Rare books from Goldring Books

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1884. Full title - The Very Joyous, Pleasant and Refreshing History of the Feats, Exploits, Triumphs and Achievements of the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach the Gentle Lord De Bayard. Based on the original memoirs of Bayard by his secretary under the modest designation of "le loyal serviteur" who, although not mentioned, was probably J. De Mailles. The memoirs first appeared in 1527, three years after the hero's death. Profusely illustrated with a cover impressed with a design of the knight in red, gold and blue with decorated spine on grey cloth boards. Slight wear to spine head, tail and sides and to corner tips with some light scratches to back. Internally there is a small neat inscription to front endpaper, sporadic light marks to some pages but overall clean and tight. 260 pages **** The Fairly SCARCE Dodd Meads edition **** **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.5 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING ***** 15. First Edition. Hard… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1948. Stated First Edition August 1948. Dark blue title on grey cloth. A very clean and unmarked copy with coloured pictorial dustjacket showing a map of Syria with a wasps' nest. Dustjacket has some wear and a small tear at top of spine but is complete. This is a novel of modern Syria and the author's presentation of the Levant is based on personal experience. An acclaimed novel which won an award from the Society of Authors. *** SCARCE WITH DUSTJACKET *** B2E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. A near Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket. The book by the Canadian astrophysicist is addressed to those whose research demands more than a cursory knowledge of interstellar dust. For the uninitiated, either beginning graduate students or experienced physicists and chemists, a wide ranging view of the available observational techniques, results, and their interpretation is provided. Selected phenomena are examined in detail and finally a synthesis of present ideas is undertaken in an attempt to establish a framework within which new research and applications can be formulated and approved. **** NOT EX LIB **** 14. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Medici Society, 1928. Gilt titles on quarter calf with leather labels to spine, four raised bands and five compartments with small gilt designs on brown calf leather with marbled paper sides. There is just a little light wear to spine and to board edges and a small mark to back. Internally there are marbled endpapers and pages are very clean, tight and unmarked with age darkening to map bound in at rear. Bellegarde printing in France. First published in France in 1926, this luxury edition is the first English one rather than the more common cloth bound. 156 pages and map with coloured extra title page. Illustrated throughout with beautiful sepia tint photographs. Uniform with 'The Picture Guides' series. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good TEG/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Rawlings, Chapman Publications, 1972. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR 'TO KATHY McKAY VERY BEST WISHES SINCERELY LEO RAWLINGS'. Stated First Edition. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to spine head and tail, sides and corner tips and is not price clipped and has a dustjacket protector fitted. Foreword by Lord Mountbatten of Burma. Dedication by Lord Russell of Liverpool. xxxi and 160 pages. Map of the notorious Railway of Death front endpaper and 119 plates. The artist's (1918-1984) now classic work as a prisoner of war for three and a half years of the Japanese in World War II, in which he describes the railway camps, the bridge building on the River Kwai, Changi in Singapore, the fall of Singapore, and all of the horrors experienced by the POW's - all graphically illustrated by his now famous drawings. **** A VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY **** 22. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Rawlings, Leo. 8vo… Read More

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. SIGNED BY THOMAS ALLEN on title page with dedication 'To Pat with best wishes'. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with a decorative book plate to half title page with slight age darkening to page edges. Dustjacket is also VG+ and has just a liitle wear to edges and is not price clipped. 238 pages. 31 illustrations. Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, is the internationally renowned baritone noted particularly for his role as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. This, his first book, starts in 1991 in Salzburg where he was to open a year of international performances for Mozart's bi-centenary, he reflects on his life and provides insights into his roles and the different productions. He paints a picture of a singer's life which is surprising in its frankness. L. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994. SIGNED BY JAYNE TORVILL AND CHRISTOPHER DEAN on bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Letter enclosing the book and confirming the 'signed copy' included. A Fine unmarked copy. Dustjacket has a small closed tear to back and a little wear to edges. A large format volume of 120 pages. No other sporting personalities in recent history have captured the spirit of an international public more than Torvill and Dean. From their modest beginnings in Nottingham, the couple have elevated dance to a new level of excitement and artistic interpretation. With three consecutive World Championships starting in 1981, they astonished the world in 1984 with the triple crown of European, World and Olympic titles. After pursuing individual personal and professional goals, they reunited as amateurs to win the the British Championships with straight sixes in January 1994, and after their breathtaking triumph at the European Championships in Copenhagen, they went on to win the… Read More

Paris: E. Dentu, 1872. Titre l'argent sur les cartes bleues. Rebond. Première édition. Quelques rousseurs. Petit nom et la date. 3 réparations petite larmes fermée. xx +336 pages. Très Bon État. B2A. Première. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Charpentier, 1845. Titre l'or sur les cartes bleues. Rousseurs. Petit nom. 533 pages. Table des Matières: De l'Influence des Passions sur le Bonheur des Individus et des Nations; Réflexions sur le Suicide; De la Littérature Considérée dans ses Rapports avec les Institutions Sociales. B2A. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Michel Lévy Fréres, 1856. CINQ VOLUMES. Très Bon Etat. Quelque rouseurs. Marques mineures. Quelques notes de marge originales au crayon Tampon aveugle de Georges Fagot (dramaturge). Vol.1 - Gabrielle - Comédie en cinq actes et en vers. 111 pages. 1856. Nouvelle edition; Le Joueur de Flute - Comédie un acte en vers. 64 pages. 1851. Édition Originale; Philiberte - Comédie en trois actes et en vers.104 pages. 1853. Troisième Édition. Vol.2 - Les Lionnes Pauvres - Pièce en cinq actes en prose. par Émile Augier et Édouard Foussier. 92 pages. 1858. Édition Originale; L Jeunesse - Comédie en cinq actes et en vers. 127 pages. 1858. Édition Originale; L'Aventurière - Comédie en quatre actes,en vers. 113 pages.1892. Nouvelle Édition; Vol.3 - Les Effrontés - Comédie en cinq actes en prose. 142 pages. Sixième Édition; Le Fils de Giboyer -… Read More

Paris: Firmin Didot Fréres, 1853. Avec 'Mémoire et Lettre sur les Occupations de l'Académie Française, Lettre sur les Anciens et les Modernes, Discours de Réception à l'Académie Française, Lettre à Louis XIV.' Titre l'or sur demi cuir. Tranches marbrées. Quelque rouseurs. Portrait frontispice. 572 pages. Très Bon etat. B2A. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Perrin, 1919. Il a été imprimé, de cet ouvrage, quinze exemplaires numérotés sur papier vergé pur fil des Papeteries Lafuma. Petit nom x 2. Quelques rousseurs. xi + 370 pages. Très Bon etat. B2A. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: W.H. Allen, 1977. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with no inscriptions which has dust marking to top edge and age toning to endpapers. Dustjacket by Val Biro is near Fine and is not price clipped. 192 pages. With, the twenty-fourth and final book in his autobiographical series, Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903-1979) completed the remarkable sequence which he called 'The Sensual World'. The subject is basically his return home after many years abroad. In 1974 Croft-Cooke suffered a stroke and found walking and writing difficult in his remaining years and no longer able to right in cursive script, he completed 'The Green, Green Grass', his last published work, by laboriously writing pages in block letters and having his long time companion Joseph type it. Very uncommon to find in such very good condition with a dustjacket. 11. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Vision On, 2002. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has some very small indentations to front and a bump to lower front corner and a line of indentation and minor marks to back but internally Fine. A very large format volume of 240 pages. Censorship is a disturbing concept, usually referring to the act of someone in authority who prevents us reading certain words or seeing certain images. By implication, it can also mean we are persuaded to accept phoney material as genuine or consider a distorted context as the supposed truth. Traditionally censorship is associated with scheming politicians and government officials who plot to hide crucial facts from a gullible public. Years later, when historians and journalists pore over newly released official documents, we discover another version of history. This book investigates some of the most glaring examples of photographs which have been banned, doctored, manipulated or suppressed in order to dupe the viewer. **** NOT EX LIB **** PLEASE… Read More

Barcelona: Lunwerg Editores, 2003. Tapa Dura. Este libro se centra en la creación fotográfica latinoamericana desde 1991 a 2002. Un periodo en el que el debate sobre las identidades culturales fue especialmente activo. La fotografía no se ha mantenido ajena a este proceso; de hecho, durante esa década se produjo la definitiva integración de la fotografía en el mundo del arte. La multiplicidad de los puntos de vista expuestos pretende ofrecer una visión panorámica que muestre el amplísimo espectro creativo de la fotografía latinoamericana. UN GRAN LIBRO PESADO DE 2,75 kilo - REQUIERE ENVIO ADICIONAL 5. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.