Search Results: Titles starting with B from Voewood Rare Books

London: Macdonald 1991, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 235. Basis for the film of the same name starring Dennis Hopper and Michael Massee, for which Willocks also wrote the screenplay. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gold. Original colour-pictoriial dust-jacket by David Kearney, author's photograph to rear flap. Top and bottom of spine lightly bumped, some bumping to top edge. Book-seller's stamp to recto of front free endpaper. First edition of the author's first book. A near fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket.

London: Privately published 1959, 1959. One of five copies privately published "for the pleasure of Felix, Jean, Michael, Felicia, Stéphane". 187x125mm. pp. 71 [1bl] with five blank leaves at the beginning and end. Bound by Henri Mercher in 1960, signed to foot of front pastedown. Boards are made of gold inlayed Plexiglas, the gold spelling out "Jean". Black morocco spine lettered in gilt. With the original slipcase. A striking binding in immaculate condition and an excellent example of Mercher's innovative design and technique in which he used unorthodox materials. Henri Mercher (1912-1976) trained with Robert Bonfils at the École Estienne. Mercher said that he was one of the worst students but on the evidence of this stylish, minimalist work this seems unlikely. Presumably Stephane Golmann had the other four copies of this work bound in a similar fashion but we have found no record of them. Golmann was a fascinating figure: a singer songwriter in the French chanson tradition (the works in this… Read More

London: Printed for T.N.Longman and O.Rees 1801, 1801. Only edition. Small 8vo. pp. [6], 201, [1bl]. Contemporary calf, double fillet borders to boards, rebacked to style with gilt decoration and black morocco label lettered in gilt. Edges and corners rubbed with a little wear to the latter. All edges speckled. Internally near fine. A very nice copy of the first book published by Ireland following his exposure as a forger. Rare in commerce, only two copies appearing at auction in the last fifty years. William Henry Ireland was a type familiar in the world of letters and books - the clever but rackety fantasist. He absorbed from his father, a publisher, a fascination with Shakespeare and, perhaps more significantly, the forgers Chatterton and Macpherson. A spell working for a lawyer gave him access to old documents which he studied and copied before taking the plunge and forging a deed containing Shakespeare's signature. His father, thinking it real, was thrilled. Ireland began to produce more… Read More

London: John Murray 1927, 1927. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 359, signed by Wren. 223x155mm. pp. [12], 579 [1bl], [4]. Twenty illustrations (four in colour) by Helen McKie. Original blue cloth, backed with red cloth, paper label lettered in blue to spine. Lacking dustjacket. Some slight soiling to covers and foxing to fore-edge but otherwise a very good copy in excellent condition. Wren's most famous book, charmingly illustrated and complete with "The Song of the Legion" used as the March Theme from film.

Paris: P.Rouquette 1872, 1872. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. 225x140mm. pp. [6], XXXII, 264, [4], [263]-335 [1]. With an etching by Bracquemond. Red half morocco, marbled paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Corners bumped and worn, edges rubbed and wear to head and foot of spine. Top edge gilt. Some foxing to the preliminary leaves but otherwise very good internally. Overall a very good copy of this bibliography of French Romantic writing by one of the few friends of Baudelaire.

London: H.F. & G. Witherby [1953], 1953. First edition. Two volumes. Signed by the author to the half title of volume II. Demy 4to. (285x220mm). pp.xvi, 510; vii, 314, [2]. Volume I in navy buckram, volume II in navy cloth lettered in gilt to the spine. Cream dust jacket lettered and decorated in black and red, price clipped. Plastic protective wrapper. Binding and jackets are in very good condition with only the slightest shelfwear. Internally both volumes are in excellent condition. There is the colour frontispiece to volume I but not volume II, indicating that the second volume is not the first issue, although the first volume is. However, all the plates, colour and black and white are present together with the maps, making this a lovely pair. Harrison's Birds of Kent is frequently cited as one of the finest of the county bird studies and the author's own illustrations add a particular charm.

New York: Harper & Brothers 1954, 1954. First edition. 210x140mm. pp. xvi, 358. Purple cloth backed, maroon cloth covered boards, lettered in white to the spine. Original dust jacket in very good condition with only slight creasing to corners and to head and foot of spine. The front pastedown and two of the preliminary pages have the name and address of John Farquharson, 8 Halsey House, Red Lion Square stamped in purple ink. Farquharson was a well known literary agent and was Wright's agent in the negotiations for the first UK publication of Black Power. This is a very good copy of an important book with an interesting association.

East Sheen Temple Sheen Press 1918, 1918. Limited edition. One of one hundred copies hand printed on Kelmscott Handmade Paper for the Right Honourable Walter Runciman. 300x210mm. pp. 96. Signed in pencil "P.McK from W.R". Bound in beige linen, some fading to spine and inner and top edge of upper cover. Some marking to upper covers including a small red stain but otherwise in very good condition and internally excellent. A nice copy of a privately printed edition of the gloomiest book of the Old Testament arranged, as Runciman says in his introductory note, "in verse form and in paragraphs". The text is mainly that of the 1611 Authorised Version.

London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1707. 8vo. 193x120mm. Unpaginated. A8-Z8, Aa8, Bb8, Cc4. Psalms. A8-H8, I4. Extra-illustrated with forty three engraved plates all hand-coloured and with tissue guards. Text in double columns, ruled in red. Contemporary red morocco, gilt panels to boards, with decorated edge and corner pieces. Spine with raised bands, lavishly decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Recent repairs to joints at head and foot of spine, corners repaired and some of the gilt retouched. Ownership inscription of "Jane Lloyd. The gift of her mother Annabella Williams 1791". Title page has ownership inscription of Jane Lloyd Swan Hill and Bridgett Lytton.Internally in very good condition throughout and the hand-coloured engravings are beautifully preserved. The images show scenes from the Bible relating to the readings for the particular Sundays and Holy Days. There are images of various saints whose feasts are kept in the Church of England and, in acknowledgement of the… Read More

London: Published for John Reeves, 1801. 12mo. 157x97mm. Unpaginated. Contemporary red morocco, wide gilt and blind roll-tooled borders to the covers, spine lavishly decorated in gilt. Very smart green silk doublures. All edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of Terry. With a New Version of the Psalms by Brady and Tate. A very pretty early nineteenth-century Prayer Book.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1926, 1926. First edition. 285x220mm. pp. xiv, [2], 227, [1bl], [10pp adverts]. The reproductions of 156 etchings are all present. Original beige buckram, lettering stamped in red to upper cover and spine. Original brick red dustjacket, lettered in black. Some slight chipping to the extremities of the dustjacket but otherwise the binding is in excellent condition. Internally fine, many of the pages unopened. A particularly nice copy of this important and useful survey of the history of British etching beginning with the Flemish and other foreign artists who worked in Britain from the 17th century before looking at the indigenous British Schools from the 17th to 20th centuries.

London: Printed by T.Cope and published by the author 1816, 1816. Second edition. Ten volumes. 4to. 269x208mm. Letterpress title page is present in volume one only, as usual and the engraved half title is present in all volumes. 664 plates, printed in colour with some hand colouring. The plates are in superb condition, the colours bright and fresh. Many, particularly in the last four volumes are folding. There is some foxing to the text leaves but overall the condition is excellent. Bound in contemporary brown half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt, the head of the spines and the top compartment of some of the volumes have been neatly repaired. A very handsome set of one of the nineteenth century's most important botanical works. Henry Cranke Andrews (1758/9 - 1835) published his first botanical prints in 1794 and between 1797 and 1814, he issued The Botanists' Repository for New and Rare Plants in monthly parts. It was then reissued in 1816 in ten… Read More

London Cassell's Colonial Library 1904, 1904. 1904. 1st Colonial edition Hardcover 8vo., red cloth, lettered & stamped in silver. pp342, 19pp publisher's advertisements. Overall an excellent copy.

London: Longmans Green and Co. 1918, 1920. Four volumes. Royal 4to (320x265mm). Volume I. Fourth edition. pp. viii, 144. Volume II. Fourth edition. pp. vi, 72. Volume III. Third edition. pp. vi, 87. Volume IV. Third edition. pp. viii, 116. Navy blue quarter morocco with brown spines, maroon cloth with coat of arms of Kennet family in gilt to upper and lower covers. Binder's signature of "Morrell, Binder. London" Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing, scuffing and wear to the spines and joints. Boards are in good condition with slight shelfwear. Corners have been reinforced. Ownership inscriptions of Wayland Hilton Young and E.H. Young. Armorial bookplate of Lord Kennet of the Dene (family name, Young) loosely inserted in volume one. Volume one has handwritten pencil notes from 1920-22 listing the results of bird-watching trips in the UK, India, Holland and Tunisia. Contents are in lovely condition with all plates superbly preserved and protected by… Read More

London St.Barnabas Press 2002, 2002. Small 4to. pp 126, illustrated throughout. Fine copy in patterned cloth with black-stamped titles to spine. In a dove-grey card slipcase with slight marking.