Above: Alexander Gold and Professor Peter Hind at the opening of 'Roy Gold: The First Fifty Books'. Alexander is Roy's great-grandson and Peter studied under Roy...

Edward B Powley A Hundred Years of English Poetry Cambridge University Press, 1940; 105mm x 172mm x 18mm; Correction fluid and correction tape POW-E-00046-CG

Arthur Bryant Samuel Pepys: The Saviour Of The Navy The Reprint Society, 1953; 125mm x 185mm x 20mm; Pencil BRY-A-00045-CG

The Automobile Association The Illustrated Road Book of England & Wales The Automobile Association, 1961; 190mm x 252mm x 45mm; Gouache AA-/-00044-CG

Elizabeth Hughes Hallett The Hostess Book John Grant, 1948; 140mm x 215mm x 40mm; Pencil HUG-E-00043-CG Curator's Note: This book was given to Roy's housekeeper...

George Orwell Animal Farm Penguin, 1982; 110mm x 190mm x 9mm; Magazine print ORW-G-00042-CG

Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Dean & Sons Ltd.; 130mm x 190mm x 20mm; Marker pen VER-J-00041-CG

May Wynne The Smugglers of Penreen The RTS Office, c.1940; 120mm x 190mm x 24mm; Correction fluid WYN-M-00040-CG

Nathaniel Hawthorne Passages from the American Notebooks of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vol. I Smith, Elder and Co.; 128mm x 194mm x 26mm; Correction fluid ...

Philip Ziegler Mountbatten Collins, 1985; 160mm x 240mm x 55mm; Colour pencil ZIE – P – 00038 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Again Roy plays with pattern to...

Negley Farson Behind God’s Back Victor Gollancz, 1941; 130mm x 200mm x 25mm; Paint pen FAR – N – 00037 – 11 – CG

Neville Lytton & Others Winter Sports The Lonsdale Library; 140mm x 220mm x 38mm; Gouache and pencil LYT – N – 00036 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Depending...

John Hunt The Ascent of Everest The Companion Book Club, 1954; 120mm x 190mm x 33mm; Gouache HUN – J – 00035 – 11 – CG

Ernest Septimus Reynolds Hygiene For Beginners Macmillan, 1936; 120mm x 177mm x 11mm; Gouache REY – E – 00034 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Once again Roy...

Peter F Anson How To Draw Ships The Studio, 1941; 138mm x 173mm x 8mm; Gouache and colour pencil ANS – P – 00033 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Regular...

Reginald M Lester The Observer's Book of Weather Frederick Warne & Co. 1962; 90mm x 146mm x 15mm; Gouache LES – R – 00032 – 11 – CG

Cecil Freeman Gregg The Fatal Error The Thriller Book Club; 126mm x 186mm x 17mm; Colour pencil FRE – C – 00031 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: This is one of...

Bertram Park The Collins Guide to Roses Collins, 1956; 142mm x 213mm x 23mm; Gouache PAR – B – 00030 – 11 – CG

Anthony Deane-Drummond Return Ticket The Popular Book Club, 1954; 120mm x 188mm x 20mm; Gouache, gold pen DEA – A – 00029 – 11 – CG

Georgette Heyer The Reluctant Widow The Book Club, 1947; 124mm x 187mm x 15mm; Colour pencil HEY – G – 00028 – 11 – CG

Bertram Park Roses The National Rose Society, 1963; 120mm x 184mm x 7mm; Colour pencil PAR – B – 00027 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Roy was a rose...

Lewis Carroll The Complete Illustrated Works Chancellor Press, 1982; 150mm x 215mm x 55mm; Colour pencil CAR – L – 00026 – 11 – CG

Unknown Author Unknown Title 95mm x 130mm x 30mm approx.; Rubber bands UNK – 00025 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: This pocket-sized book has been the subject of...

DH Lawrence (Ed.) Lady Chatterley's Lover Penguin, 1983; 110mm x 180mm x 18mm; Photocopy LAW – D – 00024 – 11 – CG

Martin Flavin El Hechizado Editorial Sudamericana, 1948; 123mm x 185mm x 27mm; Mixed media FLA – M – 00023 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: This book is...

Raleigh Trevelyan Grand Dukes and Diamonds Secker and Warburg, 1991; 158mm x 242mm x 46mm; Colour pencil TRE – R – 00022 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: In...

Professor Richard Albert Wilson The Miraculous Birth of Language Guild Book, 1946; 110mm x 182mm x 57mm; Gouache WIL – RA – 00021 – 11 – CG Curator's...

HM Stationery Office Admiralty Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy HM Stationery Office., 1931; 150mm x 244mm x 57mm; Corrector pen HMSO – 00020 – 11 – CG ...

L Hoffer Chess George Routledge & Sons, 12th Ed.; 124mm x 182mm x 26mm; Gouache and colour pencil HOF – L – 00019 – 11 – CG

Erle Stanley Gardner The Case of The Grinning Gorilla Heinemann., 1958; 124mm x 188mm x 26mm; Gouache GAR – E – 00018 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Evidently...

TB Abell The Stability and Seaworthiness of Ships University Press of Liverpool, 1926; 140mm x 224mm x 18mm; Corrector pen ABE – TB – 00017 – 11 – CG ...

Salvador De Madariaga La Jirafa Sagrada Editorial Hermes, 1953; 123mm x 185mm x 18mm; Marker pen MAD – S – 00016 – 11 – CG

Sally Belfrage A Room In Moscow Pan, 1959; 110mm x 180mm x 10mm; Gouache BEL – S – 00015 – 11 – CG

Alexandre Dumas The Man In The Iron Mask Collins Clear-Type Press; 105mm x 115mm x 22mm; Colour pencil DUM – A – 00014 – 11 – WG

Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers Frederick Warne & Co., 1929; 126mm x 188mm x 30mm; Corrector pen DUM – A – 00013 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: With...

John Wyndham Chocky Penguin Book, 1975; 114mm x 180mm x 7mm; Paint pen WYN – J – 00012 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Only a handful of books in the...

John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath Penguin Modern Classics, 1968; 110mm x 180mm x 12mm; Paint pen STE – J – 00011 – 11 – WG

Guillermo De Torre La Aventura y El Orden Editorial Losada, 1960; 115mm x 184mm x 14mm; Colour pencil TOR – G – 00010 – 11 – CG

Gerhart Hauptmann Die Weber Verlag Ullstein, 1981; 115mm x 178mm x 17mm; Paint pen HAU – G – 00009 – 11 – CG CURATOR’S NOTE Die Weber translates as...

Adalbert Stifter Abdias Universal-Bibliothek, 1970; 95mm x 150mm x 6mm; Paint pen STI – A – 00008 – 11 – GC Curator's Note: The little edition of Abdias...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Selected Verse Penguin Book, 1972; 105mm x 180mm x 20mm; Pigeon feathers GOE – JW – 00007 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Roy could...

Dan Sperber El Estructuralismo en Antropologia Editorial Losada, S.A., 1975; 118mm x 178mm x 9mm; Paint pen SPE – D – 00006 – 11 – WG Curator's Note:...

Sigmund Freud Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Pelican Book, 1978; 110mm x 180mm x 25mm; Paint pen FRE – S – 00005 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Roy...

Sigmund Freud The Interpretation of Dreams Pelican Book, 1977; 110mm x 180mm x 37mm; Gouache FRE – S – 00004 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: Roy took a great...

Mrs. Gaskell Cranford Thomas Nelson and Sons; 110mm x 162mm x 16mm; Colour pencil GAS – E – 00003 – 11 – CG Curator's Note: The barber’s pole is...

JD Salinger The Catcher In The Rye SAL – JD – 00002 – 11 – CG Penguin Book; 110mm x 180mm x 14mm; Marker pen Curator's Note: It is interesting that...

Evelyn Waugh Black Mischief WAU – E – 00001 – 11 – CG Penguin Book, 1951; 110mm x 180mm x 12mm; Marker pen