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



scarce booklet designed and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone

for Moss Bros. c.1955

£75


book mutant science fiction

1st UK edition 1954 in fine original dustjacket

£30

book caldecott mad dog

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

 

david hockney grimms fairy tales book of engravings

Grimms Fairy Tales with 39 etchings by David Hockney

small format 1st edition 1970

£40


book soldiers verse

scarce 1st edition 1945 with original lithographs by William Scott

(contemporary inscription)

£125



Piper lithograph poetry book

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

 

book bawden life in an english village

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 the mule book muffin the mule book

Muffin and Louise by Annette Mills and Anne Hogarth

illustrations by Neville Main

1954 first edition paper covers (well read!)

£20



picture puffin





puffin book farm crops puffin trees in britain

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




and some ephemera

Pelham Puppet membership leaflet


scarce 1950's Pelham puppet PelPup membership leaflet

£4


Janet reger 1960's catalogue  janet reger lingerie catalogue

classic 1960's Janet Reger lingerie catalogue

£5



Biba mailorder catalogue
  Biba mail order catalogue

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 postcard Brigitte Bardot vintage postcard marilyn monroe
vintage postcard anita eckberg
vintage postcard Jayne Mansfield

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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