‎Thé‎

‎'By the Best Authors and Artists.'‎

‎OLIVER OPTIC'S ANNUAL 1889. Stories Poems and Pictures fro Little Men and Women‎

‎Boston: The Russell Publishing Company 1887. 1st edition thus. Glazed color pictorial boards with images reminiscent of Greenaway. Wear to edges & joint cloth. Period pos & drawings to preliminary blanks. A Good copy. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Square 8vo. <br/><br/> The Russell Publishing Company hardcover books‎

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‎'C'. [British Army in the Raj, 1913; British India; Cannanore [Kannur], Kerala; Mahomed Arif & Co.; Jemadar Amwalla ]:‎

‎British Army in India a supplies scandal Eight highly-finished capable caricatures by 'C' involving a Raj army supplies scandal 'Bilk' 'Jemadar Amwalla and the Old Atasi Troupe' 'Mahomed Arif & Co' 'the G. C. M.' and the Madras Times.‎

‎Two dated from Cannanore Kannur Kerala India one to December 1913 and the other simply to 1913. Eight witty and attractive caricatures in a sub-Punch style. All eight in good condition on lightly-aged paper. Each in black ink on a separate piece of paper five of them 33.5 x 21.5 cm and three of them 21 x 17 cm. The context of the caricatures is at present obscure but would undoubtedly make itself clear with specialist research. The five largest illustrations are: ONE: Caption: 'Please to remember The twenty-seventh of November The "Bilk-Powder" treason and plot'. Balding European in dress uniform sitting on a powder barrel on which is written: 'Finest high explosives Bilk Powder Mahomed Arif & Co Sole Manufacturers Guaranteed to retain its power even after four years.' Barrel behind with 'ACRE JCS' on it. TWO: Dated in bottom right-hand corner: 'after Marcus Stone II Cannanore Dec 1913'. Same balding individual portrayed as a Regency duellist waiting pensively with pistol in hand at a stile as dapper figure with monocle and cane approaches. Musical phrase at foot with words: 'Somebodys waiting for Somebody. OLD SONG'. THREE: Caption: 'Another musical "hit" in "The Marriage Market" at Daly's "Slippery Jack" sings a pathetic BIlk Ballad accompanied by the full band of the G.C.M.' Same balding individual on stage in cowboy costume with marching band of Indian musicians behind him and monocled figure peeping out from behind curtain. Musical phrase at foot with words: 'My wife will tell the Public of the way that I've been served'. FOUR: Caption: 'Ragtime in Camp Jemadar Amwalla and The Old Atasi Troupe. "Oooohhhh! he's just meant for kings and queens "Dont yer ask us what he means "Topkhanah ke awaz par tumhara dil burra hojata" We just love that Hitchy Koo Hitchy Koo Hitchy Koo'. Balding individual in military fatigues at back of stage doing something akin to a Hitler salute while saying 'Kan Kholo Bloody Monkey' while five portly Indian men four in military unfiform perform music four on instruments and one singing. FIVE: Caption: 'Il Trovatore Act 4 Scene 19 Leonora Alias "Alicemary". from without deplores the fate of her lover and is answered from within the prison by Manrico Manrico "Tho' for one year we sever "Thou wilt remember me. "In the "Madras Times" there thou wilt champion me Alicemary mine! we part but not for ever'. The balding figure in a cell in chains with a view of a woman through barred gothic windows behind him. The three smaller illustrations are: SIX: Dated in bottom right-hand corner 'C. Cannanore 1913'. Musical phrase at foot with words: 'and the truth shall ever come uppermost and justice shall be done OLD SONG'. Regency scene featuring five Western individuals in a tavern including monocled figure and twittish toff outside window stalking with a gun. SEVEN: Caption: 'Serenade "Bilkeuse" by Il Domeni'. Balding individual in Elizabethan dress serenades Indian figure at window: 'Bilk on oh Bilk Sweet Aaaaaaaarif Oh Bilk again once more! Bilk oooonnnn!' Two flowers fall from the window with book titled 'ADJTS CASH ACCT'. EIGHT: Caption: 'Le Reve: the Court is closed to consider the Finding.' Five Western individuals in military dress uniform asleep on a bench while behind them turns a merry-go-round with a number of western and Indian figures on the horses. The word 'J'accuse' in small letters at head as well as '8 Shies at the CO for penny'. Sample scan slight loss through sixe of scanner bed. Two dated from Cannanore [Kannur, Kerala, India], one to December 1913 and the other simply to 1913. unknown‎

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‎'Colonel Ingersoll, The Great American Orator' [ Colonel R. G. Ingersoll; Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899), 'The Great Agnosti‎

‎Printed pamphlet. The Flight of the Shadows. A Discourse delivered by Colonel Ingersoll the Great American Orator.‎

‎'Sixth Edition.' Sold by R. Forder 28 Stonecutter Street London; Truelove London; Morrish. Bristol; The Bookstall Freethought Institute Southampton; S. Watts Manchester; Alexander Orr Edinburgh; Robert Ferguson Glasgow. No date 1890s. 18pp. 8vo. Disbound. With pink front wrap carrying an engraved portrait of 'Colonel Ingersoll. The Great American Orator and Wit.'. In good condition lightly aged. A report of a speech at Robinson's Opera House Cincinnati. A prefatory note titled 'Eloquence of Ingersoll' quotes from Samuel P. Putnam's 'Golden Throne'. Scarce: the only copies of any edition traced at Oxford second edition and the London School of Economics edition not stated. 'Sixth Edition.' Sold by R. Forder, 28, Stonecutter Street, London; Truelove, London; Morrish. Bristol; The Bookstall, Freethoug unknown‎

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‎'Coquelin aine' Constant Coquelin; Benoit Constant Coquelin 1841 1909 of the Comedie Francaise one of the greatest French actor‎

‎'Coquelin aîné' Constant Coquelin; Benoît-Constant Coquelin of the Comédie Française great French actor. Autograph Letter Signed 'Coq' to 'Ma cheri Alice' giving his plans for the summer and referring to his 'depart de la Comédie'.‎

‎No place or date. 1p 16mo. In good condition. He begins by telling her that he will not be travelling anywhere that summer for work but that he may go and rest at Aix 'et voilà tout'. He continues: 'On m'a dit que vous etiez charmante dans Andrea mon premier soir de liberté sera pour vous aller voir . . . . J'irai vous dire bonsoir et vous raconter l'histoire de mon depart de la Comédie'. No place or date. unknown‎

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‎'Dotun Osunsanya, International Association for the Promotion of Okwe, Nsa, Ayo., National Council for Arts and Culture (Nigeria‎

‎The Scientific Basis of NSA-ISONG‎

‎Nigeria: Inter. Assoc. for the Promotion of Okwe Nsa Ayo 1998. 57 pp. Hardcover very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Nigeria: Inter. Assoc. for the Promotion of Okwe, Nsa, Ayo hardcover‎

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‎'Dundas' [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Price, Waterhouse & Co., accountants; the Roaring Twenties; Prohibition in America]:‎

‎A young Englishman in 1920s Pittsburgh. 25 Autograph Letters Signed 'Dundas' from a young Englishman who has relocated with his family to America and is training with accountants Price Waterhouse & Co. To his English friend 'Smut' 'Meredith'.‎

‎The first five letters from London Forest Hill and Catford; the rest from Pennsylvania with 15 from 621 Kelly Avenue Wilkinsburg Pittsburgh. Between 1 March 1926. A total of 140pp. i.e. 98pp. 12mo; 40pp. 8vo; 2pp. 4to. One letter possibly incomplete unsigned the other 24 signed 'Dundas' with postscripts sometimes signed 'Das'. The three letters before the last addressed to 'Meredith' the other 22 addressed to 'Smut'. Of the 25 letters: 7 from 1926; 4 from 1927; 10 from 1928; 4 from 1929. The first five letters to 19 November 1926 from London three from 143 Como Road Forest Hill SE23; two from 406 Stanstead Road Catford SE6; the rest from Pennsylvania with 15 from 621 Kelly Avenue Wilkinsburg Pittsburgh and one each from 411 Pitt Street Wilkinsburg; 510 Mifflin Avenue Wilkinsburg; 839 E. Hutchinson Avenue Edgewood Pittsburgh; and letterheads of the Penn Albert Hotel Greensburg and the Penn Grove Hotel Grove City. Between 1 March 1926 and 6 June 1929. An interesting correspondence emphatically materialistic and enthused with the youthful good humour and bullishness of a young Englishman who is attempting to make his way as an accountant training with Price Waterhouse in the 'Land of Opportunity'. Dundas adopts American mannerisms 'Gee boy!' and 'O.K.!' and exhibits puerile humour 'We have been having an air polluting competition in the office this evening the chap next to me has won easily but I've cheated him for having a cold I couldn't smell him' and the characteristic casual racism of the period from New York he writes 'And the Hutoo. I've never seen so many at once in my natural.'. References in the correspondence reveal that 'Dundas' is an'Old Erithian' a former students of West Street School Erith Kent and of Scottish extraction and that at the start of the correspondence he works in an office in London. The recipient with whom Dundas was at school is in England training to be an actuary. Topics include: the passage over; New York 'the chap we're staying with took us downtown in his Dodge'; Prohibition; prices clothing rent chewing gum; Dundas's extensive amorous activities including 'heavy necking' with a number of 'girls' 'Gee boy! We've got a nice little girl in this house. . She is by no means slow In the pictures & in the car - Oh! Boy!!! - xxx'; hotels; his work travelling around the area surrounding Pittsburgh as an auditor; jazz; his studying at the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy; festivities in America; his acquistion of a piano; the climate; the relative qualities of American and English men and 'girls'; sports and recreations 'I am going to join the Minnetoska Club here. It is a canoe club tennis Baseball & swimming'; the motor car and 'autoists'; an account of a trip to Sligo 'a town so small that although it is only 100 miles away most Pittsburghers have never heard of it'; his efforts as a photographer 'I have now completed an album containing all the fellows pictures . I have orders for 14 of them now & will probably have orders for 20 or so more . For once photography is paying me'; radio broadcasting 'Did you ever listen to the "Gold Spot Pals" that was the broadcast of the Gold Spot Shoe Company'; road taxes. The correspondence begins with news of a dance with some clues towards the author's identity: 'There weren't very many of our old crowd there mainly people who left before we did. Have you see sic Woollatt just lately Gee! he has grown. . Bob Horlock Bell Harry Cameron Lilian Rayner Doris Knott & one or two others were there.' With the third letter 26 April 1926 comes an announcement: 'now hold tight - Dad & I are trying to get to America we have our names down for the next Quota and expect to go about Sept or Oct but of course there is nothing settled yet and there are many slips twixt the cup and the lip.' On 11 November he reports that 'we got through our Medical Exam O.K. & that we have booked our passage on the Carmania sailing on the 27th inst'. A month later on 14 December he writes from Wilkinsburg to describe the passage over 'On Saturday night we ran into a gale. Gee boy! didn't she rock! I'll say she did. Some of the people had the wind up. One chap at the table next to us got up dressed & put his life belt on.'. By 20 November 1927 his mother and 'Peggy' sister have arrived and he has already dumped a girlfriend 'She kept me waiting for 1 ½ hours one night because she had something to do & we were going to a dance.' enrolled on a course at the Pittsburgh School of Accounting and been to '5 dances in the last 6 weeks'. At the end of 1927 12 December he reports that he is 'still with Price Waterhouse accountants & working hard'. On 16 January 1928 he writes that 'Prohibition here is a big farce & in my opinion is doing more harm than good. It is very much like the "under 16" smoking in the old country. You know how many kids will start smoking at 10 & 12 just to feel big. Well here the high school & college people drink just because they are told they mustn't. Anyone who wants it can get as much as they want - and what stuff gee its poison. I smelled some stuff that was supposed to be whiskey if that was whiskey I'm dutch it smelled more like methylated spirits to me. Of course the good stuff can be bought but one would have to pay $5.00 & up a pint. . I saw one fellow being carried out of the movies on new years night he had been drinking bad liquor & he was all drawn up into a terrible shape.' On 15 April 1928 he reports that he is 'still with P. W. & Co. The boss hasn't officially confirmed that I am permanent but all the seniors seem to think I am. Added to that there are only six out of 35 temporary men left.' On 2 December 1928: 'I too am anxiously waiting the R100. Boy I hope she knocks the Grafs time into a cocked hat. I'd just love the opportunity to say "there see thats what the old country can do!"' On 24 February 1929 he can report that 'Things have broken pretty good for me in the office this year. I am now a ranking senior - that is for the busy season. Right after I came back from Huntington I received my first "In Charge" assignment. It was a large Department store & Mail Order House with 8000000 Capitalization. This entailed 2 stores in New York & 3 in Pittsburgh. . one heck of a lot of hard work for me for the three fellows they gave me were green I even had to teach them how to make a check mark'. The same letter carries a reference to 'Marion Robertshaw' who is 'now with the B.B.C.' On 3 March 1929 he reports that 'Dad is in the experimental Dept of the Hudson Motor works in Detroit and doing very well.' and asks: 'Who are you for in the General Election. Ramsay McDonald has all my wishes with Lloyd George running him a close second. I understand Ll. G. has a new idea for wiping out unemployment. I think if those two men could work together they could put England back in her place. I don't know whether you have realized it but England is certainly slipping badly and something drastic will have to be done for her to regain her place in the worlds affairs. Of course I am relying on American statistics for my assertion.' By the time of the last letter 6 June 1929 he is living a bachelor existence at 839 E. Hutchison Avenue Edgewood 'very comfortably situated in my room & liking it not so bad. At times it gets a little lonesome . life has just been one exam after another . By the way since Dad went to Detroit hes been getting on fine. He got into the experimental dept of Hudson Motor Co on some kind of special exhibition work they were doing & got them to adopt some ideas of his for saving them time & money & he has been made foreman. I was glad to see Ramsay McDonald went into power. Its tough luck he didn't get a working majority. All the papers here are watching the Labor Party closely to see what happens. Here's wishing them all the best. I think the best thing that could happen in England would be for the Liberal Party to be abandoned & join with the Labor.' The first five letters from London (Forest Hill and Catford); the rest from Pennsylvania, with 15 from 621 Kelly Avenue, Wilkins hardcover‎

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‎'EBÛ NASR 'ISMÂ'IL B. HAMMÂD EL-CEVHERÎ.‎

‎Kitâbu'l-Kavâfî. Prep. by Kenan Demirayak.‎

‎Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish and facsimile in Ottoman script. [xvi], 25, [14], 48 p. Study on one of important books on 'kâfiye'. Kitâbu'l-Kavâfî. Prep. by Kenan Demirayak.‎

‎'Edward Thunder' [satirical political poster for the Sussex election, held at Chichester, 12 March 1820; national debt]:‎

‎Contemporary manuscript transcription on paper watermarked 1818 of a satirical political poster from Brighton by 'Edward Thunder' produced for the Sussex election held at Chichester in 1820.‎

‎Watermark 1818; Circa 1820. The original printed by 'Fleet Printer Brighton'. Folio 1 p. On paper watermarked 'J WHATMAN 1818'. Written out in a very neat hand over thirty lines over the 'signature' 'Edward Thunder.' and with the printer's slug reproduced in the bottom left-hand corner.Begins 'How I Mourn For the Blindness of my Countrymen!' The writer expresses outrage that the electors are 'endeavouring to send those to form the next Parliament who are likely to increase instead of diminish this never-to-be discharged National Debt.' The text of this poster is reproduced without the line breaks or the printer's slug in 'An Account of the Sussex election held at Chichester March 13 1820' Chichester: W. Mason 1820 pp.159-160. [Watermark 1818; Circa 1820.] The original printed by 'Fleet, Printer, Brighton'. unknown‎

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‎'Eric Broad' (Frederic E. Wright), English poet [W. Kineton Parkes; John Ruskin; William Marwick; the Ruskin Reading Guild]:‎

‎'Eric Broad' Frederic E. Wright poet Three Autograph Letters Signed two 'Eric Broad/Frederic E Wright.' and one 'Frederic E Wright/Eric Broad.' to W. Kineton Parkes assistant editor of the journal of the Ruskin Reading Guild 'Igdrasil'‎

‎20 and 22 January and 3 March 1890; all from Scarsdale Great Malvern. All three items in very good condition. Interesting series of letters by an obscure 1890s poet. Letter One 12mo 7 pp: Although he realises that some are 'rather poor' he is sending through his brother possibly the artist Alan Wright 1864-1959 'all the lyrics I have by me': 'I have not had time to "weed" yet being veryy busily engaged writing lyrics for a Comedy-Opera 'Ethelinda or a Philanthropic Fad' 1890 on which he collaborated with Hamilton O. Wylde - & a libretto for Operetta; also been trying my hand at very sensational prose'. He has 'quite forgotten' the poem 'Yesterday': 'There is a lyric in the brown-paper-covered book "But Yesterday" - but I do not know if that is the one.' He will 'submit a Sonnet or something to "Igdrasil" shortly'. He misses 'Comus' a magazine edited by Parkes 1888-9: 'as there was always something to attract one in it - more than can be said for most mushroom-papers do forgive the epithet - it was not intended of this era'. He has been 'rather shakey' 'suffering with nicotine poisoning of the lower lip'. He is sending Parkes the 'last collection of my verses' entitled 'In Idle Hours' no copy on COPAC. 'It is coverless - Pardon that - I trust the inside will gain your favour. It is out of print - & only 12 copies were printed. Three on rough-edged paper - others as this one. It is I regret one of the follies of a year past. Cavil not therefore O Critic - but pity the poor deluded youth!' Letter Two 12mo 1 p: Parkes's 'friend may like to see the enclosed lyrics not present - which I have just written.' Letter Three 12mo 4 pp: Apologises for asking for the return of his lyrics 'safe to hand to night'. 'The Composer I sent to however was hard to please: in fact I was unable to do business with him'. He has a 'little collection of Sonnets . in the press' nothing on COPAC under either Broad or Wright. Wonders whether Parkes will 'put the Sonnet "Igdrasil" in the magazine of that name'. 'I suppose "Comus" will appear again "pro bono publico" - I have been writing short stories lately for which I seem to have a slight gift.' In fact my first was well received by a large firm & I am awaiting further hearing from them.' Hopes he may send 'anything in the poetry-line for insertion in "Igdrasil" as I shall submit nothing but what is worthy of my best attempts'. In a postscript reports that the libretto on which he has been collaborating see above is 'now musically complete' and 'on the eve of printing prior to copyrighting. It is of novel & original plot & action.' 20 and 22 January and 3 March 1890; all from Scarsdale, Great Malvern. unknown‎

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‎'F. C.' [original drawings for cartoons in Punch, or the London Charivari]:‎

‎Original drawings for Punch cartoons; women Four original ink drawings later engraved and published Punch on the subjects: women on bicycles ice skating women in the Oxford and Cambridge boat race punting.‎

‎The cartoons were published in Punch London: 26 August 1865; 18 May and 2 June 1866; 18 May 1869. Four charming and amusing cartoons from Punch's golden age. All four are executed in a similar style but the identity of the cartoonist or cartoonists is unknown. The first of the two cartoons in Item Two below as published by Punch has the monogram signature 'F C' engraved in the bottom right-hand corner. No Punch cartoonist with these initials is apparent. ONE: Captioned: 'Another Brilliant Idea Only Brillianter!' 21 x 13.5cm. In good condition on leaf of browned high-acidity paper torn from a notebook. Two men idle in a punt while two women hold up sheets. Appeared on 26 August 1865 as companion piece to an earlier Punch cartoon 5 August 1865 the latter captioned 'Brilliant Idea How we had ourselves blown up the river as it was a great deal too hot to row.' TWO: Two companion pieces 12 x 10cm and 11 x 9cm laid down on 13.5 x 21 cm leaf. Both in good condition lightly-aged; with slight loss to one edge of mount. Mount captioned in manuscript: 'ON THE ICE. Being Helped along a Slide by some one Else's Brother and - Being Helped along by one's own Brother.' Dated in bottom right-hand corner of mount to August 1866 but in fact appearing in Punch 10 March 1866. In the first of the two a pretty young girl is solicitously assisted along an icy path by a dapper young man with moustache straw hat and cane; and in the second the same young lady's younger brother propels her forwards along the path with a heave his head planted firmly in her bustle. THREE: Captioned: 'Boat-Race of the Future. Drifting down to the Starting-Point.' 11 x 17cm. On 13 x 21cm mount. Two row boats each containing five ladies in with an urban river bank behind them. The five ladies in the boat in the foreground are smartly dressed in uniform striped dresses and spotted hats. Published in Punch 2 June 1866. Both in good condition lightly-aged; with slight loss to one edge of mount. FOUR: 'This is what we may Expect to see this Season.' 21 x 13.5cm. In good condition on leaf of browned high-acidity paper torn from a notebook as Item One. Lady dressed in high style with top hat and bustle rides side-saddle on a bicycle with her little dog scampering beside her while pursued by a surprised John Bull on another bicycle past a bemused bystander. Published in Punch 18 May 1869 with the slightly different caption 'Oh! Then this is what we may expect to see this season.' The cartoons were published in Punch (London): 26 August 1865; 18 May and 2 June 1866; 18 May 1869. unknown‎

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‎'F.I.A.N. I.M.C.' (writer)/ Sa.-Sta.-Santa ALEXANDRA; ALFREDA; AMATA THAOR; ANASTASIA; ANTHUSA; APOLINAR; AUREA; AURELIA; BENEDICTA; CASALDA; CATHARIN‎

‎''DESIERTO DELICIOSO TOM. II DEDICADO A LA REYNADE CIELO EN SU DOLOROSA SOLEDAD''. - 17th Century Spanish Manuscript, ''Faciebat F.I.A.N. I.M.C. an. D. 1754. in Deilau[? ] m'': 'VIDA DE Sa. MARIA EGIPCIACA Penitente'; 'VIDA de ZOE Y PHOTINA Gloriosas Anacoretas'; 'VIDA de la famosa Ramera THAYS Despues Insigne Penitente y Solitaria'; 'VIDA ADMIRABLE de la Santa Virgen APOLINAR Insigne Solitaria'; 'VIDA ADMIRABLE de la Venerable Virgen ALEXANDRA Solitaria'; 'VIDA de Sa. MARGARITA Virgen Egipcia y Solitaria de insigne Paciencia'; 'VIDA De una Insigne Anacoreta llamada MARIA; De Sa. PAULINA Inclusa'; 'VIDA De la Venerable Virgen Solitaria HERMELENDIS'; 'VIDA De Sa. Maria Ogniacense Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable Solitaria CATHARINA VANINIA conocoda por la Joven CATHARINA SENENSE'; 'VIDA De Sa. DIMPHNA Solitaria Virgen y Martyr'; 'VIDA de la Venerable Virgen YACHELINA Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. ANASTASIA Solitaria'; . . . (and many more, see below. . .) [Seventeenth Century]‎

‎Spain, 1754. Calligraphic titlepage in a handpainted watarcolour frame; 5 sheets dedication ''A LA REYNA DEL CIELO MARIA SSA. EN SU SOLEDAD DOLOROSA SA MADRE DEL AMOR HERMOSO, y delicias de la celestial Syon, aunque max grande de penas y amanguras de la gracia, que en el dura, pero o lorioso campe de la soledad ...''; 1 blank sheet; 2 sheets ''TABLA DE LAS SANTAS ANACORETAS CONTENIDAS EN ESTE SEGUNDO TOMO DEL DESIERTO DELICIOSO''; 2 sheets 'PROTESTA . . .' etc.; 334* sheets Description of the Saints. - Vellum binding of the periodover 4 raised bands with manuscript title at spine and possibly younger frangments of ribbon clasps; 4to.(ca. 24 x 19 x 6 cm; ca. 1,47 kg.).‎

‎*** AUTHENTIC EXTENSIVE AND WELL READABLE SPANISH MID-17th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ON THE LIVES AND WORK OF 90 FEMALE SAINTS FROM THE FIRST CENTURY UNTIL SHORT BEFORE THE PERIOD OF THE MANUSCRIPTS CREATION, MANY CONTAINING DATES FROM THEIR LIVES AND NAMES OF RELATED PERSONS; apparently collected from different sources. - */**) Sheets 192-197 with 'VIDA de Reyna solitaria' and the beginning of 'VIDA de la famosa Ramera Margarita Antioquena despues Sa. PELAGIA Penitente Solitaria' are lose, the end of 'Sa PELAGIA' is missing; sheets 197-203 are missing, sheets 204-207 (begins in the middle of 'VIDA De STA. WITBURGA Virgen solitario') are loose again. --- BINDING SOMEWHAT USED AND SPOTTY, first and last sheets only fragmentarily present; A VERY GOOD AND UNIQUE PIECE. - CONTINUATION OF THE SAINT'S LIST: 'VIDA De Sa. YDA Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la gloriosa penitente MARIA Sobrina del Santo Ermitario ABRAHAN'; 'VIDA De Sa. OTILIA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De la Santa Virgen Solitaria EUFROSINA'; 'VIDAS De las Virgines Solitarias HERUNDO REDENTA ROMULA'; 'VIDA De Sa. MONEGUNDE Inclusa'; 'VIDA De Sa. ITA Inclusa'; 'VIDA de la Venerable CELSA Inclusa Madre de S. Grato Obispo Cabilonense'; 'VIDA De MARIA TARSENSE de Tamera penitente solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. BENEDICTA Virgen y Martyr Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la insigne Vorgen Solitaria MARINA'; 'VIDA De Sa. SYRIA Virgen Soloitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. PAPULA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. UDEGEBA Virgen inclusa Maestra de las Virgenes Otilio Walpurga'; 'VIDA De Sa. LANDRADA Virgens Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. AUREA Virgen inclusa'; 'VIDA De Sa. AUREA Virgen, Solitaria inclusa en el Monasterio de S. Millan de Suso'; 'VIDA De Sa. POTAMIA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De la Santa Abadessa SARA'; 'VIDA De las Santas Hermanas Solitarias Virgenesy Martyres'; 'VIDA De la gloriosa Pentitente Solitaria Sa. THEODORA ALEXandrina'; 'VIDA De Sa. CESARIA Virgen Anacoreta'; 'VIDA De la insigne pecadora y penitente Solitaria CLARA AGOLANCIA'; 'VIDA De Sa. COLUMBA Virgen y Martyr Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. POMPOSA Virgen y Martyr Solitaria'; 'VIDA De la Venerable Solitaria CATHARINA Romana llamada Hermosa'; 'VIDA De Sa CASLDA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable PORFIRIA Penitente Solitaria'; 'VIDA de una penitente Solitaria Anonima'; 'VIDA De la Santa Virgen y Martyr Solitaria FLABIA DOMITILA'; 'VIDA De las Venerables Penitentes inclusas COMATE Y NICOSA'; 'VIDA De Sa. EUGENIA Virgen y Martyr Solitaria'; 'VIDA Sa. ULFIA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA Des Sa. AURELIA Virgen inlusa'; 'VIDA de Reyna solitaria'; 'VIDA de la famosa Ramera Margarita Antioquena despues Sa. PELAGIA Penitente Solitaria'*; 'VIDA De STA. WITBURGA Virgen solitario'**'; 'VIDA De Sa. EUFRASIA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. DOROTHEA Alexandrina Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. MELANIA Matrona Romana Solitaria'; 'VIDA de las Santas MARANA CIRA Solitarias'; 'VIDA De Sa. DOMNINA Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable FABIOLA Romana Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. SYNCLETICA Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable Virgen COLETA Isigne Solitaria y Reformadora'; 'VIDA de las Venerables Virgines Solitarias AMATA THAOR y otra Anonima'; 'VIDA De Sa. ENGRACIA Anacoreta Virgen y Martyr'; 'VIDA De Sa. ANTHUSA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA de una Virgen Sa. Jezosolimitana Solitaria'; 'VIDA NOTICIA De una Anacoreta incognita'; 'VIDA ADMIRABLE VIDA De MALCO y su Concautiva Solitarios'; 'VIDA De TABITA Virgen del Monasterio Tabenesiota y Anacoreta'; 'VIDA De dos Solitarias incognitas'; 'VIDA De Sa. PAULA Romana Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. MACTHILDE inclusa'; 'VIDA De Sa. SARA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De SILVIA RUFINA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. ISABEL Madre de S. Juan Bautista Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. HERENA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. GEORGIA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. GUDULA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. ALFREDA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable ANASTASIA Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable DAMIANA inclusa'; 'VIDA de la Venerable GALA Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable IVETA Leodiense Solitaria'; 'VIDA De MARIA Muger de Eucharisto Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable NEPHALIA GNOSA Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. PETEONA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable Virgen PIAMUN Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable REYNOFLA Solitaria'; 'VIDA de ROMANA Virgen Solitaria'; 'VIDA De Sa. REGULA Virgen y Martyr Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Venerable SOPHRONIA Jaxentina ilustre Solitaria'; 'VIDA de la Madre de San Herveo Solitaria'; 'VIDA de una insigne Anacoreta incognita'; 'VIDA de las hermanas de Amonio Anacoretas'.‎

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‎'G. F.' [Viola Garvin (1898-1969), journalist; Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879‎

‎Viola Garvin journalist. Typed Letter written on her behalf by 'G. F.'Gerald Fiennes to 'Sylvia Dear' Anglo-Irish poet Sylvia Lynd thanks her for 'one of the nicest novel articles we have had' and asking her to review Somerset Maugham.‎

‎On letterhead of the Observer 22 Tudor Street London. 14 August 1934. 1p. 4to. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. She thanks Lynd for 'one of the nicest novel articles we have had in Gerald's absence' and asks her to 'be an angel and do something else for Viola who is vanishing tomorrow for four or five weeks' in reviewing 'the Somerset Maugham book you wanted . I really think he is worth a long article to himself - 1500 words and if you care to you can put in a word for Heinemann's edition of the Collected Works which we send alongside. Mr. Bell will be in charge and Miss Francis if you let her know will take care of proofs and so on but I shall count on your doing it'. On letterhead of the Observer, 22 Tudor Street, London. 14 August 1934. unknown‎

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‎'George Franklin The World's Worst Wizard' F. Spence and 'original cod prestidigitateur':‎

‎'George Franklin The World's Worst Wizard' and 'original cod prestidigitateur'. Autograph Letter Signed 'F Spence.' requesting a book from the Thule Press.‎

‎On his letterhead with autograph address Green Gates 55 Corton Road Lowestoft Suffolk . 16 September 1948. 1p. 8vo. In fair condition aged and creased. The letterhead in orange and blue boasts that Franklin is 'The World's Worst Wizard' and is headed 'Too Tuubes sic The original cod prestidigitateur with a new act which is packed with crazy comedy and clean fun'. He asks him to send 'Stevenson Toy Theatre Book' and asks if he has 'any books on Marionette & string Puppets'. On his letterhead, with autograph address Green Gates, 55 Corton Road, Lowestoft [ Suffolk ]. 16 September 1948. unknown‎

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‎'H. D. O'N.' [Harry Duncan O'Neill (1867-1946), Secretary of the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society] [Arthur D‎

‎Poems; printed; Harry Duncan O'Neill Clerical Medical and General Life Assurance Society. Autograph Letter Signed 'H. D. O'Neill' to 'Hay' with copy of his privately printed 'Clerical Verses. 1889-1910. By H. D. O'N.' containing 28 inserts.‎

‎Book: London Printer not stated. Circa 1911. Letter: on letterhead of 15 St James's Square Pall Mall SW London; 9 February 1912. For more about O'Neill son of the Victorian artist George Bernard O'Neill see his obituary in The Times 15 June 1946. LETTER: 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. Begins: 'My dear Hay Will you honour the humble author by accepting the enclosed copy of "Clerical Verses"' Regarding the poems he writes: 'You will at any rate be amused at the Vanity which threw them into type and bound them in cloth.' The book is he continues 'strictly limited to Clericals in its circulation' but he is making an exception in the case of 'an old Clerical such as you for you have always encouraged my Muse'. He has 'only printed "proper" verses but you'll find one improper one on a loose sheet'. He concludes: 'All the verses are strictly founded on facts.' BOOK: 31pp. 8vo with the 'loose leaf' mentioned in the letter to Hay tipped in at the end carrying a poem titled 'A Moment' with explanatory text. In blue cloth binding with title in gilt on front cover. In fair condition on aged and worn paper shaken in worn binding. The poems are humorous and many are preceded by explanatory texts the first for example to a poem titled '76 pro 27' reading: 'The following verses were sent to me when Leeds Branch Manager by Mr. Besant in return for an acceptance letter rating a man of 27 up to age 76. The life in question now a distinguished member of the Colonial Civil Service would be "office age 91" to-day 1911 if he had been fool enough to complete.' Laid down on the front pastedown is a reproduction of a cartoon. The volume is excessively scarce with no copy traced on either COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. The volume contains 29 inserts including two Autograph Letters Signed from A. D. Besant son of Annie Besant General Manager of the Clerical Medical and General to 'Raynes'. Both are on the letterhead of 9 Hampstead Hill Gardens NW3 and they date from 28 February and 2 March 1953. In the first Besant mentions among other matters 'O'Neill's verses': 'I have various odd ones stored away somewhere and if I can dig them out I will send you copies.' In the second he states that he is sending 'the poem by O'Neill on which I could not put my hand when I wrote to you last week. He dashed it off impromptu'. The poem referred to appears to be present among the other 28 inserts in O'Neill's autograph and titled 'Impromptu' and beginning 'When the Bobby's on his beat'. The other inserts include four more leaves carrying manuscript compositions one of them a holograph 'Copy' of a twenty-line poem 1p. 8vo by O'Neill dated at the end 'H. D. O'N. 24.12.12.' The poem is untitled and begins: 'This is the Saga of Digby The Saga of Digby and Christmas Tells how he carried the parcels Numerous brown-paper parcels Tied up with string by a lady .'. Also present are a manuscript prose text headed 'The late George Gould Churchward and 21 cuttings of poems extracted from the Post Magazine and Insurance Monitor from 1927 and 1928 and one from 1931. Nineteen of the poems are by O'Neill and the other two are addressed to him one from 'L. H.' and the other from 'I. B.' Book: [London?] Printer not stated. [Circa 1911.] Letter: on letterhead of 15 St James's Square, Pall Mall, SW [London]; 9 Febru hardcover‎

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‎'HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA, HOWARD C.‎

‎The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living‎

‎MOBIUS 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. MOBIUS paperback‎

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‎'Honestas' [Muir, John George] (author of 'An essay on the Scottish poor laws' etc.)‎

‎Threads and Patches on Political Economy‎

‎Digby Long & Co. London 1901 First Edition. 1901. hardback 8vo xii161pp 16pp publisher's adverts at rear text clean and binding tight owner's name on endpaper original blue boards gilt spine titles Very Good condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Digby, Long & Co., London, 1901, First Edition. Hardcover‎

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‎'I S' [The Royal Academy, London, in the nineteenth century]:‎

‎Lithographed Victorian satire on the Royal Academy. The Dolefulle Ballade of Arthur Scumble Now First Imprinted From Ye Originalle M.S. Embellished with Drawynges after Ye Quicke. Drophead title: 'Arthur Scumble or The yonge Probationere.'‎

‎London: Ford & West Imp. 54 Hatton Garden. 1852. 6pp. small 4to. Stitched into brown wraps with lithographed title on cover in pastiche of Gothic design including monogrammed initials 'IS' in shield with the letters picked out in red. In fair condition aged and worn. An extremely scarce item no copies found on OCLC WorldCat or COPAC whose text and illustrations cast light on the practices at the Royal Academy in the mid-Victorian period. Scumble is a glaze painting technique. The piece is a poem in four-line stanzas written in Wardour Street English beginning: 'Now lyth and listen Students all I come before ye here To tell the Mischance that befell A yonge Probationere Merrye it was in Londonne streetes The daye was faire to see When sallied forth an Artiste-youth To the Royal Academie.' The drophead title on the first page has the letters in the name 'Arthur Scumble' also picked out in red. Each page carries a highly-stylised illustration the last five in text the first in the margin and depicting a herald holding a flag on a pole and blowing into a horn. The other five illustrations show: the artist handing in his drawing; drawing a skeleton; drawing his 'Figure after the Antique'; running away with hat and glasses flying; and his body being searched after his suicide by two policemen. Running synopses in margins the first reading: 'Of a yonge Artiste hight Arthur Scumble & how he takes a Drawynge to ye Academie to obtain entrance therein as a Probationere.' There follow: 'He urgeth on ye Portere ye. necessitie of a speedie Decisionne by ye. Council.' 'He commenceth Worke at ye Academie' 'But lykes it lyttle' 'He fyndeth ye Skeleton tough' 'Commenceth hys Figure after the Antique. The Cause of much swearynge' 'and wyshynge the Curator and Keeper to be in a warmer place than wold be consistent with ease and comforte' 'He groaneth in spirit' 'He completeth hys figure' 'The Council decides on ye Drawynges wyth its usual Judgmente' 'Ye Decisionne of ye Councill is adverse – rejectynge ye Drawynges' 'Ye Rage of Scumble thereat' 'and' 'Astonishmente of ye. Portere' 'In dysorder of mind & Bodye he fleeth from ye Academye' 'He commyteth Suicide' 'Ye. Ende'. See IMage. London: Ford & West, Imp. 54, Hatton Garden. 1852. paperback‎

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‎'Jam-mGon Kong-sPrul the Great‎

‎A Direct Path to Enlightenment : Being a Commentary Which Will Comfortably Introduce Ordinary People to the Mayahana Teaching of the Seven Points of Mind Training‎

‎Vancouver: Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling 1000 Stapled spine. Meditation to develop Bodhicitta which denotes the aspiration for Buddhahood; the determination to practice all the virtuous deeds that lead toward Buddhahood; the enlightened insight into imminent Reality; the great compassion and Vow to serve benefit and deliver all sentient beings. From the collection of Sanje Frank Elliott Buddhist mentor artist and friend to many. Condition notes: 82 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean bright tight; top corners well thumbed all edges sunned. Cover: heavy burgundy plain wraps no titles or ornamentation; light edge/shelfwear corners thumbed especially top corners spine sunned. Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling paperback‎

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‎'John William Calcraft' [stage name of John William Cole (c1793-1870)], actor, dramatist and lessee of the Theatre Royal, Dublin‎

‎'John William Calcraft' stage name of John William Cole actor and lessee of the Theatre Royal Dublin. Two Autograph Letters Signed both 'J. W. Calcraft' regarding debts and plans for productions.‎

‎4 March 1847 and 31 January 1848. Both from the Theatre Royal Dublin. Both letters 2pp 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Cole's handwriting is difficult. The recipient is not named. The first letter 34 lines long concerns a bill which Cole has drawn on the recipient of the letter. It is coming due and he is uncertain whether it is for £90 or £100. He asks him to withhold payment for a while as 'Lent is always a dead time with me'. He is 'going to try the experiment of Mr Butter for 6 nights' and has 'good hopes of the result'. The second letter begins: 'My dear Sir I have made most liberal offers to Farren Mrs. Nesbitt & Mr. Glen as Mr Lee will tell you & with the exception of the old lady none of the parties appear to have the least consideration or wish to accommodate or help a manager who pays them so liberally as you do - It is not I am sorry to say an uncommon case.' The latter part of the letter is not easily read but concludes: 'I sincerely hope the Keans & the Wife's Secret are showing you full houses.' 4 March 1847 and 31 January 1848. Both from the Theatre Royal, Dublin. unknown‎

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‎'LANYARD'.‎

‎Stand-by to Ram!. A stirring and graphic Account of dramatic Episodes in the great Battle of the Atlantic. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at edges and with loss at upper edge of front panel. Anecdotal account of war in the Atlantic. Two later impressions were published under the author's name of 'G. Morgan'. Enser, p.297; Law 0210.‎

‎'Living Statuary' [W. A. Coote, National Vigilance Association; E. Fox Butler, London Council for the Promotion of Public Morali‎

‎Public Morality in 1907: 'Living Statuary' and the National Vigilance Association. File of cards press cuttings circulars copy letter to Daily Chronicle from papers of William J. Taylor of London Female Preventive and Reformatory Institution.‎

‎Between April and June 1907 Daily Chronicle; National Vigilance Association; London Council for the Promotion of Public Morality; London Female Preventive and Reformatory Institution. A marvellous slice of unexplored Edwardian social history raising questions of morality censorship art and pornography from the papers of William J. Taylor Secretary of the London Female Preventive and Reformatory Institution. The 'Living Statuary' controversy arose over 'the propriety of the living statuary exhibitions in music-halls' Daily Chronicle 30 April 1907 and in particular the performances of the Australian artiste Pansy Montague b. 1885 known as 'La Milo' who posed as a living statue covered in alabaster whitening with a few strategically placed pieces of white material. The scandal was not restricted to London: a parade in Coventry in 1907 in which 'La Milo' took part as Lady Godiva caused an outrage. The present collection gives a full picture of the range of opinion with Taylor invoking John Ruskin and a large number individuals quoted in the newspaper reports some of the quotaions lengthy from individuals ranging from leading clerics and Mrs Bramwell Booth to Millicent Fawcett Hall Caine Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Max Beerbohm the last of whom comments with characteristic wit: 'It is no more improper for human beings to represent statues than for statues to represent human beings. But the practice strikes me as rather absurd.' The result of the controversy was inconclusive and the practice of 'living statuary' continued for decades in the 'tableaux vivants' at Soho's Windmill Theatre. The collection is in good condition with light signs of age and wear apart from the three loose newspaper cuttings which are in poor condition. ONE: Duplicated copy of letter on 'LIVING STATUARY' by William J. Taylor as secretary of the LFPRI 200 Euston Road NW 4 May 1907 'To the Editor of the Daily Chronicle'. 2pp 8vo. With a few minor manuscript corrections. 'Having for nearly 49 years laboured to rescue the victims of ungoverned passion' he is in the present case 'surprised that not more references have been made to that prince of art critics John Ruskin. His words are surely worth of recall.' A long quotation from 'the “Eagle's Nest†Lecture 8' follows on how 'The study of the nude is injurious beyond the limits of honor and decency in daily life'. Taylor feels that 'the words of Ruskin should be written in letters of fire and burned into the consciences of men and women everywhere. The only safe path to the maintenance of virtue is not to go in any direction calculated to excite our baser nature but in striving to keep as far away as it is possible.' TWO: Two typewritten circulars and two manuscript cards from the National Vigilance Association And International Bureau for the Suppression of the White Slave Trade London. All four items on the NVA's letterhead and the first three signed by both the NVA secretary Willliam Alexander Coote 1842-1918 and the secretary of the London Council for the Promotion of Public Morality E. Fox Butlin. First circular 15 May 1907 2pp discussing the fact that 'the Music Halls have for some time been giving an entertainment described as “Living Statuary†in which men and women appear apparently in a state of nudity' and the 'strong protests' that have been made 'in London and the Provinces'. The NVA and LCPPM are joining a deputation to the London County Council which is to be headed by the Bishop of London and they request a delegate so that 'the deputation shall be thoroughly representative of the efforts being put forth in London to help young men and women to a more excellent way of life'. First card postmarked 16 May 1907 and addressed to the secretary of the London Female Preventive and Reformatory Institution written in manuscript and giving the date of the deputation. Second circular 29 May 1907 1p giving details of the time and place of the delegation. Second card postmarked 3 July 1907 unsigned and in manuscript a reminder of the date for the deputation. THREE: File of newspaper cuttings from the Daily Chronicle. In brown paper folder with the following on the cover: 'Row III Hole I Correspondence Daily Chronicle April – May 1907 Living Statuary'. A series of fourteen cuttings of long articles in small print from between 30 April and 6 June 1907 each headed 'LIVING STATUARY' laid down on one side each of twelve ruled 8vo leaves. The date of each article is given in manuscript. Subtitles: 'Exhibitions Withdrawn in Manchester. Managers' Decision' 'Attitude of the London County Council. La Milo's Reply. Protest by Mr. Thornycroft the sculptor' 'Is it degrading What famous painters think. Sir L. Alma-Tadema's view.' 'Influential Deputation to the L.C.C. No answer given.' 'Leading public men on the controversy. Artists' views. Influential appeal to the L.C.C.' includes quotations from figures including Conrad Dressler Hayden Coffin Charles Hawtrey and Evan Spicer 'Further protests from notable men. Bishop's opinion. Effect of campaign on the managers.' quotations from figures including the Bishop of Ripon W. R. Colton G. R. Sims Mrs. Bramwell Booth 'Birmingham exhibitions withdrawn. Father Vaughan. Trenchant attack on the performers.' many quotations including ones from Hall Caine Walter Crane Max Beerbohm 'It is no more improper for human beings to represent statues than for statues to represent human beings. But the practice strikes me as rather absurd.' Bishop of Manchester; 'â€La Milo†Makes an Appeal to the L.C.C. Artists' Deputation.' 'Rev. Silvester Horne's Visit to Music Hall. His impressions.' 'Nottingham Police as Censors of the Exhibitions. Mr. Straus is pleased.' 'Licensing Committee to view La Milo. Dr. Emil Reich. “Revolting untruth of the accusations.â€' 'Exhibitions Withdrawn in Glasgow. The London Crusade.' several quotations 'Bishop of London to Lead Deputation to L.C.C. Action in Wigan.' including long quotations from 'Mr. John Davidson' 'Dr. Horton' and 'Mrs. Fawcett'. FOUR: A further four cuttings the first three loose and in poor condition with detached sections chipping and loss to text. The first from the Tribune 26 June 1907: 'Living Statues Banned. County Council's Decision. Indignant Artists.' The second an editorial from the Evening News and Evening Mail same date: 'The Death of Living Statuary.' The third without source or date: 'Living Statuary. Important Deputation to the L.C.C. Action Probable.'The fourth laid down on paper an unrelated short report on 'Art and American Morals' from the Evening News 4 June 1907. Between April and June 1907 [Daily Chronicle; National Vigilance Association; London Council for the Promotion of Public Moralit unknown‎

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‎'Mau Mau terrorism' in Kenya, and the British Foreign Office [Kikuyu tribe; Jomo Kenyatta; Sir Philip Mitchell; Sir Evelyn Barin‎

‎'Mau Mau terrorism' in Kenya and the UK Foreign Office. Typewritten Foreign Office briefing document titled: 'a The political and economic effect of MAU MAU in KENYA.'‎

‎United Kingdom Foreign Office Whitehall London. Circa 1953. The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 and the atrocities committed by the rebels were matched by those of the British whose Attorney General in Kenya Eric Griffith-Jones wrote to Governor Baring in 1957 that the colony's detention camps for Mau Mau suspects were 'distressingly reminiscent of conditions in Nazi Germany or Communist Russia'. He advised that suspects be beaten mainly on their upper bodies and that those administering violence should 'remain collected balanced and dispassionate' also commenting: 'If we are going to sin we must sin quietly.' Among the victims of British brutality was Hussein Onyango Obama grandfather of President Barack Obama. From a batch of Foreign Office documents including material from the Information Research Department for whose activities financed from the budget of the Special Intelligence Service otherwise MI6 see The Times 17 August 1995; and also Michael Cullis's obituary of Sir John Peck in the Independent 20 January 1995. Duplicated typescript. Headed: 'a The political and economic effect of MAU MAU in KENYA.' 8pp foolscap 8vo. Paginated 'a 1' to 'a 7' including interpolated passage on 'a 2A'. Complete with catchwords to all but the last page. Divided into five sections headed: 'What is Mau Mau' 'Action against Mau Mau terrorism' 'Sir Philip Mitchell's dispatch on East African economic problems' with subsections on 'Population Problems' 'Labour problems and Wages' 'Social Welfare' 'Royal Commission for East Africa' 'Development plans for Kenya'. The first section begins: 'Before considering in detail what the secret society called Mau Mau is and what are its aims; it will be as well to examine traditional background of the tribe of Africans involved – the Kikuyu.' The section includes an 'account of the barbaric rites practised at Mau Mau initiation ceremonies' from 'the Nairobi Correspondent of The Times' 9 October 1952. The section on 'Mau Mau terrorism' begins with a description of the police response to 'the murder of Chief Waruhiu' and discusses the activities of Jomo Kenyatta. The points of Sir Evelyn Baring's 'programme for the economic and social development of Kenya' 28 October 1952 are enumerated in the last section followed by a description of Governor Baring's'defence plans'. No other copy traced. [United Kingdom Foreign Office, Whitehall, London. Circa 1953.] unknown‎

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‎'Members of the Battalion'‎

‎History and memoir of the 33rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps and of the 19th 98th 100th and 248th M.G. Companies / written and illustrated by members of the Battalion‎

‎London: Printed by Waterlow Brothers & Layton Limited 1919. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in title-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn. Panel edges dulled and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting front free end paper loose but present. Text remains clear without blemish. Provenance: Albert Cutt's copy with his regimental registration card and associated ephemera loosely inserted. Limited edition of only 1600 pages this being number 256. Physical description: 6 118 pages: maps some fold. ports. plates some col.; 32 cm. Subjects: Great Britain Army Machine Gun Corps Battalion 33rd.World War 1914-1918; Personal narratives English. Military history. London: Printed by Waterlow Brothers & Layton, Limited hardcover‎

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‎'Mrs. Cecil Chesterton' [ Ada Elizabeth Chesterton, nee Ada Eliza Jones ] (1869-1962), journalist and sister-in-law of the write‎

‎'Mrs. Cecil Chesterton' on her brother-in-law G. K. Chesterton. Typescript of an article 'sketch' titled 'G. K. C. IN FLEET STREET. by Mrs. Cecil Chesterton.'‎

‎Without place or date but after the demise of the 'New Witness' in 1923 and before G. K. Chesterton's death in 1936. 3pp. 4to. In fair condition on aged worn and browned paper. Ada Chesterton worked with her brother-in-law while assistant editor of the 'New Witness'. Her admiration for his talents was fully reciprocated G. K. Chesterton describing his sister-in-law as 'brilliant'. It begins: 'Very much has been written and said of G. K. C. the poet the pamphleteer the genius of paradox who holds the attention of his listeners by his dazzling sleight of words. I am going to write of him from a different angle - G. K. C. the journalist as he is known and gauged in Fleet Street. There is held generally speaking a most mistaken view of that same Fleet Street which is for the most part regarded as the mere receptacle for the Capitalist press: the place where mis-statements by the million are issued from a rapidly revolving hoe and distributed broadcast.' She proceeds to describe 'another side of Fleet Street' 'an informal tribunal where men are tried for offences never mentioned in the public press' a place where arrogance is 'a sin'. It is here that there is 'no greater idol' than Chesterton 'a supreme journalist' who 'can write anywhere and anywhen on anything'. She recounts an anecdote regarding an incident involving a 'distinguished literary critic' and Chesterton 'during the life of the New Witness'. She concludes by stating that having 'worked with him in difficult and troublous circumstances' she feels that Chesterton proves 'his title to genius more in his capacity for turning the commonplace of existence into the pure gold of fine thought'. It is unknown whether the piece was published. Without place or date, but after the demise of the 'New Witness' in 1923, and before G. K. Chesterton's death in 1936. unknown‎

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‎'One Who Has Whistled At The Plough ' [SOMERVILLE, Alexander]‎

‎The Autobiography of A Working Man‎

‎London: Charles Gilpin 1848. Original blind-stamped binding of brown cloth some wear/rubbing stains to rear cover corners pushed/worn dust and browning to rough-trimmed edges spotting to endpapers and title page internally predominantly very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Charles Gilpin Hardcover‎

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