Search Results: Titles starting with A from Neil Pearson Rare Books

Cardiff: N.p., 1970. 2pp. ALS on MMA notepaper, written from the Park Hotel, Cardiff. Faint folds from its past spent in an envelope (not present), but otherwise very well preserved. A 2pp. ALS FROM BOB MONKHOUSE TO TV DIRECTOR EDDIE JOFFE, DISCUSSING THEIR WORK ON THE ATV SHOW THE GOLDEN SHOT. The Golden Shot was a British game show made by ATV for ITV, which ran between 1967 and 1975 and was hosted by Bob Monkhouse for the first five years. In 1970 director Eddie Joffe was a recent recruit to the show; Monkhouse's letter shows the pair's working relationship still finding its feet. The letter, dated 10 February 1970, discusses the most recent episode of the show, broadcast two days previously with guest stars Clement Freud and the actor and singer Dick Haymes, as well as the tone of the show in general. Joffe had asked Monkhouse to refrain from untransmissable ad-libs, which were making the show difficult to edit. Monkhouse writes: 'I'll do my best to stifle ad-libs of a libidinous character… Read More

London: N.p., 1970. i) 2pp. ALS on Windsor's scalloped personal stationery; ii) Post Office telegram. Faint horizontal folds to the letter consistent with a journey by envelope (not present), otherwise very well preserved. Top corners of telegram missing, not affecting text. 2pp. ALS AND A POST OFFICE TELEGRAM FROM BARBARA WINDSOR, APOLOGISING TO BOTH EDDIE JOFFE AND BOB MONKHOUSE FOR HER NON-APPEARANCE ON AN EPISODE OF THE GOLDEN SHOT DUE TO ILL HEALTH. The Golden Shot was a British game show made by ATV for ITV, which ran between 1967 and 1975 and was hosted by Bob Monkhouse for the first five years. In 1970 Eddie Joffe was in the director's chair and Barbara Windsor was booked for the 22 February 1970 episode of the show, to appear alongside the pop group Herman's Hermits. But ill health intervened. In her letter to Joffe, (written on her Hendon Hall Court stationery) she apologises for her absence: 'I've already written & told Bob [Monkhouse] how sad I've been over letting you down last… Read More

Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 1997. 4to, pp. 131. Original illustrated pale blue boards, lettered in yellow on spine. Fine in a very good dustwrapper, with two small closed tears and a little creasing to top edge of rear panel, and a small patch of lifted laminate at its bottom edge. First edition, INSCRIBED BY FUSS: ' For Sur and David [Gothard] July 1998, Love Adam 1998.' The word 'Love' enclosed is a small drawing by Fuss of a quaintly shitting rabbit. Introductory essay by Eugenia Parry. David Gothard co-founded London's Riverside Studios.

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, N.d. [1955]. Small 8vo, pp. 276. Original black boards, lettered in green on front panel and spine. Later edition, INSCRIBED TO SPIKE MILLIGAN:' To TERENCE Milligan, With best wishes and for good memory From Lala and Vladimir Dubinin. October 6, 1959.' MILLIGAN HAS ADDED BENEATH: '-- on board the Williem Ruys -- from Russian Diplomatic party who got on at Wellington. New Zealand'. Science fiction novel, first published in 1923 -- although of course, the association is the thing. (Milligan spent four months in Australia in 1959, where a second series of his TV show Idiot Weekly had been commissioned.)

London: Faber, 1962. 8vo, pp. 99. Original magenta boards, lettered in silver to spine. Printed blue dustwrapper. A fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a solitary dink to top corner of front panel. First UK edition, and a lovely copy.

New York: Random House, 1947. Small 8vo, pp. 188. Original green boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge red. Light bumping to spine ends, otherwise a near fine unread copy in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper, very slightly age-toned, and with the very lightest of wear to top edge. First edition, preceding the UK edition which was published the following year. Auden was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this collection in 1948. Bloomfield and Mendelson A-29

London: Faber, 1999. 8vo, pp. 83. Original maroon boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. First edition. A fine copy.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. 8vo, pp. 487. Original pink and blue cloth, lettered in silver on spine. Spine slightly sunned, the whole a little dusty, but a near fine copy in dustwrapper. First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO KAY BOYLE : 'For Kay, In all respect and reverence, and in love too. You're marvellous, and I should like one day to be worthy of it, you. Herb. San Francisco July 3, 1966.' Herbert Wilner was a Professor of English at San Francisco State University between 1957 and 1977. Kay Boyle moved to San Francisco in 1963 after the death of her husband, and took a job teaching creative writing at the University.

London: Scholastic, 2000. 8vo, pp. 550. Original black boards, lettered in gold on front panel and spine. Price-clipped dustwrapper, very slight scuffing at spine ends. A fine copy in a near fine wrapper. First edition. The third book in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

London: Walker Books, 2009. 8vo, pp. 519. Original blue patterned boards lettered in silver and grey on front and back panels and spine. A fine copy in a near fine printed transparent dustwrapper, with very slight closed tears at folds. First edition of the second volume in the Chaos Walking series, and the sequel to The Knife Of Letting Go.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2002. 8vo, pp. 419. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on front panel and spine. Very slightly cocked, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. First edition of the author's second novel.

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929. 8vo, pp. 293. Original orange boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Top edge dark brown, leading and lower edges uncut. Illustrated dust jacket. Offsetting to endpapers, some mottling to text block. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to lower edge and foot of spine. Dust jacket design by Jung. First US edition of this secret society mystery story: 'The secret society to which Mr. Tattersall introduces us [...] is a society of the highly born, the cultured, and the wealthy, united in defence of their rights against the insidious methods of Bolshevism.' (Dust jacket blurb) A well preserved copy of Tattersall's only published book, in the striking Art Deco dust jacket. HUBIN, p. 398

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. 8vo, pp. 192. Original red boards, lettered in black to spine, hatchet outline in black to front panel. Inner Sanctum logo design to endpapers. Top edge red, leading edge uncut. Illustrated dust jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of edgewear. Jacket design by Milton Charles. First edition. A very near fine copy of this 87th Precinct title. HUBIN, p. 265