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Mr Punch on His Travels
London The Educational Book Company First Edition Very Good Hardback
The New Punch Library (in twenty volumes). A little scuffed and rubbed to covers with light foxing to endpapers. 256 illustrations and frontispiece in colour.
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7.00 GBP
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Our Own Magazine Volume XI
London The Children's Special Service Mission 1890 First Edition Fair No Dustwrapper Issued Hardback
Some splitting to the spine; boards are stained and marked; lacks yellow front endpaper; tape to closed tears a few pages
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5.00 GBP
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Rupert the Daily Express Annual 1959
London A daily Express Publication 1959 First Edition Good Laminated Boards Hardback
Spine top chipped and repair to bottom of spine; ink name to endpaper and to ownership box; internally quite bright and clean
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20.00 GBP
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My Fair Lady Programme
London Theatre Royal Drury Lane 1959 Printer Wrapper Fine No Jacket Issued Theatre Programme
1) Theatre Royal programme probably dated 1959 for My Fair Lady with Alec Clunes as Professor Higgins and Anne Rogers as Eliza Doolittle. Front cover carries the portrait of Charles the Second who granted the theatre its original charter in 1663. Programme price 'One Shilling'. Some slight browning to front wrapper in one small area. 2) Theatre Royal publicity pamphlet for Anne Rogers, Alec Clunes, James Hayter and Hugh Paddick.Contains more information on the leading actors than the above programme. Dated 1959. 3) Copy of a letter from a theatre-goer to the Manageress of the Theatre Royal, dated 3rd Novemeber 1959, thanking her for sending him a copy of the above programmes. Nell Gerard, the manageress, has signed an attached compliment slip. This makes for an interesting combination of related items.
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7.00 GBP
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Winter's Tales 15
London Macmillan 1983 First Edition Very Good Very Good Hardback
book leans slightly with a few nicks at head of dustwrapper spine
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2.00 GBP
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17 |
Electric Underground - a City Lights Reader
London New English Library 1973 First Edition Near Fine Very Good Hardback
Under the guidance of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights, a publishing house, gave birth to the 'beat' generation. this book is a collection of prose and poetry from the '60's. One closed tear with some fading to the spine; some internal creasing to dustwrapper.
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5.00 GBP
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Best of Young British Novelists 2
Harmondsworth Penguin 1993 First Edition Fine Fine Paperback
follows on from the volume of the same title published in 1983. Granta paperback containing much original material for the first time
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2.00 GBP
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London Magazine July/August 1970
London London Magazine 1970 First Edition Very Good Paperback
contains Ted Hughes's poems, under the title 'Five Poems': 'CROW HEARS FATE KNOCK ON THE DOOR', 'CROW'S ELEPHANT TOTEM SONG', 'EXISTENTIAL SONG', 'THE CONTENDER' and 'SONG AGAINST THE WHITE OWL'
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10.00 GBP
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Faberge 1846-1920
London Debrett's Peerage Ltd 1977 First Edition Near Fine Wrappers Paperback
catalogue for the 1977 Silver Jubilee Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition. Creased on one corner
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13.31 GBP
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51 |
The Dr. Who Annual 1976
London Bridge Works 1975 First Edition Very Good Hardback
owner's untidy inscription and address to title page with two numbers in biro; owner's signature in two other places in book
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7.99 GBP
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
London His Majesty's Stationery Office 1949 Reprint Very Good Hardback 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Comprehensive and informative. Essential reference material. All maps present including large fold-out in rear pocket and of the colleges. Bumped to corners and faded to spine. Owner's inscription. Black and white photographs. Heavy book requiring extra shipping.
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8.50 GBP
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55 |
Cassell's Magazine
London Cassell and Company 1898 First Edition Very Good Hardback Arthur Rackham; Louis Wain
bound copy from June to November 1898.. Contains the following: 'Bull Fighting in Mexico' by Gilbert Cunningham; 'In the Chains of Crime' ( 6 part story ) by E. W. Hornung (author of 'Raffles'); 'The Doll's Romance' illustrated by Arthur Rackham; 'The Resurrection of Matthew Jephson' by R. Austin Freeman; 'Salomy Jane's Kiss' by Bret Harte; 'An Interview with Louis Wain' illustrated by Louis Wain with original illustrations
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165.00 GBP
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57 |
Winter's Tales
London Macmillan 1955 First Edition Very Good Very Good Hardback Robin Jacques
first of the series, containing stories by Kingsley Amis, L. P. Hartley, Storm Jameson, Pamela Hansford Johnson, V.S Pritchett (illustrated by Robin Jacques) and Osbert Sitwell. Owner's inscription
Price:
4.00 GBP
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The Sphere the Empire's Illustrated Weekly Vol CXLV 1936
London Eyre and Spottiswoode 1936 First Edition Very Good Hardback Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
The Sphere was published weekly from 1900 to 1964, covering general news stories from the UK and around the world. Much of the overseas news features are reported in detail as the title was targeted at British citizens living in the colonies. Often confused with the Illustrated London News, it was phenomenally popular during the Second World War with graphic illustrations by renowned artists including W. G. Whitaker and Montague Dawson. Very heavy so will require extra shipping.
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95.00 GBP
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Punch or the London Charivari Vol CX11 and CX111 1897
London Bradbury, Agnew and Co Ltd 1897 First Edition Cloth Very Good Hardback 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
2 volume set for 1897 No 112 (CX11) Jan - Jul and No 113 (CX111) Jul - Dec. Green cloth with white endpapers. Volume 112 contains the Punch Almanac, the title page of which has been repaired and the following page has been removed. Stain to bottom right hand corner of the Almanac which has largely gone by the time of the main contents although the stain is apparent on the lower edge of the book. Some scattered foxing to both volumes. Some scuffing to the boards. Nevertheless, a presentable 2 volume set
Price:
40.00 GBP
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Folios of New Writing Spring 1940
London Hogarth 1940 First Edition Very Good Hardback
contains an original new story by Henry Green 'A Private School in 1914'. Long inscription on front blank endpaper. Boards slightly soiled and sunned to spine with some (repaired) fraying to bottom of spine
Price:
9.50 GBP
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Tiger Tim's Annual 1948
London Amalgamated Press 1948 First Edition Good Hardback
edges and corners rubbed; original spine very slightly split at top and bottom; ownership section has been filled in; owner's inscription to rear of frontispiece; soiling to boards
Price:
7.00 GBP
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Chatterbox
London Dean and Co First Edition Good Hardback
late 1940's. Picture on front board shows a girl looking through a promenade telescope with a boy looking on. Rubbing and bumping to edges and corners
Price:
6.00 GBP
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The Golden Book of Comics
London Odhams Press 1952 First Edition Very Good Hardback
contains short story by W. E Johns "The Case of the Mysterious Gunshots". Rubbing to corners and gently to edges
Price:
5.99 GBP
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