Foreword by Paul Simon (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor wear along the edges. Minor rubbing wear to covers. Red ink stamp on bottom edge of page margins.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Slight wear along the DJ edges. Slight rubbing wear to DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. First published in 1935, this is a Batsford reissue of 2011. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of classic Batsford jacket and spine, 2" split to bottom corner of front jacket, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (original price 7s 6d, price on back cover £16.99), some faint grubby fingerprints to unlaminated back jacket, internally clean tight and square, overall a reasonable copy. 116pp, illustrated. A reissue of a truly classic title on the Batsford backlist. First published in 1935, it is a wonderful snapshot of our capital before the Second World War, and a charming insight into our attitudes to urban life back in the Thirties. Our guide Paul Cohen-Portheim offers us his interpretation of life in London through her people, her buildings and her history. Paul Cohen-Portheim (1880-1932), was an Austrian artist and travel writer. He was a proficient linguist and spoke a half a dozen European languages fluently. When World War I broke out, he was painting in Devonshire, and found himself interned for the length of the war. This gave him time to read, observe and meditate, especially on his enforced new home. 'The Spirit of London' was the last thing to be published after his sudden death in 1932. Quite scarce, even in this later reissue. Jacket by Brian Cook (illustrator).…

8vo. First edition. Autobiography of Warwickshire cricketer with rock star lifestyle, banned for drugs in 1997. 208pp with colour & monochrome photo illustrations. Hardback / hard cover: black boards, backstrip titled in gilt. Upper outer corner of front board bumped, upper outer corner of rear a little curled. Contents fine. VERY GOOD copy in GOOD+ unclipped dust jacket creased at both front and rear flaps. Inscribed "Best Wishes Paul Smith June 07" on title-page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy of the hard cover edition in a like (not price-clipped) dust-jacket, warmly insribed and signed by Bill and Jane Ann Moore on the front free endpaper. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding and jacket are bright and fresh in appearance. A brilliant copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition First Printing. The first printing of the first edition with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

Hardcover. 171p., cloth-covered boards, corners bumped else very good condition in like dj. Anecdotal history of coal mining in Illinois and its unionization with mention of John L. Lewis, John Mitchell, Alex Howat, and Mother Jones.

Softcover. Talking Shop (York), c1989, paperback about 9x7¾, Good (written on title page: sample copy / printing error - a few pages have the page number missing, light cover wear, small chip at the top of the front hinge), [file poe.]; E1545.