The Dance of Death Printed at Paris in 1490
Library of Congress [Publishers] Limited Edition, No. 186 of 200 copies. 21.7 x 30.2 cm simulated vellum with gilt stamped titles on the spine ix[iii] [34]pp, consisting of an introduction and a facsimile reproduction of incunable GKW7957. Contained within a blue cloth covered card chemise with a leather titles label and slip case. The boards are clean and bright with just a tiny bruise on the bottom corner of the upper board and a touch of dust marking to the spine. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The chemise is a little spotted with some toning to the spine as is the slip case which also has a touch of rubbing to the corners. All in all a beautifully produced Limited Edition facsimile. 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.- $127
- $127
The Keys of St Peter – Translated from the Trench by Edward Hyams
PEYREFITTE, Roger 1st UK Edition, 1st Printing. 13 x 20.5cm maroon cloth coverss with silver titles to the spine, 320pp. In original dust jacket priced at 18s net. The boards have been well protected by the dust jacket and are clean with bright titles. The corners are firm and sharp and there is just a hint of pushing to the foot of the spine. Internally without name, inscription or bookplate and just a little spotting to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket,which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), has a touch of sunning to the spine and a little spotting and dust staining most obviously on the rear panel. The top and bottom edges of the flaps are also a little dust marked. There is light rubbing to the spine tips and corners with 3mm closed tears on the lower joint at the head of the spine, the middle of the spine and on the top corner of the upper board. A good looking 1st UK edition of this somewhat controversial 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.- $95
- $95
Once Upon A Time The Favourite Nursery Tales
MARRIOTT WATSON, R & BENNETT, Emily & HOYER, A M & WEEDON, L L & NESBIT, E & Others First Thus 17.5 x 23.5 cm bevelled pictorial green cloth with gilt stamped titles to the front and spine. All edges red 207[1]pp with 10 full page colour chromolithographic plates and numerous black a nd white illustrations. A little dust marked with light rubbing spine tips and corners with a little loss of colour. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the occasional handling mark A little dust marked with light rubbing spine tips and corners with a little loss of colour and a small ding of 0.5cm along the fore edge of the front board with a small loss of cloth. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the occasional handling mark. A very well preserved copy of this charming and profusely illustrated collection of 34 fairy tales. 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.- $101
- $101
Carve Her Name With Pride
MINNEY, R J 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 13.7 x 22 cm green boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine Top edge red, map endpapers, 187pp with 24 pages of photographic illustrations and 2 full page maps. In original unclipped dust jacket priced at 16s net. Clean boards with just a hint of toning to the spine and a little pushing corners to the spine. Internally there is a an ownership name on the front free endpaper and a blind stamp stating the book comes from the library of Rupert W S Allason the Conservative MP. He is probably better known as the writer Nigel West who has been regarded as, 'the unofficial historian of the Secret Services.' The book is clean with just a touch of toning on the endpapers where the dust jacket does not reach and on the edge of the textblock. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), has a little dust staining to the rear panel and some sunning to the spine. There is some rubbing, mainly to the spine tips corners and edges with a little chipping and surface abrasion. there are two closed tears of around 1cm on the front cover and a couple on the rear. A detailed biography of SOE agent Violette Szabo, the only woman agent to be awarded the George Cross during WWII. The book became the basis of Lewis Gilbert's classic feature film (1958) starring Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield and Jack Warner. 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.- $178
- $178
The Joy of Life An Anthology of Lyrics drawn chiefly from the works of Living Poets
LUCAS, E V Signed Limited Edition, No. 4 of 250 printed on handmade paper. 13.5 x 20.4 cm cream linen backed blue paper covered boards with title label to the spine. Uncut edges xv[i] 288pp. There is a touch of toning to the spine and a very little rubbing to the corners. The spine label has a little toning and rubbing. Internally, there is an ownership name on the front pastedown and a hint of toning to the free endpapers, but otherwise the pages are clean and bright. The binding is tight and square. All in all a lovely poetry collection printed on high quality paper with the author's signature. 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.- $159
- $159
Tables of Time The Day of the Month either New or Old Stile; Days of the Week; Rising of the Sun; Movable Feasts; Fixed Feasts; Remarkable Times; Moon’s Ages; Eclipses etc. There are 500 Years, viz. 250 past and 250 to come, ready calculated
SMETHURST, Gamaliel 10 x 17.5 cm contemporary, full leather with five raised bands ad gilt stamped double line border to the front and rear, viii 132+ 48pp tables. The binding is firm but there is some loss to the spine tips and rubbing to the corners edges and boards. There is a split in the leather at the head of the front joint measuring 2cm and faint initials visible across the centre of the text block. The binding remains firm. Internally, there are notes on the endpapers and a tipped in note to the front paste down and another set of notes laid in at the rear. Internally there is some light marking but the book is well preserved considering its age. A means of dating significant dates according to the Julian calendar. 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.- $285
- $285
Flowers From Shakespeare’s Garden
CRANE, Walter 1st Edition. 18.5 x 20.5 cm Green cloth backed, pictorial paper covered boards with decoration front and rear and titles to the upper board. White and green floral endpapers, 39[1]pp french fold with colour illustrations on every page with accompanying text in black and red. The boards are have light marking and rubbing and the paper has rubbed through on the corners and occasionally the edges. The spine has a little loss of colour at the tips but is complete and without fraying. The binding is firm and the endpapers without splits. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just one or two light marks on the dedication and title page. A beautifully illustrated 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.- $190
- $190
Washi Tour, Japan 1995
RICHARDSON, Maureen Limited Edition No. 25 of 90. 15 x 22.5 cm landscape green kozo fiber paper wraps with a label to the front cover. French fold pages 25[2]pp with 5 illusrations including a full page map of the tour, with 10 samples tipped in. The books is contained within a brown card folder with Japanese paper closure. A lovely copy. The book itself has been well protected by the card cover and is in near fine condition. The cover. The brown folder is a little creased at the spine tips and has additional punch holes on the front flap. All in all a lovely record of a tour Richardson made of the workshops of 12 paper makers and a couple of related crafts people on the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. 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.- $95
- $95
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
DICKENS, Charles [Boz] Yellowback. 12.5 x 19 cm pictorial paper covered boards with illustration and titles to the front and spine and an advert for John Brinsmead and Sons to the rear. Endpapers advertising publisher's works to the front and 'The Select Library of Fiction' to the rear ix[i] 256 pp with portrait frontispiece and 10 black and white illustrations by George Cruikshank. Well preserved boards with a little dust marking to the rear. There is a little rubbing to the spine tips and joints with some loss of paper and a little chipping to the foot of the spine extending up to 0.5cm. The corners are a little rounded. The binding remains firm. Internally there is a previous owners name to the half title page and two small tape marks on the front free endpaper that are echoed on the rear. There is some toning to the free endpapers and very light occasional spotting. The book is now protected by a removable, clear, rigid plastic cover [not shown]. This type of 'Yellowback' book was produced cheaply to supply increased demand for books created by improved education and the expansion of rail travel in the second half of the Nineteenth Century. Difficult to find in such complete condition. 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.- $190
- $190
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
SPARK, Muriel 1st Edition, 1st Impression. 13.3 x 21.4 cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine, (iv) 170(2)pp, in a price clipped jacket designed by Victor Reinganum. The boards are bright with just a hint of fading to the spine tips and a little shelf wear and rubbing to the corners. Internally clean and without name, inscription or bookplate. The price clipped jacket is dust stained on the rear panel with a hint of toning to the spine. There is rubbing to the joints, corners and spine tips with minor loss to the joints and corners and a little creasing to the top and bottom edges with a couple of very small 1-2mm closed tears. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown). All in all an excellent 1st Edition copy of Sparks most famous work in a very presentable jacket. 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.- $171
- $171
The Kingdom of the Pearl
Limited Edition, 1st Thus. 19.3 x 26.5 cm black leather with gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine. Blue silk endpapers, [xii] 150 [10]pp with 10 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards and a ribbon book mark. A near fine book with just a hint of shelf wear. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The tipped in plates are all in fine condition. 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. Tales
1st Edition, 16.7 x 21.7 blue paper covered boards with pictorial titles label to the front 61[1]pp with colour frontispiece and one double page image plus colour decorative title page and 34 illustrations within the text, 26 of them with colour. The spine is toned ands rubbed at the tips with minor loss and small splits of under 1cm in the joints at the head of the spine. There is a little rubbing and pushing to the corners and a 3mm ink spot in the top spine edge corner of the upper board and general handling wear. Internally there is a book plate to the front paste down and some toning to the endpapers but otherwise the book is clean. A very stylish 1920's edition. 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. Purcell’s The Fairy Queen as presented by The Sadler’s Wells Ballet and The Covent Garden Opera
1st Edition, 18.5 x 25 cm red cloth boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. 96pp including 55 pages of black and white illustrations. In original unclipped dust jacket priced at 21s net. The book is signed by Michael Ayrton, who was the designer of the scenery and costume, on the front free endpaper. Laid in is an invitation to an exhibition of Ayrton's recent painting and his designs for the show The boards have just a touch of dust marking to the top and bottom edges. Internally, the book is generally clean noting only an ink mark on the title page for The Plates (possibly a production fault). There are also a couple of pages towards the rear of the book where the printing from the verso of the page shows through somewhat. The artist's signature on the front free endpaper is clear and bright. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), has rubbing to the corners, spine tips and edges with a number of tiny tears and minor chips and creasing along the top edge and one small tear along the bottom edge. The laid in invitation to Ayrton's exhibition is an added bonus. An excellent signed 1st edition copy recording the first major production of Saddler's Wells and English National Opera following the war. 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 Prince & The Pauper A Tale For Young People of All Ages
First Edition, First Printing, First State, with one hundred and ninety illustrations. Precedes the 1882 American First Edition. First state points include: "couple of devils" on page 8 [later changed to a couple of fiends] and the 32pp of publisher's ads in dated November 1881 the rear. 12.5 x 19.2 cm red cloth with black stamped decoration and gilt titles to the front and spine and publisher's device printed in black to the rear. Green leaf endpapers, ppxv[i] 391[1] [32]ads with numerous black and white illustrations. The books has been re-cased and the spine strengthened and repaired. There is fading to the spine and marking to both boards with a significant tide mark on the rear board. The corners are lightly rubbed. Internally, there is a small bookseller's stamp in the top corner of the front pastedown and the verso of the front free endpaper has a later gift inscription. The pages are generally clean with occasional light usage marks and spotting. Two of the illustrations on p20 and p22 have been later hand-coloured. A presentable 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. Celebration
1st Edition. 12.2 x 19 cm maroon cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine. 109[3]pp with original unclipped jacket priced at 10s 6d net. A near fine book, internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a hint of toning/acid migration to the endpapers where the dust jacket does not touch. The dust jacket has a little light toning and dust marking to the white on the rear panel and is now protected in a removable cover. There is a hint of rubbing to the spine tips and a couple of tiny closed tears of under 3mm. All in all a lovely 1st Edition copy of this 'carnival of manners'. 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 Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
1st Edition, 18.4 x 25.4 cm blue cloth with gilt stamped decoration to the front and titles and decoration and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut, pp xii, 607[9] including 6 page publisher's catalogue. With 32 full page colour plates with captioned tissue guards. The binding is firm and the gilt decoration and titles bright, with just a hint of shelf wear and a touch of pushing and rubbing to the spine tips and corners. There is also a little rubbing to the gilt on the top edge. The binding is firm and internally the endpapers are without splits. There is no name, inscription or bookplate but with occasional spotting mainly to the page following an illustration. All in all a very nice copy of this comprehensive work with Goble's lovely 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. The Suicide’s Grave : Being the Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
1st Complete Uncensored Edition. 13.5 x 19.5cm green cloth boards with dark green titles and decoration to the front and gilt titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut, (x) 266pp, with 7 tissue guarded photogravure illustrations by R Easton Stuart. There is a touch of toning to the spine together with couple of drip marks. The spine tips are a little pushed There is light dust marking to the rear panel and a hint or rubbing to the corners. Internally there is no name inscription or bookplate and just very occasional spotting mainly to the prelims, last few pages and uncut edges. A couple of the pages have been poorly opened. All tissue guards are present and undamaged. All in all a very good looking, 1st Uncensored Printing of Hogg's anonymous 1824 novel, virtually ignored at the time, and now regarded as his greatest work. 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. Le Printemps Sur La Neige et d’autres contes du bon vieux temps
Limited Edition, No. 450 of 1,300. 23 x 30.5 cm vellum backed marble paper covered boards, top edge gilt and other edges uncut. Marble endpapers [iv] 103 [10]pp with 16 tipped in coloured plates with captioned tissue guards, 7 full page black and white illustrations and 7 within the text all by Arthur Rackham. The text pages are set within a triple red line border and have decorative initial letters, head and tail pieces to each story. Original covers bound in. There is some dust staining and marking to the vellum with a 1.2 cm split across the spine about two-thirds of the way down. Some rubbing and bumping to the edges of the paper covered boards with loss to the paper on the bottom corners and to a much lesser extent on the top corners. There is a small 1cm drip mark on the front cover. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and the colour plates and tissue-guards are all present and undamaged. A beautifully illustrated French language collection of 8 Grimm's fairy tales. 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 Golden Apples of the Sun
1st Edition, 2nd Impression. 12.5 x 20.2 blue boards with silver titles to the spine. 192pp with original unclipped jacket priced at 10s 6d net. The boards have been well protected by the dust jacket and are clean with bright titles. Internally without name, inscription or bookplate but there is spotting to the edge of the text block mainly at the end of the book and a hint of spotting to the prelims. The dust jacket is a little spotted but otherwise in very good condition with light rubbing to the corner and joint tips, and presents well in its clear, 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. Halleluja Now
First Printing. 13 x 20.5 cm black cloth covers with silver stamped titles and and decoration to the front and spine, 169pp [1] publisher's adverts. In original clear plastic dust jacket with blurb on the flaps, priced at £8.95 (USA $16.95). Signed by the author on the title page. Clean boards with bright titles. Internally clean with just a faint tide mark on the fore edge and just the author's signature. The dust jacket is complete and without tears and just a little light rubbing, though the flaps have slightly adhered themselves to the pastedowns. A very good signed copy of this gay fantasy novel. 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 Knife Heals Again
1st Edition, 1st Printing. 14 x 22.2 cm green textured cloth cream endpapers, 238 [2]pp. In publisher's original dust jacket priced at 10/6 net. A near fine book with just a hint of shelf wear. Internally without name, inscription or bookplate and just a hint of toning to the endpapers. The dust jacket has a little light dust marking and light rubbing to the spine tips, corners and edges with a tiny chip from the top corner of the front panel and three closed tears of around 1cm on the edge of the back panel. A really good looking first edition copy of this memoir by the famous surgeon covering the post war period and the creation of the SAS. 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. Doctor Faust
Limited Edition of 350. 16.2 x 26 cm cream linen backed blue paper covered boards with a pitchfork vignette to the front and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Unpaginated with text in black and red and illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. There is some toning to the spine and a little rubbing to the edges and boards most evidently at the corners. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just the occasional spotting, mainly to the prelims and uncut edges. All in all a very good plus copy with some lovely woodcut 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. Peeps into Nisterland A Guide to the Children’s Books of Ernest Nister
1st Edition, No. 244 of 500 signed by the authors to the front pastedown. 21.5 x 30.5 cm red cloth boards with gilt stamped titles to the front and spine 357[1]pp with illustrations throughout. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket which is now protected in a clear removable cover. A lovely book for any one interested in Nister or Victorian children's books in general. 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. Mr Magnolia
1st Edition. 26.8 x 20.2 laminated pictorial boards. Bright orange endpapers, unpaginated [32] with colour illustrations throughout. Signed by the author to the title page. It has rubbing to the spine tips and corners with paper rubbed away on the bottom corners and some surface abrasion along the bottom edge of the upper board. The spine tips are a little pushed and there is a 0.5 cm closed tear on the joint at the head of the spine on the upper board. Internally clean, with just the author's signature on the title page. Scarce signed. 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.