Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1880-1961) <b><font color=blue>in the authors hand</b></font>Biblio.com
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1927C3145<p>Notebook with 72 sheets from 1927 with handwritten notes by Akiba Rubinstein on 71 sheets of which 8 are written on two pages in German and 63 are written on one page in Hebrew in Rubinstein's hand. Octavo 8 1/4" x 6 1/2" bound in original wrappers. First edition.</p><p>The notebook contains notes in German on the sheets about the development of the game in the opening and middle game. On the development of the principles at Nimzowitsch and Capablanca as well as statements about a weakened pawn chain. A few sheets also contain notes in Russian. </p><p>Akiba Rubinstein 1880 - 1961 was one of the world's strongest players until 1931 was an endgame specialist and the namesake of some opening variations. He won several important tournaments such as Carlsbad 1907 and St. Petersburg 1909. In 1931 he played his last tournament in Rotterdam and later struggled with psychological problems.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>Private stamp from Rubinstein on the front flyleaf. The pages are toned slightly stained and the bottom corner is partially edged. A few pages were torn out. The wrapper is heavily stained faded and slightly bumped. Front cover with margins at the bottom and colored pencil markings. Rare and interesting contemporary document of chess history</p> Self Written paperback
1910012311London: MacMillan 1910. Complete 20 volume set. 1910 and later 14 text with 6 map volumes All maps most color folding maps present and in vg condition. Red cloth. Some spines faded. Text clean and unmarked. 1st American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MacMillan Hardcover
c2253Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. London 1953. Gilt decorated blue card covers oblong 53 photographic single-sided pages with facsimile signatures of the Commonwealth Speakers of the House on each page. A good copy. unknown
179332480London: Printed for J. Debrett 1793. The Second Edition with Considerable Additions. Three-quarter leather. Good. Octavo. 1 xvi 433 pages 1 page blank 19 page index 1 page errata 2 pages advertisements 1. Recased binding with three-quarter brown leather and marbled paper covered boards. Gilt title and five raised bands on the spine. Newer front and rear end papers and one front blank end sheet inserted. The original rear end sheet is present. The folding frontispiece map is toned on the verso with an old repair made also on the verso. Some light edge wear to the map. The folding view of the Rapids of the Ohio and the State Map of Kentucky are in very good condition with light toning. <br /> <br /> Pages 417-433 includes a "Report of the Secretary of State to the President of the United States of the Quantity and Situation of the Lands not Claimed by the Indians Nor Granted to Nor Claimed by Any Citizens Within the Territory of the United States. Read in the House of Representatives Nov. 10 1791" by Thomas Jefferson. <br /> <br /> Howes I 12; Howes Reference Filson - F 129; Sabin 34355; Streeter III 1523; Clark II 41 "An early account of the western country.which was produced by a man who left Kentucky without settling his obligations who seems to have been involved in efforts to organize a French expedition to take the lower Mississippi Valley and who treated Mary Wollstonecraft Shamelessly. This book was written in the form of letters from Kentucky to a friend in England. In all probability they were written in Europe. Printed for J. Debrett unknown
185300009251London: Richard Bentley 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. 5 viii-xiv 3 2-301 3; 5 vi-vii 2 2-286 2 pp. Contemporary half smooth blue calf over bright blue pebbled cloth spine in six compartments each with a red morocco label lettered in gold spines lettered and decorated in gold; all edges gilt. Each volume illustrated with a tinted lithograph frontispiece volume one with three additional tinted lithograph plates and a map laid in the original cloth had a pocket this binding was not done with a pocket for the map; volume two with three additional tinted lithograph plates. Volume one lacks the half-title. Howgego 1800-1850 K8. Henry Keppel was an English naval officer. He undertook extensive voyages to the East and West Indies. After meeting James Brooke in 1842 in Singapore the two campaigned against piracy in the region. From 1844 to 1847 Keppel was retired until he returned to Borneo in the Maeander to assist Brooke at combatting piracy. Keppel served in the Crimean War and fought in the Second Opium War in 1857. His Visit to the Indian Archipelago records his voyages with Brooke from Rio De Janeiro to Singapore and Borneo. Along the way Keppel encounters wild hogs tigers water buffalo and pirates on the rivers and seas. A great deal of his writing is devoted to his time spent in Malaysia specifically in the regions of Labuan and Sarawak. Keppel also reports on the diseases his crew and James Brooke suffer referring to "Labuan Fever". Descriptions of the Dyak people are given by Keppel and his encounters with Sepoys are recorded. The end of volume one contains a history of piracy around the world from ancient to what were then "modern times". Volume two details Keppel's observations on Governor James Brooke's rule of the Sarawak province including its churches courts hospitals and schools. Birds bees the proboscis monkey kangaroos birds of paradise and alligators are discussed in Kepple's second volume. Volume two also records his travels to Java and Timor and has descriptions of the practice of cannibalism. On his journey Keppel observed volcanoes traveled to New Guinea and to the spice islands and records his trading with the native peoples of the region. An attractive set on varied and diverse topics a classic of nineteenth-century travel and exploration. A Very Good set with some wear to the extremities including mellowing to the spines and a minor discoloration to the fore-edge of volume one; faint foxing to the margins of the plates not affecting the illustrations missing corners to two leaves in volume one. Richard Bentley hardcover
193528032London: Jonathan Cape 1935. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Limited First Edition. Quarto. First Edition published for public circulation limited to 750 copies this being #471. Tan pigskin spine strip over brown buckram with gilt crossed-swords decoration and lettering to front board gilt spine lettering top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed marbled endpapers. Complete with 44 black & white plates 4 full-colour plates with tissue guards 3 facsimile plates 1 double-page 7 line drawings 3 full-page 4 folding maps with routes outlined in red. Rear cover lightly shelf-scuffed a few miniscule dots to spine otherwise a very good plus clean bright copy in collectible condition. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
05401France: 1900. Les Trois Chats"<br /> A Remarkable Survival of a Passé-Boules Carnival Game<br /> <br /> PASSÉ-BOULES GAME. Les Trois Chats. in the style of Louis Wain. Hand-painted 'Polychrome' Papier Maché late nineteenth century ball throwing 'Carnival' game. French ca. 1900. <br /> <br /> Three side by side polychrome cats in 'Papier Maché the structure reinforced by two wooden boards one as the base and the other at the top. The height is 24 1/2 inches 630 mm.; the width is 23 5/8 inches 600 mm.; and the depth is 5 7/8 inches 150 mm.<br /> <br /> Each of the three felines have gaping open mouths 2 1/2 inches 63 mm. the one on the center wearing an orange and blue hat with the name "Toto" in orange. At the bottom is a receptacle with three compartments which are marked "30" "50" & "20" respectively. <br /> <br /> A remarkable survival of a Passé-Boules Carnival Game.<br /> <br /> Historically passé-boule ball-toss was a very popular fairground game in France from the 19th century onwards and the masks often depict figures to be ridiculed. Any number of people may play. <br /> <br /> The object of the game is to hit the target with small white balls - similar to table tennis balls but slightly smaller. <br /> The three targets are the wide-open mouths of the three cats. Players aim to throw or bounce their ball into the open mouths for a good score.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Purchased in Paris from the family of the original owner whose Grandfather or Grandmother acquired it at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. France: , 1900 unknown
1935100344Washington March 14 1935. 1935. Fine. - Over 105 words typed on 9-3/4 inch high by 7 inch wide "The White House / Washington" embossed stationery with the "Whiting's Woven Linen" watermark. In his letter President Roosevelt accepts his controversial Solicitor General J. Crawford Biggs' resignation "I accept your resignation with very real regret. For nearly two years you have discharged your important duties with distinction and success". Praising Biggs' accomplishments in office FDR concludes "That you feel constrained to return to private practice of your profession I can well understand. You carry with you my best wishes and my sincere thanks for the public service you have rendered." Signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt". Folded for mailing with an indentation from a paper clip along the top else fine. <p>The North Carolina lawyer and politician James Crawford Biggs 1872-1960 helped to found the North Carolina Bar Association and later served as a judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina. He served as a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in filing charges against the Southern Pacific Railroad in California. As everyone thought that FDR would appoint Felix Frankfurter to the post of Solicitor General Biggs cleverly sought support of those whose opinion would have weight with the President as their second choice instead of competing with Frankfurter. Thus when Frankfurter declined Biggs was in the position of being next in line. A successful country lawyer his hoarse voice and high-blown lengthy presentations did not endear him to the Supreme Court. According to a Times Magazine article "Once in the midst of an hour's oration to the court Mr. Biggs was interrupted by Chief Justice Hughes: 'Mr. Solicitor General you have talked about 45 minutes already. You had better take the next 15 minutes telling us what you want this court to do.'" His subordinates bright young New Dealers resented his emphasis on how impeccably they dressed rather than taking more time in preparing the Government's cases. The March 25 1935 issue of Time magazine quoted the text of President Roosevelt's letter accepting J. Crawford Biggs' resignation. Washington, March 14, 1935. unknown
1929L1105<p>viii3493 ad pages with illustrations one folding. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's black cloth with Art-Deco style printing in blue lettering to spine and cover with "Scribner's seal" appearing at the bottom of the copyright page and same year is listed to title and copyright page in original jacket which the index card is printed with a teal background. Early photograph of the author laid in. <em>Firsts</em> volume 14 Number 9 page 29 First edition <strong>Inscribed by the author and dated 1929. </strong><br /><br /><em>The Bishop Murder Case</em> is not as common and <em>The Green Murder Case</em>. The fourth title in the series. <br /><br /><em>The Bishop Murder Case</em> 1928 is the fourth in a series of mystery novels by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance The detective solves a mystery built around a nursery rhyme. <em>The Bishop Murder Case</em> is believed to be the first nursery-rhyme mystery book.<br /><br />The story involves a series of murders taking place in a wealthy neighborhood of New York City. The first murder of a Mr. Joseph Cochrane Robin who is found pierced by an arrow is accompanied by a note signed "The Bishop" with an extract from the nursery rhyme "Who Killed Cock Robin". This crime takes place at the home of an elderly physicist with a beautiful young ward and a private archery range. District Attorney Markham finds the circumstances so unusual that he asks his friend Philo Vance to advise upon the psychological aspects of the crime. Further murders connected with the physicist's family and neighbours are accompanied with similar extracts from Mother Goose such as the case of Johnny Sprigg "who was shot through the middle of his wig wig wig." Midway through the book an elderly woman confesses to the crimes but this possibility is discounted by the police for physical reasons and by Philo Vance for psychological ones. Vance and the police luckily discover the kidnapping and confinement of a little Miss Moffatt before the child suffocates in the closet in which she has been locked. Vance finally realizes the significance of one character's pointed reference to The Pretenders a play written by Henrik Ibsen; Bishop Arnesson of Oslo was a prominent character in the play. Vance arranges a spectacular finale in which the criminal is poisoned by a glass of liqueur which that person prepared for another suspect. <br /><br />A film starring Basil Rathbone was made of <em>The Bishop Murder Case</em> in 1930. The film was an early "talkie" and lacks a music soundtrack.<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong></p><p>Inscription to front end paper. heal points rubbed and beginning to show. Jacket spine ends chipped some closed edge tears some rubbing to spine and hinges. Photograph corners torn not affecting the image else very good in a better than very good jacket with an early photograph of the author in good condition.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1898265060London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. 16 Henrietta Street Covent Garden 1898. First edition. 40 full-page photogravures and other illustrations throughout. Original parts issue each with 2 photogravure plates numerous advertising inserts. 2 vols. 4to. Original pictorial wrappers with design by E. Caldwell. Largely unopened. In two half red morocco boxes. First edition. 40 full-page photogravures and other illustrations throughout. Original parts issue each with 2 photogravure plates numerous advertising inserts. 2 vols. 4to. From Aardvark to Zebra a very beautifully produced and useful reference here in its rarest state. Includes Angling Big Game Coursing Dogs Football Golf Hunting Shooting Wrestling etc.<br /> <br /> Articles by Lydekker Aflalo Millais F.C Selous H.A. Bryden Prince Demidoff J.E. Harting Warburton Pike and many others including Theodore Roosevelt who wrote the articles on the American Bison Caribou Opossum and Raccoon Peccary Prairie Chicken Pronghorn Puma Turkey Wapiti and Wolf Coursing.<br /> <br /> SUPERB CONDITION. Phillips p. 113; Petit catalogue 755 parts issue in wrappers Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden unknown
156953N.p.: N.p. 1980. Archive of professional and vernacular photographs flyers newspapers letters and various ephemera relating to the Richmond-based African American musical group The Fantastic Waller Family circa late 1970s-1980s.<br /> <br /> Formed in Richmond Virginia in the mid-1970s the show and dance band consisted of three brothers Harry Bruce and Chris two sisters Karen and Sandra and a five-piece horn backing band. The ensemble performed variously as The Waller Family The Fantastic Waller Family The Fabulous Waller Family and The Wallers playing a blend of R&B soul disco funk and pop. The group toured extensively throughout the east coast and southern US between the late 1970s and 1990s but was still active as recently as the early 2000s.<br /> <br /> The archive contains over 75 unique photographs of the band performing and recording a mix of promotional shots and professional and vernacular shots. The photographs also include two copies of a contact sheet 10 images six strips of negatives 14 images and two photographs of the band's 1981 performance on the WNVT television show The Connection.<br /> <br /> The archive also features a number of promotional materials including a poster for a performance at the Rochester People's Club of New York material advertising the the Kozy Kat Club and Alpha Audio recording studios of Richmond Virginia magazines and newspaper clippings concerning the band over 25 flyers five "club" calendars and a press release about the band. <br /> <br /> Of particular note are ten letters variously dated between January 1982 and July 1984 commending the band on their performances with many written following performances at historically Black colleges and universities in the US.<br /> <br /> Photographs negatives and contact sheets: 4 x 5 inches to 13 x 10 inches. Near Fine overall. Several photographs housed in a Near Fine blue binder measuring 9.5 x 11.75 inches.<br /> <br /> Flyers newspapers letters and other ephemera: Very Good plus to Near Fine overall.<br /> <br /> Poster: 11 x 17 inches folded horizontally. Very Good with a six inch horizontal closed tear just below center.<br /> <br /> Total archive is approximately one linear foot of material. N.p. unknown
195613695JUniversal City: Universal Pictures 1956. Key book still from This Island Earth featuring make-up effects artist Bud Westmore. Universal 1955 Vintage 8 by 10 inch black and white key book still from the film on linen with verso snipe "Monster Maker - Make-up wizard Bud Westmore puts finishing touches on his newest creation the Mutant…†Fine condition. Universal Pictures unknown
19682092902143900398Not Available 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 14 volumes Not Available paperback
19682092902143800536Not Available 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 14 volumes Not Available paperback
1897223679London.: H.S. Nichols Ltd. 1897. 12 volumes including the Supplemental Nights vols 9-12 71 photogravure illustrations complete with captioned tissue guards including a frontispiece in each volume title-pages printed in red and black with the additional facsimile Kamashastra Society imprint title-pages top edges gilt fore-edges untrimmed; original half maroon morocco with green linen boards 26 x 17 cms spines gilt decorated in compartments between raised bands and gilt lettered in English and Arabic marbled endpapers with bookseller’s ticket of A.H. Spencer; prelims and fore-edges a little foxed scant foxing elsewhere a gathering in the first two volumes a little shaken a couple of text leaves with minor edge tears but the fine illustrations clean with fine deep tone a handsomely bound set in very good condition. The handsome H.S. Nichols' Library Edition of Burton's classic work with fine photogravure illustrations. Nichols included reproductions of the original "Kamashastra Society" title-pages reprinting the original 16 volume work into the 12 volume Library Edition following Burton's death in 1890. . H.S. Nichols Ltd, hardcover
1898014537New York: M.F.Mansfield And Company 1898. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good Plus With Faint Foxing The The Boards Pages Have Occasional Tanning Pp 454 Index Portrait Tissue Protected Frontis All Illustrations Present 2 Fold Out Maps And Two In A Rear Pocket. <br/> <br/> M.F.Mansfield And Company hardcover
1933087819N: The Ashendene Press 1933. Traduction de Messie J. Amyot editee et corrigee par Paul-Louis Courier. Text in French. Pp. iviv164last blank printed in red & black text illustrations 4 full page the decorative initials drawn in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants printer's mark C in red at colophon; narrow cr. 4to; qr. vellum lettered and ruled in gilt turquoise papered boards with vellum corner-tips circular gilt design by Gwen Raverat at centre of upper board the edges of the paper very slightly chipped; uncut; within patterned papered slipcase which is slightly worn; lower hinge tender a little light foxing; printed by C. H. St. John Hornby The Ashendene Press Chelsea 1933. Edition limited to 310 copies; this being one of 290 copies printed on paper. Franklin pages 242-3. The penultimate book from The Ashendene Press. The wood-engraved illustrations by Gwen Raverat are described by Colin Franklin The Ashendene Press page 243 as 'the only worthwhile original illustrations in an Ashendene book'. The Ashendene Daphnis et Chloe was intended for publication in 1931 but that edition was printed on Japanese vellum and because the sheets were packed before the slow-drying ink had sufficiently hardened all but 10 copies had to be destroyed. The Ashendene Press unknown
185711291857. Mixed method engraving. <p>A pair of mixed method engravings published by Gambart and Co. in 1857 in a declared edition of 225 pairs. The original paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854. In the first picture the scene is the interior of a second class railway carriage with hard unpadded wooden benches. A young mother plainly dressed in a black coat bonnet and shawl clutches the hand of her young son who is evidently on his way to Portsmouth to join the service of the East India Company a recruiting poster is pasted to the wall above his head. His tearful sister sits on the bench opposite next to her brother's baggage a sailor is traveling with his wife in the background numerous posters advertising ship passages to Australia and India and other advertisements are stuck to the walls and ships in the harbour are visible through the carriage window. In the second picture the young man now considerably older has returned to England evidently having made his fortune. He sits in backview in a comfortably upholstered first class carriage wearing smart military uniform chatting to an elderly well dressed fellow passenger while exchanging glances with the old man's pretty fashionably dressed young daughter who sits demurely crocheting in a corner of the carriage. Abraham Solomon was a popular London artist and Simmons was a notable mezzotint engraver. The Departure has some faint spotting lower right corner in margin faint indentation in title area and repaired tear in margin outside the platemark on right hand side. The Return has a repaired tear on left hand side which enters the image about 4cm. It also has a repaired tear in top margin outside image area but within platemark. <br /> <br /> </p> <br /> <p></p> unknown
1969C92949Bibliotheque Albert 1er. As New. 1969. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- 214 pages; well illustrated. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Leben Und Werk Oeuvre-Katalog Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Bibliotheque Albert 1er paperback
1976ABE-1952151681TRITON PRESS U.S.A. 1976 The stunning Andrew Wyeth Metropolitan Exhibition in 1976 was one of the great successes in that gallery's history. After the close of the show it was agreed to issue a special Collotype of one painting the image that had been most requested; THE QUAKER. Andrew Wyeth considered this to be one of his best temperas and it certainly received the approval of critics and the public. Thomas Hoving the Director of the Met worked with Harry Lerner of Triton Press to bring about a faithful image of this never reproduced work and Wyeth agreed to approve every stage. 'The final result has my complete approval' declared the artist at the end of the long process and each print was then fitted into a scrupulously exact copy of the original frame. There is a discrete blind embossed Triton logo in the lower left corner of the print which guarantees the absolute authenticity of the print. This particular example has been carefully stored in a low light environment and it is magnificent. When a rare copy of this extraordinary issue comes to an auction house in its original frame it achieves a very high price indeed much more than is being asked here. 'The Quaker' is an exceptional work and a very exacting process has ensured all the subtlety of the original tempera is captured. THIS PRINT IN THE SPECIAL FRAME HAS ACHIEVED VERY LARGE SUMS AT AUCTION THE HIGHEST FOUR TIMES THE PRICE OF THIS ONE. On the back of the picture is the ORIGINAL PRINTED DESCRIPTION about how this beautiful subtle print was achieved. Please ask about the cost of carriage of this considerable package. Costs will depend on destination of course but for American or other overseas purchases the final shipping cost will have to be at the buyers expense. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Special Edition. No Binding. Fine. TRITON PRESS U.S.A. unknown
1840180962Paihia: Church Missionary Society Press 1840. First Te Reo Maori edition of The Book of Daniel and The Book of Jonah the second expanded issue with the addition of the seventh book of Daniel published by William Colenso 1811-1899 on the Church Missionary Society Press. The press was the second to arrive in Aotearoa in December 1834 and printed many important documents including the Treaty of Waitangi also printed in 1840. This edition was printed by William Colenso 1811-1899 an Anglican missionary and publisher from Penzance Cornwall also notable for his contributions to botany in New Zealand. Colenso famously recorded the speeches performed at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and would criticize the new government for taking advantage of language barriers to progress colonial interests. Colenso had little interest in government printing jobs recording in his diary "In January '40 H.M.S. Herald arrived in the Bay of Islands bringing Capt. Hobson R.N. who was our first Governor. Immediately on his arrival my hands were full to overflowing with extra printing for the new Govt. and that too in the English language for which I had no type cases and was therefore obliged to have the additional "sorts" of letters in little piles on tables and boxes and even on the floor" Manuscript at The National Library Wellington. This book is also notable as an early example of Te Reo Maori in print which was an almost entirely oral language before the 19th century. As the bibliographer Herbert Williams writes "the books printed for Maori particularly those which appealed to Maori most strongly were used and perished in the using." While early Bible translations in Te Reo Maori are often credited to Colenso Herbert Williams says that W. G. Puckey 1805-1878 made these translations stating that the original manuscript for this pamphlet was "dated 1836 at which date Colenso would hardly have been competent for the task" and that after inspecting the manuscript Puckey's son was confident it was in his father's handwriting. As well as being a skilled linguist Puckey was also an accomplished boatbuilder and carpenter who oversaw the construction of many early buildings in the Northland region. Provenance: Stephen C. Massey a gift of Christopher de Hamel auctioneer at Sotheby's Fellow of Corpus Christi Cambridge Roxburge Club Member and historian author of books about Bibles and illuminated manuscripts. Octavo 32 pp. Uncut in original plain wrappers sewn as issued a few gatherings unopened. Small loss to front wrapper and upper margins of first two leaves foot of rear cover toned a few faint damp stains to margins of contents else clean internally. A very good copy. Herbert W. Williams A Bibliography of Printed Maori to 1900 44. unknown
185062271London: James Wyld Geographer to Her Majesty N.d. c. 1850's. Map. Seven original folding maps on eight sheets dissected and mounted on linen. Undated but c. 1850's. Marbled paper covers and printed paper title label to each map. All in contemporary cloth slipcase with paper title label to spine. Minor rubbing to slipcase. All maps very clean with no spotting. Delicate hand-colouring. Linen fresh. Various sizes measuring : 60cm x 76cm; 59cm x 74cm; 60cm x 88cm; 61cm x 88cm; 66cm x 100cm; 67cm x 100cm and 101cm x 111cm. James Wyld 1812-1887 was a prolific publisher of maps and guides with many notable successes in his career. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1839 and was later appointed Geographer to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. . Near Fine. 1850. James Wyld, Geographer to Her Majesty N.d. [c. 1850's] hardcover
63712London: Jonathan Cape 1935. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 4to. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. pp.6-672. Handsomely bound in full brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey & Co stamped to front dentelle sides ruled with single gilt fillet outer border and plain inner panel spine with raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments three panels lettered in gilt title author and date marbled endpapers all edges gilt. 54 black and white illustrations and 4 maps. Ex libris John Conlney Walsh with his postage stamp gilt decorated leather bookplate. Clean and fresh a fine copy. "Lawrence had taken part in the preliminary planning of the Arab uprising and in October 1916 was ordered to Jiddah to assess the military situation. What followed is recorded in Seven Pillars of Wisdom a personal emotional narrative of the Arab revolt in which Lawrence reveals how by sheer willpower he made history. It was a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfilment of his desire to write an epic which might stand comparison in scale and linguistic elegance with his beloved Morte d'Arthur and C. M. Doughty's Arabia deserta. Subtitled 'A triumph' its climax is the Arab liberation of Damascus a victory which successfully concludes a gruelling campaign and vindicates Lawrence's faith in the Arabs. In a way Seven Pillars is a sort of Pilgrim's Progress with Lawrence as Christian a figure sustained by his faith in the Arabs successively overcoming physical and moral obstacles" ODNB. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. hardcover
193521240201935. London: Jonathan Cape. 1935. 4to. Original pigskin-backed brown buckram spine lettered in gilt upper board blocked in gilt with crossed sword design top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers housed in a matching contemporary quarter calf slipcase; pp. 672; frontispiece and 47 photogravure plates by John Swain & Son after Augustus John Eric Kennington Lawrence and others four in colour four folding maps printed by The Chiswick Press Ltd in red and black and bound to throw clear three facsimiles one double-page all captioned in red print on versos; minimal fading and light rubbing to binding; internally very good.First limited trade edition number 620 of 750 copies printed. This edition contains four plates in colour black and white in the unlimited issue and three facsimiles exclusive to this edition. Seven Pillars of Wisdom was first printed in 1922 in an edition of eight copies intended for Lawrence's use of which only six copies survive intact; the 'Subscribers' or 'Cranwell' edition then followed in 1926 published privately in an edition of circa 211 copies and as Lawrence wrote to Sotheran's on 24 April 1925 ""this thing is being given only to my friends and their friends. No copies are for sale""; and finally after Lawrence's death in May 1935 the text was published in a trade edition by Jonathan Cape in July 1935. Such was the book's popularity that the first impression was quickly exhausted and second third and fourth impressions were printed in the following month August 1935.O'Brien A041. hardcover
1929RICKETTS001362Privately printed at the Curwen Press Plaistow. 1929. First edition. Royal octavo. Five plates from drawings by Ricketts. A series of comic dialogues mainly between classical figures. As part of the jeu d'esprit the final note in the text implies that this is from a manuscript unfinished at the author's death. Original binding of full burgundy morocco with a gilt decorative design in Ricketts' unmistakable style. 150 copies were printed.Fine. A lovely copy. Privately printed at the Curwen Press, Plaistow. unknown
