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2857Most date from September 1941; most from London. Mr and Mrs H. Benheim and family lived at 17 Holcroft Avenue London NW2. The exercise book has green wraps with 'HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL' printed on the front and scored through. Above this in manuscript 'R. Bendheim. French Grammar & Vocab'. 23 ruled leaves with the material mostly glued over the pencil French exercises. A few items loosely inserted. Not in the best of condition but a fascinating insight into the Jewish community of north London at a critical moment in its history. Surnames include Marx Loewenthal Singer Lehmann Sydney Gilbert of the Home & Hospital for Jewish Incurables describing their work etc etc Most date from September 1941; most from London. paperback
14911Johannes Groenewegen and Abraham van der Hoeck booksellers in the Strand London. Early eighteenth century. In good condition on lightly-aged paper tipped in onto a grey paper mount. Engraved on 13 x 8 cm piece of wove paper with no margin. The firm's shop was at the sign of Horace's head in the Strand and the engraving depicts a lapidary carving off the head and shoulders of the poet with laurel leaf above in an oval frame around which are 'carved' decorations including lyre and grapes. Beneath the portrait on a carved panel: 'This Book is to be sold by J: Groenewegen & A: vander Hoeck in the Strand.' The firm issued catalogues betwen 1715 and 1728 after which Groenwegen disappeared from the scene while van der Hoeck continued in business although not in BBTI. No copy found on either COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. [Johannes Groenewegen and Abraham van der Hoeck, booksellers in the Strand, London. Early eighteenth century.] unknown
26571London: Joseph Cundall Mdcccxlix. 1849. Each proof is on 29 x 23 cm paper and each is laid down on a piece of 38 x 31.5 cm card. In good condition on lightly-aged and spotted paper with small dent & tear wear and bumping to mount. The first engraving The Spectator for 23 December 1848 carried an advertisement by Cundall for 'ILLUSTRATED WORKS BY LADY AMATEURS' at the head of which was 'THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Illustrated with Ten Original Designs Etched on Steel. Colombier 8vo. price 1l. 1s.; or Coloured after the Drawings 2l. 2s. "Throughout this charming work there is the highest feeling of art." - Spectator.' The Oxford DNB in its entry on the Marchioness quotes from the same review: 'As early as 1848 when The Babes in the Wood was published with ten designs by the artist The Spectator commented that ‘The children are noble as well as beautiful specimens of budding humanity: they belong to the same large mould with the children of Raphael’ 18 Nov 1848 1119.' A few days later on 1 January 1849 the work was warmly praised in a review in the Art-Journal p.35 and this was typical of the response to the work. London: Joseph Cundall, Mdcccxlix. [1849.] unknown
26499Without place or date 1940s. With manuscript map of the Aldgate East area of the East End of London. Six items in good condition on lightly-aged paper. In addition to manuscript scores by Sussman of five parts soprano tenor bass alto and conductor of 'Hatikvah' the five parts totalling 6pp. 4to with staves also drawn out in manuscript there is a duplicated typescript of an English translation of 'Hatikvah' titled 'Men Awake!' 'Workers all! Hear the call!' on one side of a 4to leaf with the Hebrew lyrics in Sussman's duplicated autograph on the reverse with directions to Gardiner's Corner Aldgate East London where the song was presumably sung in support of the Jewish settlement of Palestine/Israel. From the papers of Joseph Sussman of 62 St Quintin Avenue London W10 who in a 1949 issue of 'The Gramophone' advertised 'thorough tuition in Pianoforte playing and theoretical musical subjects'. See Image. "Gardiner's Corner" where crowd assembled to block the Blackshirts. Without place or date [1940s]. With manuscript map of the Aldgate East area of the East End of London. unknown
187286984London: Richard Bentley 1872. As issued. Softcover. No jacket. 8vo. Original pictorial colour-printed wrappers. Contains: Sir C. L. Young 'A Debt of Honour. A Ghost Story'; T. H. S. Escott 'Artful Creature'; Captain Maine Read 'The Prairie Apparition'; Shirley Brooks 'Charming a Dragon'; Le Fanu'Dickon the Devil; F. C. Burnard 'No Rose Without a Thorn: A Story of a Bayswater Bouquet'; W. W. Fenn 'A Waif from the Sea'; A. E. T. Watson Huntingcrop Hall'. 'Dickon the Devil' is a supernatural short story about a ghost living at an old house with an idiot living on the land. An amazing survival. A former owner has reinforced the spine with a narrow paper overlay strip which has caused the top two inches of the wrapper to separate along the joint. Richard Bentley paperback
22497Autumn 1912 'SERIES XXXVIII.'. 'Copyright by Liberty & Co Ltd Regent Street London & Boulevard des Capucines Paris.'. A scarce item and considering its perforation fortunately found in its complete state. No copy on OCLC WorldCat which does however have entries for copies of similar Liberty's 1910 'SERIES XXXIII' and 1913 catalogues the latter at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 64pp 8vo. Stitched into oat-coloured cloth soft covers with decorative border and title printed on front cover. In fair internal condition: on lightly aged and spotted paper. In worn and stained wraps. The five pages of text and fifty-nine full-page illustrations are printed in brown on cream paper. The second page carries 'Notes' on 'ordering' 'prices quoted' 'mourning or half-mourning colours' the making up of dresses 'to any design desired' 'Models made up in the world-famed Liberty fabrics' and 'the appropriate use and application of embroidery' 'one of the features associated with Liberty Costumes'. Each of the thirty-two leaves is perforated and the notes explain that 'In Ordering - The page upon which the dress selected is illustrated should be torn out and posted without the remainder of the book; and when two or more materials are quoted for choice the mark of a cross X should be placed against the material approved.' Pages 4 to 18 carry fifteen 'Costumes never out of fashion' and pages 20 to 63 carry forty-four 'Novelties for the season'. Each illustration is captioned with detail and price as for example in the first section: 'ITALIAN XIV. CENTURY. Philippa. Rest Gown in Nirvana crape with revers and under-sleeves in shade to tone and oxydized embroidery: 11 guineas'; and in the second section: 'Patricia Coat in Orion satin handsomely embroidered lined with satin. Fringe ornaments and tassels to tone: 18 guineas'. Autumn 1912 ('SERIES XXXVIII.'). 'Copyright by Liberty & Co Ltd Regent Street, London & Boulevard des Capucines, Paris.' paperback
73725London The Linnean Society of London 1875-1905. Six volumes in six. Large 4to 29.1 x 23.3 cm. Text; numerous plates. Volume I in contemporary polished half calf over marbled boards. Gilt ornamental lines and black morocco label with gilt title on the spine; Volumes II-VI: uniform later i.e. contemporary with the last volume blue buckram with gilt title on the spines. Speckled edges. = One of the most important periodicals in the field of botany with numerous fine monographs and certainly one of the best-illustrated too. Before 1875 the Transactions contained both zoological and botanical papers. Therefore this is the start of the Botanical Series not a second botanical series. Definitely rare. The first volume with the label "Presented to the Linnean Society of London by Messrs Taylor and Francis" i.e. the printers not the publishers here. Boards to Volume I rubbed; the other five with a label removed from the spine top and another one from the front pastedowns with only a vague "cancelled" stamp remaining in each. Otherwise excellent clean and unmarked. A very good set. Cat. BMNH p. 1151. hardcover
1817I14D1P7W8M5HLondon 1817. 12mo. Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown colophon: printed by G. Woodfall Contemporary half calf title label on spine marbled sides. XXXVI 198 pp. "Editio altera" of the seventh edition of the London pharmacopoeia. The sixth edition of 1788 had been the first edition influenced by enlightenment science including the adoption of Linnaeus's system of binomial plant nomenclature. In the seventh edition of 1809 more recent insights were incorporated which had often appeared earlier in the Edinburgh and Dublin pharmacopoeias. The modern French chemical nomenclature based on the work of Lavoisier was finally incorporated and several other nomenclatures were reviewed and replaced. Nevertheless the use of nomenclature and weights and the contents of recipes in the pharmacopoeia were heavily criticized. The most outspoken critique came from the London chemist Richard Phillips 1778-1851 who in an 1810 review citized 73 recipes and found 20 ambiguous measurements. Several of Philips's suggestions as well as those of other commentators were adopted for a revised edition which appeared in 1815 but nevertheless contained numerous errors. The 1815 edition was reprinted in 1816 1817 1818 1821 and 1823.With a contemporary annotation on the back flyleaf and a second loosely inserted. Some spotting throughout; binding worn most notably at the hinges; a good copy.l Bell Historical sketch of the progress of pharmacy in Great Britain pp. 41-43; Wellcome IV p. 364; Worldcat 3 copies. unknown
1880416718London : George Gill & Sons 1880. First Edition. Softcover. Good pamphlet copy; wrappers slightly edge-dulled stained and rubbed as with age. Remains somewhat well-preserved overall. Physical description; 24p. ; 14 cm. Notes; Information gathered from the Jisc UK database. The verses commemorate the monarchs between William I and Victoria. Subjects; English monarchy. English monarchy history. Kings and Queens of England. London : [George Gill & Sons] paperback
130267Very Good. Two albumen paper photographs each 280 × 372 mm on the original card mounts each approximately 405 × 485 mm. Mounts uniformly tanned and lightly marked; trifling surface loss to silverfish to one plate confined mainly to the blank upper portion where it is inconspicuous; tiny blemishes near the top corners of the second plate; overall in excellent condition. The first image shows 665 'Lord of the Isles' a Problem class or Lady of the Lake class passenger locomotive. Clearly visible on the wheel arch is its build date 'Jany 1863'. The second image shows 2146 a DX Goods class locomotive. Both locomotives are shown in 'photographic grey' livery without tender and it is likely that these are official photographs for London and North Western Railway or the Crewe Works. <p>Both models were designed by John Ramsbottom and entered service in the late 1850s. However these examples are fitted with cabs suggesting that the photographs were taken after the appointment of his successor Francis Webb in 1871. Provenance: 'Mile End Railway Museum South Australia Inc.' inkstamp on the verso of one mount with 'Ex A.E. Cottrell 1/84' in ballpoint pen below the stamp. The contents of the museum were recently dispersed. 2 items. unknown
1907130806London: London and South Western Railway 1907. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London London and South Western Railway 1907 and 1908. Quarto three volumes bound as one 4 A-S 5-172 pages with 2 large double-sided folding maps; 4 A-K 3-192 pages with 2 large double-sided folding maps plus a leaf of advertisements for White Star Line steamers; and 4 A-C Ca-Cb D-G 3-192 pages with 2 large double-sided folding maps. The original full-colour wrappers and three-colour maps are included in the pagination. Early half leather and marbled papered boards later rebacked with cloth retaining most of the original backstrip; new endpapers; leather corners and original backstrip a little worn; acidic paper a little tanned and brittle with insignificant short tears to some edges; text at the foot of the wrappers slightly shaved when rebound; rear wrapper of the third time table a little soiled with an old tape repair; overall in excellent condition. The foot of the retained backstrip is stamped in gilt 'Supt. Superintendent of Line'; this might explain why these three handsome Edwardian time tables from the heyday of the London and South Western Railway are in such wonderful shape. London and South Western Railway paperback
1840AQ34857London: Richard and John E. Taylor 1840. viii 607pp 1. With seven engraved plates and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary marbled paper boards recently rebacked and recornered preserving contemporary red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of John Sundius Stamp to FEP blind-stamps of the Cardinal Hayes Library New York to title page and leaf C6. The fourteenth volume of the London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine; notable for containing within its June issue the first printed notice of Anglo- American chemist and educator John William Draper's 1811-1882 successful attempt at producing daguerreotype portraits. 'Professor Draper of the University of New York informs us in a note dated March 31st that he has succeeded during the winter in procuring portraits by the Daguerrotype and that they have all the beauty and softness of the most finished mezzotint engraving and only require from 20 to 45 second for execution'. A pioneer of early photography Draper having learnt of Daguerre's revolutionary photochemical process in December 1839 successfully produced one of the first intentional portraits of an individual. An image of his sister Dorothy taken at this time remains the earliest extant photographic portrait. Draper took the first known photographs of the moon and is credited as the producer of the earliest photomicrographs. . 8vo. Richard and John E. Taylor hardcover
1984ABE-215320967London: 1984. 1984. Cover Title. square 8vo. pp. 84. illus. throughout some colour. biblio. wrs. errata slip loosely inserted. Exhib. Cat. [London: 1984]. unknown
68208London: James S. Virtue 1857. History / Art / Architecture Small folio 34 x 25cm pp.250. Illustrated with twenty-one steel engraved plates and numerous wood-engravings throughout the text. Bound in contemporary half dark blue morocco titled in gilt. Some dampstaining mostly marginal a few light marks within. Binding worn joints starting or cracked in places. Very good. In 1853 the Crystal Palace building was moved from Hyde Park in London to suburban Sydenham. It was set up with a number of permanent fine arts courts Assyrian Egyptian Greek Roman Renaissance etc and industrial courts. Owen Jones and Digby Wyatt were responsible for the fine arts courts. It was until its destruction by fire in 1936 a great center of popular entertainment instruction and cultural activities. The present work describes in great detail the various courts and exhibits both fine arts and industrial. London: James S. Virtue, [1857] unknown
1711AQ27285London: s.n. 1711. 2pp. Single sheet printed on both sides. Docket title to verso. Three old horizontal folds chipping to margins. A remarkably scarce example of polemical commercial lobbying literature issued in an attempt to influence opinion in the run up to debates and divisions in the House of Commons relating the grievances of the Company of Bakers regarding a recent act of parliament that had implemented exorbitant fines for the sale of underweight or improperly marked loaves. To illustrate their indignation the company relate the experience of Thomas Cave who 'Paid Forty Shillings on Account of a six penny Loaf Four Days old which a Common Soldier's Wife Bought of him and had taken a Piece out of the Loaf and then the Husband went and Informed against the Baker for want of Weight'. OCLC and COPAC together record copies at nine locations Cardiff Columbia Harvard NLW Oxford Senate House Simon Fraser Strathclyde and UoL. . Dimensions 210 x 320 mm. [s.n.] unknown
177732450London: London Chronicle: Sold by J. Wilkie 1777. First Edition. Newspaper. Fair. Newspaper. Single issue approx. 11.5" x 8." Pages 249-256. Printed in 3 columns. Light red pencil underlining to approximately 25 lines of print in the 3 columns. There are a couple of light marks in the margins and a drawn light red vertical line on the vertical border page 254. The underlining is brief and light. A red illustrated small stamp located bottom of page 252. Pages 255 and 256 loose. Other pages starting to detach. <br /> <br /> This issue includes American Revolution information; a reprinted letter from the Joseph Trumbull Governor of Connecticut; news from the House of Commons; advertisements and more. A short article with the heading "Friday March 14. America. New York Dec. 21. We have it from undoubted authority that the men belonging to Col. Roger's rangers who were taken prisoners by the rebels near East Chester were lead through Littlefield in chains and treated in a very barbarous manner.". A couple of the advertisements placed in the Chronicle address Army desertion and the Army and Clergy. <br /> <br /> Several new book advertisements placed in this issue including an announcement for "An Account of A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure in the years 1772 1773 1774 and 1775. Written by James Cook Commander of the Resolution. In Which is included Captain Furnfaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventures during the Separation of the Ships. London Chronicle: Sold by J. Wilkie unknown
1960465259London : London County Council 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good portfolio copy with gilt-blocked blue cloth case showing minor scuffs and edgewear. Folded maps remain crisp and sound if showing faint and sparsely scattered foxing. A well-preserved item overall. Physical description; 3 folded maps in portfolio ; 30 cm. Contents; Three variously sized maps depicting the Parish of St. James and Pall Mall shown at differing eras from 1814 forward. Notes; Date conjectural. Subjects; Cartography. London. 20th century. 19th century. Parish. Topography. Local history. Westminster. Architecture. Urban development. [London] : [London County Council] hardcover
193744075AB1937. London "Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese" 1937. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. XII 96 pages with illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. A Small ink stain at bottom edge and some textmarkings in ballpen. Includes the following chapters:- Early History of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese / Johnson and Goldsmith at the "Cheese" / Relics and Art Treasure of the "Cheese" / Mr. Joseph Pennell and Lady Colin Campbell on the "Cheese" / About the Pudding / The Bar / Club Life at The Cheese / Dr. Johnson's Homes and Haunts / The "Cheese" and its Fare - A Great Fall in Pudding / Mr. George Augustus Sala and Others on the "Cheese" / The Press and the "Cheese" / What the World Say of the "Cheese" / The "Cheshire Cheese" in Literature. etc paperback
14486Without date or place. London Fire Force circa 1943. On one side of piece of 41 x 20.5 cm paper with lines and indications in light and dark blue red and green. In fair condition on aged paper with creasing and one closed tear towards the head. The map has Trafalgar Square at its head with the note that the two 'Basins' carry '40000 Galls. each' and Parliament Square at its foot. Whitehall and Parliament Street connect the two on the right of the map and to the left of the map is the lake in St James's Park: '200000 Galls Underground Tank Pumping Station 1400 Galls Pump 15 foot Gravity Main from Serpentine'. Also marked on the map are 'Inlet connections for L.F.F. Pumps and Pits' '6 Signle Outlet Suction Hydrants Round Thread' and 'Two 6 foot Steel Pipes in Subway Also under Embankment in Subway'. Down the centre of the map are the government buildings: the Admiralty Treasury Downing Street Foreign and Colonial Offices India Office and Home Office Office of Works Board of Education Board of Trade and Ministry of Health. No other copy found listed.Image on application. Without date or place. (London Fire Force, circa 1943.) unknown
1948AQ12167London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office 1948. 2799-2808pp. With two charts one folding. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards typed lettering-piece printed library shelf-label and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP internally clean and crisp. An ex-Foreign Office Library copy of a supplement to The London Gazette - one of the official journals of record of the British Government - published on 5th May 1948 recording despatches submitted to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty by Vice-Admiral Sir James F. Somerville regarding the conflict between British and Italian naval forces off the coast of Cape Spartivento in 1940. The outcome of the battle was indecisive with both sides withdrawing having caused only moderate damage to one another. . First edition. Folio. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office] hardcover
1948AQ12173London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office 1948. 1589-1616pp. With two plans one folding. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards typed lettering-piece printed library shelf-label and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP internally clean and crisp. An ex-Foreign Office Library copy of a supplement to The London Gazette - one of the official journals of record of the British Government - published on 4th March 1948 recording despatches submitted to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty by Rear-Admiral E. N. Syfret regarding the capture of the port of Diego Suarez Madagascar from occupying Vichy French forces in May of 1942. . First edition. Folio. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office] hardcover
1948AQ12175London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office 1948. 4009-4015pp. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards manuscript lettering-piece printed library shelf-label and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP internally clean and crisp. A duplicate copy stapled is loosely inserted. An ex-Foreign Office Library copy of a supplement to The London Gazette - one of the official journals of record of the British Government - published on 12th July 1948 recording despatches submitted to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty by Vice-Admiral A. U. Willis regarding the destruction of German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis by H.M.S. Devonshire on 22nd November 1941. . First edition. Folio. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office] hardcover
1948AQ12168London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office 1948. 993-1008pp. With two plans one folding. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards typed lettering-piece printed library shelf-label and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP internally clean and crisp. An ex-Foreign Office Library copy of a supplement to The London Gazette - one of the official journals of record of the British Government - published on 11th February 1948 recording despatches submitted to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty in 1943 by Rear Admiral C. B. Barry regarding naval operations by X-craft submersibles against German main units anchored on the Norwegian coast. . First edition. Folio. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office] hardcover
1948AQ12176London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office 1948. 839-887pp 1. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards manuscript lettering-piece printed library shelf-label and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP very occasional ink-spotting. An ex-Foreign Office Library copy of a supplement to The London Gazette - one of the official journals of record of the British Government - published on 5th February 1948 recording despatches submitted to the Secretary of State for War by Field-Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis regarding the North African Campaign from the Battle of El Alamein to the conclusion of the Tunisian Campaign. . First edition. Folio. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office] hardcover
1948AQ12174London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office 1948. 3169-3177pp 1. Contemporary green buckram-backed tan paper boards typed lettering-piece printed library shelf-label and blind-stamp of the Foreign Office to upper board. A trifle rubbed and dust-soiled. Bookplate of the Foreign Office Library to FFEP internally clean and crisp. An ex-Foreign Office Library copy of a supplement to The London Gazette - one of the official journals of record of the British Government - published on 26th May 1948 recording despatches submitted to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty by Admiral Sir John C. Tovey regarding the aircraft assaults on Axis merchant vessels stationed at the Norwegian port of Kirkenes and the Finnish port of Petsamo. . First edition. Folio. [Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office] hardcover