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The sole UK printing published by Beauly in 2012. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Number '33' of only 45 copies issued. Purple stiff card covers with just a little fading of colouring to the edges. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Printed paper label to the front cover as issued. Tipped in publisher's slip to the limitation page : 'This obituary first appeared in the English Review (June 1925)'. Protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Edward Thomas' obituary of his fellow poet Rupert Brooke. Scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
A Suitable Boy : Signed By The Author With The Publisher’s Review Copy Slip by Seth, Vikram - 1993
by Seth, Vikram
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A Suitable Boy : Signed By The Author With The Publisher’s Review Copy Slip
by Seth, Vikram
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The First UK printing published by Phoenix House, London in 1993. The First Trade edition preceded only by the signed limited edition (100 copies) issued by the Sixth Chamber Press. The correct first issue with olive green end-papers. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with light toning to the text-block and outer page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. Some light creasing at the spine ends and the upper edges. A small nick with associated creasing at the lower front spine fold. Some fading of the colouring to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) to the title page. Loosely inserted is the publisher's 'Review Copy' slip announcing the publication date as the '25th March 1993' and a Compliments Slip from the newspaper 'Scotland on Sunday'. The author's magnum opus which was recently televised by the BBC to high acclaim. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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Rupert Brooke 1887 - 1915
by Thomas, Edward
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This Delicate Creature : With The Scarce Wrapper By Edward Ardizzone
by O'Leary, Con
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The First UK printing published by Constable, London in 1928. The BOOK is in near Fine condition in the original variant binding of terracotta cloth, upper board and spine lettered in black. Some faint spotting to the edges and prelims. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some light markings and slight edge-wear. The wrapper is protected in a removable archival protector and carries a striking period design signed with the initials 'EJIA'. These initials must be those of Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone and this wrapper artwork must have been one of his earliest commissions. Born in Ireland, this is O'Leary's best known work, a science fiction novel in which 'a woman is given a drug that induces a range of Identity Transfer experiences, including life as a mouse and as her own betrayed husband ' (Science Fiction Encyclopaedia, online). A very scarce survivor. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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The White Man's Duty : An Analysis Of The Colonial Question In The Light Of The Atlantic Charter
by Cunard, Nancy & Padmore, George
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The Sole UK printing published by W.H. Allen, London in 1942. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Wraps format with illustrated paper covers. Light creasing and rubbing to the covers in places. A little age related markings to the rear cover. The pages are toned due to the cheap quality of paper stock used. Free from inscriptions. An interview between Nancy Cunard and George Padmore on the colonial question in which she articulates her own liberal views on the race question. A very scarce publication in collectible condition. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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The Wanderer
by Alain-Fournier & Minton, John (Illus.)
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The First UK printing of this illustrated edition, published by Paul Elek, London in 1947. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Slight cocking with light pushing at the spine ends. Gilt titling to the spine remains bright. Light toning to the text-block and page edges. Free from inscriptions. The fragile wrapper is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Edge-wear with a little loss in places. Light fading and toning to the spine. Some creasing and rubbing in places. The colour panel images are all complete. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Striking B/W illustrations throughout by John Minton who was also responsible for the wrapper artwork. The author's only book which was based on his childhood, and originally published in 1928. It has twice been made into a film. One of John Minton's highlight titles and very scarce to find with the wrapper in any condition. This copy's wrapper is one of the best I have handled. More images available on request. Ashton…
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The Tin-Pot Foreign General And The Old Iron Woman : Signed By The Author
by Briggs, Raymond
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The First UK Printing published by Hamish Hamilton in 1984. The wraps format with laminated coloured covers. Issued simultaneously with the scarcer hardback format. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Some very light bumping at the spine ends and corners. Light creasing to rear cover edges and rear lower corner. Light toning to the extreme page edges. Inscribed by the author to the title page : 'For Jane, with best wishes, Raymond Briggs , 1985'. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout by the author. Briggs satirises the conflict that was the Falklands war while capturing the devastation war brings to those caught up in it. Collectible. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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This Delicate Creature : With The Scarce Wrapper By Edward Ardizzone
by O'Leary, Con
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The First UK printing published by Constable, London in 1928. The BOOK is in near Fine condition in the original variant binding of terracotta cloth, upper board and spine lettered in black. Some faint spotting to the edges and prelims. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some light markings and slight edge-wear. The wrapper is protected in a removable archival protector and carries a striking period design signed with the initials 'EJIA'. These initials must be those of Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone and this wrapper artwork must have been one of his earliest commissions. Born in Ireland, this is O'Leary's best known work, a science fiction novel in which 'a woman is given a drug that induces a range of Identity Transfer experiences, including life as a mouse and as her own betrayed husband ' (Science Fiction Encyclopaedia, online). A very scarce survivor. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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Rhyme Stew : Signed By Quentin Blake In The Year Of Publication
by Dahl, Roald & Blake, Quentin (Illus.)
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The First UK printing published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1989. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with a hint of dustiness to the upper text-block. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with just a hint of fading of colouring to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been inscribed and signed to the front blank end-paper, in the year of publication by the book's illustrator (Sir) Quentin Blake : ' To Dr Susan, Best wishes from Quentin Blake, December 1989'. Striking B/W illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Increasingly scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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My Favourite London Devils. A Gazetteer Of Books, Lives And Brief Encounters : The Deluxe Limited Edition Signed By The Author
by Sinclair, Iain & McKean, Dave (Illus.)
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The First UK printing Tangerine Press, London, 2016. The BOOK is in Fine unread condition. One of only 126 numbered hardback copies signed by the author to the limitation page. There was also an unsigned wrappered edition issued at the same time. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Collects 20 Essays by Sinclair, including 'Our Unknown Everywhere', on Arthur Machen. Other authors covered include Peter Ackroyd, J.G. Ballard, Alexander Baron, Roland Camberton, Angela Carter, B. Catling, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Patrick Hamilton, John Healy, Thomas Holmes, Jack Kerouac, Michael Moorcock, & Robert Westerby. Numerous coloured portraits by McKean. An increasingly elusive title to find with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
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Fingal’s Cave : Illustrated By Rigby Graham
by Scott, Thea & Graham, Rigby (Illus.)
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The Sole UK printing published by The Pandora Press in 1961. Number '8' of only 150 numbered copies issued. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just very slight splaying of the front board and a hint of toning to the text-block. Original navy cloth with the spine lettered in gilt. This copy additionally has the blue cloth board blocked in gold to the front (Deadman notes 'a few ' thus and corrects the edition size to 145). Free from inscriptions and erasures. 11 illustrations (3 full-page) printed from lino, rubber cuts and line-blocks in various striking colours by Rigby Graham. No Wrapper as issued. The edition was originally intended to consist of 250 copies, but disaster struck after the seventy-sixth printing; the sheets had been spread out to dry over the floor of an attic, when a sudden spell of sunshine hatched out woodworm in the floor, and overnight more than one hundred of the sheets were peppered with holes. As the sheet had a five-colour linocut on it, reprinting was impossible, and…
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My First Nursery Book : With The Scarce Wrapper
by Themerson, Franciszka
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The First UK printing published by George Harrap & Co. Ltd., London in 1947. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Publisher's original illustrated boards have some light toning to the edges and some spotting in places. The binding remains tight. Some very slight rubbing at the corners with light toning to the text-block. Internally, some offsetting to the illustrated end-papers but free of inscriptions. Light toning to the page edges in places. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Light toning to the folds, edges and the spine. Some mild edge-wear with only a little loss at the spine ends and edges in places. Some splitting and closed tears to the spine and spine folds. The illustrated wrapper remains striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Profusely illustrated throughout by Franciskza Themerson. 'My First Nursery Book' tells the stories 'Who Killed Cock Robin?', 'The Gingerbread Man', 'Three Little Pigs' and 'The Three Bears' with uniquely striking period…
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A Suitable Boy: A Novel
by Vikram Seth
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A Suitable Boy (v. 2)
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A Suitable Boy: A Novel (Modern Classics)
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A Suitable Boy
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A Suitable Boy (Volume 1)
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A Suitable Boy
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Orion Pub Co, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A Suitable Boy
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A Suitable Boy: A Novel
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A Suitable Boy: A Novel
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Suitable Boy
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A diáspora da palavra: obras de autores portugueses impressas fora de Portugal, 1521-1550. Guia da exposição.
by DIAS, João José Alves
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Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Centro de Estudos Históricos, Universidade Nova, 2021.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 110 pp., (1 blank l.), profusely illustrated, indexes of authors, places of publication, printers and booksellers. One of 500 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this excellent exhibition catalogue. Alves Dias is one of Portugal's leading historians, and a distinguished bibliophile. ***
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The Butterflies Fly-Past. with illus. by Mandy Shepherd.
by Simson, Clive
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Special Offers Entomology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994. pp.xviii, 127 with 8 coloured illus. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £20.00. A fascinating book describing the authors experiences of studying butterflies in the UK. All native British Butterflies are mentioned at some point in the text, which is handsomely supported by 8 watercolour plates by Mandy Shepherd.
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In Search of Nature.
by Ratcliffe, D.A
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000. pp.xii, 249 with illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £27.00. The distinguished naturalist, Derek Ratcliffe, passed away in 2005 aged 75. Born in 1929, this book tells the tale of his life from boyhood, when his interest in birds, butterflies, moths and dragonflies started to develop, through to the period in his life before 1970. Ratcliffe took the opportunity presented by writing this book of paying tribute to some of the people who helped him along the way and became lifelong friends.
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Native Plums (Prunus) of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018. pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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A History of Whaling in Brazil. From royal fish to Japanese delicacy.
by Hart, Ian & Edmundson, William
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Pequena., 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxii, 234 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A new softback. This is the first book to describe comprehensively the history of whaling in Brazil, starting with traditional whaling as a Portuguese crown monopoly and culminating with the introduction of modern ships, equipped with harpoon guns in the twentieth century - an initiative led by a British company (Duder and Brother) in Brazil.
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Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013. pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904-1931. A History of shore and bay-based whaling in the Antarctic.
by Hart, Ian
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006. pp.xvi, 363 with many illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. A fascinating account of the whaling industry in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The sequence of events which led to the extension of British sovereignty in the Antarctic and the legislation & policing imposed by the Falkland Islands Government to control the burgeoning whaling industry are also discussed.
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Antarctic Magistrate. A life through the lens of a camera.
by Hart, Ian
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Pequena., 2009. 1st. Ed.. pp.303 with many photographs. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. This volume is a celebration of the life of Edward Beveridge Binnie, (born on the Falkland Islands in 1884) the eighth child of immigrant Scottish parents. The book traces his rise from humble beginnings through Falkland Islands Government service to becoming the first Antarctic Magistrate.
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Austral Enterprises. A History of shore, bay-based and pelagic whaling and sealing in the Southern Ocean encompassing the Southern Whaling & Sealing Company, The Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Company and their associated enterprises at South Georgia, the Antarctic peninsula, the South Indian Ocean and South Africa.
by Hart, Ian
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Pequena., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 380 with b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Print run of just 400 copies. Signed by author. There have been very few attempts to document British involvement in the whaling and sealing industry. This book describes, in detail, some of the major companies that undertook this trade and the profound effect this had on the whale and seal populations in the southern hemisphere.
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Teses Apresentadas ao II Congresso realizado de 4 a 11 de Setembro de 1960. 2º volume. Boletim da Sociedade de Estudos de Moçambique. Ano XXIX, N.º 125, Novembro a Dezembro.
by [MOZAMBIQUE]
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Lourenço Marques, [from rear cover] Composto e Impresso na Sociedade de Estudos, 1960.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original pale blue printed wrappers (browned, short tear on spine). Illustrations, maps and tables in text. Some light dampstains. In good condition. Old faint circular stamp on front cover. (2 ll.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 9, (2) pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 8 pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 15 pp., errata slip, (1 l.), 4 pp., (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., 2 folding tables, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 10 pp., (1 ll. plates, printed on both sides, 1 blank l., 1 l.), 7 pp., (8 pp. illustrations, 1 blank p., 1 l.), 13 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., (1 l.), 11 pp. including 3 full-page illustrations, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 24 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 5 pp., (1 l. with bibliography, 2 ll. plates, 1 l.), 17 pp., (1 l.), 14 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The volume contains four brief…
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