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The Fighting Maroons of Jamaica

1969, a history of the renegade slaves in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Carey Robinson
Collins & The Book Society, London, 1969
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Book of Dogs (Signed copy)

Signed by Stanley West, a thorough guide to breeds, showing, training etc
Stanley West, foreword by Jerrold Vassall Adams, photographs by Walter Guiver.
Alexander Ouseley, London, 1935
£30.00
Animals & Pets | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

A Mirror to My Life (Signed copy)

Signed by Perle Hessing
Perle Hessing
Henry Holt, New York, 1988
£40.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Theatre

Somerset Maugham's novel of the stage
W Somerset Maugham
William Heinemann, London, 1937
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Chagall du Coq a l'Ane

A superbly illustrated French exhibition catalogue from 2018
Jean-Jacques Faucher, and Jean-Louis Prat
La Doyenne, Brioude, 2018
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions

An Opposing Man

1974, the first UK edition of Ernst Fischer's autobiography
Ernst Fischer, with an introduction by John Berger, translated by Peter and Betty Ross
Allen Lane, London, 1974
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Samuel Palmer, The Sketchbook of 1824

A facsimile of the only one of Palmer's sketchbooks to survive
Martin Butlin, editor, with a foreword by William Vaughan
Thames and Hudson, London, 2005
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Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Nineteenth-Century Lives, Essays Presented to Jerome Hamilton Buckley (Signed copy)

From the library of Morton N Cohen (contributor), with a handwritten letter to him from Jerome Buckley
Laurence S Lockridge, with John Maynard, & Donald D Stone (editors), bibliography compiled by David M Staines
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Where Did It All Go Right? (Signed copy)

Signed by Al Alvarez, an uncorrected proof copy
A. Alvarez
Richard Cohen Books / Metro, London, 1999
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Uncorrected proof

Irish Folk Music and Song

A brief study by Donal O'Sullivan
Donal O'Sullivan, illustrated by Muriel Brandt
Colm O Lochlainn, Dublin, 1956
£10.00
Music | Soft Cover | First Editions

Art and Illusion

A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
E H Gombrich
Phaidon, London, 1962
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

Poems (1971) & Out Loud (1976)

Two early collections of verse from Adrian Mitchell
Adrian Mitchell
Jonathan Cape, London, 1971
£10.00
Poetry | Soft Cover

The Birkbecks of Norfolk

with handwritten letter from family member
H Birkbeck
Michael Russell, Norwich, 1993
£15.00
Genealogy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

A Country Garden

1936, with glorious wood engravings by John Farleigh
Ethel Armitage, engraved by John Farleigh
Country Life, London, 1936
£15.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions

Lime and Lime Mortars

A 1998 facsimile of the 1927 first edition
A D Cowper
Donhead Publishing, Shaftesbury, 1998
£20.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover

West African Folk Tales

1917, many featuring Anansi, and illustrated by Cecilia Sinclair
William H Barker, and Cecilia Sinclair
George G. Harrap, London, 1917
£20.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions

This Other Eden

Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English History
Andrea Wulf, and Emma Gieben-Gamal
Little, Brown & Company, London, 2005
£25.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Patrick George: Recent Work

A 2003 exhibition catalogue, with 30 colour illustrations
Patrick George
Browse & Darby, London, 2003
£12.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions

Agreement! (Signed copy)

Signed by Beatrix Campbell; The State, Conflict and Change in Northern Ireland
Beatrix Campbell
Lawrence & Wishart, London, 2008
£15.00
Politics, Law & Economics | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Ancient Order of Druids Choruses

A collection of Initiation Choruses from the most senior druidic order
Ancient Order of Druids
Ancient Order of Druids, London, 1920
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Ephemera | Hard Cover

In the Green Tree (Signed copy)

Signed by Alun Lewis's widow Gweno to Anne Powell, and was also Roy Fuller's review copy, with his notes.
Alun Lewis, preface by A L Rowse, postscript by Gwyn Jones, a sonnet by Vernon Watkins, and drawings by John Petts
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Dustwrapper | Association Copy

Why is British Architecture so Lousy?

1980, a fascinating range of views from architects, planners, critics...
Nathan Silver, and Jos Boys, editors
Newman Communications, London, 1980
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Soft Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

Scandinavian Journal of Design History, Volume 5

with articles on textiles, ceramics, typography etc
Mirjam Gelfer-Jorgensen, editor
Rhodos International, Copenhagen, 1995
£15.00
Crafts | Soft Cover | First Editions

Figurabile: Francis Bacon

1993, a profusely illustrated exhibition book from the 45th Venice Biennale
Achille Bonito Oliva, editor
Electa, Milan, 1993
£20.00
Art | Soft Cover | First Editions

Jiri Jilek

A study of the Czech painter and sculptor
Miroslav Korsal
Galerie Jiriho Jilka, Sumperk, 1993
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

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