Aucott & Thomas

Bruce Oldfield's season.

Oldfield, Bruce & Howell, Georgina · 1987

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Pan Books Ltd. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound larger format book with no marks or inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 240 pages, photos & drawings in the text. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Essays and studies: literary and historical.

Chancellor, E. Beresford · 1891

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Bemrose & Sons, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, bevelled boards, top edge gilt, cloth rubbed at corners, no inscriptions. [x] + 236 pages, tissue-guarded frontispiece and 4 illustrations on plates by Val Prince. Very...

Progress of British films: part 1.

Rank, J. Arthur · 1946

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Mckenzie Vincent & Co. Ltd. 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Stapled paperback, staples rusty, spine worn at ends, card covers rubbed & creased at corners, previous owners name, address and date (August 1946) on front endpaper. 88 pages, numerous photos of the stars, e.g. James...

Ellen Terry and her sisters.

Pemberton, T. Edgar · 1902

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

C. Arthur Pearson, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good reading copy, ex WHS library with the remains of a bookplate on the front pastedown, but otherwise internally clean and complete, in a solid binding of red cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilt, boards faded at the edges ...

Change in the village.

Bourne, George · 1955

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Gerald Duckworth, 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. Reading copy, ex library with the usual stamps on the front endpapers, but otherwise clean and complete, tightly bound in a library binding of patterned brown cloth with white titles on blue spine panels. xiv + 206 pages. Fair with n...

Common Ground: studies at the fringe of human experience no. 7 (circa 1983).

McClure, Kevin & Sue (eds) · 1983

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Leicester: Kevin & Sue McClure, 1983. First Edition. Magazine. Issue in very good condition, stapled, 15 x 21cm, card covers, private library stamp on inside of rear cover. Includes articles about mediumship, Warminster and researching psychic powers. 36 pages;. Very Good.

Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools.

Caveney, Philip · 2007

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

The Bodley Head, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book signed by author on the title page, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is lightly worn at the corners and spine edges. 378 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Four Jewish plays.

Rubinstein, H. F. · 1948

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Reading copy, ex Boots library copy with the usual shield on the front cover, minor rubbing to corners, soundly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, neat name on front endpaper, but otherwise unmarked. 304 ...

The sealed letter.

Donoghue, Emma · 2011

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Picador, 2011. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. 400 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Fine French and Continental furniture and tapestries.

Anon. · 1994

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Christie's Publications, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback auction catalogue in glossy colour covers, list of prices realised stapled in, no inscriptions. 320 pages, many colour & b/w illustrations, index. Sale took place on 19 May 1994 July 199...

The North Pole or bust.

Rasky, Frank · 1977

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Canada: Mcgraw-Hill Ryerson, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed and chipped at the edges with a crease to back cover. 416 pages, map endpapers, illustrations and photos in text, index. Very...

The works of John Bunyan: Volume 1 - experimental, doctrinal and practical.

Offor, George (Ed) · 1855

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Blackie & Son, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume 1 only of a 3 volume set. Large format, half leather bound hardback with gilt titles and decoration on spine. Spine has raised bands. Leather worn and and torn especially at corners. End papers and page edges marbled. Pages...

Space 50 - signed by Arthur C. Clarke.

Bizony, Piers · 2006

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

U.S.A: Smithsonian Books, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound large format book with an Ex Libris Arhur C. Clarke bookplate, which is signed 'All best!, Arthur C. Clarke' on the front pastedown, otherwise no inscriptions, in a bright uncli...

The post-birthday world.

Shriver, Lionel · 2007

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book which is signed by the author (without dedication) on the title page, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is slightly creased at the top edge and has a (removable) 'Sign...

The Firestone story; a history of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company.

Lief, Alfred · 1951

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

U.S.A: Whittlesey House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, ex University library with the usual stamps on the front endpapers, but text block is clean and complete, in a worn binding of blue cloth. viii + 438 pages, colour frontispiece and several b/w photos on pla...

New Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1837; bound with, Morisons' Perth & Perthshire register for 1837.

Anon. · 1837

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in full red leather with gilt year to spine and original owners name (Ardoch) blocked onto front cover, worn at corners & starting to split at the head of the spine, no inscriptions. Two boo...

Minutes of the committee of council on education; with appendices 1844: volume the second.

Committee of council on education · 1845

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

William Clowes and Sons for H.M.S.O, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in dark brown cloth with gilt titles on black spine panel, recently professionally restored, no inscriptions. vi + 662 pages + 2 illustrations on plates. An invaluable resource fo...

A history of the Puckeridge Hunt.

Berry, Michael F. · 1950

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Country Life Books, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound larger format book, one of 132 subscriber's copies which is signed by 2 former Masters (Maurice & Charles Barclay), but has no other marks or inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has ...

The encyclopedia of jazz & blues.

Shadwick, Keith · 2002

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Enderby: Silverdale Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. As new, no signs of use. 704 pages, photos throughout, index. Very heavy book, 3.1kg unpacked. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

Rachel of Romney.

Cumming, Primrose · 1939

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Country Life Ltd. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, hardback tightly bound in orange cloth with black titles, cloth worn at corners, front endpapers missing and title page pasted to front board, remainder of text block clean & complete, fox spotting to page edges, ...