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Sub-titled: A South African Landscape in words and pictures, this collection of poetry, prose and photos is by eminent South African playwright, poet, literary critc, Pieterse and fellow South African, George Hallett, known for his work during Apartheid and the country’s early democracy. First edition. Hickey Press, Surrey, 1974. 29.5cm x 21cm, 90 pages illustrated…
A beautiful retro school prefect badge for the Princess in your life…or you Inner Princess?! The bar-shaped badge is one of 250 produced to celebrate the publication of Elaine Cusack’s book, The Princess of Felling. The book is a memoir of Elaine’s childhood and teenage years in North East England in the 1970s and 1980s….
Published by Puffin (Penguin) Books, Puffin Post was the magazine of The Puffin Club, which was the brainchild of Puffin Books’ editor, Kaye Webb. The club was born in 1967 after Kaye persuaded Sir Allen Lane, the owner of Penguin Books, that the club would make children into adult readers. This edition from 1974 measures…
A 6cm by 9cm card with printing on one side only. Dates from the late 1950s/early 1960s. This item was unearthed in Tyne and Wear, UK but origin unknown. Condition: printed words a little bit smudged and slight soiling with age to the card.
Edge Press, Barry, Wales, 1979. Published in a limited edition of 300 copies. 21cm by 14.5cm, 22 pages. Jenkins is a Welsh poet born in 1953 and has been published for over 40 years. This pamphlet is one of his earliest. Jenkins is also the father of Plaid Cymru politician Bethan Sayed and the journalist…
Hamish Hamilton, 1991. First edition examining the life, career and legacy of Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando and James Dean. 23.5cm by 15.5cm. 214 pages. Condition: Some creasing to spine and edge-wear to covers. Clearly been read but clean contents.
Rouen, 1926. 25cm by 17cm, printed pages numbered from 140 to 203 with four black and white plates. Full title: Recherches botaniques et zoologiques effectuées, en 1926 et 1927 dans le cirque d’Espingo et la partie supérieure du val du port de Vénasque (canton de Bagneres-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne). Stamped with the “Society For British Entomology” throughout….
Exhibition catalogue, 29.5cm by 21cm, 24 pages, illustrated wraps. Designed by Ingrid Swenson. Subtitled “A Group of Women Artists” this was published by Red Mare for their first exhibition at the Newcastle Arts Centre, May 26 to June 17 1989. There are nine artists featured: Sam Ainsley, Annette Chevallier, Marcia Ley, Joanna Greenhill, Suzanne Montgomery,…
Bloodaxe Books, 1986. First edition. 21cm by 14cm, 189 pages. Back cover declares “This new SELECTED POEMS covers all Denise Levertov’s collections up to Candles in Babylon (1982).” From the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003). Condition: White spine a little browned with age plus light edge-wear to covers.
Penguin, 1977. Penguin Modern European Poets series. Translated by Clarence Brown and W.S. Merwin. 20cm by 13cm, 138 pages. Includes insightful Introduction by Clarence Brown on this Russian poet who died on his way to a Siberian labour camp. This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003)….
This book blends British commercial and social history spanning two hundred years with the story of the UK Board of Trade. It is illustrated with contemporary cartoons, portraits and photographs and mentions the Board’s many distinguished presidents including Gladstone, Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. The book measures 21cm x 20cm, has 153 pages and is…
Oberon Modern Plays, [2003]. A play presented at Live Theatre, Newcastle and first performed there 20th May to 14th June 2003. This 21cm by 13cm, 88 page paperback lists original cast and production staff and includes the script of this “darkly disturbing comedy” set in Whitley Bay. Condition: Ticket for the play from 28th May…
Private printing, 2020. 21cm by 14.5cm, 22 pages. Poetry pamphlet by poet and storyteller, Sandy Chadwin. Condition: white card wraps a little shelf-worn.
“Dah, Dah, Dah, Daaah!” went the opening bars of This Is Your Life’s theme tune. When those notes started up it was after Eamonn Andrews had taken off the false moustache/preposterous “disguise” and, er, revealed himself to the celebrity he was about to spend the next half hour embarrasing with guests and biographical details. This…
Svetislav Stefanovich (1877-1944) was a poet, critic, translator, essayist, drama writer and doctor. He was founder of the Department of Pathology and President and founder of the Yugoslav Medical Association. Stefanovich participated in the Balkan Wars and the First World War and was decorated several times. During WW2 he was accused of defamation of the…
Tacitus Agricola edited by H Furneaux Roman history book. Second edition published Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1953. The title page reads “Cornelii Taciti de Vita Agricolae edited by H. Furneaux Second Edition Revised and Largely Rewritten by J.G.C. Anderson with contributions by the late Professor F Haverfield.” This hardback book measures 19cm by 13cm…
Alzheimer’s Society North Tyneside Branch, 2001. First edition. Oblong 21cm by 15cm illustrated wraps. A book of photographs by Sharon Bailey with text edited by the late, great North East-based writer, Julia Darling who died in 2005. A moving collection of oral testimonies of living with dementia edited by Darling, accompanied by Bailey’s photos. Produced…
Cape Goliard Press, 1970. First edition. 27.5cm by 20.5cm colour illustrated wraps. Unpaginated (120pp.). Poems by Padgett and illustrations by Dine. This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003). Condition: Cover edges and spine slightly worn. Pages slightly browned with age.
Africa World Press, Inc, 1999. First printing. 21.5cm by 14cm colour illustrated paperback with 200 pages. The full title is The Blind Men and the Elephant and other essays in biographical criticism and looks at the lives and works of writers including Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, Wole Soyinka and others. Condition: Slight edge-wear, flyer for…
The Blue Coat Inheritance by Mike Matson 2012 Volume One: The Eighteenth Century Blue Coat School. This paperback book measures 21cm by 15cm and has 240 pages. It is a first edition, published by M.C. Matson in 2012.This first volume about the 18th century Blue Coat School is subtitled Transition from Charity School to Grammar…
Anvil Press Poetry, 1965. 18cm by 14cm, 61 pages, brown cloth boards in yellow dustwrapper. Includes Love Poems of the VIth Dalai Lama and The Ingathering of Love. First edition but not one of the 50 signed by the author. However, this copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard…
Originally published by Oxford University Press, 1996 but labelled as published by Bloodaxe in 2000. 20cm by 13cm colour illustrated wraps, 276 pages. This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003). Condition: Slight wear to covers and light yellowing with age to page edges.
An examination of Cubism inside and beyond France featuring Braque, Picasso, Gris, Delaunay and more. Third impression published by Phaidon Press, six years after first edition. Paperback 24.5cm by 17.5cm, 320 pages, illustrated throughout with black and white and colour images. Condition: Spine sunned, cover edges a little worn, ownership bookplate inside front cover. Overall…
Fourth Estate, 1997. 22cm by 14cm black boards, 139 pages in illustrated dustwrapper. Condition: seemingly unread hardback book in price-clipped, slightly edge-worn dustwrapper.
The feminist classic first published in 1971, this is a paperback reprint by Flamingo in 1993. Book measures 20cm by 13cm with 397 printed pages. Condition: previously owned. Pages browned with age and some edge-wear to covers but contents clean and complete.
Spectacular Books, New York 1998. 14cm by 11cm cream illustrated wraps. Martin Corless-Smith is an English poet and painter who lives and teaches in Boise; Idaho.This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003) with the following inscription on fly-leaf:“To Ric with love from Martin Corless-Smith Durham Feb…
The Interregnum The Quest for Settlement 1646-1660 edited by G.E. Aylmer revised reprint from Macmillan, 1979. This paperback book measures 21.5cm by 14cm and has 247 pages. It is a 1979 reprint of the revised edition which came out in 1974. The first edition was published in 1972. Each chapter has a different author including…
Published by Frank Graham, 6 Queen’s Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 2PL, 1982. 18cm by 12cm, 149 pages. Billy Purvis (1784-1853) was North East England’s famous jester and clown. This book, sub-titled “The extraordinary, witty and comical showman”, is a facsimile edition of the 1875 edition. Condition: white covers browned at edges with age, original…
The Juniper Press, 1979. First edition. Subtitled The sane man’s guide to cooking with nuts! with text and illustrations by David Eno and calligraphy by Jenny Ivermee. 14.5cm by 10.5cm, 30 pages brown card wraps. A delightful recipe book in praise of all kinds of nuts. Condition: slightly faded with sun to the edges of…
Exhibition catalogue. Published by Hatton Gallery, 2001. 24.5cm by 21cm, 31pp in card wraps. Illustrated with colour and black and white photos of artworks in the exhibition juxtaposed with artworks by James Ramsey, Lowry, Turner and others. Subtitled ‘New Work by Margaret Harrison’ with introduction by Dr Stephanie Brown, lecturer in Art History at Newcastle…
Telegram, London, W2 5RH, 2006. First paperback edition. 20cm by 13cm illustrated wraps, 392 pages. Robert Plant is quoted on the covers: “A breathtaking debut.” Condition: Shelf-worn with slight water damage to top edge of front cover and fly-leaf. Book appears unread.
City Lights Books, San Francisco, [1988]. Reprint paperback 20cm by 13.5cm, 240 pages. A collection of 30 short stories. Condition: Very Good tight, bright copy. Spine sunned, slight soiling and shelf-wear to pages.
Faber and Faber, 1954. 21.5cm by 14cm blue wraps in envelope. An Ariel Poem, part of a series including Auden, Eliot and Spender illustrated by artists including John Piper, Edward Ardizzone and David Jones. MacNeice’s poem is illustrated with two black and white drawings and one full page colour illustration by Michael Ayrton. Condition: Pamphlet…
The Many Press, 40 Walford Road, London, N16 8ED, 1977. Published in an edition of 200 copies. 21cm by 15cm brown wraps in cream illustrated dustwrapper. Cover and drawing by Donal Ryan. This copy from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003) and is inscribed but not dated by Sinclair…
New Departures, 1996. Edited by Michael Horovitz and Inge Elsa Laird. 21cm by 15cm red wraps, 100 pages. An illustrated anthology of poets, singer-songwriters, musicians and performance artists of the world to celebrate, commemorate and consolidate the first Poetry Olympics Weekend festival. Features Damon Albarn, Simon Armitage, Nick Cave, John Cooper Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy,…
Dobson, 1969. First edition. 29cm by 21cm blue boards illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman. It might have been published by a children’s publisher but this is a title for adults to read, digest and act on. Richard “Private Eye” Ingrams wrote this messed up fairy tale of greed, capitalism, and environmental concerns. Ralph Steadman provided…
Designed and Produced by Mather & Crowther Limited, [1960s]. Printed at The Curwen Press Limited, Plaistow, E13. 20cm by 15cm, 44 pages. Green glazed wraps. Front cover declares: “Issued by the White Fish Authority for use by Senior Pupils and Teaching Staff.” The Acknowledgements section begins: “The White Fish Authority wish to acknowledge the very…
Green cloth hardback 22cm by 14cm with 301 pages. Includes society President G.E. Aylmer’s Address entitled Collective Mentalities in mid Seventeenth-Century England: The Puritan Outlook. Condition: Minor shelf-wear to boards and spine but otherwise clean and bright.
University of Queensland Press, 1988. First edition. 19.5cm by 13cm, green illustrated wraps, 119 pages. Tranter is an Australian poet, publisher and editor.This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003) with the following inscription on title page:“To Ric Caddell, greetings from Sydney, John Tranter 8/8/88” Condition: some…
Penguin Books, 2005. Pocket Penguin 38, published as part of Penguin Books’ 70th anniversary celebrations. 18cm by 11cm, 55 pages. INSCRIBED by Harold Pinter on title page “To Stella from Harold” and a 15cm by 11cm compliments card from Pinter laid in. Could the previous owner have been Stella Powell, granddaughter of Harold’s second wife…
Faber and Faber, 1990. 20cm by 13cm, 68 pages. First paperback edition SIGNED “Miroslav Holub 14.10.90.” This copy is from the library of the late poet, publisher and editor Richard Caddell (1949-2003) and the book would have been signed for him. Condition: The spine is faded plus there is 2cm wide fading running down the…
PRESS & The Photographers’ Gallery. Published to accompany the exhibition Idle Times by Mari Mahr, Correct Distance by Mitra Tabrizian at the Photographers’ Gallery, London, January 1986. 21cm by 15cm white wraps 36 pages. Includes black and white images throughout plus article Diderot, Barthes, Hieroglyph by Victor Burgin written January 1985. Condition: Contents clean but…
We can’t tell you where or when this was created but we know it looks cool. A 2.5cm in diameter lapel badge. Condition: As new and waiting patiently at Cusack Mansions for an owner worthy of this cool music-related item.
We can’t tell you where or when this was created but we know it looks cool. A 2.5cm in diameter lapel badge. Condition: As new and waiting patiently at Cusack Mansions for an owner worthy of this cool music-related item.
Wildfowl Management on Inland Waters booklet 3 produced by Eley Game Advisory Station, 1969. First published in 1969 this is book three in the Game Management Booklets produced by Eley Games Advisory Station of Fordingbridge, Hampshire for Eley Ammunition Division. This 21cm by 15cm booklet has 80 pages and includes information on hatching, rearing and…
The Poetry Society, 2021. 17cm by 12cm colour illustrated laminated wraps, 36 pages. Anthology of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2020 featuring Lauren Lisk, Leandra Li, Daniel Wale, Libby Russell and more. Condition: as new.