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Item Ships From: England
1926 Television (Seeing by Wire or Wireless) by Alfred Dinsdale
Located in Bath, GB
A scarce, first edition copy of this important work on television. This was the first book in English on television, and Dinsdale discusses the timeline and technical challenges of t...
Category
1920s European Vintage England Books
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Paper
Plainsong Manuscript of the Nicene Creed - 3 Parts for Performance
Located in Ilkley, GB
Three-part plainchant polyphonic manuscript of the Nicene Creed probably originating in Spain in the late 16th or early 17th century. This large format manuscript written on paper wa...
Category
17th Century European Renaissance Antique England Books
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Paper
1820-1825 Works of Sir Walter Scott
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning full calf fine binding of the first editions of these important works by prolific and renowned writer Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Walter Scott (177...
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1820s British Antique England Books
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Paper
1937 The Years
By Virginia Woolf
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of the final novel published during Virginia Woolf's lifetime, in an especially bright example of the sought-after Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
The first edition, fi...
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1930s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
1837-52 A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory
By William MacGillivray 1
Located in Bath, GB
A Zaehnsdorf bound set of this impressive work on the birds of Britain, the first edition, illustrated.
The first edition.
Complete in five volumes.
Bound by Zaehnsdorf.
A compre...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
1839-1877 The Works of Charles Dickens
By Charles Dickens
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and very clean and bright set of works by renowned author Charles Dickens. In a tree calf Mansell binding.
Five volumes. From the renowned English writer and social crit...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
1896 The Principles of Light and Color
By Edwin D. Babbitt
Located in Bath, GB
A vibrantly illustrated, second edition of this exceptionally scarce work surrounding colour and the science of chromotherapy, written by American physician Edwin Babbitt.
The secon...
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1890s American Antique England Books
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Paper
1999 Sporting Wildfowl of the British Isles: Studies in Words and Pictures
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuous study of the wildfowl of the British Isles, one of only twelve review copies, sent to sporting and countryside author John Humphreys. Signed...
Category
1990s European England Books
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Paper
Tenreiro (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A Monograph on this most important Brazilian furniture designer and maker from the mid-20th century. He opened his factory in 1943 and one of his main clients was the architect Oscar Niemeyer, for whose designs a number of original pieces were commissioned.
He was well-known for making use of indigenous...
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Mid-20th Century England Books
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Paper
Jean-Michel Frank: L'Etrange Luxe du Rien by Pierre-Emmanuel Marin-Vivier (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941) is a mythical figure in the decorative arts. His style described as "poor luxury" is just as paradoxical as his life between parties and solitude, with ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1894-1949 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly
By Aubrey Beardsley
Located in Bath, GB
A lovely set of all thirteen volumes of 'The Yellow Book' literary quarterly, published at the end of the nineteenth century, with numerous plates throughout each volume.
Complete a...
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Early 20th Century British England Books
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Paper
1826 The Life of Samuel Johnson
By James Boswell
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally lovely extra-illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, in full calf signed bindings by Tout.
An extra illustrated four volume edition of this landmark work ...
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1820s British Antique England Books
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Paper
Alberto Pinto: Orientalism by Alberto Pinto (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Alberto Pinto was one of the most celebrated interior designers at work in the late 20th century and the early years of the 21st century. In this book he looks to the wonders of the ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
c1936 One-Hundred and Forty-Four Postcards of Military Uniforms
Located in Bath, GB
A fascinating collection of one-hundred and forty-four postcards of military uniforms, a number of which depict 1930s Germany.
A total of one-hundred and forty-four twentieth century postcards, the majority depicting military uniform in England, France and Europe. A number of post cards, intriguingly, depict 1930s Munich and Potsdam.
Sixteen envelopes holding images and postcards, and a further ten loosely inserted postcards. Housed in a signed morocco box with gilt detailing by W & J Milne of Princes St. Edinburgh.
One envelope has the handwritten title ‘Postcards from Munich 1932’, and houses eleven postcards. Two of these present headshots of popular German actors Heinz Ruhmann and Gustav Frohlich, both of whom are dressed in military costume, and remained neutral in the Second World War.
The remaining nine postcards depict images of a funeral procession of Prince Regent Leopold of Bavaria in October 1930 in Munich. Leopold was commander of the German and Austro-Hungarian forces during World War I.
Further images depict Prince Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, surrounded by military figures.
The next envelope includes fifteen photographic postcards depicting Potsdam in the 1930s, and is captioned in ink to the front of the envelope with ‘Potsdam. September 1936’, and ‘Frederick William I’s Giant Guards’. Each post card is undated, but captioned.
Three post cards depict military parades in Potsdam, and predate the Nazi regime, seven depict memorials the First World War, and one of the remaining postcards depict Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia.
A further collection is ten colour post cards in the publisher’s original paper wraps, titled ‘Potsdams Stolzen Tagen’, or ‘Potsdam’s Proud Days’. It features ten colour illustrated postcards by artist Paul Pietsch, depicting the uniforms of Potsdam military positions between the late seventeenth and late nineteenth centuries. Collated, complete.
Loosely inserted are ten colour illustrated post cards depicting the military uniform of the various regiments of the German army, illustrated by Carl Henckel, and covering the period of the First World War. Present here are depictions of the garb of the Gardes du Corps...
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1930s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
1837 Society in America
By Harriet Martineau
Located in Bath, GB
A complete set of the first edition of Harriet Martineau's nineteenth century study of American society, wonderfully bound in half calf.
The first edition.
Bound by Period Bookbind...
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1830s British Antique England Books
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Paper
Shepherd's View of & Around Regent's Park : 37 Engravings in Fine Binding
By Thomas Shepherd
Located in Ilkley, GB
A selection of 37 window-mounted, hand coloured views around Regent’s Park in a super-luxurious bespoke Sotheran’s binding.
Chunky square format (25x25cm) bound in crushed red moroc...
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19th Century British Regency Antique England Books
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Paper
1926 Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
By John Wilmot
Located in Bath, GB
A fine limited edition of the works of the Earl of Rochester, in a sumptuous full crushed morocco binding by Bayntun Riviere.
Number 285 of a 1050 copy limitation.
In a beautiful c...
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1920s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
1818-1820 Les Vies de Hommes Illustres de Plutarque
By Plutarch
Located in Bath, GB
A new and revised edition of this translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, or Lives of Illustrious Men, in French.
French. Complete in thirteen volumes. Part of a larger set of twe...
Category
1810s French Antique England Books
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Paper
1979-1990 A Collection of Novels from The Cadfael Chronicles
By Edith Pargeter
Located in Bath, GB
A collection of novels from the Cadfael Chronicles by English author Edith Pargether, most volumes are signed by the author.
Twenty-two volumes. Twenty volumes of the twenty-one nov...
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Late 20th Century British England Books
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Paper
Vintage Tennis Flicker Book, No.8. Betty Nuthall
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Tennis Flicker Book, No.8. Betty Nuthall demonstrates the Drop Volley and Service. Published by SLAZENGERS, Ltd., London. On the rear page of this flicker book is an advert for Sugg Sports Goods, Sheffield, Hull and Nottingham, circa 1930.
Produced by Flicker Productions Ltd., 113b Earl's Court Road, London, SW5, phone Frobisher 3277
Flickers teach the game.
The sports covered in the first series are as follows:-
Cricket
Don Bradman...
Category
1930s European Sporting Art Vintage England Books
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Paper
1872 The Works of Tobias Smollett With Memoirs of His Life
By Tobias Smollett
Located in Bath, GB
A complete eight volume set of the works of Tobias Smollett, bound in crushed half morocco.
The new edition.
Eight volume complete set.
Bound in cr...
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1870s British Antique England Books
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Paper
1938 The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne
By Gilbert White
Located in Bath, GB
A smart two volume set of this collection of writings from English naturalist Gilbert White, with illustrations throughout.
Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' ...
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1930s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
Large Set of Faux Book Props
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive 6.8m total run of late 20th century faux book props, reclaimed from a museum exhibition. Arranged in runs of various sizes as pictured, the groups vary from single books to longer runs of 24 books, one of which is designed in a sloping diagonal.
Imitating old antique books...
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Late 20th Century English Georgian England Books
Materials
Resin, Wood
19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Bookmark By J Batson & Son, London c.1899
By Henry John & Albert Edward Batson
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century Victorian solid silver bookmark. The bookmark is in the shape of a bottle, with an unusual cut out section within that says "HERE I STOPPED". A wonderful ad...
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19th Century British Other Antique England Books
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Silver
1869-86 The Novels of William Makepeace Thackeray
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Located in Bath, GB
A nicely bound fully illustrated collection of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray.
Complete in twenty-four volumes.
Volume I, 'Vanity Fair Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, a vignette title page, and nineteen plates. Collated, complete.
Volume II, 'Vanity Fair Volume II', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, and eighteen plates. Collated, complete.
Volume III, 'The History of Pendennis Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and twenty-two plates. Collated, complete.
Volume IV, 'The History of Pendennis Volume II', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, a vignette title page, and twenty-two plates. Collated, complete.
Volume V, 'The Newcomers Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by Richard Doyle...
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Late 19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
1995 Northern Lights
By Philip Pullman
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition, first printing of the first novel in Philip Pullman's celebrated trilogy of young adult novels, in the first issue dust wrapper.
The first edition, first impressi...
Category
1990s British England Books
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Paper
1889-96 Cope's Smoke-Room Booklets
Located in Bath, GB
A finely bound set of the complete fifteen volumes of Cope Tobacco's 'Smoke-Room Booklets', an scarce to see complete set with the original wraps bound in.
A very scarce to see comp...
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Late 19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
Daniel Brush (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Contributions by David Revere McFadden, Brett Littman, Paul Keegan, and Saskia Hamilton.
The work of Daniel Brush (born 1947) does not fit neatly into the categories commonly used to...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Fabric Sample Book Dated 1835 from Dollfus Mieg Et Compagnie (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautiful and historic fabric sample book dated from 1835 (as can be seen on the front cover), which was produced by Dollfus Mieg and Comp...
Category
19th Century Antique England Books
Materials
Cotton
1909-1910 The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Three Volumes
By Edmund Spenser
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, including his epic poem The Faerie Queene.
A complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer...
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Early 20th Century British England Books
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Paper
1950/1980 Repertory by Giuliana Gramigna (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
There are numerous books available today on the history of Italian design, but unlike other research areas where the material is gathered together systematically in chronological ord...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1883-1884 Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville
By Henry Greville
Located in Bath, GB
An extra illustrated first edition of the diaries of Henry Greville, with a signed letter from editor Viscountess Enfield, Greville's niece.
The scarce first editions of both the fi...
Category
1880s British Antique England Books
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Paper
1958 Our Man in Havana
By Graham Greene
Located in Bath, GB
A smart first edition copy of this black comedy by Graham Greene, an exceptional novel by one of the leading writers of the twentieth century, scarce to see in the promotional wrapar...
Category
1950s British Vintage England Books
Materials
Paper
1868 The Moonstone
By Wilkie Collins
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful first edition set of Wilkie Collin's important sensation mystery novel, very scarce to see a set of all first editions volumes.
The sought after first edition, first sta...
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1860s British Antique England Books
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Paper
1994 Captain Corelli's Mandolin
By Louis de Bernieres
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of Louis de Bernieres' best known work, set in Greece during World War Two.
The first edition, first impression, in the variant black cloth binding.
Signed by the...
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1990s British England Books
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Paper
1921 Monday or Tuesday
By Virginia Woolf
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful copy of Virginia Woolf's breakout story collection 'Monday or Tuesday'. Being one of a small 1,000 copy print run.
Illustrated, with four woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, Woolf's elder sister. Bell designed a number of dust jackets for books published by the Hogarth Press...
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1920s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
Light Years Ahead, The Story of the Ph Lamp (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Tina Jorstian & Poul Erik Munk Nielson
Light Years Ahead depicts Poul Henningsen's role in the evolution of light fittings. From the very outset h...
Category
20th Century England Books
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Paper
1962 A Clockwork Orange
By Anthony Burgess
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange'.
A first edition, first issue of this canoni...
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1960s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
20th Century Solid Silver Novelty Bookmark Of Samuel Pickwick, London, c.1975
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb late 20th Century English solid silver novelty bookmark. This bookmark depicts a gentleman called Samuel Pickwick. Samuel Pickwick is a fictional character and the main prot...
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20th Century British England Books
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Silver
1962 Catch-22
By Joseph Heller
Located in Bath, GB
A bright first impression copy of Joseph Heller's culturally important World War Two novel.
A first edition, first impression.
In the original unclipped second issue dust wrapper d...
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1960s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
James Bond Continuation Novels by John Gardner (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
These are the first four James Bond continuation novels which were commissioned in 1981 by the Ian Fleming Estate to revive Bond in a brand new series of novels. The author served in...
Category
Late 20th Century England Books
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Paper
1898-1899 The Works of Henry Fielding
By Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound, limited edition of this complete set of twelve collected works of Henry Fielding, with an introduction by Edmund Gosse.
A Limited Edition set, one of only seven...
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1890s British Antique England Books
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Paper
1965 The Spectacle of Tokyo Olympics
Located in Bath, GB
A very scarce beautiful first edition volume commemorating the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, vividly illustrated in colour and monochrome throughout.
A very scarce first edition.
In ...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage England Books
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Paper
1966 I Go By Sea, I Go By Land
By P. L. Travers
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon to see signed novel by P. L. Travers, a touching war novel inscribed by Travers.
The author's presentation copy, signed to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Mary Cadogan...
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1960s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
c1900 Poems
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound collection of poetry from Percy Bysshe Shelley.
With portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry, including works such as: Hymn to Intellectual Beauty, Song of Pro...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique England Books
Materials
Paper
1858 The Story of Jack and the Giants
By Richard Doyle
Located in Bath, GB
An exciting retelling of Jack the Giant Killer, beautifully illustrated throughout by Richard Doyle, a smart copy.
A vivid retelling of 'The Story of Ja...
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1850s British Antique England Books
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Paper
2005 Never Let Me Go
By Kazuo Ishiguro
Located in Bath, GB
A signed first edition of Kazuo Ishiguro's award winning work of speculative science fiction. A lovely copy of this important work.
The signed first edition, first impression of thi...
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Early 2000s British England Books
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Paper
1970 A Portfolio of Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings
By Thomas Bewick
Located in Bath, GB
One hundred stunning wood engravings by Thomas Bewick in two beautifully presented portfolios with an introductory volume, enclosed in a slipcase.
One of 150 limited edition copies ...
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1970s American Vintage England Books
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Paper
1922 The Heir
By Vita Sackville-West
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of this novel with a lovely association, signed by the author and her mother to the politician Alfred Milner.
The first edition, first impression.
A presentation ...
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1920s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
1879 The Chronicles of Barsetshire
By Anthony Trollope
Located in Bath, GB
A fine Bayntun-Riviere set of Anthony Trollope's noted series 'The Chronicles of Barsetshire'.
With an illustrated frontispiece to all volumes.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an...
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1870s English Antique England Books
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Paper
Jansen by James Archer Abbott (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Patronized by Captains of Industry, Leaders of international society, and the occasional dictator, Maison Jansen was the most famous and influential interior decorating house of the ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Ettore Sottsass: Minimum Design by Patrizia Ranzo (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer. His work included furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting and office machine design. His work was unique, much of it influenced b...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonne by Barbara Buhler Lynes (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautifull two volume catalogue raisonne in a slip case, which presents more than 2000 works by O'Keeffe in a variety of media, displaying her innovative use of colour and ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Carlo Scarpa: I Vetri di un Architetto by Marino Barovier (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The first catalog raisonné of the more than four hundred artistic glasses made between 1927 and 1947 by Carlo Scarpa for the Murano glassworks of Giacomo Cappellin and Paolo Venini, ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Photographic Art of Hoyningen-Huene by William A. Ewing, (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
'Talented, Idiosyncratic, stylish and worldly' is how William A. Ewing describes the sitters for the photographs in this book; exactly the same could be said of their photographer.
...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Jacques Doucet-Yves Saint Laurent: Vivre Pour L'Art (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Both couturiers by trade, Jacques Doucet (1853-1929) and Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008) were also genius collectors. In search of a certain absolute, they both created "collection-sp...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Bookend Pair Royal Air Force Badge Pilot Squadron 341 FreeFrenchFlight Spitfire
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
One oak bookend with a polychrome Badge of the Royal Air Force and bearing the motto : Per Ardua ad Astra" (Latin) - Through Adversity to the Stars
The other bookend with a polychrome badge or shield of three crowns of Alsace the badge of no 341 Squadron, formed in 1943 out of the Free French Flight, who had been operating in the Western Desert. Its French name was Groupe de Chasse III/2 “Alsace”.
provenance : collector of war memorabilia...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern England Books
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Oak
Golden Bell and Beehive: Light Fittings Designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
By Kaarina Mikonrata
This book was published to coincide with the exhibition "Golden Bell and Beehive - Light fittings by Alvar and Aino Aalto" which were designed for three different buildings - the theatre at Jyvaskyla Workers Club, Paimio Sanatorium...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
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