Social Sciences from Paul Foster Books

Quartet Books. London. 1978. FIRST EDITION, First printing. Square 4to. (10 x 8 inches). 94pp. Packed full of colour and ono photographs this interesting book documents the people and the influences of the Punk movement in the UK. Colour printed stiff card covers. Some minor rubbing to the extremities but overall a very good copy.

Michael Dempsey for Big O publishing. London. 1978. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.8 x 8.3 inches). 80pp. A selection of pages from Mark Perry's now infamous Sniffin' Glue fanzine which was originally issued between July 1976 and the end of summer 1977 (the last issue, no.12, was dated "sometime around August/September" on the front cover). This volume reproduces the original pages… Read more about this item

Orbach and Chambers. London. 1977. FIRST EDITION, 1st printing. 4to. (10.8 x 8.2 inches). Inscribed on the title page by the iconic Punk artist, Clothing designer & model Dave Baby, with assorted doodles. Full of articles, interviews by Coon, a rock critic writing for melody Maker at the time, and scores of mono photos of the early days of the… Read more about this item

George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. 1946. FIRST U.K EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo.(8.8 x 6 inches). 916pp. A fine and bright copy bound in recent full brown morocco. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. ------- A finely bound copy of Russell's… Read more about this item

NP. No date. Circa 1885. THREE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOKS. The only one dated belonged to Edith Lane, Stow on the Wold, and is dated Jan. 21st 1885, the other two have owner names, John F Sutton of Selby College Birmingham and Hugh Williams. A mixture of lessons, teacher instruction, school management, and a few mss hymns by Edith and George… Read more about this item

J. Dodsley. London. 1774. FOUR VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.4 inches). Copper engraved portrait frontis in volume one, still with the original tissue guard. Complete with all half titles. A few small worm holes to a couple of the volumes and some foxing to the text pages throughout but still a very good set in attractive contemporary full tan calf… Read more about this item

T. Cadell. London. 1770. New edition, Corrected. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.3 inches). Very good, tall, wide margined copy. Some worming to the blank margins but generally a very good and clean copy. Bound in contemporary full tan calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled in gilt, which is rubbed. Red title label, gilt. Front hinge cracked but holding firm. Overall… Read more about this item

Plexus Publishing Limited. London. 1978. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.6 x 8.3 inches). 128 pages with over 200 mono photographs by the great rock photographers of the day, alongside quotes, song lyrics, and band information. Printed paperback covers. Neat single name written in ink inside the front cover and some minor creasing to the wrappers but generally very good. Featuring many… Read more about this item

Foreign Languages Press. Peking. 1966. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 1st printing. 16mo. (5.2 x 3.6 inches). Collation: Half title, Title page, Portrait of Mao, with tissue guard, Lin Piao's statement facsimile leaf with translation on rear, 2 leaves of contents, 312pp, i (colophon, dated 1966), printed errata slip loosely inserted into a pocket inside the rear cover. Original red plastic… Read more about this item

George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. 1946. FIRST U. K EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo.(8.8 x 5.9 inches). 916pp. A very good clean copy bound in publishers oatmeal cloth with brown and yellow stamped lettering panels to the spine. In the original dustwrapper with some loss to the top, and to a much lesser extent the bottom of the spine, not… Read more about this item

The Gresham Publishing Company. London. 1901. FIRST EDITION. Four large 8vo volumes. (9.2 x 7.1 inches). Illustrated throughout with portraits and views. A very good set in the beautiful decorative Art Nouveau style red cloth bindings designed by Talwin Morris. Front boards with gilt, dark green and light green decorations. Spines with gilt lettering and decoration plus dark and light… Read more about this item

Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press. London. 1935. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (8.9 x 6 inches). Translated from the Russian by Oliver Fielding Clarke. Neat ink inscription to the front pastedown endpaper, possibly from the translator; "With affectionate greetings from Oliver." otherwise a fine clean copy throughout. Published black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. In the scarce… Read more about this item

Printed for William Thurlbourn. Cambridge. 1739. THIRD EDITION, CORRECTED. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.2 inches). A clean and fresh copy in an attractive contemporary full panelled calf binding. Spine with five raised bands. Title label ruled and lettered in gilt. Blind tooling around the lighter tan panels on both boards. A little rubbing to the edges and splitting to the very… Read more about this item

Printed for Francis Coggan. London. 1706. Fourth year, of a total of 11 published, but complete in itself. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.1 inches). iv, 288pp, 72pp Appendix, 10pp Index. Two fold out plates, one the order of the battle of the confederate armies, 18th July 1705, the second a plan of the town and castle of Nice. A very good… Read more about this item

Longman, Rees, Cadell and Davies. London. 1803. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.5 inches). iii-xxvii, 523pp. Bound without half title but otherwise complete, with 13 engraved plates, all but two folding. A clean copy finely bound in recent half burgundy morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments decorated, ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on… Read more about this item

J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, B. Law, and G. and T. Wilkie. London. 1787. FOURTH EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.4 inches). Portrait frontis of Farley, plus 12 copper engravings of a bill of fare for each month of the year. Some light browning to a handful of leaves but generally a fresh and clean copy throughout. Finely bound in attractive… Read more about this item

Kerby and Endean. London. 1879. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10 x 7.7 inches). 80pp. Frontis and 27 full page illustrations, all within decorative border, by Catherine Ellis. A clean fresh copy. Publishers dark blue cloth with gilt and black lettering and full illustration to the front board. Spine lettered in gilt. Rear board with blind stamped double rule border and publishers… Read more about this item

Printed by A. Strahan for J. Butterworth and Son. London. 1814. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.5 inches). Vol.1; xlviii,566pp,8pp ads; Vol.2; xxiv,622pp; Vol.3; xvi,374pp. Minor hole to prelim pages of volume one otherwise a clean tight set in contemporary brown calf bindings with ruled lines & numbering, and red title labels, all in gilt, to the spines. Hinges all… Read more about this item

J. Stratford. London. 1807. FOURTEENTH EDITION, corrected, revised and considerably improved by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.6 inches). 12 copper engravings, including two fold outs that are a bit rubbed and creased but complete. Pages generally clean and free from marks. Contemporary tree calf boards with new tan calf spine. Raised bands, the compartments double ruled in gilt.… Read more about this item

Methuen & co. Ltd. London. 1920. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.1 inches). Portrait frontis and five line diagrams within the text. Complete with the 8pp publishers adverts at back of book. Overall a clean, bright copy in recent fine binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single… Read more about this item