Wayside & Woodland Fungi / Beatrix Potter 1967 1st Ed

Posted on: October 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment

FungiWe have a very nice copy of this excellent book which includes 59 of Beatrix Potter’s rare colour illustrations of Fungi.

Book is Very Good with some foxing to edges, minor bumping, but clean and tidy with no inscriptions.

Dust Jacket somewhat grubby, a little marked, price clipped (but with price sticker above cut) but complete and looks much better in the flesh than it sounds!  I’d describe it as at least Good + .

This desirable book is available for £92 to include insured UK Special Delivery.

Rare Alan Garner Collection inc Signed 1st of The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

Posted on: September 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Weirdstone 1stAll SOLD now!

We are delighted to bring a small collection of very rare Alan Garner books to your attention.

These include signed 1st editions of The Weirdstone of Brisangamen (his first novel from 1960, and impossibly rare), Elidor (’65), and Thursbitch (’03), and rare 1sts of The Moon of Gomrath (’65)  and his most famous novel, The Owl Service, from 1967.

These are being listed on eBay starting tonight between 7 and 8pm (GMT +1).  Click on our link to see them after this time.

Any questions, please drop us a line.

Be Glad – The Incredible String Band and Clive Palmer

Posted on: September 16th, 2009 | No Comments

ISB BooksWe are delighted to have a few ISB related titles for sale.

Firstly, we have an exceedingly rare and collectable HARDBACK First Edition of Be Glad: An Incredible String Band Compendium edited by Adrian Whittaker and put out in very small numbers by Helter Skelter in 2003 (the paperback is fairly readibly available).  Got lots of press coverage at the time because of the forward by Rowan Williams (the Archbishop of Canterbury).

Secondly we are pleased to be able to offer copies of the excellent Empty Pocket Blues: the Life and Music of Clive Palmer (original and latterly once again member of the ISB, of course) by Grahame Hood.  This is a fascinating story of an inspirational and single-minded musical talent.  Our copies are signed (with a lovely little ISB related inscription) and dated by the author.

Finally, we also have a very collectable set of the original Be Glad ISB fanzines.

Contact us if you are interested in any of these items.

Mott the Hoople Monmouth Friday 25th Sept – 6 tickets in total

Posted on: September 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Mott TicketsI’ve got some spare 6th row tickets (all in a row) for this, the first Mott the Hoople gig in 35 years, taking place at the Blake Theatre in Monmouth, a wonderful little 500 seater theatre.

Drop me a line if you are interested.

New Naturalist Facsimile set Vols 1-10

Posted on: September 9th, 2009 | No Comments

New Naturalist facsimilesThis wonderful set (in its own case) – New and as supplied from the publishers – has now been listed on eBay with a Buy-It-Now price of only £599 (the set is no longer available…the individual volumes are still for sale from Collins at £75 each).

Drop me a line if you want to discuss this, or have any of your questions answered.