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12mo, 16pp., woodcut to title page, imprint slightly cropped, disbound. A Cheap Repository Tract.
166010S.l., 1789 in-8, 30 pp., dérelié.
51055, Paris, Montchrestien 1960, in-8, demi-vélin ivoire, tit. doré sur pc. de maroquin olive, rel. au chiffre « J. G. G. », couv. cons., (nombreuses annotations au crayon), 364p.
1885134677Pietermaritzburg: P. Davis & Sons Printers 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pietermaritzburg P. Davis & Sons Printers 1885. Octavo xxiv chiefly indices 456 146 Postal Directory for the Colony 62 advertisements pages plus advertisements printed on the endpapers. Purple cloth extensively lettered in gilt and decorated in blind on both sides; rear cover affected by moisture buckling the board a little and staining the cloth and causing it to lift and crease; spine sunned and a little inkstained with a neat repair to the head; a few other minor signs of age and use; notwithstanding overall in very good condition internally excellent. The twenty-fourth number of the 'Natal Almanac and Register'. Provenance: the ownership signature 'Searcy' is written in ink at the head of the title page. We recognise it to be the hand of Alfred Searcy 1854-1925 customs officer parliamentary official and author. In 1882 he 'went to the Northern Territory as sub-collector to direct new customs arrangements. In recognition of his varied and excellent work he was promoted in 1888 and also became a justice of the peace. Within the tiny white community he was one of a handful of public servants striving to establish orderly administration over a vast area. In the 1880s especially there seemed to be a rosy future for many developmental schemes and Searcy was always an enthusiastic optimist. In 1890 his wife and family returned to Adelaide for health reasons' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. P. Davis & Sons, Printers hardcover
196181874Pietermaritzburg: Natal Convention Committee 1961. Paperback. Very Good. 64p. plus errata sheet tipped inside back cover. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. Errata sheet browned. Natal Convention Committee paperback
1940180557Circa1940s. Carbon typescript title-page 238 pages 35 x 22.5 cm manila card wrappers marked D.A.S.F. Rabaul in red pencil bound into a green pebbled cloth Penfold's springback letter file slightly scuffed edges of the typescript a little ragged but in very good condition. Translation from the German of Richard Parkinson's scarce work on the Bismarck Archipelago first published in 1907. This recently discovered typescript by translator and Rabaul resident Noel C. Barry is based on the second edition published in 1926. <br> <br>Barry began work on his translation in the 1920s after returning from service in WWI and completed it in the 1940s before War again intervened. The scholarly edition by John Dennison and J. Peter White of Parkinson's original work published in 1997 and online in 2010 by Sydney University made note of Barry's work observing "For many people this Barry translation became the sole avenue into Parkinson’s book." <br> <br>This copy with an early New Guinea provenance is from the collection of R. L. Pulsford a colleague of Noel Barry's at the Department of Agriculture Stock and Fisheries Rabaul has the errors in transcription mentioned in the Sydney University edition and as such is a valuable insight into the publishing history of a foundation work on the Pacific. . hardcover
1999129129London: Harper Collins Publishers 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London Harper Collins Publishers 1999. Octavo 287 pages with over 100 illustrations plus 8 pages of colour illustrations from photographs. Cloth; small indentation to the front cover; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper indented on the front panel and slightly faded on the spine. Number 85 in the New Naturalist Library. Harper Collins Publishers hardcover
188524771New Zealand 1885. Good overall. Image is of a carved Maori meeting house with a large group of indigenous people Maori men women and children dressed in western attire posed in front of the building's ornately decorated facade. Amongst the group all dressed in their Sunday best clothing is a European dressed in a dark suit with the words "Merry Christmas" above him.<br /> <br /> A wharenui big house is the communal meeting house of the Maori people of New Zealand. The houses are often elaborately carved inside and out with stylized images of the tribe's ancestors in the tribe's unique patterns. This meeting house was newly constructed with a large glass window next to the door.<br /> <br /> 6 x 4" laid down on card stock. The Christmas greeting captioned in white. Faint outline of old sticky tape now removed at top of image; card corners rubbed. hardcover
188024689New Zealand 1880. Very good condition. Charming card with family crest and manuscript greeting above pen and ink sketch in a gold border of a man on horseback crossing a river in a mountainous landscape and captioned "Crossing NZ River Going into deep water". <br /> <br /> The family crest with 3 gold anchors and white band charge on a black field; the greeting "Wishing you a jolly Xmas" penned in black ink with the first letter done in brush. 4 1/4 x 7 unknown
1986LIQ-3180Musée de Marseille et Flammarion 1986. In-4° broché, sous couverture illustrée en couleurs, 343 pages.
228426Paris, Léger [Imprimerie de Marchant], an X - 1801 in-12, xxiv pp., 287 pp., avec un frontispice, demi-basane brune marbrée à coins, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, pièce de titre (reliure de l'époque). Charnière supérieure frottée, coins abîmés, rousseurs et salissures (à quelques pages).
7231P., Editions J. Barbe, 1949, 1 vol. in-4 (310 x 235) cartonné, plats illustrés en couleurs, dos toilé rouge, de 32 pp. Coiffes et coins légèrement émoussés, trace d'étiquette mal décollée au plat supérieur, bel exemplaire par ailleurs.
69400P., Grund (Collection Mazarine), 1941, grand in 8° broché, 402 pages ; couverture rempliée illustrée.
62169Sans lieu, Editions Littéraires de France, sans date, in 8°, cartonnage bleu décoré de l'éditeur, 359 pages.
1944209821944 Paris, Chamotin, 1944, in 8° broché, 245 pages ; couverture rempliée.
19865220Paris Réunion des Musées Nationaux 1986 In-8 (h. 20 cm.) 201 pp. couverture souple.
202200116Strasbourg, La nuée bleue, 2000 ; in-12, 110 pp., br. petit contes grinçants pour saluer le nouveau millénaire.
1736997Y32London: J. Pemberton 1736. Leather. Fair. 8" by 5". Not Stated . Two scarce second edition volumes from Noel-Antoine Pluche's popular work of natural history illustrated with many copper plates. Second edition. Vol II and Vol. III only of this six-volume work. Bound in contemporary full calf. Both boards detached from Vol II but present. Bound with front blank and no rear endpapers to Vol II. Bound with front blank detached and rear blank to Vol III. Vol. II illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-four copper plates most folding. Vol. III illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-two copper plates most folding. Collated complete.Spectacle de la nature published in nine volumes from 1732-1742 was a study of life and creation widely translated all over Europe and although it influenced many to become naturalists it was a work of popularisation not of science. Translated from the original French of Noel-Antoine Pluche a French priest. Bound in full calf. Both boards detached from Vol II but present. Joints weak to Vol III. Crack running down the spine of Vol III. Notable rubbing and scuffing to the calf. Internally front blank is detached but present to Vol III. 147-162 of Vol III detached but present. 163-174 at risk of detaching. Frontispiece at risk of detaching. Pages are generally bright and clean with spots and toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper of Vol II. Fair J. Pemberton hardcover
19697642Paris, Jérôme Martineau, 1969. In-8 broché de 152-[8] pages, couverture à rabats de papier velours gris imprimé en rouge. 2 petits accrocs en bords, ceci mis à part, bel état général.
196917183Sainte Croix de Quintillangues, Fata Morgana, 1969. In-8 de 147-[5] pages en feuilles, couverture à rabats imprimée de l'éditeur.
19199716London: A & C Black Ltd 1919. Esmé Wynne-Tyson's copy containing a detailed manuscript list of her early publications. The year-book was given and inscribed to her by Noël Coward using his nickname of the time in black ink to the head of the preface "To Leette Mother / with appropriate affection / Poj / 29/6/19". To the rear of the book is a blank table across nine pages designed for writers to record the progress of their manuscripts through the publication process title where sent when sent returned or accepted payment which has been fully and densely completed by Wynne-Tyson in ink and pencil recording approximately 100 pieces penned by her and successfully published during 1920-1921 - her own little bibliography. These largely compose pieces for newspapers and periodicals covering a wide range of subjects although with a focus on short stories "Lady of White Peacocks" "On the Bus" "The Moon is a Penny" comment pieces "The Art of Wifehood" "Cultivating a Personality" "Truth About the Stage Child Actress" "The Superstitious Sex" "Don'ts for Present Giving" and tales for children "Prince Yara or The Ivory Tower" "The Christmas Fairy". Elsewhere in the book Wynne-Tyson has added pencil lines besides the details of periodicals which she presumably thought suitable for submitting her work jotted down two publisher's addresses along with a list of story titles and inserted a pithy comment on the title page: "Art for Commerce's Sake". Also loosely laid in is a later publisher's compliments slip from William Heinemann dated 30.10.67 on which Wynne-Tyson has typed a brief curiously spikey review of Coward's 1967 book of verse Not Yet the Dodo: "Attaining a new shallowness. The Master has not even learned how not to use punctuation. At least his early books of verses achieved their aim in that they failed to amuse a Muse of current acclaim and pleased that lady's critics. Not Yet the Dodo will not even impress the admirers of N.C's technique. Is this the same hand that wrote the Three Quartets and Brief Encounter It is impossible to read most of these verses without the beat of The Stately Homes of England constantly intruding over the shoulder". Esmé Wynne-Tyson 1898-1972 began her career as an actress performing in the West End from childhood until her early twenties. During this period she became a close friend and confidant of Noël Coward with their friendship for a time forming the most important in Coward's life. In her teens she began to write plays often in collaboration with Coward including a series of shorts under the joint pen-name "Esnomel". Following the First World War she became a Christian Scientist abandoned her stage career and increasingly turned to writing both fiction including numerous novels and non-fiction journalism. Frequently penned in collaboration with J. D. Beresford much of this served to promote pacifism vegetarianism and the numerous other humanitarian causes in which she deeply believed. The present book an indispensable guide for writers to the various publishers journals magazines newspapers and literary agents in Britain the USA and elsewhere was gifted by Coward during the course of the pair's intimate friendship. Signed "Poj" the nickname he used when the pair conversed it was perhaps presented as an act of encouragement when Wynne-Tyson was just beginning to find her literary feet. It certainly reveals that she experienced significant early success in her new endeavours earning £22. 6s from her writing in 1920 and £162. 3s. 4d. in 1921. DESCRIPTION: Publisher's original red cloth with titles in black to the upper board and spine. 12pp. of publisher's advertisements to the front and rear. A very good copy the binding square and secure with a touch of cracking to the hinges a little marking to the boards and toning to the spine. The contents with the odd mark to page margins are otherwise in very good order. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1919 A & C Black Ltd hardcover
202300012Strasbourg, Ronald hirle, 1993 ; in-4, 119 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.
18429NOEL Lady Augusta. Owen Gwynne's Great Work. Two vols. Orig. presentation binding of contemporary vellum gilt. London: Macmillan & Co. 1875. First edition. Wolff 5125. A presentation copy from the author inscribed on the title page of Volume 1 "S. Albemarle from the author" probably the author's mother Susan Countess of Albemarle. Covers and spines slightly rubbed else a near fine copy. unknown
64443Privately printed by W. H. Smith. London. 1932. Sm.4to. pp. 31 i blank. Frontispiece portrait and 5 plates. Original linen covers 2 photographs of Noel's memorial tablet pasted to the end-papers 5 autograph family letters one is a copy and including two from Sidney Noel one of which records her sending a copy this one of the memoir to a family member Commander Noel in 1932. Ernest Noel FGS 18 August 1831 20 May 1931 was Member of Parliament MP for the Scottish seat of Dumfries Burghs from 1874 to 1886. He was chairman of the Artizans Labourers & General Dwellings Company from 1880 during the construction of a new suburb for the working classes in Wood Green which was named "Noel Park" in his honour. Noel was the second son of the Reverend Baptist Wriothesley Noel and Jane Noel née Baillie of Dochfour Inverness. His father was the tenth son of Sir Gerard Noel and Diana Baroness Barham and brother of Charles Noel 3rd Baron Barham later 1st Earl of Gainsborough. He was educated in Edinburgh was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1849. Between 17 March 1851 and 11 Feb 1852 he partnered Hiram Williams as a Civil Mineral Engineer Agent and Surveyor and together they reported on the Hafod-y-Llan and Sygun mines in Snowdonia for a prospective buyer. He later entered Trinity College Cambridge at the age of 25. Between 1874 and 1886 Noel was Liberal member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Dumfries Burghs. In the 1886 and 1892 elections he stood in Stirlingshire as a Liberal Unionist candidate but was unsuccessful both times. From 1880 was chairman of the Artizans Labourers & General Dwellings Company a for profit joint stock company interested in the construction of improved housing for the working classes. The company's "Noel Park" estate at Wood Green was named in his honour. Noel was deputy chairman of the English and Scottish London Board of the Eagle Star and British Dominions Insurance Company. He was chairman of the Mercantile Investment Trust until the age of 95. Privately printed by W. H. Smith. London. 1932. Sm.4to. unknown
201809244Mulhouse, Editions du Rhin, 1996 ; in-4, 128 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Épuisé.
