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Enitharmon Press. London. 2012. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.6 x 6.6 inches). One of 100 copies numbered and signed by Abse, from a total edition of just 125 copies. A fine copy in soft cover wraps with marbled paper dustwrapper. Printed paper label on front panel. Fine. More
The Condé Nast Publications Ltd in association with Collins. London. 1969. FIRST EDITION. Folio. (14.3 x 11.2 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with mono photos. Ex Vogue Library copy, elaborately inscribed by David Bailey, with doodles and drawings to three pages. On the (purple paper) front free endpaper is a small..... More
Viking. London.,2001. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. Signed and with a five line inscription by the author on the title page. Original red boards, gilt lettering to spine. A fine copy in near fine dustwrapper with a few light marks to the lower part of the rear panel.:. More
NP. (Book published by Blackie & Son). Circa 1949. ORIGINAL FULL COLOUR ARTWORK. The watercolour image shows Snowdrop (Snow White) lying asleep at the edge of a forest. Stood over her is a handsome Prince dressed in elaborate multi coloured outfit with a large hat in his hand, complete with..... More
Bedford Park Festival Committee, London. 1968. SIGNED BY BETJEMAN, beneath a printed poem on the title page. 28pp, plus printed card wraps. The title page states 'A message from our patron. This doggerel based on the 'Ballad of Bedford park' is my greeting to you all for the 1968 festival.'..... More
John Murray, London. 1948. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed and Limited edition. This is no.4 of a special edition limited to 18 copies, printed on Japon vellum paper, with the limitation note written in ink (not in JB's hand) beneath Betjeman's signature on the verso of the half title. Original yellow..... More
John Murray. London. 1960. SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION. One of 125 leather bound copies numbered and signed by Betjeman, this number 39. Portrait frontis etching of Betjeman by Michael Tree, with tissue guard. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Michael Tree. Original green Morocco with gilt bells designs to both boards. Spine..... More
NP. 1981. TYPED LETTER, SIGNED. On Betjeman's printed note paper with his name and address (29 Radnor Walk, London, SW3 4BP), and dated 2.4.81. The letter is thanking a Mr. Hilliam for a poem about Betjeman that he had written and sent in january, noting 'it is worth my keeping..... More
The Westmeath Examiner. Mullinger. No Date. 1938. FIRST EDITION. Only 50 copies printed. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.3 inches). 12pp pamphlet stapled into green wraps printed in black to the front cover. Inscribed in ink on the first blank leaf by Betjeman to his friend George Alfred Kolkhorst, a lecturer in..... More
Warren Editions. London. 1977. FIRST EDITION, Limited to 220 copies, numbered and signed by both author and illustrator. 4to. (11.4 x 9.1 inches). 23 leaves, illustrated with 16 original coloured lithographs. Verses are taken from Betjeman's commentary for Edward Mirzoeff's BBC documentary, Metro-land, shown in 1973 and are printed in..... More
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press. Boston. U. S. A. 1898 + 1906. FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.8 inches). The second work is the dedication copy. The printed dedication leaf reads: " To C. N. R. Thy acceptance Maketh blest". Both volumes are inscribed by the..... More
W. & R. Chambers, Limited. London.,1901. ORIGINAL ARTWORK for illustration on page 249 of the book. With; First edition of the book. -- Illustrated with 37 line drawings by Browne. Original blue cloth with spine and front board lettered and illustrated in black. Boards a little rubed to edges but..... More
Hutchinson. London. 1984. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed by Burgess on the title page. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper with colour illustrations by Alastair Taylor. More
Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1932. TWO FIRST EDITIONS. One is the hardcover cloth bound issue and the second is the paper issue. Small 8vo. (7.5 x 4.5, cloth bound volume, 7.3 x 4.3 - Paper bound). Both are Inscribed by Crankshaw, the paper volume to Theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, and..... More
Odhams Press Limited. London. 1947. FOUR VOLUMES. First Odhams Press editions. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.7 inches). Finely bound for Churchill, by Zaehnsdorf bookbinders, for presentation. My early life is inscribed ‘To Air Commodore G. Powell from Winston S. Churchill. 1948’, Thoughts and Adventures is signed ’W S Churchill’, and the..... More
ISI Books. Wilmington Delaware. U. S. A. 2009. FIRST PRINTING of this new edition.Paperback. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Photo portrait frontis. Warmly inscribed by the Editor to Churchill's daughter, Mary Soames on the half title. A fine copy in illustrated paper covers. Churchill's second volume of Autobiographical writings, his..... More
Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1939. Sixth Edition. Originally published in 1931. Signed by Cotton below his printed portrait photo on the frontispiece "Henry Cotton. Upton 1942". Aside from the frontis there are 10 full page mono photo plates. A clean copy throughout. Publishers orange cloth with black lettering to the..... More
Hurst and Blackett. London. 1856. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.2 inches). Integral publishers advert leaves at the end of each volume (iii, i, ii) but bound without the publishers catalogue in volume one. Some minor foxing to a few pages but generally a very good clean copy..... More
John Lane The Bodley Head. London.,1936. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. THE DEDICATION COPY. Inscribed by Crankshaw to his wife, Clare, on the half title. ---- For Clare. The first copy of the first of all our books.April 17th 1936. Teddy. ----- Pages affected by small damp stain to the fore edge..... More
Puffin Books. Penguin Group. London. 1988. Reprint of the 1986 Puffin paperback edition. INSCRIBED BY DAHL on the front blank inside of the front cover. - 'To Fritz, Love, Roald Dahl'. Mono illustrations throughout. A very good copy in original full colour illustrated wrapper. More
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1964. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.4 inches). 1st issue, with the six line colophon at the end. With a piece of paper mounted onto the half title which has been Signed by Roald Dahl. The piece has been cut from another book of Dahl's..... More
Editions R. A. Correa. Paris.,1933. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY DU BOS (in English) to the critic and writer Desmond MacCarthy, dated April 24th,1933. Very good copy in printed paper wraps with some creasing to spine.:. More
Cape Goliard Press. London. 1968. LIMITED EDITION. (12 x 10 inches). One of just 100 numbered and signed copies (this number 4) from a total edition of 500. Printed at the Trigram Press, London, in four colours. 8pp, plus colour printed laminated card covers, designed by Paul Vaughan, and frosted..... More
Chatto & Windus.London.,1924. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY GARNETT. Woodrow Wyatt's copy with his bookplate to the front paste down endpaper. The free endpaper opposite is signed in ink by the author--From David Garnett.--. Publishers mottled red and black cloth boards. Printed paper label to spine is a bit rubbed... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company. New York.,1895, 1895. LARGE PAPER, SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 4to. (9.2 x 6.5 inches). One of only 250 numbered copies, signed by the Author. Frontis and ten full page plates, each printed onto fine tissue paper and mounted onto the page within a printed border..... More