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GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL : SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF FRANCIS RABELAIS.

GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL : SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF FRANCIS RABELAIS.

by RABELAIS, François, ca.1490-1553 :

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London : John Westhouse, 1945. First Brandt edition. Seventeenth-century translations of Rabelais by Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660) and Peter Anthony Motteux (1660-1718), here combined with the extraordinary illustrations of Rolf A. Brandt (1906-1986). Introduction by Denis Saurat. Demy 8vo (23cm). [xvi],(270),[ii]pp. Fourteen plates by Brandt. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt; a touch rubbed and slightly rolled; a few minor marks and spots, but a good copy in the Brandt dust-jacket - lightly tanned, slightly worn, nicked and split, with some neat taped repairs, but substantially complete and not unattractive.
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LONDON BOOK BINDERS 1780-1840.

LONDON BOOK BINDERS 1780-1840.

by RAMSDEN, Charles (Charles Frederick Ingram), 1888-1958 :

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London : B. T. Batsford, (1987). The 1987 reprint of the original 1956 edition of this extensive directory of the some 2,000 known London bookbinders of the period. With an introductory essay on the evolution of London binding styles. Crown 4to (26cm). xiv,(156),[vi]pp. Forty plates. Original boards; a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.
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BOOKBINDERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (OUTSIDE LONDON) : 1780-1840.

BOOKBINDERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (OUTSIDE LONDON) : 1780-1840.

by RAMSDEN, Charles (Charles Frederick Ingram), 1888-1958 :

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London : B. T. Batsford, (1987). The 1987 reprint of the original 1954 edition of this extensive directory of the known bookbinders of the period working in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. With an introductory essay on the evaluation of the source materials, etc. Crown 4to (26cm). (xvi),250,[iv]pp. Sixteen plates. Original boards; top edge very slightly spotted, otherwise very good in dust-jacket.
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BEYOND ALL OTHER : POEMS 1970-1986.

BEYOND ALL OTHER : POEMS 1970-1986.

by RANDELL, Elaine, 1951- :

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Durham : Pig Press, 1986. First edition. A selection of fifty-three poems, with an afterword by Lee Harwood. Includes "Suddenly It Becomes Sordid", "Drought 1976", "Tell Them How Easy Love Is", "Dusting", etc. Demy 8vo (22cm). 94,[ii]pp. Original wrappers - a design in holly, stone and black by Ann Caddel; mild spotting of edges, but a very good copy.
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A TAPER TO THE OUTWARD ROOME.

A TAPER TO THE OUTWARD ROOME.

by RANDELL, Elaine, 1951- :

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Newcastle upon Tyne : Laundering Room Press, 1974. First edition : limited to 200 copies. Inscribed, signed with forename and dated (1974) by Elaine Randell on the half-title. A collection of ten poems, including "I Could Never Throw Love out of the Window", "Last Sad Note", etc. Foolscap 4to (21cm). [20]pp. Original black stapled wrappers, lettered across upper cover in pale pink; very good.
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GEOGRAPHY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. ADAPTED TO THE NEW CODE.

GEOGRAPHY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. ADAPTED TO THE NEW CODE.

by RANDELL, Thomas :

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London : William Collins, Sons & Co. [1872]. First edition. An attractive and unusual Victorian school text, with a folding coloured map of the county, woodcut illustrations and population statistics drawn from the 1871 Census. The "New Code" referred to would appear to be the New Education Code of 1871. In the "Collins County Geographies" series. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 32pp. Folding coloured map. Original wrappers; a little worn and slightly dusty, but a very good example of a scarce, fragile and ephemeral production.
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DEATH IS NOT THE END : AN INSPECTOR REBUS NOVELLA.

DEATH IS NOT THE END : AN INSPECTOR REBUS NOVELLA.

by RANKIN, Ian (Ian James), 1960- :

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London : Orion Books, (1998). First edition. "Damon Mee was last seen in a blurred security video on the dance floor of a Kirkcaldy night club ...". One of the "Criminal Records" series of novellas, edited by Otto Penzler. Crown 8vo (20cm). [vi],73,[i]pp. Original blue boards, blocked and lettered in silver; just a hint of tanning, but a very good, bright and firm copy in the dust-jacket - equally very good.
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WHO WERE YOU WITH LAST NIGHT?

WHO WERE YOU WITH LAST NIGHT?

by RAPHAEL, Frederic (Frederic Michael), 1931- :

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London : Jonathan Cape, (1971). First edition. "When a woman tells you her past, you can be sure she intends you to be her future, you can quote me there" - the interior monologue of a very ordinary man with a mind to murder his wife. "Its theme is the habitual duplicity of civilized life. Conspiracy, says Frederic Raphael, is the inevitable partner of permanence; we share our beds with strangers". Post 8vo (21cm). (184)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; top edge red; slight tanning to endpapers and a couple of spots, but a very good copy in the Colin Andrews dust-jacket - the jacket sunned at spine (as usual) and price-clipped by the publisher, with a revised price over-sticker, but with only a very faint suggestion of wear and also very good.
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THE WINSLOW BOY.

THE WINSLOW BOY.

by RATTIGAN, Terence (Sir Terence Mervyn), 1911-1977 :

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London : Hamish Hamilton, (1946). First edition. The cadet and the stolen postal order - the pursuit of justice for the unimportant - based on a true story and one of the defining plays of the mid-twentieth century, frequently revived, with numerous film, television and radio adaptations. Here inscribed by Rattigan to his secretary Mary, signed with forename (Terry) and dated October 1946. Mary Herring began working for Rattigan shortly before the play opened at the Lyric in May 1946 and was to become his confidante, companion, guardian of his reputation, controller of his finances, and keeper of his secrets for the next seventeen years. Crown 8vo (20cm). (110),[ii]pp. Original grey cloth, lettered in red; original production flaw to two leaves leaving them proud, but otherwise a very good copy in the dust-jacket - the fragile and brittle post-war jacket a little tanned, with some minor chipping and slight repairs at head and tail.
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[DROP-HEAD TITLE] JOYFUL REAPING.

[DROP-HEAD TITLE] JOYFUL REAPING.

by RAVEN, Nancy :

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London : William Stevens, [ca.1955]. First edition. "I will not be argued with, girl! You will marry young Charles Blofield, or out of my house you go, and stay out! I'll cut you out of my will into the bargain". Nancy Raven had been contributing to the various William Stevens series since at least 1939, with titles like "Bonds of Pride", "Glad Surrender", etc. New Moon series - reference number on first page 786. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 51,[i]pp - wrappers included in pagination. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; a few minor marks; a touch of rust to staple, but otherwise very good. No copy located in any major UK library.
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PLACES WHERE THEY SING.

PLACES WHERE THEY SING.

by RAVEN, Simon (Simon Arthur Nöel), 1927-2001 :

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London : Anthony Blond, (1970). First edition. "In the sixth novel in the 'Alms for Oblivion' sequence, Lancaster College, Cambridge, has had a windfall of about a quarter of a million pounds from the sale of farms in Lincolnshire, and there are strongly divergent views on how the money should be spent" (Nottingham Guardian, 4th March 1970). Post 8vo (21cm). 224pp. Original green boards, blocked and lettered in silver; a sliver of sunning at tips; mild tanning of endpapers; a handful of spots, but a very good copy in the Oliver Elmes dust-jacket - the jacket with a couple of unobtrusive short nicks, but otherwise also very good.
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BEFORE THE COCK CROW : A NOVEL.

BEFORE THE COCK CROW : A NOVEL.

by RAVEN, Simon (Simon Arthur Nöel), 1927-2001 :

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London : Muller, Blond & White, (1986). First edition. The third novel in the "First-Born of Egypt" sequence - "in some Italian gutter there is a snipe with a legitimate claim to the entire Canteloupe estate". Demy 8vo (23cm). [viii],274,[vi]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; just a little bruised, but otherwise a very good copy in the Lawrence Toynbee dust-jacket - also very good.
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THE JUDAS BOY.

THE JUDAS BOY.

by RAVEN, Simon (Simon Arthur Nöel), 1927-2001 :

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London : Anthony Blond, (1968). First edition. Tom Llewyllyn prepares a current affairs television series, Fielding Gray heads to Cyprus to research what others do not want researched, Gray becomes distracted. The fifth novel in the "Alms for Oblivion" sequence. Post 8vo (21cm). (196)pp. Original lilac boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; a hint of bruising at foot; a sliver of sunning to extremities; a sprinkling of edge-spots, but otherwise a very good, clean and sound copy in the Oliver Elmes dust-jacket - the jacket just lightly tanned, but with minimal wear and also very good.
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BLOOD OF MY BONE : A NOVEL.

BLOOD OF MY BONE : A NOVEL.

by RAVEN, Simon (Simon Arthur Nöel), 1927-2001 :

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London : Frederick Muller, (1989). First edition. The demise of the Provost sets off a chain of disgraceful doings. "Raven has the mind of a cad and the pen of an angel" (Guardian review). The fifth volume in "The First Born of Egypt" sequence. Demy 8vo (23cm). [vi],(198),[iv]pp. Original boards; just a hint of bruising, but a very good, bright and sound copy in the Patrick Mortemore dust-jacket - also very good.
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THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914.

THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914.

by RAY, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986 :

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New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. First edition : the wrappers issue. A superbly produced and illustrated survey - with sections on all the major artists and illustrative processes, a checklist of 100 outstanding illustrated books of the period, a bibliography, indices of artists, authors, titles, etc., with formal bibliographical descriptions by Thomas V. Lange. Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Royal 4to (30cm). (xxiv),(340)pp. Illustrations throughout, two in colour - and including a fine sequence of full-page images. Original wrappers; lightly sunned; a few slight marks; edges a touch dusty, but a good copy.
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THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914.

THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914.

by RAY, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986 :

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New York : Pierpont Morgan Library / London : Oxford University Press, (1976). First edition : the hardback issue. A superbly produced and illustrated survey - with sections on all the major artists and illustrative processes, a checklist of 100 outstanding illustrated books of the period, a bibliography, indices of artists, authors, titles, etc., with formal bibliographical descriptions by Thomas V. Lange. Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Royal 4to (31cm). (xxiv),(340)pp. Illustrations throughout, two in colour - and including a fine sequence of full-page images. Original blue cloth gilt; a few edge-spots, but a very good and bright copy in the original acetate dust-jacket.
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LONDON BELLS : AND WHAT THEY TELL US.

LONDON BELLS : AND WHAT THEY TELL US.

by RAYBOULD, Walter, 1864-1912 :

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London : Blackie & Son, 1911. First edition. A delightful book about London for children - not just Oranges and Lemons and other nursery rhymes, but the origins of the city, the Romans, Boadicea, Saxon London, the Danes, Westminster Abbey, the Thames, London Bridge, the Tower, the Great Fire, St. Paul's, London children, St. James's Park, the Crystal Palace, the Zoo, Covent Garden, the docks, and London servants. With colour plates by Wilfrid Ball, W. L. Wyllie, Frank Brangwyn, Samuel Scott, Stanhope Forbes, Vicat Cole, and others, as well as numerous illustrations, some full-page, in the text. Foolscap 4to (23cm). 128pp. Twelve coloured plates. Numerous illustrations. Maps. Music. Original pictorial cloth; a touch dulled, faintly marked and slightly bruised; endpapers and outer leaves a little tanned, but otherwise internally a very good, clean and sound copy.
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STORIES ABOUT THE FLOPPO WOPPO.

STORIES ABOUT THE FLOPPO WOPPO.

by "RAYMOND, Mary" - [Mary Constance Keegan, 1914-1994] :

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London: George G. Harrap & Co., (1937). First edition. Fifteen of Raymond's much-loved stories about the Floppo Woppo - "He was green and woolly with black spots and a very shiny nose and six black legs. As most animals have only two or four legs, the Floppo Woppo had two more to manage than any of his friends, and sometimes it got him into rather a muddle". Post 8vo (21cm). 128pp. Numerous delightful illustrations, many in two colours, by Henry Elliott-Blake (1902-1983). Original yellow pictorial cloth, blocked in black and green; very minor bruising at foot; mild tanning of endpapers, but a very good copy indeed in the original dust-jacket, also very good indeed, with just the faintest of wear at foot.
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BLONDIE BEG YOUR BULLET.

"BLONDIE BEG YOUR BULLET".

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Glasgow : M. C. Publications, [1950]. First edition. "Blondes always get under my skin. Blondes destroy my caution and abolish my grey matter. I don't fall for them I just flop. And then the dame stamps on me, of course". Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; a few minimal signs of age and use, but a very good, clean and crisp copy indeed. Just three copies (Bowling Green State, National Library of Scotland and Trinity College, Dublin, located in major libraries worldwide.
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THE NEW CONQUISTADORS.

THE NEW CONQUISTADORS.

by READ, Jan (John Hinton), 1917-2012 :

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London : Evans Brothers, (1980). First edition. The extraordinary tale of the British volunteers and mercenaries who helped gain independence for the countries of South America - "the swashbuckling and fearless Lord Cochrane; William Brown, the amateur admiral; the embattled William Miller of Peru", etc. Demy 8vo (23cm). (176)pp. Plates. Portraits. Maps. Original boards; very good in a price-clipped but very lightly used dust-jacket.
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