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The sole UK printing by Hoods Fine Printers, Middlesborough in c1930s (nd). The Book is in Near Fine condition. A collection of 15 woodcuts (all signed by Viva Talbot in the plate) depicting various stages of the steel making process. Sewn limp printed card covers. Covers lightly spotted and lightly creased to the yapped edges. The book measures 26 x 39 cm. Internally the 15 striking B/W woodcuts are in fine condition. The woodcuts are titled (and have been signed in the plate) and each one has been printed on thick paper stock (blank to the verso). The 15 woodcuts detail the process of steelmaking from 'Digging Ironstone in Northamptonshire' to 'Rolling A Slab into a Plate'. An extremely scarce production with no copies located on JSIC and only one copy located on Worldcat. It is unclear as to how many copies were printed but it is likely that the print run was very small. Viva Talbot (1900-1983) was a talented artist who specialised in wood engraving. She knew many of the prominent wood engravers of… Read More

The First UK printing published by Publications from Pall Mall Ltd., London in 1937. The book was issued by the publishers as 'The Coronation Edition'. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some pushing with very slight splitting to the extreme spine tips. The original blue publisher's boards remain very clean with just some tiny rubs to the lower corners. The gilt titling and decorations remain bright. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Light toning and spotting to the text-block and prelims. Mild offsetting to the blank end-papers with light spotting to the prelims with one small mark to the fore edge of the title and frontis pages. This edition was issued with two different wrappers. This is the more scarcer of the two and is a stiff glassine pictorial wrapper. The WRAPPER is in Very Good condition with edge-wear and loss to the spine ends and rear upper edges due to its fragility (see images). Some closed tears and nicks in places. Priced at '7/6 net' to the lower front flap. The… Read More

The First UK printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1959. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Very light pushing at the spine tips with a tiny bump to the front upper corner. Some light toning and spotting to the text-block with mild offsetting to the prelims. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. Mild edge-wear with some small closed tears at the upper and lower spine folds. A little age related markings in places. Toning, light rubbing and some light marks to the spine. The wrapper artwork by John Nunnery remains very attractive in the removable Brodart archival cover. The fourth historical novel by Jean Plaidy writing as Ellalice Tate. They were all reissued at a later date under the name of Jean Plaidy. A very elusive title to find in such collectible condition. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Peter Davies, London in 1945. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition with just some very light pushing at the spine tips. Light fading to the spine ends corresponding to the losses to the wrapper spine. Free from inscriptions and erasures. A small neat bookseller sticker to the lower front pastedown. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some losses to the spine ends and the lower front edge. Mild edge-wear with some nicks, light creasing and minor losses. The unattributed wrapper artwork remains striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book, the author's first novel, was printed in conformity with the authorised war economy standards and is a very scarce survivor. It is highly likely that the book would have been printed in a small print run. I can only see one copy having appeared at auction in the last 30 years, and it is unclear as to whether that copy had a wrapper or not. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books… Read More

The First UK printing published by Peter Davies, London in 1946. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Light pushing at the spine ends and some light toning to the text-block. A very slight lean. Free from inscriptions. Light offsetting to the blank end-papers. The fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good condition. Some loss and rubbing at the upper spine end and the upper panel. A little rubbing and minor losses to the corners with some mild toning to the flap edges. Some mild edge-wear with very light spotting in places. The wrapper artwork (which is unattributed) looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. A cheap post war production and a scarce survivor of the author's second novel. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First Essex House Press edition printed in 1905. One of 125 copies only, this copy is out of series and unnumbered. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Each printed on vellum and hand-coloured, with a frontispiece by Reginald Savage and Laurence Housman in collaboration, cut by Clarence Housman. Original vellum, spine lettered in gilt, rose and 'Soul is Form' blind-stamped on the front cover as issued. The vellum is in very bright condition with just some slight curling of the yapped edges. Printed in Caslon type. Hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece, with hand-coloured and illuminated initials throughout. The frontis in this copy is highly coloured as opposed to some copies where there is far less colouring. Internally clean. The vellum covers are remarkably clean for their age. Tennyson's poem was first published in 'Maud, and Other Poems' in 1855, his first collection after becoming poet laureate in 1850. The illuminations to this work were carried out by Anastasia Power. Power was a… Read More

The First UK Printing published by Eyre and Spottiswoode in 1946.The BOOK is in near FINE condition.A little toning and spotting to the text-block.Light pushing to the upper spine end.Small unobtrusive remnant of a Times Book Club stamp to the lower rear pastedown.The book is remarkably clean for its age being free from erasures and inscriptions.The fragile paper WRAPPER is complete and is in VERY GOOD++ or better condition.Mild edge wear with a small nick on the upper front spine fold.The spine colouring has faded but the black lettering remains bright.The wrapper artwork looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Profusely illustrated with colour and B/W illustrations through by Mervyn Peake.Very scarce to find in such condition.A key 'Peake' Title. Ashtonrarebooks welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by George Harrap & Co. Ltd., London in 1947. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Publisher's original illustrated boards have some light toning to the edges and some spotting in places. The binding remains tight. Some very slight rubbing at the corners with light toning to the text-block. Internally, some offsetting to the illustrated end-papers but free of inscriptions. Light toning to the page edges in places. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Light toning to the folds, edges and the spine. Some mild edge-wear with only a little loss at the spine ends and edges in places. Some splitting and closed tears to the spine and spine folds. The illustrated wrapper remains striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Profusely illustrated throughout by Franciskza Themerson. 'My First Nursery Book' tells the stories 'Who Killed Cock Robin?', 'The Gingerbread Man', 'Three Little Pigs' and 'The Three Bears' with uniquely striking period… Read More

The First UK printing thus published by Enitharmon Editions & Queen Anne Press, UK, in 2013. Hardcover. The BOOK is in Fine unread condition. No WRAPPER as issued. Large format Deluxe Illustrated Edition of which this is number 50 of only 100 such copies. The book is bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe and housed in the original blue solander box made by Ludlow Bookbinders. The box has a tiny rub to the lower front edge. The book is Signed by Sir Peter Blake to the title page. Accompanied by a Signed and Numbered print (50/100) by the Artist which is housed in its original card folder. The print 'The Sailor's Arms' is printed by Ted Chau at Chaudigital, London, on 315 gms Da Vinci soft textured paper. Published to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth and to celebrate a body of work by Peter Blake. Blake's richly detailed sequence of 110 watercolours, pencil portraits and collages, comprise one of his most distinctive and significant bodies of work. Collectible. More images available on request.… Read More

The First UK printing of this special edition published by the Old Stile Press, Llandogo in 2003. This is letter 'L' of 26 copies on Somerset Book paper and bound by the Fine Bindery in the publisher's original sea blue morocco with silver stamping to the spine. Signed by Kusha, Anna, and Catrin Petts, who hand-coloured the images in this special issue. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Some light toning to the cover edges. Free from inscriptions and internally clean. Housed in the near fine publisher s clamshell case with pasted-on cover label as issued. Poems by Dylan Thomas with wood engravings and drawings by John Petts. The book was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the poet s death. The publisher s flyers for the book are loosely laid in. A very handsome production and now very scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London in 1914. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The correct first state with the artist's name spelt incorrectly on the 'List of Illustrations'. Light pushing at the spine tips with small bumps to the upper front-end lower rear corners. The gilt titling and decorations remain very bright. Illustrated map endpapers and top edge gilt as issued.A mild light crease to the rear map end-paper. Light toning and spotting to the lower and fore text-block. Free from inscriptions. Frontispiece and five other plates after drawings by Ernest Hazlehurst tipped-in to grey thick paper, as issued, with all captioned tissue guards present. The scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light edge-wear to the spine ends and corners with a small chip to the lower spine. Light marking and toning to the spine. The wrapper retains the scarce illustrated plate to the front panel with the artist's name spelt correctly. The wrapper… Read More

The First UK printing of 'The Welsh Library' Edition published by T. Fisher Unwin, London in 1903. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Original publishers blue cloth with Celtic knot borders. Light pushing at the spine ends. Gilt top-stain still present. Light spotting to the prelims with some offsetting to the end-papers. Free from inscriptions and erasures. A small 'Foyles' bookseller sticker to the front lower pastedown. The very scarce WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good condition. The front panel has detached from the spine but comes together nicely in the removable Brodart archival cover. A little loss at the lower front spine fold and the upper spine. Light toning to the spine, edges and folds. Contents include an eight page introduction by Edward Thomas. Edward Thomas' second published work. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The sole UK printing published by Beauly in 2012. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Number '33' of only 45 copies issued. Purple stiff card covers with just a little fading of colouring to the edges. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Printed paper label to the front cover as issued. Tipped in publisher's slip to the limitation page : 'This obituary first appeared in the English Review (June 1925)'. Protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Edward Thomas' obituary of his fellow poet Rupert Brooke. Scarce. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The sole UK printing published by The Tragara Press, Edinburgh in 1989. The BOOK in wraps binding is in near Fine condition. This being number '13' and one of only 30 deluxe copies printed on Velin Arches paper with a floral decorated wrapper. There were also 110 trade copies. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with a printed label to the front cover. The pictorial wrapper design looks very striking in the removable Mylar archival cover. With an introduction and notes by R. George Thomas. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by Heinemann, London in 1935. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Very light pushing at the spine tips with a hint of pushing at the corners. Some light spotting to the prelims and rear blank end-papers. A light crease to the upper corner of the pages, most likely a production fault. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good condition. Mild rubbing and creasing to the spine tips. Some age related markings with some toning and fading of the colouring to the spine. Light toning to the edges. A small erasure to the upper rear panel where the words 'five shilling' have been lightly erased from the wording 'Heinemann five shilling series'. This light erasure is not very obtrusive. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The first combined edition of Helen Thomas' two successive memoirs brought together in the same binding by their original publisher. The text of 'As It Was' is the same as Heinemann's 1931 edition, issued to… Read More

The First UK printing published by Politico Publishing , London in 1999. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with a bump to the upper rear edge and a small light mark to the upper text-block. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with just a tiny rub to the upper front corner and a hint of creasing at the upper spine end. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed by the author to the front blank end-paper: ' George, with affection, Jeremy'. Accompanied by a composite set of 'The Trial Of The Century' Cards. The set is complete and is in near fine condition. The original envelope, order form, flyer and the final verdict card is present (which was sent out to subscribers once the trial verdict had been reached). These sets were issued in a numbered limitation. A 'Liberal Party Policy Flyer' is included which bears the image of Jeremy Thorpe to the front cover. This is in near fine condition. In addition is a personal 20 page scrapbook… Read More

The First UK Printing published by Harrap and Co Ltd in 1939. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Correct first issue with red boards and gilt titling. Mild toning to the text-block with light spotting to the prelims and to a few page edges in places. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. It is the correct first issue with price 7/6 net to the lower front flap. Toning to the spine with some edge-wear at the spine ends. Closed tears to the rear cover , spine and flap folds. The Bip Pares wrapper artwork looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Ruthven Todd was a British writer, born in Edinburgh and educated at the Edinburgh College of Art. He is best remembered for his two allegorical and surreal quest novels, 'Over the Mountain (1939') and 'The Lost Traveller (1943)', in which a strayed wanderer is sentenced by the minions of a faceless state to an impossible task, and is ultimately sacrificed. Very scarce with such… Read More

The Collector's Edition of 'Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth' published by The Bodleian Library, UK in 2018 in conjunction with the landmark exhibitions on the life and work of JRR Tolkien at the Bodleian Library in 2018 and the Morgan Library & Museum in 2019. The BOOK is as new Fine condition and is still in its original cardboard packaging. Number '135' of only 675 copies issued. Bound in Cialux and published in a custom-made presentation box, the book is printed with special endpapers reproducing Tolkien's drawing of the 'Elvenking's Gate'. The Collector's Edition contains seven unique facsimiles items of JRR Tolkien's work printed on fine Italian paper. These include Tolkien's painting of the dust jacket for The Hobbit, reproduced for the first time on both sides, revealing Tolkien's plea to his first publisher, Stanley Unwin, to print the sun in red and culminating in the underlined instructions to his printer on the reverse of the painting 'IGNORE RED'. Also included is a drawing of the 'Tower of… Read More

The First printing published by C.S. O Fallamain, Dublin in 1928. Edited by An Seabhac [Padraig O Siochfhradh] and published in the Irish language. The BOOK is in Very Good condition with the original publisher's light red paper covered boards, with quarter maroon linen spine. Titles in black to spine. Some edge-wear and discolouration to the boards (see images). The corners are bumped but the binding remains firm. Internally clean and bright with just a few light underlinings. The book is protected in a loose Mylar archival cover. The author found wider fame when this title, translated as' Island Cross-Talk', and 'An tOileanach' (1929) translated as 'The Islandman', were issued in English, with the author anglicised as 'Thomas O'Crohan'. A classic journal of life on Great Blasket Island in the early twentieth century. Extremely elusive as the true first printing with COPAC listing only a handful in institutions. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

The First UK printing published by John Murray, London in 1948. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. A hint of pushing at the spine tips. Light toning to the text-block and board edges. Some mild offsetting. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is price-clipped and in Very Good++ or better condition. Very light edge-wear with some mild age related markings. Light toning to the spine. The wrapper artwork by the author looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Profusely illustrated with coloured and B/W illustrations by the author. The author's first novel and published work, preceding her first poetry publication by fifteen years. 'Rosemary Tonks was an English poet and author. After publishing two poetry collections, six novels and pieces in numerous media outlets, she disappeared from the public eye after her conversion to Fundamentalist Christianity in the 1970s; little was known about her life past that point, until her death.'(Wiki). A very scarce title. Ashton Rare Books… Read More