Search Results: Titles starting with J from GEORGE HANCOCK RARE BOOKS (PBFA)

A glossy colour photograph featuring Sir Roger Moore as James Bond and Geoffrey Keen as the Minister of Defence. 10 * 8 inches. Unframed. Signed and inscribed by Sir Roger Moore and Geoffrey Keen.
Fine condition.
A notable addition to a James Bond collection.
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A glossy black and white photograph from the 1997 Film, "The Spy Who Loved Me".
Unframed. 10 * 8 Inches. Signed by Sir Roger Moore. Additionally signed and inscribed by Richard Kiel "Jaws".
Fine condition.
A notable addition to a James Bond collection.
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A Signed Limited Edition; Number 239 of 300 copies signed by the Artist. Folio (497 x 400 mm),Publisher's patterned cloth, colour illustrations by Piper, housed in Publisher's slipcase. Published by the Hurtwood Press is association with the Tate Gallery, 1983.
A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
This production shows John Piper's works of Stowe in Buckinghamshire; a place he regularly visited and had a great affection for. Of Stowe, Piper stated: "There is no end to the things one can paint there, and dream about." Mark Girouard, commented on Stowe: '"A diamond which flashes in a different way, depending on the angle one looks at it."
"John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (13 December 1903 – 28 June 1992) was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. He was educated… Read More

First Edition. 3 volumes, small 8vo. (15cm x 10.5cm), titles, 3 engraved frontispieces, engraved plates, textual illustrations, 2 maps (1 folding), appendix to Volume II with information on the medicines and surgical instruments utilised during the expedition, pp. lxiv, 272; vii, 321; vii, 354. Handsomely bound in half morocco, raised bands, the spine lettered and dated in gilt, all edges marbled, Old Court Bindery Signature to front turn-ins, contemporary ownership inscriptions to title pages. Published by John Murray (London), 1832.
Occasional light spotting and browning, light remnants from old tape repairs to 4 pp. in Volume II, stain to 2 pp. in Volume II from an old bookmark. A very good set of this landmark account on African exploration.
The successful expedition of 1830 was Richard Lander's second expedition of the River Niger. Richard was the sole survivor from the first 1825 expedition which only made it as far as Sokoto, with the rest of the expedition team dying of malaria.
Commissioned… Read More