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Hamden, Connecticut; Archon Books, 1977., 1977. Hard Cover. Second Printing, produced in same year as First. Octavo, pp. 314. 25 full-page monochrome illustrations. Publsihers' black cloth with silver titles to spine in unclipped dust-jacket. Corners very slightly bruised otherwise a clean bright copy. Jacket a little nicked & creased to edge, and lightly surface soiled to rear white panel. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. A study of Hitchcock's early films made before his departure to Hollywood, from "The Pleasure Garden" in 1925 to "Jamaica Inn" in 1939, showing how many of his later major themes were explored in his early work. Includes a detailed plot summary of each of the 13 movies.

London; Tinsley Brothers, 1867., 1867. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Three vols. Small octavo, separately paginated: pp [6], 282; [4], 270; [4], 240. Scarlet half calf with gilt titles and ruling to spine and marbled paper-covered boards; all edges sprinkled red. Bindings lightly scuffed with spines sunned and a little wear and bruising to edge. Lacking half-titles. Scattered light foxing, mainly to prelims and endpapers; no annotation or inscriptions. From the library of Ballyarnett House, Derry, a late nineteenth century Arts & Crafts country house, with the address in gilt at tail of spine. Novel set in the Highlands by Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894), British journalist, novelist and dramatist, best-known today for his work as editor of society newspaper The World.

London; Longmans, Green, and Co, 1905, 1905. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. viii, 118 pp. Illustrations in text. Book Condition: Good. Publishers' green cloth with black titles to spine and upper board, and black border and publishers' ship motif in roundel to upper board. Cover cloth stained with wear to spine and minor bumps to edge. Pictorial bookplate to front pastedown headed "Every Girl should be taught Home Baking" and inscribed by former owner Irene Dunn below; small white paint mark below plate. Original retailer's blindstamp to ffep; endpapers lightly toned. A little very minor foxing to prelims otherwise contents clean and tight; no annotation. A guide to equipping the modern kitchen at the turn of the twentieth century with an emphasis on saving space and up-to-date inventions such as the refrigerator and knife-cleaner. Aimed at the prosperous middle-classes fending for themselves in a flat for perhaps the first time, the contents include chapters on using different types of stove,… Read More

London; Folio Society, 2007., 2007. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo, pp. xxvi, 336. Monochrome frontispiece and further illustrations throughout. Publisher's crimson cloth with silver titles to spine and black, silver and green, cat and fish motif to boards; silver endpapers; housed in a black slipcase. An exceptionally clean, neat copy which appears unread; slipcase shows very light surface scuffs. Overall a Fine copy in Near Fine slipcase. Collection of Irish fairy and folk tales selected and introduced by the visionary occultist writer W. B. Yeats, grouped into categories such as The Trooping Fairies, The Devil and Witches, Fairy Doctors. With an introduction by Paul Muldoon and mesmerising illustrations throughout by Linda Farquharson.

Moscow; Foreign Languages Publishing House, circa 1960., 1960. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST THUS. Undated softcover octavo, pp. 266, [2]. Vignette to title page and headpiece to each story (6 illustrations in total). Pictorial thin card wraps with biographical material to flaps. Wraps creased with surface loss to edge; contents clean and crisp. A very Good copy. 5 short stories by Soviet authors, translated by R Prokofieva for Science-Fiction Library of Moscow. Scarce.

Kettering; Silver Link Publishing, 2011., 2011. Mass Market Paperback. Softcover large octavo, pp. 143, [1]. Illustrated throughout in both colour and black-and-white. Publishers' pictorial card wraps. Cover and early leaves corner creased otherwise clean and bright, with no annotation or inscriptions. A very good copy. Disused Stations series on closed railway stations in the UK.

Philadelphia; Henry Perkins, 1837., 1837. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Softcover, 12mo, pp., 36. Diagram plate with key facing, showing the relative positions of the phrenological organs. Publisher's printed primrose yellow card wraps depicting front and side views of a phrenology head below titles, in floral border. Covers lightly surface soiled and corner creased, with foxing to inner face. Corner tips creased otherwise contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Brief guide to the newly fashionable art of phrenology, based upon the works of Dr Comb of Edinburgh and Dr MacKnish of Glasgow, with historical notes. Small enough to fit in a pocket, the handy guide includes the necessary diagrams for reading the bumps on the subject's head to determine their character,providing a popular diversion as a parlour game.

Whitby; Clark and Med, 1817., 1817. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Tall octavo, 2 vols. pp. x, 470; [5] 472-953, [1]. A large paper, uncut copy in original publisher's cloth. With large folding map in colour, as well as Charlton's 1778 Plan of the Town & Harbour with woodcuts, etchings & engravings throughout, with all plates as called for. All edges uncut. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth with paper title labels laid on. Small patches of damp damage to cloth and endpapers and some very minor scattered foxing. With a few instances of pencil annotations in a nineteenth century hand. A clean, uncut copy. From the library of Katherine Jesse Repington (nee Cholmley) [1776-1847] of Whitby Hall, as denoted by her husband Charles Edward Repington's engraved armourial bookplate and her name printed and underlined in the subscribers' list; with the couple also notably referenced in the work itself. The Cholmley Family have been inextricably linked with Whitby lore for over 400 years. It was… Read More

Port Stroud; Tempus Publishing, 2000., 2000. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Small quarto, pp. 224. Illustrated in black and white with archival photographs and maps. Bound in publisher's pictorial wrappers. A near fine copy. Comprehensive volume cataloguing the histories of the ships wrecked along the North East coast from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Whitby. Each wreck is given a star rating according to its condition. Depth in metres is also provided, along with map co-ordinates.