UNDER MILK WOOD
Written by Dylan Thomas; Douglas Cleverdon. Illustrated by Ceri Richards.
Stock no. 1831503
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Play for Voices. Edited with an introduction by Douglas Cleverdon. Purple cloth rear board and spine with gilt title. Grey cloth front board with a lilac leaf design. Light grey endpapers. Lilac two-tone lithographs. 93 pages. Sixth printing. Front spine edge slightly dusty else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed with a few marks.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF JAZZ
Written by Mark White.
Stock no. 1331350
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer No. 76. With 76 b/w photos. Small format. Red boards. ISBN: 072321588X. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is lightly browned.

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1331343
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small dents to cover edges. Spine is foxed and has a small worn patch to rear edge with slight loss of cloth. Front joint is cracked. There is some light foxing to the contents. Some of the tissue-guards are creased but all plates are present and in fine condition.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF OPERA
Written by Elizabeth Forbes.
Stock no. 1831377
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observer book no. 98 Laminate boards. With 27 b/w photographs. ISBN: 072321638X. Spine heavily browned and red title to spine very faded. Else a lovely copy, contents clean.

MOZART'S WOMEN HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, HIS MUSIC
Written by Jane Glover.
Stock no. 1331176
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illuminating the music and the man, but, above all, the women who inspired him. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 406 pages (including index). Some colour plates. ISBN: 1405021217. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning, a grubby mark to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

CHOPIN PRINCE OF THE ROMANTICS
Written by Adam Zamoyski.
Stock no. 1331092
Published by Harper Press. Circa 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In this biography, Zamoyski links Chopin with Bach and Mozart rather than his contemporary Romantics. Zamoyski sees Chopin as an insecure 18th century man lost in the Romantic Age. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 356 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 9780007341849. Second printing. Spine bumped, spine leans to one side a little. Contents are lightly browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and sunned to spine.

BENJAMIN BRITTEN A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Humphrey Carpenter.
Stock no. 1331090
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

A comprehensive, authorized account of the renowned British composer’s life, utilizing personal letters, diaries, and manuscripts. Blue boards, white title to spine. 680 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 0571143245. Spine slightly bumped. Name, address and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is a little dusty/fingered else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with fading to spine and edges and a couple of small tears.

RALPH RICHARDSON: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
Written by John Miller.
Stock no. 1831177
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ralph Richardson was a contradictory genius who remains a legendary power and presence dominated stage and screen for over 50 years. Richardson eschewed most of the romantic heroes that made his two friends, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, famous; he was the only one of the three thought capable of playing the ordinary man. Foreword by John Gielgud. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 384 pages including index. ISBN: 0283062371. Text block very slightly grubby else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (sunned) and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

THEY GAVE US SHAKESPEARE: JOHN HEMINGE & HENRY CONDELL
Written by Charles Connell.
Stock no. 1831044
Published by Oriel Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

John Heminge and Henry Condell prepared and oversaw the First Folio edition of Shakespeare (1623) and without their work which was undertaken in part as a gesture of respect and love towards their former colleague some plays would have been lost and others would only exist in garbled versions. Heminge and Condell were closely associated with Shakespeare and were among the principal actors in his plays. Brown imitation leather cloth boards with gilt tooling to sides and gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 110 pages. ISBN: 0853621934. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to text block and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly creased at top of spine.

PAUL SCOFIELD: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Garry O'Connor.
Stock no. 1330751
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A masterly biography that paints a revealing portrait of a man, who for the serious film- and theatre-goer, is more of an icon than any other living actor. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 419 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0283063491. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some fingermarks to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased/rubbed.

MY NAME ESCAPES ME
Written by Alec Guinness.
Stock no. 1330750
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Diary of a retiring actor. Black boards, silver title to spine. 214 pages. Burgundy endpapers. ISBN: 0241136679. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and just a little edge creased.

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1330587
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. There is some very slight fraying of cloth to spine edges. There are a couple of tiny nicks to top edge of front cover. Discolouration to the rear cover (see picture). Foxing to page margins and textblock. Some hinges slightly cracked but binding still nice and tight. Plates all present and in fine condition.