‎Anglais‎

‎English, Richard‎

‎Ernie O'Malley: IRA Intellectual‎

‎OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1998-06-11. hardcover. New. 5.60x1.00x8.60. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover‎

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‎Keyishian Professor Emeritus of English Fairleigh Dickinson University and former D, Harry‎

‎Screening Politics: The Politician in American Movies‎

‎Scarecrow Press 2006-09-14. Revised. paperback. New. 5.48x0.63x8.54. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Scarecrow Press paperback‎

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‎English, Fiona‎

‎Student Writing and Genre: Reconfiguring Academic Knowledge‎

‎Bloomsbury 2013-01-24. paperback. Used: Good. 6.14x0.51x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury paperback‎

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‎Russ Kaufmann Bill English‎

‎MCSA/MCSE‎

‎John Wiley & Sons pp. xliii 530 . Hardback. Used. John Wiley & Sons hardcover‎

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‎Bible English Authorized 1830‎

‎The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command‎

‎Oxford : Samuel Collingwood and Co. Printers to the University 1830. Stereotype Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern gilt-blocked leather over marble boards. Raised bands. Spine compartments uniformly blind-tooled. Scattered foxing. Light tanning to page margins. Damp staining evident to prelims. Pages 1151 to end are torn with loss at the corners. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 1232 pages; Physical description: 1232p ; 26cm. Subjects: Bible.O.T -- Bible.N.T. -- Bible -- Old Testament -- New Testament. Notes: ""Printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society"" --title page. Text in double columns. Oxford : Samuel Collingwood and Co. Printers to the University hardcover‎

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‎[Bible Ot Psalms English]. Geikie-Cobb, William Frederick (Ed )‎

‎The Book of Psalms. with Introd. and Notes by W. F. Cobb‎

‎London Methuen & Co Ltd 1905 1905. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 420 pages; Description: xvii i 420 p. 23 cm. Bibliography: p. xviii. Subjects: Bible. O. T. Psalms --Commentaries. London, Methuen & Co Ltd [1905] hardcover‎

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‎Bible O T Apocrypha English Authorized (1924-)‎

‎The Apocrypha : Reprinted According to the Authorised Version 1611‎

‎London : Nonesuch Press 1924. First edition in this form. Hardback. A fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. In original publishers slip case. ; 237 pages; Description: 237 p. ; 31 cm. Subjects: Apocryphal books Old Testament --Hebrew literature Medieval --Samaritan literature --Folklore --Jews --Folklore. London : Nonesuch Press hardcover‎

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‎[Bible N T English Today's English 1974 ]‎

‎Good News for Modern Man; Today's English Version New Testament in Color‎

‎New York American Bible Society 1974 1974. Third Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked calf-backed finely-grained wooden boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 428 pages; Description: vi 428 p. Illus. 27 cm. Subject: Bible. N. T. -- English -- Today's English. [New York] American Bible Society [1974] hardcover‎

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‎Bible English Authorized 1905 Porter, Josias Leslie (1823-1889)‎

‎The self-interpreting Bible with commentaries references harmony of the gospels and the helps needed to understand and teach the text illustrated and explained by over four hundred photographs showing the places of Bible event as they appear to-day‎

‎Boston ; J.Q. Adams 1905. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copies all in the original gilt-blocked leather over matching buckram boards. Professionally re-cased with the original spines laid back; very impressively finished. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall; tight bright clean and strong. Scans etc. on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Complete in 4 volumes. Related names: Lee James Wideman 1849-1919. Cooke Henry 1788-1868. Brown John 1722-1787. Bain Robert Edward Mather 1858-1932. Description: 4 v. col. fronts. illus. plates part col. maps 1 fold. 30 x 24 cm. Subjects: Bible - Commentaries. Bible - Dictionaries. Boston ; J.Q. Adams hardcover‎

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‎Bible English Authorized 1839‎

‎The Complete Family Bible Containing the Sacred Text of the Old and New Testaments with the Apocyrpha At Large Illustrated with Maps and Plates - with John Brown's Concordance Revised and Corrected‎

‎Concord N. H. Roby Kimball And Merrill 1839. 1st Ediition in this form. Hardback. Scattered marginal foxing. An exceptional copy in the original gilt-bordered full aniline calf; professionally and very sympathetically re-spined with raised bands gilt-cross bands and titling. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 768 pages; Subjects: Bible & Concordances English--American Revised. Bible--Versions--United States. Concord, N. H. , Roby, Kimball, And Merrill hardcover‎

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‎Bible English Living Bible 1971 Rembrandt (Illus )‎

‎The Living Bible Paraphrased. Rembrandt Illustrated Edition‎

‎New York Abradale Press 1971. Rembrandt Illustrated Edition. Hardback. Exceptional; a fine copy in the original decorative gilt-blocked leather. All edges gilt with red ribbon. Complete with gilt box-case. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 0 pages; Impressively illustrated in full-color includes maps. Subjects: Bible --Paraphrases English. New York, Abradale Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 106798 ISBN : 0810912600 9780810912601

‎CA Herrera Mac Lean {MacLean}; Translated into French by Simone du Hautbourg de Rodruguez Pintos; Translated into English by Ral‎

‎Pedro Figari 1861-1938 Sa Vie Son Oevre; His Life and Work‎

‎Montevideo: Colombino Hnos. S.A. 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition First printing thus Printed at the time of the Exhibition of Figari's art at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Quarto paperback. 32 pages plus 28 mounted art plates in colour enclosed in a card cover. Book and prints in Very Good condition card cover is in good condition. The book was originally published in Spanish and printed in Buenos Aires in 1943. Scarce <br/> <br/> Colombino Hnos. S.A. paperback‎

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‎An English Translation of Jacobi's Ausgewahlte Erz‎

‎Hindu Tales‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 1330040546.G ISBN : 1330040546 9781330040546

‎VINGOPOULOU, IOLI (TEXTOS GRIEGOS); WITT, RICHARD (TRADUCCION INGLES)‎

‎KPHTH 365 CRETE‎

‎Militos 2008. hardcover. Bueno. Creta 2008. Militos. Cartoné. 365 pp. 17x24. Profusamente ilustrado. Texto en GRIEGO/INGLÉS. Militos hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 97968 ISBN : 9604640100 9789604640102

‎Wells, Percy A (1867-1956) / [Letter by Morris, Mary 'May' (Designer)] / [Letter by Allom, Sir Charles Carrick (english decorato‎

‎Small Archive / Manuscript Material Letters Designs Books and Pamphlets as well as vintage photographs of Furniture like Chairs Percy A. Wells Chair Wardrobe Advertising of Exhibitions chaired for example by Christopher Hussey etc. etc. This material all originates from Percy A. Wells' personal collection and sensationally also includes a manuscript notebook / sketchbook with his drawings designs and a detailed typescript with autobiographical memories in which Wells details his decades of being involved in Furniture Design. Loosely inserted in the manuscript notebook / sketchbook is a signed manuscript letter on stationery of Kelmscott Manor by Mary 'May' Morris daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' model Jane Morris included is ephemeral material which for example informs about a pair of Episcopal Gloves designed by William Morris's daughter May Morris and the clipping continues: "Those who remember Morris's attitude towards the Church‎

‎1900. Dulwich / Shoreditch / London a.o. Percy A.Wells Private Library c.1900-c.1920. Octavo / Quarto / Folio. Hardcover Folder with loosely inserted material like letters and photographs envelopes signed and inscribed books and rare pamphlets with designs etc. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Fantstic Archive and lots of unpublished material of one of the more eminent Cabinet Furniture and Chair - Designers which resulted from inspiration by William Morris' Kelmscott - School. Percy A. Wells Chairs are still in regular demand today and sell for stunning prices 3000 £ etc. Please see here a detailed description of the Archive which we display with permission of the composer of the Bibliography Dr.Christian White from Christian White Rare Books and which we have embellished only by listing everything in more detail: Percy A. Wells with May Morris; Ambrose Heal etc. The Batsford-published author and arts and crafts designer Percy Wells’s retained collection of drawings a notebook letters photographs and articles. Wells 1867-1956 a cabinet maker and disciple of William Morris lectured taught and wrote extensively during the later phase of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain. His typescript autobiography is included in the archive which follows him through an apprenticeship in London’s City Road with early practice as a cabinet maker before working alongside William Lethaby at the Central School and subsequently leading the cabinet department at the Shoreditch Technical Institution in London. His two most significant works both published by Batsford were "Modern Cabinet Work" 1909 which brought him to a wider audience and "Furniture for Small Houses" 1924 but as revealed by this archive his work went much wider. Included in the archive is the following material: I. PHOTOGRAPHS A fantastic collection of gelatin photographs of furniture many used as illustrations in Wells' books and labelled as such to verso. Contained within an envelope labelled in a later hand: 'Furniture designed by Percy Wells. Including Shoreditch.' Small sheaf of personal photographs including images of Wells in old age gardening in Dulwich. Two photographs of a house exterior project in New Barnet with Wells' handwritten explanations overleaf of 'treatment of Wall with trellis and boxes' and additional larger furniture photographs. 60 sixty silver gelatine photographs of Furniture designed by Percy A. Wells many with his signature or monogram and titled verso 1 one silver gelatine print of a Livingroom setting with Furniture by Percy A. Wells Photograph by Monger and Marchant 1 one silver gelatine print of a Bedroom setting with Furniture by Percy A. Wells Photograph by Monger and Marchant 2 two vintage Albumen print photographs showing a courtyard - design by Percy A. Wells: a. Concrete Yard with border of flowers and Trellis of Flowers and Shelter designed by Percy A. Wells Annotated and signed verso b. Yard - with Treatment of Wall with trellis and Boxes and Outdoor Shelter designed by Percy A. Wells Annotated and signed verso 4 four wonderful silver gelatine portrait photographs of Percy A. Wells 3 three negatives of vintage photographs showing cupboards and one chair designed by Percy A. Wells 1 one fantastic Group Photo of British Furniture Makers signed by most of those depicted showing C.C.Beetles and others II. PERCY WELLS' TYPESCRIPT AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Containing 22-page A4 Typescript Autobiography titled 'Fifty Years in the Furniture Trade' by Percy Wells 1934 according to a handwritten note by Wells it was published on three instalments inside the publication: "The Cabinet Maker" in the year 1934. The short autobiography describes Wells' poor background his apprenticeship in the City Road as a cabinet maker; mentored by Stephen Webb and W. R. Lethaby and then teaching-work at Central School and Shoreditch Technical Institute. The Typescript - Autobiography is included in a Folder Numbered "9" which also includes: a. Typescript Autobiography b. Page from "The Cabinet Maker" June 11th 1933 in which it is announced that Percy Wells has retired from his position as head of the department of cabinet-making at L.C.C. Shoreditch Technical Institute. A photograph shows a Chair and writing - desk made and presented to Percy Wells by night students of the Institute Photo by Bloomsbury Trade School. "The Writing Desk is veneered with Walnut.the whole of the front pigeon-holes in fine Cuba Mahogany.Students responsible under their instructors for various features of the desk: Abbott Beetles Nash and Starling conytributed the carcase and veneered work; Elder the interior fitment; Hilliard and Wheeler the carving Marritt the chair frame and Miller the Upholstery.". c. Account in local paper Shoreditch of Percy Wells' retirement in December 1932 d. Personal Note with photograph of Wells mentioning his authorship for Pamphlets for the National Association of Boys Clubs. III. PERCY WELLS' SKETCHBOOK c1900-1920: Small quarto c. 200 pages bound in quarter-roan over textured black boards; back strip largely missing; binding remains intact. Inscribed in ink to first blank ‘Percy A Wells’ with pencil addition ‘31 Hindmans Rd East Dulwich SE’. Starting with the endpapers Wells has used almost every page for drawings some vignette sized many full page. There are for example variations on William Morris titled in handwriting: ‘Border Designs - Corners from W. Morris's Books a series of heraldic shield-fillings credited to William Morris and a full page attempt at what seems to be a graphic tribute to Morris with the names of ‘Dante Rossetti' 'Madox Brown' 'Burne Jones’ contained within a column in the right margin and the slogan ‘ARTS - CRAFTS - POETRY - BEAUTY - BROTHERHOOD’ at the foot of the page. Much of the sketchbook is dedicated to drawings for furniture and other design such as tiles architectural details often connected to Wells’ emergent book projects thus ‘Fences and Gates. Screens Chapt ’ There are several early pages of stylised art nouveau influenced flower drawings including irises and many other attempts to incorporate the natural world into design as Wells examined and noted the ‘Geometry of leaf’. There are a couple of pages of experiments with lettering including a possible commission for ‘The Ruskin Gallery’ and ‘The Passmore Edwards Gallery’ copies from tapestries medieval manuscripts and much more. Many pages with Furniture - Designs in pencil of Library Tables and ornaments in the Merton College Library 1 page drawings and manuscript elaborations on St.Peter' Church in Sudbury Designs for a wooden Music Stand etc. etc. IV. LETTERS 25 items: Writing on Kelmscott Manor paper June 1922 May Morris thanks Wells for his letter and ‘the cheque. Will you please tell the students how very much I appreciate their help’ - probably with her fund raising in efforts for the Memorial Hall at Kelmscott signed in full. In a 1910 letter the furniture designer Ambrose Heal writes asking for ‘your criticism on a piece of modern furniture design’. There are several letters thanking Wells for presentation copies of Modern Cabinet Work Furniture and Fitments 1909 including one from Maple and Co his bosses at Shoreditch Technical Institute Ambrose Heal the sculptor Harry Hems furniture designer Ernest Betjemann John Betjeman’s father and the book’s publisher Herbert Batsford. Marjorie Quennell writes about a museum consultantship and an ALS from the artist and designer Selwyn Image proposes a talk on ‘the start and development of the Arts and Crafts Society and Movement’ 1922. Additional correspondence regarding the presentation of several awards to Wells including the Royal Society of Arts’ Silver Medal in 1909. The Letters are detailed here: 1. Garnett William Professor Garnett was also Editor of James Clerk Maxwell's "Elementary Treatise on Electricity" TLS from Professor William Garnett in his role as Secretary and Educational Adviser to the Technical Education Board at the London County Council to Percy Wells detailing on two pages the awarding of an Artisan Art Scholarship to Wells at The Royal College of Arts. The letter is detailing the amount and some conditions. The Letter is accompanied with a beautifully designed Certificate with Kelmscott-style borders which details that Wells received the scholarship after winning a competition of 154 cantidates who had entered. 2 Pages plus Certificate. London April 1898. Signed by Secretary to the Board Prof. William Garnett. 2. Masters L.C. Editor TLS on beautiful Stationery of "The Woodworker" Handicraft Press about an article by Wells on "Historic Woodworkers". Wells obviously had written a series of instalments tackling the theme and is asked here by Editor L.C.Masters The Woodworker for the final instalment of the essay. 1 page London September 1908. Signed by L.C.Masters. 3. Waterer Jr. Robert english Furniture Maker MLS Manuscript Letter signed on beautiful stationery of Waterer & Sons - House Furnishers and Cabinet Makers from Chertsey Surrey. In the Letter to Wells Robert Waterer writes to Wells about Wells' approaching appearance before the Society of Arts. Waterer was obviously consulted by Wells on the question of retaining the name of a certain "Comtess" in a draft description within an art-book-publication Wells was part of. 1 page Chertsey Surrey January 8th 1909. Signed by Robert Waterer. 4. Wood H.J. english designer MLS Manuscript Letter signed on stationery of the Royal Society of Arts in John Street Adelphi London. Wonderful autograph letter by english Designer H.J.Wood to Percy Wells inviting Wells to attend a function at which Wells will receive a Medal which is awarded to him for his paper on "Furniture Design" which Wells had read in May 1908 in front of the Royal Society of Arts. 1 page folded. London 4th of March 1909. Signed by H.J.Wood. 5. Allom Sir Charles Carrick english decorator - TLS Typed Letter signed by eminent english decorator Sir Charles Carrick Allom thanking Wells for a letter and the Journal of the Society of Arts. Allom reminisces about a lecture by Wells which he attended and offers some prices he offers to be awarded to students of Wells and Hicks at the Shoreditch Technical Institute. 1 page London May 11th 1909. Signed by Charles C. Allom. 6. Wood H.J. english designer - MLS by english designer H.J.Wood on stationery of the Royal Society of Arts informing Wells that he was awarded the Society's Silver Medal for his paper on "English Furniture Design and Construction". 2 pages London 17th of June 1909. Signed by H.J.Wood 7. Hicks Shadrach Principal at Shoreditch Technical Institue - MLS by Shadrach Hicks to Percy Wells. On Stationery of the London Council - Shoredich Technical Institute. Hicks praises Wells' recent publication and conveys how poroud he is that "two of my colleagues are responsible for such an interesting and useful work. It is sure to have a permanent influence on the Craftnot only in Englland but abroad." 1 page London / Shoreditch - 16th September 1909. Signed in full by Shadrach Hicks. 8. Henry Jacob Solomon artistic and fancy furniture maker and fancy chair maker between 1878-1914 TLS by eminent furniture maker Jacob Solomon Henry to Percy Wells thanking Wells for sending him his latest book and raising the work as "one of the finest and most interesting works that has been published for some considerable time.it will always be a permanent work of interest to those connected with Cabinet work." 1 page on beautiful stationery of J.S.Henry. London 29th September 1909. Signed by J.S.Henry. 9. Heal Ambrose english Furniture Designer MLS - 1 page London 29th of September 1909. Signed by Ambrose Heal. 10. Plimley A.J MLS - 1 page London 7th of October 1909. Signed by A. J.Plimley 11. Maple & Co. Upholsterers to his Majesty / Murray Frank Stuart MLS on Stationery of this Royal Upholsterer signed by an employee Frank Stuart Murray who thanks Wells for sending him his latest book. 1 page London 16th of October 1909. 12. Waterer Jr. Robert english Furniture Maker MLS - 4 pages A 4 folded - Buxton Derbyshire 23rd of October 1909. Robert Waterer writes here to Wells from his holidays at the Buxton Hydropathic the letter is on the stunning stationery of the Hydro. Waterer reports about his impression of Buxton and the surrounding landscape. aterer reports also that he has bought Wells' book prior to leaving but has not brought it with him on his holidays. Waterer speculates in the letter if Wells does indeed "compare old methods of construction with modern.". Waterer thinks that ".the price for such a book is very moderate.the amount of work entailed must have been enormous. I had a chat with Mr. Batsford when I bought it - he happened to be in the shop - he spoke well of you"."I showed the book to my father who was surprised at its volume and very pleased to see our cabinet in it." ".i explained to him that you had given it the first place under 'modern work' which was very kind of you". 13. Hems Harry English architectural and ecclesiastical sculptor / of Harry Hems & Sons - Ecclesiastical Art Works Exeter - Makers of Church Furniture & Fittings MLS - 7 pages on two A4 sheets folded Exeter 1st of November 1909. On the beautiful stationery of Harry Hems & Co. citing all the prices this company won at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia 1876 World Fair Chicago 1893 and International Exhibition in Antwerp 1894. Harry Hems writes to Wells and apologises for not being in touch earlier because he just returned ".from another visit to the United States and find your kind letter of Sept 28th and a copy of your most admirable volume entitled "Modern Cabinet Work Furniture and Fitments" awaiting my advent - " Hems goes on to praise ".the most useful selection of drawings and photographs that so lucedly illustrate the letterpress - all are invaluable". Hems outs himself to be of earnest appreciation of "Modern Cabinet Work" and informs Wells that he is planning to ask Mr. Batsford to send him another copy so Hems may present it to his foreman and in doing this he is sure this will make his foreman of 20 years in his establishment an even better craftsman. Hems is also informed that Wells had written to Hems' son Greville Chester Hems in his absence to inquire ".whether we have any photos of old chests and miserere" Very detailed and interesting letter of one of England's foremost sculptors of the Gothic Revival. 14. and 15. Hems Harry & Burgess Edwin A. Two MLS. One by Harry Hems to Percy Wells dated 10th of November 1909 in which Hems allows Wells to keep Photographs he provided and in which he also refers to a case of loss of a miserere which had been removed from a Cathedral and fell into Collector's hands and Hems was only able to get it back after several years. Hems also writes about a letter he received from his foreman of joiners one Edwin A. Burgess. Harry Hems writes to Wells that he send him the letter by his foreman and does not need it back. The letter by Burgess to Hems is dated Exeter November 9th 1909. This letter to Hems by Burgess is full of praise for the recent book by Wells & Hooper which Burgess received as a gift from Hems and Hems saw it fit to forward this letter of praise to Wells as encouragement. 16. Heal Ambrose English furniture designer MLS on Stationery of "Heal & Son Ltd. "Manufacturer of Bedding Bedsteads Upholstery and Bedroom Furniture". 1 page. London 7th of February 1910. Important letter by Ambrose Heal to Wells: "Dear Mr.Wells your letter & remarks of appreciation give me very great pleasure to receive all the more so because I would rather have your criticism on a piece of modern furniture design than eny one else's." Signed by Ambrose Heal. 17. Batsford Herbert of B T Batsford - Publisher & Bookseller TLS - On Batsford Stationery. 1 page London10th of October1913. Batsford writes to Wells about a letter which Wells had received from his co-author Hooper and which Wells obviously had forwarded to Batsford for his opinion. There seemed to be some discord but nothing which Batsford found alarming and Batsford reassured Wells that Hooper "clearly shows his appreciation of your knowledge judgment and help". Batsford continues: "The book will belaunched towards the end of next week and I shall send you a copy in which I propose to write "with kind regards and many thanks for friendly help' because I think this is due to you. I shall hoipe to see you before very long and will then be able to report to you how the book is going and show reviews and so forth" Signed by Herbert Batsford. 18. Llewellyn Smith Sir Hubert British civil servant. He served as permanent secretary to the Board of Trade from 1907 to 1919 where he played an important role in the Liberal government's welfare reforms. He also served as the chief economic advisor to the government from 1919 to 1927 Wikipedia TLS 1 page Knightsbridge 4th of November 1920 from Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith to Wells about an invitation to Wells to "accept the title of Fellowof the British Institute of Industrial Art". On Stationery of the Institute. Signed by Sir Hubert. 19. Image Selwyn British artist designer writer and poet associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement. He designed stained glass windows furniture and embroidery and illustrated books. He was the seventh Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford from 1910 to 1916. Wikipedia MLS 1 page. Holloway 14th of May 1922. Wonderful letter by Selwyn Image to Percy Wells. Obviously Wells has invited Selwyn Image to hold a talk at the Shoreditch Institute and Selwyn Image is only happy to oblige: "Dear Mr. Wells Itis very good of you to ask me to come to you again.of course I'll come .As to subject how do you think this would be acceptable : - a brief account of the start & development of the Arts and Crafts Society and Movement from its inception in the early eighties up to to-day. I could speak with some fair intimacy on this - if the idea of it appeals to you" - Beautifully Signed by Selwyn Image. 20. Morris May Mary "May" Morris 25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938 was an English artisan embroidery designer jeweller socialist and editor. She was the younger daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' model Jane Morris née Burden Wikipedia MLS 1 page on Kelmscott Manor Stationery. Kelmscott Manor Lechlade 4th of June 1922. May Morris writes to Percy Wells and thanks him for sending a cheque to help with a Fund Miss Morris running. Signed by May Morris in full. 21. Betjeman Ernest Silverware maker of dutch descent and father of Poet Sir John Betjeman TLS 1 page. London Pentonville Road 18th of October 1923. Interesting letter by Ernest Betjeman to Percy Wells in which Betjeman shares his enthusiasm about the recent work "Modern Cabinetwork". Betjeman writes: ".I feel that I must write to tell you and your co-Author how excellent and helpful it will be even to us who have had many generations of experience in fine Cabinetwork". In a post scriptum Betjeman adds in ink: "We want more works on Modern work v fewer on Antiques". 22. Herdman Daniel W. Librarian and Curator for the Cheltenham Arts and Crafts Collection TLS 1 page with review stapled to the letter. Daniel W. Herdman writes to Percy Wells and thanks him enthusiastically for a wonderful lecture: "Dear Mr.Wells on behalf of the Cheltenham Public LibraryArt Gallery and Museum Committees I cannot express too highly our sense of gratitude to you for coming all the way from London to deliver such a delightfully clear and interesting Lecture "Craftsmanship and Furniture"." Herdman includes a review / resume of the lecture published in the "Gloucestershire Echo" aand remarks that the article was drawn up by the reporter from his notes and "Some at least of the salient points you made have been nicely brought out". Signed by Daniel W. Herdman on stationery of the Cheltenham Public Library. 23. Russell Sir Sydney Gordon English designer craftsman and educationalist MLS 1 page on Russell's personal stationery "Kingcombe - Campden" October 27th 1928. Important letter by one of Englands foremost Furniture Makers of the 20th century influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement but also important regarding the production of Utility Furniture. In this letter Rissell highlights the importance of Percy Wells' influence on the work of Russell's company: "Dear Wells If you can get away we should be so glad if you would be our guest at Broadway for the D.I.A. visit.You have been so intimately identified with our work since its commencement or shall we say renaissance that it would be nice for you to be here. We owe so very much to your counsel & encouragement - Sincerely Gordon Russell" Letters No. 24. and 25. Wells Percy A. / Piercy. E.F. TLS by General Secretary for the "National Association of Boys' Clubs" E.F.Piercy to Percy Wells and attached to it the MLS which Percy Wells sent as an answer. 2 pages London / Hampstead Garden Suburb 5th Piercy and 6th Wells of June 1936. E.F.Piercy invites Wells to hold lectures in many of the Boys Clubs of the region and that after speaking to Sir Hubert that is Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith the Association offers Wells 75 Sterling per year and accommodation for holding Lectures. Wells answers thoroughly and outlines on which topics he can speak: "In writing to the Clubs perhaps you would like to say that I am ready to give talks or Lectures with or without a Lantern on Craftwork Architecture Furniture - old and new - Ancient Woodwork etc. or modern methods if desired - Yours Sincerely - Percy A. Wells" 26. Quennel Marjorie British historian Illustrator and Museum curator at "The Geffrye Museum" 1935-1940 TLS 1 page on Stationery of the "London County Council - The Geffrye Museum" 31st of March 1937. Marjorie Quennell in her function as Curator of the Geffrye Museum invites Percy Wells: "If you are free on Friday 9th of April I should be pleased if you would come to tea with me at 4 o'clock at the museum. Marjorie Quennell at this point had been curator for 2 years and she informs Wells in this letter also of fellow honorary concultants to the Museum giving several names and their position in society. Letters 27. and 28. are also by E.F.Piercy to Percy Wells regarding Lectures given by Wells to the National Association of Boys Clubs. DOCUMENT / Commons Order included in Folder with Letters: The Folder with Letters also includes an original Commons Order Paper from Friday 3rd of February 1893. The Commons order is annotated by Percy A. Wells at the rear and he obviously attended the House of Commons for this session because he writes in ink: "Heard Gladstone Chamberlain Harcourt Balfour Labouchère Henry Du Pré Goschen George Goschen &c. from Strangers Gallery. Glorious !" V. PORTFOLIO / Large Portfolio with an abundance of Reviews of Books written by Wells forwarded by Batsford with a signed note on Batsford Stationery as well as newspaper-articles on Lectures given by Wells etc. Exhibition ephemera included in this Portfolio are sheaves of Wells' drawings of church details at Long Melford Kersey and Lavenham; rubbings of lettering pieces by ‘P Wells’ from the 1930s each carefully annotated with time spent on the commission; 2 folders of articles annotated by Wells; reviews of his books; certificates for various awards and group photos; press reports of his lectures etc etc. VI. PUBLISHED WORKS included in the Archive are these very scarce pamphlets some of which have Wells as co-author and some which he had no part in but obviously kept for reference: 1. Wells Percy A.: "Modern Cabinet Works" by Percy A Wells & John Hooper. Promotional pamphlet for the First Edition from 1909 "Just Published". The promotional pamphlet was designed on 16 pages with a perforated order-form for the book to the rear wrapper. An exceptional piece of Ephemera. 2. Wells Percy A.: "Furniture For Small Houses" - "A Book of Designs for Inexpensive Furniture with New Methods of Construction and Decoration". London B.T.Batsford 1920. X 4 9 pages text and XIII Plates on Tables as well as LVII plates on other Furniture Dressers Chair-Designs Bedsteads etc. Loosely inserted also a colour-scheme plate for "Patterns for Combing". Inscribed to the author’s brother: ‘S.H.W' Sidney H. Wells from the Author - June 1920.’ The Chapter for Chairs includes: "The Windsor and Stick Back Chair / Stuff-over and Loose Seats / Wooden Seats and Loose Cushions / The Settee the Couch and the Settle / Easy Chairs". 3. Wells Percy A. This pamphlet No.234 from Volume XXI of "Practical Education and School Crafts with which is Incorporated Manual Training". Percy A. Wells is mentioned on page 112 in the segment on "Vacation Courses". Wells is remembered for "talking about 'Four points on good Furniture'. Published in Leeds For the Institute by A.W.Howard May 1924. 4. Percy A Wells An Introduction to Handicrafts in Clubs 1933 National Association of Boys’ Clubs ‘P A Wells’ to upper cover - this anonymous work was written by Wells Dr. Christian White. Covers chipped and detached. With text-markings. This work is of great interest regarding the creation of clubs for boys in which manual education would lead to craftsmanship and appreciation of quality in teaching Furniture Making as well as the wish that: "A Club should try to give scope for everything that contributes to the ideal of complete fitness. Handiness with tools and materials is a form of fitness as definite as soundness of wind and limb.The making of things is for many boys an immediate interest having the direct appeal of play". Several Photographs within the publication show boys at work e.g.: "Working a home-made lathe at the grainger Park Boys Club in Newcastle" or "An improvised work-shop at the Crown Club in Hoxton". Other photos show "Simple Furniture" and "Plywood Animals for Noah's Ark and toy birds" "Mosaic Floor Tile made of waste fragments set in cement and sand" as well as an example of a "Lino Cut for Cover of Club Magazine". The Booklet includes very useful "Detailed Notes on Particular Crafts" with recommendated Reading for Woodwork Bookbinding and MArbling mentioning books by J. Kay etc. as well as a photoghraph of an £Example of Bookbinding by T.W.Swindlehurst". 5. Wells Percy A. Boys' Clubs in War-Time. London October 1939. Published by the National Association of Boys's Clubs. 32 pages. Including an article by Percy A. Wells: "Club Handicrafts in War-Time". Other articles include: A.Llewellyn Smith - "Some War-Time Measures" / D. Hughes-Jones - "Physical Recreation in Time of War" / A.Thomas - Club Drama in War-Time" // PRESENTATION COPIES of two publications gifted signed and inscribed to Percy A. Wells: 1. Heal Ambrose - 'The Old Farm in Tottenham Court Road'. Offprint blue paper wrappers detached. London Tottenham Court Published by Heal & Son Ltd. at the Sign of the Fourposter" 1913. Inscribed to title-page: ‘P.A. Wells - With AHs Ambrose Heal's compliments’ possibly secretarial. 2. Russell J. B. - 'The Story of an Old English Hostelry - Being a Concise History of the Lygon Arms Broadway Worcestershire From Medieval Times until the present Day Together with some account of the Craftwork carried on at Lygon Cottage by S.G.Russell with numerous Illustrations from Drawings and Photographs. Fourth Edition. London Arden Press 1924. Frontispice Photograph of "The Lygon Arms" VIII 32 pages with several Photographs of the Interior as well as furniture of this Inn. The text is also embellished with drawings. Signed and beautifully inscribed by the author: "To P.A.Wells without whose help & encouragement the last chapter might have remained unwritten - J.B.Russell - 25. April - 24". Binding Poor and cover detached. VI. EXHIBITION - EPHEMERA: 1. BIA Exhibition of Industrial Art at Dorland Hall 1933: Reviews and Program including names mentioned like Christopher Hussey Chairman of the Executive Committee Sir Philip Sassoon Bryan Guinness Prince George Patron etc. A wonderful collection of numerous newspaper-clippings and other materials with detailed announcements of Furniture Exhibitions among them a fantastic original A4 Flyer 4 pages advertising the: "Exhibition of British Industrial Art BIA in Relation to the Home at Dorland Hall June 20 - July 12 1933. Organised privately but with the approval of the Government and the British Institute of Industrial Art the Design and Industries Assaociation and the Society of Industrial Artists" Loosely inserted a Typescript with a long list of names of those who were on the sub-committee like Percy A. Wells and represented all the different showcased industries in the Exhibition like: Books & Printing Furniture & Equipment Kitchen Equipment Lighting and Heating Fittings Pottery & Glass Siler & Metal Textiles etc. Architect of the Exhibition was Oliver Hill. 2. "Examples of Modern Craftsmanship - Exhibited by the British Institute of Industrial Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum" Included is a page from "Modern Design in Furniture" showing a full page of photographs of the Exhibition-setup and an explanation of the photographs like: A. "Painted sideboard and two chairs designed by Percy A. Wells" B. "Bedroom Furniture in teak with natural oak panels by Mrs. Betty Joel C. Examples of Furniture of Gordon Russell etc. Newspaper Clippings with: A. News about openings of Exhibitions B. Announcements of Percy Wells' Publications hardcover‎

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‎New International Version,Hodder and Stoughton,Bible English New International Version‎

‎NIV Pocket Floral Hardback Bible New International Version‎

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‎English, Helen‎

‎Music and World-Building in the Colonial City: Newcastle NSW and its Townships 1860-1880 Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain‎

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‎English, Adam C‎

‎Possibility Of Christian Philosophy Routledge Radical Orthodoxy‎

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‎40 [Jewish Food Finally Appears in the Dominant General English Cookbook] Acton, Eliza Engravings by Henry Adlard [Lady Judith M‎

‎MODERN COOKERY FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES: REDUCED TO A SYSTEM OF EASY PRACTICE IN A SERIES OF CAREFULLY TESTED RECEIPTS IN WHICH THE PRINCIPLES OF BARON LIEBIG AND OTHER EMINENT WRITERS HAVE BEEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE APPLIED AND EXPLAINED ; INCLUDING: "FOREIGN AND JEWISH COOKERY"‎

‎London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans. Printed by Woodfall and Kinder 1858. Newly revised and much enlarged edition the 3rd printing to include "Foreign and Jewish Cookery." Late 19th Century Cloth Binding 12mo; xlvii 643 32 pages 714 total 8 leaves of plates all present. 18 cm. <br> Early printing following the addition in 1855 three years earlier of a new section on "Foreign and Jewish Cookery;" That was also the first edition issued under the now-famous title Modern Cookery for Private Families.<br> Includes index and 32-page publisher's catalogue after text.<br> <br> Famously Lady Judith Montefiore published the first English-language Kosher cookbook The Jewish Manual in 1846 primarily for other Jewish housewives and meal planners. <br> Less than a decade later however leading British cookbook author Eliza Acton took Lady Montefiore's Jewish cooking tips one step further celebrating and normalizing them for cooks of all backgrounds across the Commonwealth through a new expanded edition of her best-selling cookbook Modern Cookery.<br> Journalist Rita Ehrlich notes that between these two works "The first Jewish recipes published in English reveal the place of accomplished Jewish women in 19th Century high society.<br> Among the welter of cookbooks published in 19th century England Eliza Acton's Modern Cookery for Private Families stands out for its clarity its practicality its occasional humour and its inclusion of Jewish food.<br> First published in 1845.The 1855 edition included a section on Foreign and Jewish Cookery and among the recipes was one for Jewish Almond Pudding. It was one of the few recipes Acton had not tested herself. 'We have tasted the puddings . more than once and have received the exact directions for them from the Jewish lady at whose house they were made.'<br> A Jewish lady - presumably the same one - provided her and thereby the readers with the address of a Jewish butcher in the London suburb of Aldgate from whom one could procure smoked beef and a chorissa sausage. Acton noted that 'all meat supplied by Jew butchers is sure to be of first-rate quality as they are forbidden by the Mosaic Law to convert into food any animal which is not perfectly free from all 'spot or blemish''. She also noted that the Jewish dietary laws which forbade the mixing of dairy and meat were 'not very rigidly observed' by most English Jews.<br> The date of that book is striking. Jews were part of English society by 1855 with a Jewish Lord Mayor of London Sir David Salomons a leader in the campaign to allow Jews to sit in Parliament. Lionel de Rothschild took his seat in Parliament in 1858 the year of this copy's publication following the passing of the Jews Relief Act. He had been elected a number of times; the sticking point had been the need to swear the oath 'upon the true Faith of a Christian'.<br> Even if we did not know about the number of wealthy highly regarded and influential Jews in London at that time the fact that an author would include specifically Jewish recipes and shopping advice in a bestselling cookbook that also recommended Jewish butchers for the quality of the meat suggests strongly that there was companionable social exchange.<br> The almond pudding recipe appeared in an earlier book published in 1846 called The Jewish Manual edited by A Lady no doubt the same lady who had entertained Eliza Acton. She was almost certainly Lady Judith Montefiore wife of the influential philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore and the book was the first Jewish cookbook in the English language" Rita Ehrlich When 'A Lady' taught the English to cook kugel and Jews to be English 2022. <br> thejewishindependent.com.au/when-a-lady-taught-the-english-to-cook-kugel-and-jews-to-be-english.<br> <br> Eliza Acton 1799-1859 "was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic reader Modern Cookery for Private Families this work. The book introduced the now-universal practice of listing ingredients and giving suggested cooking times for each recipe. It included the first recipes in English for Brussels sprouts and for spaghetti.Some time after Modern Cookery was published Acton moved from Tonbridge to Hampstead north west London. She became the cookery correspondent for the weekly magazines The Ladies' Companion and Household Words and began writing.a new edition of Modern Cookery. This was published in 1855 and renamed as Modern Cookery for Private Families the name by which it is best known. This version contains an additional chapter named 'Foreign and Jewish Cookery'; the Jewish recipes are from Ashkenazi cuisine" Wikipedia.<br> Indeed Eliza Acton's "Modern Cookery. "is considered the first practical cookbook specifically geared toward the everyday cook. The schoolteacher poet and cookery writer Eliza Acton 1799-1859 published a number of poems as a young woman and 'in 1837 . her publishers Longmans suggested she should write something more practical than poetry so for the next few years she applied herself to meticulous research for the work by which she is best known: Modern Cookery for Private Families first published in 1845. The book was well received on its first appearance; critics thought it the best cookery book they had seen combining as it did clarity of instructions with excellent organisation. <br> The book was a lasting success running into several editions and was the standard work on the subject until the end of the century establishing Eliza Acton as the first of the modern cookery writers. She wrote with great charm and clarity but what marked the book as innovative was her original plan of listing very exactly the ingredients the time taken and pitfalls for the inexperienced cook. This was a completely new format all other books on the subject being far less exact in their instructions. <br> This became the standard way of writing cookery books."Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. <br> <br> Modern food journalists Sue Dyson and Roger McShane suggest that Acton's Modern Cookery "is an absolutely essential part of any serious cookbook collection" https://foodtourist.com/modern-cookery-for-private-families-by-eliza-acton. <br> <br> Contents:- Introductory Chapters. Trussing; Carving -- Soups -- Fish -- Dishes of Shell-Fish -- Gravies -- Sauces -- Cold Sauces Salads Etc. -- Store Sauces -- Forcemeats -- Boiling Roasting Etc. -- Beef -- Veal -- Mutton and Lamb -- Pork -- Poultry -- Game -- Curries Potted Meats Etc. -- Vegetables -- Pastry -- Soufflés Omlets Etc. -- Boiled Puddings -- Baked Puddings -- Eggs and Milk -- Sweet Dishes or Entremets -- Preserves -- Pickles -- Cakes -- Confectionary -- Dessert Dishes -- Syrups Liqueurs Etc. -- Coffee Chocolate Etc. -- Bread -- Foreign and Jewish Cookery.<br> <br> For more on Acton and this book's impact on modern food culture see for example Sheila Hardy's The Real Mrs Beeton: The Story of Eliza Acton The History Press 2011; Sophie Hill's Keeping up Appearances: Economy vs. Extravagance in Eliza Acton's Modern Cookery <br> https://recipes.hypotheses.org/tag/eliza-acton; and the Wikipedia page dedicated to this groundbreaking cookbook <br> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Cookery_for_Private_Families. <br> <br> SUBJECTS: Cooking English. Cuisine anglaise. Cookbooks. Publishers' catalogs.<br> The University of West Virginia keeps their copy in their Rare Book Room. <br> OCLC: 2613184 for 1859 printing. <br> Front inside hinge just starting light wear to crown of spine Good Condition. Important B Food-1-1-'!yyox. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Printed by Woodfall and Kinder unknown‎

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‎English Showalter, Jr, Princeton Legacy Library‎

‎The Evolution of the French Novel 1641-1782‎

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‎English, Helen W Drutt/ Drutt, Matthew/ Pepich, Bruce‎

‎Quiet Elegance: The Jewelry of Eleanor Moty‎

‎Arnoldsche 2021. Hardcover. New. 175 pages. 10.50x9.00x0.75 inches. Arnoldsche hardcover‎

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‎Common English Bible‎

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‎Jean Giraud - VERY SCARCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION‎

‎Moebius- English Language exhibition catalogue OUT OF PRINT‎

‎Max Ernst Museum 2019 RARE Moebius Edition Hardback NOW OUT OF PRINT NEW & UNREAD still sealed. The first ever Moebius retrospective in English and some German:This lavishly illustrated large format hardback retrospective has over 270 pages of the fullest and most exceptional art produced by Jean Henri Gaston Giraud. better known as the formidable Science Fiction Bandes Dessinées and Western artist Moebius. This long overdue art book contains page after page of Moebius's incredible work including production work for films such as James Cameron's 'Abyss' rarely seen artwork for the San Francisco Sony Metreon centre where four artists including Maurice Sendak were commissioned to design entire floors illustrations for a version of Dante's Divine Comedy work inspired by Salvador Dali collaborations with comic artist Geof Darrow rarely seen images of Arzach exclusive artwork for posters abstract paintings beautiful reproductions of pages from 'Inside Moebius' 'La Faune de Mars' '40 Days in the Desert' 'Blueberry' 'The Long Tomorrow' 'L'Incal' and the Hermès Collection. In short this art book is comparable only to 'Transe Forme' the book published by Fondation Cartier in 2010 which became an instant collectors item the main difference of course being that this book contains detailed essays in English. The book includes: full biography with rarely seen personal photos of Giraud's time in Mexico Venice and during his military service in Algeria. detailed bibliography section dedicated to Moebius's very own words relating to his major projects including Arzach 40 Days Self Portraits and Abstraction. a four page full colour fold-out of Moebius's mural designed for the Beffroi de Montrouge a Cultural Centre in Paris. A magnificent celebration of this major artist whose work will surely be rated above the absurdists who currently dominate ART thinking. This man has imagination enormous skill and wit. A worthy addition to any history of art. OUT OF PRINT & RARE. Special Edition. Hardcover. New. Max Ernst Museum hardcover‎

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‎International Commission on English in the Liturgy‎

‎Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours‎

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‎English, Philip T‎

‎MRI for Radiographers‎

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