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Jenkinson, Denis & Posthumus, Cyril.
Vanwall: The Story of Tony Vandervell and his racing cars.
Publisher: Patrick Stephens, Cambridge;
Date of publication: 1975
£35.00
FIRST EDITION. Small quarto, pp. 176. Numerous illustrations throughout including monochrome photographs, plans and diagrams. Publishers’ green cloth with white titles to spine and upper board in u...
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Noble, Sir Humphrey.
Life in Noble Houses.
Publisher: Printed by Hindson and Andrew Reid for the Author for Private Circulation, Newcastle upon Tyne;
Date of publication: 1967
£75.00
INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. viii, 152. Monochrome frontispiece and numerous photographs to plates, plus line drawings within text, genealogical table to fore and fold-out plan. Original fo...
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Le Blond, Mrs Aubrey [Le Blond, Elizabeth Alice].
Day In, Day Out.
Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London;
Date of publication: 1928
£350.00
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 264. 29 photographic images to 16 plates, including frontispiece portrait of the Author from a portrait by Mary Macleod. Publishers’ scarlet cloth with black titles to sp...
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Hawker, Colonel Peter.
The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker [2 volumes, complete].
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London;
Date of publication: 1893
£125.00
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. ix, [3], 366, [2], 32 catalogue; [6], 393, [1], [2] catalogue. 8 full-page steel engraved plates and 2 plans. Publishers’ deep olive green cloth with gilt titles to spine...
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Butscher, Edward.
Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness.
Publisher: The Seabury Press, New York;
Date of publication: 1976
£30.00
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 388. Bound in black cloth and crimson paper over boards, with silver spine titles. In a black and crimson pictorial dustjacket depicting Plath. Some light scattered fox...
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Bewick, Thomas & Bain, Iain (editor).
A Memoir of Thomas Bewick.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford;
Date of publication: 1979
£28.00
SIGNED and DATED softcover, pp. xxviii, [2], 276. Bewick’s woodcuts and other illustrations throughout, with 4 double-sided monochrome photographic plates. Publisher’s cream card wraps with swan wo...
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Russell, John.
Henry Moore.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex;
Date of publication: 1973
£40.00
Softcover, pp. 274. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Publisher’s pictorial card wraps. INSCRIBED in red ink by Henry Moore to title page. Light surface rubbing to spine. Overall a clean, neat ...
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Lort-Phillips, Violet.
Violet Goes to Russia.
Publisher: Privately printed.
Date of publication: 0
£40.00
Undated, circa 1990. Softcover octavo, pp. [4], 44. Cartoon vignette to title page. Plain red card wraps. Pictorial cat bookplate to verso title page inscribed ”Robin with love from”Violet” otherw...
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Matar, Hisham.
A Month in Siena.
Publisher: Viking, London;
Date of publication: 2019
£35.00
FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp. ix, [1], 116, [2]. 16 illustrations in colour, of which 3 double-page, by various artists. Publishers’ black cloth with silver titles to spine in unclipped orange pict...
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Morpurgo, J.E.
Barnes Wallis: A Biography.
Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd, London;
Date of publication: 1981
£28.00
FIRST THUS (updated edition). Octavo, pp. xvi, 400. 37 monochrome illustrations to plates. Publishers’ black cloth with gilt titles to spine in price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket. Spine tips ligh...
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Gozzi, Carlo & Horne Philip (editor).
Useless Memoirs.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London;
Date of publication: 1962
£20.00
FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp. xxiv, 285, [1]. Publishers; leaf green cloth with gilt titles to black panel to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Spine tips gently rubbed; cover cloth clean and b...
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Thompson, Hunter S.
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga.
Publisher: Random House, New York;
Date of publication: 1967
£45.00
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [6], 278, [2]. Publishers’ black cloth with dark red titles to spine and red biker motif to upper board. Corners bruised and spine tips a little rubbed; small scuffs to...
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