6121. Macdonald, Alasdair / [Antony Miall]

Stowe – House and School.

First Edition. London, W.S. Cowell, 1951. 23 x 29 cm. 78 pages with several photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Original cloth / In protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Inscribed with several signed dedications to the previous owner, Stowe – pupil Antony Miall, throughout the book. The dedications are written by several former classmates of the recipient of this monograph. The book deals with: The House at Stowe / The Family / The Gardens and Grounds / The First Lustre / Stowe in War and Peace / The Ten Years’ Grace //

6122. Makoto, Ooka / Fitzsimmons, Thomas.

A Play of Mirrors – Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan [Yoshioka Minoru / Tamura Ryuichi / Iijima Koichi / Tada Chimako / Ooka Makoto / Tanikawa Shuntaro / Shiraishi Kazuko / Yoshimasu Gozo].

Rochester (Michigan), Oakland University / Katydid Books, 1987. Quarto. 312 pages. Original Hardcover. Besides some foxing in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6123. Hockney, David.

David Hockney – “Prints 1954-77”. The Midland Group and the Scottish Arts Council in association with Petersburg Press. With an Introduction by Andrew Brighton.

First Edition. Petersburg Press, 1979. Octavo. 218 pages with illustrations throughout. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6124. Hockney, David.

Some very new Paintings – Exhibition Catalogue of the William Hardie Gallery. With an Introductory Note by William Hardie and “A Conversation between David Hockney and William Hardie”.

First Edition. Glasgow, William Hardie Gallery, 1993. Oblong Quarto. 16 pages text plus 22 full-page illustrations of new paintings in colour. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6125. [Platon] / [Victor Cousin].

Lysis, ou de L’Amitié – Argument Philosophique.

[Paris], [Bossanges Freres], no year [c.1827]. 8°. 33 pp. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. [Extracted from Victor Cousin’s: “Oeuvres de Platon, Volume 4”.

6126. Payne, C.Douglas.

Youth in Revolt – The Journals of Nick Twist. Volumes I, II, III (Youth in Revolt – Youth in Bondage – Youth in Exile).

FIRST Edition. Sebastopol (California), Aivia Press, 1993. 8°. 503 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in FINE condition. Some very minor discoloration to the edge. SIGNED by Payne on the titlepage.

6127. Pakenham, Valerie. (Photography by Thomas Pakenham).

The Big House in Ireland.

First edition. London, Cassell & Co., 2000. 30 x 25 cm. 192 pages, 207 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6128. Gill, Eric.

Autobiography / Quod ore sumpsimus.

Tenth Impression . London, Jonathan Cape, 1944. Octavo. Frontispiece-Self-Portrait of Eric Gill, 283 pages. With eight Illustrations (including the Frontispiece). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good, firm condition, with the rare dustjacket showing some minro fraying. Occasional foxing only. An excellent version of this classic.

6129. [Gill, Eric] MacCarthy, Fiona.

Eric Gill.

Third Edition. London, faber & faber, 1989. Octavo. XIII, 338 pages with 129 illustrations on plates and 58 Figures within the Text. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning condition of this landmark publication, revealing the paedophile behind the artist and triggering the question: “Can we separate the artist from the abuser ?” [see Guardian – article by Rachel Cooke. April 9th, 2017].

6130. [Fonteyn, Margot – Her personal copy] Reyna, Ferdinando.

A Concise History of Ballet.

Second Edition. New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1965. 15cm x 21.5cm. 255 pages. 232 gravure illustrations, 16 in full colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money. Margot Fonteyn’s own copy with inscription to pastedown: “To Margo from Wally – Christmas ‘66”.