‎Biographie‎

‎Un Moine Benedictin de la Congregation de France (GUERANGER, Prosper Louis Paschal)‎

‎Dom Gueranger Abbe de Solesmes‎

‎Librairie Plus Plon-Nourrit et Cie; G Oudin et Cie Paris 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Two matching volumes with dark red covers and banded leather spines with red leather title label with gilt lettering. Volume I shows a publication date of 1909 Volume II shows a publication date of 1910. The author 's name is not given by the publishers but is taken from the British Library Catalogue. Both volumes contain a black and white frontis. with protective leaves. Covers are clean but lightly rubbed over the banding binding is sound end-papers and prelims. have foxing pages are clean and uncut untrimmed. 2-volume set complete. Text is in French. No dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in pencil at front. Book plates and/or stamps from Ampleforth Library. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 71024101064. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This book is heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. Librairie Plus Plon-Nourrit et Cie; G Oudin et Cie hardcover‎

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‎Alfred Laverack, Quarter-Master Sergt, 21 years in the 98th Prince of Wakes' Own Regiment‎

‎A Methodist Soldier of the Indian Army. His Personal Adventures and Christian Experience‎

‎T Woolmer London 1900. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red covers with gilt and black decoration and lettering. Bumped spine-ends and slightly darkened spine. Missing half-title page binding is otherwise sound. No dust-jacket. Undated by publisher. Estimated date only. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 71024101115. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. T Woolmer hardcover‎

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‎George Silwood, unknown editor‎

‎George Silwood of Keswick. A Brief Memoir and Letters of one who was Perfected Through Suffering‎

‎Hodder & Stoughton London 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Beige covers with floral decoration and black lettering on the front cover and gilt lettering and black lettering on the spine rear cover is marked. Brown end-papers half-title page is missing binding is sound clean pages. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 71024111054. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover‎

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‎George Smith‎

‎Twelve Pioneer Missionaries‎

‎Thomas Nelson London 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark red covers with gilt lettering and simple decoration lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Gilt upper text block edge. Sound binding light foxing to end-papers and prelims pages are a little darkened but are otherwise clean. Frontis portrait with protective leaf plus 15 additional plates as called for. Missionaries described are: Raymund Lulli 1235-1315; William Carey 1761-1834; Hannah Marshman 1767-1847; Captain James Wilson 1760-1840; Peter Greig 1775-1800; John Vanderkemp 1748-1811; Alexander Duff 1806-1878; Alphonse Francois Lacroix 1799-1859; Robert Caldwell 1814-1891; Ion G N Keith-Falconer 1856-1887; Nilikantha Shastri Goreh 1825-1895; Dhanjibhai Nauroji 1822 -1908. Epilogue: William Ewart Gladstone. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 71020081058. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Thomas Nelson hardcover‎

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‎Two Englishmen (Alexander Rivington and Harris)‎

‎Reminiscences of America in 1869 by Two Englishmen‎

‎Sampson Low Son and Marston London 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Black half leather with banded spine with gilt lettering and crest. Marbled block edges and end-papers. Plate on inside front cover reads "This work belongs to the Balmoral Lending Library Established by Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort in 1859. For the Use of The Tenants Servants and Cottages." There is a gilt circled "491" at the top of the spine and also handwritten on title page presumably this was the volume number in that collection. Part of watermark is discernible on the bookplate which reads "& Sons". Front cover is lightly marked. Binding is sound bookplate is darkened light foxing to prelims pages are clean but a little darkened. Attributed authors from National library catalogue. 332 pages. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60720111049. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Sampson Low, Son and Marston hardcover‎

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‎Horace Twiss‎

‎Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon with Selections from his Correspondence. 3 volumes complete‎

‎John Murray London 1844. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Brown covers with blind decoration and gilt lettering on spine publisher's binding lightly bumped and rubbed at spine-ends lightly marked sound binding. Previous owner's small bookplate Edward Wilson of Rignaden near Lancaster on inside front covers previous owner's name on front end-paper of Volume II. There are three engraved frontpieces and four beige black and lithographs which have light foxing. Occasional light foxing throughout but pages are otherwise clean. 3-volume set complete. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 14821011022. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This book is heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. John Murray hardcover‎

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‎a Serjeant at Law‎

‎Royal Investigation; or Authentic Documents Containing the Acquittal of H. R. H. the P-ss of W-s Princes of Wales Caroline of Brunswick. Officially Compiled by a Serjeant at Law The Delicate Investigation‎

‎Printed for J F Hughes Wigmore-Street Cavendish-Square by G Sidney Strand London 1807. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Half-leather. Front cover is detached front free end-paper is missing. Edges of covers are worn and marbled faces are rubbed. Prelims and rear-pages are darkened. Bookplate for Edward Ellice Glenquoich MP for Huddersfield and then St. Andrews on inside of front cover also another previous owner's namer. Additional previous owner's name at head of title-page. Publisher's catalogue at rear. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 42721021001. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Printed for J F Hughes, Wigmore-Street, Cavendish-Square by G Sidney, Strand hardcover‎

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‎W C Brogger and Nordahl Rolsen, Translated by William Archer‎

‎Fridtiof Nansen 1861 - 1893‎

‎Longmans Green and Co London; New York; Bombay 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean dark blue covers with illustration and title in silver on the front cover and silver lettering and design of stars on the spine. Wear in cloth over both ends of the rear joint small worn areas over front joint and cloth has lifted for a small area on the front. Paper over front hinge is split in places but covers are securely attached. Uncut untrimmed pages at upper and vertical block and block edges are a little darkened. Text block binding is sound. Significant foxing to prelims and lightly and occasionally elsewhere pages are otherwise clean. Includes as required three colour fold-out maps and eight black and white plates and also vignette illustrations. No dust-jacket. Prize plate at front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61121091015. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This book is heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. Longmans Green and Co hardcover‎

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‎David Smiley with Peter Kemp‎

‎Arabian Assignment‎

‎Leo Cooper London 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Biography of time spent in the military and as a military adviser in Muscat Oman and Yeman. 248 pages. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine sound binding clean pages and end-papers. Contains black and white plates full page illustrations. Previous owner's name in ink at front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0850521815. ISBN/EAN: 9780850521818. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61022081013. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. 9780850521818 Leo Cooper hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 61022081013 ISBN : 0850521815 9780850521818

‎Michael Marriott, forword by Sir Leonard Lord‎

‎Desert Taxi. The Story of an Achievement by a Veteran London Taxi-Cab‎

‎The Travel Book Club London 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Dust-jacket design by Chalmers. Clean dust-jacket Chalmers illustrated in yellow and blue is darkened on the reverse. Clean blue covers with black lettering on the spine sound binding light foxing to front end-paper and on upper and vertical text-block edges clean pages and plates. Frontis. map. An account of a journey in 1953 made from Algiers to Kano in Nigeria across the Sahara Desert in an old London Taxi. Contains black and white plates full page illustrations. Previous owner's name in ink at front. Undated by publisher. Estimated date only. Illustrator: Dust-jacket design by Chalmers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 60122091011. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. The Travel Book Club hardcover‎

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‎Leman Thomas Rede‎

‎York Castle in the Nineteenth Century; being an account of all the principal offences committed in Yorkshire from the Year 1800 to the present period With the Lives of the Capital Offenders accompanied with Interesting Anecdotes etc‎

‎John Saunders 19 Bond Street Leeds; Sold by J Bennett Three Tuns' Passage Ivy Lane; G Virtue Ivy Lane London Leeds and London 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full title: "York Castle in the Nineteenth Century; being an account of all the principal offences committed in Yorkshire from the Year 1800 to the present period With the Lives of the Capital Offenders accompanied with Interesting Anecdotes Important Disclosures & Confessions Obtained from Authentic Sources and Under High Magisterial Authority." Recent half-leather with marbled boards black spine-label with gilt lettering and simple gilt decoration on spine. Vignette title with female figure holding scales and an overseeing eye gives date of 1829 plain title shows date of 1831. Includes title-vignette Frontis plate shows "Martin Slack in the act of Poisoning his Child" drawn by J Rhodes and engraved by J Lucas and S Stears; and plate showing "Winterbottom's attack on Newton" N other illustrations. Sound binding untrimmed pages foxing to plates. Withdrawn stamp and reference numbers on reverse of plain title-page blind stamp "City of York Public Library" on plates and some other pages. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50323051010. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This book is heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. John Saunders, 19 Bond Street, Leeds; Sold by J Bennett, Three Tuns' Passage, Ivy Lane; G Virtue Ivy Lane, London hardcover‎

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‎P A Johnson‎

‎Duke Richard of York 1411-1460‎

‎Clarendon Press Oxford 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Clean dust-jacket with hand-written reference number near base of spine clean brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine sound binding clean pages except for stamps. Dust-jacket in non-adhesive clear protective sleeve. Stamps for Halifax Antiquarian Society and "Withdrawn" stamp on front end-papers and prelims and occasionally in margins of text. Hand-written reference numbers on end-papers. Memory plate for Tony Higginbottom on front end-paper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0198229461. ISBN/EAN: 9780198229469. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 42419021008. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. 9780198229469 Clarendon Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 42419021008 ISBN : 0198229461 9780198229469

‎William Hayward‎

‎James Hall of Tynemouth A Beneficent Life of a Busy Man of Business‎

‎Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd London 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Two matching volumes with fresh blue covers simple blind decoration and gilt lettering on the front covers and on the spines spine-ends are lightly bumped. Clean black end-papers sound binding black and white frontis with protective tissue leaf in volume I clean cream pages. Private Circulation only. 2-volume set complete. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51420011121. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. These books are heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd hardcover‎

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‎EGGERS, Dave‎

‎A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.‎

‎<p>New York: Simon and Schuster 2000. <b><i>Signed on the title page by Dave Eggers dated 2/28/00 and inscribed To Barbara: OK now. Yes. Yes</i><i>. D.E.</i></b> First edition / First printing. Mauve paper spine gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. <i><b>Selected as one of the 10 best books of 2000 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.</b></i></p> Simon and Schuster, hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17736 ISBN : 0684863472 9780684863474

‎C Kendall‎

‎Life of the Rev. W Sanderson Primitive Methodist also Primitive Methodist Connexion Slips for Robert Tomlinson and others‎

‎G Lamb London 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark red covers with gilt decoration on front plain spine and blind decoration on the rear rubbed spine-ends and corners previous owner's name and date of 1876 on front end-paper sound binding clean pages. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 71017021046. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. G Lamb hardcover‎

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‎James Smith, one of the authors of "The Rejected Addresses"; edited by Horace Smith‎

‎Comic Miscellanies in Prose and Verse by the Late James Smith with a Selection from his Correspondence and Memoirs of His Life. 2 volumes complete‎

‎Henry Colburn London 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume I is the 1841 second edition but Volume II is the 1840 first edition but they are in matching binding. Tissue protected frontis portrait in Volume I. Brown blind-printed covers are marked wear at spine ends bumped corners and edges binding is sound but Volume II is skewed darkened and marked end-papers with remains of pasted label and sealing wax pages are a little darkened but are otherwise clean. Second Edition. 2-volume set complete. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05315020162. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. This book is heavier than 1kg and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations. Henry Colburn hardcover‎

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‎Reginald W Corlass, edited by C F Corlass and William Andrews‎

‎Sketches of Hull Authors‎

‎H Bolton Hull 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Published by subscription and limited to 200 copies. Subscription list at rear. Firm dark blue covers with gilt lettering and black decoration are marked and are lightly rubbed at spine-ends and corners small bookplate on inside of front cover sound binding clean pages. The authors included are: Bishop Alcock; John Alderson M D; Rev Johnson Barker LLB; Rev John Beatson; William Bell; Thomas Bridges; Rev Thomas Browne; Rev John Clarke MA; John Crosse FSA FRSL FGS; Ralph Darling MD; Rev John Barnes Emmett; Hugh Ker Foster; Captain Luke Fox; John Frost FSA; John Harland FSA; Adrian Hardy Haworth; Andrew Marvell; Rev William Mason; Rev Joseph Milner MA; Rev Richard Patrick; Abraham De La Pryme BA FRS; Professor George Pryme; Rev John Scott; Rev John Shawe; Willia Spence; Thomas John Terrington; Thomas Thompson; Major-General Thomas Perronet Thompson FRS; Benjamin Thompson; Thomas Thompson FSA of Welton; Christopher Thomson; Rhyming Thomson Captain Edward Thomson; Nathaniel Tucker MD; Isaac Wilson; William Wiseman; Robert Wittie MD; Mrs Marie Hall; William Wilberforce; 159 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50313030099. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. H Bolton hardcover‎

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‎Machen, Arthur‎

‎The London Adventure or The Art of Wandering‎

‎London: Village Press. 19741924. Octavo Size approx 12x18cm. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 142 pages. Arthur Machen born in 1863 at Caerlon-on-Usk in Wales died at Beaconsfield in 1947 was a legend in his own time. He is best known today for his tales of horror and the supernatural. The third volume in his autobiography. . 1st thus. Softcover. Village Press paperback‎

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‎Paine, Albert Bigelow‎

‎Mark Twain: A Biography‎

‎<p>New York and London: Harper & Brothers 1935. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. 1718 pages paginated continuously. Indexed in second volume. Four volumes in two books. Complete Set of Two Volumes. Bindings are rubbed some spotting on front cover of first volume. Spines are sunned have scuffing. Some fraying at headcap. Prior owner's name and year '1935' written on front flyleaf of both volumes. Some foxing on rear flyleaf of volume one. Text is toned. Copyright say 1912 but the "Notes for the Twelfth Edition" in front of volume one is dated Spring 1935. <br /><br /></p> Harper & Brothers hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 055349

‎Waldren, Murray‎

‎The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa. Signed.‎

‎Sydney: Harper Collins Publishers. 2009. HEAVY. 432pp index endnotes chronology discography hundreds col ills. Or pictorial boards with jacket that expands to a poster. 'Autographed First Edition" sticker to front otherwise as new. SIGNED by Reg Mombassa on title page. Christopher O'Doherty aka Reg Mombasa enters the Australian consciousness as a member of the iconic band Mental as Anything and continues his assault 2-3 generations later with his irreverent frequently macabre and always distinctive designs he created for the Mambo label. This illustrated volume shows there is much more to Reg Mombassa. 300 artworks plus photos posters and band memorabilia. Signed by Artist. Special Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Harper Collins Publishers. Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 053174 ISBN : 0732287898 9780732287894

‎AXTHELM, Pete‎

‎The City Game -- Basketball in New York‎

‎NY: Harper & Row 1970. Bound in white cloth over blue boards stamped in blue in matching dust jacket. The top of the spine of the book is a bit yellowed but overall a beautiful copy in bright white dust jacket that still maintains the $6.50 price. The first edition / second printing with the number line ending in "2". The history of basketball in NYC from the World Champion Knicks to the world of the NYC playgrounds. 210 pp. Photo-Illustrated. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Harper & Row Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7000683

‎Plaskin, Glenn (Biography of Vladimir Horowitz)‎

‎Horowitz; A Biography of Vladimir Horowitz‎

‎New York: William Morrow and Company 0-688-01616-2 1983. Hardcover 607pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs .n discography repertory listing index. A previous owner's inscription and label on the front endpaper the dust jacket is price-clipped. Biography of Vladimir Horowitz. Biography Musicians Pianists. William Morrow and Company Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 160315 ISBN : 0688016162 9780688016166

‎Herbert J Busch‎

‎Exceptional 1943-1945 Original Handwritten Autograph Book Compiled by a Canadian World War II Soldier in the Italian Campaign As the Allies Advanced North‎

‎Italy. Good with no dust jacket. 1943. Full-Leather. On offer is a truly remarkable find from World War II: a small autograph book kept by a Canadian soldier named Herbert John Busch while he served in Italy. Busch was born in 1919 in Calgary Alberta. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery RCA and served in the Italian Campaign as part of the Central Mediterranean Force CMF. After the war he returned to Alberta where he lived until passing away in 2002 at the age of 83. This autograph book contains pages with dates signatures brief comments addresses and sometimes even short poems or songs by numerous soldiers from across Canada who were serving in Italy. At the top of many pages there are Italian town names written in a different hand than the autographs we presume these were added later by Busch. For example: "Gravina / Some where in Italy 16/12/43 / Dear Herbie / I cook for tomorrow so you can look forward to some Flapper Jacks / Bdr Bombardier Blake Ft McCallum Newfoundland." Several entries were dated in Ortona Italy where the Canadian 1st Division fought a brutal eight-day battle in December 1943 which took many casualties. "Ortona / Some where in Italy. 1./3./44. / Dear Herbie. Here we are in Italy with all its mud and snow. On to Berlin we hope to go. But when the leaves fall again I hope we are back home where we won’t have to dig in. / Bill Saunders." "March 1/44. Somewhere else in Italy. Ortona / Dear Herb / Take us back to Canada The place we long to be; To get us clear of Italy. Would be good enough for me. / Sgt M Neil T. A. C. / Spryfield PO / Halifax NS / Canada." This book measures 4 inches by 5.75 inches and contains 44 pages. It is 100 percent complete. The soft leather cover is in excellent condition. It bears an embossed and colourfully painted head of an Indigenous man wearing a traditional feathered headdress of the First Nations peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies. The cover and the pages are punched with two holes and they are all secured with a lace. The pages are in good condition and the handwriting is legible. This is a superb artefact of Canadian World War II history. With the words and handwriting of over three dozen young men the pages of this book bring to life the experiences of soldiers who fought to liberate Italy from the Germans. The names dates and mailing addresses contained within offer an abundance of detail about the specific Canadian individuals who served in the Italian Campaign at the time. ; Manuscripts; 4" x 5.75"; 44 pages; Keywords: Herbert J Busch; Royal Canadian Artillery; Battle of Ortona; Canadians in WWII; World War Two; Alberta; D-Day; Gravina; Godo; Italy; RCA; Central Mediterranean Force; CMF; Italian Campaign; Allied Forces; Handwritten; Manuscript; Document; Letter; Autograph; Writer; Hand Written; Documents; Signed; Letters; Manuscripts; Diary; Diaries; Journal; Personal History; Social History; Memoir; Memorial; HANDWRITTEN; MANUSCRIPT; ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT; VÉLIN; DOCUMENT; MANUSCRIT; PAPIER ANTIKE; BRIEF; PERGAMENT; DOKUMENT; MANUSKRIPT; PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO; ATTO; VELINA; DOCUMENTO; MANOSCRITTO; CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD; HECHO; VITELA; DOCUMENTO; MANUSCRITO; PAPEL . hardcover‎

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‎Dora J Bradbury Pinkham‎

‎1910-1914 Diary of a Remarkable Mount Holyoke and Columbia Graduate Who Would Make History As Maine’s First Female State Legislator and Senator‎

‎Maine Usa. Fair with no dust jacket. 1910-1914. Hardcover. On offer is the five-year diary of Dora J. Bradbury Pinkham 1891-1941 of Fort Kent Maine. Dora kept this diary while completing her undergraduate degree at Mount Holyoke College graduated 1913 and her Master’s degree at Columbia University graduated 1914. Less than a decade after graduation she made political history and became a pioneer for women in politics in the state of Maine see BIO NOTES following the diary description. Dora’s entries throughout her post-secondary education show her to be devoted to Christ her music sport and expanding her mind. She attends lectures outside of school hours on a range of topics studies incessantly is an available friend and daughter and makes space for her passions for music and sport when possible. She seizes opportunities such as joining the college debate team. It is no wonder she made a political splash a few years later and changed the landscape of Main politics for generations of women to come. Everything Dora writes in her college years offers a window into the woman the Sun Journal would describe in 1923 when she entered the Maine legislature the following way: “She has a cheery smile a laughing kind of voice can see a joke and is decidedly human in every way”. At the tender age of 18 Dora was already keeping an eye on politics: “A Democratic landslide. First Dem. Governor elected in 30 yrs when this Plaisted’s father was governor…” Sept 13 1910 Dora is referring to the election of Governor Frederick William Plaisted whose father had been governor from 1881-1883. “Election day - College vote. Wilson 43 Roosevelt 180 Taft 160…the results of the real election. Wilson’s landslide! Took Jennie Lewis to the Senior-Freshman reception. Good time” Nov 5 1912. She does a nice job describing student life at Mount Holyoke College. Her time there was focused on academics music rehearsals she played the banjo of all things and was in glee club and performances hockey and Christianity: “Rev E. Paddock spoke in chapel on “as your day is so shall your strength be”. Hate to think I won't see him again for a year or maybe more. English Exam in A. M. .Not so bad. Studied Math in P. M. In little room D. H. Botany in eve. Postcard from Sadie” Jan 31 1910. “Mountain Day…Miss Bridges invited all her advisees to breakfast…the Holyoke ranges 23 peaks miles Took us over 3…Home at 4: 30…” Oct 12 1910. “Structure paper back. Favorable criticism for which I was wisely prepared by Miss Lester. “Good understanding . Discrimination and rigor of thought “. Mission committee meeting at nine. Was able to play hockey today” Oct 13 1911. Dora completed her Master’s of Arts at Columbia in only one year and she seems to be too busy to keep a diary for much of it. As her career at Columbia ends and her professional life begins she is sure to record it: “Went to work! Everybody very nice to me. Lots of nice oldish men there wildly interesting young woman next to me Miss Miladolfsky. Went to work on lowly wages…got so I could turn the crank quite some. Requires too much thought! ” May 11 1914. “Studied an hour and a half and did exam…all over now! Doing proof-reading in the office - very tiring” May 21 1914 This diary is a gem. Through it we learn the roots of a brave bold and unique woman who chose to enter politics as a Republican in the early 20th century. Learning about the ambitious hardworking engaged young woman Dora was allows us a window into who she became. This diary is also a precious piece of history for those interested in the earlier days of Mount Holyoke College and Columbia University. DORA JULIA BRADBURY PINKHAM BIO NOTES: Dora J. Bradbury Pinkham was born in New Limerick Maine and raised in Fort Kent. She married Niles Pinkham a lumber industry executive in 1917. Following graduation she briefly taught at Madawaska Training School. A long-time member of the Republican State Committee she ran for state legislature and in 1922 she defeated two-term Democrat William J. Audiber. Pinkham was the first woman to win election to the Maine’s legislature. Remarkably Pinkham was not only a Republican but also a “Yankee Protestant” while her district was known to be “overwhelmingly Democratic Franco American and Catholic” Potholm 2011 p. 115. While she was a one-term member of the legislature she made an impact passing five of six bills she sponsored in the Maine House of Representatives. In 1926 her political star rose higher when she became one of the first two women ever elected to the Maine senate. Following her two terms in the Senate Pinkham served as special secretary to Maine Governor William Tudor Gardiner. She was very active in her community and the state serving as the local Chairman for the Red Cross. There is much information available on Dora Pinkham but this article from the Sun Journal helps the reader to know who Dora was as a person as well as a politician: https: //www.sunjournal.com/2023/01/22/when-dora-pinkham-took-office-as-maines-fir st-woman-lawmaker-a-century-ago-the-journal-predicted-a-lot-more-by-2023/ The diary measures 7.75 inches by 5.0 inches and contains 365 pages. The covers have separated from the spine. The pages are in good condition. Dora writes regularly in 1910 through 1912 her entries becoming more scarce in 1913 and she only writes in May of 2014. The diary is about 65% complete. The handwriting is legible. Overall Fair. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 365 pages; Signed by Author . hardcover‎

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‎SYLVIA BOND-SMITH, [DEREK BOND-SMITH]‎

‎1951 - 1952 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A 10000 MILE EPIC JOURNEY BY TRUCK FROM EUROPE TO SOUTH AFRICA HANDWRITTEN BY A 17 YEAR OLD GIRL MAKING THE TRANS CONTINENTAL TREK WITH HER 20 YEAR OLD BROTHER‎

‎KIMBLE ENGLAND AFRICA SAHARA CONGO SOUTH AFRICA. Good. 1951. On offer is a sensational original manuscript diary that details and documents an epic 10000 mile journey by truck for the most part that begins in Little Kimble Buckinghamshire a small town north-west of the Greater London area to Europe and then moves to North Africa across the Sahara through the Belgian Congo to the final destination South Africa. Remarkably the expedition was undertaken by 17 year old Sylvia Bond-Smith the author and her 20-year old brother Derek. Driving through much dangerous and wild terrain their difficulties deprivations and triumphs are retold by this erudite and intrepid traveler in this very detailed journal; from the practical and mundane day to day details of their journey to a wealth of keen eyed and charming observations of this very young woman on the adventure of a lifetime. The 300 pages or so 7" x 4.5" book is rife with experiences from mileage numbers to describing an elephant and gorilla hunt. Midway Sylvia and her brother meet up with their father who is exploring in the Belgian Congo. Adding further depth to the super narrative are the tipped in and some tucked in ephemera; train tickets stamps hotel ephemera news clippings the intrepid Smith-Bond siblings meet mid journey two journalists who become attached to the Smith's and document their story: "A boy a girl and a truck and ten thousand miles of adventure. That is the thrilling prospect facing Kimble brother and sister Derek Bond-Smith 20 and Sylvia 17. Very soon the Bond-Smiths embark on their biggest journey yet - 10000 miles by truck to Cape Town. Their route lies across 2000 miles of scorching Sahara - where they will follow a faint track marked every 60 miles by a petrol can through to the steaming Congo Nigeria Kenya and down through Tanganyika and Rhodesia." and a number of hand drawn maps and illustrations litter the journal. With great amusement we read an entry of their accommodations at one point: 'cheap not very clean but a nice old girl running it' then a later hand a one word note in pencil on the top margin with an arrow to the passage reading 'brothel'. Here are some snippets: Dec 6th 1951 To the Spanish frontier at La Jungesa - Gathering Kit getting official forms etc we drove on a bit and found a perfect camping site just off the road. Smooth grass and a kind of Oak tree and little cub bushes and mountains all around very beautiful. Got tent up and found water from a nearby stream and got meal. While eating too Dutchman came up whose signatures above. Cycling to South Africa so they hope through Spain and down West Coast of Africa. Algers Laghanek Dec 23rd 1951 Land flat at first than came to Atlas Telliem it became very rocky. Steep rocks very steep road cut right down. Very sleepy and couldn't keep my eyes open for long come out to a plateau passed through Boyhem in village stopped to talk 3 women and two men French bitterly cold stopped for lunch on desolate plain. Dec 30th 1951 Up at 6:15 supplies very short and all have been hungry for a few days very little breakfast. Jan 4th 1952 Up at 6 after about 4 hours of sleep got booked in what turned out - to be a very nice place with running water hot bath etc. Consists of several buildings and got nice room with bath around corner no sights nets above bed. First we have seen like this. Little would I have thought a year ago I would ever be in Nigeria so far its a very nice place were in now. Not much vegetation but lots of English colonist about which is pleasant like being home again only Colonial atmosphere I soon get into a bath and how I needed one never been so dirty in my life & had a good splash around. Felt really good to be so clean again first time I have had clothes off since we left Alger. Jan 14th 1952 Up at five it was still dusk found then & Skye sleeping in sleeping because of animals on the road. On road at 6:30 just as sun was rising beautiful sunshine. Saw several groups of guinea fowl several of which Derek blasted away and missed- saw no game - except 3 small Gazelle and two big monkeys. At Kobo we stopped at the road and bought two Pawpaws papayas and stopped for breakfast had my first Pawpaw which was quite good soon after Kapo came upon several cry neatly laid out and constructed villages some buildings still use leaina foundations leashed together with creepers. One deserted village rather impressive. Bush in this area very thick and road narrow. Jan 21st 1952 Captured several gorillas from the Rinzori mountains - The biggest gorillas in the world - Mal Shot one weighing 1/2 a ton with Teryizi large dimensions & black & hairy & strong It immediately wounded 2 of the natives while itself was wounded and dying on the ground. It grabbed one of them by the hand and flung him for 30 meters and the natives hand stayed in the gorillas grasp his bones crushed like butter. Another native the gorilla hit in the face which was completely torn in two. Jan 25th 1952 Up at 7 had breakfast than got picked up some of Ron & Skyes kit. Left Stanleyville at 9 after saying goodbye to Ron & Skye which was horrible having come so far with them Boys at Sebana Hotel - dreadful service bad. Good to be on the road again & walking quietly along Enuno & Ura rivers by and also Tslopo river and then through Baywaboli - not very big place. Population fairly dense natives all wearing white and proper looking than around Baywaboli where Govt patrol passed by - Avakabi & over the Kuri river by bicycle - a fast flowing river with lots of flat rocks after Ikani river the forest rather dense - tropical like vegetation all around palms tall trees and think undergrowth 5 monkeys around the road about us about 20 bands bigger baboons & thought for an instant they were gorillas which is quite possible as we are near gorilla county. At Elephant Station at Andudu on Nepoko river. Pygmies are very cruel as regards animals. One way they kill elephants is to smother themselves with the smell of the elephant and creep up on it while its asleep and cut its trunk off so it cannot eat or drink & is in great pain until it dies in about 4 days." The binding is not great but overall G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SYLVIA BOND-SMITH DEREK BOND-SMITH THE SAHARA BELGIAN CONGO KENYA AFRICA TRANS AFRICA EPIC JOURNEY BROTHER AND SISTER EPIC TRAVEL SAGA TANGANYIKA RHODESIA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE THE DARK CONTINENT SOUTH AFRICA TRAVEL YOUNG TRAVELERS GINETTE LITTLE KIMBLE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE TRANS-SAHARA HWY/N1 PYGMIES HUNTING ELEPHANTS GORILLAS CAPE TOWN ALGIERS AFRICANA HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . hardcover‎

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