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

London: Andrew Melrose, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Undated, c1932. First edition, in later state wrapper. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 15.5cm, 384pp. The memoirs of Langton Prendergast Walsh, First Administrator of Somaliland. He entered the Marine Postal Service in 1873, and then transferred to the Bombay Political Service in 1879. He was present at Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir. In 1883-1892, he served in N E Africa, during which period he raised the Somali Coast Protectorate Police for operations against the Jibril Abuker tribes, and then served as political agent across Africa. This memoir also records his meeting with Sir Richard Burton and General Gordon. Condition: A good reading copy. The book has spotted foxing to the prelims and page edges, with some small areas of mottled fading to the board's edges, and some bleeding of the blue dye to the pastedowns. Water splash marks to the pages' top edge. The dustwrapper is poor, with several large chips and tears to the… Read More

London: Allen Lane, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. First UK edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 235pp. Debray's novel about a Swiss radical who joins a group of insurgents in Latin America, and the politics and personal drama that follow. Condition: This copy is in very good condition, with light fading to the spine and a few small spots of foxing to the pages' top edge.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. Reprint. . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Reprint. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22 × 13.5cm, 174pp. Signed by Alexander Kelly to the ffep. From the library of Alexander Kelly (1929-1996), pianist and professor at the Royal College of Music. He gave his debut under Sir Thomas Beecham, and as a teacher his pupils included Peter Jacobs, David Owen Norris, Iain Burnside, and Jonathan Plowright. He married cellist Margaret Moncrieff, who also wrote two novels for the Chalet School series under the name Helen McClelland. Percy C Buck's short treatise on modulation, harmonization of melodies, unfigured basses, inner melodies, and cannons and ground basses. Condition: The book is in good condition, with clean pages and secure binding. The dustwrapper is dulled with wear to the head and tail of the spine.

London: Pluto Press, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 21.5 × 13.5cm, 222pp. Signed and dedicated Adah Kay to the half-title page. Based on first-hand accounts and extensive fieldwork, Unfree in Palestine reveals the role played by identity documents in Israel's apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, from the red passes of the 1950s to the orange, green and blue passes of today.The authors chronicle how millions of Palestinians have been denationalized through the bureaucratic tools of census, population registration, blacklisting and a discriminatory legal framework. They show how identity documents are used by Israel as a means of coercion, extortion, humiliation and informant recruitment. Movement restrictions tied to IDs and population registers threaten Palestinian livelihoods, freedom of movement and access to basic services such as health and education. Unfree in Palestine is a masterful exposé of the web of bureaucracy used by Israel… Read More

London: The Observer, 2007. First Edition. . Card Covers. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Card covers. 24 × 24cm, 100pp [10]. "The Observer" published its first Jane Bown photograph in December 1949, beginning a romance between Britain's oldest Sunday paper and the country's most loved photographer that still flourishes. By 1980, she was renowned enough for the National Portrait Gallery to hold a one-person exhibition of her work and there have been no fewer than seven published collections of her photographs. This first ever collection of Bown's non-portraiture stretches back to her student days and includes many previously unpublished and some previously unseen images. It stands as a fascinating insight into Bown's development as an artist, and reveals a breadth to her talents that will surprise and energise all lovers of her work. The many set pieces capture history in the making with their instinctive drama. Condition: Very good condition, with a little… Read More