Literature

Tokyo: Sinchosha Company. 1998.First edition. 8vo. [658pp] Card covers in white decorated with red circle (i.e. the Japanese flag. Lettered in white (on red) to spine. Illustrated paper wrapper and publisher's band (obi). All in excellent condition with only the very slightest shelfwear. Illustrated throughout with almost no text apart from chapter headings in Japanese and English. Kurata's work is in the tradition of the photo-documentary. He captures, in both colour and black and white, everyday life in Japan from the mainstream to the counter-cultural.

London: Printed for the Author, and are to be sold by Walter Davis in Amen Corner. 1682.First edition. 8vo (175x114mm). pp. 128 (including initial blank A1). Contemporary black morocco, covers panelled in gilt, spine richly gilt in compartments, marbled pastedowns, all edges gilt. The Heber (?) - Britwell - Hayward - Bradley Martin - Edwards copy, with modern bookplates of H. Bradley Martin and J.O. Edwards. Lightly rubbed with some wear to corners, a little marginal browning, still a fine copy.

Santa Rosa, California Black Sparrow Press. 1994.Limited edition, one of 750 paperback copies published for friends of Black Sparrow Press. 210x146mm. pp. 40. Original decorative wrappers, stapled. Very slight marking to lower cover but otherwise a near fine copy. Lawrence produced this work for the Daily Chronicle while waiting for Lady Chatterley's Lover to start selling. At a time when a bill giving women the vote was passing through Parliament, the British newspapers were very keen on this type of material. It was discovered by Roy Spencer in the files of the Daily Chronicle.

London: Crosby Lockwood & Son. 1924.First edition, 4to. xi, 32pp text, 140 plates & plans, 6 fold-out plans, with a 52pp appendix. Chocolate brown and cafe-au-lait cloth in the original near fine dust-wrapper. Some light creasing to rear. In mylar wraps. Cracking to joints just before the appendix. A crucial work for anyone interested in the development of suburbia or metro-land. The book gives full details of the types of houses then springing up around all of England's major cites in the post-WWI effort to create 'homes fit for heroes'.

[Prague] Galerie Dila Usti nad Labem. 1972.First edition. Exhibition catalogue for a show of sculptures by Stanislav Hanzik in Prague in 1972. 230x165mm. pp. 28. 14 pp of text and 16 (unpaginated) pp of photographs and 1 page of list of sculptures at the exhibition, final page blank. Text in Czech. Original brown card wrappers with Hanzik's signature printed in red on upper cover, all in excellent condition. Sudek began life as a bookbinder but after losing an arm in WWI, became a photographer and was the great 20th century chronicler of Prague.

Dusseldorf: Selbstverlag (self-published). 1917.226 x 150 mm. pp. [viii], 124. Illustrated with 130 (in fact 131) images mostly showing tatting patterns. Text in German. Original grey/brown paper over boards, spine in brown leather. Upper cover lettered in black and white with tatting illustration attached. Some slight scuffing to lower cover and bumping to foot of spine but overall a very good copy, internally near fine. Tatting seems to involve knotting together pieces of thread to make allegedly eye-like patterns which, together produce moderately pretty but completely useless items of decoration.

[London] Printed for Walter Runciman at the Temple Sheen Press. 1922.First, limited edition, one of 150 copies. 4to. pp43. Original beige cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine. Partially unopened. Slight rubbing to bottom corners and bumping to head and foot of spine but otherwise a very good binding. Contents in excellent, near fine condition. Thomas Runicman was a pupil of the artist William Bell Scott who was on the fringe of the pre-Raphaelite circle. His poems were written for his own pleasure and only appeared posthumously. With an introductory note by Walter Runicman.

Paris: Éditions arts et métiers graphiques. 1933.Twenty loose leaves (title page and nineteen black and white photographs) in a cream coloured board folder, spine in cream linen with a black and white photograph of a woman on the upper cover. Housed in a blue purpose made box lettered in gilt on the spine. There is some rubbing and wear to the folder itself and to the photograph on the cover.

London: Printed for J Jenkins by L Harrison. n.d. [1827?]First edition. 387x290mm. viii, [2bl]. Unpaginated, signatures erratic as usual. Dedication to the Earl of St Vincent. Fifty-five hand coloured aquatint plates and one uncoloured plate containing two etchings showing battle plans for the Bombardment of Algiers an the Battle of Trafalgar. The original paintings were done by Thomas Whitcombe (c1760-1824) who was one of the finest marine painters of the time. The hand-coloured plates were done by Sutherland, Bailey and Jeakes and are of the highest quality and are in superb condition in this copy.

Cape Town: The Gallery Press. 1982.First edition. Signed by David Goldblatt. Oblong quarto. 285x292mm. Unpaginated. Seventy-one black and white photographs. Two page introduction by Goldblatt at the beginning of the book and at the end is the four page Declaration of Group Areas at Boksburg designating certain areas in the Boksburg district to be reserved "for occupation and ownership by members of the White group". Original black cloth boards lettered in white. Black dustjacket letter in white, protected by a transparent plastic wrapper.

Marburg: Marburger Tapetenfabrik J.B. Schaefer & Co, 1972. 1972.Roll of wallpaper comprising 14½ identical, repeated coloured screenprint on silver metallic paper, with full margins. Approx. 8220 x 535 mm (323 ½ x 21 in). This image (also known as Right Hand Woman) was designed by Jones in 1970. It was made as a roll of wallpaper in 1972 by one of the oldest wallpaper factories in Germany in the series X Art Wall Collection. Other artists participating in this extraordinary project included Jean Tinguely, Otmar Alt and Eric Stanton.

Chicago: St Luke Society. 1902.First edition. 12mo (185x120mm). pp. 75. Two facsimile letters and five photographs. Original green boards, sympathetically rebacked, upper board printed in gold, lettering fading. Corners worn but overall a very good copy. The earliest known full length confession by a female addict. Annie Meyers, describes her descent from “well balanced Christian woman” to “a haggard and wretched physical and mental wreck”. Her problems began with Birney’s Catarrh Remedy and the book traces her numerous arrests, her progressive physical decline illustrated by photographs and her eventual recovery.

Par Le Marquis de Sade. Édition critique, établie sur le manuscript autographe par Maurice Heine Paris: Par S&C., aux dépens des bibliophiles souscripteurs.. 1931-35.PORNOLOGYThe first critical edition. Number 197 of 300 copies (numbered from 61-360) on vélin de Rives paper. Three volumes in the original grey wrappers. Title printed in black and red to upper covers and spines. 275x210mm. pp. Tome Premier, xvi, 218; Tome Second, [iv], 219-402; Tome Troisième, [iv], 403-498, [1]. Frontispiece in volume one is a photograph of the original manuscript scroll with de Sade's minuscule writing. Introduction by Maurice Heine.

An archive of material relating to the Stuckists, including originals of the various manifestos, a signed copy of Remodernism, advertisements and invitations to various Stuckist exhibitions and events, including leaflets and programmes for events organised by the Maidstone Poets, some of whom founded the Stuckists. A fascinating collection which traces the history and ideas of this radical, provocative and counter-cultural "anti-movement". The Stuckists were founded by Charles Thomson and Billy Childish on 4th August 1999 with the publication of the Stuckist Manifesto in which they declared themselves to be “Against conceptualism, hedonism and the cult of the ego-artist”.

Mallorca: En la Oficina de la Viuda Frau. 1753.First vernacular edition. 4to. 195x140mm. pp.[viii], [2] plates, 252. Folding table of contents and folding woodcut illustration preceding A1, woodcut vignettes to text. Title-page trimmed and extended at lower margin (probably to erase inscription), a couple of pages lightly browned. Contemporary Spanish limp vellum, title in ink to spine, lacking ties. Some internal cracking at the hinges and the usual warping. An excellent copy of a very rare book. First vernacular edition.

New York: Visionaire. 1997.Limited edition of 3000. Dark blue vinyl case with a pack of large playing cards inside. All inside a white card box. The images on the cards were each designed by individual art directors including Fabien Baron, Mario Testino (who photographed John Galliano as the King of Diamond while Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin photographed Iman as the Queen. The 3,000 issues of Visionaire 21 were packaged in individual jewellery boxes, each with its own lock and key, and offered a real diamond for one lucky subscriber. Sadly no diamond with this one.

London: H.F. & G. Witherby. [1953].First edition. Two volumes. Signed by the author to the half title of volume II. Demy 4to. (285x220mm). pp.xvi, 510; vii, 314, [2]. Volume I in navy buckram, volume II in navy cloth lettered in gilt to the spine. Cream dust jacket lettered and decorated in black and red, price clipped. Plastic protective wrapper. Binding and jackets are in very good condition with only the slightest shelfwear. Internally both volumes are in excellent condition.

London and Roma: Anthony d'Offay and Gianenzo Sperone. 1981.Limited edition of 500. Inscribed by Clemente: "For Monty". 335x265mm. Illustrated paper over gatefold boards with 4 colour and 4 monochrome reproductions of Clemente's work. Red cloth spine. Printed in India on hand-made paper. Unpaginated, with 6 handpainted illustrations, and 8 tipped in colour plates. Includes loose typed insert at front from the publisher First Edition. A little rubbing to the edges and slight marking to the covers. The contents are in excellent condition.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. 1973.First edition. 235x286mm. pp. [iv], 124. 110 black and white photographs by Richards with accompanying text for some of the images. Photographic illustrated paper boards. Some bumping to the corners and head and foot of spine but otherwise in very good condition and the contents are excellent. Lacking dustjacket. This is Eugene Richards's first book. It was born out of his work with VISTA, (Volunteers in Service to America) which he joined in 1968.

Paris: Charles Moreau. [1925].First edition. [4], 48 black and white photographic plates of shop fronts and interiors. 323x250mm. The plates are loose and housed in a portfolio (337x255mm), backed with brown linen, boards covered with dark brown paper lettered and illustrated with a minimalist, modernist design. Ribbon ties. Lacks plate one but otherwise complete. The contents are in excellent condition, near fine. The front board has some wear and there is a tear to the linen spine. A superb collection of modernist shop designs some of which are by Herbst himself. Introductory essay by Herbst.

Paris: n.p.. From 1897/1898.First edition of Storck's dictionary of carpentry, woodworking and cabinet-making. Issued in nineteen instalments (fascicules). 310x230mm. pp. 972. The pages are unopened and are loose in fifteen green paper wrappers on the front of which is the title page information and on the back, advertisements for other work by J. Justin Storck. Housed in the original folder of green quarter linen and green paper-covered boards. The front board has the title page information printed in black on pale green paper and pasted on.

Part one. L’AntiquitéPart two. Le Moyen-ÂgePart three. Temps Moderne Leipzig: K.F.Koehlers Antiquarium. n.d. [1915].First edition. Three volumes each consisting of a suite of sixty coloured plates, showing examples of polychrome decoration, design and ornament from three broad historical periods, tipped-in on grey card with descriptive captions. These are housed, loose, in their original portfolio folders of grey paper covered boards with beige cloth hinges. The title is printed in grey and yellow on the upper covers with a Greek helmet device in the centre. Title printed in black on the spine.

Lynn: Printed and sold by W. Whittingham; R. Baldwin; H. Gardner; W. Lane.. MDDCLXXVI [1776].First edition. 8vo (222x125mm). pp. 4, 412. Folding frontispiece engraving of The View of Great Yarmouth. Red, straight-grained full morocco, spine with five raised bands, compartments elaborately decorated in gilt. Gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers. Some very modest rubbing to extremities and bumping to corners but a lovely near contemporary binding in excellent condition. Some browning internally but a nice clean, crisp copy. Dark blue silk ribbon bookmark.

Or, An Introduction to Useful Knowledge, being a compilation of real Experiments and Improvement, in several pleasing Branches of Science on the following subjects, viz...The Second Edition with very considerable additions.  London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Murray. n.d. [c.1790].Second edition, two parts in one volume. 8vo in 4s. (215x127mm). pp. xv, [i], 319 [1bl], [2]; [viii], 112, 133-176, [1]. With twenty four folding engraved plates, errata leaf at the end of each part. The second part has a separate half-title.