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New York: Alfred A Knopf. 1986.First Edition of Leithauser's second collection of poems. Red cloth with dustjacket (slight tear to spine panel) decorated with motifs of tigers.

[London] Privately published by Reza Aramesh and Tina Spear. [2003].The first issue of Centrefold Scrapbook. Limited edition, 37 of 60. 365x275mm. Unpaginated, [pp.32]. Centrefold is a limited edition publication in scrapbook format. This first issue is a standard child's scrapbook with bright yellow card wrappers and coloured pages stapled at the spine. The front cover has the title stencilled in black. Below it is a five pointed star cut out from a pizza takeaway leaflet.

Paris: Gabriel Aubert. 1830-1835.Lithograph with hand colouring (255x190mm) by Eugene Forest. The image, from the satirical journal "La Caricature" shows a a closed door the upper half of which is glazed and behind which sits a sleeping man. The sign above the door reads "Parle z'o consierje SVP". The window opens to reveal the said concierge as a rude and angry and ill-tempered individual meeting any request with "Qui demandez vous?" Good to see the French hotels have changed little over the years.

A pencil drawing of a circus horse with a rider and the ringmaster standing next to it holding the rein. The drawing measures 275x192mm, mounted on white card and framed in black wood (406x327mm). One of two small spots of foxing but otherwise in immaculate condition. Laura Knight was fascinated by the circus and produced many drawings on the subject.

Aberdeen: J&J.P.Edmond & Spark. 1884.Limited edition. 44 of 101 copies. 4to. 185x140mm. pp. xvi, 18, [2]. Red quarter morocco, marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing and wear to the extremities and to spine. Internally near fine. Overall a very good copy. The preface offers a helpful history and explanation of this curious work. Printed by Wynkyn de Worde in the early part of Henry VIII's reign, it is a satirical poem of 1414 lines "in which various classes of society, chiefly of the lower order, are passed under review in rapid succession".

Rome: Typis Hæredum Corbelletti. 1650.First edition. 4to. 237x180mm. ff. [40]. Engraved title page and nineteen engraved portraits. Contemporary limp vellum, small hole to bottom edge of upper cover and a very small hole to foot of spine and some slight soiling but otherwise in very good condition. Front pastedown has the bookplate of Sloley Hall in Norfolk. Internally, there is some staining, quite heavy in places but overall a very attractive copy of a rare book: a nice example of an attractively printed Italian seventeenth century book with particularly good and striking illustrations.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1959. A Chilling Account First edition in English. 225x145mm. pp.[16], 252,[2]. Publisher's original black cloth. Lettered in silver on the spine. Slightly bumped at head of spine but otherwise near fine. Original illustrated dust jacket is near fine with just some very small creasing at head of spine. Internally fine. This chilling first-hand account chronicles the bureaucracy and day-to-day operations of the largest Nazi concentration camp. Written by Hoess whilst awaiting execution, the book offers a disturbing report into the logistics of mass murder. [ref.

Transformations progressives du 1er au XIXe Siecle sept cents reproductions documentaires Appliques, Bougeoirs, Candélabres, Chandeliers, Couronnes de Lumière, Lampadaires, Lampes, Lanternes, Lustres, Torchères, Trépieds, etc. Les Publications concernant les Styles ont été honorées par les Souscriptions du Ministère de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Art. Paris: Librairie G. Baranger Fils. n.d. [c.1910].First edition. Folio. 323x250mm. pp. 83 leaves of thick cream paper.

Napoli: Dalla Tipografia Trani. 1860.Volume II, part I. 8vo. 200x125mm. pp. [8], xxiv, 3-328, [6]. This volume contains the story and teachings of Jesus Christ set out in a collection of short readings. Beautifully bound in red full morocco with, on both covers, in gilt, the coat of arms of Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies. The arms are framed by a rococo gilt border. Spine decorated with an attractive rococo design and lettered in gilt. Some slight rubbing and a few marks to the spine but otherwise in very good condition. Internally excellent but with some foxing.

Lausanne & Geneva Marci-Michaelis Bousquet. 1742.Two volumes. First edition. 8vo. 167x100mm. pp. xxx, 466; [2], 1-432, 443-499, [2, 1bl]. Title page of volume one printed in black and red. Collates complete despite the pagination. 44 folding plates with an extensive array of diagrams. Eighteenth century calf with double fillet borders to the covers. Spine with five raised bands, compartments lavishly decorated in gilt, morocco labels lettered in gilt. All edges red. Some slight rubbing and fading to spines.

Paris: Gabriel Aubert. 1830-1835.Lithograph with hand colouring (255x190mm). Artist unknown. The image, from the satirical journal "La Caricature" shows a young woman and an old woman (possibly a nun) both kneeling outside a confession box. The door of the box opens to reveal a priest eagerly listening to the sins of the young woman which are, one presumes, somewhat juicier than those of the devout vieille dame at her prie dieu. These prints containing a door or window which opens to reveal a visual joke not anticipated by the principal image are a feature of "La Caricature".

Film poster for Albert Zugsmith's 1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater, starring Vincent Price. 340x280mm. Mounted on white card but unframed. Excellent condition. Shows Price with an opium pipe out of which Linda Ho appears screaming in a stream of smoke.

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. 1927.First edition. 8vo. 187x125mm. pp. [viii], 320. Original black cloth, lettered and decorated in silver. With the rare illustrated dustjacket. Some staining and marking to the cloth. The dustjacket is chipped at the top edge and to head and foot of spine and there are a small tears at the folds with the flaps which have been repaired. But this is an extremely uncommon (and very striking) dustjacket. Internally very good but with a split to the hinge with the lower cover and with some toning to the edges.

London: Haskins Press. 1975.Limited edition. 350x270mm. Unpaginated [pp156]. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A seminal book in the history of photography, fashion, design, soft-focus erotica and social history.

London: The Studio. 1935. Studio Special Winter number for 1935. (285 by 200mm)  pp. 120. 4 pages of advertisements for craft and children's art books. Bound in pale green cloth with title and author stamped in black on upper cover and spine. Blue dust jacket made from high quality thick grained paper. Decorated with heavy line drawing of a toy horse on front and the title and author printed in black on front and spine. A tear to the top of the jacket with some small loss. Protected by plastic cover.

New York: Harry N. Abrams. 1970. Inside the mind of the great surrealist First edition. 200x145mm. pp. [14],156,[6]. Publisher's original beige cloth. Title and publisher lettered in black on spine. Title in a border lettered in black at top right of the front board. Very good condition save for a slight stain along the foot of boards and spine. Original illustrated dust jacket is in excellent condition save for very slight chipping to edge of front cover and slight bumping at the corners of head. Reverse of dust jacket shows patches of foxing. Internally very good.

London: Rider & Co.. [1940]."one of the great novels of supernatural horror"First edition. 182x115mm. pp. 288. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Original illustrated mauve dustjacket. Rubbing and slight chipping to edges of the jacket, marking and slight soiling to spine and lower cover of jacket. Internally very good but the text block is a little cocked and there is some spotting in places and slight soiling to the edges. Overall a very good copy of what is widely regarded as one of the great novels of supernatural horror and an important successor to the work of H.P.

Leipzig and Berlin: Verlag und Druck von B.G. Teubner. 1922.Fourth trade edition. pp. [4], 159, [1 adverts]. Green paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Lettered in black to upper cover and spine. Protected with mylar wrapper. Corners a little bumped and worn, hinges slightly loose with the front free endpaper semi-detached but otherwise in very good condition throughout.

Libri quinq; in varios tractatus distincti, ad diversorum et vetustissimorum codicum collationem, ingenti cura, nunc primu typis vulgati: quorum quid cuiq; infit, proxima pagina demonstabit.  London: Richard Tottell. (apud Richardum Tottellum).. 1569.First edition. 4to. 290x195mm. [16], 172, 175-444 leaves. (leaf 439, misnumbered 437). Pagination is as called for by ESTC, collates complete. Imprimatur at foot of title page, "Cum privilegio". Early 17th century full legal calf, blind ruled to covers. Raised bands to spine, author's name in manuscript on second compartment. Foot of the spine has some worm holes and wear with loss. Some rubbing and scuffing to covers.

Coloniæ Agrippinæ [Cologne] Apud Ioducum Kalcovium [Jost Kalkhoven]. 1645.First edition. 8vo. 188x122mm. pp. [8], 239 [1bl]. Attractively bound in eighteenth century mottled calf, spine with five raised bands, compartments decorated with a floral motif, second compartment with red morocco label lettered in gilt. Edges of boards, tooled in gilt, all edges red. Internally there is some browning and foxing but otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Front pastedown has the bookplate of the Macclesfield Library. Allatius (1586-1669) was a Greek scientist, theologian and keeper of the Vatican Library.

Rochester, NY Aperture, inc. 1960.First and only edition. Special issue 8.3 of Aperture. 234x202mm. pp. 40 (numbered from 127-166). Illustrated wrappers, bound with two staples. Spine torn but holding, some markings and soiling but overall a nice copy of a rare photo essay recording the last days of Berryessa Valley before the construction of the Montecello Dam and the flooding of the valley to create a twenty mile long reservoir. A entire, pastoral way of living was destroyed to provide a much needed irrigation system for agricultural land in the Sacramento Valley.

London: Printed for C&J Rivington/ John Murray. 1826-1828.First edition. Volume I published by C&J Rivington, the other two volumes by John Murray. 8vo. 212x130mm. pp. Vol. I: xvii, [3], 498 (lacking half-title); Vol. II: [vi], 534, errata leaf; Vol. III: [x], [2], 541. Half calf, marbled paper covered boards. Maroon morocco label to spine, lettered in gilt. Some slight rubbing to edges and to small areas one the spines (particularly to the foot of volume II) but overall in very good condition. Internally fine. A very nice set.

London: H.M.Schneider, Deluxe Publications Ltd.. 1977-1978.The first two and, indeed, the only issues of this extraordinary fashion magazine that mixed ultra-glossy high fashion with punky street fashion, art and literature. The first issue featured a painting by Peter Blake and the second a painting by Allen Jones. There can be few magazines that put together Vivienne Westwood and John Betjeman.

Bourg: P-F. Bottier, Imprimeur du Roi. n.d. [1819].First and only edition. 8vo. 202x130mm. pp. [ii], 69, [1bl]. Errata pasted to blank verso of title page. Some light foxing. Remains of the original blue paper wrappers now perished. Rare, Worldcat locating three copies (BNF, Lyon and Berlin). An account of a carved medieval elephant, in the sense of "a horn or trumpet of ivory", discovered by villagers in Ain (in the Rhône-Alpes between Lyons and Geneva) in about 1400.