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

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1992. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good. First edition, third printing. Hardback, bound in black cloth with printed white titling and design to spine. 24 × 15.5cm, 630pp. Signed directly to the title page by Barry Unsworth. Sacred Hunger is a stunning and engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed. Filled with the "sacred hunger" to expand its empire and its profits, England entered full into the slave trade and spread the trade throughout its colonies. In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a… Read More

Tokyo: Shuppan Geijutsusha, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Japanese edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 30.5 × 30.5cm, 134pp. Japanese text. A delightful book of images by Japanese photographer Takeuchi Toshinobu (b. 1943) as he captures the beautiful sakura (cherry blossom) in Japan. The book is packed with colour illustrations and has tips for photography at the end (in Japanese). Condition: This copy is in very good condition, with a little gentle rippling to the a few pages. **PLEASE NOTE: As this is a heavy book, postage may have to be increased for overseas (non-UK) buyers, or decreased where appropriate. Please see the COX AND BUDGE BOOKS website for full shipping details or drop us an email**

London: Faber and Faber, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair / Good. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 15cm, 333pp. Alison Uttley's Sam Pig lives in a thatched cottage with Tom, Bill and Ann Pig, and also Brock the Badger. Brave, kind, lazy, vain, and optimistic, he is a very lovable pig and the stories about him are not only remarkable for their gaiety, humour and invention but acquire a particular charm from their author's unique feeling for the countryside. In this book, thirty-five of the best Sam Pig stories are brought together, with Cecil Leslie's illustrations matching the quality of the text. Condition: A good readable copy. The book has spotted foxing to the page edges and endpapers but the main body of text is clean. The title page has a vertical crease. The dustwrapper is faded to the spine, with some rubbing and creasing to the edges but is now within a protective sleeve.

Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 1993. First Edition. . Paperback. Very Good. First edition. Card covers. 29 × 24cm, 115pp. Introduction in Italian, French and English. This book was produced to accompany an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in London displaying photographs from the archive of Erio Piccagliani. He was a photographer between 1949 and 1979, and captured many leading figures who performed at the Teatro Alla Scala, including Maria Callas, Karajan, Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Pavarotti etc. Also included is an Italian language large booklet on Maria Callas at La Scala (title: Grandi Voce alla Scala: Callas). Condition: This book is in very good condition, with a little light wear to the edges.

London: Macdonald, 1972. First, Limited Edition. . Faux Leather in Slipcase. Good. Ken Lilly. First edition and limited edition, this being no. 45 of 250. Hardback in slipcase, bound in faux leather with gilt titling and decoration to spine and upper board. 22.5 × 14cm, 152pp. Signed directly to the limitation page by Henry Williamson. Henry Williamson's last book tells the story of a boy and a pigeon, the pigeon-racing world, and the poisoning of peregrine falcons who kill the pigeons to eat. This edition illustrated by Ken Lilly. Condition: Generally good condition, but the binding suffers a small amount of loss at the head and foot of the spine and light surface wear to the front joint. However, the pages are clean and the binding is secure. Williamson's signature is crisp.

Copenhagen: Rhodos International, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition. Stiff card covers. 27 × 21cm, 144pp. A series of illustrated articles on various aspects of Scandinavian design, including Emile Galle and the Danish Museum of Decorative Art, ceramic sculpture, the coffee cup, Gerda Henning the weaver, Swiss shantung, French chintz and English cretonne, Marie Gudme Leth (textile design), and typography. Condition: This copy is in strong readable condition, with light wear to the covers.

London: Watts & Co, 1954. First Edition. . Hardback. Good Plus/Fair. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22.5 × 14.5cm, xxiv + 967pp. Science in History by scientist and historian John Desmond Bernal was the first comprehensive attempt to analyse the reciprocal relations of science and society throughout history. It is a monumental work covering science and its relation to society from the earliest times to the (then) present day. "The canvas is vast, stretching from the first gropings of the Babylonians and Egyptians through three millenniums of progressive control." It continues through the scientific revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the First World War. Condition: The book itself is in very good condition with some dulling to the cloth spine and dusting to the pages' top edge. The dustwrapper is heavily rubbed to the corners, edges and spine ends, and has been price-clipped, but is now within a protective sleeve. **PLEASE NOTE: As this is a… Read More

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardback. Good. First edition, hardback. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 518pp. This copy has a prize label to the ffep from The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club which has been signed by Eric Linklater (as President), Allan C Frazer (as Secretary) and another member of the Council whose name I can't decipher. A collection of verse in Scots (as popposed to an anthology of Scottish poems) starting with anonymous verse of the 1300s through to poets born in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Also includes a glossary of early Scots and modern Scots. Condition: A good solid copy, though the spine has a water-stain and is faded, and a few spots of fraying to the rear joint. The contents are very good.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First paperback edition. 22.5 × 14.5cm, 400pp. For the Makahs, a tribal nation at the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States, a deep relationship with the sea is the locus of personal and group identity. Unlike most other indigenous tribes whose lives are tied to lands, the Makah people have long placed marine space at the center of their culture, finding in their own waters the physical and spiritual resources to support themselves. This book is the first to explore the history and identity of the Makahs from the arrival of maritime fur-traders in the eighteenth century through the intervening centuries and to the present day. Joshua L. Reid discovers that the "People of the Cape" were far more involved in shaping the maritime economy of the Pacific Northwest than has been understood. He examines Makah attitudes toward borders and boundaries, their efforts to exercise control… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1842. First Thus. . Hardcover. Fair / Good. First thus. Hardback. Full leather binding, with gilt titling and decoration to spine and boards. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. 21 × 14.5cm, xlviii + 320pp. The Seasons is a series of four poems written by the Scottish author James Thomson. The first part, Winter, was published in 1726. Illustrated throughout. Condition: A fair copy. The leather is heavily faded to the spine and the board's edges, and rubbed to the edges. The contents are in good condition, with some pencil underlining, and a some spotted foxing to the prelims. A good reading copy. Previous owner's bookplate to the ffep.

London: Lafayette, 1940. Soft cover. Good. This is a Second World War society photographic print of a naval office by Lafayette of New Bond Street. Undated, c1940. The sitter is Commander Julian Liddell (1904-1946). He became Fleet Wireless Officer in 1938, and captained HMS Sheffield from November 1944 to January 1945. He died aboard HMS Newfoundland in 1946 when the ship was caught in a violent storm off the coast of NSW. A large wave slammed him against the ship's breakwater and the foremost six-inch turret and although crew members were able to bring him to safety, he died without regaining consciousness. Lafayette Photography were founded in Dublin in 1880 and in the twentieth century were hugely successful in photographing society portraits including the Royal Family. Condition: The mount measures 28 × 20.5, the image is 18 × 13.5cm. There is some light tanning to the mount but otherwise this is in good condition. It is not framed or glazed.

London: Methuen, 1914. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Good / Fair. Fourth edition. Hardback, bound in dark green cloth with gilt titling to spine. 19.5 × 13cm, 442pp + 31pp ads. Conrad's Secret Agent is a story woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. While rooted in the Edwardian period, Conrad's tale remains strikingly contemporary, with its depiction of Londoners gripped by fear of the terrorists living in their midst. Condition: A good reading copy. The cloth is scuffed with slight loss at the head of the spine, with light rubbing and bumping to the edges. There is an old water stain to the top edge of front and rear pastedowns, but not to the text block. The inner binding is… Read More

London: Duckworth, 1911. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus. First edition, third impression. Hardback, bound in blue cloth with blindstamped design, and gilt titling to spine and upper board. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 340pp. A rare Edwardian novel that both parodies the Ruritanian romances of the time (Prisoner of Zenda etc) and has a guest appearance by Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The hero, Paul Peterson, is an Oxford graduate and unknowing heir to the throne of Numania. He was raised by his guardian, Colonel Bombavitch, and is in love with his guardian's niece, the self-promoting novelist Amanda Dolorosa. When stranger's approach him with messages such as "Paul Petrovitch, be prepared, the day is at hand", he seeks the great detectives help, only to discover that all is not as it seems... Condition: A good copy. The spine is a little tanned, and there is some red ink bleeding along the edge of the front pastedown, ffep, rear pastedown and rfep, with some fainter… Read More

Tokyo: Seibido, 1991. First Japanese Edition. . Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. First Japanese edition, first printing. Paperback in dustwrapper. 18 × 12.5cm, 108pp. Introduction and notes in Japanese, main text in English. This copy comes from the library of pre-eminent Lewis Carroll scholar Professor Morton N Cohen and there is a typed letter from literary agents presenting him with this book. A slim selection of Lewis Carroll's letters, from his youth to his final years, with reference to his family, to Alice and his photography. Condition: This copy is in very good condition.

London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1981. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good Plus. First edition. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 112pp. This copy has been signed by Gweno Lewis, the widow of Alun Lewis, directly to the title page. Alun and Gweno met in 1939 and married in 1941. In 1942 Alun Lewis's regiment shipped to India and she was never to see him again, he died in Burma in 1944. Gweno lived until 2016, working to keep her husband's poetry in print, including this collection in 1981. This copy comes from the library of Anne Powell, anthologist, author and historian of both the First and Second World Wars. This collection presents a generous choice of Alun Lewis's best poems, and arranges them chronologically for the first time. The selection reveals Lewis, in the words of Jeremy Hooker's perceptive afterword, as 'essentially a poet of feeling' and 'a tender love poet', as well as a poet with a spiritual quest centering on what Lewis called 'the single poetic theme of Love and… Read More

London: Nonesuch Press, 1946. Reprint. . Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Hardback, bound in green cloth with gilt titling to spine. Endpapers after William Morris's Willow Bough design. 19.5 × 12cm, xxiv + 671pp. A selection of William Morris' writings, being 1. Stories in Prose, 2. Stories in Verse, 3. Shorter Poems, and 4, Lectures and Essays. Condition: A decent copy. Some tanning and age-related dulling but a solid, readable copy.

New York: Augustus M Kelley, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardback, bound in green cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board. 22.5 × 14cm, paginated by pamphlet. A collection of 27 pamphlets by Annie Besant, the British socialist and theosophist. Subjects range from the relationship between landlords and tenants, civil and religious liberty, The legislation of female slavery in England, reform of marriage, Afghanistan, the Transvaal, and socialism. Condition: This is a very solid copy but with light but comprehensive foxing to the page edges.

London: Virago, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22 × 14cm, 269pp. Signed directly to the title page by Katharine Whitehorn. She pioneered the first of the personal columns. She told us how it really was. She was funny - and smart. The Observer's star columnist for 40 years, she is also famous for Cooking in a Bedsitter. Much loved for her frankness and honesty, her autobiography is about family, studying at Roedean, work on Fleet Street and about her long marriage to the recently deceased crime writer Gavin Lyall. 'Marriage is the water in which you swim, the land you live in. once a widow you have to learn to live in another country in which you are an unwelcome refugee. Condition: This copy is in very good condition, with a little light wear to the wrapper's edges.

London: J Walker et al, 1808. Hardcover. Fair. Small hardback. Half-vellum with marbled covered boards. 13 × 7cm, xxiv + 514pp. Richard Johnson's The Seven Champions of Christendom (first published in 1596) tells the stories of St George of England, St Denis of France, St James of Spain, St Anthony of Italy, St Andrew of Scotland, St Patrick of Ireland, and St David of Wales. The book is illustrated with a frontispiece showing St George looking over "The Lions of the Wilderness after destroying the Eunuch reposing on the lap of Sabra", and an engraved vignette to the title page of "The three sons of St George contending with the Griffin". This copy has the embossed stamp of bookseller and publisher of "Luigi Piale, Bookseller, No 1,2,3, Piazza di Spagna, Rome" to the head of the contents page. Condition: Fair. A reading copy only. The binding is heavily worn and rubbed, and the pages are foxed, The book remains in good, readable condition, but one or two pages… Read More

London: Penguin, 1975. First Edition. . Paperback. Good. First edition. Paperback. 20 × 13cm, 238pp. Published in Penguin's Pelican Original range. Why does the Western world look to migrant labourers to perform the most menial tasks? What compels people to leave their homes and accept this humiliating situation? In A Seventh Man, John Berger and Jean Mohr come to grips with what it is to be a migrant worker - the material circumstances and the inner experience - and, in doing so, reveal how the migrant is not so much on the margins of modern life, but absolutely central to it. This finely wrought exploration remains as urgent as ever, presenting a mode of living that pervades the countries of the West and yet is excluded from much of its culture. Condition: A good reading copy. The covers are a little creased and rubbed but the book remains in strong readable condition.