Born 1936 (42 results)

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 87 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cm. Notes: Catalogue of exhibition held at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 22 Aug. - 4 Oct., 1981 and the Tate Gallery, London, 27 Oct. 1981 - 3 Jan., 1982. Essay by Marco Livingstone. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-87). Essay by Marco Livingstone. Venue: Exhibition held: 27 Oct. 1981 - 3 Jan. 1982. Venue: Catalogue of an exhibition held at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 22 Aug. - 4 Oct. Subjects:Caulfield, Patrick (British painter and printmaker, born 1936) ; Exhibitions. Caulfield, Patrick 1936- Exhibitions. Caulfield, Patrick 1936-2005 ; Exhibitions. Caulfield, Patrick 1936-2005. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 87 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cm. Notes: Catalogue of exhibition held at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 22 Aug. - 4 Oct., 1981 and the Tate Gallery, London, 27 Oct. 1981 - 3 Jan., 1982. Essay by Marco Livingstone. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-87). Essay by Marco Livingstone. Venue: Exhibition held: 27 Oct. 1981 - 3 Jan. 1982. Venue: Catalogue of an exhibition held at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 22 Aug. - 4 Oct. Subjects:Caulfield, Patrick (British painter and printmaker, born 1936) ; Exhibitions. Caulfield, Patrick 1936- Exhibitions. Caulfield, Patrick 1936-2005 ; Exhibitions. Caulfield, Patrick 1936-2005. 1 Kg.

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Up.4°(22 x 29 cm). 101 pages. PN : 7656. Russian cyrillic text. [Klavierauszug/Vocal score/Chant & piano.].

1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged. Reads: 'Dear Miss Randall | I am pleased to sign myself | Yrs. sincerely | Henry A. Lytton'.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing, softcover issue. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.95; [1]. Publisher's printed card wraps, printed price of $1.45 to rear. Textblock toned, covers a little toned, lightly rubbed to extremities. Very good. A series of interviews with modern American Poets including: Kenneth Rexroth, Paul Carroll, Paul Blackburn, Jerome Rothenberg, Robert Kelly, Robert Bly, John Logan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Robert Creeley, W. S. Merwin, Denise Levertov, LeRoi Jones, Edward Dorn, and Allen Ginsberg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's white cloth, titles in metallic red to spine, pictorial endpapers. Dust-jacket with printed price of £17.99 to front flap. Illustrated. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original plain cream card wrap covers [soft back]. 18mo. 6½'' x 4ĵ''. Contains 64 pp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper adhered to the spine as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. .BOOK: Green Leatherette #2 (1919-1925); Brodzky EP (1919-25); BL on front; Clean pages throughout; titles listed at back 104 titles listed making this 1919-1925. STORIES: Soldiers Three and other stories, consists of three sections which each had previously received separate publication in 1888; Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris appear only in the first section, which is also titled Soldiers Three. The books reveal a side of the British Tommy in Afghanistan rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their betters, act the fool, but cut straight to the rawness of war in central Asia as the British began to loosen their Imperial hold.

Publisher's original banana yellow card wrap covers. 8vo. 6½'' x 4½''. Contains 64 printed pages of text. Ownership marking to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper without any tears or rubs. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945.

1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Docketed in manuscript above text of letter. The typed portion reads: 'Dame Adelaide Anderson presents her compliments and is very glad to receive the card of invitation to the Lecture by Laurence Binyon LL.D. on "Persian Painting", to which she looks forward to [sic] on Wednesday, 19th November, at 8.30 p.m.' Autograph addition: 'Her address is now as above (not as hitherton, 21 Allen House, Allen Street, Kensington)'.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 276; [4]. Publisher's printed paper covered boards, red endpapers with black ink splat design, signed by the author to a tipped in preliminary page. A fine copy, carefully dark stored from new. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: Green Leatherette; Spine 2; Brodzky Endpapers; Gold BL on front with gold title and author name on spine; partial C4 Dust Jacket info pasted to the back cover (See Scan) which helps identify this as Spring 1918; a water stain on bottom, does not go through to pages.

Condition: Good. Four volumes. Original green cloth. 23 x 28cm. Ca. 1600 pages with many illustrations.Spine of Vol. two faded.; corners slighly rubbed.Very good.v. 1. Monuments 1-255, ISBN 9231027956;v. 2. Monuments 256-552, ISBN 231028367; v. 3. Monuments 553-818, ISBN 9231029460;v. 4. Monuments 819-1136, ISBN 9231030590 .Formerly known as Pagan , Bagan is an ancient city of vast archeological structure which is located in Mandalay region of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Bagan was the capital city of Kingdom of Pagan from 9th to 13th century and is the first kingdom to unify regions that later constitute Myanmar of the present day. The Bagan Archeological Zone is seen as equal to Angkor of Cambodia in terms of attraction and is the main center of Burma's nascent tourism industry. Till present day, Bagan is the roof of 2200 temples and pagodas which would count to 10,000 during the time of Kingdom of Pagan.Bagan is overwhelmed by thousands of monuments which are covering an area of around three hundred sq.km at the eastern bank of Ayeyarwady in Myanmar.Pierre Pichard, an architect with the École française d'Extrême-Orient for over thirty years, has participated in conservation projects in Thailand, Burma, India, Bhutan, Laos and Vietnam. .De 1982 à 1992, P. Pichard est chargé par l'Unesco de la coordination internationale du programme de protection du patrimoine culturel de Birmanie ; à partir de 1992, il publie l'inventaire des monuments de Pagan. À la demande des autorités thaïes, il organise aussi le chantier école de Phanom Wan, accueille au Centre d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'EFEO à Pondichéry des stagiaires indiens, népalais, birmans, thaïs, bhoutanais et bangladeshi, participe aux missions de l'EFEO à Angkor (1991) et au Laos (1996), et supervise au Bhoutan le chantier de conservation du monastère de Dechenphug (1995-1996).Nommé maître de recherche en 1992, il ouvre en 1997 le bureau de l'EFEO de Bangkok dans le Centre d'anthropologie Sirindhorn avec un programme d'étude comparative du monastère bouddhique.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original British racing green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in gilt. 8vo. 9½'' x 6ĵ''. Full printer's code 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Contains (viii), 248 pp with colour and monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Brian Blessed.' Complete with Waterstone's 'Signed by the Author' wrap around band. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0747512752 BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Colour New Year's Wish in poster-format, 35 x 25 cms. Paper slightly browned, one small corner bent, but overall in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.160. Publisher s dark blue cloth, titles in silver to spine, red and blue endpapers, dust-jacket. Profusely illustrated throughout. Signed by Gerald Scarfe to the half title page. Lightly handled. Fine. Signed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Psychological Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.253 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt tiles to spine. Top edge orange. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £2.75. Light wear and bumping to extremities. Very good. A box containing the identities of Nazi war criminals who have escaped justice comes up for auction, forcing them to bid against the state of Israel to keep their secrets hidden.

8½'' x 5''. Certified Copy No. 9 of 14 first day Royal Navy cover stamped envelope. SIGNED 'Michael Layard'. One cachet insert. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.viii; 356; [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Pink endpapers. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Peter Pugh-Cook priced at £15.99 to front flap. Interior moderately toned, but clean. Some gentle bumping to jacket spine. Otherwise, near fine. A Peter Diamond story. Winner of the Silver Dagger Award for 1995. Author Peter Lovesey also received the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger, recognising a lifetime contribution to crime writing in the English language. Signed.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Modern Literature] REVIEW COPY, FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 374; [2], blank. Orange boards quarter-bound with publisher's purple cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket designed by Russell Mills with printed price of £7.95 to front flap. Review copy slip loosely inserted. Toning to edges of textblock, light bumping to top of spine. Near fine. Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. This novel follows Marito - a young Peruvian - whose life is altered by the arrival of his recently divorced aunt and Pedro Camacho. The request for a review is on a slip of paper loosely inserted.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Bibliography/American history] FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; [4]; 217; [3]. Pp.viii; [4]; 187; [1]. Publisher's black paper over boards, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, volumes priced individually at £12 and together at £20 to front flap. Light pencil mark to front jacket panel of vol I. Gentle edgewear to both. Near fine. A crucial work of literary history; throughout the two volumes, the editors not only highlight the lives of eminent African American authors, but also give all the relevant bibliographies, biographies, letters, and surviving manuscripts that pertain to each. Volume I starts with pre-19th century writings and slave narratives, ending with an entry on Langston Hughes. Volume II covers Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Amiri Baraka.

1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with water staining to a couple of words. Written in a stylish, calligraphic hand. He begins by thanking the recipient for a letter and postal order, before continuing: 'In case you are interested, I also do paintings of antique weapons. An example of my work can be seen in the August 1962 issue of "Guns Review".' He explains that such illustrations can be in either black and white or full colour, and concludes: 'If you have a particular favourite I shall be pleased to quote.'.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.166 [2]. SIGNED by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, with printed price of £6.95 to flap. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. Part of the Collins Crime Club for best crime fiction. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. VERY RARE AUTHENTIC TRUE FIRST EDITION. Dark Brown Leatherette; Spine #1; Brown Marble Endpapers; Gold BL Logo on Front with Author's Name and Title on spine in gold which is fading; small smudge mark on top edge does not go through to pages; darkened on spine with edgewear top and bottom. STORY: Soldiers Three reveals a side of the British Tommy in AFGHANISTAN rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their betters, act the fool, but cut straight to the rawness of war in the mid-east as the British began to loosen their Imperial hold.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Sports Dystopia] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 377 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £3.95. Light rubbing, bumping and sunning out outer edges of binding and jacket. Near fine. A novel exploring the possible consequences, should Nazi eugenics and American marketing have ever come together in the world of professional sport. Signed.

[Concert and Theatre Programmes] ORIGINAL PROGRAMMES. One showing the line-up for the Windmill Summer Show of 1961, including Tommy Steele and Frankie Howerd, stapled in photographic paper covers (24 x 18cm), pp.[8]; the other a London Palladium theatre programme for the production 'Hans Andersen,' stapled in colour illustrated paper covers (23 x 14cm), pp.[24]. Some minor handling and creasing. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. SCARCE SURVIVING COPY. Dark Green Leatherette; BL logo on front with gold title and author's name on spine; Catalog 1, 12 original titles listed at front across from title; two previous owners neatly written names on reverse of front endpaper (see scan); green marble endpapers; green top-stain. STORY: Soldiers Three reveals a side of the British Tommy in AFGHANISTAN rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their betters, act the fool, but cut straight to the rawness of war in the mid-east as the British began to loosen their Imperial hold.

Condition: Very good. Surrey, April 9, 1984., 1984. Very good. - Over 152 words typed on 11-3/4 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide "Gretta Barrow/Edmund Reid Piano/Violin Duo" stationery. In his letter, written from Surrey, England, classical violinist Edmund Reid writes that he and his wife "have been performing as a Piano/Violin duo" and have performed in all of London's major concert halls since their "debut at Wigmore Hall in 1978". Having "recently returned from a highly successful tour of the Caribbean. We are now looking for an opportunity to perform in the States and have been informed you might be able to assist." Signed in full "Edmund Reid". In a postscript, he writes that he will be in New York "with the English National Opera when they are performing at the Met. from 28th - 30th June. Perhaps I could come and see you then?" Folded twice for mailing with a paperclip stain at top and Jean Dalrymple's annotation "File 'P' (Pianist) May 14, '84" at the top and her check mark across the text. Very good. Together with a 4-page 8-1/4 inch high by 5-7/8 inch wide brochure distributed by Tom Higgins Management promoting the duo with brief biographies and a portrait of the duo on the cover page. The brochure is folded vertically for mailing. The Jamaican-born black violinist Edmund Reid (1936-2021) was, throughout his career, one of the few black musicians in UK orchestras. He performed his first recital at the age of 8 and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He performed with the United Kingdom's major orchestras though had to stand up against prejudice. Sir Georg Solti and a committee took two months considering his appointment as to 'whether it was OK to employ a black man". He later won a lawsuit against the English National Opera who had not offered him the title of co-leader despite his acting in the role for 2 years. He frequently encountered signs denying admission to "blacks" when on tour. He performed Piano & Violin duo recitals at Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall with his Trinidad-born wife Gretta Barrow. The recipient, Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Carey Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jos Iturbi, Andre Kostalanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. RARE.

First Edition. [Short Stories] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.110 [2]. Publisher's light green paper covers titled to upper. Quite heavily browned, especially to margins. Covers browned to spine and margins. A delicate production, rare thus. Near fine. Having started out as a series of autobiographical stories by writer Nell Dunn dealing with working class life in south London, 'Up the Junction' made the transition to television docu-drama, and eventually the big screen, starring Dennis Waterman and Maureen Lipman, with a memorable soundtrack by Manfred Mann. At the time, 'Up the Junction' was highly controversial and its depiction of abortion had a major impact, contributing to the national debate which led to the legalisation of abortion in 1967.