Zukoff, Mitchell (editor).

Robert Altman. The Oral Biography.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 23 x 18 cm. xiii, 560 pages. Original hard cover inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Okri, Ben.

Songs of Enchantment.

First U.S. edition. New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1993. 16.5 x 24cm. 297 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, as new. Signed with a dedication by the author on title page.

Ryan, Frederick W.

“The House of the Temple”. A Study of Malta and its Knights in the French Revolution by Frederick W. Ryan.

First Edition. London, Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1930. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 358 pages. With Illustrations and a folding Map. Original bright red cloth. HArd cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good, slightly discoloured dust jacket. Edges and end papers mildly foxed. Internally a bright and clean copy.

Waters, Frank.

To Possess The Land: A Biography of Arthur Rochford Manby. [Signed].

First edition. Chicago, Sage Books / The Swallow Press Inc., 1973. 15 x 23cm. (8), 287 pages, with B&W illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Illustrated endpapers. Slight wear to dustjacket, otherwise in excellent condition. Signed with a dedication by author on half-title page.

Harris, Joel Chandler.

Uncle Remus. or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin. With Fifty Illustrations by T.A. Elwes.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. xxxi, 248 pages plus eight pages publishers list. Illustrated. Two colour cloth binding with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Professionally rebacked in 2019 using original boards, but with new end papers. Rubbed and bumped. Binding faded. Internally bright and clean.

Robertson, Howard / Squire, J.C.

Architecture Explained. With an Introductory Note by J.C. Squire.

First Edition. London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 212 pages. With B&W Plates, some losely inserted. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Boards and spine mildly dust dulled / discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. All plates present, two of them losely inserted. Internally clean.

Swayne, H.G.C.

Early Days in Somaliland and other Tales. A Pioneer’s Notebook.

First Edition. Durham, The Pentland Press, 1996. 23 x15 cm. vi, 233 pages. Illustrated throughout with maps and B&W photographs. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Illustrated end papers (map). Very good in very good dust jacket. Top edge dust dulled, otherwise, as new.

Codrington, John (Introduction).

Country Life Picture Book of London.

First Edition. London, Country Life, 1951. 28 x 22 cm. (4), 88 full page photographic plates, xvi pages of advertising. Original pale cloth with gilt title on front board. In original dust jacket. Good in fair dust jacket. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Binding partially discoloured and faded. Edges and end papers age darkened. Long gift inscription by Benita Alanbrooke for her husband Field Marshal Alanbrooke on front free end paper. Dust jacket in poor condition with several cuts and paper losses. Internally clean, but age dulled.

Jidejian, Nina.

Sidon Through The Ages. With a Foreword by Maurice Dunand.

Beirut, Dar El-Machreq Publishers, 1971. 28 x 21.5 cm. xxv, 287 pages. With a folding Frontispiece and many B&W Illustrations. Original grey cloth. Hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Decorated end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the Author on the verso of the Frontispiece, dated ‘71’. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling to edges. Minor spotting to end papers and frontispiece. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Farmanfarmaian, Tanya.

The Lifted Veil. a collection of poems 1966 – 67.

First Edition. Tehran, Sherkat Sahami Ketabhaye Jibi, 1968. 23 x 12 cm. (4), 59 pages. Original blue cloth with title and author on the front board. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Inside bright and clean.