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ref. 68871Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth Ltd Early reprint. Jacket rubbed and chipped and price clipped. Some light general wear otherwise clean and tidy. Hard. Good/Good. Illus. by Kenney John. 12mo. Wills & Hepworth Ltd Hardcover
1988ref. 101131London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. David Hockney. Jacket is price clipped. Jonathan Cape Ltd. hardcover
1992ref. 25777New York: William Morrow and Company 1992. Book. Illus. by Goldstein Rachel. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 420 pages. In this generous volume the author shares over 240 of her favorite recipes from the multitude of regional and national traditions she has studied and cooked for years. William Morrow and Company Hardcover
1946ref. CB0016A fine copy of this less well known Joyce book – a posthumously published autobiographical novel and an early version of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. A first UK edition 2nd imp in really good condition. Publishers black cloth with gilt title to spine. Cloth very clean corners sharp. Dust jacket clipped but otherwise in good condition – some slight tears at the edges and across the spine. Two former owner's signatures on the FFEP but no other marks – a very nice very clean copy. This book has been fitted with a non-adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. All books described honestly and accurately. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1962ref. mon0001006404Bodley Head 1962. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. 2nd impression 1962. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Binding tight. rnRubbing to corners and edges of spine. rnrnSome chips/tears to edges of jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. Previous owners name in pen on FFEP. Bodley Head hardcover
ref. 1178Highgate 5 Dec. 1808. Compiler and educational writer including "Scientific Dialogues" 1764-1816. One page 8vo sl. grubby and frayed but text clear and complete. "I enclose you what I drew up for the Monthly Magazine" asking for it to be returned as it is his only copy. He refers to the ill health of Mrs Calder presumably the correspondent's wife to whom he sends good wishes and compliments. In a postscript he says "you will in No. Xii of Nicholson have an article on Will - freedom by the author of the art.Necessity". Joyce wrote the meteorological reports and other papers for the ‘Monthly Magazine'. Highgate, 5 Dec. 1808. unknown
2001ref. 000722UK: Cambridge University Press. Philospohy. Stamped "Hardback Book At Paperback Price" neatly on verso of title page. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2001. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1955ref. 885Z40London : Michael Joseph 1955 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5" . None stated . The first edition of this political fiction work by Joyce Cary in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written by Joyce Cary an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. This work is the conclusion to a trilogy of novels including; 'Prisoner of Grace' and 'Except the Lord'. The work tells the story of Nimmo a former Cabinet Minister hoping for a comeback Jim the head of the emergency civilian police and Nina who feels trapped in between. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd slight mark to the boards. The wrap is very smart with slight marks to the rear very small closed tears to the head of the spine and a very small closed tear to the front of the wrap. The odd spot and mark to the verso. Internally firmly bound with clean and lightly age toned pages with the odd page unopened and a bookseller's label to the front blank. Very Good Indeed Michael Joseph hardcover
ref. PJH31501Editions de La Sirene Paris 1924. Paper browned as usual else VG in slightly creased but bright and clean cream coloured publishers wrappers. 280pp. 1st French edition of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. ISBN B0028T0KUQ Editions de La Sirene (Paris) 1924 unknown
ref. PJH53877Faber 1991. Near Fine in publishers cloth in like slightly creased and edgeworn dustjacket. 300pp. 1st edition 1st issue of elusive title. A collection which brings together nearly all of Joyce's poems and occasional verse. The book includes the contents of "Chamber Music" "Pomes Penyeach" the text of the forty surviving "Epiphanies" "Giacomo Joyce" and the essay "A Portrait of the Artist". ISBN 0571143059 Faber 1991 hardcover
ref. PJH51125Cape / Star Editions 1944. Inscription on endpaper VG in publishers wrappers with light creasing and rubbing to spine. 1st edition thus with 'to be sold on the Continent of Europe only' line on front wrapper. Cape / Star Editions 1944 unknown
1917ref. 009187London: Hodder & Stoughton 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Scarce collection of essays letters and other writing from Kilmer being the second part of a two volume set. Apart from toning to rough cut block edge all is in VG internal order. Fep removed. Paper-covered boards a little worn and marked esp to edges. Green cloth spine with dulled paper title label. 8vo. 290pp Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
ref. GOR014989087Paperback. Very Good. paperback
ref. 41725LONDON CAPE 1988. FIRST EDITION SQUARE QUARTO NEAR FINE HARDBACK IN A DUSTWRAPPER. LONDON, CAPE, 1988 hardcover
1964ref. 003804UK: Jonathan Cape 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dover One by Joyce Porter First Edition Jonathan Cape 1964. No inscriptions no browning. Small stamp to bpd. Unblemished throughout. A fine copy in like dust jacket not price clipped and with no toning to spine. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1986ref. 9957First edition UK hardback 1986 Michael Joseph. The book is in fine condition the dustjacket is in fine condition. Pages are slightly tanned. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author. Michael Joseph Ltd hardcover
1993ref. bow24101993 111 pages gently read copy - clean and bright uncreased spine and free of name notes etc carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days Devonshire Association paperback
1932ref. 44868London Faber 1932. FRAGMENTS FROM WORK IN PROGRESS. 8vo. 45pp. Original boards in chipped dust-wrapper. Good condition. hardcover
1972ref. 16954St. Petersburg FL: Marine Research Laboratory Florida Department of Natural Resources 1972. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 846 page typewritten document. Sorry this is not a cookery book but a serious bibliographical exploration of the oyster. Marine Research Laboratory Florida Department of Natural Resources Paperback
1945ref. 060004London: Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square 1945. Seventh Impression . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. LONDON : 1945. First published in 1907. Hardback. Dark green cloth; white lettered spine. Untrimmed bottom-edge as issued. Neat owner name of Harry Blamires who wrote on Joyce. No internal markings. Bright tight and clean. A very nice example for a War-Economy book. VERY GOOD INDEED. 40pp. HARRY BLAMIRES 1916-2017 was an Anglican theologian literary critic and novelist. Blamires was once head of the English department at King Alfred's College now University of Winchester in Winchester England. He started writing in the late 1940s at the encouragement of his friend and mentor C. S. Lewis who had been his tutor at Oxford University where he graduated from University College. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. London: Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square. Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square hardcover
1946ref. 23253New York: Viking Press 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63 pages. Dustjacket is chipped dusty and priceclipped. Text clean and bright - Chamber Music Pomes Penyeach and Ecce Puer. Viking Press Hardcover
1954ref. 095194London: Jonathan Cape 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼" tall. Jacques Robin. New edition: first edition thus. with black & white illustrations by Robin Jacques. Touch of foxing on outer edge of page block otherwise Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket back panel and underside of jacket a bit foxed. Original owner's name and date on front end paper Jonathan Cape hardcover
1921ref. 8450London: The Egoist Press 1921. 8vo pp. vi 154. Original black cloth spine lettered in gilt rear board blocked centrally in blind A touch of spotting. Spine-ends a little rubbed. Pencil ownership inscription of Eudo C. Mason to flyleaf. The second edition of Joyce’s play in its second-state binding of black cloth. Egoist Press sold their remaining stock of this title to Jonathan Cape in 1924 who had the remaining sheets bound up in black cloth as here with their colophon in blind to the rear board. This copy belonged to Professor Eudo Mason for many years chair of German at Edinburgh University. Slocum & Cahoon 14 note. The Egoist Press hardcover
1969ref. 8466Ravnsbjerg: Tryk og Scanprint 1969. NO. 189 OF 350 COPIES small 4to pp. 24. Original colour-printed boards. A fine copy. A Danish translation of Joyce’s fable published in English as The Cat and The Devil. This edition was issued by the printers as a new year gift for presentation and was not for commerce. Tryk og Scanprint hardcover
1933ref. HALL501954Paperback. 1933. 22pp card covers Faber & Faber London 1933. 1st UK edition. Very good . paperback