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Christie's since the War, 1945-1958 : An Essay on Taste, Patronage and Collecting..
Christie, Manson & Woods, 1959. Christie's since the War, 1945-1958 : An Essay on Taste, Patronage and Collecting.Sutton, D. ; Christie, Manson Woods. Privately printed for Christie, Manson & Woods, . Cloth, 168 pp plus plates with 185 ills plus 4 in colour.. : "The ways of collectors in this country and the vagaries of the art market are ever fascinating and they have never quite received the attention they deserve. This book contains a study of taste, patronage and collecting over several centuries, linked to the sales held at Christie's since the end of the war. Christie's has been the venue for many important auctions since the middle of the eighteenth century and the records provide an unrivalled source of information for the history of collecting and of taste.The Illiustrations offer a panorama of the unusual items that have come under the hammer in one sale room during the post-war period. They not only provide an indication of the state of the market but recall some of the major events which have taken place at auction. Near Very Good. No inscriptions. Slight tanning. A heavy book. (Book ref. 124) £6.99
East Devon Golf Club: Centenary History 1902-2002.
Southgate Publishers, 2001. Hardcover . 144 pages . with coloured photo plates. Fine No inscriptions. East Devon Golf Club History.. (Book ref. 123) £12.00
Branch Lines of Devon. Exeter and South, Central and East Devon.
Budding Books, 1988. . Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. No inscriptions. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprinted Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprint of the edition first published by Alan Sutton in 1995. vi/146 pp; illustrated in black and white. Map. Laminated pictorial covers to match the jacket. Jacket not price-clipped. slight spine fading.. The volume itself is very good, clean and tight.. . Illustrated history of the branch lines of Devon, with focus on Plymouth and west and north Devon; chapters on Yelverton to Princetown, The Yealmpton Branch, St. Budeaux to Calstock, Exeter to Barnstaple, Halwill Junction to Launceston, and many more; b&w photos, maps, charts, text illustrations throughout. (Book ref. 121) £5.99
150 Years of the Co-operative in Plymouth.
Pen and Ink Publishing, Plymouth, 2009. Hardback with Wrapper. 255 pages. No inscriptions. Clean. Very Good. Fine but very slight damage on inside front cover. Otherwise very nice A heavy book. (Book ref. 120) £9.99
Twickenham, Teddington and Hampton in Old Photographs : A Second Selection.
Alan Sutton, 1988. Twickenham, Teddington and Hampton in Old Photographs : A Second Selection.. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. paperback book. Collection of annotated b/w photos. VG clean and sound condition. No inscriptions. Little Read (near fine). (Book ref. 122) £5.75
ASPECTS OF : a Photographic Chronicle of Change.
HALSGROVE, 2006 As New. Unread. 192 pages. No inscriptions. Ideal Present.Exeter, Devon Photographs and Text. . (Book ref. 117) £7.99
The Olympian . The story of a Wearside Boxer.( Bob Bute /Tony Jeffries ) . DOUBLE SIGNED .
Bute Publictions, Sunderland, 2008 Michael Bute.: The Olympian . The story of a Wearside Boxer.( Bob Bute /Tony Jeffries ) . DOUBLE SIG. FINE BOOK - . Signed by Author and Tony Jeffries. Tony Jeffries ....This is the story of boxing coach Bobby Bute and how he help fulfil Champion boxer Tony Jeffries' childhood ... Written by Bobby's brother, Michael . Inscribed Best Wishes from (signed Michael Bute. and Tony Jeffries). (Book ref. 119) £14.99
Norway;: Where yesterday meets tomorrow .
Tiden norsk forlag, 1951 Hardback Edition. No wrapper but includes front and back sleeve inner flaps. Very Good Book. Lots of interesting photographs. Story by Sigurd Hoel, Photography by K.W. Gullers. (Book ref. 118) £14.99
True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny .
Doubleday, London, 1989. Signed by Daniel Topolski, Inscribed and Signed by Patrick Robinson. Very Good Book and Price Clipped Wrapper. RARE SIGNED COPY. (Book ref. 3574) £75.00 (Book ref. 116) £75.00
Devon County Ladies Golf Association.
Devon County Ladies Golf Association, 2000 Devon County Ladies Golf Association, 2000. Privately published by the Devon County Ladies Golf Association. First edition. Hardback. Fine. 182 pages. No inscriptions, Illustrated. RARE. Fine . (Book ref. 114) £25.00
WELZENBACH'S CLIMBS. A biographical study and the collected writings of Willo Welzenbach.
Goring: West Col, 1980. WELZENBACH'S CLIMBS. A biographical study and the collected writings of Willo Welzenbach. . First. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. 271, with 36 illustrations.. Welzenbach was Germany's leading climber in the 1920s and early 1930s. Welzenbach, superb climber, is credited with being first to use an ice piton, and invented modern route grading. He made many first ascents & climbs in the Bernese Alps. He died in 1934 on Nanga Parbat; Roberts, the author of this book, died at age 33 on Annapurna. FINE book and fine Wrapper.Clean, no inscriptions, wrapper not cut. . (Book ref. 113) £19.99
Blackberry Wine (UK HB 1st - SIGNED).
Doubleday, London, 2000. Joanne Harris. Signed.: Blackberry Wine (UK HB 1st - SIGNED). Doubleday, London, 2000. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; . 8vo. Signed by author Joanne Harris directly on the title first mauve fep; No other inscriptions. Wrapper not price cut. Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, tells the tale of writer Jay Mackintosh who decides to leave his stalled life in London and who purchases a farmhouse in a French village. There, hoping to regain the magic of golden childhood days he runs into a reclusive woman who will ultimately help Jay find himself again; Signed by Author. (Book ref. 112) £14.99
DOCHERTY. Biography of Tommy Docherty. (SIGNED BY TOMMY DOCHERTY)
Kingswood Press, 1991. Tommy DOCHERTY. Biography of Tommy Docherty. SIGNED BY TOMMY DODHERTY. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 184pp. 9.5 x 6.25 inches approx. Biography of Scottish football player & manager. Illustrated with b&w plates. Signed Best Wishes from Tommy Docherty on title page. Page edges lightly tanned. (Book ref. 115) £30.00
Speak to the Hills. An Anthology of Twentieth Century British and Irish Mountain Poetry. Author Signed.
Aberdeen University Press., Aberdeen, UK., 1985. . First edition. Octavo, blue cloth with silver titling to spine. xxvii, 530pp. A colophon page precedes the half-title, indicating that this special limited edition was produced for subscribers to the publication (77 subscribers). This copy is not numbered and is signed by both of the authors. A crisp copy Near Fine condition in a dustwrapper that is Fine. Signed by authors. (Book ref. 111) £50.00
At the Sign of the Three Bonnie Lasses .
Saddleworth: Taylor & Clifton, Uppermill, n.d, . c1927 . Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good plus. No Jacket. 8vo. Grey paper backed boards with brown cloth spine strip. 224 pages. A v.good, clean copy of this book which tells of life among the West Yorkshire Moors. Poetry and prose, some in dialect. Good portrait of Ammon Wrigley by Sam Fitton. Original handsome binding - handsome paper covered decorative boards with brown cloth spine. Very good+. An attractive item. Stories and Poems by an Saddleworth Working class hero. Ammon Wrigley some in dialect mostly about Homely Folks we are told. Hi thee, shuttle for thy very life. Five little childers and a big fat wife! ( on a 19 year old handloom weaver who had married a widow with 5 kids). (Book ref. 110) £24.99
The Complete Savoy Operas : Volume I + II. (2 books in slipcase)
The Folio Society, 1994 Sullivan, Arthur; Gilbert, W. S.: The Complete Savoy Operas : Volumes 1 aND 2. hARDBACKS with grey and red cloth coverings with gilt writing, Both books Fine Mint except for bookplates (no visible owner names) on blank pages. Books have 321 and 338 pages. Lovely slipcase . complete Savoy Operas including 16 black and white and colour plates in vol 1 and including 10 black and white and colour plates in vol 2. plus black and white plates of Gilbert and Sullivan one in each volume. In two volumes. Vol I, Thespis, Trial by Jury, The Sorcerer, H.M.S.Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, Princess Ida. Vol II, The Mikado, Ruddigore, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Gondoliers, Utopia (Limited), The Grand Duke. (Book ref. 108) £20.00
REX HUNT.: My Falkland Days - Signed Copy.
David & Charles, 1992. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed and Signed by Author. No other inscriptions. Rex Hunt was the Commander-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands at the time of the Argentinian invasion. This autobiography commences from his appointment and takes us through the war depicting his own role in the conflict and the courage and patriotism of the Islanders. Inscribed and Signed by author on the title page.. Minor shelf wear to jacket, 488 pages . (Book ref. 107) £14.99
A Social Geography of Paisley.
Paisley Public Library, Paisley, Scotland. 1969. .First Edition. A very good + book . Clean , No inscriptions. Good/poor (back damaged) wrapper 190 pages. Many maps and illustrations including folding map at rear. Two chapters on the textile industry in Paisley. Very scarce. 190 pages prufusely illustreyted with photos, sketch maps and digrams with folding map of Paisley in 1490-1545 at rear. (Book ref. 109) £14.99
Goodbye Old Chap: A Life at Sea in Peace and War.
Peakpublish, 2009. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. FINE CONDITION PAPERBACK. 278 pages, illustrated. Tells the story of Stanley Algar, (1899 - 1992), a captain on an oil tanker. He led a remarkable life and fortunately kept diaries meticulously, and, whilst a prisoner of war for many years, a war log. His diaries include a graphic and moving.. (Book ref. 106) £6.99
The Royal Navy in Focus, 1950-59.
Maritime Books, Cornwall, UK, 1985. The Royal Navy in Focus, 1950-59(ISBN: 090777122X / 0-907771-22-X ).. Illustrated Card Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Photographs on Every Page (illustrator). Original Illustrated Card. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 176 pages clean and tight. Full page Wright & Logan photographs on every page, very good condition. No inscriptions. Clean. To any Naval enthusiast the names of Mr Wright and Mr Logan are well known-they having taken many excellent photographs of HM Ships entering and leaving Portsmouth harbour. Their photographs have been used in a great variety of publications around the world. Some 14 years ago Mr Ron Forrest-an ex-RAF photographer-purchased the business to continue his industrial and commercial photographic skills. In the early days of establishing his photographic business in Portsmouth, Naval photography was a very small part of that business. At the end of his working day the new owner would pass through a first floor room stacked from floor to ceiling with shelf after shelf of half-plate glass negatives. The subject matter was the same-Naval vessels of every type and from most of the world's navies. From the early 1920's most of the ships to arrive in Britain's premier Naval port were photographed-from tugs to battleships. These negatives, of such high quality, fired Ron Forrest's imagination. Since then most of his working life-and spare time-has been spent preserving and printing these historic photographs. At the same time he has continued the Wright and Logan tradition of recording on film the arrival of warships at Portsmouth and other south coast ports. The collection gets bigger daily. Future generations will no doubt gaze at the photographs taken today as we do at these photographs of a bygone age. In 1981 a move from Southsea to premises a stone's throw from the main dockyard and Naval barracks gate ai 20 Queen Street, Portsmouth saw the photographic collection back just a few doors from where it all started in the 20s. If you are in the area a visit is essential!.Mike Critchley: Editor. (Book ref. 103) £4.99