Search Results: Signed_or_Inscribed from Roz Hulse

Moynihan. Danny. Design Hurst. Damien. Boogie Woogie. 2000. London, Duck Editions. 1st Edition Limited No 6 of 500. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pp254. Signed on title page by author Danny Moynihan, together with limitations stamp and number. Fine unclipped dust wrapper designed and lightly signed, with good indent, on rear side dust wrapper by Damien Hurst. In mint Condition. Note: Duck Edition 1st Trade Edition also available. See 93150

Blishen, Edward. A Cackhanded War. London, Thames and Hudson. 1972. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green hardback, gilt T and H motif to front, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper. Pp230. Dustwrapper a little bumped at top edges, otherwise in near fine condition.Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. For Sim and Arnold./ I cant think of XX any/ readers Id rather have./ Edward/ may 1992/ on the occasion of their passing/ by on their visit to the/ Abbey! The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997. I also have available Mind How you Go with an inscription to the Rattenburys from Blishens widow Nancy.

Warre, Michael: Designing and Making Stage Scenery. Studio Vista, London, 1968. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, with unclipped dustwrapper. PP140, Inscription by author on fep to Arnold and Sim [Arnold and Sim Rattenbury]. A little age tone to dustwrapper, otherwise in near fine condition. Arnold Rattenbury (1946-2007) was an innovative exhibition designer, a critic and an original, lyrical poet of the heroic age of British Communism.

Blishen, Edward. Donkey Work. London, Hamish Hamilton. 1983. 1st Edition. 8vo. Black hardback, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper designed by Edward Blishen. Pp249. Dustwrapper binding and pages all in near fine condition. Inscribed on front free endpaper To Sim and Arnold/ - in memory of Hyola/ & anticipation of Ffestiniog/ from/ Edward/ 1988. The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997.

Townsend Warner. Sylvia,. Dorset Stories. Norwich, Black Dog Books. 2006. 1st Edition. Green boards, silver titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper. Pp288. Neat gift inscription on title page to Arnold [Rattenbury] from his wife Sim. Arnold Rattenbury was a close friend to Sylvia Townsend Warner. One small tear at lower spine, without loss to dustwrapper. Binding and all pages in excellent condition.

Leonard. Michael. Drawings by Michael Leonard. Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London, 2004. 8vo, 1st edition. Card covers, pp48. Catalogue for exhibition held16th march to 27th April 2004. Illustrated throughout with black and white images of Micheal Leonard's work of Nudes and Portraits in Time. Inscribed on the front page "for Arnold [Rattenbury] with Love from Michael 4th August '04" There is also a 'post it' note on the title page in the hand of Leonard "How lovely talking to you. Keep well! Love M. Additional entry in the Biography section in the hand of Leonard. In fine condition.

JURY, C.R.: A Dweller on Delos Selected Poems and Prose. Edited by Barbara Wall and Douglas Muecke. Adelaide: Published by the Friends of Charles Rischbieth Jury 1893-1958 to mark The Centenary of his Birth: 1993. First limited edition. No 229 of 250 copies with signatures of both Barbara Wall and Douglas Muecke. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles to spine, with dustwrapper. pp. viii, 40. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. A rare Book.

Fawcett, Robert [Illust] : Epitaph. A poem by Theodore Dreiser. N.Y. Heron Press Incorporated. 1929. 32pp Uncut, printed on hand made Keijyo Kami. Clean. Limited Edition 900/1100. Large 4to. Signed by Author, frontis signed by the artist. Woodcut illustrations. Spine sunned, recent cloth slip case wholly sympathetic to original, retaining limited edition panel.

Harris, Joanne. Five Quarters of the Orange. London, Doubleday, 2001. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green covers with gilt title to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper in clear removable cover. PP432. Signed on title page by author. This book and dustwrapper is in mint condition throughout A very fine book.

Fanshawe, Andy and Venables, Stephen. Himalaya Alpine Style. The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks. Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. 1st Edition, signed by Author. Sq4to (295mm x 305mm). Fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Title signed in ink, by Stephen Venables. Pp192, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A fine book in Mint condition.

Gascoyne, David. Journal 1936-1937. Death of an Explorer. Leon Chestov. London, Enitharmon Press. 1980. First Edition, Inscribed by author. 8vo. Hardcover, brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper, designed by Julian Trevelyan. Pp144. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper to Gaby Goldscheider/en toute amitie/David Gascoyne/IOW 10.X.90. Gaby Goldscheider was daughter of Phaidon's co-founder Ludwig Goldscheider and a close friend of David and Judy Gascoyne. A little light wear to edges of dustwrapper other wise in fine order throughout. 1361 copies printed. Benford A15a

Blishen, Edward. Mind How You Go. London, Constable,. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue Hardcover, silver titles to spine, with unclipped dustwrapper. Pp249. The printed dedication in this book is to Sim and Arnold Rattenbury and for Nick Taylor. Printed posthumously, there is a handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper by his widow Nancy. For Sim and Arnold, dear/ friends to whom this book/ is dedicated in love and friendship. From Nance. Also included, loose, is a letter from Nancy Blishen to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury and some contemporaneous reviews of the book including one written by Nicholas Tucker, which, from the letter written by Nancy was not accepted by a newspaper. She writes of the comments she has received from people about the book and of the Newspapers . Oh, I did love Mind How you Go. There is no admonishment of Edwards astonishing powers of selection and description. The wit is, if anything, even greater. Our battles with age and deterioration of our tiresome bodies are… Read More

Harold Heslop, Ed Andy Croft and Graeme Rigby. Out of the Old Earth. 1994. Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne. 8vo. Softcover, front cover illustrated with Coal Face Drawers by Oliver Kilbourn. Pp270. This book brings together the biographical details of Heslops life and travels in the 1930's from Durham Pit village to meetings with soviet writers including Nobel winner Mikhail Sholokov. This book a presentation copy from editor Andy Croft to Arnold Rattenbury and his wife Sim. Arnold Rattenbury (1946-2007) was an innovative exhibition designer, a critic and an original, lyrical poet of the heroic age of British Communism. Andy Croft completed the poets obituary early 2007. A fine book with fine connections.

Weaver, Emily. : Paper and Scissors in the Schoolroom. Milton Bradbury. USA. 1893. Papers boards decorated title to front. Pp77, [4] Advert publishers books. Drawings throughout text illustrating templates for classroom use of paper folding. Two neat ownership inscriptions on front free end papers:- B. Burgoyne Chapman to his friend Gordon dated Aug 26 1915, Kulong [district in Shanghai], later inscription of "Rattenbury", which is probably that of H B Rattenbury, or a family member. Pages are a little age toned, some light damp staining affecting the edge of a few pages, in good clean order. Benjamin Burgoyne Chapman, (1886-1964) born in Australia, entered the Methodist Wesleyan ministry in 1913 and worked in China from 1913 - 1931. He returned in 1936 after travelling to India and Japan. Harold Burgoyne Rattenbury (1878-1961) published author and Methodist missionary in Burma and China in the 1930/ 40's. A book with an ownership story perhaps more interesting than that written by the author.

Blishen, Edward. The Penny World. Mandarin. 1993. 1st Edition, paperback. 8vo. Pp258, 4pp publishers ads. A little light wear to spine, otherwise in excellent, tight, bright and clean condition. With authors inscription on half title page To Sim and Arnold/ from Edward/ (blazing with Cove)/ August 1993. The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997. I also have available Mind How you Go with an inscription to the Rattenburys from Blishen's widow Nancy.

Hippisley Coxe, Antony. A Seat at the Circus. Connecticut, Archon Books. 1980. Revised Edition. 8vo. Red cloth with unclipped dustwrapper. PP258. Illustrated throughout. With author's inscription to Poet Arnold Rattenbury. With Arnold Rattenbury's signature in front free end paper. Dustwrapper a little bumped, edges lightly foxed. All pages and binding clean and bright throughout. Arnold Rattenbury (1946-2007) was an innovative exhibition designer, a critic and an original, lyrical poet of the heroic age of British Communism.

Gascoyne, David. Selected Prose. London, Enitharmon Press, 1998. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardback, blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper. Pp462. A collection of pieces regarding the likes of W.H. Auden, Salvador Dali, Lawrence Durrell, T.S. Eliot, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Henry Miller, Graham Sutherland, Humphrey Jennings, Julian Trevelyan and Vernon Watkins. This book is inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author to A Gaby G. [Goldscheider]/ en toute amitie/David Gascoyne/IeW (IOW) 10.X.98. Gaby Goldscheider was daughter of Phaidon's co-founder Ludwig Goldscheider and a close friend of David and Judy Gascoyne. A notable book, with an interesting provenance, in fine order throughout.

Adams. Anna,. Six Legs Good. Mandville Press, Hitchin, 1987. Small 4to, 185mm x 260mm, Green wraps with black title to front. pp[14]. Full page engraved frontis copy of Episodes of Insect Life. Signed limited Edition No 26 of 60. Authors signature also on title page. A collection of nine poems.

Galsworthy. John, ; Soames and the Flag. London, Heinemann, 1930, Limited edition 1002 of 1025. Signed by Author. 8vo. pp51, Windmill Press imprint. Full vellum binding with gold titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Galsworthy's wartime experiences in France during World War 1, working for the Red Cross helping Belgium refugees are reflected through Soames in this work. Galsworthy died 3 years after signing the book. An attractive time piece of this author.

COLFER, Eoin. The Supernaturalist. London, Puffin. 2004. Octavo. Ist Edition, 1st Impression. Signed by Author on half title page. Unclipped dustwrapper. Blue Cloth boards, silver titles to spine. Pp291. In fine, as new, condition throughout.