| Title | Description |
| The Golden Egg by Wood, A.J. Kneen, Maggie |
Comments: Templar Publishing 2000- first edition Board book with cut out fold down portion to each page -pristine - as new- immediate availability. Format: Hardcover. Pages: 20. |
| I Am Iman by Iman. David Bowie .Peter Beard and others |
Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2001: decorative hardcover in transparent jacket: approximately 8.2 x 10.8 inches tall: 118 pages plus 54 pages of illustration. Illustrations throughout in black and white and colour including full page. Contents:– Forward. 1) Africa my Africa (Africa my Africa-Iman) 2) Escape to Kenya. ( Escape to Kenya-Iman. Who discovered Whom? - Illustrated by Alvaro. The Darkness That May Be Felt – Peter Beard interviewed by Dean Kuipers, artwork by Peter Beard. The story of I - Isaac Mizrahi. And Now the Real Story – Sandra Bernhard, photography by Ellen von Unwerth.) 3) Exile on Main Street. ( Exile on Main Street – Iman. Knowing Her Glory - bell hooks. Shake What Your Mamma Gave Ya - Bethann Hardison.) 4) The Circus Comes to Town ( The Circus Comes to Town - Iman. Iman's Tribe of Beauties - photography by Annie Liebowitz. A Little Less Democracy - Frau Liebowitz interviewed by David Bowie.) 5) The New Girl Next Door ( The New Girl Next Door – Iman. The Politics of Beauty – Isabella Rossellini ) 6) The African and the Alien. (The African and the Alien. Artwork by Zach Gold) 7) Photo Gallery ( Just Shoot Me – Ingrid Sischy. Photo Op - Iman. Photo Credits. Condition: Very clean and good overall-as new. |
| Lightship Jim Burns by Text- Chris Evans |
Published 1985 by Dragon's World 125 pages in As New condition |
| Peace in war by Edward Seago |
Collins 1943 first edition: green cloth hardcover in decorative dust jacket: approximately 7.25 x 10 inches tall: 80 pages of text + 26 monotone reproductions, some full page. Synopsis: Described on the dust jacket flap as 'a book of the English countryside described in paintings and in prose, for those many hundreds of men and women, either in the services or in civilian occupations, who share Edward Seago's love of the quiet and permanent beauty of England.' this volume completed in the early 1940s evokes the English country life of that era. Condition: dust jacket tired and repaired: hardcover good: sporadic foxing to endpapers, last two pages, and the blank reverses of a few illustrations: overall acceptable and collectable. |
| The Art Of Star Treck by Judith and Garfield Reeves- St |
A gallery of Ster Trek artwork- most previously unpublished. Published by Pocket Books,a division of Simon and Schuster Inc ,New York in 1995. In As New condition with protective transparent covering |
| The Londoner's England by Alan Bott |
Avalon Press and William Collins, 1947 first edition : fawn cloth hardcover with red lettering to front and spine: approximately 8.5 x 11 inches tall:no dust jacket: 191 pages: 89 full-page illustration in black/ white and colour with facing pages of descriptive text. Synopsis: A collection of watercolours and drawings featuring London and the Home Counties, presented in the following sections :-London Central. London: West End. London: Northward and Westward. London: Southward and Eastward. London River. Home Counties: Northward. Home Counties: Westward. Home Counties: Southward. Condition: Uneven colouration to hard cover- particularly the back : end papers tanned: contents very clean and good |
| East Anglia Watercolours by John Tookey Words by Paul Jennings by John Tookey Paul Jennings |
Gordon Fraser Gallery 1986: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 10 x 9 inches tall: 60 pages: Black and white and colour illustration, some full page. Synopsis: a collection of watercolour and pen and wash drawings of East Anglia by John Tookey accompanied by text written by Paul Jennings. The contents include the following: -- map. Heybridge Basin. Colchester. Thaxted. Tollesbury, low water. Tollesbury , boatyard. Saffron Walden. Toothill. Blythburgh, Maldon. Burnham- on- Crouch. Long Melford. Lavenham High Street. Suffolk poppies. Lavenham Marketplace. Flatord Mill. EastBurgholt Snape. Hintlesham hall. Sapiston. Aldberurgh. The Stour. Framlingham Castle. Lakenheath. Great Yarmouth, the Quay. Bury St Edmunds. Ipswich, Christchurch Mansion. Southwold. Lowestoft. Pin Mill. Dunwich. Cley near the sea. A Norfolk windmill. A Norfolk mustard field. Holt. Norwich Cathedral. A Norfolk Lane in Spring. Hingham. Blickling Hall. Caistor Castle. Overy Staithe. The Bure near Ludham. Sandringham. Burnham Overy Mill. Heacham , lavender field. Blakeney Marshes. Kings Lynn. Little Snoring. Cromer. Great Snoring, the old Rectory. Norfolk, winter. Condition: endpapers and dustjacket edges slightly marked from adhesive: Price corner removed: overall clean and good |
| The Book of Flower Fairies by Cicely M Barker |
Blackie andamp; Sons Ltd, undated but with ownership inscription dated 1929: green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering: gilt flower fairy decoration to front: approximately 5.2 5 x 7.5 inches tall: 92 pages : 72 full-page colour illustrations with verses on facing pages arranged in pairs with blank pages in between. Synopsis: A collection of illustrated poetry previously published in three volumes entitled: -- Flower Fairies of the Spring, Flower Fairies of the Summer, Flower Fairies of the Autumn . The poems , illustrated in colour on facing pages , all entitled andquot; The Song of “ are as follows :- The Snowdrop Fairy. The Hazel Catkin Fairy. The Coltsfoot Fairy. The Dead Nettle Fairy. The Celandine Fairy. The Willow Catkin Fairy. The Groundsel Fairy . The Wind Flower Fairy . The Shepherds Purse Fairy. The Daisy Fairy. The Dandelion Fairy. The Daffodil Fairy. The Dog Violet Fairy. The Primrose Fairy. The Lady Smock Fairy. The Larch Fairy. The Bluebell Fairy. The Stitch Wort Fairy. The Wold Sorrel Fairy. The Speedwell Fairy. The Lords and Ladies Fairy. The Cowslip Fairy. The Heartsease Fairy. The May Fairy. The Buttercup Fairy. The Herb Robert Fairy. The Sorrel Fairy. The Forget-Me-Not Fairy. The Poppy Fairy. The Foxglove Fairy. The Wild rose Fairy. The Convolvulus Fairy. The White Clover Fairy. The Honeysuckle Fairy. The Birdsfoot Trefoil Fairy. The Nightshade Fairy. The White Campion Fairy The Harebell Fairy. The Heather Fairy. The Yarrow Fairy. The Toadflax Fairy The Scabious Fairy. The Thistle Fairy. The Wild Thyme Fairy. The Scarlet Pimpernel Fairy The Greater Knapweed Fairy. The Traveller's Joy Fairy. The Ragwort Fairy. The Mountain Ash fairy. The Lords and Ladies Fairy. The Wayfaring Tree Fairy. The Robin's Pincushion Fairy. The Elderberry Fairy. The Burdock Fairy. The Acorn Fairy. The Dogwood Fairy. The Black Bryony Fairy. The Horse chestnut Fairy. The Blackberry Fairy. The Nightshade Berry Fairy. The Rosehip Fairy The Yew Fairy. The Crab Apple Fairy. The Spindle Berry Fairy. The Hazelnut Fairy. The White Bryony Fairy. The Beach Nut Fairy. The Hawthorn Fairy. The Privet Fairy. The Sloe Fairy. The Old Man's Beard Fairy. The Holly Fairy. Condition: cover slightly marked with corners and spine ends bumped: preliminary pages , some margins of pages bearing text, and page edging foxed : illustrations clean and good: faint pencil markings to a few blank pages: overall good and collectable. |
| Nursery Songs by Joseph Moorat. Paul Woodroffe |
T C and EC Jack, London: undated but believed early 20th century: decorative boardbook depicting frogs , mice, and cat playing musical instruments: approx. 9.2 x 12 inches tall: decorative green endpapers with white decoration featuring mice in tug- of- war teams: 33 pages with 30 Old-Time Nursery Songs arranged by Joseph Moorat, illustrated by Paul Woodroffe in colour. Synopsis: A collection of 30 musical scores and whimsical colour illustrations of the following titles: -- Dame Get Up. Old King Cole. Girls and Boys Come Out to Play. The Jolly Tester. Oh What Have You Got for Dinner Mrs Bond?. Hey Diddle Diddle. Jack and Jill. Humpty Dumpty. Sing a Song of Sixpence. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush. The Frog and the Crow. Little Bo-Peep. Tom, Tom the Piper's Son. Ding Dong Bell. Looby Loo . The Fairy Ship. I Had a Little Nut Tree. Over the Hills and Far Away. Sweet Lavender. The Ploughboy. Poor Mary sits A Weeping. Good King Arthur. Three Blind Mice. A Fox Went Out. What Are Little Boys Made of?. Yankee Doodle. I Saw Three Ships. Baa! Baa! Black Sheep. The Jolly Miller. Hush- a -Bye Baby. Condition: Some age discoloration to covers: mice on free endpapers darkened from age: slight separation to hinge between pages 8 and 9 ( see scanned image ) : contents clean, good, and charmingly illustrated. Overall good and collectable |
| Magic Worlds of Fantasy by David Douglas Duncan |
Helen and Kurt Wollf book, 1978: first edition hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 8 x 10.25 inches tall: 112 pages: Black and white and coloured plates. Synopsis: Produced by the Photographer--editor and friend of Pablo Picasso, David Douglas Duncan , this presentation of art based on fantasy includes the work of four amateur artists - Dorle Lindner, an English housewife born in wartime Berlin, who engraves images from a secret world in outer space; Dr Oscar Forel, a Swiss psychiatrist, who photographs abstract art found in tree bark; Hsueh Shao Tang, a Chinese chef who fled from the Communists in Peking, whose creations are made from fragments of postage stamps ; and Ariane, a Belgian Baroness, who photographs secret facets of life in her forest garden. The book includes an eight page art selection ' Souvenirs of the Magic World ' given to the author by Pablo Picasso as token of his friendship. Condition: clean and good overall. |
| London Flower of Cities All by Richard Church Imre Hofbauer |
William Heinemann for Bookplan 1968: hardcover in dustjacket approximately 8.5 x 12 inches tall: 208 pages including index plus full-page black and white and colour illustrations. Synopsis: An evocative and lively portrait of pre-1970's London from the viewpoint of Richard Church, born in London at the end of the Victorian era, responsible for the text ; and illustrator Imre Hofbauer who left Hungary in the 1930s. The full-page and two-page illustrations include: -- The Lord Mayor's Show. Carlisle Mansions, Victoria. There is a Boat at the End of the Street, King George V Docks. The Medicant. Charing Cross station. The Bend of the River at Blackfriars. London Bridge seen from Hay's Wharf. Wildlife in the Parks. Fairy Land from the Bridge of St James Park. Parliament Square. Piccadilly Circus. Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park . St Martin-in-the-Fields. Edwardian Whitehall. Hay Hill, Mayfair. Oxford Street, The East-West Artery. East End Street-Cleaners. The Beginning of the Grand Union Canal. From High Holborn at Night. The Guildhall. The Barbican, The Changing Face of the City. Billingsgate Fishmarket (two-page in colour ). Where John Wesley lived in the Old Barbican. Panorama from above Billingsgate. Under the Dome of St Paul's. Westward from The City. Staple Inn. Round about St Brides (two-page in colour). Samuel Johnson at St Clement Danes. At The Local. The Law Courts. The Temple Church. The New Hall, Lincoln's Inn. All Hallows, Barking, the home of Toc H (in colour). The Old Bailey. The Bank of England. Mount Pleasant, London's Post Office. Petticoat Lane. Where Berthold Brecht Lived in London. One of the Hidden Pubs (in colour). Soho Jazz Club. On the Beat in Soho. Covent Garden Market. Westminster Cathedral. The Seat of Government. The Crypt, St Stephens. House of Commons, West Facade. Westminster Abbey, A Forest of Stone. Westminster Abbey the from the Victoria Tower. Middlesex Guildhall. Victoria Station. Chelsea Embankment. Battersea. Street market. Buskers. Croydon, The New Face of London. Condition: minute repair upper dust jacket spine; overall very clean and good |
| The secret sketchbook of a Bloomsbury lady by Kenneth Mahood |
St Martins Press 1982; first U S edition boardbook; 63 pages of black and white and monochrome drawings of the Bloomsbury Group. Synopsis; Intimate and perceptive drawing of the Bloomsbury Group by Maud Mahood, who while much in demand as an artist's model, drew the artists as well - revealing the quirky world , varied characters, and complicated relationships of the Bloomsbury Group. Condition: as new |
| The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies (Flower Fairies) by Cicely Mary Barker |
Frederick Warne; 1996 edition; 8andquot; x 10andquot;tall' hardback in dust jacket; 192 pages;detailed colour illustrations throughout. Synopsis: When in 1923 Cicely Mary Barker created the first of the Flower Fairy books, andquot;Flower Fairies of the Springandquot;, she could have had no idea of the popularity they would enjoy. This volume brings together Barker's fairy illustrations and poems from the eight original Flower Fairy books. Conditin: Pristine-As new |
| Joan Hassall engravings and drawings by David Chambers |
Pinnar Private Libraries Association 1985, Black cloth hardcoverapprox. 6 x 10 inches tall : gilt decoration to front: gilt lettering to spine: decorated endpapers: 160 pages with upper edges in yellow: black and white reproductions of photographs, book illustrations, occasional blocks and book plates. Signed message by author on Mail on Sunday Magazine headed note enclosed. Synopsis: A comprehensive volume on the work of Joan Hassall, containing 62 pages made up of an introductory autobiographical chapter by Joan Hassall, a chapter on engraving technique by George Mackley, a chapter by David Chambers on books illustrated and book plates designed by Miss Hassall, a list of illustrated books journals and book plates, a select bibliography; followed by 160 pages of book illustration and occasional block and bookplate reproductions . Condition: very clean and good overall. |
