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921210 October 1986; on letterhead of the National Radiological Protection Board. 8vo 1 p. Fair on lightly-aged paper with a couple of punch holes to the left margin one through a word of text. Thanking him for his 'k<in>d letter of appreciation of my work as chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution'. He now has 'another public duty concerned with the same field'. 10 October 1986; on letterhead of the National Radiological Protection Board. unknown
21077On letterhead of Darent-Hulme Shoreham Sevenoaks. 1 May 1889. The previous year Green had succeeded Prestwich in the Chair of Geology at Oxford. In the same year the second volume of Prestwich's 'Geology' was published for the University by the Clarendon Press the first volume having appeared in 1886. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged. The subject of the letter is 'the plates of “Geologyâ€' with Prestwich writing that his 'only object is to make the book useful in as many ways as possible. The Clarendon Press may however object on the grounds that the separate sale of the Plates might interfere with the sale of the book or might wear out the plates to the injury of a new edition.' Prestwich himself has 'no objection to raise' to Green's proposal and adds 'on the contrary'. On letterhead of Darent-Hulme, Shoreham, Sevenoaks. 1 May 1889. unknown
12653Both items on University of London Institute of Education letterheads. The testimonial dated 10 August 1937 and the letter dated 12 August 1937. Whaite was first cousin twice removed of his more famous namesake. He was himself an excellent artist and teacher and there is a large collection of his work at the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester. LETTER: 1p. 4to. Fair on lightly-aged and creased paper. He begins: 'I am just trying to get away for a short holiday so I have crafted your testimonial at once. . We should miss you badly if it should so happen that you left us but that consideration need not stand in the way of my offering you the heartiest good wishes for your success.' TESTIMONIAL: 1p. foolscap 8vo. Fair on lightly aged and creased paper. 'Mr. Whaite is at present in responsible charge of all training of teachers in Art at the Institute of Education. . Mr. Whaite has done excellent work. He has won the confidence and respect of students both as teacher and as artist. . He has been most assiduous in the supervision of the school practice ofhis students though the work has become increasingly burdensome. . I should indeed be sorry to lose his very valuable services but I gladly recognize that his qualities and experience amply justify the application he is making.' With typed copy. From the Whaite papers. Both items on University of London Institute of Education letterheads. The testimonial dated 10 August 1937, and the letter date unknown
1096319 October 1858; 32 Dover Street London. Draft of Wilberforce note dated 21 October 1858. 12mo 3 pp. Regarding the 'assigning of an income to the Regius Professor of Medicine out of the Ewelme Charity': 'I trouble you with a line to say that I have recommended the allowance of £250 a year and that when the revenues of the Charity shall reach £1000 a year it shall be submitted to the Court to increase the amount to £300 or £350'. Asks if there is 'any other matter connected with my office upon which you would wish for information before I seek a week or two's repose of which I have had none not even for an hour since I came into office.'. The note to Acland on the reverse of the second leaf of the bifolium is addressed to him at Lavington Petworth and signed 'Samuel Oxon': 'My dear Acland will you send me this back with a line saying if there is anything touching Ewelme you would have me express'. Written up one side of the letter Wilberforce has written 'When do you come' 19 October 1858; 32 Dover Street, London. Draft of Wilberforce note dated 21 October 1858. unknown
1939127289LONDON: FABER & FABER 1939 Green Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine 225 x 150 mm approx. xx 396 pp Forward by W.R.Matthews The Very Rev. Dean of St. Paul's. First Edition 1st printing 1939. An exceptionally rare first edition of this seminal work on psychic phenomena which seldom becomes available to purchase.The copy offered is a complimentary copy from the library of Andrew Carr Mackenzie. 1911–2001 with a small slip of paper with his ink notes on case 51 loosely inserted. Andrew Mackenzie was a journalist novelist and parapsychologist who was a writer of detective fiction and vice president of the Society for Psychical Research. A leading researcher in the field of psychical research in the 1970s. Wikipedia. VG no d/j Book - mild general shelf wear/ soiling to cloth. A few light foxing spots to end papers. perforated notice "Complimentary copy not for sale" to bottom margin of last leaf. Binding sound with no other defects. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. FABER & FABER hardcover
12701On letterhead of Frewin Hall Oxford. 3 April 1934. 1p. 4to. 12 lines in close neat hand. Good on aged paper. He received Brett-James's paper that day and 'read it through all except some of the statistics'. He discusses the 'exceptional' nature of Middlesex college maps and the difference between the estates held in Hendon and Edgware by Alls Souls College and 'some of our Midland estates'. In the second paragraph he comments on 'letting values in Tudor times' 'the effect of the depreciation of coinage' and 'the awful meddling with currency between 1543 and 1548'. On letterhead of Frewin Hall, Oxford. 3 April 1934. unknown
1958100150249At the Clarendon Press 1958 in12. 1958. Cartonné. The Oxford Book of English Prose est une anthologie littéraire compilée et éditée par Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch publiée en 1925 par The Clarendon Press (Oxford). Elle offre un aperçu complet de la diversité et du développement de l'écriture en prose anglaise sur plusieurs siècles
44115971like new. unknown
14133, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2001., Bound, gilt title on spine, with illustrated dust-jacket in color, 25,5x19cm, 160pp, illustrated in color and b/w, bibliography. ISBN 9789040095337.
ria9780199680771_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This is a first undergraduate textbook in Solid State Physics or Condensed Matter Physics. While most textbooks on the subject are extremely dry this book is written to be much more exciting inspiring and entertaining. paperback
ria9780198886723_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book discusses topological quantum drawing in topics ranging from quantum gravity to topology to experimental condensed matter physics. hardcover
29335Oxford University Press for The Dictionary Unit for South African English Rhodes University. New York 1996. Four square corners ownership inscription ffep. eps show light foxing. hence a VG copy in VG- dustwrapper price-clipped shows creasing and light wear no chips tears or loss. Gilt on black cloth boards. xxix 825pp 4to 2.5kg. South African words and their origins. Ownership inscription of South African poet Don Maclennan. Oxford University Press for The Dictionary Unit for South African English (Rhodes University). New York 1996. hardcover
1973105263London: Oxford University Press 1973. XXII, 228 Seiten. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].
14631The list of officers and members Hilary Term 1911. The seating plan 10 May 1912. The menu 24 November 1911. Boraston's letter on letterhead of Liberal Unionist Council London. 10 May 1910. The list of officers and members is printed on one side of a piece of 49 x 31 cm paper. In fair condition on aged and worn paper with slight damage caused by removal from an album. The Club's President is named as Herbert the Treasurer as Viscount Wolmer MP of University College and the Secretary as E. W. Benison of Magdalen. Five committee members are named followed by the members in alphabetical order in two columns from 'Amery L. S. All Souls College' to 'Yerburgh R. D. T. University College'. The seating plan for the dinner of the United Club and the New Tory Club is on one side of a piece of 20.5 x 26 cm paper. Aged and worn with short closed tear along one fold line. The dinner is a grand affair with several Members of Parliament and representatives of the Central News Daily Telegraph Morning Post Press Exchange Exchange Telegraph Co. and Oxford Times. The menu is a tasteful affair 2pp. 12mo. attached to card wraps printed in blue with red white and blue ribbon. In good condition lightly-aged. Boraston's letter is 1p. 4to. It is on aged paper and has some loss to one corner caused by over-hasty removal from an album. It reads: 'I congratulate you heartily upon your success in forming the Unionist Club at Oxford about which you spoke to me when you called with Mr Sidney Herbert. I shall watch the career of the Club with interest and shall be glad to give it any assistance in my power.' Nothing relating to The New Tory Club listed on COPAC/WorldCat. The list of officers and members, Hilary Term, 1911. The seating plan, 10 May 1912. The menu, 24 November 1911. Boraston's lette paperback
1006858024.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19043127502Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1904. XXVIII, 1023 Seiten. Mit Porträtfrontispiz und einigen Handschriften-Faksimiles. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken und goldgefärbtem Kopfschnitt. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
8vo., with a portrait frontispiece, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board framed in blind enclosing floral spray in gilt, blue top, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed and creased at extremities. Hutchinson's famous edition (first published in 1904) contains all Shelley's ascertained poems and fragments of verse that have hitherto appeared in print. VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
20132135883Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press 2013. XII, (2), 185, (3) Seiten. Mit einigen Illustrationen. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm) Orig.-Pappband mit Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
19804105479Oxford: Clarendon Press ohne Jahr (ca. 1980). (6), 66 Seiten. Orig.-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf Rücken. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 2 plates on one folder, 2 double-page plates, 38 full-page plates, 4 maps and plans (one full-page) in the text, 11 tail-pieces and a large folding map at rear; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
1024057151.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Book is in excellent condition, as new.. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 367 pages with b&w illustrations and maps throughout. Chapters include: Above Oxford, Oxford to Abingdon, Abingdon to Streatley, Streatley to Henley, Henley to Maindenhead, Maidenhead to Windson, Windsor to Hampton Court, Hampton Court to Richmond, Richmond to Battersea, Battersea to London Bridge, London Bridge to Gravesend, Gravesend to the Nore.
Remainder mark to bottom of textblock. Black marker 'x' to barcode. ; Penguin Classics; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 320 pages
Scholars' bookplate to front cover (Elaine Fantham). Creasing to spine ; Penguin Classics; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 320 pages
11294Both from 20 Fitzroy Street W.; 12 and 17 August 1908. Both items good on aged paper. Written in Image's distinctive calligraphic hand. Letter One 12 August 1908: 1 p 12mo. The 'Galatheas' arrived the previous evening 'quite safe'. 'Fancy your being at The Warren as well as at Deal! The Warren Folkestone is famous for being stocked with good things. You are indeed in the very heart of the richest entomological country in England.' Letter Two 17 August 1908: 2 pp 12mo. He is delighted with 'these beautiful ochroleuca which arrived this afternoon quite safely'. He discusses the occurrence of a moth: 'In old days when I was a boy at Brighton I think we used to get sometimes between us half-a-dozen in a morning or afternoon search on the stems of centaurea nigra'. He also discusses the 'brown Geometers' which 'sounld like Eubolia mensuraria' 'a handsome creature' the 'grey Noctua with whitish thorax' and 'Pygmacola': 'The Footmen are not easy creatures to find even when one is in the locality.' Image's entry in the Oxford DNB describes how 'He found his favourite motifs in Epping Forest which he also frequented on moth-hunting expeditions for he was an ardent entomologist and made a collection of British butterflies exquisitely arranged and labelled now in the Hope entomological collections at the University of Oxford Museum of Natural History.' Both from 20 Fitzroy Street, W.; 12 and 17 August 1908. unknown