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Music, Theatre & Film

c. 1902

A fantastic book by Mrs. Ernest Ames, author of "The Tremendous Twins" - London: Grant Richards. The book is in fair condition, complete with 24 pictures. A few of the pages have small tears which do not detract from the lithographs which are in very good conditions. The book is 31.5 cms x 25 cms.

Price: £135

A Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Streets, Buildings, Parks, and Scenery of The Great Metropolis

In the fifty-ninth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria

Cassell & Company, Limited.  London, Paris & Melbourne 1896.

This is a First Edition, hard cover, landscape format, foolscap size book with a full-page black & white photo on every page. It is a wonderful of late Victorian scenes, mostly of London but also of many of places such as Windsor and Windsor Castle. It is in fair to good condition,  the spine has been torn in several places and reglued which does not detract from the rarity and interest of the book.  The pages are tight and complete.  There are a couple of very small rips at the edge of the 1st page.  The edges are rubbed and worn.  This book is a magnificent pictorial and descriptive record of London and environs with the streets, buildings, parks and scenery of this great metropolis just before the turn of the century.  It has 370 pages and is 30.6 cms x 24 cms and weighs approx. 2.3 kgs.

SOLD

A wonderful rare booklet by Edward Carpenter.   London:  A.C. Fifield 1908.  This is a first separate edition of an essay which was first published in the "Albany Review" (later editions are noted as such)  The cover is stained from age with worn edges.  The book is in good condition.  There are 40 pages,  20 cms x 13.5 cms.

Price:  £25

Described by "Allan Junior" Published by Valentine and Sons Ltd.  Dundee and London.

A Pictorial memento of the scenic loveliness that lies within the land which the King calls "Our Own Dear Home".  It has a soft 18 cms x 12.2 cms and has 64 pages of pictures.

Price:  £15

This is an extremely interesting atlas of Tudor England and Wales.  There are 40 plates from John Speed's pocket atlas of 1627 introduced and described by E.G.R. Taylor and published by Penguin Books.  The intricately detailed coloured maps of the counties of England and Wales have been reproduced with the original spelling of the various places.  The book is in very good condition with dust cover which has slightly yellowed at the top.  There are 32 pages of explanations and 40 coloured plates.

Price:  £15

This is a fascinating book by Reginald Ross Williamson.  It has 34 pages of text and 20 coloured plates from "A History of the University of Cambridge,  its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings 1815".  Published by Penguin Books Ltd.   It is in very good condition with dust cover which has a small tear at the base.

Price:  £15

"History is the chart and compass for national endeavour" Sir A. Helps

This is a very interesting and informative children's book on the basic history of Britain.  Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.,  Fine Art Publishers to their Majesties the King and Queen and to Her Majesty Queen Mary.  The book is 21 cms x 13.5 cms with 32 pages.  There is a coloured on each page.  The description of the contents is:

"In these pages you will find, pictures and described, some of the people who have made British history exciting, magnificent, immortal.  You will learn about a few of Britain's great buildings and enduring ceremonies;  of her industries and the quaint customs of her countryside.  Here,  indeed, is part of Britain's heritage.  It is yours, too.  Cherish it.  "That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee;  earn it anew,  if thou wouldst possess it".

Price:  £14

Described by "Allan Junior";  published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.  154 Perth Road, Dundee. 

"In this little volume the Publishers have gathered together a representative selection of "Bonnie Bits" of Bonnie Scotland in the hope that they will awaken in the minds of readers both at home and abroad,  many happy memories of scenes beloved for their natural beauty or cherished for their great historic interest.  All the pictures are reproduced from the original paintings by well-known artitst,  who have caught the atmosphere of this lovely land in a manner worthy of Scotland at its best.

It has a soft cover and is 18 cms x 3.8 cms and has 48 pages of pictures.

Price:  £15

Words by Leslie Sarony, music by Horatio Nicholls.  This sheet music has a wonderful cover in good condition.  Printed by The Lawrence Wright Music Co., London.  The edges are slightly scuffed and the back page has a small repair.

Price:  £4.99

This is a wonderful humorous guide to London by the famous cartoonist Peter Jackson.

 "It is a selection of cartoons illustrating fascinating facts about London - specially prepared for The Evening News by Peter Jackson with supporting text by W. Crawford Snowden"

Soft cover book 21.5 cms x 23.7 cms with 64 pages.  Every page has wonderful cartoons and descriptions of London's fascinating by-ways and lesser known facts and places. There are several interesting ads including one for Smiths watches and Whiteleys "England's Original Department Store".   It is in good condition with slight scuffing at both ends of the spine.

Price:  £19.95

A fascinating book and of great interest to designers.  It is hardback with dust cover (a small tear at the bottom which has been repaired) published in the U.K. 1976.  There are 128 pages with photographs and designs on nearly every page.  The book is 22 cms x 25 cms.  There are wonderful colour pictures of the fabrics used for her superb evening gowns.

"The Queen's role, apart from State business,  is to be seen.  Her clothes form the most famous and most publicised wardrobe in the world.  Yet the importance of clothes to her work, particularly when she is representing Britain abroad, is not generally recognised"

Price:  £14.95

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Royalty Cut-out Books -  Published by Burke Publishing Co. Ltd. London c.1950's.  This is a fabulous book in excellent unused condition.  The front cover is slightly marked but this does not detract from the overall look of this fascinating book.  There is the history of the Order of the Garter with pictures of the insignia of the Garter at the beginning of book and 4 pages of cut-outs of the knights,  the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and other great and famous men walk in procession from a service in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.  The book is 28 cms x 22.5 cms.

Price:  £18

This is a superb unused Scottish calendar from 1940 in excellent condition.  The little boy in his kilt with his little black scottie dog are in "3D" and there is real wool on the spurn.  The top part of the calendar is 23.7 cms x 15.5 cms,  the actual small calendar is 6 cms x 9 cms.  William Allan Stationer,  Dunfermline,  Calendars,  Made is GT. Britain.

Price:  £35

A wonderful hard cover book with dust cover.  First Edition 1941.  By Eric Parker with 12 plates in colour and 17 illustrations in black and white.  Published for Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins of London 1941.  The chapters describe Hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, cricket, football (rugger, soccer), rowing, fencing, ice-hockey, lawn tennis etc. etc. etc... in 48 pages.  The book is 23 cms x 17 cms, in good condition with a little scuffing at either end of the spine.  The colour plates are superb!

Price:  £19.99

SMUTS,  Soldier and World Statesman c.1943

An appreciation of Field-Marshal J.C. Smuts by Wm. F. Burbidge,  published by John Crowther Ltd.  There are 52 pages and 7 photographs,  it is 18.5 cms x 12.4 cms.  There are 6 chapters,  from boyhood to World Statesman.

Price:  £8

Birmingham - Cambridge

This is a scarce early Michelin folding map on canvas backing in very good all original condition.  The front and back are stained from age.  Compiled and Published by Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd. 81 Fulham Road,  London S.W.3.  The size when open is 18.25" x 44.75". 

Price:  £12.50

This is a fabulous book, full of imaginative colour photos, items from the art world and articles about English life. "As we become more 'international' and national identities blur, so we tend to develop a more conscious attachment to the things that make us different from other people. The English Difference is a fond look at some of these." Colour illustrations throughout. A humorous look at the peculiarities of English life, from traditions to sport, from food to architecture.  It is a hard cover book in very good condition.  It is 28.3 cms x 22.4 cms x 1.6 cms thick.

Price:  £2.50

A classified guide to 200 personalities past and present associated with the County of Dorset.  It includes Thomas Hardy, Winston Churchill,  William Pitt,  Shelly, Lawrence of Arabia and approximately 28 black and white photographs dating from 1830.  There are 79 pages of this soft cover booklet which is 21 cms x 15 cms. 

Price:  £9.95

A Scotsman looks at American,  Americans and Englishmen.  Originally published in 1939,  this edition published in 1945.  The book is in very good condition,  no dust jacket, the hard cover is stained with age but all pages are like new.  There are 158 pages.

"O wad some power the giftie gie us -  To see oursel's as ithers see us!  -  It wad frae monie a blunder free us,  And foolish notion."  Robert Burns.

Price:  £4.50

This is a fascinating unused Girls Guide Diary for 1933.  It is a small hardcover booklet 10.5 cms x 7.2 cms.  The cover has faded but all pages are in clean unused condition.  The details and  information is absolutely fascinating.  It contains information including illustrations on: The girl guide promise; The guide law; The girl guide movement;  Brownies;  Guide movement signals;  Knots, bends & hitches;  Morse signalling;  Semaphore signalling;  Weather lore;  Scout signs used in tracking;  Conventional signs & lettering used in field sketching;  The origin and meaning of The Union Flag;  First Aid; Hiking, camping etc...;  How to judge heights weights and distance;  Weights & measures.  Each page has a black and white etching on architecture, lore or history.  The original blotting paper is still intact!

Price:  £22