After the Death of Don Juan. by Sylvia Townsend Warner - 1938: Inscribed by Author

Galsworthy. John, ; Soames and the Flag. London, Heinemann, 1930, Limited edition 1002 of 1025. Signed by Author. 8vo. pp51, Windmill Press imprint. Full vellum binding with gold titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Galsworthy's wartime experiences in France during World War 1, working for the Red Cross helping Belgium refugees are reflected through Soames in this work. Galsworthy died 3 years after signing the book. An attractive time piece of this author.

Hippisley Coxe, Antony. A Seat at the Circus. Connecticut, Archon Books. 1980. Revised Edition. 8vo. Red cloth with unclipped dustwrapper. PP258. Illustrated throughout. With author's inscription to Poet Arnold Rattenbury. With Arnold Rattenbury's signature in front free end paper. Dustwrapper a little bumped, edges lightly foxed. All pages and binding clean and bright throughout. Arnold Rattenbury (1946-2007) was an innovative exhibition designer, a critic and an original, lyrical poet of the heroic age of British Communism.

Fanshawe, Andy and Venables, Stephen. Himalaya Alpine Style. The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks. Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. 1st Edition, signed by Author. Sq4to (295mm x 305mm). Fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Title signed in ink, by Stephen Venables. Pp192, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A fine book in Mint condition.

Blishen, Edward. Mind How You Go. London, Constable,. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue Hardcover, silver titles to spine, with unclipped dustwrapper. Pp249. The printed dedication in this book is to Sim and Arnold Rattenbury and for Nick Taylor. Printed posthumously, there is a handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper by his widow Nancy. For Sim and Arnold, dear/ friends to whom this book/ is dedicated in love and friendship. From Nance. Also included, loose, is a letter from Nancy Blishen to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury and some contemporaneous reviews of the book including one written by Nicholas Tucker, which, from the letter written by Nancy was not accepted by a newspaper. She writes of the comments she has received from people about the book and of the Newspapers . Oh, I did love Mind How you Go. There is no admonishment of Edwards astonishing powers of selection and description. The wit is, if anything, even greater. Our battles with age and deterioration of our tiresome bodies are… Read More

Blishen, Edward. A Cackhanded War. London, Thames and Hudson. 1972. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green hardback, gilt T and H motif to front, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper. Pp230. Dustwrapper a little bumped at top edges, otherwise in near fine condition.Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. For Sim and Arnold./ I cant think of XX any/ readers Id rather have./ Edward/ may 1992/ on the occasion of their passing/ by on their visit to the/ Abbey! The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997. I also have available Mind How you Go with an inscription to the Rattenburys from Blishens widow Nancy.

Galsworthy. John, ; Soames and the Flag. London, Heinemann, 1930, Limited edition 1002 of 1025. Signed by Author. 8vo. pp51, Windmill Press imprint. Full vellum binding with gold titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Galsworthy's wartime experiences in France during World War 1, working for the Red Cross helping Belgium refugees are reflected through Soames in this work. Galsworthy died 3 years after signing the book. An attractive time piece of this author.

Hippisley Coxe, Antony. A Seat at the Circus. Connecticut, Archon Books. 1980. Revised Edition. 8vo. Red cloth with unclipped dustwrapper. PP258. Illustrated throughout. With author's inscription to Poet Arnold Rattenbury. With Arnold Rattenbury's signature in front free end paper. Dustwrapper a little bumped, edges lightly foxed. All pages and binding clean and bright throughout. Arnold Rattenbury (1946-2007) was an innovative exhibition designer, a critic and an original, lyrical poet of the heroic age of British Communism.

Fanshawe, Andy and Venables, Stephen. Himalaya Alpine Style. The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks. Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. 1st Edition, signed by Author. Sq4to (295mm x 305mm). Fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Title signed in ink, by Stephen Venables. Pp192, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A fine book in Mint condition.

Blishen, Edward. Mind How You Go. London, Constable,. 1997. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue Hardcover, silver titles to spine, with unclipped dustwrapper. Pp249. The printed dedication in this book is to Sim and Arnold Rattenbury and for Nick Taylor. Printed posthumously, there is a handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper by his widow Nancy. For Sim and Arnold, dear/ friends to whom this book/ is dedicated in love and friendship. From Nance. Also included, loose, is a letter from Nancy Blishen to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury and some contemporaneous reviews of the book including one written by Nicholas Tucker, which, from the letter written by Nancy was not accepted by a newspaper. She writes of the comments she has received from people about the book and of the Newspapers . Oh, I did love Mind How you Go. There is no admonishment of Edwards astonishing powers of selection and description. The wit is, if anything, even greater. Our battles with age and deterioration of our tiresome bodies are… Read More

Blishen, Edward. A Cackhanded War. London, Thames and Hudson. 1972. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green hardback, gilt T and H motif to front, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper. Pp230. Dustwrapper a little bumped at top edges, otherwise in near fine condition.Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. For Sim and Arnold./ I cant think of XX any/ readers Id rather have./ Edward/ may 1992/ on the occasion of their passing/ by on their visit to the/ Abbey! The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997. I also have available Mind How you Go with an inscription to the Rattenburys from Blishens widow Nancy.