Recent Arrivals from Alex Richardson

Rhyl: Tideline Books, 2006. Hardback. Black leather with gold lettering to spine; gold lettering and decoration to front. Octavo. 243 pages. Numerous b&w photographs, line drawings and a map within the text. Reprint of a book first published by The Boydell Press in 1989. Number 822 in a limited (though not specified) edition. Very Good. Text a little dull at… Read more about this item

Ravensden: Michael D. Dobson, 2001. 1st edition. Hardback. Blue cloth with gold lettering to spine. Quarto. 243 pages. Numerous b&w photographs and line illustrations within the text. Good in Good jacket. Page edges tanned. Jacket has some obvious wear and creasing to its edges, spine and corners, including a couple of closed tears and small losses at the spine ends… Read more about this item

London: I. B. Tauris, 2017. 1st edition. Hardback. Red cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. [x prelims] 261 pages. Several b&w illustrations within the text. Fine in Fine jacket.

Slough: W. Foulsham & Co Ltd, 1972. 1st edition. Hardback. Blue cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. 120 pages. Numerous b&w circuit diagrams within the text. Good in Good jacket. Pages edges tanned. Jacket has flared out along its edges, with some creasing and wear.

Leicester: Polar Print Group Ltd, 1996. 1st edition. Hardback. Green cloth with gold lettering to spine. Quarto. 352 pages. Numerous colour and b&w photographs and illustrations throughout the text. Foreword by Simon Inglis. Good in Fair jacket. Page edges tanned and dull. A few soiled spots to both sets of endpapers. Jacket has obvious wear and creasing to its edges,… Read more about this item

Fair Oak: Falcon Leisure Publishing, 2017. Hardback. Brown cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. 89 pages. 16 pages of colour plates, from paintings by David Rampling. Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is number 21. Signed by Dalton on the title page. Very Good in Good jacket which has some creasing along its top,… Read more about this item

Slough: W. Foulsham & Co Ltd, 1971. Hardback. Blue cloth with gold lettering to spine. Quarto. 128 pages. Numerous b&w photographs and circuit diagrams within the text. UK edition of a manual first published in the US by Howard W. Sams & Co. A couple of pages inserted at the beginning of the text provide information relevant to the UK… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford Unicorn Press, 1994. 1st edition. Hardback. Blue cloth with gold lettering to spine. Quarto. [viii prelims] 152 pages. Frontispiece and 12 pages of b&w plates; several b&w illustrations within the text. Foreword by the Rt Hon Lord Aberdare KBE. Good in Good jacket. Page edges a bit tanned and dull. Jacket has some creasing at its spine ends,… Read more about this item

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1980. 1st edition. Hardback. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Octavo. [xiii prelims] 226 pages. 8 pages of b&w plates. Twenty "fictional documentaries" discussed in the text, including 'Birth of a Nation', 'October', 'Gone with the Wind', 'La Grande Illusion' and 'The Leopard'. Good in Good jacket. Some creasing at the head of the spine. Page… Read more about this item

London: Poets & Painters Press, 1988. 1st edition. Paperback. Octavo. 26 pages. Several b&w illustrations within the text, from drawings by Feliks Topolski. Translated from the Polish by Margaret Watson. Inscription to the top corner of the half-title page: "Dear Bertie, enjoy this little book. / It is by my Grandfather. / Ignas". Good. Page edges tanned. Card covers also… Read more about this item

London: Peter Owen Publishers, 2004. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. 12mo (16.7 x 16.7cm). [x prelims] 94 pages. Numerous b&w and colour photographs and illustrations throughout the text. Good. Front board slightly creased at its bottom edge; rear board has a small hole on its leading edge, about halfway down.

London: The British Film Institute, 2020. Paperback. Octavo. [xiii prelims] 223 pages. 16 pages of colour plates; several b&w photographs within the text. Very Good. Front cover a little creased in its bottom right-hand corner.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. 1st edition. Hardback. Red cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. 382 pages. Illustrated with b&w reproductions of the engravings from the original serials. Good in Good jacket. Top edges of the boards dull. Page edges tanned and rather foxed, as are the endpapers. Jacket has some wear and creasing along its top edge and… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2022. 1st edition. Hardback. Red cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. 469 pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Page edges a bit tanned. Jacket has a little wear and creasing along its top edge.

London: Omnibus Press, 1980. 1st edition. Hardback. Red cloth with gold lettering to spine and front. Quarto. 96 pages. 16 pages of colour plates; numerous b&w photographs within the text. Good in Good jacket. Spine ends a bit bumped and creased. Page edges tanned. Jacket has some wear and creasing to its edges, spine ends and corners. Small closed tear… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Octavo. [xvi prelims] 198 pages. 16 pages of colour plates; numerous b&w figures within the text. Introduction by Kathryn Brown. Part of the 'Contextualizing Art Markets' series. Fine.

Lewes: The Book Guild Ltd, 1998. 1st edition. Hardback. Blue cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. [xxi prelims] 375 pages. Numerous b&w photographs and maps within the text. Foreword by Giorgio Bouchard, a Waldensian Pastor. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Barbara + Robin Solly / in token of our friendship / Prescot Stephens".… Read more about this item

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2015. 1st edition. Hardback. Black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Octavo. [xvi prelims] 238 pages. Very Good in Good jacket which has rubbed faces and several small dents on its front, along the the spine fold.

London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 1st edition. Hardback. Issued in pictorial boards without a jacket. Quarto. [xvi prelims] 235 pages. Several b&w photographs within the text. Volume 5 in the 'Cultural History of Marriage' series. Very Good. A small nick to the fore-edge of several leaves (pages 201-206).

Oxford: Berg, 2007. Paperback. Quarto. 253 pages. Several b&w photographs within the text. Very Good. Back cover has a tiny dent on its leading edge.