at rennies seaside modern
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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
scarce booklet designed and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
for Moss Bros. c.1955
£75
1st UK edition 1954 in fine original dustjacket
£30
Randolph Caldecott paper cover picture book c.1880
£45
Ist edition 1945 of Betty Swanwick's 'novelette' in scarce dustwrapper
£85
1st edition of Betty Swanwick's illustrated novel 1958
£55
Grimms Fairy Tales with 39 etchings by David Hockney
small format 1st edition 1970
£40
scarce 1st edition 1945 with original lithographs by William Scott
(contemporary inscription)
£125
scarce 1945 Landscape Poetry with lithographs by John Piper.
£95
scarce 1st edition Poems of Death with original lithographs by Michael Ayrton
with dustjacket,
£75
lst edition Nine Sharp and Earlier 1938
witty topical verses by Herbert Farjeon with line drawings throughout by Anna Zinkeisen
£55
1949 1st edition Life in an English Village
with 16 autolithographs by Edward Bawden
rare in excellent condition
£70
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
1st edition paperback 1969
many b&w photos
£20
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
1st edtion paperback containing 100 photographs by John Murphy 1981
£7
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
1950 hardback edition with 6 full page monocolour plates
and numerous black & white line illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell
£25
Why the Sea is Salt & other fairy stories
with many drawings by R.A.Brandt
1946 1st edition
(remnants of dustjacket )
£25
Angelo and Rosaline by Bettina Erlich
1957 1st edition
£30
1945 lst edition with lovely lithographed illustrations by Margaret Cardew
£45
1961 lst edition fully illustrated in colour and black & white.
£10
lst edition 1969 of Quangle Wangle's Hat with illustrations by Helen Oxenbury
(with scruffy dustjacket)
£20
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
london 1945. interesting comparison between Soviet Union and British Empire
using isotype charts.
John Heartfield dustjacket
£40
volumes 4,5,7, from influential 1947 Contact Book series,
world off duty - sold
edited by AG Weidenfeld assisted by Nigel Nicolson.
art direction by FHK Henrion,
with contributions from leading figures such as Tom Harrison,
Stephen Spender, Alistair Cooke, Marganita Laski, Hugh Casson,
Clive Bell, Edward Bawden, Enid Marx and many others.
worn copies £8 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
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
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
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 Siege of Paris and the Commune
The Mayflower and the Pilgrim Fathers
The Plague and the Fire of London
The Gunpowder Plot
James Watt & steam power
The Restoration of Charles ll - (worn folder)
Science & Invention c. 1961 -1966
designed and produced by Erik Nitsche
Flight £12
1967 Robert Carrier classic cards
£5 each pack
Plats du Jour by Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd
illustrated by David Gentleman 1958, pb.
£20
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
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
Walt Disney's Story of the Lady and the Tramp 1966
including ep record with Bella Notte and The Siamese Cat Song
£9
vintage 60's Pinky & Perky ep record
£8
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
scarce 1950's Pelham puppet PelPup membership leaflet
£4
classic 1960's Janet Reger lingerie catalogue
£5
rare original Biba mail order catalogue no.1 , 1968
£60
vintage 1950's birthday cards and envelope ( unused )
£2 each
original French 1950's large format Raymond Peynet postcard (unused)
£8 (one left)
vintage unused 1950's glamour model postcards
Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Anita Eckberg, Jayne Mansfield
£5 each
French vegetable seed packets (unused ) with chromolithographed labels
£2 each
set of original Fiorucci postcards - 6 in set
rare souvenirs purchased from the ultra groovy London shop in the 1970's
(very Agent Provocateur and Coco de Mer! )
£30
1920's French cocktail card - quality printing
£12
original 1952 sheet music £2
sheet music 1965 and 1970 £1 each
1960's dolls knitting patterns
£4 each
classic teapot cosy knitting patterns £2 each
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