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The sole UK printing published by The Old Stile Press, Monmouth, Gwent, 1994. Number '33' of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and the artist to the colophon page. The BOOK is in near Fine condition in like cloth SLIPCASE stamped with two of Lloyd's designs. 20 poems, mostly from previous collections, though one poem 'Epigraph' was especially written by Ted Hughes for this production. Linocuts by R.J. Lloyd on almost every page and also on eight sheets of paper handmade by Frances McDowall from iris, nettle, onion and other plant fibres. This handmade paper is also used for the boards. The printed prospectus is loosely laid in. Accompanied by a complete unbound copy of the book including all eight linocut illustrations. This unbound copy is numbered '128' and has also been signed by both the author and the artist. It is is all in fine condition, with some leaves remaining uncut. Loosely laid in is a photocopy of the annotated typed draft of the poem ' Epigraph' (dated 'from Ted, 1st July 1994'… Read More

The First UK printing published by Victor Gollancz, London in 1935. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Publisher's original green cloth with the spine lettered in gilt and map endpapers. Frontispiece, fold out map and the 39 black and white plates are all present. Light pushing at the spine tips. Some mild spotting to the prelims and page edges. Light toning and spotting to the text-block. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light age related markings and edge-wear. The wrapper looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. An excellent copy in the scarce wrapper. First published in Paris under the title 'La Croisière jaune: expédition Citroën Centre-Asie, troisième mission' in 1933. The Third Citroën Expedition, the legendary Croisiere Jaune, was organized by Georges-Marie Haardt, Director General of Citroën, to promote the company's 'Autochenilles,' half-tracks fitted with Kergresse's tracks at the rear and a… Read More

The sole UK printing published by Combined Arts, Bath in 1988. One of a limited edition of only 950 copies. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just some minor creasing to the bottom left hand side of the first few pages. This edition was published in wrap covers but a handful were specially issued by the publishers as casebound with decorated cloth covers. This copy is one of the latter copies with Bawden's designed decorated paper covers, and dark blue buckram spine and front corners. The book has been signed in pencil (without dedication) by Edward Bawden to the title page. Although it bears no ownership marks, this copy is from the collection of Peter Sampson of the Merivale Press, who was a friend of the Bawdens. The catalogue of Bawden's work in this survey begins in 1922 and proceeds chronologically until 1983, a record of just over sixty years work, mainly in graphic design, book illustration, wallpapers, ceramics and murals. It also includes a list of exhibitions of Bawdens' work from… Read More

The sole UK printing of this illustrated edition published by Golden Cockerel Press, London in 1947. Number '383' of 500 copies issued on Arnold's hand-made paper with the Golden Cockerel Press watermark, of which one hundred copies were specially bound in vellum at Sangorski and Sutcliffe. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. The vellum spine with gilt titling has a few lights spots. The cloth boards with gilt decoration are clean. The binding is tight. Top edge gilt. Free from inscriptions. Some light sporadic toning to the page edges in places, more so to pages 12-15, 90-91 and 132-133, and the rest mild - all copies appear to have been affected with this to some degree, and it does not particularly detract. Profusely illustrated throughout with engravings by John Buckland-Wright. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. One of the highlight productions from the Golden Cockerel Press. Increasingly scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The sole UK printing published by Lion and Unicorn Press, London in 1960. This is number '37' of only 200 copies issued. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just some light pushing at the spine tips and a little light unobtrusive spotting in places to the covers. Free from inscriptions. Internally very clean. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout by Edward Bawden : 'The illustrations have been reproduced from Edward Bawden's sketch-book, which accounts for the shape and size of this book. To avoid spoiling the drawings, the captions have not been printed on the illustrations themselves, but at the beginning of each section.'. Printed tissue guards throughout. The famously bizarrely and humorously mistranslated English phrasebook for Portuguese speakers, which first appeared in Paris in 1836. Perhaps as early as the 1850s, Mark Twain became aware of the book; he wrote an introduction to the first American edition in 1883. Its' nonsense still amuses. This edition with an introduction by Paul… Read More

The First UK printing published by George Allen & Unwin, London in 1935. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light spotting and offsetting to the endpapers. A few spots to the prelims. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The blue top-stain is still present. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. A little edge-wear with a few small closed tears to the upper spine. A little age related markings but the colour remains bright. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The publisher's Review Slip is loosely inserted. The evolution of the police force in England from when it first came into being in Anglo Saxon times, 800 AD, until 1935. Also a pre-police force history overview. Scarce with the wrapper. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Studio Vista Ltd, London in 1964. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition with just light pushing at the spine tips and a little bumping to the lower edges. A little light spotting to the prelims. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light edge-wear with a tiny area of lifting of the laminate at the upper front spine fold. Some inevitable fading of the red colouring of the spine colouring. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. A presentation copy, boldly inscribed on the front blank end paper: 'To darling Billa {ie Billa Harrod} of Holt from her Diss lover John B., Diss 1964 '. With Harrod's bookplate to the front pastedown. A wonderful presentation copy. Wilhelmine 'Bella' Harrod was Betjeman's one-time fiancee and noted architectural conservationist and champion of Norfolk's medieval churches. The book is a comprehensive pictorial survey of English churches, illustrated with over two hundred and fifty… Read More

The First UK printing published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1982. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Original burgundy boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Light offsetting to the end-papers. Illustrated with B/W photographs throughout. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with a photographic portrait of Cynthia Payne to rear panel. Wrapper design by Craig Dodd. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The publisher's Tom Maschler's copy, doubly inscribed to him by both the author and Cynthia Payne : 'for Tom -- who has been here before -- with love from Paul'. And beneath: 'October 13th 1982. To the most brilliant publisher in the world and I must say with the most guts to take me on! Cinders xxx one for John Thomas'. When Streatham brothel-keeper Cynthia Payne was prosecuted in 1980 for keeping a disorderly house, the trial's tales of red-arsed vicars, enslaved Members of Parliament and payment for sex with luncheon vouchers transfixed the country. It also… Read More

Limited Edition. 2 page Introduction by Anthony Rota. Number 8 of only 100 sets printed on handmade paper from the original plates with 12 plates coloured by hand according to the artist's directions (74 sets were for sale with one set on vellum). Folio. 14.5 X 10.75 ins. Original half green morocco with paper covered boards. Interior drop-back box holding title page, 2 text pages, Colophon and 25 plates. Gilt title on the spine. A Fine set housed within a Very Good++ drop-back box which has some fading of the colouring to the spine and some light rubbing to the edges. The Gilt titling remains very bright. The 1930 Cresset Press edition of 'Gulliver's Travels', illustrated by Rex Whistler, is 'one of the most handsome books ever to be published in this country (England). And the illustrations are ravishing.' ('The Twentieth Century Book' by John Lewis). The illustrative style of Rex Whistler (1905–1944), which eschewed the experimentalism of the 1920s, found its inspiration in the 17th and 18th… Read More

The First USA printing published by Boni & Liveright, New York in 1922. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The first state with the word 'shit' uncancelled on p. 219 and original publisher's tan buckram. Mild offsetting of the wrapper flaps to the blank end papers. Light toning to the text block but the pages remain clean. Frederick Baldwin Adams Jnr.'s bookplate (designed by Rockwell Kent) to the front pastedown (Adams Jnr. had been a former President of the Morgan Library and had served also as President of the 'Association Internationale de Bibliophile', the most prestigious organisation of bibliophiles in the world). The original WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. It is the correct first issue bearing the price of $2 to the spine and the 'Of Vocations' title description on the rear cover is priced at $2. The wrapper is notoriously fragile and brittle and this wrapper has benefitted from some expert professional Japanese tissue repairs to the verso which do not show through to… Read More

The sole UK printing published by The Fortune Press, London in 1948 (nd). The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with just a little fading at the lower edges of the boards due to possible water staining. This has not seeped through internally. Light toning to the text-block. The very scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with a little toning to the spine and some mild age related markings. The wrapper looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been inscribed by the author in his characteristic calligraphic writing to the front blank end-paper : 'To Frank Pettigel, in memory of his exquisite characterisation of O.F.O.W. Wilde at the Boltons Theatre Club in 1948, from Beresford Egan'. 'O.F.O.W. Wilde' refers to Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde's full name. The 'Bolton's Theatre Club' in London opened in 1947 and by operating as a club where membership was obligatory, was able to stage plays which might otherwise be prohibited under the Theatres Act 1843.… Read More

The First UK printing published by Rider & Co., London in 1928. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a hint of pushing at the spine tips and lower corners. Light spotting to the text-block with some light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The scarce WRAPPER is in Very Good++ condition with some toning and light rubbing to the spine and folds. The red titling to the spine is still visible. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. A very scarce title with such attributes from the author of the classic title 'The Goat-Foot God'. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Serpent's tail, London in 2016. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. A very mild crease to the upper spine. The wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) to the title page and a ticket for the signing event accompanies this book as provenance. 'The Essex Serpent', was a number one bestseller, 'Waterstones Book of the Year 2016' and both 'Fiction book of the Year' and 'Overall Book of the Year 2017' at the British Book Awards. It was then nominated for a further eight literary prizes, including 'The Costa Novel Award 2017', and 'The Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2017'. Very scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK Printing published by Jonathan Cape in 1998. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with one small bump to the lower rear edge. Free from erasures and markings. The WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped and is in near FINE condition. A few minor age related markings and minor creasing to the edges in places to the panels. The wrapper artwork looks very attractive in the removable Brodart archival cover. The BOOK has been inscribed by the author to the title page : 'For Anthony May, with best wishes, Raymond Briggs, 23 March 2001'. This is now one of Raymond Briggs' iconic works having been very successfully animated for TV. Increasingly scarce to find with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1985. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with light pushing at the spine tips. The gilt titling to the spine remains bright. Light toning to the text-block and page edges due to the quality of paper stock used. Light spotting to the end-papers. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better contain. Light creasing and rubbing to the spine tips and edges. A little light spotting to the flaps. The red titling to the spine is only very lightly faded. The wrapper looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. The author's first novel. Hilary Mantel went on to win the Booker Prize twice with 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up The Bodies'. Very scarce with such attributes - Only the second copy we have handled. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The sole UK printing published by Etchells & MacDonald in 1928. Printed at The Chiswick press. One of only 300 copies, this one un-numbered. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Light rubbing to the spine tips and a little toning to the spine and the spine paper label. Otherwise a tight clean copy. Some light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions. Repeat pattern paper covered boards with the title on a paper spine label. Title page and 18 striking hand-coloured wood engravings by Hester Sainsbury to accompany the text which is described as 'specimens of laborious idleness based on five Spanish Novels which omit throughout one vowel in the alphabet, and a sixth containing one vowel only. Much trouble it costs to pen stories like these - Quoth a punster, 'How so? they are written with Ees.' Scarce. Protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1952. The BOOK is in Very Good+ condition with the publisher's original blue boards and red lettered titling. Light fading at the spine tips and upper board edges. Some slight age related markings to the boards and a little toning to the text-block. Mild spotting to the prelims but internally clean. Free from inscriptions. A 'The Book Society' bookplate (designed by Rex Whistler) pasted to the front blank end-paper (A contemporary penned name and dated 1952 to this bookplate). The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Light edge-wear with some light rubbing and loss at the extreme spine tips. Some usually encountered toning to the flaps and rear panel in places. A little toning to the front panel in places. A small stain to the upper front panel but the wrapper still remains very presentable in the removable Brodart archival cover. The author's very elusive second novel. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.