Search Results: Titles starting with A from Cox and Budge Books

London: Faber & Faber, 1969. Reprint. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair. Reprint. Hardback in dustwrapper. 28.5 × 21.5cm, unpaginated. First published in 1933, this charming childrens' book by American artist Wanda Gag tells the story of Bunny, driven from Bunnyland to Elsewhere after an unfortunate accident with an apple. The book runs through the alphabet with rhymes and full page illustrations (F is for Frog, he's fat and funny / "Looks like rain" says he to Bunny; and K is for Kitten, catnip-crazy, L is for Lizard - look how lazy). Condition: The book itself is in good plus condition but with some bumping to the spine ends and corners and a child's scribble to the ffep. The dustwrapper is edgeworn with several small closed tears and rubbing to the spine ends.

Brighton: Southern Press, 1944. 3rd Edition . Hardback. Good Plus/Good. Undated, c1944. Third edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 14cm, 147pp. A collection of writings on football, illustrated with photographs and cartoons. The author deals with a number of controversial subjects (offside etc) as well as reports of games and teams, football in wartime, and of notable people within the sport. There is a section on the clubs of the south - Chelsea, Brentford, Brighton, Charlton, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Millwall, Portsmouth, QPR etc, and writings on the future of the sport. Condition: This is a good copy. The book has clean pages but some spotted foxing to the page edges. The dustwrapper is a rare survival but is rubbed to the edges and spine and has some fading to the front.

Edinburgh: William Blackwoood, 1848. Hardcover. Fair. Reprint. Rebound in plain cloth boards with title label to upper board. 23.5x 15cm, 35pp. An early printing of "amendment and better administration" of the laws relating to the relief of the poor in Scotland. This law created a central Board of Supervision which had the ability to raise local taxes to cover Poor relief costs. Unlike in England, the Scottish pauper had a legal right to appeal if they were denied poor relief. Condition: The rebinding is in good condition, the first page of text (originally the cover) is heavily tanned. All pages are rough to the edges with some marginal loss but the text remains readable throughout. Condition commensurate with age.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1928. First Edition. . Hardback. Very Good/Good Plus. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19.5 × 13cm, 264pp. The author's last collection of stories, published just after his death. From the wrapper "These stories will bring to all a grievously sharp sense of the loss English letters have suffered in the death of their author. They are stories of heroic people, of quiet heroes and simple heroes, the sort of people who see things through and do not make a fuss about it, the people Montague knew and respected better perhaps than any author now writing. The first story, Action, a mountaineering story, is an epitome of the book and appropriately gives it its title. But they are not all stories of one scene. There are tales of rowing on the Thames, of the War, of tramps and of London life. In all there is Montague's vivid command of word, his humour, his wit, and his courage." Condition: Very good condition. The wrapper is a little… Read More

Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 24.5 × 17cm, 116pp. This copy from the library of Anne Powell, historian, anthologist and author on the First and Second World Wars, and signed to her by the compiler Anne Harvey. Loosely pasted in is a copy of a review from Vernon Scannell. Edward Thomas never left the train that stopped briefly at a Cotswold station, Adlestrop, just before World War I, but what he saw resulted in one of the best known and loved English poems, Adlestrop. Generations of literary pilgrims have visited the village which inspired the poem, while many of today's writers have composed their own tributes to the poet and the place where, after the closure of the station, the nameboard was lovingly retained. This anthology explores Adlestrop's literary, topographical and railway associations. Anne Harvey investigates the origins of the poem: did the train really stop 'unwontedly'? Was it an express? Was Thomas… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. First edition, first printing. Hardback. 21 × 14cm, 357pp. Quite a scarce first edition from Italian educator, Maria Montessori. This volume concentrating on spontaneity in education. The chapters are: 1. A Survey of the Child's Life; 2. A Survey of Modern Education; 3. My Contribution to Experimental Science; 4. The Preparation of the Teacher; 5. Environment; 6. Attention' 7. Will; 8. Intelligence; and 9. Imagination. Condition: A reading copy only. The brown cloth binding is heavily scuffed and the inner binding is pulled at the front hinge. Taped strengthening to the corners, and previous owner's inscription to ffep. The main body of text remains in good readable condition, with occasional marginal annotation.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair / Good. First edition. Hardback, bound in the original cloth with printed titling to spine and upper board. 22 × 14cm, 315pp + index. Signed and dedicated by Brian Stuart (as Brian A Stuart) to the ffep, "Sarah Davies from Brian A Stuart, August 1939". This is Brian Stuart's first book and is an account of his joining the French Foreign Legion where he was (apparently) the first Englishman to be given a commission having been a Lieutenant in the 4th London Regiment, and then after having left on account of bad eyesight, his trek through French Africa, over the Sahara, where the incidents include him drinking from a cup that had been used by General Gordon, and Amy Johnson swooping down in her plane on her return journey from Cape Town (1932). The book is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, map endpapers and six pages of photographs. Brian Arthur Lewis Stuart (1902-1981) went on to become a successful thriller… Read More

London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1973. Reprint. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22 × 14cm, 374pp. Aeschylus and Athens is far more than a study of the plays of Aeschylus and what they meant to the audience for whom they were written. It is a profound inquiry into the origins and development of Athenian democracy, and as such an inquiry into the roots of western civilisation and culture. For Professor Thomson's contention is that the plays of Aeschylus contain fundamental problems which could never be solved within the accepted limits of either conventional literary criticism or conventional classical scholarship. The Aeschylean drama is so inseparable from the social and political life of Athens that it can only be understood by studying it methodically in its full historical context. Therefore, while the primary object of this book is a better understanding of Aeschylus, it covers a much wider field, including the history of early Greek poetry, the… Read More

London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20 × 13.5cm, 285pp. Signed and dated by Jack Woddis to the ffep. From the dustwrapper, "Jack Woddis has spent a number of years studying African developments, and has had the opportunity of close contact with many of Africa's political and trade union leaders. The present volume deals with the social and economic causes of the 'wind of change' which is now sweeping the African continent. In a detailed and objective examination of the impact of colonialism on the African peoples, the author finds the basis of the contemporary revolt against white domination in the conditions of land tenure and labour which were imposed by the Colonial Powers." The author was a lifelong Communist, and member of the Movement for Colonial Freedom. Condition: This copy is in very good condition for age. The wrapper's spine is a bit tanned and pages 281-284 of the… Read More

London: Allan Lane, 2019. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, third printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22.5 × 14cm, 392pp. Signed directly to the title page by Johny Pitts, "To our grandchildren, Johny Pitts, FOR POSTERITY". Afropean is an on-the-ground documentary of areas where Europeans of African descent are juggling their multiple allegiances and forging new identities. Here is an alternative map of the continent, taking the reader to places like Cova Da Moura, the Cape Verdean shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon with its own underground economy, and Rinkeby, the area of Stockholm that is eighty per cent Muslim. Johny Pitts visits the former Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, where West African students are still making the most of Cold War ties with the USSR, and Clichy Sous Bois in Paris, which gave birth to the 2005 riots, all the while presenting Afropeans as lead actors in their own story. Condition: This copy is in very good condition.

London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good Plus. First edition. Paperback. 21.5 × 14cm, 288pp. Signed and dedicated by Beatrix Campbell to the title page. Published ten years after the Good Friday Agreement, this book is about the people, ideas and movements that created it. But it is also about its limits; how the Agreement's promise was frequently betrayed by an establishment that found it difficult to give up its dominance. Campbell documents the forces strongly resisting change, including those inside the police, military and secret services whose refusal to repudiate their long history of collusion prevented them from contributing to peace-making. Gender is woven into the texture of this story - from the men who sought to dominate the streets to the women who fought for the equality agenda. Condition: A good solid copy, with some light creasing to the spine and a little wear to the covers.

London: Penguin, 2019. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, second printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22.5 × 14cm, 336pp. Signed directly to the title page by Emily Maitlis. In this no holds barred account of life in the seconds before, during and after going on air, Newsnight presenter, leading journalist, and queen of the side eye Emily Maitlis gives us the insider info on what we don't get to see on-screen. Giving us the inside scoop on her interviews with everyone from Emma Thompson to Russell Brand, and Donald Trump to Tony Blair, as well as covering news stories such as President Clinton's affairs, Boris Johnson's race to PM, Grenfell, #MeToo, and that interview with Prince Andrew. Airhead is a brilliant exposé of the moments that never make the news. Condition: Very good, with a little bumping to the corners and a few small dings to the wrapper.

London: Various, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Here are two programmes of work by the British composer Alan Bush (1900-1995). He was a pianist, conductor, teacher and political activist. A committed communist, his uncompromising political beliefs were often reflected in his music. 1. Concert of Compositions by Alan Bush (Wigmore Hall, 30 October 1977). Contains brief biographies and works performed (Concert Piece for Cello & Piano, Op 17; 24 Preludes for the Piano, Op 84; and De Plenos Poderes, Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano, Op 86 (first performance). This is in very good condition. 2. Alan Bush, 85th Birthday Concert (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10th January 1986). 25pp, stapled binding. Contains a list of pieces performed, and tributes and analysis of music by Michael Tippett, Hans Keller, Ronald Stevenson, and Colin Wilson. This copy is also in very good condition. Condition: Both item in very good condition.

Paris: Libraire Gallimard / NRF, 1997. First Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Full leather binding, glassine wrap and slipcase. Gilt linear design to spine. 17.5 × 11cm, 474pp. French text. Published in Gallimard's Bibliothèque De La Pléiade series, this is a collection of images and writings of Louis Aragon, the French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. Condition: This copy is in very good condition.

Not stated, 1890. Hardcover. Good Plus. Hardback, large oblong bound in pebbled cloth. Upper board with gilt date of 1900 to upper left, and gilt initials and coronet (C.K.D.) to lower right. Page edges dyed red. 27.5 × 39cm. A wonderful album of 21 albumen prints of Milan, Verona and Venice, each full page and pasted in recto only (the verso being blank throughout the book), and a further 21 smaller images over five pages. It is undated but records suggest the dates of the images are between 1880 and 1900. Of the albumen prints, three are by Edizioni Brogi, four by V Florianello of Verona, and 14 by Fratelli Alinari (three brothers, Leopodo, Guiseppe, and Romualdo). There is no indication of the photographer of the smaller images but as they are bound in after each of the named photographers sections, perhaps they are also by them. The following is a list of images, the measurements given after the titles. They are a mixture of landscape and portrait. There are 39 images in total. 1. 3817a… Read More

Paris: Gallimard / NRF, 1946. Reprint. . Soft cover. Fair. ndated, c1946. Reprint (58th edition). Paperback.18.5 × 12cm, 169pp + index. French text. A collection of verse from the French poet and author Guillaume Apollinaire, the first poem in the collection, Zone (an epic poem of Paris), has been called "the great poem of early Modernism". Condition: Fair. A good reading copy. The covers are browned and a little creased, and some pages have been opened a little scruffily. The inner binding is a little weak at the start of the book but overall remains in strong readable condition.

Croydon & Oxted: Hammond & Hussey, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardback. 30.5 × 21.5cm, 166pp. A trade catalogue featuring all manner of architectural ironmongery, from knobs and knockers, letter boxes and bolts, to sliding doors, garage doors, name plates and shelving. Illustrated throughout. Alfred Olby was founded in Ramsgate in 1876, it merged with the Louis G Ford group of Eastbourne in 1964, and was finally taken over in 1971. Condition: This copy is in very good condition with a little light wear to the covers.

Barcelona: Brown Watson, 1981. First Thus. . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition thus. Paperback. 12.5 × 17.5cm, 6pp. This book has three double spread pop ups with scenes from Alice in Wonderland telling a very shortened version of the classic tale. Inventive pop-up book with clever editing? Or hideously kitsch...? Condition: Very good condition. There is some light wear to the covers but the pop-ups are in good order.

Madrid: Anaya & Mario Muchnik, 1992. First Spanish Edition. . Paperback. Very Good. First Spanish edition. Stiff card covers. 21.5 × 12.5cm, 221pp. Spanish text. A novel from Angel Garcia Pintado, a journalist, editor, poet, and playwright. The title translates (roughly) as There Goes My Knife. Condition: This copy is in very good condition.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 27.5 × 26cm, 319pp. Of the indisputably great figures in 20th-century architecture, Alvar Aalto is in many ways the most humane, the least rigid, the most relevant to our contemporary sensibility and the emerging future. This sumptuous book offers a thorough study of an innovative and prolific master, whom Frank Lloyd Wright termed a genius. This fresh, penetrating examination of Aalto's work and influence includes essays by five notable critics and historians. Some 50 of Aalto's projects - houses, town halls, cultural institutions, factories, furniture and glass designs, and regional plans - from all periods of his extraordinarily productive career are illustrated and described, using much previously unpublished and newly photographic material. This book was published to accompany a 1998 retrospective exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.… Read More