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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
Kathleen Ainslie charming 1st edition c.1910
£80
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
1st edition 1930 Adam and Evelyn at Kew
limited edition of 1060,
13 fullpage coloured pochoir illustrations by Edward Bawden and some vignettes within the text
cloth binding slightly 'sunned' on spine and edge of back cover
£150
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 Cowles ( 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
scarce Janet & John jigsaw puzzles from the late 1950's
in original boxes £15 each
and some ephemera
scarce 1950's Pelham puppet PelPup membership leaflet
£4
vintage 1950's birthday cards and envelope ( unused )
£2 each
original French 1950's large format Raymond Peynet postcard (unused)
£8
and
original standard format Raymond Peynet postcard (unused)
£5
vintage unused 1950's glamour model postcards
Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Anita Eckberg, Jayne Mansfield
£5 each
set of original 1970's 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
original 1952 sheet music £2
sheet music 1965 and 1970 £1 each
1960's dolls knitting patterns
£4 each
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