2015, ISBN: 9780785824282

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Maple Press. Paperback. Very Good. 1.5748 in x 8.4252 in x 5.4331 in. printed 2010, Maple Press, 3, UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip t… More...

Maple Press. Paperback. Very Good. 1.5748 in x 8.4252 in x 5.4331 in. printed 2010, Maple Press, 3, UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around watercolour pictorial artwork by David Gentleman, illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered - rear lower corner with a minor dent/bump,publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj, illustrated 1st edn, 5-143pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,5 sections,profuse watercolour vignettes,illustrations by David Gentleman to accompany the poetry/verses/poems,plus [unpaginated] half-title page with watercolour vignette (portrait of John Betjeman) to its reverse and title page,t he 5 sections include poems on Love,Church,People,Places and Death. The book is a companion volume to the edition of Betjeman's 'Summoned by Bells' illustrated by Hugh Casson. John Betjeman is the best loved English poet of this century (then 1995).His 'Collected Poems' made publishing history and has now sold more than two million copies.In each generation a new following is captivated by his unmissable voice, whose compassion can swell into indignation and whose humour is underlaid with gentle satire and often self-doubt.His virtuosity is astonishing and his ability to catch the spirit of place is unrivalled. This book presents a carefully chosen selection of Betjeman's poems. They deal with love of many sorts,with people of all kinds observed with comedy and pathos,with the places he made his own and with the Church whose foibles he pinpointed so exactly.In these pages you can revisit Uffington,Trebetherick,or Highgate.You can fall in love with Miss Joan Hunter Dunn,or watch Oscar Wilde reel from the Cadogan Hotel. You can phone for the fish knives,fall with the friendly bombs on Slough,or pity Diana,whose ponies have swallowed their bits. David Gentleman,well known for his evocative paintings of Britain, Paris (see my book ID rja821618) and most recently India (see also my book ID rja1718) for his SIGNED,1st edns of these 2 titles - and where as it happens,in India - John Betjeman's father-in-law was Commander-in-Chief),has loved Betjeman's poems for years and has now illustrated them with great sensitivity and feeling. His paintings complement the poems in delightful and often surprising ways.Sometimes the setting or subject of the poem is shown,sometimes a detail.Sometimes characters are captured with uncanny accuracy.But every illustration has a parallel poetry of its own. David Gentleman (b.1930.) Born in London.Studied at St Albans School of Art (1947-48) and the Royal College of Art, London (1950-53),where he later taught (1953-55).Since then,he has worked freelance from his studio in Camden Town, London,making drawings, watercolours and lithographs of landscapes and buildings,and designing murals,posters,bookjackets,postage stamps,and a wide variety of other design and illustration commissions.His book illustrations have included limited editions of a number of classic works as well as books by several contemporary writers,some of them for children.He has written and illustrated several children's books and one on design,as well as a book of watercolour drawings of contemporary Britain.Many of his illustrations have been engraved on wood and some lithographed; more often,however,he draws in pen and ink with watercolour.As an illustrator,he uses pen and ink,wood engraving,and watercolour.His work is always immaculately presented; convincingly and often humorously adopting the style and iconography of his subject's period.Elected RDI (1970); member AGI. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS) LTD.,1995., 5, UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published in UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ALLEN & UNWIN (Publishers), 1986.This is the first paperback edition by this publisher.] Almost virtually as new,wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase,so NO owner inscrptn,NO price removal from cover,NO dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,and NO reading creases to spine/ backstrip. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,colour portrait photograph and colour illustration of Crompton and William & Jumper respectively to front card cover,with b/w+red lettering,black spine/backstrip with white lettering and thumbnail colour detail of same William illustration as front cover,at head of same,rear panel with 3/4 white background,top quarter in black with black lettered resume and note on author (Mary Cadogan) and Martin Jarvis's white lettered quote on Cadogan too, respectively.Despite being wrapped+protected,some very,very slight toning but no foxing/spotting to top+fore-edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no reading creases to either pages' corner tips or to spine - unread,other than my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn, xiv-xviiipp+1-169pp [paginated] includes foreword by Martin Jarvis,author's introduction,10 chapters,8pp subjects' b/w contemporary biographical and other related photographs in 1 block,between pp78/9,an apprendix of published works,and an index; plus [unpaginated] b/w William vignette illustrated half-title, with author's other works and those in collaboration to its reverse, title page,a dedication with blank verso,contents list/table with blank verso,separate list/table of plates and acknowledgements,both with a b/w William-related book illustration to respective versos,and to the rear,4pp blanks. Included with this item - not supplied as part of the book's original purchase,but as a separate BONUS - 5 different and assorted,coloured "William" prints - all illustrated by Thomas Henry - high quality on shiny,light art card - from full-colour plates of 1925,reprinted here for the first time. [Unframed and each 21cm tall x 14.7cm wide/ 8.3/16ths" x 5.13/16ths"] MINT - wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase. Titled prints include: 'TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.', 'COMPANY COMING!',"THE CAUSE OF THE DISTURBANCE IS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARDS.",'THE MAN IN POSSESSION.' and 'THE TEMPTATION OF ST. WILLIAM.' Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paperback,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition /state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite it,it really is an exceptional copy for cleanliness and brightness. Richmal Crompton's 'William' is known even to those who have never read the books featuring his anarchic exploits.For many,the scruffy,adventurous and exuberant William and his trials and tribulations with the awful Violet Elizabeth and his companions in daring, Ginger, Henry and Douglas remain a part of our childhood.But what do we know of his creator,who always shunned the limelight? So shy of fame was she that,owing to her unusual Christian name,many people thought she was,in fact,a man. In this biography,Mary Cadogan provides a portrait of a witty and talented writer,and a celebration of her works. Fully illustrated with pictures of Richmal and her family - including the brother,nephew and great-nephew who helped inspire William's antics - and the timeless original pictures of William by Thomas Henry.Mary Cagogan is a specialist in the history of children's literature.Her biography of 'Frank Richards: the chap behind the chums' (Viking,1988) was reissued by Swallowtail in 2001,and her selection of Enid Blyton stories, 'A Treasure of Enid Blyton School Stories' (with Norman Wright,was published Sept 02,Hodder(UK). Thomas Henry Fisher (1879-1962) worked as Thomas Henry.Born Eastwood,Nottinghamshire.Studied at Nottingham School of Art.He worked as a lithographer (his first job was the 'sailor' trademark for Player's cigarettes) and poster designer before becoming a regular contributor of cartoons and humorous illustrations to newspapers and magazines.Periodicals included The Boy's Own Paper, The Captain, Chums, Crusoe, Happy Magazine, Home Magazine, The Humorist, Nottingham Guardian, Passing Show, Punch and The Windsor Magazine amongst others.His forte was the funny side of school life and he illustrated the first 34 of Richmal Crompton's 'William' books in pen and ink in a cheerful,effective and remarkably consistent style. Although the first of these books was published in 1922,Fisher did not meet Richmal Crompton until 1954. Martin Jarvis,OBE (b. 4th August,1941) is an English actor and a producer of radio drama.Described by the BBC as "one of Britain's most distinguished and versatile actors", he's had a varied career in theatre,film and television,and is particularly noted for radio acting and voicing audiobooks. A a long association with the BBC,he is known for his long series of readings of Crompton's 'Just William' stories, which show his characteristic and flexible reading voices,he has also narrated the Billy Bunter series by Frank Richards. He performs live dramatic readings of some of the stories in the intermittent radio series Jeeves Live! (20072020). Jarvis has also undertaken audiobooks of P. G. Wodehouse's works,and won the Audie Award for these. He is the narrator of the 2011audiobook 'The Selfish Giant' by Oscar Wilde.Further work in 2011 includes an audiobook of the Wilbur Smith novel 'The Leopard Hunts in Darkness. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., UK.STROUD GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SUTTON PUBLISHING,2003., 5, London England: Collins. Very Good/No Jacket. 1949. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardback Hardcover. The Works of Oscar Wilde. Sunned spine. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Stories. A House of Pomegranates. Plays. Poems. Rosa Mystica. Wind Flowers. Flowers of Gold. Impressions De Theatre. The Fourth Movement. Poems in Prose. Essays and Letters. Intentions. Chronological Table.1120 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) ., Collins, 1949, 3, Hardback. New. <p><b>A passionate exhortation to expand the ways we talk about human sex, sexuality, and gender.</b><br /> Twenty-five years ago, Mark D. Jordan published his landmark book on the invention and early history of the category “sodomy,” one that helped to decriminalize certain sexual acts in the United States and to remove the word <i>sodomy </i>from the updated version of a standard English translation of the Christian Bible. In <i>Queer Callings</i>, Jordan extends the same kind of illuminating critical analysis to present uses of “identity” with regard to sexual difference. While the stakes might not seem as high, he acknowledges, his newest history of sexuality is just as vital to a better present and future.<br /> Shaking up current conversations that focus on “identity language,” this essential new book seeks to restore queer languages of desire by inviting readers to consider how understandings of “sexual identity” have shifted—and continue to shift—over time. <i>Queer Callings </i>re-reads texts in various genres—literary and political, religious and autobiographical—that have been preoccupied with naming sex/gender diversity beyond a scheme of LGBTQ+ identities. Engaging a wide range of literary and critical works concerned with sex/gender self-understanding in relation to “spirituality,” Jordan takes up the writings of Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Djuna Barnes, Samuel R. Delany, Audre Lorde, Geoff Mains, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Gloria Anzaldúa, Maggie Nelson, and others.<br /> Before it’s possible to perceive sexual identities differently, Jordan argues, current habits for classifying them have to be disrupted. In this way, <i>Queer Callings </i>asks us to reach beyond identity language and invites us to re-perform a selection of alternate languages—some from before the invention of phrases like “sexual identity,” others more recent. Tracing a partial genealogy for “sexual identity” and allied phrases, Jordan reveals that the terms are newer than we might imagine. Many queer folk now counted as literary or political ancestors didn’t claim a sexual or gender identity: They didn’t know they were supposed to have one. Finally, <i>Queer Callings </i>joins the writers it has evoked to resist any remaining confidence that it’s possible to give neatly contained accounts of human desire. Reaching into the past to open our eyes to extraordinary opportunities in our present and future, <i>Queer Callings </i>is a generatively destabilizing and essential read.</p>, 6, Scolar Press, London, 1986 reprint of 1982 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. vii, 271 pp, 42 ills. Looks at the illustrations for books published by John Day (1522- 1584), illustrations for Shakespeare's plays in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, William Blake as illustrator, John Martin's pictures for Paradise Lost, the work of Hablot Knight Brown ("Phiz"), Sir John Tenniel's illustrations for A lice in Wonderland, Edward Burne Jones' designs for William Monis, and Aubrey Beardsley's pictures for four books published in the 1890s: Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Art hur, Oscar Wilde's Salome, Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock, and Beardsley's own Under the Hill. Hodnett assesses the efforts of these artists as interpreters of the text. For instance, he sees Fuseli's illustrations of Shakespeare as vigorous but insensitive to the text. Though John Gilbert was a lesser artist, his illustrations are more effective. Hodnett praises John Martin's Miltonic sensibility but questions his selection of scenes to depict." - Rosenblum. Contents: Image and Text; John Day's Illustrated Books; Images of Shakespeare; William Blake the Illustrator; John Martin's Paradise Lost; Phiz in Retrospect; Tenniel in Wonderland; The Kelmscott Burne-Jones; The Beardsley Gesture; Bibliography; Index. Fine in Fine dustwrapper., Scolar Press, London, 1986 reprint of 1982 first edition, 1986 reprint of 1982 first edit, 5, Levenger Press. New in New dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 9780802714213 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Two volumes thick and 2,300 pages long, Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers. Johnson's Dictionary would define the language for the next 150 years, until the arrival of the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnson's was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. Modern dictionaries owe much to Johnson's work. This new edition, created by Levenger Press, contains more than 3,100 selections from the original, including etymology, definitions, and illustrative passages in their original spelling. Bristling with quotations, the Dictionary offers memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics. It also features three new indexes created out of entries in this edition: words found in Shakespeare's works, words from other great literary works, and piquant terms used in eighteenth-century discussions of such topics as law, medicine, and the sexes. Finally, Johnson's "Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language," seldom seen in print, which he wrote eight years before the Dictionary, is reproduced in its entirety. For those who appreciate literature, interpret the law, and love language, this a browser's delight-an encyclopedia of the age and a dictionary for the ages."; 6.3 X 1.59 X 9.44 inches; 656 pages ., Levenger Press, 2003, 6, Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, dark blue pictorial boards in publisher's dust-jacket repeating the same art work. 384 pages. Illustrated with 180 reproductions of Dore's engravings. First American edition thus, originally published the same year by Arcturus Publishing Limited, London. A re-arrangement of Dore's illustrations, which originally appeared in London: A Pilgrimage (1869), and now accompanied with selected writings of Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Anthony Trollope, Wilkie Collins, et alia. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage. ., Chartwell Books, Inc., 2008, 4.5<

2008, ISBN: 9780785824282

London : Wordsworth, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Roy and Nina Merley. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now … More...

London : Wordsworth, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Roy and Nina Merley. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 191 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. Notes: 'First published in 1872 as London: a Pilgrimage by Grant & Co., Turnmill Street, London.' Subjects: DorGustave 1832-1883. London (England) Social life and customs. London: source materials ; urban history ; 19th century: England. City life. Poverty., London : Wordsworth, 1987, 0, Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2008. 1st U.S. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dore, Gustave. 384pp.; HB blue w/gilt-pic.cover; slight rub w/sml.chip; clean,tight pgs. DJ blue w/gilt-pic.cover; slight rub w/fold,bttm. Illustrations w/text describe 19th century London life., Chartwell Books, 2008, 3<

2008, ISBN: 9780785824282

Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2008. 384pp.; HB blue w/gilt-pic.cover; slight rub w/sml.chip; clean,tight pgs. DJ blue w/gilt-pic.cover; slight rub w/fold,bttm. Illustrations w/text descri… More...

Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2008. 384pp.; HB blue w/gilt-pic.cover; slight rub w/sml.chip; clean,tight pgs. DJ blue w/gilt-pic.cover; slight rub w/fold,bttm. Illustrations w/text describe 19th century London life.. 1st U.S.. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Illus. by Dore, Gustave. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall., Chartwell Books, 2008, 3<

2008, ISBN: 9780785824282

London: Chartwell Books, Inc., 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Gustave Dore. 384 pages. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Black and white illustrations and drawings. Clean… More...

London: Chartwell Books, Inc., 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Gustave Dore. 384 pages. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Black and white illustrations and drawings. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468490, Chartwell Books, Inc., 2008, 3<

2008, ISBN: 9780785824282

Chartwell Books, Inc., May 2008. Hardcover. Used/As New., Chartwell Books, Inc., 5