Books and ephemera
for Sale

Large old Stonehenge button badge
£9
unused vintage Stonehenge colour pc
£6

1976 Design Council publication,
with cover design by Glyn Boyd-Harte,
(blindstamp on inner page)
£28

1946 ist edition
Adventures of Billy Bee by Margaret Carter,
4 full page colour plates, and b&w illus.
£25

Randolph Caldecott paper cover picture book c.1880
£45

Helen & Margaret Binyon
A Day at the Sea
1947
c.40pp.
£65

Dog of War by John Taylor the' water poet' limited edition of 375, some pages still uncut,
Haslewood books 1927,
£55

England by Laurence Meynell published by Associated British & Irish Railways 1939c.32pp fully illustrated with sepia photogravures, and tipped in map of England with rlwy routes.
£20

Hoshino Yukinobu
Professor Munakata's British Museum Adventure,
2013,
£20

scarce 1937 limited to 800.
Ski Francais,
in original glassine wrapper,
c.153pp. black & white photos throughout,
(wear to spine but tightly bound and clean)
£125

scarce 1st edition 1945 with original lithographs by William Scott, in scarce original dustjacket,
£155

scarce 1945 1st edition 2nd impression English Scottish & Welsh Landscape poetry with full page lithographs by John Piper, in original dustjacket.
£125

Good Potato Dishes by Ambrose Heath,
linocut boards and dj. by Edward Bawden,
2nd.imp. 1943,
£95

scarce 1st ed. 1946 with original lithographs by Edward Bawden,
in original dustjacket
£125

Stanley Spencer, rare 1st edition Almanac, numbered 142/ 250 copies,
1927 , superb condition,
many pages still uncut, so images are hidden!
£850

Karl Gerstner
Designing Programmes,
card with paper wrappers,
Niggli Switzerland 1964

Die Neue Graphik
by Karl Gerstner & Markus Kutter,
1959,
hb. in original slipcase

Denton Welch by Michael de-la-Noy,
lst ed. 1984, signed and inscribed by author,
£25
Denton Welch Journals,
intro. by Jocelyn Brooke,
1973 ed.
(inscription on front endpaper)
£20

Classic Plastics,
1st edition hb.with dj.,160pp fully illus.
1984,
£45

Banner Bright by john gorman 1st edition hb with dustjacket, 1973
£35

Cinema One series in association with BFI
1st ed. pb. 1960s-1972, c.192pp. b&w illus.
£20 each
(only Orson Welles still available)

scarce little 1st edition of David Hockney's Six Fairy Tales, 1970, with 39 etching illustrations,
£95

Otto Lilien
History of Industrial Gravure Printing up to 1920,
hb. illus. 156pp, 1st english ed.
1972
£20

scarce 1970s Mecano (DADA) reprint of original 1920s, folder with inserts,
£55

Arnold Wesker
Say Goodbye: You may never see them again.
fully illustrated by John Allin
(East End London)
first ed. 1974 hb.
£45

Pookie
by Ivy L Wallace,
no date, c. 1946 ist ed.
end papers are illustrated charmingly with horses by owner !
(ink scribble on cover)
£85

orignal c.1930s Gordon Russell sales brochure, containing 11 loose leaf one sided b&w sheets showing each range of furniture,
(only foxing to the folder cover)
£55

ist ed. Constance Spry
2 vol. set with original author's bookplate ( design Isabel Saul )
signed and dated Dec.1951,
Winter & Spring Flowers
Summer & Autumn Flowers
(no dustjackets),
hb. fully illustrated colour and b&w,
£100 the set.

scarce 1956 Kynoch Press notebook,
with 12 full page b&w line drawings by Ian Ribbons and vignettes,
£40

1st ed. George Melly's Rum Bum and Concertina, with dustjacket illus. by David Hockney,
1977,
£28

Nicholson's Guide to the Waterways
for the North East
edited by paul atterbury and andrew darwin c. 1975
£7

Design Council publications:
Marianne Straub
by Mary Schoeser 1984, £35
Gordon Russell
by Ken Baynes 1981 sold

1971 Tate Gallery publication on Eduardo Paolozzi, retrospective,
complete with scarce original boot bookmark,
hb. pp. 30 - 105 designed by Paolozzi
b&w illustrations throughout 112 pp
£60

Exhibition of Midland Industrial Art,
4 page 1934 leaflet for
with enclosed foolscap application form, showing proposed floorplan,
unused,
£20

Lyons Lithographs 1946 - 1955,
fully illustrated paperback with d-j
2007 first edition
£75

Fellini:Zeichnungen
published by Deutches Filmmuseum Frankfurt, 1984,
pb. german text, c.231pp. fully illus. col. and b&w
£30

scarce 1966 GUINNESS publication
with 14 gorgeous coloured illus. pp.
by John Astrop, witty text by Paul Jennings,
plus original compliments slip,
£100

Brilliant condition
1972/1973 boxed set of Elizabeth David classic cookery books
French Provincial Cooking (Juliet Renny)
Italian Food (Rennato Guttoso)
Summer Cooking (Adrian Daintrey)
French Country Cooking (John Minton)
Mediterranean Food (John Minton)
in completely sound slipcase!
£65

Stubbs and Wedgwood
unique alliance between artist and potter, by Bruce Tattersall, to accompany exhibition at Tate Gallery,
119pp. hb. (closed tear to dj)
1974,
£10

Olivia Manning,
illustrated by Len Deighton!
My Husband Cartwright, hb.
(ink inscription on endpaper)
1956
£15

scarce 1960s GUINNESS publication
with 14 beautiful colour illustrated pp by John Tribe,
plus original compliments slip
£100

exeter architectural press 1946. henrion dustjacket
£30

Blackpool illuminations at night souvenir postcards, unused,
£2.50 each

The Twentieth Century Book
by John Lewis
hb.with dj. 1967 1st ed.
270pp.fully illus.
£80

wonderful neon colour litho Californian printing, 1969,
c.68pp. hb. dj. worn
£48

very scarce 1960s recipe book,
with Californian full page colour plates,
pb. as issued,
£80

Peter Max
scarce cookery book
128pp illustrated recipes, pb.
1971
£95

very scarce 1960s recipe book,
with Californian full page colour plates,
hb. with dj.
£95

John Piper ceramics,
1982 exhibition catalogue, pb.
c.20pp b&w photos
£6

scarce Ministry of Information booklet 1945
£18

papercover booklet dated 1946,
with striking cover by Abram Games,
£10
(torn/repaired piece in interior page)

Art & Industry
128pp booklet with cover by Abram Games,
1945
£12

Walter Dorwin Teague
Design this Day
the technique of order in the machine age,
hb. c.237pp b&w photos.
£30

Bond Street by Ivor Halstead,
with d-j by Doris Zinkeisen,(worn)
1st ed. 1952
£15

Patrick Moore,
Comets,
1976 ed. hb. with dj. b&w images,
£40

1951 Festival of Britain publication
edited by Geoffrey Grigson
Wessex
£5

Dr Seuss classic
The Cat in the Hat,
2nd UK impression 1962

£15

1978 Shell Guide to East Sussex
hb. dj. b&w photos throughout mainly by John Piper,
£12

COMPLETE large format 1972 photoposter book with 31 full page images by Sam Haskins
(many featuring large surreal apples!)
£110

ME Atkinson: The Compass Points North,a novel for boys and girls,
dj. endpapers and many b&w illus.by Harold Jones
1950 ed.
£30

1963 hb. Tintin in French
Bijoux de la Castafiore
£15

scarce 1951 Festival of Britain publication with embossed Festival medallion!
sold
(click on link above to view more FOB items)

scarce original 1969 recipe booklet from Elizabeth David's own shop,
£40

Tom & Daisy Eckersley
Cat o' Nine Lives, wonderful illus. on colour paper, hb.
1947
£145

Thing we see - Furniture,
by Gordon Russell,
1947,
pb b&w photo illus.
£10

Good Food on The Aga,
including notes on bottling, jam making etc.
by Ambrose Heath,
with illustrations by Edward Bawden,
ist ed./2nd impression , 1933,
stained 'washable' cover and some foxed pages,
£95

John Braine
The Crying Game,
hb. with dj by Salim Patell
1968
£15

The Sculpture of the Parthenon,
1st ed. 1959,
£45

Moran
The Double Crown Club - 50 years history, cloth hb. in slipcase,
£40

screenprint original from limited edition Trickett & Webb calendar
(this is Peter Blake)
please click here for more info

vintage1950s unused glamour model postcards
£4 each
Marylin Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Jayne Mansfield.

scarce 1978 catalogue of Paintings from the Festival of Britain produced by Sheffield City Art Galleries
£50
PLEASE ALSO VIEW OUR FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN PAGE ON
http://www.rennart.co.uk/festival.html
Guinness Festival clock 1951 postcard
£4

advertising Bells Whisky booklet,
complete with 42 inserted 'gold' bell bottle neck tags!
£5

classic 1943
original sheet music William Walton's Facade,
cover signed with initials, GS ,
£9
classic musical 1965 ,
original sheet music
£1
classic folk1970
original sheet music
£1
marvellous illustrated cover for7pp sheet music by Herbert Jordan, entititled Spooks on Holiday, dated 1936,
£20

DDR East German c.1960 printed fruit boxes
£6 each

E. McKnight Kauffer
a designer and his public
by Mark Haworth-Booth
1st ed. 1979
hb. c.94pp. 75illus.
£60

1960s Sindy doll knitting patterns
£4 each

British Cinema Now,
BFI 1985
£5

charming c.1979 Slovakian colour postcard of folk dancers
£4 each

Alison Uttley
Little Grey Rabbit's Party
1963 issue,
£12

Brock & Murray
Picture Puffin Fireworks & Fetes
pb. with c.31pp. chromo/b&w lithographs
£25

ist ed. 1947 Lord of the Three Worlds,
illus. by Feliks Topolski,
c.107pp. 4 fldg plates and b&w illus.
£5

Sylvia Backemeyer
Making their Mark
art craft and design at the Central School 1896 - 1966
Hb. with dj. fully illus. 160pp
£30

charming old French postcards of birdman,
£8 each
bottom right sold

1960s Bratislava typography
paper folder containing 9 old master art postcards
£5

charmant 1960s and 1970s small format hb. children's books,
b&w illus. and some full page colour illus.
£6 each
(Les Vacances now sold)

£12
Quay Brothers / MoMA
On Deciphering the pharmacist's prescription for lip-reading

scarce 1st ed.
Alain Weill: The Poster,
1985, c.400+pp. fully illus. hb.
£80

Lucas Birk
Yangon Fashion 1979,
c.150pp. photo illus. on glassine paper,
ltd. ed. 300
£55

original 1953 telegram,
(designer Gwynn)
£5

unusual 1920s handpainted gouache landscapes on unused postcards,
Japanese?
£15 each

surreal vintage 1950s birthday card and envelope
£2

lenticular postcards by Julian Opie
£18 each

c.1962
original real photo postcard set of
Moravian Punkva Grotto,
in orignal envelope with information sheet,
£20

entertaining Cooking with Bernard,
(apparently a US celebrity in the 70's)
276pp. b&w illus. 1976,
£20

old Ice cream paper bag!
£3

c.1960s Raymond Peynet
series of 12 romantic zodiac postcards ( unusued)
£5 each (some sold - please enquire)

sheet of original c.1980s DDR wrapping paper with printed heart motif, (unused)
c.55cms. x 83cms.
£6 per sheet

Evasvankmajerjan
Anima Animus Animation:
Between film and free expression,
fully illus. hb. in dj.
1998
£40

rare survivor
- six unused 'Captain Webb' safety matchboxes
in original packaging with
printed image of the famous swimmer,
£40

original c.1968 Biba mailorder folding catalogue with photography by Sarah Moon, with loose order slip
£125

1983 Ecology Party manifesto!
36pp. with cartoon illustrations, pb.
£5

1950s original folding map
NORTH ARGYLL
£10

Betty Swanwick
The Cross Purposes - a coloured novelette,
charmingly illustrated throughout,
Poetry London 1945, hb.
signed neatly on endpaper by Anthony Gilbert artist and designer 1946,
£65

rare 1920s Tennis flick book
Flicker no.9
showing forehand and backhand
performed by 'Bunny' Austin
£120

classic retouching crayons/paper pencils with fascinating unwinding technique!
in charming orginal box
£25