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Billy The Kid [Double Signed] Morpurgo, Michael [Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo (5 October 1943) English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who became the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005]. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. (Book #ID 109437) Published by Pavilion Books Limited, Great Eastern Wharf, Parkgate Road, London First Edition 2000. 2000. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered glazed boards, blue and white photographic football crowd end papers. Landscape. 8'' x 10¼''. Fable of a Chelsea Football Club player and supporter, and soldiering in the Second World War. Contains 71 pp with splendid colour illustrations throughout. Full Printer's code 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. DOUBLE SIGNED by the author and the illustrator in different colour inks to the half-title page 'Michael Morpurgo' and 'Michael Foreman.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE Category |
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The Bulls of Ronda | A Novel Benson, Eugene P. [Eugene Benson (born 1928) is a Canadian professor of English and a prolific writer, novelist, playwright and librettist]. (Book #ID 115233) Published by Methuen | Two Continents Publications 30 East 42 Street, New York First Edition 1976. 1976. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green | maroon tonic cloth effect covered boards, blocked and lettered black back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Full printer's code to the copyright page 1 2 3 4 5 0 9 8 7 6. Contains 224 pp. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with surface rubbing to the paper, not price clipped, $8.95. Variant copy dust wrapper with reviews of the book printed upside down to the front cover, these should be to the rear of the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Category |
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The Transcendence of the Ego | An Existentialist Theory of Consciousness [Noonday Press Paperbacks Series N114] Sartre, Jean-Paul [Jean-Paul-Charles-Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 - 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism]. Translated and with an Introduction by Forrest Williams and Robert Kirkpatrick (Book #ID 115515) Published by The Noonday Press | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc., Ninth Printing 1966. 1966. Ninth printing in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 119 + ii pp catalogue listings of Noonday Press paperbacks. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the PHILOSOPHY Category |
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Black Beauty | A Story of the Ups and Downs of a Horse's Life as Told by Himself Sewell, Anna [Illustrated by Alan Wright and G. Vernon Stokes] (Book #ID 115674) Published by Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd., 178-202 Great Portland Street, London circa 1948. Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in black to the spine and front board. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains colour frontispiece, (xvi), 296 pp with 12 full-page green tinted (2 monochrome) illustrations throughout. Ink message to the front free end paper dated 1950, front hinge cracked, rubbing to the covers. An unusual edition with this many illustrations, normally only consisting of six. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the STORIES FOR GIRLS Category |
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Alpine and Arctic Environments | Volume 10 Proceedings: VII Congress - International Association for Quaternary Research | Boulder - Denver, Colorado, August 14 - September 19, 1965. Wright, H. H., Jr., and W. H. Osburn (Book #ID 115799) Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA First Edition 1968. 1968. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xii), 308 pp with many text figures and some monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the tips, not price clipped. From the private library belonging to Bryan L. Sage, a distinguished naturalist and BP ecologist in Alaska with his bird illustrated book plate to the front paste down. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POLAR [Arctic] Category |
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George Bullock | Cabinet Maker Wainwright, C. [Introduction by] George Bullock (Book #ID 116386) Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, London | H. Blairman & Sons Ltd., 119 Mount Street, London First Edition 1988. 1988. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 4to. 10½'' x 8¼''. Contains 160 pp with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £20.00. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DECORATIVE ARTS Category |
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The Life of the Bee Maeterlinck, Maurice [Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 - 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911]. Translated by Alfred Sutro (Book #ID 117504) Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Ruskin House, 40 Museum Street, London Reprinted Edition 1912. 1912. Reprinted edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 306 + iv pp. Ink message to the second front free end paper, spotting to the closed text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the BEEKEEPING & APIARISTS Category |
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A Blot of the 'Scutcheon and other Poetic Dramas Browning, Robert [Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets]. (Book #ID 117582) Published by Walter Scott Ltd., Paternoster Square, London circa 1900 edition not stated. Limp back binding in publisher's original full burgundy leather covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, radial corners, all page edges gilt, duck egg blue and gilt marble lining papers. 16mo. 5¼'' x 4''. Contains [xix], 367 pp. Spine sun faded, rubbing to the spine edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES Category |
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol | By C.3.3. (The Omar Series) Wilde, Oscar [Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) Irish poet and playwright]. (Book #ID 117845) Published by The Richards Press, No. 8 Charles Street, St. James's Square, London not dated circa 1944. Hard back binding in publisher's original cerise cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 24mo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 61 + ii pp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small nick to the top front cover, spine sun faded, priced 2s. 6d. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the ENGLISH LITERATURE Category |
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Lions and Shadows | An Education in the Twenties Isherwood, Christopher [Noted Dramatist, Author and Playwright 1904-1986] (Book #ID 117850) Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, London First Edition 1938. 1938. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, sun faded blocked and lettered black back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains photographic frontispiece, 312 pp. R.A.F. Kinloss stamp to the end papers, spine sun faded, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the BIO (Résumé, Memoir) Category |
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