DIAGHILEV AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE BALLETS RUSSES 1909-1929
Written by Jane Pritchard.
Stock no. 1829386
Published by V&a Publishing. Circa 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Jane Pritchard. Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name at the Victoria & Albert Museum September 2010-January 2011. This beautiful book takes advantage of new research and draws on little-seen collections at the V&A to explore Diaghilev's life, work, influence and cultural milieu. It draws together the music, pictures, costumes, archives and art of the Ballets Russes to illustrate Diaghilev's working process, accomplishments and society. Large format. Black paper boards, red titles. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 9781851776139. 2nd printing. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at edges.

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ROCK DREAMS
Written by Guy Peellaert; Nik Cohn; Michael Herr.
Stock no. 1829383
Published by Taschen. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy tribute to Rock 'n'Roll and R&B through surreal images and texts which paint an imaginary world in which the great gods of mid-century popular music appear in their own settings. An attempt to catch the most crucial dreams in each new stage as Rock has developed. Introduced by Michael Herr. Large format. white cardwraps with pink title to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Text in English, German and French. 222 pages. ISBN: 382282612X. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed to corners and a little scuffed.

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THE COMPLETE SAVOY OPERAS (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by W.S. Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan; Fredric Woodbridge Wilson.
Stock no. 1829343
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Fredric Woodbridge Wilson. Two volume set. Red cloth spine with grey title blocks with gilt titles, grey cloth covers. Colour plates. Second printing. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly bumped at top rear corner and is lightly scuffed at edges.

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THE BIRDS/THE FROGS (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Aristophanes; Dudley Fitts; Gilbert Seldes. Illustrated by Marian Parry; John Austen.
Stock no. 1829200
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Two stories in one volume. Introduction by Dudley Fitts and Gilbert Seldes respectively. Wood engravings by John Austen in The Frogs. Collector's Edition. Bound in genuine leather. Dark green leather boards, four raised bands and gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Peach colour moire cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. A lovely copy.

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FAUST (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Alice Raphael. Illustrated by Eugene Delacroix.
Stock no. 1829199
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1980. Nearly fine condition.

A Tragedy: in a Modern Translation by Alice Raphael. The original Drame illustrated with lithographs by Delacroix. Collector's Edition. Bound in genuine leather. Burgundy leather boards, four raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Light brown moire cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Colour frontis (not Delacroix) & b/w lithographs. xxv and 183 pages. All edges gilt. A lovely copy.

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CONVERSATIONS WITH MENUHIN
Written by David Dubal.
Stock no. 1327921
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Celebration on His 75th Birthday. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Conversations from different meetings with Musician Yehudi Menuhin. ISBN: 0434216747. SIGNED by Menuhin to half title-page (to Frank). Reprint in same year as first edition. Light vertical marks to edge of front cover. Pages are browned with some light foxing. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and sunned to spine.

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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE AND THE NEW LONDON THEATRE
Written by Della Hilton.
Stock no. 1327919
Published by The Pentland Press. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 76 pages. ISBN: 1858210038. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Minimal rubbing to wrapper corners.

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THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE
Written by William Shakespeare; Peter W.M. Blayney.
Stock no. 1827950
Published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc.. 2nd 1996. Very good condition.

The Norton Facsimile. Based on Folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection. Prepared by Charlton Hinman with an introduction by Peter W.M. Blayney. Large format. Heavy volume. Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. Published according to the True Original Copies. Leather spine. Pictorial cloth. Second edition. ISBN: 0393039854. A lovey copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing and a small tear of surface paper to lower edge.

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THE MOST FAMOUS CAR IN THE WORLD
Written by Dave Worrall.
Stock no. 1826562
Published by Solo. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

The complete history of the James Bond Aston Martin DB5. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951750917. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Card covers a little rubbed at corners and scufffed. Top edge of text block a little berowned and grubby. Top corners of contents (margins) and rear cover lightly creased. Contents are clean.

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THE TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH
Written by Russell Thorndike; Reginald Arkell. Illustrated by Arthur Watts.
Stock no. 1825542
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

A Fantastic Play in Prologue and One Act. The classic tale of Punch and Judy. Introductory essay by Max Beerbohm. 9 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown paper. Large format. Beige cloth spine, grey marble effect boards. 61 pages. Board edges rubbed. Three flower stickers/decoupage to lower half of front pastedown. Text block and endpapers browned. Small burn mark to top margin of page 13-17 with minor loss. One or two closed tears to page edges (no loss), a few grubby marks to contents. All plates present, some have a lower corner crease.

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THE THEATRE AT WORK
Written by James Cleaver. Illustrated by James Cleaver.
Stock no. 1323703
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Picture Puffin Book No. 75. Pictorial paperwraps. 31 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Staples rusty. Covers slightly pulled at staples. Publisher's 'new' price sticker to front cover (stating 2/-). Contents clean.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1323422
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small, light mark to front cover and light scuffing to rear cover. Some light browning and a couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing throughout on text pages. Plates all present and in fine condition.

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