Search Results: Chiswick and West London from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Acton: Acton & Chiswick Gazette 1912. 4to. Inscribed by the author on the first blank. 357 pp. Recent half dark brown morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and maroon leather title label. New endpapers. In cardboard slipcase, which is slightly marked. All edges gilt. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Fore-edge marked. Numerous in-text illustrations. Binding firm. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1912.

Acton: Acton & Chiswick Gazette 1912. 4to.Illustrated. 357 pp., Recased publisher's tan leather boards restored with a tan calf spine, all edges gilt. Some wear to the corners and marks to the boards. Internally clean and illustrated in black and white throughout, occasional pencil notes. . Very Good. Publisher's Leather. 2nd Edition. 1912.

London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1930. 8vo. This edition is 1 of 1060 numbered copies, no. 111 and signed by Robert Herring and Edward Bawden. 168pp. Quarter grey cloth over decorative paper boards, with top-edge gilt. There is slight tanning to edges of boards, and light bumping to spine ends and extremities. The pages are uncut, clean and bright. Includes 13 full page pochoir plates, 6 in-text and illustrated map endpapers of Kew Gardens and Kew Green. Robert Herring was a poet who edited 'The London Mercury' and 'Life and Letters Today'. Edward Bawden was an illustrator of books and posters, who became the official war artist of WWII. This is a vibrant and uncommon book. Although not one of the 60 copies for presentation, this copy is signed by both Bawden and Herring on the limitations page. . Very Good. Decorative Boards. Limited Numbered Edition. 1930.

London: Tate Gallery 1988. 4to. 253 pp., illustrated throughout. Scratch to the rea panel of the dustjacket, else a lovely copy. 094659080x . Very Good. Hardcover. 1988.

Harrow: J. C. Wilbee 1895. Tall Narrow 8vo. vii, 95 pp. Cloth spine over card boards. Wear and bumping to extremities and foxing throughout. An authorative work by an expert of Gothic architecture. Includes numerous black and white photographic plates and illustrations. . Good. Cloth Spine. 1895.

Chiswick, London: Bedford Park Society 2013. Small Square 4to. 88 pp., illustrated throughout with mainly photographs. 217 x 242 mm 9780957070240 . As New. Softcover. First Edition. 2013.

London: Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press 1914. 4to.Privately Printed. xxiv., 155 pp. Fully bound in a blue cloth with a blue slipcase. Gilt lettering to the spine and front board and t.e.g. Book in very good/ near fine condition with just a small amount of wear and marking to the spine, particulaly at the top an bottom. Slip case a little more marked, but still in very good conditon. 74 plates illustrating the collection. A scarce book, privately printed at the Chiswick Press; 1/150 copies. . Very Good. Cloth. Limited Numbered Edition. 1914.

London: McHugh Publications 2011. Large 8vo. 123 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Clean copy. No ownership marks. Colour illustrations throughout. 'signed by author' sticker on front cover. 9780956916402 . Very Good. Paperback. 2011.

Stroud: Amberley Publishing 2021. 8vo. 95 pp. Paperback. Colour photography throughout. New copy. 9781445699608 . As New. Paperback. 2021.

London: Philip Allan & Co. 1923. 8vo. First Edition. xix, 236 pp. Buff buckram spine over blue-green boards with a dark blue gilt lettered label; map to rear endpapers. Slight wear to extremities, patch of yellowing to front board and slight marking to rear. Pages uncut, name to ffep., spot to prelims and fore-edge but otherwise internally clean. Colour illustrated frontispiece and numerous black & white illustrations and maps. . Near Fine. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1923.

Chiswick: Platrier & Sons 1893-1913. Large 8vo.Magazine / Journal. 17 volumes. 1893-1903: Red cloth with gilt and black illustrations to boards and gilt lettering to spines; after 1904: red cloth with gilt lettering to boards and spine. Minor fading to the spines, a few marks to some of the volumes' boards, a little rubbing and wear to spine ends, but generally all in very good condition; very occassional spots internally, a few ink owner's names, otherwise clean. The first part of each volume is the monthly parish notices and newletters, with interesting information for various churches around Chiswick at the turn of the last century - great for the local historian. The latter part, which each parish section would have been bound with, is 'The Church Monthly', a more widely published, very wholesome magazine with lots and lots of illustrations, short stories, poetry, articles, songs, puzzles, etc. Although missing a few years, this is a very nicely bound, intriguing set of great… Read More

London: William Mackenzie N.d. [c. 1880's]. 4to. In six volumes complete. xviii, 201 pp. Publisher's original elaborately gilt-decorated cloth. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Minimal wear to cloth. All internally clean. Extra-engraved title page to volume one. With 150 tissue-guarded full-page steel engravings. Bindings firm. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1880.

London: Historical Publications Ltd 2005. Small 4to.Illustrated. 128 pp. Illustrated laminated softcover. Local history and guide to buildings, transport, roads etc. around Ealing. Binding slightly separated at the rear; otherwise in very good condition. . Near Fine. Laminated Boards. 2005.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1977. 8vo. xii, 136 pp. Full cloth in dust jacket. Jacket it edgeworn with tears to the head and patch of loss to the rear. Boards clean and internally fresh, with former owner's stamp to the front endpaper. Illustrations and architectural drawings. Illustrated in black and white. 0710086938 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1977.

London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press 1911. 8vo. First Edition. lxxxiii, 215 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Internally clean, with a loose subscriber's list at front. Furnivall was educated partly in Turnham Green and founded Hammersmith Sculling Club for working class girls in 1896 - Furnivall Gardens is named for him. An advocate for vegetarianism, sculling, spelling reform, socialism, teetotalism, he passionately believed in the importance of editing historic texts to shed light on the past, he was a co-creator of the Oxford English Dictionary and founded the Early English Text Society. Subscribers to this volume include May Morris & J. T. Cobden-Sanderson. . Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 1911.

London: Hutchinson & Co. ca. 1920. Small 4to.Illustrated. xii, 326 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. With 20 coloured plates and 6 pencil drawings by the author. Fading and rubbing around the spine and edges. Cloth slightly loose and stained at spine. Internally clean. From the library of actor Richard Briers, with his ink inscription to first free endpaper. . Good. Cloth. 1920.

London: St. Margaret's Grounds 2000. 4to.Limited Edition. 160 pp, illustrated in black and white, number 343/500, slight creasing to dustwrapper corner. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 2000.

London: 1979 / 1983. FolioFacsimile. Four volumes. All published. 208; 205; 254; 173 pp. Full green cloth with gilt lettering to spines. In printed dust jackets. Lovely fresh set, all internally clean with a very small amount of fading to the spine of volume 1. Facsimiles with textual collations. All in Fine condition, a further volume was planned of the Works for Wind Band and The Hammersmith Suite, but this wasn't published. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Fine. Cloth. First Editions. 1974.

London: Faber & Faber Limited 1930. 8vo. Uncommon, especially in jacket. First Edition. 311 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial jacket; top edge gilt. Chipping around jacket edges, including small areas of loss. Boards clean. Spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Illustrated in black and white. Second volume of memoirs from actor-manager of the Lyric Theatre. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1930.

London, United Kingdom: Historical Publications Ltd 1995. Large 8vo. 144pp. 201 black and white photographs 094866732x . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1995.