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A LOOK AT CECIL ALDIN'S DOGS AND HOUNDS
Written by Rupert Collens.
Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328398
Published by The Lambourn Press.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. A visual journey through Aldin's career. Colour & b/w illustrations. Oblong format. Brown boards with gilt titles. ISBN: 1872708005. Spine bumped at top. Some erased pencil writing and other light marks to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded, small brown mark to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- DOGS
- DOGS (FACTUAL)
- DOGS - HOUNDS
- FOXHOUNDS
- HUNTING
- ILLUSTRATED
- BIOGRAPHY
MARY CASSATT: AN AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST
Written by Gerhard Gruitrooy.
Illustrated by Mary Cassatt.
Stock no. 1828534
Published by Todtri.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
American Impressionist Mary Cassatt fulfilled a childhood determination to become a great artist, and her colourful paintings and prints rank with the works of Degas, Monet, and Renoir. This volume explores Cassatt's life and art, with an exquisite portfolio of 70 full-colour illustrations. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 78 numbered pages. ISBN: 1880908670. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and rubbed at top of spine, a few minor marks.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- IMPRESSIONISM
- PORTRAITURE
- OIL PAINTING
- BIOGRAPHY
ELIZABETH SIDDAL: PRE-RAPAHELITE ARTIST 1829-1862
Written by Jan Marsh.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Siddal.
Stock no. 1828531
Published by Ruskin Gallery Collection Of The Guild Of St George In Assoc With Lund Humphries.
2nd
1994.
Very good condition.
Second Edition. Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal is best known as Pre-Raphaelite Muse, discovered by the Brotherhood in a milliner's shop, who posed for many of their most famous paintings and became the beloved model and wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Originally published to go alongside the exhibition of her work at the Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield. Square format. Blue cardwraps. B/w and a few colour photos. 82 pages ISBN: 0863211356. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PRE-RAPHAELITE
- BIOGRAPHY
REPORTAGE (5 VOLUMES)
Written by George Orwell.
Stock no. 1828515
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1998.
Very good condition.
Five volumes: Homage To Catalonia; Down And Out In Paris And London; Funny But Not Vulgar; The Road To Wigan Pier; My Country Right Or Left. B/w photographic pictorial cloth. B/w photos. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split at head and base width-ways but still holding.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- BIOGRAPHY
- CIVIL WAR (SPANISH)
TOWNSHEND OF KUT: A BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES TOWNSHEND
Written by A.J. Barker.
Stock no. 1828493
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1st
1967.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. Lower edge of b oards lightly rubbed. Light vertical crease to spine. Foxing to text block. Includes a relevant newspaper cutting. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded and grubby, edge-rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- BIOGRAPHY
CHARLES KINGSLEY: HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Written by F.E. Kingsley; Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 1828489
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co..
1st thus
1883.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Cheaper Edition. Edited by his wife. Full leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and vignettes to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w portrait as frontis. 364 pages including index. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contemporary gift inscription dated December 20 1883 to fly leaf. Very few age related marks. Overall a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- LITERATURE
- CHILDRENS
- LETTERS
- LEATHER BINDING
THE WORLD OF BERYL COOK
Written by Jess Wilder; Jerome Sans.
Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1328241
Published by Baltic.
1st
2007.
Very good condition.
A unique survey of Cook's forty year career and the origins of her inspiration. Also, a specially commissioned interview with Beryl, who just celebrated her 80th birthday. Cardwraps. 159 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9783791339207. Corners bumped and some slight bumping to cover edges. Contents fine.
A CARP MEMOIR (RELIVING THE CARP DREAM)
Written by Tim Paisley.
Stock no. 1328230
Published by Water's Edge Publications.
1st
2023.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A collection of fragmented memories, and reflections on landmarks and achievements. Red boards, gilt titles to front and spine. A big, heavy book. 560 pages. Colour photos throughout. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A small, light mark to lower edge of textblock. A tiny (faint) indentation affecting the preliminary pages at top corners. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed (hardly noticeable). This copy would make a wonderful gift.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- CARP
- BIOGRAPHY
SIGNALMAN'S TWILIGHT
Written by Adrian Vaughan.
Stock no. 1828469
Published by Amberley Publishing.
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Revised Edition. The author's life as a signalman at Challow Station in rural Berkshire. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781445602578. Front cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- GWR (RAILWAYS)
- BIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM THE LION 1143-1214: KINGSHIP AND CULTURE
Written by D.D.R. Owen.
Stock no. 1828454
Published by Tuckwell Press.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A biography of independent Scotland's longest-reigning monarch, William the Lion. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1862320055. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
- ROYALTY
- SCOTLAND
GUY GIBSON VC: THE GLORIOUS DAMBUSTER
Written by Susan Ottaway.
Stock no. 1828385
Published by Speedman Press Ltd.
1st thus
2009.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Originally published in 1994 as Dambuster - A Life of Guy Gibson VC. New revised & updated edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780956217608. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- RAF
- BIOGRAPHY
SELECTED LETTERS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Written by Charlotte Bronte; Margaret Smith.
Stock no. 1828384
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Edited by Margaret Smith. 169 letters from Charlotte Bronte. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780199205875. A lovely copy.