DRAWING ON LIFE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PAUL HOGARTH
Written by Paul Hogarth; Richard Ingrams. Illustrated by Paul Hogarth.
Stock no. 1830124
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction by Richard Ingrams. Hogarth is one of the most distinguished illustrators and graphic artists of our age. Written with a great energy and wit, accompanied by a wealth of drawings and paintings from the earliest days right up to his latest works. Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0715306448. Lower tip of front board has a couple of tiny holes in cloth and is lightly rubbed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly faded to spine, creased to top of rear panel with small closed tear (under 1") to vertical edge.

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LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF FRIDTJOF NANSEN
Written by J. Arthur Bain.
Stock no. 1830084
Published by Walter Scott Ltd.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

New edition revised and considerably enlarged. Fridtjof Nansen was a Scandinavian Arctic explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w photos. xix and 449 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Board edges rubbed, worn and frayed at corners. Prize plate to front pastedown. Text block browned. Some grubby marks to contents.

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ORWELL'S LONDON
Written by John Thompson. Illustrated by Philippa Scoones.
Stock no. 1830083
Published by Fourth Estate. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

George Orwell knew London intimately and over a span of thirty years: from his excited schoolboy visits to the family flat in the early 1920s, to his deathbed marriage in a London hospital in 1949. This book traces two paths - that of Orwell's life in London and that of his characters'. Navy blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. vi and 120 pages including index. ISBN: 0947795006. A nice copy. Grey dustwrapper is browned to spine and across top edges, small closed tear repaired with clear tape to verso at top rear edge of spine, light scuffing.

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LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES: THE FINAL PART OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by L.T.C. Rolt.
Stock no. 1830080
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The third and final volume of L.T.C. Rolt's autobiography. L.T.C. Rolt's fame rests on the fact that he was unique in producing works of literature from subject matter which has not before his time, been considered the stuff of literature - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery, and vintage cars. This volume was published posthumously and is a fitting tribute to the man who, through his appreciation of the 'aesthetics of technology', could be said to have given a literary shape to the Industrial Revolution. Black cloth baords, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 246 pages. ISBN: 0862999987. Slight slant to spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and top of rear panel (minimal) and is lightly scuffed.

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WEMBLEY AND BEYOND
Written by Barry Briggs.
Stock no. 1329956
Published by Circle Productions. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of Barry Briggs, a speedway rider like no other. Black boards, silver title to spine. 464 pages. B/w photos throughout, a gathering of colour photos to the centre pages. ISBN: 9780356255743. SIGNED by Briggs to the front free-endpaper. Includes a ticket to the Book Signing event. Spine slightly bumped. Slight creasing to wrapper edges.

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MORE CONFESSIONS
Written by John Berry.
Stock no. 1329955
Published by Retro Speedway. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Speedway revelations and memories from the 70s & 80s plus forthright views on where the sport is going wrong. Cardwraps. 255 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0955117615. Minimal rubbing at corners.

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WILLIAM MORRIS ART AND KELMSCOTT
Written by Linda Parry.
Stock no. 1329952
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

The importance of Kelmscott in the private and public lives of the Morris family from 1871 to 1938, also detailed assessments of William and May Morris's work by leading Morris scholars. Black cardwraps. 144 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851156703. Slight rubbing to corners. Publisher's price sticker to rear cover has been neatly scribbled out with pencil.

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THE JUBILEE BOY: THE LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS OF GEORGE SWINFORD OF FILKINS
Written by Judith Fay; Richard Martin.
Stock no. 1329951
Published by The Filkins Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Edited and researched by Fay and Martin. Cardwraps. Some b/w photos. Lower corner of textblock is very slightly grubby.

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THE LIFE AND ART OF W. HEATH ROBINSON
Written by Langston Day. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1329949
Published by EP Publishing. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Republication of the 1947 edition which was published by Herbert Joseph. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 270 pages. ISBN: 0715811800. Slight foxing to textblock. Endpapers browned. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly browned.

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RUNNING THE NUMBERS AN AMERICAN SELF-PORTRAIT
Written by Chris Jordan; Chris Bruce; Lucy R. Lippard; Paul Hawken. Illustrated by Chris Jordan.
Stock no. 1329924
Published by Museum Of Art. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Astonishing photographs revealing the devastating consequences of our culture of consumption. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 110 pages. Colour photographs. ISBN: 9780975566251. SIGNED by Jordan to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Original 'blurb' band to rear cover still present but a little browned witha small crease at one corner. Contents fine.

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RAMBLINGS OF A SPORTSMAN-NATURALIST
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329854
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Drawn mainly from the sporting diaries he kept for many years, BB recalls numerous little adventures afield. A collection of happenings and impressions of the seasons, beautifully enhanced by dramatic b/w scraperboard illustrations throughout. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. 176 pages. ISBN: 0718118154. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page edge browning. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased.

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SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT
Written by Ralph Lewis; Keith S. Gardner. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1329816
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Colour illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0715393065. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and a rubbed at corners.

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