric Idle Ravi Shankar and many more. Illustrated with hundreds of rare photos of George throughout his life. Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd., 2004 unknown
15616Both items by The British Red Cross Society London. The 'Regulations' 'Form D': 14 Grosvenor Crescent London S.W.1. January 1939. The 'Dress Regulations' 'Form D7'. May 1939. Two stapled pamphlets. Both in good condition with light signs of age and wear. Both items are scarce with no copies of either listed on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. ONE 'Regulations'. 52pp. 8vo. Fold-out at rear: 'Chart shewing the organisation of the British Red Cross Society and its connection with a the International Red Cross and b His Majesty's Government departments'. Table of contents at front listing numerous topics from 'Definitions' to 'Air Raid Precautions Reserve'. Addendum 1p. 8vo headed 'FORM D. January 1939 Amendments No. 1' loosely inserted. TWO 'Dress Regulations': 52pp. 8vo. Contents at front lists seventeen sections including 'Brassard for Non-Uniform Detachments' 'Women Ambulance Drivers' 'Method of Wearing Official Decorations and Ribands' and 'Schedule of Dress Orders'. Both items by The British Red Cross Society, London. The 'Regulations' ('Form D'): 14 Grosvenor Crescent, London, S.W.1. Januar unknown
12760Denbigh 1939. Two leaves extracted from an album each 20 x 16cm with approximately 30 signatures a few with additional words like "Sincerely" of performers at the Denbigh Eisteddfod. More readable signatures include the soprano Isobel Baillie Oswald Rees Owen Haydn Morris Morris T. Williams the nationalist printer presumably Nesta Harris Joseph Carl Gomer Jones Josephine Jones T. Hopkins Evans John Parr bassoonist Ivor Hughes John Fullard tenor perfoming with the Tredegar Orpheus Choir as Baillie above Reginald Goss-Custard organist and composer Francis Russell Ivor Hughes. [Denbigh, 1939]. unknown
26265Items One and Two from St Giles' Cathedral. ONE: 'Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God for Victory in Europe' 16 May 1945. TWO signed: ''Presentation and Reception' 27 September 1945. THREE: Songsheet from Usher Hall undated. The three items are in good condition lightly aged and discoloured. Slight traces of glue from mount to the blank last page of the second item. Each with neat creases from folding. ONE: ‘St Giles’ Cathedral / Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God / for / Victory in Europe / WEDNESDAY 16th MAY 1945 / This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.’ ‘ORDER OF DIVINE SERVICE’. 4pp 12mo. Bifolium. Note at end: ‘After Their Majesties have left the Cathedral the Congregation are requested to remain in their places until the Lord Provost Magistrates the University Representatives and other official processions have retired.’ TWO: ‘St Giles’ Cathedral / Edinburgh / Presentation and Reception / of / The White Ensign / flown at the mainmast of H.M.S. Warspite flagship of Admiral of the Fleet the Right Honourable Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope K.T. G.C.B. D.S.O. at the Battle of Cape Matapan 28th March 1941 and other operations in the Mediterranean; / also of / The Red Ensign / worn by the Cunard White Star Steamship Queen Elizabeth on her War-time voyages in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. / Their Majesties the King and Queen being present / THURSDAY 27th September 1945 at 3 p.m.’ ‘ORDER OF THE SERVICE’. 7pp 8vo. Stapled. Signed on cover ‘Andrew Cunningham’ see his entry in the Oxford DNB and ‘Com. Ford’. Ends: ‘Then the Dean will proceed to the Royal Pew to escort Their Majesties to the antechapel of the Order of the Thistle. for Cunningham’s installation’ THREE: Drophead title: ‘VICTORY IN EUROPE / A SCOTTISH THANKSGIVING / in the / USHER HALL EDINBURGH / The audience are invited to join in the singing of the following items; those in the broadcast will be in the order given but the other items may not be.’ 4pp narrow 8vo. Bifolium. The words to nine items from the national anthem to ‘Scots! wha hae wi’ Wallace bled’ with Burns Blake and the bible in between. Items One and Two from St Giles' Cathedral. ONE: 'Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God for Victory in Europe', 16 May 1945. TWO ( unknown
193922145Chicago: Popular Publications Inc. 1939. Mild edge wear and creases tape to verso of the edges of the front cover clear tape to spine ends a very good copy. 22145. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "The Case of the Talking Eyes" by Cornell Woolrich. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazine pp. 168-170. Popular Publications, Inc. unknown
0428167861.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19900009671Moscow: Sovetskii Khudozhnik 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 4to 291 pages cloth; in bumped publisher's slipcase <br/><br/>Pictorial treatment of young Soviet artists of the 1980s Sovetskii Khudozhnik hardcover
0428373399.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0243520603.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
198113318Roma: Officina Edizioni 1981. Buono stato. Brossura editoriale illustrata cm 22 x 21.5 pp 111 1 con alcune illustrazioni in nero. Testo in italiano francese e inglese. Buono stato. Il volume comprende un’introduzione di Baltrusaitis interventi di Eugenio Battisti La prospettiva come metafora Filiberto Menna Realtà naturale - realtà astratta; Le anamorfosi di Andrea Carnemolla e Raymond J. Masters Sintesi al computer di sistemi di proiezione anamorfica e una serie di scritti e immagini di opere 26 dell'artista Andrea Carnemolla: Panentropia dell'angolo; Ipotesi per una visione anamorfica dell'ipercubo; Anamorfosi come rigenerazione del tempo; Gli specchi sincronici antefatto; Il tempo la copula e lo specchio. In calce traduzioni in francese e inglese a cura di Jennifer Franchina e Francine Viriduzzo. Officina Edizioni unknown
0715374575.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1978396530Freetown Sierra Leone Oxford : Sierra Leone University Press 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: xiv 330 pages 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references pages 312-321 and index. Subjects: 1808-1961; Mende African people Politics and government; British colonies; Colonies Administration. Freetown, Sierra Leone Oxford : Sierra Leone University Press hardcover
19862080202102706089Agata Daiichi Junior High School 1945 Synchronous student 1986. Soft Cover. Fine. Page size: 167 pages Size: B5 size Agata Daiichi Junior High School 1945 Synchronous student paperback
