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137. Gordon, Charles. old time aldwych, the Kingsway and neighbourhood. T Fisher Unwin. 1903.
£98
8vo., original cloth gilt. With maps and illustrations. a very good copy. First edition.
138. GrainGer, Hilary J. the architecture of sir ernest george. Reading, Spire Books Limited, 2011.
£65
4to. (242 x 290 mm). green cloth, dust jacket; pp. 480, 267 colour and 65 b/w illustrations.
First edition. sir ernest george (1839-1922) was one of england’s greatest architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. he specialised in domestic work and was responsible for beautiful and imaginative houses in both town and country, and with his three successive partners he was carried out over 200 works both in Britain and abroad. he was also a watercolourist of considerable stature whose work in the medium was acclaimed in his own time. this richly illustrated book is the first study of the man and his work, and will establish him as one of the major names in his profession. his life and career is fully documented, the buildings described, and a full catalogue of works provided. a special feature is a study of pupils and assistants who passed through george’s office, including several who went on to be fame and success - edwin lutyens, guy Dawber, J.J. Joass, r. Weir schultz - and also the first woman to become a member of the riBa, ethel Mary charles.
hilary grainger is a dean at the london college of Fashion and is the recognised expert of george and his architecture. she is also a leading authority on the architecture of cremation, and is the chair of the Victorian society.
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139.Greene, Graham 19 stories.William Heinemann. 1947. £498
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. Wrapper a little chipped and creased and darkened on spine with a little rubbing, endpapers browned, otherwise a very good copy.
First edition.
140.Greene, Graham a sort of life. The Bodley Head. 1971. £498 8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. a near fine copy.
First edition of greene’s autobiography, inscribed by greene “For Phillip with love from graham.”
141. ardiZZone, edward (illustrator). Graham Greene (author). the little train. London; The Bodley Head. 1973. £225
landscape royal 8vo. original decorated publisher’s boards, complete with the pictorial dustwrapper; pp. [iv], 5-47 + [i]; illustrated throughout in full colour by edward ardizzone; a fine copy in a fine, unclipped, dustwrapper (£1.20) with just the very faintest trace of speckling to prelims.
First edition illustrated by ardizzone. this copy is inscribed by the illustrator, in ink, to the front blank: “to Brian from edward ardizzone”.
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142.Greene, William. Parrots in captivity. George Bell and Sons, 1884-87. £4,500
tall 4to. 3 vols. original dark green embossed cloth, upper covers with a large centrally-placed gilt vignette of a macaw on an exotic tree branch; 81 chromoxylographed plates of individual species of parrot by a.F. lydon, printed by Benjamin Fawcett; previous owner’s bookplates to front pastedowns; extremities a trifle bumped, otherwise in very good condition.
First edition. this is a classic work on the subject, celebrated for its authoritative text, with extra expert sections by F.g. Dutton, and the brilliant illustrations, which are considered to be amongst the highpoints of Fawcett’s printing career. his technique of colour printing with wood blocks, also used for F.o. Morris’s works, brings to life these highly coloured tropical birds. Wood comments that: “a fourth volume is said to have been begun in 1888”, the year of greene’s death. this part-volume does exist, with an additional 9 plates added, but is hardly ever present, and is not present here.
Nissen IVB 393; Zimmer p. 274; Wood p. 368.
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