Search Results: Authors starting with F from Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA

George Allen, 1899. VG-. 1st Edition. 34.5 x 19.5 cm unpaginated (56pp) with 26 black and white illustrations of animals, one for each letter of the alphabet each with a red printed capital. Each image is accompanied on the facing page with a 2 line rhyming couplet. Light rubbing to the spine with heavier rubbing to the corners which are rounded and edges with a loss of surface paper up to 0.5 cm. The book appears to have been recased, with a replacement rear endpaper and so the binding is firm and square. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and a little toning to the free endpapers only and the very occasional, light handling mark. A very striking alphabet book. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Allan Wingate, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG. Hugh Stevenson. Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine (vi) 118pp (2) cast list from original production with 8 full page colour plates by Hugh Stevenson. Together with original unclipped jacket priced at 9s 6d net. Letter, on the author's stationery, laid in. A very good plus book with minor shelf wear along the bottom edge and a small ownership name on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket, which is slightly larger than the book, as called for and there are five small pieces of tape 1.5 x.5 cm reinforcing the top edge on the inside. It has some dust staining on the rear panel and is a little rubbed and lightly creased on the top and bottom edges. There is minimal loss to the fore edge corners and a small 1/2 cm chip from the top of the spine. The Glass Slipper is a retelling of the story of Cinderella complete with talking furniture very reminiscent of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. It was first performed at the St. James… Read More

John Murray, 2001. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. F/F. 1st English Language Edition. 23 x 30.5cm paper covered pictorial boards, map endpapers 205pp, illustrated throughout with photographs and the works of Hergé. With original dust jacket echoing the design on the boards beneath and with a price of £19.99. A very good plus book noting just some bruising to the corners of the upper board in a very good plus jacket with a hint of rubbing to the spine tips and corners and a little crease in the top front corner. The binding is firm and square and the book appears unread. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown) and presents well although there is a 3cm closed tear on the top of the fore edge of the front panel that has been repaired with tape on the verso. The book provides an interesting look at Hergé's work and the influences on him. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions.… Read More

Hutchinson, 1963 1963. Proof Copy. VG++. 1st Edition Proof Copy, 12.7 x 19.7 cm buff paper wraps, 190[2]pp. There is some toning to the spine with a touch of rubbing to the spine tips with just a couple of millimetres loss at the foot of the spine. There is a touch of light creasing to the corners of the front wrapper and a slight lean. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The book is now protected in a rigid clear cover. All in all a very scarce proof copy of the Booker Prize Winning author's first book which has never been reprinted. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

John Murray, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/G+. COSTA, A. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 14.5 x 22 cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles and vignette to the spine, xi[i] 403(1)pp with frontispiece and 48 pages of photographic illustrations by A Costa and a double page map on heavy green stock by H W Hawes. In original unclipped jacket priced at 21s. net. Clean unrubbed boards. Internally there is an ownership name on the front free endpaper and just a couple of very faint spots on the very edge of the text block. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is a little battered. It has a chip of 3.5 x 1.5 cm on the top edge of the front panel and of 5 x 1 cm extending from the centre of the spine to the back panel. There are closed tears of 1 -1.5 cm on the top corners and lower joints with minimal loss and a 1 cm tear along the bottom edge of the front panel. All in all a very nice copy of Fermor's 1st book. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so… Read More

The Queen Anne Press, 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG-. CRAXTON, John. Limited Edition. 15 x 23.2 cm black buckram with gilt stamped initials to the front and red label with gilt titles to the spine, top edge red, other edges uncut, xvii (i)92(4)pp with 4 illustrations by Johns Craxton. In original unclipped dust jacket. The book has been well protected by its jacket and is clean and bright without name, inscription or bookplate internally. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is a little toned and dust marked with some spotting to the verso of the jacket. There are some old japanese paper repairs to the verso of the jacket on both spine tips and on the top and bottom of both folds. There is a chip on the top joint of the front panel with maximum dimensions of 0.7 x 1.2 cm and a closed tear extending for a further 0.7cm to the front panel and a 0.5cm chip to the top joint or the rear panel with a 0.5cm closed tear extending from it onto the… Read More

Grant Richards Limited, 1916. 1st Edition. Softcover. VG. 1st Separate Edition. 15.2 x 21 cm paper wraps with yapped edges, unpaginated [48]with decorative capital letters and 4 illustrations by Albert Buhrer. Toning to the wraps with rubbing to the spine tips, corners and edges. Minor loss to the spine tips of up to 3mm, a little creasing to the corners and yapped edges. There is a 2 cm split to the top joint of the front wrap and 0.5 cm on the top edge of the front cover. Internally, there is a stamped ownership name to the first page but otherwise the pages are clean. The book is now protected in a rigid, clear, removable cover. A lovely copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Frederick A Stokes Company, nd [1896] 1896. 1st Thus. Hardcover. NF. 1st Thus. 14.5 x 20.7 cm green cloth with gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine. Top edge gilt other edges uncut xii 188pp with 17 full page black and white illustrations and red and black decorative title page plus numerous black and white illustrations within the text. A lovely copy with just a hint of rubbing to the spine tips and corners. Internally clean and bright with just a light pencil note from a previous owner on the front pastedown and a touch of toning to the uncut edges. A lovely copy of the first book in which Rackham was named as the Illustrator and where he was able to use his original fantastical illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Indiana University Library, [1970] 1970. 1st Edition. Softcover. F. Lilly Library Publication Number XII, the sole edition of the catalogue of the Ian Fleming Collection as purchased by the Lilly Library, a limited edition of 1500 copies. Original black wrappers with Fleming's family crest and motto on front wrapper in gold. 53pp including 16 pages of monochrome illustrations. A compliment slip from Bertram Rota is laid in. A fine copy clean and bright noting only a pencil inscription indicating the book is a gift from the Lilly Library on the title page, and a very faint toned outline from a newspaper cutting laid in. The book is now protected in a clear, firm plastic removable cover. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Jonathan Cape, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG++. 1st Edition. 13 x 21 cm dark brown paper covered boards with silver dagger on the front and titles to the spine. Bright red endpapers, 221[1]pp in price clipped Richard Chopping designed dust jacket. This is one of the scarce variant copies with a Quad mark on the title page between the E and M in the author's name. Clean boards with faint mottling to the rear and a slight crease at the head of the spine. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a touch of spotting to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is unfaded with some spotting and marking most noticeably on the rear cover. There is a hint of rubbing to the corners. A scarce first edition copy with the elusive Quad mark. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

The Book Club, 1959. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG++/VG-. Foyle's 1st Book Club Edition May 1959 (after Cape's 3rd printing in April 1959). 12 x 18.8 cm yellow boards with black titles to the spine, 244pp in original dust jacket. 15 signatures. Although the sixth book in Fleming's James Bond series, Dr. No was the first to be made into a film, in 1962. The book has a clipped signature of Ian Fleming and has been signed by 12 cast, as follows: Sean Connery - James Bond Ursula Andress - Honey Ryder Jack Lord - Felix Leiter Bernard Lee - 'M' Lois Maxwell - Miss Moneypenny Anthony Dawson - Professor Dent Marguerite LeWars - The Photographer (Annabel Chung) Eunice Gayson - Sylvia Trench Peter Burton - 'Q' Joseph Wiseman - Dr No Zena Marshall - Miss Taro Dolores Keator - Mary Trueblood The three additional signatures are: Monty Norman - writer of the film score and composer of the now famous James Bond Theme which has featured in every Eon Productions film since. Vic Flick - James Bond… Read More

Vantage, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/ VG-. HOLM, R G. 1st Edition. 14.3 x 21 cm yellow cloth with black vignette of a witch to the front and black stamped titles to the spine, 96pp with black and white illustrations. With clipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper and with a note from her stuck to the front pastedown. A very good book with just a hint of shelfwear, extensively inscribed by Carmen Penn Flinn to the front free endpaper, including her address. The dust jacket, which is now protected by a clear protective cover (not shown in our images), has four closed tears of 0.5 to 1.2 cm with associated creasing and minor loss to the spine tips and corners. An excellent signed edition of this tale of a witches cat. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Stecher Lith Co., 1915. 1st Edition. Softcover. EVANS PRICE, Margaret. 1st Edition. 19.4 x 35 cm pictorial card wraps die cut shape book, 12 pages with 6 colour lithographic images by Margaret Price Evans. Some marking to the boards and a 4.5 x 1.5 cm rub to the front board. Some creasing to the hat on the front and rear cover and with the spine rubbed through at the top and bottom for about 4cm. Internally, there is a gift inscription to the inside of the front cover and a number of handling marks to the pages but the images are clean and bright. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

F. Lewis, 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. De luxe Limited Edition, 198 of 500 copies. 25.2 x 31.5cm blue cloth with gilt roundel containing titles to the front and titles to the spine. 68 [2]pp with 27 illustrations including 17 tipped in colour images as called for. In original unclipped jacket priced at £3 3s. 0d. net. The boards have been well protected by the dust jacket and are clean and bright. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a hint of marking from tape used to secure a book cover on both free endpapers, very faint on the front free endpaper and slightly more obvious on the rear. The dust jacket,which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), has some marking to the rear panel and a little rubbing to the spine tips corners and edges with minimal loss to the spine tips and corners. There are three closed tears, one of 2cm along the top edge of the front panel and two of under 1 cm to the lower joints with associated creasing.… Read More

Gollancz, 1966. VG++/VG. 1st Edition. 12.5 x 19 cm red boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. 158[2]]pp in original unclipped jacket priced at 18s net. Clean boards with bright gilt. There is a touch of bruising to the top corners. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a touch of toning to the edges. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), has some dust staining and light marking. There is rubbing to the spine tips and corners with a couple of tiny tears and minor chipping to the spine tips and corners. There are three small tears to the fore edge two on the front and one on the back. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG. 1st Trade Edition. Oatmeal cloth with brown stamped titles to the front and spine. Top edge brown and other edges uncut, (xi)231(1) with 33 full colour illustrations and 150 in monochrome. In original brown paper dust jacket with a £3-3-0 net price. The boards are clean and bright with firm sharp corners and just a hint of pushing to the foot of the spine. Internally clean and bright and without name inscription or bookplate and just a little spotting to the uncut edges. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), presents very well with a 2cm chip to the head of the spine and lesser loss to the joint tips and corners. Three closed tears to the top and bottom edges of 1.5 to 2.5 cm and a little associated creasing. All in all an excellent, well illustrated contemporary examination of the range of Brangwyn's work. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to… Read More