at rennies seaside modern
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01303 242427:
A Lifeboat Book
produced on behalf of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
decorated paper cover by Frank Brangwyn
1st edition 2nd impression 1932
£30
1st UK edition 1954
£30
Randolph Caldecott paper cover picture book c.1880
£45
Kathleen Ainslie charming 1st edition c.1910
£75
Ist UK edition of Ardizzone illustrated book ( some wear ) £30
England by Laurence Meynell published by Associated British & Irish Railways 1939
c.32pp fully illustrated with sepia photogravures, and tipped in map of England with rlwy routes.
£25
scarce 1st edition 1945 with original lithographs by William Scott
(contemporary inscription)
£125
scarce 1945 1st edition Poems of Death with original lithographs by Michael Ayrton
with dustjacket,
£75
scarce 1944 1st edition with original lithographs by John Craxton
£95
lst edition Nine Sharp and Earlier 1938
witty topical verses by Herbert Farjeon with line drawings throughout by Anna Zinkeisen
£55
Life in an English Village with 16 coloured autolithographs by Edward Bawden
1949 lst ed.
£65
An Essex Dozen - a twelve-point progress from London to the coast
beautifully illustrated by John O Connor
1953 1st edition, privately printed, limited and numbered edition of 500
£35
Ist edition Laurie Lee 'As I walked out one midsummer morning' 1969
b&w illustrations by Leonard Rosoman
£45
the english difference
by john gorham & paul jennings,
and collaboration of ken carroll
with numerous contributions by groovy designers of
the time - a gem of a period piece.
1974
£50
banner bright
by john gorman
1st edition 1973
£35
1979 1st edition
hardback
£5
quadrat edited by Pieter Brattinga (prof of art NY) 1953 -1970
experiments in printing limited editions of 2000 produced for Steendrukkerij
different examples £40 each
scarce miniature comic strip books by Brockhampton Press c.1940's/ early '50's
£12 each apart from two Jimmy titles which are £8 each
(mary mouse and her bicycle - sold )
(hurrah for mary mouse - sold )
Muffin and Louise by Annette Mills and Anne Hogarth
illustrations by Neville Main
1954 first edition paper covers (well read!)
£20
scarce box of 3 Muffin the Mule cotton hankies in original box
sold
penguin picture puffins
1940's
£10 each
marvellous models 1947- £20
wonders of sea life - £20
selection of 1960's miniature booklets £3 each ( except Oil - £8)
musical instruments sold
Penguin music scores with curwen pattern paper covers. c.1950
£9 each
classic work of Constance Spry
1948 edition
£12
small format pb. with useful tips on teaching your budgie!
c.1940's
£5
Kevin Brownlow's `How it Happened Here'
(alternative historical WW2 film)
paperback 1st edition 1968
Cinema One series
£15
assortment of 1960's Shell county guides, pb, illustrated covers.
£3.50 each (Kent £4)
Waterways - north east
edited by paul atterbury and andrew darwin c. 1975
£10
Mies van der Rohe
by Peter Blake ( not the artist!)
pb. lst ed. 1963 b&w illus.
£5
Marianne Straub by Mary Schoeser 1984
£35
Blackbeard the Pirate or the Jolly Buccaneers
Pollocks toy theatre c.1960's
pb. with 6 coloured sheets (including cover characters)
£15
lovely 'silky' gilt tooled eau de nil calf arts & crafts binding (London), gilt edges to paper.
Washington Irving: Bracebridge Hall,
illustrations by R. Caldecott
1892
£25
1955 results of detailed survey amongst housewives living
throughout the UK between 1945 and 1952,
including 4 b&w photo plates, pb.
£8
informative book with 62 marvellous b&w photos. 1944
£50
london 1945. many isotype charts
£45 each
A Country Camera 1844 - 1914 by Gordon Winter
rural life as depicted in photographs...
Country Life publication lst edition 1966
(no dustjacket) £18
london 1944. text by jb priestley, fully illustrated in colour
£45
London is London - a selection of prose and verse
1st edition 1949, plain cloth binding
with c.32 full page b&w illustrations by Edward Bawden
£38
two post-war town planning books:
Design in Town and Village
( contents: the English Village by thomas sharp, Design of Residential Areas by F.Gibberd,
Design in City Centres by W. Holford)
HMSO 1953
£20
A Full Life in the Country - the Sudbury & District Survey & Plan
by Keith Jeremiah
1949
£20
exeter
architectural press 1946. henrion dustjacket
£30
1956 souvenir booklet published by Royal College of Art
£5
1960's architectural monographs on 'giants'
Niemeyer, Neutra, Mendelsohn
£20 each
£30 
£50
Dog of War
by John Taylor the water poet
limited edition of 375 some pages still uncut
Haslewood books 1927
£85
1944
23 b&w plates, 5 colour
(some wear)
£12
1943 second series of War Pictures by British Artists
£100 the set
1942 from first series of War Pictures by British Artists
£25
2nd world war RAF poet John Pudney
"better by far for Johnny the bright star..."
1943
£30
scarce 1945 Ministry of Information book
text by Laurie Lee and many b&w photos
£40
Ministry of Information booklet 1940's
many photographs
£15
scarce Ministry of Information booklet 1945
£18
1940's 16pp pamphlet
£6
scarce 1951 Festival of Britain publication with embossed Festival medallion!
£15
1951 Festival souvenirs £5 each
Jackdaw
classic 1970's educational folder of facsimile documents
and ephemeral bits!
£9
other titles available too:
Columbus and the discovery of America
The Mayflower and the Pilgrim Fathers
The Plague and the Fire of London
The Gunpowder Plot
Science & Invention c. 1961 -1966
designed and produced by Erik Nitsche
Flight £12
1967 Robert Carrier classic cards
£5
French Country Cooking by Elizabeth David
lst edition 7th impression 1956 (minus dustjacket)
£55
Good Sweets -'sweets for my sweet' by Ambrose Heath
1st edition in scarce matching dustjacket 1937
(linocut cover and frontispiece illustration by Edward Bawden)
£75
Good Potato Dishes by Ambrose Heath
wartime issue (rare dustjacket, linocut illust. Edward Bawden) 1943
with neat inscription 'Herbert - with love and anticipation Philippa 8/8/45'
£75
2nd impression/1st edition 1940
£45
Praktische Konditorei Kunst, dated 1923
hardcover large format
including 90 delicious full page colour plates ( loose instruction sheets no longer present!)
£160
rare King Penguin titles 1950's
£40 each
we also have a selection of magazines including
ark
rca magazine
late 1960's
£15 each
interiors (usa) and industrial design (usa)
1950's
£8 each
german travel brochure for winter sports
1930's
£20
rare 1950's I-spy book, (some annotations)
£15
and some ephemera
scarce 1950's Pelham puppet PelPup membership leaflet
£4
vintage 1950's birthday cards and envelope ( unused )
£2 each
original French 1950's large format Raymond Peynet postcard (unused)
£8
Raymond Peynet original 1950's postcards (unused)
£5 each
vintage unused 1950's glamour model postcards
Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Anita Eckberg, Jayne Mansfield
£5 each
set of original 1970's Fiorucci postcards - 6 in set
rare souvenirs purchased from the ultra groovy London shop in the 1970's
(very Agent Provocateur and Coco de Mer! )
£30
original 1952 sheet music £2
sheet music 1965 and 1970 £1 each
1960's dolls knitting patterns
£4 each
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