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Middlesex University Press, 2008 282 printed pages. Unmarked text and clean covers. Bottom corner has been very slightly bumped, but otherwise this is very presentable and rather uncommon (in hardback). In addition to close readings of his art, The Great Bratby examines his writings, and his fiction. This complete biographical look at John Bratby (1928-92), an English painter who founded the "kitchen sink" style of art that was influential and popularized in the 1950s, reveals an eccentric artist who battled addictions and insecurity. Touching on the shameless publicity employed to make himself Britain's first modern celebrity artist, this is the first study to mine the Bratby Archive, which includes his selections from his intimate diaries. In addition to close readings of his art, this work examines his writings and his fiction, from his bestseller "Breakdown" to his unpublished novels and pornographic short stories.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Credo Company, 1975 Rare first edition of the Yeager Tarot, complete in original box. The cards are 3 & 2/16 x 4 7 1/2 inches with original, unedited full colour illustrations on black backgrounds, with simple circle and dot reverse designs on a white background. Complete with original 32 page booklet. The glossy gold box has a simple black motif reading "The Tarot" and is in very good condition apart from a short crease on the upper right hand side. The whole boxed pack retains its plain Kraft card packing box, with owner's added neat inscription "The Tarot of Meditation. Marty Yeager 1975".. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket.

203 printed pages. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Jones's Diamond Classics series. Contemporary ink inscription on blank preliminary leaf. Provenance: Anna Maria Benson. Preliminaries very slightly foxed. Marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Contemporary inscription on blank prliminary leaf. 52 x 93 mm. Contemporary chocolate brown half calf over marbled paper covered boards. Spine with gilt hand-tooled scrolling palmette motifs and lettering "Young" within double circular borders. Spine slightly worn at head and corners very slightly bumped. Bondy, 84-6. Spielmann, 517. Welsh, 7243. OCLC, 606556849. WorldCat locates 5 copies worldwide.