Recent Arrivals from Butler Rare Books

A framed original print by Colin Jones dated 1979 but printed in 2003 and signed to the reverse in pencil. The reverse: pencil signature of Colin Jones, stamped with photographer's stamp and titled 'Africa Upper Volta 1979; a pencil note 'Ilford multigrade printed 2003'; mounted, framed 49cm x 35cm excluding mount and frame. Frame 51cm x 64cm. The reverse of… Read more about this item

Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered and tooled in gilt on red ground. With dust jacket. With 8 full-page illustrations by Ben Enwonwu. Neat ink ownership inscription on front pastedown ("W. Taylor, June 1960"). Trivial bump to ends of front joint and one corner, edges faintly foxed with a few marks, cloth clean and bright. A very good copy indeed in like… Read more about this item

An original photographic print by the renowned Edwardian female photographer, (Mary) Olive Edis taken of Thomas Hardy in 3/4 length profile. Print size 36cm x 28cm. Frame size 56cm x 47cm. Edis took a series of portraits of Thomas Hardy at the same sitting. Our print is identical to that held by The National Portrait Gallery which is dated 1923. Olive… Read more about this item

First edition, first impression. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Neat ink ownership of one W. Taylor dated June 1963 on front pastedown. Lower corners a touch rubbed, top edge foxed, one fingermark to front free endpaper. A near-fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, rear panel lightly… Read more about this item

1952, silver gelatin print 25.5cm x 20cm (10" x 8"). Right hand corners bumped, press caption and marks and stamps to verso of print including the Magnum Photo stamp. Dated 7 June, 1952. Window mounted in archival and acid-free mount size 38cm x 32cm

First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED in black ink to the half-title. Near Fine cloth-bound hardcover with a touch of rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards in a Near Fine dust jacket. Magnum photographer Alex Webb's inimitable style of colour and layered photography is at it's best in this rare work of his photography from the tropics.

3 x intage gelatin silver prints, mounted and unframed taken by Paul Goldman in 1948. Photographs showing the 'Nakba' or 'catastrophe' when 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland in 1948. Specifically these photos show the transfer of 1,004 refugees from Fureidis to Arab-held territory. Corners bumped, press caption, marks and stamps to verso. Dated 27, November 1948. Print size… Read more about this item

Text continuous despite pagination. In very good condition, with some minor fraying to inner gutter at the base of the index pages at rear. Later C19th? Half calf, marbled boards, straight spine with gilt lines. Edward Polhill (1622-1694) was an English Puritan writer and theologian from Suffolk. He studied at Cambridge University and became a minister in the Church of England, but… Read more about this item

A rather ordinary quarter bound cloth covered boards with leather spine, split and rubbed. Sunday School Library label to front pastedown. There were only two editions published before 1800, both very scarce. This edition only at 3 UK locations and 1 US.

A complete eight volume set of Joseph Addison and Richard Steele 'The Spectator' printed in London, 1733. Containing No.s 1-635, Thursday March 1st 1710-1711, to Monday December 20th. A very good set in gorgeous period full calf bindings. 12mo, 8 volumes, uniformly bound in attractive period blindtooled full calf, spines with five raised bands with contrasting brown morocco labels, compartments ornately gilt… Read more about this item

1st edition, unclipped dustwrapper. [8], 406 pages + 16 pages of sepia photographs : a very good hardback copy with an unclipped and very scarce dustwrapper in very good condition, minor chips, protected by covering; a scarce edition in dustwrapper. Huxley's powerful novel of life and customs among the Kikuyu (and the Masai) and the effect of the coming of the… Read more about this item

[16], 382, [2]pp Frontispiece portrait of W McKinnon, tissue guard facing title page. Folding sketch map. Hardback. Original dark olive boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board with crest to front. Slight wear to extremities, slightly rubbed. Overall a very good copy.

Hardover, dustwrapper, 1st edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp xvi, 205, folding map to rear and photographic illustrations as listed. A very good example, in an equally good dust jacket, covered in a glassine jacket. Unusual in this condition.

Hardcover. 2 volumes. Mint, as new. [8],768+794pp. Green cloth with black labels. Approx 45,000 entries and the standard for C16th reference.

Hardcover. Good condition. Original cloth, spine loose to one edge and repaired with clear tape over the whole of the spine. Lxii, 596pp. A good copy. The text block is very good and the text pages are clean. Very discreet stamp to fep.

First edition. Hardcover. A fine dustwrapper protected in mylar cover on a fine book. Not price-clipped. With some newspaper cuttings.

Hardcover. A new / mint copy in dustwrapper, mylar protected. 990pp.

Hardcover. 7th impression. A near fine dustwrapper on a fine book. 365pp. NOT price-clipped.

Paperback. A mint and unread copy. 370pp

Hardcover. Dustwrapper in good condition but closed tears at top; textually in very good condition. 325pp