8 080 résultats
193800221826LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON. BOUND IN YELLOW CLOTH HARDCOVERS WITH CLEAR TITLES TO FRONT BOARD AND SPINE DECORATIVE FIGURE WITH SWORD IN BLUE AND BLACK DECORATES FRONT COVER. THESE OLD TALES FROM THE NORTH ARE ILLUSTRATED BY KAYE PRONOUNCED KAI NIELSEN IN FINE MODERN NOUVEAU STYLE 24 TIPPED-IN COLOU PLATES WITH SMALLER B/W DRAWINGS FOUR OF WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY NEATLY COLOURED IN. THE STORIES INCLUDE "EAST OF THE SUN""THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL" AND "ONE'S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS THE PRETTIEST". NEAT INSCRIPTION TO FFEP. THREE TINY NICKS TO TOP OF SPINE SMALL MARK TO FRONT COVER. OTHERWISE VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1938. HODDER & STOUGHTON hardcover
20884Warley Mount Brentwood 30 October 1901. 19pp foolscap 8vo. On five bifoliums. Neatly and closely written. In good condition lightly aged and worn. Tower's letter begins: 'My dear Dick I enclose a chart not present which will show you at a glance my yachting cruises during the past season'. The rest of letter consists of extracts from Tower's diary 4 April to 12 September 1901 describing with the care one would expect from an engineer 'one of the best long vacation cruises on record' and ending with a table of 'Distances sailed by me in Gwnfa' from Brightlingsea to Harwich Antwerp 'Abortive attempt from Flushing' Flushing Dover Portsmouth Dieppe Maestrand Copenhagen Kiel Brunsbutell Hamburg Cuxhaven Lowestoft' totalling 2135 miles. Tower adds this to the total steamed in another ship 'Ingani' 'making a grand total for the seaon of 1901 of 3508 miles'. In businesslike fashion Tower notes times position weather and significant incidents. A representative entry reads: 'Tues 13th. Very fine weather Lat 54.40 N Long 6.22 E by obs. At noon Wind dropped at 4.pm. We were amongst a fleet of German steam trawlers. Sent a boat to one of them and got a bucket full of fine Plaice becalmed all night'. See Tower's obituary in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers vol.162 1905 pt 4 which describes his connection with the sea his 'principal work' being 'the gyroscopic “steady platform†for guns and searchlights … The device was submitted to the Admiralty and after being thoroughly tested was fitted to two gunboats on which it answered very well; but ultimately the Admiralty rejected the apparatus on account of the extra weight involved … Mr. Tower nevertheless proceeded to adapt the platform for passenger-seats on cross-channel steamers'. The recipient Sir Richard Harington 12th Baronet 1861-1931 would not succeed to the baronetcy until the death of his father in 1911. Himself a keen yachtsman he was a Puisne Judge in the High Court of Justice at Fort William in Bengal between 1899 and 1913. From the Harington family papers. Warley Mount, Brentwood, 30 October 1901. unknown
40285SHEFFIELD 1812. THE BEGGAR'S COMPLAINT BY BEAUMONT IS THE SECOND EDITION 1812 PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY J. CROME IN SHEFFIELD 130 pp. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT. THE HISTORY OF A CHURCH AND A WARMING-PAN BY MONTGOMERY PRINTED IN 1849 BY OTLEY IN SHEFFIELD 24pp. BOTH ARE BOUND IN FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER WITH REBACKED SPINE. BOUND IN AT THE REAR ARE MANY BLANK LEAVES. BOTH BOOKS ARE VERY SCARCE. VERY GOOD. SHEFFIELD, 1812 hardcover
29184LONDON EDWARD JOHNSTON 1777. NEW EDITION COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES. 16 mo. FULL LEATHER RUBBED FRONTIS. TO EACH VOLUME. HINGE TO VOLUME 1 WEAK OTHERWISE TIGHT AND CLEAN. SCARCE AS A COMPLETE SET. LONDON, EDWARD JOHNSTON, 1777 hardcover
40082LONDON PAYNE AND CADELL 1786. FIFTH EDITION IN FIVE VOLUMES. BY THE AUTHOR OF EVELINA FANNY BURNEY. SMALL OCTAVO HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. SPINES AND BOARDS ARE VERY WORN SOME TITLE PAGES ABSENT. A FAIR SET ONLY. LONDON, PAYNE AND CADELL, 1786 hardcover
38853LONDON C. DILLY 1798. 5TH EDITION. SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE. FULL LEATHER. BOOK PLATE IN EACH VOLUME. SOME WEAR TO THE BOARDS AND SPINES ONE LABEL MISSING BUT IN VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN AND TIGHT. LONDON, C. DILLY, 1798 hardcover
29246AVIGNON JOSEPH DOMERGUE1774. FIRST EDITION VERY SCARCE 16mo. MARBLED BOARDS LEATHER SPINE BOTH WORN BUT COMPLETE AND CLEAN. STAMP OF VILLETTE CHARTRES TO FRONT PASTE DOWN. AVIGNON, JOSEPH DOMERGUE,1774 hardcover
19000London: Smith Elder & Co. 15 Waterloo Place. 1898. xiii 297pp. with frontispiece and four plates and six-page publishers' catalogue at end. Blocks of text have been cut out by Lucas between pp.205 and 232 and the three leaves carrying pp.199-204 have been removed. Otherwise in good condition in worn burgundy cloth binding gilt. Lucas has written 'With corrections for Second Edition' at the head of the title page. There was no second edition. Emendations throughout in pencil and pen. A corrected 'Preface to Second Edition' initialed by Lucas and dated 'London: February 1899' is on a loosely inserted leaf 1p. 12mo and another leaf of additions to p.9 1p. 12mo is pinned to a leaf of the book with three more leaves of additions 3pp. 12mo marked A1 to A3 are pinned in further on. The author's second book and the beginning of a lifetime's association with Charles Lamb. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place. 1898. hardcover
30313LONDON BUCKLAND AND OTHERS1775. RECENT QUALITY BINDING IN FULL LEATHER RAISED BANDS RED AND GILT LABEL NEW ENDPAPERS. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 240 PAGES. ENGRAVED FRONTIS. AND 65 ENGRAVED ON 33 FULL PAGE PLATES. A LOVELY COPY. LONDON, BUCKLAND AND OTHERS,1775 hardcover
18419On letterhead of the Old Mill House Cambridge. 11 August 1933. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged and worn. He begins by stating that he has of late found the act of writing almost impossible but that when he goes into his garden 'there are various things determined that you should not be forgotten; above all those beautiful white Turks' Cap lilies'. He has not been able to enter his garden and now realises 'that old Charon is in the offing with that low flat boat of his ready to convey me not entirely unwilling to the other side. One has for some time been increasingly interested in the new abode which my old ancestor Jean wrote so well about in his "Combat entre l'Homme et la Mort".' He has all manner of visitors: 'I think I have been able to get at them because all through life I have seldom had any axe to grind and have been interested in things. . My three years on the Marchesa between 1882 and 1884 made me hungry for someone who wd recognise even a simple allusion - and I was desperately hard at work too.' He ends in elegiac tone: 'The thermometer has sunk & leaves me happier: soon I suppose I shall be putting a match to the fire in my grate. A wonderful place England. But I am thankful to be alive & fairly well in it & to be able to say that I always have delightful memories of our talks and hopes that they have not finished. I must get old Charon to wait a bit - stand him a drink at the "Pipe & Eel"'. He signs off 'Unchangeably yours Henry Guillemard'. On letterhead of the Old Mill House, Cambridge. 11 August 1933. unknown
213431830 HENRY COLBURN & RICHARD BENTLEY LONDON. 2 VOLUMES IN HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARDS - VERY GOOD CONDITION. AUTHOR OF THE TOPOGRAPHY OF LEEDS . 1677 - 1724. STAMPED ON A FEW PAGES WITH `REV. TAYLOR`S STAMP. 1830 HENRY COLBURN & RICHARD BENTLEY, LONDON hardcover
44616LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS. A FINE COPY FINELY BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER BEVELLED BOARDS INNER DENTELLES DECORATED IN GILT A.E.G. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN GILBERT. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1900. MINOR WEAR TO THE LEATHER. A VERY HANDSOME COPY. LONDON, GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS hardcover
16212Book Club Associates and OUP. London. 1979. 2 volumes. Folio. Very good copies in slip case. ON INDIA PAPER Book Club Associates and OUP. London. 1979. 2 volumes. Folio. unknown
26158The two letters from 1976 both on letterhead of The Red House Aldeburgh-on-Sea Suffolk. Printed programme: The Stone Gallery The Vyne nr. Basingstoke' 20 April 1958. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. The material is in good condition lightly aged except that the envelopes of the first two items are somewhat worn and grubby. ONE: TLS to Douglas C. Dorrington. 1p 12mo. The address to ‘Dear Mr. Dorrington’ and signature ‘Peter Pears’ are in autograph; the rest is typed. Written while Britten is dying. Reads: ‘Benjamin Britten wishes me to thank you for your kind message. He hopes you will understand that it is not possible for him to answer you himself.’ In envelope with Saxmundham postmark dated 22 November 1976 addressed in Pears’s autograph to ‘Douglas C Dorrington Esq / 9 Chatsworth Rd / Croydon / Surrey’. The envelope is annotated in another hand: ‘B. B. died 4/12/76’. TWO: TLS to ‘Ray Seaton’. 1p 12mo. No more than a note really. Written after Britten’s death. Reads as follows with typed section in square brackets and the rest in autograph: ‘Dear Ray Seaton / Thank you very much indeed for your most kind message. which I much appreciated / Sincerely / Peter Pears’. No place or date but in envelope with Saxmundham postmark dated 15 December 1976 and typed address to ‘Mr. R. P. Seaton / 28 Hollybush Street / PLAISTOW / LONDON E.13.’ THREE: Printed programme. Headed: ‘The Stone Gallery The Vyne nr. Basingstoke / by kind permission of The National Trust and The Hon. Antony Lyttelton / Peter Pears / Benjamin Britten / A Concert in aid of the Sandham Memorial Chapel Burghclere’. Dated on cover ‘Sunday April 20 1958 at 3.0 p.m.’ 4pp 8vo. Bifolium. Cover in grey with some red lettering. Illustration on cover of ‘The Resurrection Sandham Memorial Chapel by Stanley Spencer’. The reverse of the first leaf carries the programme the recto of the second a paragraph about the chapel itself the reverse of the second leaf the names of the ‘patrons of the concert’ committee and management. Loosely inserted is a stapled pamphlet 8pp 12mo with drophead heading ‘Peter Pears / Benjamin Britten / Text of the Songs’. Entirely composed of texts of 22 songs some in German and French with the last four ‘arr. BENJAMIN BRITTEN’. Also present is an envelope only with stamps and Saxmundham postmark of 20 July 1976 addressed to ‘GEORGE BEHREND / FLIQUET / JERSEY / CHANNEL ISLES.’ Not in Pears’s elegant hand and with a distinctive capital ‘Q’ dead vertical downstroke. Whether written out by Britten or not is unclear but annotated in another hand ‘Last letter of any sort from Ben on becoming Lord Britten.’ I stress that there is no letter surviving. See Image. Could the annotation be by a grief-stricken Peter Pears The two letters from 1976, both on letterhead of The Red House, Aldeburgh-on-Sea, Suffolk. Printed programme: The Stone Gallery, unknown
17256Palmer's three letters on letterheads of the Committee on the Employment of Artists in Wartime Pilgrim Trust Grant The National Gallery Trafalgar Square London. Also items from the War Office and Ministry of Labour. Wallace a well-known painter of landscapes and still life subjects in oil and water-colour was born at Kendal in the Lake District and studied in Kensington at the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1922 and at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters and with the Lake Artists' Society. He was a full member of the Royal Society of British Artists. The present collection casts an interesting light on the efforts of a good English artist to be of use to the war effort. Ten items. The collection in fair condition with light signs of age and wear. ONE. Three Typed Letters Signed to Wallace from Arnold Palmer of the Committee on the Employment of Artists in Wartime Pilgrim Trust Grant. For information on this scheme which involved Russell Flint and Kenneth Clark see the article 'Recording Britain' The Times 5 January 1944. Addressed from the National Gallery Trafalgar Square London. Each 1p. 4to. Palmer begins the first 2 April 1940: 'You may have seen references in the Press to the above - a scheme for recording places & scenes whose beauty and interest are in jeopardy from one cause or another. I do not know if you would care to be one of the artists engaged in making this record. But if the idea appeals to you will you submit 3 or 4 drawings or watercolours Your name has been recommended but some members of my Committee are not as familiar with your work as they would like to be. Hence this request.' The second 11 April 1940 reports that Wallace's drawings 'were duly inspected by the Selection Committee' but that there are 'at present no vacancies in this Scheme' and that Wallace's name has 'been added to the list of artists from whom choice will be made in future.' The third 22 May 1940 replies to Item Three below. 'When vacancies occur in the ranks of recording artists the list is consulted & a successor chosen according to his work and his address. We try to keep a balance between the number of rather "freer" artists who are working at any given time; and we also try to choose artists within reasonable distance of the country to be recorded. An artists sic living in Northumberland would not be asked to record Devon.' TWO: Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Lousada' Julian Lousada lawyer and art collector from 'Walter<>'. 75 Old Fort Road Shoreham by Sea Sussex. 15 January 1940. 1p. 12mo. Presumably referred to by Palmer in the first letter in Item One above. He writes that he has 'no real knowledge of Robin Wallace's work' but that he has 'asked the Secretary to place his name on the list of artists wishing to make records of the war'. THREE: Autograph Letter Signed copy from Wallace and clearly the letter to which Palmer's third letter in Item One above is the reply. On letterhead of 138C Holland Road Kensington W14 London. 6 May 1940. 2pp. 12mo. He is pleased to learn that his name is on the list of 'artists from whom choice will be made in the future' and asks to hear 'even remotely when there may be any vacancies as I am very anxious to find work'. FOUR: Typed War Office circular with facsimile signature. The War Office London. 31 October 1939. 1p. folio. Regarding an incorrect press statement 'to the effect that artists were required by the War Office for camouflage work': 'Openings exist for persons with scientific or technical knowledge including a knowledge of camouflage. Offers of service by such persons should be made to the Officers' Enquiry Bureau Room O45 The War Office. To avoid any misunderstandings which may have arisen as a result of the statement published in the Press I am to point out that artistic qualifications do not in themselves constitute the necessary technical qualifications for work in connection with camouflage.' FIVE: Typed Ministry of Labour circular with facsimile signature. Ministry of Labour Montagu House Whitehall London. 17 November 1939. 1p. 4to. A note has been made of the particulars of the recipient's qualifications and experience 'in connection with the Central Register of persons with certain special qualifications' 'but the Department is advised that enrolment on the Register would not be the most suitable course to adopt in your case' and the particulars hahve been forwarded 'to the Divisional Office of the Ministry to which requirements of a more general nature are notified'. SIX: Typed Ministry of Labour circular signed by C. G. Hawker for the Divisional Controller. Ministry of Labour London Divisional Office 59-62 Queen's Gardens. 27 November 1939. 1p. 4to. Wallace's letter to the Admiralty has been placed on record. SEVEN: Typed circular from the Central Council of Recreative Physical Training with facsimile signature of P. C. Colson. Abbey House Victoria Street London. November 1939. 1p. 4to. 'Owing to the changed conditions the Central Council is bringing its National Register of Leaders and Pianists up to date. There is in particular a demand for voluntary helpers. If you wish your name to be included on the Central Council's War Time Register will you be kind enough to fill in and post the attached slip by return.' With typed circular form headed 'Enrolment form for National Service in respect of physical recreation pianists'. 1p. 8vo. Not filled in. Palmer's three letters on letterheads of the Committee on the Employment of Artists in Wartime, Pilgrim Trust Grant, The Nationa unknown
40093LONDON MESSIEURS DODSLEY 1759. SECOND EDITION. A GOOD COPY IN FULL LEATHER WITH CRACKING TO THE HINGES FEP LOOSE. 104 PAGES. ALSO INCLUDES LETTERS OF JUNIUS TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD MANSFIELD 59 PAGES AND A REVIEW OF A NORTH-COUNTRY ELECTION IN FOUR CANTOS1786 vii 31 PAGES. SCARCE. LONDON, MESSIEURS DODSLEY, 1759 hardcover
21400Bible Society's House Earl St. London. Octr. 11. 1824.'. 2pp 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with dogeared corners. Addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'The Rev. C. Sumner'. Begins: 'Rev. Sir I have been encouraged by the advice of friends to propose to you confidentially a question to which you would much oblige me by returning a reply. The Committee of the British & Foreign Bible Society have occasionally transmitted to different quarters as presents a set of Copies of the version of the Holy Scripture executed by their aid and the new edition which they have published. Can you state whether if such a set were presented to His Majesty's library it would be deemed acceptable – And if so can you offer advice as to the mode of presenting it' He ends by apologising for 'the liberty' he has taken in 'troubling' Sumner with 'these enquiries'. Bible Society's House | Earl St. London. | Octr. 11. 1824.' unknown
213441832 HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY LONDON. 2 VOLUMES IN HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARDS. HAS A STAMP OF REV. TAYLOR ON SOME PAGES. 1832 HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY, LONDON hardcover
3395LONDON SPORTS AND SPORTMEN LTD 1910-20. FOLIO SIZE. BOUND IN FULL RED MOROCCO LEATHER BEVELLED BOARDS MARBELED END PAPERS FIVE RAISED BANDS AND GILT DECORATIONS TO THE SPINE. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 172. A VERY NICE COPY BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. FRONT BOARD A LITTLE BOWED. LONDON, SPORTS AND SPORTMEN LTD 1910-20 hardcover
2014x-1489938990Humana Press 2014. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 394 pages. 9.01x5.98x0.91 inches. Humana Press paperback
2002A43724aAmerican Chemical Society 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 6x1x9. Clean With No Marks Or Creases. Still Sealed In The Original Manufacturer Plastic Wrap. Hardcover. This Book Is Not Signed- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. American Chemical Society hardcover
2015x-1441110992Bloomsbury USA Academic 2015. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Bloomsbury USA Academic hardcover
2011x-1847883117Berg Pub Ltd 2011. Hardcover. New. 188 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches. Berg Pub Ltd hardcover
24696569-nnew. unknown
2001x-0813529875Rutgers Univ Pr 2001. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 254 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.00 inches. Rutgers Univ Pr hardcover
