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London: Winchester and Varnham. 1821.First edition. Large quarto. 268x210mm. pp. [iii]-xv [1], viii, 164. Lacking half title. Blind stamp of the Royal United Services Institute Library at head of title page. Half calf, marbled paper covered boards, rebacked and corners repaired. Red morocco label to spine, lettered in gilt. Upper cover a little scuffed and edges rubbed. Front pastedown has presentation bookplate of RUSI with disposal stamp. Slightly foxed but overall a very good copy of an important book which resulted in the election of Knowles to be a Fellow of the Royal Society.

London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly. 1775.First (and seemingly only) edition. 8vo (172x100mm). pp. vi, [2], 141, [1 bl]. Quarter calf, marbled paper covered boards. Some rubbing to corners and joints but a very nice copy and internally excellent. Sir Robert Strange (1721-1792) was a Scottish engraver. Well connected, although with a tendency to fall out with potential patrons, he was a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists.

London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols. 1769.Second edition, extensively revised and regarded as the best. Folio (367x230mm), pp. xvi, 464. Two maps (one double page), twenty-five plates (one double page) and ten vignettes in the text (a total of thirty seven illustrations, all engraved). Contemporary diced russia, gilt, panelled spine with double raised bands. Marbled endpapers, front pastedown has bookplate of Robert Frederick Green dated 1909. Light spotting to maps and slight offsetting from plates, otherwise very clean and fresh. A handsome copy in excellent condition throughout.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1960.Portfolio case in navy blue cloth over stiff boards (530x800mm) containing 6 plates (505x755mm) being prints of Hawksmoor's designs for All Soul's College, Oxford. Title printed on grey card with navy blue lettering and decorative border and pasted onto the upper cover of the portfolio. A blue ribbon ties the upper and lower boards together. The prints, which are in excellent condition show: 1. General Plan (undated, engraved by M. Van der Gucht); 2. Elevation of the East Range (1717, engraved by C. DuBosc); 3. Chapel and Refectory, plan and elevation (1717, engraved by H.

London. 1934. Moon Trail and White Hawk. Messages from the Spirit World. An archive of manuscript and typed material relating to the Great Metropolitan Spiritualist Association (GMSA).1. Eleven typed transcripts of addresses and messages from the spirit world. These are from spirits known as Moon Trail and White Hawk. One was channelled through a Mrs Hambling and the others are, given the provenance, probably through Harold Jones himself as he was a well known medium. The earliest is dated July 13th 1930 and the latest January 1943. 2. Minute book of the Finsbury Park Church of Spirit Teaching.

New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc.; Paris: Pierre Horay. 1973.First edition. Presentation copy: Inscribed with a sketch by Arman to Brynolf Eng, the Swedish ambassador to Italy. 'ARMAN [printed] FOR BRYNOLF ENG, Arman'. A large tube of paint labelled 'ARMAN [printed] FOR' is sketched squeezing out the letters 'ENG'. 4to. pp. 200. Tipped-in coloured frontispiece. 178 illustrations including 48 tipped-in coloured plates. Loosely inserted 16 pp. pamphlet biography of Arman by Pierre Restnay dated 1973 and in French. Arman (1928-2005),was a French artist who moved from using the objects as paintbrushes to using them as the painting itself.

Paris: Ch. Mendel. [1898].First edition. 280x190mm. pp. 48. Text in French. 28 photographs included in the text and seven plates. Original illustrated paper covers, with some soiling and a tear to the joint with lower cover. Internally near fine. A nice copy of a rare book which explains the techniques of photographing the female form both nude and clothed "en plein air". Paul Bergon (1863-1912) was both a photographer and a naturalist specialising in images of orchids and nudes.

[Buenos Aries] Ahora Periodico Illustrado.. 1941.Oblong. 210x278mm. 32 leaves, with 31 black and white photographs pasted in. Each photograph has printed captions (text in Spanish) pasted onto the bottom edge. The first leaf has the title details, printed on white paper, pasted in. Each photograph has a glassine protective sheet. Contemporary string bound album covered in maroon cloth and stamped with the name of the owner "Mervyn F. Ryan" on the upper cover with "Ahora Periodico Illustrado" stamped at bottom right corner.

Belvezy: Editions Anima Mundi. 2002.Limited edition, 19 of 50. 150x120mm. Unpaginated. pp.20. The text is printed in red from the Kleweta's calligraphy. Illustrated with six coloured engravings including one on the title page and line drawings in the text. Bound in red morocco illustrated on the upper cover and lettered in gold to upper and lower cover. Near fine. Printed by Kleweta on his own press, this is an attractive example of his distinctive dream-like style and left-field choice of subject mixing erotic prints with alchemical symbols.

Oxford: H.Hall. 1655.First edition. Small quarto. 180x138mm. pp. [24], 288, 281-288, 281-296, 313-355, [5], 104, 109-436, [28]. Despite the erratic pagination, it collates complete. Title page of appendix dated 1654. Contemporary reverse calf with dog-tooth and dotted line border to both covers. Spine with four raised bands. Boards and spine heavily worn and spine has loss to first compartment and to head and foot. Cracking to joints. Internally very good. A nice copy of Pococke's important collection of extracts from Maimonides's Arabic commentary on the Mishnah.

London: Privately published. 1959.One of five copies privately published "for the pleasure of Felix, Jean, Michael, Felicia, Stéphane". 187x125mm. pp. 71 [1bl] with five blank leaves at the beginning and end. Bound by Henri Mercher in 1960, signed to foot of front pastedown. Boards are made of gold inlaid Plexiglas, the gold spelling out "Jean". Black morocco spine lettered in gilt. With the original slipcase. A striking binding in immaculate condition and an excellent example of Mercher's innovative design and technique in which he used unorthodox materials. Henri Mercher (1912-1976) trained with Robert Bonfils at the École Estienne.

London: Printed for T.N.Longman and O.Rees. 1801.Only edition. Small 8vo. pp. [6], 201, [1bl]. Contemporary calf, double fillet borders to boards, rebacked to style with gilt decoration and black morocco label lettered in gilt. Edges and corners rubbed with a little wear to the latter. All edges speckled. Internally near fine. A very nice copy of the first book published by Ireland following his exposure as a forger. Rare in commerce, only two copies appearing at auction in the last fifty years.

London: John Murray. 1927. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 359, signed by Wren. 223x155mm. pp. [12], 579 [1bl], [4]. Twenty illustrations (four in colour) by Helen McKie. Original blue cloth, backed with red cloth, paper label lettered in blue to spine. Lacking dustjacket. Some slight soiling to covers and foxing to fore-edge but otherwise a very good copy in excellent condition.

Paris: P.Rouquette. 1872.Second edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. 225x140mm. pp. [6], XXXII, 264, [4], [263]-335 [1]. With an etching by Bracquemond. Red half morocco, marbled paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Corners bumped and worn, edges rubbed and wear to head and foot of spine. Top edge gilt. Some foxing to the preliminary leaves but otherwise very good internally.

Paris: François-Ambroise Didot. 1785.Two volumes. Large 4to. 310x230mm. pp. ix, [1], 596; [4], 548. Handsomely bound in red morocco. Gilt borders, spine lettered in gilt, turn ins decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pale blue silk ribbon in each volume. Slight bumping to bottom edges and rubbing to corners and to head and foot of spines but otherwise a lovely set in very good condition and internally excellent save for a little foxing in places and some minor staining in volume two.

London: Martin Secker. 1923.First UK edition. 8vo, 220x140mm. pp. 207 [1bl]. Quarter black buckram with yellow paper covered boards with title label to spine. Original pistachio-green dust jacket lettered in black. Some slight soiling to the jacket and fading to spine and light chipping to head and foot of spine but overall very good. Internally, there is some foxing but otherwise a nice copy of the first UK edition of this popular collection of poems.

London: Chappell & Co.. n.d. [1929].Signed by Coward and bound for his lover and manager John Wilson. First edition of the complete vocal score. Quarto. 275x210. pp. [4], 163, [1 advert]. Bound by Bumpus in red morocco with double fillet border in gilt to upper and lower cover, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine. Some rubbing and wear to the corners. Original wrappers bound in. The front pastedown has the bookplate of Herbert Schimmel who put together the greatest collection of books and material related to Noel Coward and Ivor Novello.

London: New Literature (Publishing) Ltd.. 1961.an inverted parable of the cruelty of colour prejudiceFirst edition. 209x135mm. pp. 196. Orange cloth, lettered in black. Original illustrated dustjacket. Slight bowing to the boards and some creases and closed tears to the edges of the jacket and chipping to head and foot of spine of jacket. Overall a very good copy an extraordinary novel set among the Jamaican Maroons - a community of indigenous Caribbean Arawakan people who mixed with enslaved Africans who had broken free.

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1954.First edition. 210x140mm. pp. xvi, 358. Purple cloth backed, maroon cloth covered boards, lettered in white to the spine. Original dust jacket in very good condition with only slight creasing to corners and to head and foot of spine. The front pastedown and two of the preliminary pages have the name and address of John Farquharson, 8 Halsey House, Red Lion Square stamped in purple ink. Farquharson was a well known literary agent and was Wright's agent in the negotiations for the first UK publication of Black Power.

A TragicomedyNew York: Poseidon Press. 1990. Flexing tragicomedy muscle First edition. 220x145mm. pp. 240. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth with cream boards front and back and cream lettering to spine. Original dust jacket. One bump to foot of dust jacket spine. Two creases to front flap. Internally excellent; overall in very good condition.  Set in the obsessive, extreme world of U.S. bodybuilding, Crew's characters play out the minor tragedies and dramas of everyday life in his characteristic Southern Gothic style.[ref.

London: Hutchinson. 1958. The formation of a writer First edition. 220x150mm. pp. [10],342,[4]. Publisher's original Burgandy cloth. Lettered in silver on spine. Slightly shelf worn at extremities and slightly rubbed at head of spine. Original illustrated dust jacket is in very good condition. A small chip at head of front cover towards spine and very minor rubbing at head of spine. Inscribed in blue pen by a previous owner on free end paper "From Val and Mary – with best wishes for a merry Christmas. Dec 1958". Internally fine.

[London] 4th Estate. n.d..Limited edition proof. 245 of 500. xviii, 411, [1bl]. Illustrated paper covers in excellent condition. Internally near fine. A superb proof copy of the second of Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy. Like its predecessor Wolf Hall, this novel won the Booker Prize.

London: The Studio. 1921.Description:Special Winter Number of The Studio for 1921. pp. viii, followed by 24 mounted colour plates unpaginated. Black cloth with title on upper cover in gilt in a double border. Cream dust jacket with title printed in black to upper cover and on spine. Some tears to the extremities of the dust jacket. The contents are in superb condition.

London: The Mitre Press. n.d. [1957/8]. "What has been done was done by fate". Thelemic poetry by Aleister Crowley's artist and disciple. First edition. 8vo 183x122mm. pp. 64. Original bright blue cloth lettered in gilt with original illustrated dust jacket. Some very minor marking and rubbing to the jacket and slight soiling to the spine. Internally there is some mild foxing in one or two places but overall a very good copy. Rare in commerce and with eight copies recorded institutionally. Frieda Harris was, in the words of her husband "an artist and a good one.