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2620228 July 1874; on letterhead of Fox Hill Reading. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Sneyd-Kinnersley is the headmaster who is alleged to have subjected a naked seven-year-old Winston Churchill to repeated beatings. 3pp 12mo. With mourning border. Letterhead no doubt designed by Waterhouse himself in characteristic style. On grey paper. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once for postage. Good expansive signature ‘A Waterhouse’ and the letter written in a stylish hand. Addressed to ‘The Rev: H. W Sneyd Kinnersley’. He begins by stating that he ‘called at Aldin House this afternoon in the hope of seeing you’. Had he done so he would have ‘troubled you with a question about my little boy’s work. / I fancy that having risen in his place in the School he has missed somehow some of the Steps which he might have taken on his way to his present position.’ He asks SK to ‘point out to me in what you Consider him most deficient’ so that he can ‘get him to do a little work during the holidays to make him acquainted with what he has missed.’ 28 July 1874; on letterhead of Fox Hill, Reading. unknown
26142'Manchester / 2 : Aug : 1856'. See his entry in the Oxford DNB: ‘In 1848 he was articled to the staunchly Quaker P. B. Alley then in partnership with Richard Lane the leading neo-classical architect of Manchester. In 1853 his education was completed with a ten-month tour of France Italy and Germany after which he set up in practice as an architect in Manchester.’ Waterhouse’s first success would come with his winning design for the Manchester assize courts in 1859. 1p 12mo. On the first leaf of a grey-paper bifolium. In good condition. Folded for postage. Addressed to ‘Thomas Haigh Esq:’ and signed ‘A Waterhouse’. Begins: ‘Dear Sir / The enclosed came this morning in an envelope addressed to me but has been evidently misdirected.’ He is sending off three drawings ‘completing the set of general drawings for house at Keston’. He gives details of a date when he proposes to visit the site. ‘Are you likely to be over there soon may I ask’ 'Manchester / 2 : Aug : 1856'. unknown
261438 August 1878; on letterhead of 20 New Cavendish Street Portland Place W. London. See his entry and that of his fellow Academician Horsley in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. On the first leaf of a bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice for postage. Signed ‘A Waterhouse’. Reads: ‘Dear Horsley. / You are quite right. No “mystery†between us if you please. / I say “yes†to your query to the extent of 2 guineas. / I hope you will soon gain the sum you desire without any great trouble to yourself’. 8 August 1878; on letterhead of 20 New Cavendish Street, Portland Place, W. [London] unknown
2017BN206938Llewellyn Pub. 2017. 2017. Alchemy 1977 Gothic 2018 Calendar <br/><br/>Alchemy 1977 Gothic 2018 Calendar Alchemy Gothic Llewellyn Pub. unknown
2017BN207227Pyramid 2017. 2017. Alchemy Square Calendar 2018 <br/><br/>Alchemy Square Calendar 2018 Alchemy Gothic Pyramid unknown
1332789455.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1836AQ25856London: Richard Bentley 1836. 6 396pp. With an engraved frontispiece Vathek an additional engraved title page Vathek and an engraved portrait of Walpole Castle of Otranto. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth lettered in gilt. Extremities marked lightly rubbed spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to to additional engraved title. Upper hinges partially exposed endpapers discoloured one gathering O1-8 working loose and protruding slightly from text-block. A 1836 reissue in the original cloth collecting three notable Gothic novels with altered pagination of this composite volume originally published in 1834 as vol. 41 in Bentley's series of Standard Novels. Discussions about publication of Vathek in this series were under way by early November 1833 but Bentley's decision to issue Vathek along with novels by Walpole and 'Monk' Lewis does not seem to have pleased Beckford who regarded the two other titles as 'trash'. The volume nonetheless made available to a wide-readership texts of Vathek and of The Castle of Otranto the two most celebrated fantasy romances of the later eighteenth century and it ran to three editions in all 1834 1836 1849. . 8vo. Richard Bentley hardcover
179521054York: J. Todd & Sons 1795. Hardcover. Good overall. 105 full page stunning engraved plates of the English Gothic architectural details of York Minster which contains the world's largest intact collection of Medieval stained glass. York Minster is the second largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe begun in 1227 and taking more than 250 years to complete. The edifice displays the development of Gothic architecture from Early English to the Perpendicular Period. The volume includes engravings of the interior of the Chapter House and the stained glass.<br /> <br /> Three quarter brown calf with brown & red marbled boards. Gilt title raised bands gilt rules at spine. Boards and spine rubbed. Internally top of inner hinges starting some loss to paper at top of hinges; scattered foxing throughout. Folio 105 engraved plates of details and ornament not paginated. OCLC: 12575100. J. Todd & Sons hardcover
1874506927John Russell Smith 1874. Second Edition. Leather. VERY GOOD. xxxvi 584pp. 8vo full vellum prize binding gilt stamped spine burgundy morocco label lovely blue marbled endpapers all edges red color foldout frontis. Front hinge shaken and starting to split but still sound rear hinge starting at head. John Russell Smith unknown
