OPERATION PEDESTAL: THE FLEET THAT BATTLED TO MALTA 1942
Written by Max Hastings.
Stock no. 1824165
Published by William Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operation Pedestal - one of the bloodiest sea battles of Britain's war, ordered by Churchill to save Malta. Limited Signed Edition. Navy boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780008364946. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has a 'signed by the author' sticker to front panel.

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SELF-LIFE-DEATH
Written by Nobuyoshi Araki; Akiko Miki; Yoshiko Isshiki; Tomoko Sato. Illustrated by Nobuyoshi Araki.
Stock no. 1824155
Published by Phaidon Press. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nobuyoshi Araki is on eof Japan't most celebrated photographers both at home and abroad. His photographs are highly controversial and often regarded as enigmatic. They incorporate a wide range of images: scenes from his own honeymoon, including sexual acts; enlarged photographs of genitalia and flowers; bondage scenes of trussed up women hanging from the ceiling; Tokyo street scenes and more. Special luxury edition limited to 3,000 numbered copies. Textured soft white leather, blind titles. Colour & b/w photos throughout. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery 6 October 2005 - 22 January 2006. ISBN: 0714845760. This is copy 0862 of 3,000.White leather boards just a little grubby. Contents are clean. Original clear plastic dustwrapper is torn to top front edge. Contained in original publisher's card slip jacket which is a little grubby and is split to one edge. Very heavy.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Stock no. 1323526
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. Cloth spine with gilt title, grey boards. 127 pages, top edge gilt and others untrimmed. 16 colour plates. SIGNED by the artist to limitation page, this is copy no. 212. Endpapers are partly browned else contents are clean. Spine is darkened and worn at top with a small split to front edge. Corners are slightly bumped and worn.

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PEACOCK PIE - A BOOK OF RHYMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claude Lovat Fraser.
Stock no. 1323474
Published by Henry Holt and Company. 1st USA 1924. Good condition.

First American edition, limited to 500 copies. White cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 127 pages. 16 colour plates. SIGNED by the author to the limitation page, this is copy no. 135. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, top rear corner is nibbled(?)/worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly browned. Contained in original slipcase which is very worn and a bit grubby. Loss to top and bottom of slipcase.

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ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323472
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

No 4 of The Ariel Poems. White boards with black title and illustration to front. Colour frontis. Limited to 350 copies. This is copy no. 118. Covers and contents clean. Original tissue-paper dustwrapper is browned and edge chipped with quite a bit of loss.

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DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1323471
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

A Book of Fairy Poems. Limited edition of 325 copies, cream boards with gilt titles and vignette to front cover.. Colour frontis and 2 other plates. B/w illustrations throughout. 193 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the author to the limitation page. This is copy no. 214. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine is browned, covers are grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and tissue-guard of frontis are browned else contents are clean.

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1898-1998 SERVE & OBEY: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF WEST MONMOUTH SCHOOL
Written by Arthur Crane.
Stock no. 1323411
Published by West Monmouth School. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 129 pages. ISBN: 0953466809. Bumping to lower edges of front and rear boards.

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THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1323346
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press. 1st thus 1933. Very good condition.

Printed for members of The Limited Editions Club. Limited to 1500 copies, this is no. 1263. Large format. Yellow cloth, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. Top edge is cut and dyed blue, other edges untrimmed. 7 beautiful colour plates. Covers are foxed, spine is slightly browned. Some light foxing and some browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Burgundy slipcase is edge worn, title on spine has faded

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POUR TOI
Written by Kristina Niven. Illustrated by Fiona Owen.
Stock no. 2140686
Published by The Medici Society Ltd.. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Limited edition to 1050 Copies. Colour illustrations. Some poems/rhymes are in French, rest is in English. ISBN: 0855030844. SIGNED by author and illustrator to verso of title page. This is Copy No. 706. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners; a few marks. NO slipcase. A few foxspots to cover edges and outer page edges.

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BEYOND THE LENS VOLUME 1: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF GEORGE MCKAIGE
Written by Chester McKaige.
Stock no. 2140519
Published by Chester McKaige. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Collection of Motor Racing Photographs 1946 - 1951 by amateur photographer George McKaige. Large format. B/w pictorial boards. Limited edition to 100 copies. B/w photos. ISBN: 0646435450. SIGNED by Chester McKaige to verso of front endpaper, this is Copy No. 54. A few small knocks to cover edges; couple of corners are bumped. Contents are excellent!

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THE TOWN OF CHEPSTOW PART 8
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2140452
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1975. Almost very good condition.

Card wrap booklet. 500 printed. St. Kingsmark Ward. ISBN: 0900278250. SIGNED by author on compliments slip that is loosely inserted. Some browning and fading to spine. Creasing to cover edges. Some light browning and foxing.

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THE TOWN OF CHEPSTOW PART 6
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2140451
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1974. Good condition.

Card wrap booklet. 500 printed. High Street. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278234. SIGNED by author to inside front cover. Contents are detached from covers; chipping and loss to spine of covers. Browning to covers. Some foxing.

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