891. Portnoy, Ethel.

De Geklede Mens.

De Bilt, Cantecleer, 1986. 27 cm x 22 cm. 160 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur / With many colour illustrations throughout book. Original Hardcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

892. Poulson, Joan.

Onetree Journal: Following the Seasons.

First Edition. Pilton, Flarestack, 2008. Octavo. 29 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author and inscribed to John and Hilary Wakeman. Illustrations by Elizabeth Stuart Smith.

893. Powdermaker, Hortense.

Hollywood, the Dream Factory. An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1950. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 342 pages. Original Softcover. Staining to covers, othwerwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

894. Powling, Chris (Editor).

The Best of Books for Keeps. Highlights from the Leading Children’s Book Magazine.

London, The Bodley Head Children’s Books, 1994. Octavo. 15.7 cm x 24 cm. XI, 265 pages. With twenty black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to front and rear pastedown enpapers, endpapers, and pages throughout. Edges have minor foxing and discolouration. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator Erik C. Haugaard.

895. Prest, John.

The Garden of Eden: The Botanic Garden and the Re-Creation of Paradise.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1988. 19.5 cm x 25.5 cm. VI, 122 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

896. Prichard, Michael.

Collins Encyclopedia of Fishing in the British Isles.

Glasgow/ London, William Collins Sons, 1977. 12 x 12 cm. 256 pages. With photographs and illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

897. Proffitt, Edward.

Poetry: An Introduction & Anthology.

First Edition. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Octavo. XV, 463 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear including slight tear at base of spine and some dogears. Page 247 and 248 completely torn (but loosely inserted with complet text).

898. Purple Heather (Pseudonym of W.A.Adams).

Something about Guns and Shooting.

Sixth Thousand. London, Alexander & Shepheard, 1891. Small – 8°. VII, 180 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookblock cleanly detached from the binding. Interior very good.

899. [Puttnam, David].

A xeroxed copy of the second draft of “Chariots of Fire”, which David Puttnam signed in 2019 and to which he added a wonderful manuscript note: “This is a very interesting early Draft of ‘Chariots of Fire’ – A year later we started shooting the film in Cambridge – Almost exactly two years later the film won the BAFTA Best Picture Award and a few weeks later The ‘Oscar’ ! – Colin Welland also won for Best Screenplay that same evening. Reading this you can see why. Regards – David Puttnam”.

[London], [2019]. Quarto. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

900. Puttnam, David.

“Chariots of Fire” – First Day Cover “Heralding the Resurgence of the British Film Industry” – signed by David Puttnam, Colin Welland and Hugh Hudson. [Stamps of Peter Sellers / David Niven / Charlie Chaplin / Vivien Leigh / Alfred Hitchcock].

Original First Day Cover envelope and special handstamp designed by Rafael de Swarte & Malcolm Carrick. Leicester, A.G.Bradbury, 8th of October,1985. 22 cm x 11 cm. Excellent condition of the envelope and the signatures.