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Silver gelatin photograph of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VC, inscribed to a fellow second world war veteran: 'To Philip Foster with best wishes Leonard Cheshire'. One of the best known wartime im...
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![A E Housman A Sketch [Arthur Gow's copy]](/img/products/aehousmanasketc149249868-thumb.jpg) |
Andrew Gow's own - temporary - copy of his memoir of his friend A E Housman, presented by Cambridge University Press to the author, transferred to the Housman collection of John Carter who ultimately ...
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![A Human Document [inscribed to Ted Hughes]](/img/products/ahumandocumenti292430502-thumb.jpg) |
No 7 OF 500 copies inscribed on the limitation page by the work's illustrator Leonard Baskin to his friend Ted Hughes: 'TED with love from Lisa & Leonard.' A signed engraving by Baskin laid in. Ba...
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Privately printed account of a trip to the USA and Canada by the editor, later owner, of the Harrogate Herald in north Yorkshire. Publisher's brown cloth with title in gilt to the upper cover, stainin...
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![Africa Verses [with manucript poem]](/img/products/ablackchristbow364135596-thumb.jpg) |
pp 99 A jacketed first of Cripps' final volume of verse with a manuscript draft of his poem in praise of his friend, Frank Weston, Bishop of Zanzibar. The book is near fine in a very good jacket which...
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![An Inhabitant of The Rock [and papers]](/img/products/aninhabitantoft50494923-thumb.jpg) |
pp 124. Judaeo-Christian conversion narrative of an 1830s Austrian immigrant to Britain with his naturalisation papers signed by Prime Minister Palmerston and John Romilly as Master of the Rolls. Jose...
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![Animal Poems [decorated by Frieda Hughes]](/img/products/animalpoemsdeco291452100-thumb.jpg) |
(iv) pp 18 [2] Uniquely embellished copy of her father Ted Hughes' poems decorated by the artist daughter of Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Frieda Hughes has created a fantastic fish-like creature along the...
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pp 170 Baskin's own selection of his work, affectionately inscribed to his German agent and dealer: 'For Holger: This book 10 years old - a new book coming at the threshold of our Conquering Deutschla...
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![Concerto for Orchestra [Davis' annotated score]](/img/products/concertofororch222210866-thumb.jpg) |
Colin Davis' conductor's score of Darnton's Concerto for Orchestra which he premiered in 1976, annotated throughout. Note to upper cover ‘Property of Christian Darnton’ and annotated elaborately b...
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![Dickens to his Oldest Friend [presentation copy]](/img/products/dickenstohisold272274830-thumb.jpg) |
1/500 copies, inscribed and presented to Henry Fielding Dickens by Walter Dexter with a spiky letter laid in. Inscribed to the half title: 'Sir Henry Fielding Dickens with kindest regard, Walter Dexte...
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pp 247 [2] The self-published first edition of Derek Hulme's Shostakovich catalogue with an interesting two page autograph letter from the author laid in. The letter which is dated 1991 goes into some...
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viii, pp 1-226 Pember's poems, number 164 of limited edition of 200 copies. The book is bound in quarter polished calf over green cloth with a little rubbing to the spine, top edge gilt, other edges u...
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pp240. 1953 Everest mountaineer George Band's own copy of an illustrated anthology with contributions from Everest pioneers including George Mallory, Tenzing Norgay, Peter Boardman and Chris Bonington...
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![In the Twilight Slot [limited edition]](/img/products/inthetwilightsl619595385-thumb.jpg) |
Number 30 of 75 copies of this limited edition signed by the author, accompanied by a signed and numbered photograph of the author by Arthur Tress - from the collection of Ted and Frieda Hughes. The p...
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![Jeunesse [inscribed]](/img/products/jeunesseinscrib4186081-thumb.jpg) |
Jeunesse [inscribed] £150
Number 132 of 1500 copies, inscribed on the half title 'au Professeur [Gustave] Rudler en bien cordial souvenir Andre Gide.' A near fine copy in publisher's printed wrappers with Henri Matisse's desig...
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pp 16 Signed programme by the Swedish tenor next to his somewhat corpulent portrait. The concert took place on May 27th 1956 at the Royal Albert Hall where Bjorling, famed for his lyric expressivity, ...
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![Lady Susan [R W Chapman Presentation Copy]](/img/products/ladysusanpresen92107554-thumb.jpg) |
1/250 copies presented by the editor R W Chapman to Lord Crewe with a letter tipped in on Clarendon Press Paper. Writing in 1933 Chapman addresses 'My dear Lord Crewe' suggesting that 'you might care ...
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![Letters Addressed to a Young Gentleman [annotated]](/img/products/lettersaddresse4987201-thumb.jpg) |
xii, pp 423 [3] [musical notation] Annotated and corrected presentation copy of the first (only) of two volumes of letters by the Suffolk cleric, Charles Davy, sometime student of Edward Stillingfleet...
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![Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney [inscribed]](/img/products/memoirsofjoseph442068146-thumb.jpg) |
Two volume biography of the prominent Norfolk Quaker and banker, brother of Elizabeth Fry, and evangelical minister whose views led to a schism among American Quakers. Bound in publisher's embossed gr...
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![Mixed Moments [signed]](/img/products/mixedmomentssig189949650-thumb.jpg) |
Signed presentation copy from the co-publishers Olympus. David Bailey has inscribed the book in pencil to the first leaf; an Olympus Optical Co. 'With Compliments' slip is laid in, numbered in ink '28...
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![My Autobiography [inscribed to the Prime Minister]](/img/products/myautobiography237739450-thumb.jpg) |
Inscribed to the Prime Minister who granted Charlie Chaplin his knighthood in 1975: in a shaky hand Chaplin has inscribed the dedication page 'To Harold and Mary:- [drawing of the little tramp] Charli...
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![My Wicked, Wicked Ways [with signed note]](/img/products/mywickedwickedw21102576-thumb.jpg) |
First American edition of Errol Flynn's autobiography, with laid in signature by the author. The postcard sized leaf of a Bridge score pad which is signed on the verso in pencil with a flourish, 'Erro...
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![O Providence [inscribed by the author]](/img/products/oprovidenceinsc151145280-thumb.jpg) |
pp 394 First Hogarth Press edition inscribed by the author using his full name in the month of first publication: 'Arnold Ovenden with John Hampson Simpson's good wishes. 11-2-32.' Bound in very good ...
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![Peninsula of Death [presentation copy]](/img/products/peninsulaofdeat524782095-thumb.jpg) |
viii, pp 248. First world war Gallipoli memoir inscribed by its author - or perhaps its ghost writer - as the title pages describes the work 'As Told to W J Blackledge by Digger Craven.' Blackledge ha...
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pp 260 [3 lithographic plates] Lieutenant George H Inskip of HMS Virago's copy with signatures of several descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Fletcher Christian and Mathew Quintal and 150 textual ann...
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![Poor Caroline [inscribed by author]](/img/products/poorcarolineins231125004-thumb.jpg) |
Signed third impression of Holtby's satire on philanthropy and religion. Mustard coloured cloth, very clean, inscribed by the author for a Bradford librarian 'With good wishes - Winifred Holtby.' Ther...
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From the library of Vivien Greene and inscribed to her by her estranged husband Graham Greene in 1948, the year the couple separated. Using pencil to record his sentiments on the first blank the novel...
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Signed by the subject of this biography of the entertainer Jimmy "Schnozzola" Durante: 'For Jock Elliott a pleasure Jimmy Durante'. Very good in lightly marked burgundy cloth with gilt spine...
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Very limited edition - Number X (10) of XX (20) copies - of the catalogue of Leonard Baskin's First London Exhibition in 1981, tall oblong format, gilt name to upper cover (slightly flecked) in bright...
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![Season Songs [inscribed to Leonard Baskin]](/img/products/seasonsongsinsc291353887-thumb.jpg) |
Season Songs by Ted Hughes with Pictures by Leonard Baskin, inscribed by the author to the illustrator on the front free end paper "Happy New Year to Leonard [Baskin] from Ted 7th January 1977&qu...
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![Secret Session Speeches [signed]](/img/products/secretsessionsp187090044-thumb.jpg) |
Presentation copy signed by Churchill on the first free end-paper for 'Dr Max. Hausdorff' of Lugano in Switzerland. Churchill has signed the book in blue ink opposite a note on House of Commons notepa...
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(8.8x13.7cm) Signed portrait post-card of the founder of the Labour Party, presented sixty years later to the Labour Leader and Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. This card was issued as part of 'The Knig...
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Inscribed 'To Dorothy with love E[ric] G[ill]' to the artist Dorothy Bishop Mahoney who attended Edward Johnston's calligraphy class at Ditchling. Eric Gill has inscribed the first free endpaper in hi...
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No 521/ 1000 copies in bevel-edged green cloth, a very good copy of this volume numbered and signed by John Collier with a full-page engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton....
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[Frontispiece Portrait] [4] pp pp 158 [2]The second edition of a collection of Thomas Dibdin's poetry with a verse squib in his hand tipped in. The half sheet of paper has been tipped onto the first ...
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![The Leeds Police 1836-1974 [with ephemera]](/img/products/theleedspolice1723483159-thumb.jpg) |
A history of Leeds police force with extensive ephemera from a Leeds police officer who is described on the half title as 'John Booth, No 457, joined Leeds City Police as a Constable on Feb 5th, 1928,...
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![The Meaning of Life [signed by Freddie Ayer]](/img/products/themeaningoflif363156000-thumb.jpg) |
pp 33 [1] Inscribed to Anthony Quinton, Freddie Ayer's 1988 lecture: 'To Tony from Freddie'. In his autobiography, Ayer records that Quinton supported him in his election to the Wykeham Professorship,...
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![The Ministry of Art [dedication copy]](/img/products/theministryofar28710216-thumb.jpg) |
pp 246 The dedication copy, inscribed by the author to the printed dedicatee, Adeline Marie Russell on the dedication page: 'with the profound regards of the author R A Cram. 1914'. Bound in quarter c...
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![The Mystery [Rosamond Lehmann's copy]](/img/products/themysteryrosam185922600-thumb.jpg) |
pp 20. Rosamond Lehmann's copy of Hodgson's poems, inscribed and dated while studying at Girton College, Cambridge. Lehmann has written her full name on the upper cover: 'Rosamond Nina Lehmann 1920', ...
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![The Polar World [gift of Edward C Austen-Leigh]](/img/products/thepolarworldgi642921430-thumb.jpg) |
pp 548, Hartwig's Polar World, inscribed by Jane Austen's great nephew to a future lawyer and MP: 'John James Withers from Edw C Austen Leigh (Honoris causa) Eton. Election. 1880'. The book has been b...
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![The Sale of St Thomas [inscribed with letter]](/img/products/thesaleofstthom445574048-thumb.jpg) |
pp 124 First edition inscribed to the writer and journalist John Brophy on the first blank: 'John Brophy from Lascelles Abercrombie 1932'. Accompanying the book is a letter from Abercrombie thanking B...
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![The Unwanted [with Foyle's Luncheon Programme]](/img/products/theunwantedwith425973535-thumb.jpg) |
pp 390 A signed copy of Barnard's novel, inscribed on the title page: '19/3/76 To Patricia Christiaan Barnard' no doubt at the Foyle's Literary Lunch on the same day whose programme is laid in, showin...
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pp 152 [2] Four letters from H Bisseker, third headmaster of the Leys School in Cambridge, laid into a copy of his sermons, likely written to a former pupil. The book is a good copy with the ownershi...
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![Therese [Inscribed book with postcard]](/img/products/thereseinscribe26693697-thumb.jpg) |
Inscribed biography of St Therese with a postcard from its author who is regarded by many as 'a Saint for our time' which she sent to Joyce Stein, wife of the British writer, critic and Catholic moral...
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![Two Cheers for Democracy [presentation copy]](/img/products/twocheersfordem858550160-thumb.jpg) |
pp 372 Crisp first edition with a Compliments slip from the publisher, Edward Arnold, laid in which is inscribed in Forster's hand. The author has crossed out the publisher's name, apparently written ...
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![Utz [signed months before Chatwin's death]](/img/products/utzsignedmonths168890596-thumb.jpg) |
Second impression of Chatwin's superb final novel about the obsessive nature of collecting with the 1988 Book Prize Shortlist presentation bookplate tipped onto the first blank, signed in black ink by...
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![Words of Mercury [signed]](/img/products/wordsofmercurys258446520-thumb.jpg) |
pp 274. A signed first edition of this collection of Patrick Leigh Fermor's writings, including his great war report: 'Abducting a General'. Using black ink Paddy has signed his printed book label whi...
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A photographic study of the French prima ballerina Yvette Chauvire, signed by Chauvire on the frontispiece portrait by Seeberger. A very good copy in the printed wrappers with torn tissue wraparound. ...
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