1051. Garton, Robin.

British Printmakers – 1855-1955. A Century of Printmaking from the Etching Revival to St Ives.

Special Collector’s Edition / Limited to 25 copies with Suite/3 prints. Devizes, Garton & Co, 1992. 26 cm x 32.5 cm. 326 pages. 585 illustrations. Hardcover / Publisher’s original quarter-leather with green buckram boards and raised bands. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. With original green-cloth slipcase. Including the additional folio-suite of 3 prints: 1. ‘Nude with Pillow’ woodcut by John Nash / 2. ‘Abstract Flower Design’ by Enid Marx / 3. ‘Old Tree’ by Reynolds Stone. Near fine condition. Very rare edition of a stunning volume, excellently presented.

1052. Mungeam, G.H.

British Rule in Kenya, 1895-1912. The Establishment of Administration in the East Africa Protectorate.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1966. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 329 pages. 5 plates, including frontispiece. 3 maps within. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Fine condition. Interior like new. (Oxford studies in African affairs).

1053. Drake-Brockman, Ralph E.

British Somaliland. With 74 Illustrations from Photographs on Art Paper, Other Illustrations And a Map.

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1912. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. X, 334 pges, 74 illustrations on 49 plates. Fold-out map at rear showing British Somaliland. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial and patterned design embossed on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight bumps to lower board corners. Discreet bookseller’s label on front pastedown (Newbold’s Bookshop Ltd. – 289 George Street, Dunedin, New Zealand).

1054. McMahon, Paul (Paul Andrew).

British spies and Irish rebels – British intelligence and Ireland, 1916-1945.

Woodbridge, NY, Boydell Press, 2008. 25 cm. viii, 516 pages. 12 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [History of British intelligence ; 1].

1055. [Great British Admiralty].

British Vessels Lost at Sea 1939-45. A reprint of the original official publications Ships of the Royal Navy: Statement of Losses During the Second World War and British Merchant Vessels Lost or Damaged by Enemy Action During Second World War. Crown copyright: first published in 1947 by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London. Reprint by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office.

Cambridge, Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1977. 21.5 cm x 24 cm. VI, 103 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition+ with only minor signs of external wear. Ephemera lossely inserted listing rescues made by Irish Naval ships during this period. Rare.

1056. Manning, Capt. T.D. / Walker, CDR C.F.

British Warship Names.

London, Putnam, 1959. 22,5 cm x 13,5 cm. 498 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket slightly chipped on spine and front.

1057. [English History Collection] – Willett, Wilfred / Webb, Amy D. (Illustrator).

British Wild Flowers and their Garden Varieties – Cornfield Flowers.

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., 12 cm x 18 cm. 48 pages. Six coloured, tipped-in-plates and several drawings throughout publication. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some spotting evident on edges and markedly so on first and last few pages. Internal pages almost entirely free of spotting. Colour plates in very good condition. Previous owner’s name and address in ink pen on inside of cover. [British Wild Flowers Series (No.4)].

1058. Rajendra, Cecil.

Broken Buds.

First Edition. Mapusa, The Other India Press, 1994. 14 x 21 cm. 59 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a dedication by the author on the title page.

1059. Agee, James.

Brooklyn Is: Southeast of the Island: Travel Notes. Preface by Jonathan Lethem.

Uncorrected Proof. New York, Fordham University Press, 2005. 12.5 x 19cm. 54 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

1060. Johnston, Fred.

Browne.

First Edition. Belfast, Lapwing Publications, 1993. 15 x 21 cm. 25 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Lapwing Poetry Pamphlets]