old books for sale

at rennies seaside modern

47 the old high street folkestone kent ct20 1rn

01303 242427:

A Lifeboat Book

produced on behalf of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution

decorated paper cover by Frank Brangwyn

1st edition 2nd impression 1932

£30

1957 1st ed. paperwrappers

£12

1st UK edition 1954

£30

Randolph Caldecott paper cover picture book c.1880

£45

England by Laurence Meynell published by Associated British & Irish Railways 1939

c.32pp fully illustrated with sepia photogravures, and tipped in map of England with rlwy routes.

£25

scarce 1st edition 1945 with original lithographs by William Scott

(contemporary inscription)

£125

scarce 1945 1st edition Poems of Death with original lithographs by Michael Ayrton

with dustjacket,

£75

scarce 1944 1st edition with original lithographs by John Craxton

£95

lst edition Nine Sharp and Earlier 1938

witty topical verses by Herbert Farjeon with line drawings throughout by Anna Zinkeisen

£55

Life in an English Village with 16 coloured autolithographs by Edward Bawden

1949 lst ed.

£65

the english difference

by john gorham & paul jennings,

and collaboration of ken carroll

with numerous contributions by groovy designers of

the time - a gem of a period piece.

1974

£50

banner bright

by john gorman

1st edition 1973

£35

1979 1st edition

hardback

£5

quadrat edited by Pieter Brattinga (prof of art NY) 1953 -1970

experiments in printing limited editions of 2000 produced for Steendrukkerij

different examples £40 each

scarce miniature comic strip books by Brockhampton Press c.1940's/ early '50's

£12 each apart from two Jimmy titles which are £8 each

(mary mouse and her bicycle - sold )

(hurrah for mary mouse - sold )

Muffin and Louise by Annette Mills and Anne Hogarth

illustrations by Neville Main

1954 first edition paper covers (well read!)

£20

penguin picture puffins

1940's

£10 each (waterways £15)

Two classic Bassett-Lowke picture puffins (c.1949-51)

small format pb. with useful tips on teaching your budgie!

c.1940's

£5

Waterways - north east

edited by paul atterbury and andrew darwin c. 1975

£10

Mies van der Rohe

by Peter Blake ( not the artist!)

pb. lst ed. 1963 b&w illus.

£5

Marianne Straub by Mary Schoeser 1984

£35

Blackbeard the Pirate or the Jolly Buccaneers

Pollocks toy theatre c.1960's

pb. with 6 coloured sheets (including cover characters)

£15

1945 lst edition with lovely lithographed illustrations by Margaret Cardew

£45

lst edition 1968

story inspired by the paintings of Fleur Coles ( creator and editor of Flair magazine!)

£10

lovely 'silky' gilt tooled eau de nil calf arts & crafts binding (London), gilt edges to paper.

Washington Irving: Bracebridge Hall,

illustrations by R. Caldecott

1892

£35

1955 results of detailed survey amongst housewives living

throughout the UK between 1945 and 1952,

including 4 b&w photo plates, pb.

£8

informative book with 62 marvellous b&w photos. 1944

£50

london 1945. many isotype charts

£45 each

A Country Camera 1844 - 1914 by Gordon Winter

rural life as depicted in photographs...

Country Life publication lst edition 1966

(no dustjacket) £18

london 1944. text by jb priestley, fully illustrated in colour

£45

London is London - a selection of prose and verse

1st edition 1949, plain cloth binding

with c.32 full page b&w illustrations by Edward Bawden

£38

exeter

architectural press 1946. henrion dustjacket

£30

£30 £25 £50

Dog of War

by John Taylor the water poet

limited edition of 375 some pages still uncut

Haslewood books 1927

£85

1944

23 b&w plates, 5 colour

(some wear)

£12

1943 second series of War Pictures by British Artists

£100 the set

1942 from first series of War Pictures by British Artists

£25

2nd world war RAF poet John Pudney

"better by far for Johnny the bright star..."

1943

£30

scarce 1945 Ministry of Information book

text by Laurie Lee and many b&w photos

£40

Ministry of Information booklet 1940's

many photographs

£15

scarce Ministry of Information booklet 1945

£18

1940's 16pp pamphlet

£6

scarce 1951 Festival of Britain publication with embossed Festival medallion!

£20

Jackdaw

classic 1970's educational folder of facsimile documents

and ephemeral bits!

£9

other titles available too:

Columbus and the discovery of America

The Mayflower and the Pilgrim Fathers

The Plague and the Fire of London

The Gunpowder Plot

Science & Invention c. 1961 -1966

designed and produced by Erik Nitsche

Flight £12

1967 Robert Carrier classic cards

£5

French Country Cooking by Elizabeth David

lst edition 7th impression 1956 (minus dustjacket)

£55

more good food by Ambrose Heath

1st edition 1933 cover and vignettes by Edward Bawden

£95

Good Potato Dishes by Ambrose Heath

wartime issue (rare dustjacket, linocut illust. Edward Bawden) 1943

with neat inscription 'Herbert - with love and anticipation Philippa 8/8/45'

£75

2nd impression/1st edition 1940

£45

Praktische Konditorei Kunst, dated 1923

hardcover large format

including 90 delicious full page colour plates ( loose instruction sheets no longer present!)

£160

penguin scores 1949/1950's

some other compositions and patterned covers available.....

£9 each

rare King Penguin titles 1950's

£40 each

we also have a selection of magazines including

ark

rca magazine

late 1960's

£15 each

interiors (usa) and industrial design (usa)

1950's

£8 each

german travel brochure for winter sports

1930's

£20

1964 ep recording of David Davis reading 'Tim to the Rescue'

£15

Walt Disney's Story of the Lady and the Tramp 1966

including ep record with Bella Notte and The Siamese Cat Song

£6

French 1950's comic books...

1950's Tintin comics £4 each

scarce Janet & John jigsaw puzzles from the late 1950's

in original boxes £15 each