Search Results: Titles starting with E from Roger Middleton

London, Hulton Press Ltd, (1955).. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (1955, dated from British Library copy), published by the editors of The Eagle comic, oblong folio, 215 x 365 mm, 8½ x 14½ inches, 12 pages of colour printed card press-out pieces to make 15 models for different tricks, 16 pages of text and instructions including The Ancient Art of Conjuring by C. K. Shaw (1 page), original cloth backed colour illustrated red card covers. Staples rusted slightly, very small grazed area at top edge of upper cover, small 'Best Wishes' sticker over price at lower corner of upper cover, a few rusty marks on lower cover, corners just slightly rubbed, 1 press-out playing card MISSING within (image 3), otherwise all model pages intact and complete. A rare survival as of course most of these were assembled and played with. The tricks are: The Vanishing 6d; The Magic Canister; Money for Nothing; The Flying Cube; The Changing Card; Tea and Sugar Box; Indian Ink Trick; The Martian Robot; The Cosmic Cactus; Card Tricks;… Read More

London, David & Charles, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, large 8vo, green boards, gilt vignette and lettering to spine, index, 256 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. A very useful general outline covering the period from the 16th century to the early 1900s. No inscriptions, a Fine copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, badly faded on spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage.

London, David & Charles, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, large 8vo, green boards, gilt vignette and lettering to spine, index, 256 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. A very useful general outline covering the period from the 16th century to the early 1900s. No inscriptions, bookseller's tiny label on front pastedown, a Fine crisp clean copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, faded on spine, spine lettering easily legible. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage.

London, Viking Kestrel, 1986.. FIRST EDITION WITH FOREMAN ILLUSTRATIONS 1986. Oblong format, 255 x 205 mm, 10 x 8 inches, coloured and black and white illustrations throughout by Michael Foreman, some poems with music, 64 pages. Red boards, gilt titled spine. No inscriptions, minute bump to lower corner of upper cover. A Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, minute touch of rubbing to top of lower fold. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. .

London, Viking Kestrel, 1986.. FIRST EDITION WITH MICHAEL FOREMAN ILLUSTRATIONS 1986, oblong format, 255 x 205 mm, 10 x 8 inches, coloured and black and white illustrations throughout by Michael Foreman, some poems with music, 64 pages. Red boards, gilt titled spine. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, minute touch of rubbing to foot of lower hinge, a touch of wear to top of lower fold. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. .

22London, Hamilton, 1966.. FIRST EDITION 1966, 8vo, red boards, gilt lettered spine, 154 pages. Tiny bump to lower corners of boards, book leaning very slightly, no inscriptions. Near Fine in VG+ DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, very slightly worn at head of spine, 5 mm (¼") split at top of lower hinge, tiny pale spot at top edge of upper panel). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Walker, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983 (First Picture Books series). Small 4to, 177 x 165 mm, 6 x 6½ inches, colour illustrated boards, colour illustrated endpapers, no pagination. 8 enchanting jolly full page coloured illustrations, others in the simple facing text. Tiniest bump to top corner on upper cover, neat inscription on front pastedown (see image). Near Fine clean copy (issued without dustwrapper). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Viking, 1992.. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE 1992, 8vo, blue boards, gilt lettered spine, 79 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout, many full page. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, printed by the Chiswick Press, 1954.. FIRST EDITION OF THIS PRINTING 1954. With 23 photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn and a preface by Janet Adam Smith. Approximately 250 x 180 mm, 10 x 7 inches, 107 pages, original publisher's white boards with silver lettering to spine, blue ink inscription to first blank endpaper. Crease to head of spine, lower corners bumped, dustwrapper with mounted photograph worn at lower edge and slighjty spotted, not price clipped with ink number underneath price. A good clean copy in dustwrapper. Issued in 2 different bindings: wine cloth with gilt lettering and white boards with silver lettering. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Walker, 1988.. FIRST EDITION 1988, small 4to, 240 x 200 mm, 9½ x 7¾ inches, colour illustrated shiny cream boards, pretty coloured endpapers, (48) pages. Coloured illustrations throughout, many full page. A small boy decides to go for a walk further away from the farm which is his home than he has ever done before. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp unread copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, slight wrinkle at head of spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Walker, 1988.. FIRST EDITION 1988, small 4to, 240 x 200 mm, 9½ x 7¾ inches, colour illustrated shiny cream boards, pretty coloured endpapers, (48) pages. Coloured illustrations throughout, many full page. A small boy decides to go for a walk further away from the farm which is his home than he has ever done before. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Walker, 1988.. FIRST EDITION 1988, small 4to, 240 x 200 mm, 9½ x 7¾ inches, colour illustrated shiny cream boards, pretty coloured endpapers, (48) pages. Coloured illustrations throughout, many full page. A small boy decides to go for a walk further away from the farm which is his home than he has ever done before. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Paris, Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1849.. THIRD EDITION 1849 revised and corrected, first published in 1836, French text, large 8vo, approximately 260 x 180 mm, 10¼ x 7 inches, divided into 9 sections each with separate pagination: Lecture; Écriture; Mémoire; Arithmétique; Grammaire; Ortographie ou des dictées; Géographie; Histoire Sainte; Récréation. Beautiful tinted lithographed frontispiece, vignette to title page, 8 double page coloured maps (Mappemonde en 2 Hemispherres, Carte de l'Europe, la France, l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amerique Septentrionale, l'Amerique Meridionale, l'Oceanie [Australie]), and a double page coloured Tableau Uranographique et Cosmographique, 1 plate of colours, numerous text illustrations, decorative and pictorial headpieces, circa 504 pages, each section with its own half-title and title page, bound in full 19th century half calf over marbled sides, gilt rules and lettering to spine. Slightly rubbed at head and tail of spine and corners, spine faded, an occasional pale… Read More

London, John Murray, 2000.. FIRST EDITION 2000, small oblong format, 140 x 210 mm, 5½ x 8½ inches, illustrated on every page in colour and black and white, pages: 127, (1), Introduction on pages 7-14. In publisher's original dark blue boards, silver lettering to spine. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp new unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, John Murray, 2000.. FIRST EDITION 2000, small oblong format, 140 x 210 mm, 5½ x 8½ inches, illustrated on every page in colour and black and white, pages: 127, (1), Introduction on pages 7-14. In publisher's original dark blue boards, silver lettering to spine. No inscriptions, minute pale mark on upper cover next to spine (see image), otherwise a Fine crisp new unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 19 September - 19 November 2000.. 2000, 240 x 175 mm, 9½ x 6¾ inches, coloured illustration to upper and lower cover, 15 pages including insides of covers. Numerous illustrations from the exhibition in colour and black and white. Text of "A Memoir of the Artist" by Christianna Clemence, his daughter. There is also a "Short Biography" by Nicholas Ardizzone, his youngest son, with reference to his work as a war artist. A Fine unread new copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 19 September - 19 November 2000.. 2000, 240 x 175 mm, 9½ x 6¾ inches, coloured illustration to upper and lower cover, 15 pages including insides of covers. Numerous illustrations from the exhibition in colour and black and white. Text of "A Memoir of the Artist" by Christianna Clemence, his daughter. There is also a "Short Biography" by Nicholas Ardizzone, his youngest son, with reference to his work as a war artist. A Fine unread new copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, John Murray, 2000.. FIRST EDITION 2000, small oblong format, 140 x 210 mm, 5½ x 8½ inches, illustrated on every page in colour and black and white, pages: 127, (1), Introduction on pages 7-14. In publisher's original dark blue boards, silver lettering to spine. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp new unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 19 September - 19 November 2000.. 2000, 240 x 175 mm, 9½ x 6¾ inches, coloured illustration to upper and lower cover, 15 pages including insides of covers. Numerous illustrations from the exhibition in colour and black and white. Text of "A Memoir of the Artist" by Christianna Clemence, his daughter. There is also a "Short Biography" by Nicholas Ardizzone, his youngest son, with reference to his work as a war artist. A Fine unread new copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

12London, John Murray, 2000.. FIRST EDITION 2000, small oblong format, 140 x 210 mm, 5½ x 8½ inches, illustrated on every page in colour and black and white, pages: 127, (1), Introduction on pages 7-14. In publisher's original dark blue boards, silver lettering to spine. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp new unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.