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New York: Harper and Row. 1972.First edition, hardcover. 310 by 310mm. 42 large colour plates taken in Paris. Inscribed to his friend John G. Morris: "16th August '73. For John, Good Luck with your day dreams! Dave". This book is the result of Duncan's experimentation with the use of prisms and other lens effects to achieve "a new camera idiom". The result is a striking set of images. The contents are very good although there are small tears and some discolouration to the dust-jacket. From the library of John G. Morris. This book was a major departure for Duncan.

New York: Ridge Press. 1965.First Edition. Presentation copy to John Morris, legendary photo-editor of Life Magazine and New York Times: "Nov. 1965. For John, with much love and admiration for what you are and who you are. The first person I knew in photography - to me you're still the greatest. Most sincerely, Ken." Small 4to. pp. 208. Numerous b/w illustrations. Slight discolouration at edges. Cream cloth boards, gilt lettering on upper cover, black lettering on spine. Dust-jacket almost complete but some tears, worn and discoloured at extremities.

London: Chatto & Windus. 1883.First edition. 8vo. (185x120mm). pp. xxv, 562, 32 [advertisements, March 1883]. First edition published in the UK a few days before the first US edition. With over 300 illustrations. Original publisher's red cloth with illustration stamped in black to upper cover and spine and with the title in gilt. Publishers' device stamped in black and red on the lower cover. Wear to the head and foot of the spine and to the corners. Attractive olive-green leaf pattern endpapers. Slight shelfwear to the edges. Contents clean and tight with only minor foxing or marking.

A Letter to the Right Hon. Llloyd, Lord Kenyon and an Account of a Female of the White Race of Mankind, part of whose Skin resembles that of a Negro; with some observations of the causes of the differences in colour and form between the White and Negro Races of Men. With a Memoir of his Life, Written by Himself.  London and Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Archibald Constable and Co.. 1818.First and only collected edition. 8vo (225x135mm). pp. [viii, versos blank], vii-lxxiv, [i] bl., 439, (1) imprint.

the Man in Miniature known as General Tom Thumb and his wife Lavinia Warren Stratton: including the history of their courtship and marriage; Com. Nutt & Miss Minnie Warren, with some account of remarkable dwarfs, giants, and other human phenomena, of ancient and modern times, and, also, Songs given at their public levees. London: Brickhill and Bateman. 1865. Slightly expanded English edition following the American edition of 1863. 179x118mm. pp. 50, [i]. Lacking the original wrappers so the title page is the cover page. Tear with loss (but not to text) to the top of the front page.

London: Printed for John Stockdale, Charles Dilly and William Creech. 1787.First edition of the English translation. 8vo (210x125mm). pp. xx, 298, [2] advertisements. Engraved frontispiece by Charles Shervin. Early manuscript inscription of ownership on second free endpaper. Full tree-calf, decorated with gilt edges, spine with gilt bands and burgundy morocco label with gilt lettering. Extremities slightly rubbed, but otherwise a fine crisp copy. Bonnet’s philosophical defence of Christianity was originally articulated in his “La palingénésie philosophique, ou idées sur l’état passé et sur l’état futur des êtres vivans” (1769) and “Recherches philosophique sur les preuves du christianisme” (1770).

The First Psycho-geographer? London: John Murray. 1851.First edition. In three volumes. 12mo (197x120mm). pp. xx, 360, 32pp ads; xi, 1bl, 366, 32pp. ads; xi, 1bl, 426. Engraved frontispiece in volume 1. Half titles in all three volumes and advertisements as called for. Original green/blue cloth with ribbed pattern to the borders of the upper and lower covers. White paper labels to the spines with the title and author printed in black. The label on volume two is torn at the head with some loss.

A Radical Book for Radical Times Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1866. First edition. Three volumes. 8vo (222x135mm). pp. 303; 290; 284 + 4pp. publisher's adverts. Original tan blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering on spines. Vol. 1. Spine darkened and frayed at head. Vol. 2. rubbed on joints, biro mark on upper cover. Vol. 3. Rubbed on joints and nicks at head of spine, neatly repaired. Overall, a good clean copy. Vol. 1. 'Dadie' Rylands annotations on front pastedown endpaper. Book-plate of Justin McCarthy. Stamp on title-page. A very good copy.

Munchen: Albrecht Kraus. 1987.First German Edition. 365 x 260mm. pp. 47. 20 photographs by Michael Montford. Dark brown cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Original dustjacket illustrated with a photograph of Bukowski. Signed on title page by both author and photographer.

Stockholm: Foto Expo. 1965.First edition. 12mo (199x147mm). pp. [32, [8] (unpaginated). 38 black and white photographs, text by Per Olaf Sundman, Peter Weiss and Tor-Ivan Odulf, design by Erik Pettersson. Original black and white photo-illustrated covers. Protected by transparent plastic wrapper. The whole is in fine condition. Strömholm was initially associated with Subjective Photography and Otto Steinert’s Fotoforum group who saw photography not as reportage but as a reflection of the photographer’s personal view of the world, though he left when he felt that their aspirations were too formalist.

London: Sands & Co.. [1893]. First edition? 8vo. pp. iv, 92. Folding illustrated alphabet and further illustrations in the text, decorative initials. Verse written by Lady Strachey, 1840-1928, the wife of Richard Strachey and the mother of Lytton. Original light blue pictorial cloth.

Film poster for Maury Dexter's 1968 film "Mary Jane" which sets out to expose the "shocking facts behind the marijuana controversy". Two moody boys look into each other's eyes while one rests his hand on the other's shoulder. A girl in round dark glasses dances in that "groovy" late sixties style. Perhaps her name is Mary Jane.

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.

Paris: Gabriel Aubert. 1830-1835.Lithograph with hand colouring (255x190mm) by Eugene Forest. The image, from the satirical journal "La Caricature" shows a young woman with a roast bird on a plate about to open a door. A poor man is holding out his hand asking for food. She is clearly saying "On ne peut pas vous donner". The door opens to reveal a red-faced, rotund old woman sitting half asleep at a table with an open bottle of wine next to her.

Paris: Gabriel Aubert. 1830-1835.Lithograph with hand colouring (255x190mm) by A. Menut. The image, from the satirical journal "La Caricature" shows a young woman at her dressing table looking towards the window with a closed curtain across it. The curtain opens to reveal a young man climbing in through the window. A rather naughty looking cat gives us, the viewer, a knowing look. 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". Mounted on white card but unframed.

Paris: Hautecoeur Martinet. 1830-1835.Lithograph with hand colouring (255x190mm) by an unknown artist. Printed by Delaunois. The image, which might be from the satirical journal "La Caricature" although this is not clear, shows a young woman with two babies standing outside a priests' house. A priest has come to answer the door and she is asking him for charity. He is saying that since the revolution priest are like her (i.e. short of money). The doors open to reveal five priests drinking and cavorting.

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.

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".

A set of four charming watercolours (each 113x195mm) taken from Rowlandson's Dr Syntax series. "Dr Syntax losing his way". "Dr Syntax copying the wit of the Window". "Rural Sports". "Dr Syntax disputing his bill with the landlady".

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.

Leipzig: Parthenon Verlag -31. 1929.4to, 12 issues bound in 2 volumes. 225, 256pp, illustrated throughout text and with separate colour plates. Fine in blue quarter morocco with 4 raised bands with gilt rules and gilt titles to spine, speckled boards and endpapers with only the lightest of shelfwear. 'Der Flagellantismus Als Literarisches Motiv' was published between 1929 and 1932 by pioneering German sexologist Ernst Schertel by his own Parthenon Verlag publishing company.

Paris: Rene Juillard. 1956.First edition, first printing. 8vo. 190x120mm. pp.154 [6]. Original pictorial wrappers, printed in yellow, red and black. Slightly cocked, with a bump on the front flap near spine. Spine lightly creased with minor soiling.

London: Elkin Mathews at the sign of the Bodley Head. 1891.Limited edition, number six of twenty-five copies printed for sale in England on Japanese Vellum. Signed by Walter Crane. 8vo. 240x180mm. pp. xiii, 162, [5]. Loose gatherings, unbound in a slipcase of blue card with parchment spine gilt stamped with title, author and date. Thirty-nine illustrations by Crane engraved by Arthur Leverett, Emery Walker and W. Boutall. The gatherings are in fine condition. The slip case shows some markings and tears and has been repaired in places. Overall, this is a very good example of a scarce edition.

A Translation in Prose and Verse from the Old French together with Amabel and Amoris London Chatto and Windus. 1925.Chatto & Windus, London, 1925. New edition of the 13th Century tale of Aucassin and Nicolette, forbidden to marry but, overcoming various hazards, eventually do so. Octavo. 106 pages. Limited edition: Number 41 of 160 printed on Batchelor's hand-made paper signed by the author and the artist. With frontispiece, drawings, initials and decorations by Paul Woodroffe engraved on the wood by Clemence Housman. Blue/grey boards, with linen spine and paper label. Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press.