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191720309Melbourne: Austral Music Publishing Co 1917. Musical score to celebrate returning World War I soldiers the words written by Sergeant W. Darwin 7th Battalion 1st Australian Division and music by Ambrose G. Gregory. The printed subhead at the front wrapper of the score continues "Returned Soldiers' Song Dedicated to the brave Australian and New Zealanders who fell at Gallipoli and to those living victorious".<br /> <br /> William Darwin born in Bendigo in 1895 d 1981 was a drum major for highland pipe bands from an early age. He enlisted in 1914 as a member of the Bendigo Volunteers and joined the 7th Battalion which sailed for Egypt where he was nominated as stretcher bearer. He sailed on the Galeka from Alexandria to Lemnos in preparation for the landing in Gallipoli. He served at Achi Baba Cape Hellas was promoted to Acting Sergeant and was wounded in September 1915. Darwin was later transferred to hospitals in England and Scotland and was diagnosed as suffering from shell shock by the Australian Medical Board in 1916. In 1917 back in Australia he settled in Carlton became Chief of the Carlton Caledonian Society and wrote the words to this highly popular march. While continuing to compose Darwin began a career as a lecturer speaking on a variety of topics and earning himself the nickname in the British press of "the Australian Orator". Starting in the 1920s he began organizing domestic and international tours for the Australian Pipe Bands.<br /> <br /> The score includes additional songs: 'There's a Sunny Land Australia' written and composed by C. Vaude; and 'Lonesome Jes' Lonesome for You' by Hal L. Campbell. <br /> <br /> Small folio 7pp. With a b&w printed photographic portrait of Darwin at the front cover text printed in black. Some toning at front cover otherwise very good condition. Trove 6162165. OCLC: 154150497. Austral Music Publishing Co unknown
19044496Dark brown hard-grain morocco leather over boards; gilt stamped title on front cover; end papers are heavy stock green white gilt and brown pseudo marbled with moire effect; leaves are heavy wove paper unopened at top edge pages are printed recto-blank-blank-verso recto-blank-blank-verso. Clean covers and spine; some rubbing and light chipping on spine; spine/cover joints are rubbed with slight splitting at head; tightly bound; end papers have light chipping at edges and slight splits at head and tail of hinges; signed at head of title page 'D. P. Kingsley August 11th 1904'; bright clean interior. 8vo 35 pp. OCLC #13501649. Privately Published hardcover
20001322332PN. New. 2000. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1985BL1509New York and London:: Garland 1985. 1985. Series: Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Vol. 369. 4to. 690 pp. Port. of Darwin index; small tick-mark in one margin otherwise clean. Red cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Burndy bookplate. Near fine. ISBN: 0824092244 First edition noting that a 46-page supplement with a reprinting the original was issued in 1994. Frederick Burkhardt was for many years the President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies. His decades of work on The Correspondence of Charles Darwin constituted a signal example of dedication to a demanding and ambitious scholarly enterprise. He was an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall Cambridge. Garland, 1985. hardcover
1961118London: The Botanical Society of the British Isles c/o The British Museum 1961. First Edition. blue boards. Very Good . 6 plates. 8vo blue boards edited by P. J. Wanstall illustrated with 6 plates 140 pages. Previous owner's stamp on ffe; slight mottling and rubbing to boards; internally clean and tight. Contains seven essays: one notably by Nora Barlow on "Darwin as Botanist." The Botanical Society of the British Isles c/o The British Museum hardcover
19052788Budapest: Vass Jozsef 1905. Hungarian edition. In contemporary half cloth. In very good condition. Hungarian edition. In contemporary half cloth. 95 p. A rare and early Hungarian edition of Darwin. Vass Jozsef unknown
19226141London; Mills & Boon 1922. 1922. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo pp 142 2 16 catalogue. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board; blind ruled border to upper board. Spine tips and corners rubbed and spine a little toned. Scattered foxing mainly to page edges; no annotation or inscriptions. A prolific writer of golf and a very capable player in his own right Darwin was Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and was President of the Golf Club Managers' Association. This collection is of 24 papers printed in Darwin's regular golf columns in The Times over the previous few years and is one of his earliest books. Scarce. London; Mills & Boon, 1922. hardcover
1922355490720218London: Mills and Boon 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Octavo 142 pages 2 16-page catalogue to the rear. Publisher's original dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board which also has a blind-ruled border. Scattered foxing to the page block edges and the early pages of the book which has crept into the interior in places. There is a neat neat name and contemporary date to the head of the 1/2 title. No fading whatsoever to the gilt lettering. Slightly soft spine tips. Overall an attractive VG copy. No D/W. A series of essays drawn from the Author's contributions to "The Times" newspaper. Quite uncommon. Mills and Boon hardcover
1922240172London: Mills and Boon Limited 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. N/a. 142 16 ads. 8vo. sized. 1922. First edition. A very good clean tight bright copy in original publisher's green cloth - gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. A contemporaneous ink name of a former owner in black ink to the head of the half-title page. Some spotting to the fore-edges and some light spotting to the endpapers. The head and tail of the spine a little bumped. No dust jacket. A very good bright tight copy Mills and Boon, Limited hardcover
192268590London: Mills & Boon 1922. First edition of this collection of Darwin's golf columns from The London Times. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by Bernard Darwin on the front free endpaper "To G.M. from the author with his best regards. Sept. 1922." It was customary for Darwin to sign "from the author" which denoted a personal affiliation with the recipient. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. It has been said that Darwin's writings established the standards for golf reporting against which all others are measured" D&J. Murdoch 178; D&M 13880; D&J D4000. Mills & Boon hardcover
1920331115London: Country Life 1920. hardcover. near fine. 18 mounted color plates of seven British and eleven Dutch 'Old Master' paintings dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries depicting golf and its relatives Het Kolven Jeu de Mail and Kolf. 18 pages of text large folio decorative green boards. London: Country Life 1920. The book is near fine the pictorial board slipcase is quite worn at edges.<br/> <br/> Country Life unknown
195239167London Cassell 1952. 4to. xv312pp. Profusely illustrated some in colour. A history of golf with contributions by H. Gardiner-Hill Sir Guy Campbell Henry Cotton and Henry Longhurst. unknown
1952159992London: Cassell & Company Ltd 1952. Handsomely bound copy First edition. The other contributors are H. Gardiner-Hill; Sir Guy Campbell; Henry Cotton; Henry Longhurst; Leonard Crawley; Enid Wilson; Lord Brazabon of Tara. Quarto 270 x 196 mm. With 5 colour plates and numerous half-tone plates from photographs. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco spine lettered gilt raised bands twin rule to turn-ins gilt burgundy endpapers gilt edges. A fine copy. hardcover
1952105089London: Cassell & Company Ltd 1952. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xv312pp. Quarto in original green cloth with gilt lettered leather spine label 4 colour plates including frontispiece from a painting of Mr. John Taylor by Sir John Watson Gordon b&w plates from photos etc and illustrations in text from drawings. very good In two parts the history of the game including rules implements links and courses and Part II: the players including women's golf by Enid Wilson. 1952 Cassell & Company Ltd hardcover
1952T01540London: Cassell & Co. 1952. First UK Edition . Hardcover. VG. 8 x 11. A classic book on the history of golf. 312 pages in very good condition. Many illustrations. Inscription on the ffep. Green hardcovers; gilt titles on a leather spine label. Label a little stained light wear on corners and edges. VG <br/> <br/> Cassell & Co. hardcover
1982052804AMinneapolis Minnesota: Parliamentary Publishing 1982. Blue wraps are foxing light edgewear prior owner name stamped twice on front. Pages are clean text has no markings binding is sound. . Third Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Libris. Parliamentary Publishing Paperback
1964054882J. Cramer. Clean hardcover reprint in very good conditionmild shelf wear and rubbing corners lightly bumped upper edge with faint foxing former owner's name/stamp from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography on end paper. No DJ as issued. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1964. J. Cramer hardcover
19795430London: The Folio Society 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 10 Inches. 359 PP. Illustrated deluxe edition of the exploratory journey of Charles Darwin along the South American coastline. Deluxe edition housed in original issue slipcase. Early Folio Society edition. A sharp copy. The Folio Society hardcover
1977mon0000098250Folio Society 1977T. hardcover. New. 1.4961 in x 10.2362 in x 6.4567 in. Folio Society hardcover
1977Back3008Folio Society 1977. hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Clean copy in original slipcase. Ships promptly. Folio Society hardcover
1929GB00087NLG0I3N00H. Milford Oxford University Press 1929. Unknown. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. H. Milford, Oxford University Press unknown
1905004505London: John Murray 1905. A New Edition with Illustrations. . Hardcover. Good. xi 500 frontispiece 25 illustrations some in-text 4 pp publisher's adverts of which half of last page torn out. Publisher's green cloth gilt eps browned owner signature on the back of the frontispiece G.M. Bell April 1907 a few marks to front cover. A good firm copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1909green079277. good. Journal of researches into the natural history and geologyof the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H>M>S> beagle under the command of captain Fitz Roy. 1876 Appleton & Co new edition brown boards embossed illus light shelfwear light speckling to prelims hinge tender minor age toning to pages clean tight copy Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1909. Hardcover. hardcover
19849020590London: Souvenir 1984. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Light rubbing to edges and extremities of dust jacket else fine. <br/><br/> Souvenir hardcover
191017024Claye Brown & Claye Macclesfield 1910. Book Hardcover. Good. Blue cloth faded at spine and slightly worn at edges. Foxing on outer block. A good tight copy. Claye, Brown & Claye, Macclesfield hardcover
