Rare Navel Book, The Boys of 1812 by James Russell Soley, Copyright 1888

This is a first edition copy published in 1967 by Jonathan Cape. Publisher's black cloth boards in a good dust jacket which has one or two slight nicks to it and cartographic endpapers. Although an officially licensed spin-off, 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior is considered to have been a failed attempt at launching a youth-oriented line...

A fine period illustrated book. The exterior of embossed leather boasts original gilt edges. Gilt accented tooling. The book is profusely illustrated - some are fold out. A rare a...

The English Country House By: James Peill Foreword by Julian Fellowes Photographs by James Fennell “I am sure that this book will give great pleasure to any who open its covers.”　—Julian Fellowes, from the Foreword Stately, grand, and a testament to the generations who have cared for them, the 10 English country houses featured in this volume are architecturally distinctive and filled with evocative family memorabilia, from commissioned portraits to monogrammed heirloom dinner services to the bells that once summoned the downstairs staff. Like the fictional Downton Abbey, these real homes are still in the hands of descendants of the original owners. From Kentchurch Court, which has been the seat of the Scudamore family for nearly 1,000 years, to a delightful Gothic house...

The Genius of Charles James exhibition catalogue by Elizabeth Ann Coleman. Book accompanied the 1982 Brooklyn Museum show. Soft cover first edition.

By Australian novelist and journalist John Brosnan, who was a regular columnist with the popular UK film magazine Starburst. Opening with a short chapter which analyses the great pop...

"Phaidon's James Irvine is the most comprehensive book on the furniture designer that we've read." - Departures' Home & Design spring supplement A complete monograph on the work of...