Books and ephemera
for Sale

from our shop in Folkestone or by post - details at foot of page

rare 1920s Tennis flick book
Flicker no.9
showing forehand and backhand
performed by 'Bunny' Austin
£120
Penguin classic pb.
from the street!
£10
Randolph Caldecott book
limited edition book by Haslewood Press Dog of War
Randolph Caldecott paper cover picture book c.1880
£45
scarce little calf bound
Beauties of Shakespeare
selected by Rev. William Dodd
printed for John Sharpe
1810
2 copper engravings
c.368pp.
(some wear to extremities and spine)
£ 75
Dog of War by John Taylor the' water poet' limited edition of 375, some pages still uncut,
Haslewood books 1927,
£55
England by Laurence Meynell published by Associated British & Irish Railways 1939c.32pp fully illustrated with sepia photogravures, and tipped in map of England with rlwy routes.
£20
Hoshino Yukinobu
Professor Munakata's British Museum Adventure,
2013,
£20
scarce 1937 limited to 800.
Ski Francais,
in original glassine wrapper,
c.153pp. black & white photos throughout,
(wear to spine but tightly bound and clean)
£125
book soldiers verse
John Piper poetry book
scarce 1st edition 1945 with original lithographs by William Scott, in scarce original dustjacket,
£155
scarce 1945 1st edition 2nd impression English Scottish & Welsh Landscape poetry with full page lithographs by John Piper, in original dustjacket.
£125
scarce 1st ed. 1946 with original lithographs by Edward Bawden,
in original dustjacket
£125
Stanley Spencer rare almanac 1st edition
Good Potato Dishes by Ambrose Heath,
linocut boards and dj. by Edward Bawden,
2nd.imp. 1943,
£95
Voices on The Green,
1945 ist ed. with b&w engravings by various artists including Ethelbert White, Agnes Miller Parker, Ravilious
£20
Stanley Spencer, rare 1st edition Almanac, numbered 142/ 250 copies,
1927 , superb condition,
many pages still uncut, so images are hidden!
£850

Denton Welch journals
Karl Gerstner
Designing Programmes,
card with paper wrappers,
Niggli Switzerland 1964
Die Neue Graphik
by Karl Gerstner & Markus Kutter,
1959,
hb. in original slipcase
Denton Welch by Michael de-la-Noy,
lst ed. 1984, signed and inscribed by author,
£25
Classic Plastics,
1st edition hb.with dj.,160pp fully illus.
1984,
£45
Banner Bright by john gorman 1st edition hb with dustjacket, 1973
£35
Cinema One series in association with BFI
1st ed. pb. 1960s-1972, c.192pp. b&w illus.
£20 each
(only Orson Welles still available)
David Hockneys Grimms Fairy Tales
Dada reprint
scarce little 1st edition of David Hockney's Six Fairy Tales, 1970, with 39 etching illustrations,
£110
Otto Lilien
History of Industrial Gravure Printing up to 1920,
hb. illus. 156pp, 1st english ed.
1972
£20
scarce 1970s Mecano (DADA) reprint of original 1920s, folder with inserts,
£55


Arnold Wesker
Say Goodbye: You may never see them again.
fully illustrated by John Allin
(East End London)
first ed. 1974 hb.
£45
Pookie
by Ivy L Wallace,
no date, c. 1946 ist ed.
end papers are illustrated charmingly with horses by owner !
(ink scribble on cover)
£85
orignal c.1930s Gordon Russell sales brochure, containing 11 loose leaf one sided b&w sheets showing each range of furniture,
(only foxing to the folder cover)
£55

ist ed. Constance Spry
2 vol. set with original author's bookplate ( design Isabel Saul )
signed and dated Dec.1951,
Winter & Spring Flowers
Summer & Autumn Flowers
(no dustjackets),
hb. fully illustrated colour and b&w,
£95 the set.
scarce 1956 Kynoch Press notebook,
with 12 full page b&w line drawings by Ian Ribbons and vignettes,
£40
From Molecule to Man
ed. JZ Young and Tom Margerson
large format 1969
122 full colour photo illus. and 120 in 2 colours.
hb. with d-j
£40
marianne straub
Gordon Russell

Moths by EB Ford
dj by C&R Ellis
1955 first ed. in excellent dj
New Naturalist series,
£45
Design Council publications:
Marianne Straub
by Mary Schoeser 1984, £35
Gordon Russell
by Ken Baynes 1981 sold
1971 Tate Gallery publication on Eduardo Paolozzi, retrospective,
complete with scarce original boot bookmark,
hb. pp. 30 - 105 designed by Paolozzi
b&w illustrations throughout 112 pp
£60
Tea and a slice of Art - Lyons lithographs
Exhibition of Midland Industrial Art,
4 page 1934 leaflet for
with enclosed foolscap application form, showing proposed floorplan,
unused,
£20
Lyons Lithographs 1946 - 1955,
fully illustrated paperback with d-j
2007 first edition
£75
Fellini:Zeichnungen
published by Deutches Filmmuseum Frankfurt, 1984,
pb. german text, c.231pp. fully illus. col. and b&w
£30
scarce 1960s GUINNESS publication
with 14 beautiful colour illustrated pp by John Tribe,
plus original compliments slip
£100
limited ed. /600
Les Sardines a l'Huile
beautiful full page colour illus. by
Glynn Boyd Harte
2020
£75
Art for All - British posters for transport ed. Teri Edelstein
fully illustrated in colour,
hb. 2010,
£45


Stubbs and Wedgwood
unique alliance between artist and potter, by Bruce Tattersall, to accompany exhibition at Tate Gallery,
119pp. hb. (closed tear to dj)
1974,
£10
Olivia Manning,
illustrated by Len Deighton!
My Husband Cartwright, hb.
(ink inscription on endpaper)
1956
£15
1958 Brussels Expo souvenir album
with c. 56 full page colour photos of the sites,
(wear to front cover and loose end page)
£15
architectural press Exeter volume 1946
Blackpool illuminations at night photo postcards
charming 1950s Cunard programme of events
£10 each
exeter architectural press 1946. henrion dustjacket
£30
Blackpool illuminations at night souvenir postcards, unused,
£2.50 each
Edward Bawden
1946 1st ed. with dj.
fully illus.
£45
The Dinosaur Shufflebook,
'This is an anything book. Put the cards in any order you want. Make anything happen...Anyway you tell it will be just fine', 52 cards
c.18cms. x 12cms.
scarce 1980 Museum of Modern Art NY publication.
£95
Excursions into Architecture -
Canals & their Architecture, hb with dj, 1969,
£75
1980 re-issue in pb.
(small neat inscription on endpaper)
£20
The Twentieth Century Book
by John Lewis
hb.with dj. 1967 1st ed.
270pp.fully illus.
£80
Large selection of Classical Greatest Hits with fab 1960s artwork by Milton Glaser and James McMullin
only £5 each
PLEASE ENQUIRE
very scarce 1960s recipe book,
with Californian full page colour plates,
pb. as issued,
£80
Tarot cards Paladini

John Piper Ceramics
scarce Tarot pack
with fabulous illustrations by David Paladini,
known as Aquarian Tarot,1970


£95
very scarce 1960s recipe book,
with Californian full page colour plates,
hb. with dj.
£95
John Piper ceramics,
1982 exhibition catalogue, pb.
c.20pp b&w photos
£6
Life Blood WW2 book
scarce Ministry of Information booklet 1945
£18
papercover booklet dated 1946,
with striking cover by Abram Games,
£10
(torn/repaired piece in interior page)
Art & Industry
128pp booklet with cover by Abram Games,
1945
£12
Walter Dorwin Teague
Design this Day
the technique of order in the machine age,
hb. c.237pp b&w photos.
£30
Bond Street by Ivor Halstead,
with d-j by Doris Zinkeisen,(worn)
1st ed. 1952
£15
Patrick Moore,
Comets,
1976 ed. hb. with dj. b&w images,
£40

1951 Festival of Britain publication
edited by Geoffrey Grigson
Wessex
£5
The Face of the Land
yearbook of the design & industries association 1929-1930
intro. by Clough Williams-Ellis
many contemporary b&w photos and 14pp of contemporary advertising.
(hb. worn minus dj)
£30
1978 Shell Guide to East Sussex
hb. dj. b&w photos throughout mainly by John Piper,
£12
Haskins poster book

COMPLETE large format 1972 photoposter book with 31 full page images by Sam Haskins
(many featuring large surreal apples!)
£110
scarce original 1929 pack of Happy Melox Families
£65
Lukas Wassman
LARGE format /FOLIO photo book
lavishly produced signed and numbered limited edition/400 with full page colour photos on high gloss paper stock, 64pp hb c.48cms.
(just wear to buckram cover)
£55
Festival of Britain
scarce 1951 Festival of Britain publication with embossed Festival medallion!
sold
(click on link above to view more FOB items)
scarce original 1969 recipe booklet from Elizabeth David's own shop,
£40
Tom & Daisy Eckersley
Cat o' Nine Lives, wonderful illus. on colour paper, hb.
1947
£145

Thing we see - Furniture,
by Gordon Russell,
1947,
pb b&w photo illus.
£10
scarce 1983 publication,


full of arcane biographical detail!
c.96pp. fully illustrated

pb.
£40
Picture puffin Dogs,
with beautiful lithography, pb.
(minor tears repaired to edge)
1946
£25
King Penguin Parthenon
The Sculpture of the Parthenon,
1st ed. 1959,
£45
Moran
The Double Crown Club - 50 years history, cloth hb. in slipcase,
£40
screenprint original from limited edition Trickett & Webb calendar
(this is Peter Blake)
please click here for more info



RARE
Soviet Posters 1917-1932
c.127pp.
fully illus, in excellent condition, complete with erratum label
1972,
£125
c.1930s good wishes card boot,
inscribed in ink from Muriel and Enid
£10


Arpad Elfers
cover design
for Needlework Development Scheme
1950s
£20 each
PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH


Understanding Media - the extensions of manby Marshall McLuhan,
Sphere pb. 1967ed.
£10
o/p January 2025 pb booklet containing poems by Billy Childish, with linocut design cover.
£25
1950s Birthday cards and original envelopes ( unused)
£6 each
vintage postcard marilyn monroevintage postcard Brigitte Bardot
vintage postcard Jayne Mansfield
Paintings from the Festival of Britain catalogue SheffieldFestival of Britain Guinness clock postcard
vintage1950s unused glamour model postcards
£2 each
Marylin Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Jayne Mansfield.
scarce 1978 catalogue of Paintings from the Festival of Britain produced by Sheffield City Art Galleries
£50
PLEASE ALSO VIEW OUR FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN PAGE ON
http://www.rennart.co.uk/festival.html
Guinness Festival clock 1951 postcard
£4
advertising Bells Whisky booklet,
complete with 42 inserted 'gold' bell bottle neck tags!
£5
musical sheet music
folk sheet music
classic 1943
original sheet music William Walton's Facade,
cover signed with initials, GS ,
£9
classic musical 1965 ,
original sheet music
sold
classic folk1970
original sheet music
sold
DDR East German c.1960 printed fruit boxes
£6 each
very scarce 1960's book
full of bright Californian colour illus.
recipes by Dutton and Vancour
£110
sindy doll knitting pattern sindy doll knitting pattern
1960s Sindy doll knitting patterns
£4 each
British Cinema Now,
BFI 1985
£5
charming c.1979 Slovakian colour postcard of folk dancers
£4 each

 

Alison Uttley
Little Grey Rabbit's Party
1963 issue,
£12
ist ed. 1947 Lord of the Three Worlds,
illus. by Feliks Topolski,
c.107pp. 4 fldg plates and b&w illus.
£5

Sylvia Backemeyer
Making their Mark
art craft and design at the Central School 1896 - 1966
Hb. with dj. fully illus. 160pp
£30
charming old French postcards of birdman,
£8 each
bottom right sold
2019 publication fully illustrated
by Gazelli Fine Art
signed and with little illustration on end paper by Derek Boshier
£60
1960s Bratislava old master postcards in original folder
1960s Bratislava typography
paper folder containing 9 old master art postcards
£5
very scarce original 1968 Beatles Yellow Submarine 'fun card'
with all over b&w graphics inside too!
c.22cms. (h)
£60
£12
Quay Brothers / MoMA
On Deciphering the pharmacist's prescription for lip-reading
scarce 1st ed.
Alain Weill: The Poster,
1985, c.400+pp. fully illus. hb.
£80
Lucas Birk
Yangon Fashion 1979,
c.150pp. photo illus. on glassine paper,
ltd. ed. 300
£55
Covent Garden Books no.3
Ballet 1948 - 1949
c.46pp.pb. fully illus. b&w and colour, with cover by Edward Burra, photos of dancers by Angus McBean and others, and colour image of John Piper and Edward Burra designs.
published by the Covent Garden Opera Trust,
£30

vintage greetings card
Orlando's Evening Out
by Kathleen Hale
c.1946 ed.
pb. fully illus. col. litho
£35
surreal vintage 1950s birthday card and envelope
£2
lenticular postcards by Julian Opie
£18 each

c.1962
original real photo postcard set of
Moravian Punkva Grotto,
in orignal envelope with information sheet,
£20
£55
old Ice cream paper bag!
£3

scarce little book
Festschrift for KFB (Katherine Bennett) poetry and illus.
edited by Tambimuttu
with contributions by Henry Moore,
Lawrence Durrell, Graham Sutherland, Stephen Spender, Lucien Freud, Lyn Chadwick, even Marcel Marceau words! and others,
1972
£45
sheet of original c.1980s DDR wrapping paper with printed heart motif, (unused)
c.55cms. x 83cms.
£5 per sheet
Evasvankmajerjan
Anima Animus Animation:
Between film and free expression,
fully illus. hb. in dj.
1998
£40


rare survivor
- six unused 'Captain Webb' safety matchboxes
in original packaging with
printed image of the famous swimmer,
£40
original c.1968 Biba mailorder folding catalogue with photography by Sarah Moon, with loose order slip
£125
Oliver Hill & Hans Tisdall
1946 lst ed.
neatly inscribed in ink 1949 on front endpaper
c.49pp fully illus. in colour
£30
1950s original folding map
NORTH ARGYLL
£5
Betty Swanwick
The Cross Purposes - a coloured novelette,
charmingly illustrated throughout,
Poetry London 1945, hb.
signed neatly on endpaper by Anthony Gilbert artist and designer 1946,
£65

Folio books reprint 2016,
Christopher Isherwood
Goodbye to Berlin
b&w line drawings by George Grosz,
MINT condition in slipcase
£30
special limited edition last copy printed of iconic London listings mag Time Out June 23 2022
two versions with different inside covers
£20 each
1. Hassan Haijaj
2. Lakwena Maciver

original box of Caran d'Ache coloured pencils ( some obviously used)
c.1950s
£35
1937 London Underground folding pocket railway map,
split along folds ( secured with archival tape in places)
£40
c.2000s Vivienne Westwood declaration pamphlet
£30
 London Life by Colin o'Brien,
large format hb. fully illus. b&w
2016 1st ed.
evocative photos of everyday life and locations in London.
signed by the author/photographer,
£250
pb. c.96pp. to accompany exhibition 1999-2000
£5
Moma publication 2017
Club 57
Film Performance and Art in the East Village 1978 -1983
£35
'U' see the Image of 'I"
Julia Bardsley
limited edition/50,

includes original pinhole b&w tipped in photo signed in pencil,
inscribed by artist,
2014
£55
Manifesto by Julian Rosenfeldt,
a film installation in 12 scenes,
inscribed by J. Rosenfeldt author
fully illustrated with original paper band
2016
£45

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