Search Results: Authors starting with J from Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB

The First UK printing published by Ernest Benn, London in 1951. The BOOK is in Very Good+ condition. Publisher's original yellow cloth boards with red designs and titling. Some light pushing at the spine ends and tiny bumping at the lower front corner. Some light age related markings to the boards. Mild toning and spotting to the text-block. Internally free from inscriptions; Some light spotting and offsetting to the blank-endpapers with a small area of erasure to the lower inner quadrant of the blank end-paper. A neat bookseller sticker to the lower front pastedown. Internally as usually encountered, there is some light spotting to the pages edges with some more moderate spotting in places, due to the cheap quality of the paper stock used. A small 0.5cm closed tear to the lower edge of page 176 and a small ovoid area (1.5 x 0.5 cm) of loss to the blank lower edge of page 181 (see images). The scarce WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped and is in Very Good+ condition. A little loss, rubbing and creasing at… Read More

The First UK printing published by Constable, London in 1987. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. A hint of toning to the text-block and page edges. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Just a hint of creasing to the upper edges. The wrapper looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) to the half-title by the author. Shortly after the filming began of 'The Last of England', Jarman also began work on this volume of his journals, which contains diary entries and interviews, notes on the script, stills from the filming, and B/W photographs of Derek, his family and friends. Amongst other things, Jarman writes of his childhood, coming to terms with his sexuality, life in the 60's and 70's, his early work as a painter and designer for Ken Russell's groundbreaking films and his debut as a director. A sharp copy. Signed titles by this author are very scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare… Read More

The First UK printing published by Hutchinson, London in 1992. The BOOK is in near Fine condition and appears unread. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the half-title page. Published two years before the author's death, '(this book) is an act of defiance - defying hatred for a death-dealing repressive society and defiant celebration of the fraternal sex of gay men'. 16 pages of B/W photographs. Titles signed by Derek Jarman are very scarce. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

An early UK printing published by Bristol, J.W. Arrowsmith, London circa 1918. Although the publishing details state first published in 1889, I believe this to be a later edition published as part of the 'Arrowsmith's 1/3 Net Series'. There is a penned dated inscription to the half-title : 'Red X Hospital , 1918' which I think is very likely to be around the publication date of this edition. The BOOK is in near Fine condition and appears unread. Some toning and light spotting to the text-block. Toning to the page edges due to the quality of the paper stock used with some offsetting to the blank end-paper. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some light age related markings. The original publisher's price has been overlaid with a revised publisher's price sticker (price 1/6 net) to the spine. The colourful illustration to the front panel (unattributed) remains very bright. The 'Arrowsmith 1/3 Net' series were issued with 'specially designed pictorial wrappers'. The… Read More

The First UK printing published by Boriswood, London in 1935. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Light pushing at the spine ends. Light toning and dustiness to the text-block. A small area of toning corresponding to the wrapper chipped area at the upper spine end. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is in Very Good+ condition being slightly marked and rubbed and a little dusty in places. A little loss at the upper spine end and upper front spine fold. With the 'Book Guild' recommendation sticker on the front as issued. The wrapper looks striking in the removable brodart archival cover. T.E. Lawrence's name features on the front panel of the dustwrapper and most of the blurb quotes from his preface. The three-page Preface is in fact the letter Lawrence wrote to the publisher recommending publication but prophesying commercial failure thereby. Very Scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Longman Group Ltd., London in 1970. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with the original pictorial glazed boards, which are slightly rubbed to the edges and spine tips. A slight lean with only light age related markings to the boards. Free from inscriptions. Striking illustrations, some full page by the author, printed in orange, yellow and black. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Increasingly scarce. More images available. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The sole UK printing published by The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London in 1951. The BOOK is in Very Good+ condition. Complete with 48 pages. The printed card covers and frontispiece were designed by Barbara Jones. Staple- bound, the staples are minimally rusted with no 'bleed' to the paper. The covers have some light age related markings. Free from inscriptions. Light spotting to the text-block with a few lights spots internally. An exceptionally rare, ephemeral item of Barbara Jones' output. Timed to coincide with the 'Festival of Britain', the exhibition curated by Barbara Jones and Tom Ingram brought together popular and traditional 'art' produced for many and varied purposes but not intended for the gallery, and therefore under the radar of the art establishment. In her introduction, Jones writes of how our apprehension and judgement of such quotidian objects move from seeing them as, first 'Quaint' then 'Charming' and at last 'Good'. 'The virtues of British art are as visible here,' writes Jones… Read More

The First UK printing published by Faber & Faber, London in 1937. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Original beige cloth, title gilt to spine on a grey ground. Covers are clean with only a hint of spotting to the endpapers. Grey top-stain remains bright. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with just a hint of toning to the spine. Very light edge-wear with a just a few tiny chips to the extreme upper spine tip. The white rear panel is remarkably clean for its age with only very light age related markings. A small very faint red pencil mark to the front panel. The red and yellow lettering to the spine remains very bright. The wrapper looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Two illustrated plates (one as frontispiece) after etchings by Jones, and a map plate, each with original tissue guards present. David Jones's epic poetic memoir, tackling the trauma of his trench experiences in the First World War after his breakdown from… Read More

Number 'X1' of only 60 sets issued (Of which only 55 sets were for sale), which were numbered 1-LX and printed on Japon by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill Editions in 1979. The engravings are housed in a printed folder. The engravings are complete and are in Fine condition. The Folder is in near Fine condition. Accompanied by the publisher's scarce 4 page Prospectus which is also in Fine condition. The publisher's original order forms are also enclosed with the prospectus. This is the great reprinting (superior to the original) of David Jones's illustrated 'Book of Jonah'. Extremely scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber Ltd, London in 1952. The BOOK is in near Fine condition in the publisher's original tan cloth, stamped in gilt on crimson panel at the spine. A hint of pushing at the spine tips and very light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete with just a little creasing at the spine ends and light toning to the spine and edges. The wrapper looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. All nine of the author's black and white illustrations are present in the text. Evan Gill's personal copy with his bookplate to the front pastedown and his annotations to two newspaper cuttings tipped in to the rear pastedown and blank end paper. These cuttings refer to the the book winning the 'Russell Loines Memorial Fund Award' and the 'Times Literary Review' of November 1952 reviewing this title. Evan Gill was the brother of the artist Eric Gill with whom Jones had collaborated with early on in his career.… Read More

Ten Proof Engravings published by Douglas Cleverdon in 1929. Headpiece, tailpiece and eight full pages, each signed and dated (1929) by David Jones. Sheet size 26.5 x 21.5, plate size (full page) 17.5 x 13.5cm. Housed in a custom board folder with a hand painted paper label. Ernest Percival Pearce's bookplate to the inner board and inscribed in pencil in an unknown hand below and numbered 16.X.72 DJ . Further inscribed in pencil inside the paper folder by an unknown hand DJ 19-11-60 . Very early bowing of the boards. Loosely laid in is H/W correspondence (a one sided letter and a postcard) from David Jones to Mr Pearce dated '29 Sept. 1971' and 'Feb 25th 1956' respectively. The engravings are all in near Fine condition. Illust. 4 with a very tiny rust spot near bottom left corner of blank margin. Illust. 7 with a tiny unobtrusive spot below the signature. Otherwise the plates are all in excellent condition. Only one such set has appeared at auction at Sotherbys in 1982 where they refer to the '8… Read More

Published by Clover Hill Editions, London in 1977. Number 'XXX1' of only 80 special copies, printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press on Barcham Green handmade paper, watermarked 'Clover Hill' (made for Douglas Cleverdon in 1936). The BOOK is in Fine condition, bound in quarter-morocco and marbled boards. Illustrated with ten wood engravings by David Jones, this title is considered by many to be the artist's most significant work. These engravings were initially printed in the Golden Cockerel edition in 1927. Jones, however, felt that the some of the delicacy of his wood engravings had been lost, as the paper was not properly dampened by the Press as they hurried to meet a deadline. According to the Publisher's Note by Douglas Cleverdon, Jones acquired the ten blocks in order to ensure that they would not be reprinted without his approval. In 1977, Jones agreed to 'Clover Hill Editions' reprinting the book using his original blocks, in the manner that he originally intended. In this present… Read More

The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber Ltd, London in 1952. The BOOK is in near Fine condition in the publisher's original tan cloth, stamped in gilt on crimson panel at the spine. A hint of pushing at the spine tips and very light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Near Fine condition with just a little creasing at the spine ends, a few small nicks and light toning to the spine and edges. The wrapper looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. All nine of the author's black and white illustrations are present in the text. Roger Senhouse's personal copy with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Roger Senhouse was an English publisher and translator, and a peripheral member of the 'Bloomsbury Group' of writers, intellectuals, and artists. The private letters of writer and Bloomsbury Group member Lytton Strachey reveal that Senhouse was his (last) lover (Archival Material at Leeds University Library).… Read More

The First UK printing published by Clover Hill Editions, London in 1972. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. This is number 'XL' of only 115 copies which are Numbered and Signed by David Jones to the limitation page : 'David Jones, Feb. 5, . Anno ab incarna domini, MCMLXX11'. Bound in quarter vellum and green cloth and contained in a marbled slip case. There is just a hint of spotting to the vellum otherwise the book is in lovely condition. Housed in the publisher's original marbled slipcase which is in near Fine condition with just a little rubbing to the corners and edges. There were also 215 copies bound in green cloth. This publication was printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press and published as the seventh of the Clover Hill Editions. The title page carries a vignette of a fish with a verse from Psalm LX1X in the vulgate. 'Throughout his life, 'The Rime of the ancient Mariner' had held a profound significance for David Jones'. Loosely inserted is the publisher's… Read More

An unknown printing published by Faber and Faber - no date. In as far as I can determine this title was only published with its distinctive grey front cover, with red and yellow lettering, in hardback format. I can find no other paperback copy for sale in this format. This, combined with the fact that this volume has no publication data, such as date, no title page and does not include the plates of the published volume, leads me to conclude this is probably a proof copy. This copy came with a number of other volumes on WWI from the library of Norman Hancock who also wrote on his experiences of the First World War, notably in A Martial Medley (1931) along with David Jones, Eric Partridge and several others. This connection with Jones further makes me think it likely this is a proof copy sent by the publishers to Hancock. The BOOK is wraps format and is in Very Good+ condition. A generally very clean copy throughout. Some light creasing to the front cover. The spine at some point has had clear tape… Read More