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1940056882Unpublished 1940. Original Manuscript . No Binding. Good. Original Carbon Of A Typescript 52 Pp With Extensive Pencil Correction; Accompanied By A Photocopy Of A Later Revision Much Expanded For Example P. 38 In The Carbon Becomes P. 46 In The Expanded Version. Autobiographical Work By Wife Of A Christian Medical Missionary In Tibet 1903-1922 When Her Husband Was Murdered In A Road Incident. Undated Looking Back On Years Pre-1900 On To 1922 With Some Later Observations And Thoughts Possibly Written Circa 1935-1940. Shelton And His Wife And A Daughter And Others Wrote A Number Of Books About Their Experiences; His Collection Of Artwork Was Largely Sold To The Newark Museum Which Prominently Features Their Work Other Artwork Was Sold To John D. Rockefeller Jr. An Archive Of Their Papers And Photographs Is At The University Of Oregon. An Archive Of Material By Their Daughter Dorris Including Her Children's Book "Sue In Tibet" And Other Material And A Much Larger Archive Of Dr. Shelton's Annotated Photographs Extensive Scrapbooks Of Clippings And Papers Books Etc. Are Also Available Separately. Such Original Material From Early Twentieth Century Tibet Is Scarce As Most Tibetan Libraries Were Burned By The Chinese Authorities And Writings About Everyday Life In Tibet Itself Have Been Entirely Prevented Or Heavily Censored For Well Over 120 Years The Missionary Writings Being A Striking Exception. <br/> <br/> Unpublished unknown
193920980London: Oxford University Press 1939. A first edition first printing of Lark Rise by Flora Thompson published by Oxford University Press London in 1939. A near fine book boards bound in publisher's original light brown cloth with gilt titles over burgundy cartouche to the spine previous owner's name in black ink to the front free end paper mild spotting to the prelims and to the fore-edge and bottom of the text block some toning to the top edge of text block slight bumping to the head of the spine. In a very good wrapper with open tears to head of the spine chipping to the knuckles of the front and rear flap folds some fading to the spine and mild spotting throughout the wrapper clipped and re-priced by the publisher '8s 6d net' to the lower front flap. Wrapper illustration by Lynton Lamb. Lark Rise by Flora Thompson is a semi-autobiographical novel that nostalgically portrays English rural life in the late 19th century. Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise it follows young Laura Timmins as she observes the traditions hardships and close-knit community of her village. With rich detail and gentle humour Thompson captures the rhythms of everyday life seasonal changes and social customs offering a vivid glimpse into a vanishing way of life. Adapted for television by the BBC over four series between 2008 and 2011. Oxford University Press hardcover
191881587London: Macmillan 1918. First Limited Edition. Large Quarto. 28.5cm. Limited Edition #216 of 500 signed by Rackham to the limitation page. Full twentieth century dark blue morocco by Syston Bindery titled in gilt to spine ruled and decorated in gilt to spine compartments and boards.341pp. Some very light wear to the binding otherwise a very good copy indeed. Top edge gilt. Internally clean marbled endpapers original vellum sprine laid in at the rear. A beautiful professionally rebound signed copy of Rackham's interpratation of numerous classic tales including Goldilocks and the Three Bears Jack and the Beanstalk Little Red Riding Hood etc. Macmillan unknown
1920601729London: Hodder and Stoughton 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 263pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly cocked spine toning on the endpapers and slight wear on the board edges thus very good.<br /> <br /> According to the preface of the revised edition; "After training to be a doctor at the London School of Medicine for Women Flora Murray became an active member of the Women's Social and Political Union. At the outbreak of the First World War she and her fellow suffragists laid down their banners and sought to aid the Allied war effort. Working within the newly formed Women's Hospital Corps Murray and her colleague Louisa Garrett Anderson overcame initial prejudice and established two military hospitals in France in the period 1914 -1915. Their success prompted an invitation from the War Office to open the Endell Street Military Hospital in London staffed entirely by women. First published in 1920 Murray’s account illustrated with numerous photographs records important steps in furthering the acceptance of women in the medical profession. For female doctors surgeons and nurses the war provided not only the ‘occasion for service’ but also ‘get professional opportunities.’<br /> <br /> In Beatrice Harraden’s preface in the original text she writes “This record of the work of the Women’s Hospital Corps in France and especially at the Military Hospital Endell Street is a valuable contribution to the literature of the Women Movement. Dr. Flora Murray and Dr. Garrett Anderson made history at Endell Street. Through their initiative endeavor and efficiency they opened the doors to further fields of opportunity for women physicians and surgeons and not only for medical women but for all women who are setting out or have already set out to conquer fresh territory. We owe them a debt of gratitude the recognition of which will become even more accentuated as the years go on.â€<br /> <br /> A nice copy of an important women's medical text. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
19359402London: Longmans Green & Company 1935. Hardcover. NF. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. A beautiful copy of this uncommon collection of ghost stories. i-iv v vi 1-321 322 original salmon cloth stamped in black with the scarce DJ. A quote from M. R. James on front flap; "The stories in this volume which introduce the supernatural commend themselves to me very strongly". Mayor was mostly known for her novels of which the most famous were "The Rector's Daughter". The book is in near fine condition slightly cocked spine in a VG or better DJ. Jcaket with some browning to spine and some closed tears and chipping to top and bottom of spine overall much better than normally found for this title. Provenance - From the Gary Munson Collection. Bleiler 1139. Longmans, Green & Company hardcover
193942010Oxford University Press 1939-41-43. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition with title-vignettes and illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco burgundy/blue/green respectively backs with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt tops hand-made endpapers ribbon markers a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The illustrations were drawn by Lamb in the Oxfordshire village around which the trilogy is written. Oxford University Press, hardcover
1918032711<p>London : Macmillan & Co. Ltd 1918 A very good copy of the special limited edition of English Fairy Tales signed by Arthur Rackham. No 110 of 500 copies. The fairy tales include Red Riding Hood Goldilocks and Jack and the Beanstalk. In full vellum binding with gilt decoration and titles to front board and spine. With 16 tipped-in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs by Arthur Rackham. Printed on 'Holbein' watermarked paper with plates mounted on paper with a woven texture. Decorative endpapers; top page edges gilt remainder untrimmed. The binding is in good to very good condition being generally clean with bright gilt to spine and front board. The top corners are both turned. There is slight marking to the front board and spine and some brown spotting to the top corner and corner edges of the back board. The decorative endpapers are clean without any ownership markings. The contents are complete with Rackham's signature to an initial blank and are in very good clean condition. The tissue guard to the plate at p 72 is creased; the guard at p 210 has a small tear close to the gutter; and the guard at p 282 is spotty. The corner tip to p 141 has been turned at some point and a few later leaves have lost the very tip of the corner. A brown spot/mark appears to the top side edge at p 277-282 and reappears at p 287 before moving to the corner tip at pp 309-327. There is the very occasional light spot with obvious spotting to the final leaf and light spotting in the gutter of the rear endpaper. The stitching is visible at p113 but the book is sound. Please enquire if you would like to see further images to assess condition.</p> Macmillan & Co. Ltd hardcover
199956165Arcade Publishing. New. 1999. Hardcover. 1559705094 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 420 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Arcade Publishing hardcover
197837670Abrams. New. 1978. Paperback. 0810921634 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- with a bonus offer-- . Abrams paperback
197063986Badischer Kunstverein E. V. As New. 1970. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - Text in German. 140 pp. With 107 ills. On 108 pls. 18 x 19 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Badischer Kunstverein E. V. paperback
197331062Chicago Illinois U.S.A.: Independent Pub Group. As New. 1973. Hardcover. 0809200015 . 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 - - 359 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Independent Pub Group hardcover
191818468London: Heinemann 1918. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto oversized. Bound in vellum with gilt lettering & design on front board. Limited edition 81/500 signed by Rackham on limitation page. Scuffing to boards with one scratch at front board. Corners bumped. In newer slipcase. Sixteen color plates on white paper with captioned tissue guards. Forty-one drawings in black and white. An entertaining collection of fairy tales wonderfully illustrated by reknowned artist Rackham in an uncommon edition. One of the more scarce Rackham books due to smaller edition. <br/><br/> Heinemann hardcover
1966189782London: Heinemann 1966. A key work of Nigerian literature First edition the author's first novel and the first book by a Nigerian woman to be published internationally. Efuru describes the life of its eponymous heroine an independent-minded and unconventional woman living in a West African Igbo village. Nwapa focuses on the intricacies of Efuru's relationships with other women in her community and her spiritual devotion to the female goddess Uhamiri. Flora Nwapa 1931-1998 was born in Oguta a town in south-eastern Nigeria and studied at the universities of Ibadan and Edinburgh. Her first book marked "the beginning of an Igbo dialogue on gender. Nwapa's insight lies in her representation of an economically independent female character who determines her own life without denying her Igbo identity" Andrade p. 98. Octavo. Original green boards spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Corners gently bumped; jacket unclipped slightly rubbed couple of nicks and short closed tears a bright example: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. Susan Z. Andrade "Rewriting History Motherhood and Rebellion: Naming an African Women's Literary Tradition" Research in African Literatures vol. 21 no. 1 Spring 1990. hardcover
19180820312London: Macmilliam & Co. 1918. F First Edition Collectible. H Full Leather. Near Fine. #359 of a limited edition of 500 copies signed by artist Arthur Rackham. Professionally re-bound by The Monastery Hill Bindery in full deep blue leather spine strip preserved with gilt spine titling 5 raised bands; gilt border to boards stamped in gilt "The Monastery Hill Bindery" at foot of inside upper board blue silk endpapers 4to 341pp. slight darkening to spine strip minor light surface wear to boards. Signed: I Signed by Artist Macmilliam & Co. hardcover
1940056883Unpublished 1940. Original Manuscript . No Binding. Good. Original Carbon Of A Typescript 227 Pp With Extensive Pencil Correction Signed In Pencil At End. A Modern Historical Novel About Tibet Under Chinese Rule By The Wife Of A Christian Medical Missionary In Tibet 1903-1922 Ending When Her Husband Was Murdered In A Road Incident. Undated Possibly Written Circa 1910-1935. A Very Strongly Painted But Fictionalized And Unique Depiction Of Probably Real Events In China's Ruthless Subjection Of The Remnants Of The Tibetan Monarchy Which Itself Had All The Faults If Despotic Rule. Shelton And His Wife And A Daughter And Others Wrote A Number Of Books About Their Experiences; His Collection Of Artwork Was Largely Sold To The Newark Museum Which Prominently Features Their Work Other Artwork Was Sold To John D. Rockefeller Jr. An Archive Of Their Papers And Photographs Is At The University Of Oregon Although We Offer Their Personal Archive. An Archive Of Material By Their Daughter Dorris Including Her Children's Book "Sue In Tibet" And Other Material And A Much Larger Archive Of Dr. Shelton's Annotated Photographs Extensive Scrapbooks Of Clippings And Papers Books Etc. Are Also Available Separately. Such Original Material From Early Twentieth Century Tibet Is Scarce As Most Tibetan Libraries Were Burned By The Chinese Authorities And Writings About Everyday Life In Tibet Itself Have Been Entirely Prevented Or Heavily Censored For Well Over 120 Years The Missionary Writings Being A Striking Exception. <br/> <br/> Unpublished unknown
1946560415Napoli / Roma: Gaspare Casella Editore / De Luigi Editore 1946. Softcover. Very Good. Nos. 1-18 in 15 issues i.e. three double issues. Slim octavos. Text in Italian. Printed wrappers paper still supple. Owner's signature of author and critic Michele Cantarella a leading anti-fascist Italian expatriate on the cover of one issue and three issues with a bit of pencilled marginal bracketing by him. Modest toning wear and soil a few tiny tears at the spine ends the first five issues with the pages somewhat toned and occasional very light foxing mostly confined to the first and last leaves a nice very good or better run of this somewhat delicate Italian literary magazine that featured two publishers and three editors during this time period. Of particular note is the inclusion of "Angoscia" "Anguish" later known as "Anguish in the Barracks" in issue 16 a very early possibly the earliest published story by Italo Calvino predating his first book by two years. The final issue prints a "Referendum" of four questions for poets about their work and claim that they have already received responses from Eugenio Montale Cesare Pavesi Corrado Alvaro and others and will begin publishing their responses in the next issue but the magazine ceased publication with No. 17/18. A well-preserved set of a cheaply wartime- printed magazine. Gaspare Casella Editore / De Luigi Editore unknown
191812330London: Macmillan & Co 1918. Book. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. Very Good. Full Vellum. Signed by Artist. Limited Edition. Quarto. One of 500 copies numbered and signed by Rackham. This being No. 386. Full vellum with gilt decoration to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt fore and tail edges untrimmed. Illustrated throughout in black and white and with 16 full-colour plates mounted on cream-coloured card stock all with printed tissue guards. Some dust soiling lower outer corner slightly bumped otherwise a beautiful clean copy of a very desirable book. Macmillan & Co Hardcover
1918316669London: Macmillan 1918. hardcover. fine. Rackham Arthur. Illustrated by Rackham with 16 color plates each with lettered tissue guard; 41 black & white drawings in the text. 2 limitation ix 1 blank 341pp. Thick 4to elegantly rebound in full burgundy morocco with ornate floral gilt tooling on the covers and spine; inner dentelles and marbled doublures and endpapers; uncut edges t.e.g. London: Macmillan & Co. 1918. A fine copy of one of the more obscure Rackham titles in a beautiful binding.<br/> <br/> Edition de Luxe. Number 400 of 500 copies signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Latimore & Haskell 48; Riall 132.<br/> <br/> Macmillan unknown
1938163880N.p.: N.p. 1938. James Hilton's typescript draft screenplay for the 1939 film an adaptation of his own 1937 novel the only such adaptation he ever completed. With the author's profuse manuscript ink annotations as well as many pages executed entirely in manuscript ink throughout. <br /> <br /> Included is a privately commissioned essay by Hilton scholar Kurt Kausler detailing both the history of Hilton's work on the film an analysis and a breakdown of the manuscript.<br /> <br /> Almost certainly Hilton's first corrected manuscript screenplay for the film. After Jack Warner raised concerns about the script being too long screenwriter Milton Krims was employed to clean up and shorten it-though in the end Hilton received sole credit as screenwriter.<br /> <br /> A man hires an Austrian governess and both are suspected of murder when his wife is discovered to be dead.<br /> <br /> 123 leaves a gathering demonstrating the author's method his attention to detail and his extreme frugality with the use of paper the last most likely due to wartime shortages. The script consists of a ribbon copy typescript leaves on both onionskin and paper stock with manuscript emendations on virtually every page in many cases both recto and verso with some leaves executed on the versos of unrelated previous work by Hilton b leaves consisting entirely of text executed in manuscript ink c hand-cut partial leaves and d a handful of later Xerographically duplicated facsimiles of Hilton's original annotated typescript leaves. <br /> <br /> Included is a very detailed analysis of the manuscript as well as the events surrounding its creation along with a detailed breakdown of the manuscript elements.<br /> <br /> Hilton's manuscript leaves Very Good to Fine quite supple and well preserved. Housed in a modern white three-ring binder. Leaves individually held in modern mylar page protectors. N.p. unknown
1903056888Sociology And Social Research 1938 Dorris Shelton Still 1939 John Day 1942 John Day Circa 1960 Synergy Books 1989 Correspondence 1987-1996 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Original Photographs 1903-1922 Including Many Negatives Most Annotated Copies Of Photographs Most Annotated Original Documents Newspaper Clippings Books By And About Him 1912-2004 Etc. . Archive Of Photographs And Correspondence In Tibet By Albert Leroy Shelton "Als" Medical Missionary In Tibet 1903-1922. The Archive Contains 6 First Printings Of Books By Or About Him 1912-2004 A Paper "A Bibliographic Essay On American Missionaries To The Tibetans Prior To 1950" 1998 With Related Correspondence From William Martin Also Shelton's 146 Photographs 1903-1922 Of Which 85 Are Annotated In White Ink One Photograph Printing Plate Zinc Of Als And His Wife Flora And Two Daughters Dorothy And Dorris All Of Which Accompanied Him 7 Sets Of Reprint Sheets With 2 Photos Per Sheet Also With One Original Photo And One Original Negative 3 Annotated Negatives 10" X 8" Plus Three Photos On One Sheet 10" X8" 3 Negatives Annotated On Wrapping Paper And On Original Annotated On Reverse 34 Photos 7"X5" Of Which 26 Negatives And 8 Proofs All Annotated On Envelopes And With Transmittal Letter From Dr. William Hardy 1987 47 Large Copies Of Photographs 14" X 10 7/8" With Pencil Annotations On Reverse Signed "J.B. Fine Scenes Of Tibetan People And Group Activities And Buildings Including One Annotated "Remains Of Tibetan Murdered By Chinese- Boiled To Death In A Large Cauldron- Bones Scattered To Be Scavenged By The Dogs- J.B." Computer Printouts 6 Pp And 10 Pp With Chronology Of Als'S Life About 44 Letters To And From Als And His Wife Flora Beal Shelton 1903-1922 With Details Of Events And How They Were Impacted In Particular By The 1918 Fighting Between The Tibetan Armies And The Chinese Armies A Letter From The British "Bengal Secretariat" Inventorying His Effects After His Death 1922 And Another Long List Of Items Purchased From The Estate By Dr. Hardy And Two Long Newsletters About The Continuing Ministry In Tibet Which Are Undated But 1920'S Two 6 And 8 Pp Copies Of Letters From The Morse'S October And November 1922 Describing Dr. Shelton'S Death In Detail And Current Events Since 2Nd Page Of Original Letter From Flora Describing Events Just Prior To Departure For Tibet 1903 71 Pp Clipping File Of Newspaper Reports And 1903-1922 By Sheltons And Others Pasted Into A Book With Loose Notes By Daughter Dorris. Also A Large Format 51 Pp. Scrapbook Of Ephemera And Newspaper Reports From Before And After His Death With Letters From John D. Rockefeller And An Aide To Als 1920 Regarding Purchase Of Art For $1000 The Majority Of His Art Was Sold To The Newark Museum To Form The Bulk Of Their Important Tibetan Art Collection Official Letters To Or About Him Regarding His Being Taken Hostage The Als Death Certificate By Dr. Hardy Photocopy Of The Dalai Lama'S Pass/Permit For Als'S Last Trip And Memorial Service Brochures Also Two Additional Original Photographs Of Shelton And 4 Original Photographs Dated 1907 One Of Which Shows The Stone Bridge Which Was Then The Boundary Of Tibet. An Archive Of Material About Her Father Her Own Experiences In Tibet Etc. By His Other Daughter Dorris Shelton Still Is Available Separately As Are Manuscripts Of His Wife'S Unpublished Novel And An Early Draft Of Her Unpublished Memoir Of Her Own Experiences There Together With A Photocopy Of A Later And Much Longer Draft. <br/> <br/> Sociology And Social Research (1938), Dorris Shelton Still (1939), John Day (1942), John Day (Circa 1960), Synergy Books (1989), hardcover
19181549851918. The original artwork for the frontispiece Published within Flora Annie Steel's English Fairy Tales in 1918. This fine watercolour accompanies the tale of "Mr and Mrs Vinegar" the "worthy couple" who "lived in a glass pickle-jar". It was originally reproduced as the frontispiece and is one of the 16 colour plates. Hamilton in his biography of the artist notes that the publishers paid Rackham an advance of £1000 for English Fairy Tales and as an indication of his growing status as an illustrator this was "the largest he had yet received". Reviewing the book in the New York Tribune Willis Fletcher Johnson stated that "never. shall we hope to see more perfect pictures of scenes in childhood's histories than these of Mr Rackham's". Original drawing 295 x 255 mm on card 312 x 262 mm laid down on board fine ink and watercolour signed "Arthur Rackham" lower left mounted framed and glazed framed size 450 x 407 mm. Fine and unfaded. James Hamilton Arthur Rackham: a life with illustration 1990 p. 128; Willis Fletcher Johnson "Good Books for Young Readers" New York Tribune 16 November 1918 p. 8. Exhibited: Sheffield City Art Gallery December 1979 - April 1980 item 47. unknown
