Recent Arrivals from Chapel Books

London:: Ward Lock,, n.d. [c.1953]. Reprint.. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good+. 192pp. Pages very fresh and clean, like new. In the original buff textured boards, spine title white. Firm, bright and square, with slight blunting to spine ends. In the protected pictorial dust jacket. This is vivid to the front panel, and slightly faded to the spine: back panel… Read more

Ipswich:: For the Author, by W Harrison, The Ancient House,, 1937.. First edition.. Hardcover. About Fine/very good. [xvi], 147, [1] advert. Pages very fresh and clean. Faint tanning to endpapers. Closed top edge spotted. In the original binding of green cloth, titled to upper board and spine in black: all very clean and bright, corners sharp. In the… Read more

Launceston, Tasmania:: Tasmanian Government Railways: The 'Examiner' and 'Weekly Courier' Offices,, n.d. [1903].. Presumed first and only edition.. Hardcover. Good. 60pp, with many photographs and much text, well printed on glossy paper, giving scenic views and much information, including a 'Transit and Cost' column at each opening, advising on access and accommodation. The last five pages are taken… Read more

London:: Faber and Faber,, 1948.. First edition (first printing).. Hardcover. Good+. 430pp. Pages clean, endpapers tanned, no inscriptions or marks. Firm, in the original binding of pale blue cloth, spine title gilt. Boards clean, corners almost sharp, spine faded and dulled, ends puckered. A good copy of the first printing. [More photographs of this book can be seen… Read more

London:: Eel Pie Publishing,, 1980.. First edition.. Paperback. Very Good+. 101pp, illustrated. Contents clean and unmarked. Nearly A4 size, paperback, pictorial covers, tip of top corner slightly blunted, other corners square, spine colour slightly faded. Very good copy. 'After its success on radio, stage and record, Vivian Stanshall's eccentric saga now belches into print.'

London:: Desmond Harmsworth., 1932.. First UK printing.. Hardcover. G-. 208pp. Pages clean and unmarked. Mottled blue endpapers are well-fitted, but are probably a later addition. Firm, in the worn original dark cloth, spine titled in silver. Boards slightly marked, upper corners blunted. Joints rubbed, spine sunned pale, spine ends scuffed and bent - but still quite sturdy. Internally… Read more

London:: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co,, 1921. . First edition.. Hardcover. VG. xvi, 268pp: with an 8-page index. The head of the title page and the outer margin of p.17 have been stamped in blind with the address of the Convent of Notre Dame at Battersea: this ownership is also written in ink to the head of… Read more

London:: Methuen,, 1930.. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good++/good. xv, [3], 203, 8 (adverts). First owner's neat name to endpaper. [A nice jacketed copy, but with a printing error: the openings at pages 48/49, 54/55, 58/59, 62/63 are blank! There is quite a thorough synopsis of the matters dealt with in each chapter on the Contents page, so if… Read more

London:: Thames and Hudson,, 2020.. First edition.. Hardcover with Slip-case. Fine. 256pp. Extraordinary jewellery of the past two centuries. About a dozen pages of introductory text, preceded and followed by rich colour photographs of tiaras, mostly full-page, of which only a few are shown worn, with minimal text. There are a couple of pages of index at the… Read more

London:: Routledge,, 1881 [1880].. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 372, + [4] publishers' ads; with Griset's vivid and curious illustrations, and with a tissue guard at the frontis. Pages preponderately clean, a few have light thumb marks. Firm, with neat gutter repairs to the endpapers. In the original binding of russet pictorial cloth blocked in black and… Read more

London:: J.Johnson,, 1783.. First edition.. Hardcover. VG. [2] (title), viii, 240pp, [2] publishers' ad. (n.b.: pagination error - there is no p.233/234). Contents in very good order, with foxing to some pages. Endpaper gutters professionally reinforced with cloth. 22.5x14cms, in an early half calf binding with marbled boards ruled gilt, with light scuffs to board edges and some… Read more

London:: Chatto & Windus, The Hogarth Press,, 1985.. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG. 121pp, [4] publishers' ads. Text clean, no foxing, although the closed top edge of the text block is foxed. Upper half of front free endpaper has an irregular surface, as if a label had been removed: no other indications of previous ownership. In the original… Read more

London:: Gollancz,, 1967.. First edition.. Hardcover. About Fine/very good+. 192pp. Contents very clean. Author's August 1967 gift inscription to front free endpaper (see photo). In the original bright red textured boards, spine titled gilt: very clean, corners sharp, very slight compression to spine ends. In the protected unclipped yellow dust jacket: very bright, with slight darkening to some… Read more

London:: Century / Random Century Group,, 1991.. First edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 236pp, all very clean and unmarked, pages toned. Inscription to title page 'With thanks for all your encouragement & support / Ann Cleeves', recipient not named. In the original pale grey textured boards, spine titled gilt, all bright, corners sharp: very slight flattening to head… Read more

London:: Calder & Boyars, , 1966.. First UK edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 144pp. Inscriptions to front free endpaper. Contents clean and unmarked. In the original binding of grey boards, spine titled gilt: clean, corners good, foot of spine slightly puckered, small mark to lower joint where jacket split. In the protected unclipped red dust jacket, clean to front… Read more

London:: Methuen Children's Books,, 1975.. First edition.. Hardcover. VG/VG. 128pp, with many illustrations in the text. Very clean ex-library copy, with a small stamp to both the title page and below the plate on p.13, and a biro number and barely-discernible trace of removed library label to the front endpaper. Appears unread, with no signs of use. In… Read more

Aldeburgh:: Britten-Pears Foundation,, 2009.. Paperback. Near Fine. This book 'marks the end of a three-year project to document Britten's juvenilia fully for the first time'. Large format, 29.5x21cms, 24-page stapled glossy booklet in pictorial card covers, with many illustrations in colour and monochrome. 'Between the ages of 5 and 18 Benjamin Britten composed around 730 pieces of music.… Read more

Norwich:: Thames Publishing,, 2002. Reprint.. Paperback. Near Fine. 208pp. Very fresh copy, appears new and unread, although there are pencil notes inside the back cover: these are light and should erase easily. Glossy paperback, 21x15cms: no defects or wear to covers.

London:, 1993.. Paperback. VG-. 124pp [plus the inner surface of the covers]; with many photographs and articles, besides advertisement pages and the schedule for the Festival. Contents clean and fresh. 8x8ins, in glossy pictorial covers. A very good copy but that it and the first page have a crease to the upper corner. Scarce.

London:: Lovat Dickson:, 1937.. First publication in separate book form.. Hardcover. VG-. 63pp, illustrated throughout, and with drawings printed on the endpapers. Contents clean: slight tanning to endpapers. Grey Owl has signed the title page opposite the frontis of himself wearing an Indian head-dress. In the original brown pictorial paper-covered boards: in very good condition but for a… Read more