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1935Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1973176 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1973. Photo-illustrated endpapers. "McKenna tells his story simply and with refreshing candour... Backed by some of the finest football action photographs ever assembled for an Australian sporting book and some splendid full colour instruction shots which show the basic skills of an absorbing game in a manner every reader can follow with profit." - from Publisher's Note. Erasure blemish atop front board. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this precious memento. Book
Best.-Nr. 21171Paris :Match. L'Intran. Le plus grand hebdomadaire sportif du 28.5.1935 àu 31.12.1935 (du n 459 au n 494,double ) soit 36 numéros en un volume infolio;1/2 basane,bon etat,rare
1902Best.-Nr. 25820London: Illustrated London News 1902. Antique woodblock print a rugby pass in play surrounded by several vignettes including commentary by spectators: "By Zeus we'll pip them." Antique woodblock print full page color 11 1/2 x 16" Illustrated London News unknown
1896Best.-Nr. 275544Rugby: A. J. Lawrence 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; multiple pagings. Contents; Patriotism: a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by the Lord Bishop of Hereford. ; God and Caesar: a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by the Rev. H.A. James. ; Contentment and Discontent: a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by the Rev. H.A. James. ; A Sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by Rev. James Robertson. ; Beast and Man: a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by the Rev. H.A. James. ; Hope: a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by The Rev. A.A. David. ; A Sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by Rev. R. Waterfield. ; The Greatness of Humanity: a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by Rev. H.A. James.; Fellowship: a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by Rev. W.H. Payne Smith. ; The Bonds of Union Between School Fellows: a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by Rev. H.A. James. ; ""A Charge to Keep I Have"": a sermon preached in Rugby School Chapel by the Rev. H.A. James. ; God's Ambassadors: a sermon preached at the ordination in Wells Cathedral by Rev. H.L. Goudge. ; The Years That Are Past: a sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford by Francis Paget. ; Memorial Sermon on the death of Mr. John Penn delivered by Rev. Samuel Bickersteth. Subjects; Collected Sermons. Rugby School. Rugby: A. J. Lawrence hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2110924 Wilton Crescent London. 28 February 1842. 4pp. 4to. Bifolium with mourning border. In fair condition lightly aged with short closed tears at edges of some folds. An excellent letter indignantly countering what must be the most serious accusation one historian can level against another that of making 'false quotations'. The recipient is not named but from the context is undoubtedly the Headmaster of Rugby School Thomas Arnold who since the previous year had held the Regius Professorship of History at Oxford and would die four months later on 12 June 1842. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir You will not I am certain consider it as a liberty if I address you a few lines on the subject of an allusion last word underlined to a passage in my History of the Middle Ages which I understand you to have made in a recent lecture at Oxford. The great respect which I bear to you will be a sufficient excuse; for in an ordinary case I should have waited for publication of the lecture & made my observations then or not as I might have thought it expedient'. He does not have 'an exact knowledge of what you said concerning me' but assures Arnold of the 'very great annoyance' he felt when 'Dr Buckland i.e. the geologist and cleric William Buckland 1784-1856 some weeks since told me in his jocular language “Dr Arnold has been blowing you up for false quotations'. He did not have 'the slightest notion what was the specific charge' but considered it 'a most serious imputation upon any writer' and subsequently 'obtained some information' from 'Dr. B.' 'vague indeed but enough to make me conjecture that your charge related to the well-known passage in Eligius. This has been confirmed since by a letter which a friend of mine received from Oxford; but the words said to have been used by you are very loosely given from memory. It appears however that you spoke in very handsome terms of my general character as a faithful historian'. Arnold has almost certainly overlooked the fact that 'in the fourth edition of my work & in all that followed I have retracted the error into which I had been led so far as it was an error in the fullest manner; not silently correcting or omitting the passage but leaving it as it stood with a note acknowledging it to be highly exaggerated in consequence of the wrong interpretation which through Mosheim's quotation many besides myself had put upon the original writer's meaning. On reading this note again after several years it appears to me that I have gone to the utmost in saying that the passage quoted by Mosheim ought never to be applied again; for in reality it is one of importance & serves to confirm what Mosheim himself has said though Maclaine & those who followed him went much farther than it would warrant.' He discusses a Latin sentence declaring: 'I need not add that this was no false quotation nor even a garbled one on the part of Mosheim who gave an entire - still less on my part who only quoted him & Robertson.' He ends by declaring his expectation that 'when your lectures go to the press you will do me the justice of taking notice' that he has corrected 'the error into which I had been led'. In conclusion he observes for the purpose of bring his work 'to the public eye it has been absolutely necessary to give modern authorities'. 24 Wilton Crescent [London]. 28 February 1842. unknown
1894Best.-Nr. 33580np 1894. Framed photograph 10-1/2" x 13-1/2" matted behind glass within ornate gilt frame 21" x 23-1/2". Light wear to surface of photograph. Matting has some spotting. Some wear to frame and small chip to frame edge. Else Very Good. The squad is dressed in various football uniforms including laced smock vests over long sleeved shirts caped sweaters and knee length pants. Each of the two young men wearing military style uniforms has a small billed cap. unknown
1894Best.-Nr. 33580np 1894. Framed photograph 10-1/2" x 13-1/2" matted behind glass within ornate gilt frame 21" x 23-1/2". Light wear to surface of photograph. Matting has some spotting. Some wear to frame and small chip to frame edge. Else Very Good. The squad is dressed in various football uniforms including laced smock vests over long sleeved shirts caped sweaters and knee length pants. Each of the two young men wearing military style uniforms has a small billed cap. unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 25835London: Illustrated London News & The Graphic 1885. Otherwise very good condition. A Cadbury's Cocoa full page ad in both newspapers. "Cadbury's Cocoa is absolutely pure. Sustains against fatigue. Increases muscular strength. Gives physical endurance and staying power." Antique woodblock print later hand color 10 x 14 1/2" matted in gray mat board 14 3/4 x 20" Illustrated London News & The Graphic unknown
Best.-Nr. 18743Laleham The Parks. 22 December 1872. Laleham on Thames Middlesex now Surrey. . 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition on lightly aged and worn paper. Arnold whose conversion to Roman Catholicism hindered his academic dvancement in England was grandfather of the writer Aldous Huxley and taught James Joyce at Dublin. At the time of writing he was running a private tutoring establishment at Oxford. He begins the letter by explaining that it has hardly been possible to reply to Hutchinson 'during term time . I had so much work on my hands'. He is returning 'Canon Bright's letter' and has 'not had time to look at the treatises on Perseverance and Predestination'. He has however 'read some way into the Epistle to Sixtus and can find in it nothing like a denial of free will on human merit though this last also he ascribes to an effect of the divine grace. Why some are saved and others lost he cannot tell; he calls the whole subject a "difficillima quaestio" .'. He continues with a number of Latin quotations including one from a letter to Abbot Valentine of Adrumetum noting that 'St Austin' was 'misunderstood in his own day as he often is in ours'. He continues: 'With such passages as these to enlighten one as to the Saint's real meaning may one not well feel reluctant unless a whole string of predestinarian in the bad sense passages were adduced from his writings to admit that he fell into or countenanced error' He ends with a discussion of 'the good works of the heathen'. Cf. Bernard Bergonzi A Victorian Wanderer The Life of Thomas Arnold the Younger. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003. Laleham, The Parks. 22 December 1872. [ Laleham on Thames, Middlesex (now Surrey). ] unknown
1991Best.-Nr. 2082702114908678University of Tokyo Rugby Club OB Party 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 422 pages Size: B5 Number of books: 1 University of Tokyo Rugby Club OB Party paperback
1912Pages 469-518 plus 45 pages of wonderful photo-illustrated ads. Contents profusely illustrated with high-resolution black and white photos. Includes index to Volume XLIV, January, 1912 - December, 1912. Contents include: The Transportation Building, Chicago, 1893; The Architecture of Louis H. Sullivan; Harper Memorial Library, Chicago, Ill; Three Residences at East Orange, N.J.; Apartment Houses in New York City - the Peter Minuet, The Hamilton, The Luxor, Eton and Rugby Halls, The Lucania, The Regnor, The Rexor, The Mira Mar; Apartment House, 86th St and West End Ave.; Apartment House at 118 E. 54th St.; Eltinge Theatre; The Hotel Statler, Cleveland, Ohio; Store for L. Bamberger & Co., Neward, NJ; The Escalator. Above-average wear. Heavy external wear. Front preliminary page loose with bit of writing but present. A worthy reference copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 21170Paris :Match. L'Intran. du 7.1.1936 àu 6.10.1936 (du n 495 au n 538 ) soit 43 numéros en un volume infolio;1/2 basane,bon etat,rare
Best.-Nr. 11871On letterhead of The Deanery Norwich. 9 January 1873. 4pp. 12mo. 51 lines of text. Bifolium. On aged paper. The context is explained by the fact that until 1927 one canonry in the cathedral establishment of Norwich was attached to the Mastership of St. Catharine's College. The letter begins: 'I have requested the Master of Catherine sic Charles Kirkby Robinson to read you two letters from Canon Nisbet which will show you how very litle prospect there is of our getting permission from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to spend any part of the money gained by our sale of the Barracks in the improvement of our Canonry Houses. This creates an embarrassment; for the question arises how we shall raise the money required for the purchase of the remainder of Mrs. Morse's lease unless we come upon the Barrack money.' Goulburn now describes how he and 'Heaviside' have pressed the Master to determine 'whether he will take Mrs. Morse's house; for if he declines to do so that will make the question still more embarrassing since in that case the £500 set apart for the removal of his present House and the making good the cloister will of course not be available. And I have further expressed the hope that he will be able to see his way to a move on the public grounds of freeing our beautiful Cloister from its present disfigurement. As soon as he has made up his mind I shall crave your kind permission to call a Chapter at your rooms.' He thanks him for his 'most interesting and if I may so say edifying Preface to the Catalogue - made doubly or trebly valuable by your kind inscription therein. I cannot say how highly I value the possession of such a document.' He will send 'the Bishop of Derry's Sermon': 'He could not have said any thing wh. wd. tell more in a place like this where you are so much revered and loved.' He complains of his duties 'as Editor to correct the press of these Sermons; and if another man's proofs always give one a little trouble much more do an Irishman's. And my good friend tho' very brilliant as an orator is very Hibernian.' On letterhead of The Deanery, Norwich. 9 January 1873. unknown
Best.-Nr. 21149'Lyons July 18th. no year'. On both sides of a 17.5 x 20.5 cm piece of wove paper cut from the first leaf of a letter with 14 lines of text on the recto and 20 lines of text on the verso. In fair condition lightly aged with two small labels used as mounts still adhering. Annotated at the head of the first page in a small light hand dating the letter by reference to Arnold's 'Memoirs' and explaining that the letter is written 'To Mrs. Arnold who gave me this from Her dear hand Autumn 1860'. For the context of the letter see the Memoirs 'Appendix C. VIII. Tour in the South of France'. The letter begins: 'My dearest Mary We arrived here at three o' Clock this Afternoon and are off in the Steam Boat for Roignon tomorrow Morning at 5. - Our Window looks across the Saone to the Cathedral of N. D. de Fourvieres on the Top of the Hill. - It is a magnificent Town but the Heat here as every where is overpowering.' He predicts that the following day 'will be a cool and I expect a very interesting Day'. He will be interested to know 'what weather you have had in Westmoreland for fine Weather there is truly enjoyable and you need not fear the Sun'. Referring to the 'Lyon Tablet' he writes: 'We have just been out a little after Dinner & have seen the famous Plate containing the Speech of Claudius about giving the Freedom of Rome to the Gauls. - It is preserved here in the Museum. We have now come to the End of my Knowledge and I suppose that I shall enlarge my Knowledge a little but Naples I think is out of the Question and probably so also will Voltura sic for 'Volterra' be.' The recto ends here with the words 'But our .'. The verso begins: '… rather too hot – We have today clearly seen the whole Group of the Avergne Mountains in the Distance and their Outline is exceedingly no word follows. I succeeded in getting a Sketch of them as we drove along – besides seeing the Clermont Chain we have had a most hilly days Journey for we have crossed the Chain of Hills whose exact Height I do not know but where we went was more than 1500 so that the highest Peaks must be at least 3000. The Country would have been beautiful if it had not been so burnt up that it was all one Brown Colour together'. He describes how on 'the first Evening after leaving Paris we slept at Ponthiery – where the Salon was hung with Pictures of the Westmoreland Lakes – the next day we passed through the Forest of Fontainebleau which was most beautiful but as I have described it full length in my Journal and have not now much Time I shall pass it over'. The extract on the verso concludes with a description of a night at 'Briare on the Loire' and his making of a sketch and the words: 'Today we have had an easy Day - .' 'Lyons, July 18th. [no year]' unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 978K5London : The Epworth Press 1932. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated . The first edition of this scarce Missionary work regarding New Zealand being a presentation copy signed and dedicated by the author and presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Scarce.With a frontispiece and twenty two further plates. Collated complete. Errata leaf tipped in at front free endpaper with additions included in pencil. Working loose. Signed and dedicated by the author to the front free endpaper:"Miss E. R. Thomas With every good wish from the author M. A. Rugby Pratt Christchurch 24th March 1932"Written by New Zealand Methodist minister church administrator and historian Albert Rugby Pratt. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in lovely condition with just minor shelf wear to head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is generally smart with chipping to backstrip. Closed tear to front of wrap. The odd mark to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Additional pencil notations to errata leaf. Near Fine The Epworth Press hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 25816London: Illustrated London News 1898. A rugby match at the Richmond stadium. Double page illustration antique woodblock print b&w 23 x 16" Illustrated London News unknown
1973280 pages. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Contains considerable information about local familes. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. An excellent copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 14644England; 1954. The seventeen signatures are on a piece of 8.5 x 11 cm paper laid down on a leaf removed from an album captioned '"ENGLAND" RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAM 1954'. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. Present with one unidentified are the signatures of Vic Leadbetter; Ted Woodward; Phil Jones; John Kendall-Carpenter; <>; Jeff Butterworth; Pat Quinn; Eric Evans; Tug Wilson; Peter Young; Dickie Jeeps; Gordon Rimmer; Peter Yarranton; Rob Stirling; Martin Regan; Sandy Sanders; Reg Higgins. It may be that the item is misdated as this exact team did not play in the Five Nations of that year. [England; 1954.] unknown
Best.-Nr. 224211 January 1872. East Sheen London S.W. 4pp 4to. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded four times. Encouraged by Scott's response to his wife's letter Taylor is 'encouraged to ask for yr. advice in the predicament in which we stand at present. My boy has made hardly any progress in the last term & stands only four fm. the bottom of the upper Fifth.' He explains that on a former occasion he was in favour of 'a change of house & of companions' but that 'the boy was exceedingly averse & I was induced by assurances of doing better to let him go back to Mr Arnold's'. He encloses a letter from Arnold not present! and asks whether Scott thinks that 'a beneficial change is practicable': 'Any change might be more or less beneficial simply because it is a change & new courses are more easily adopted under new circumstances.' He discusses the possibility of 'some strengthening companionship'. He continues: 'Doing as ill as he does I do not contemplate keeping him at Rugby beyond another term. He is now 17 1/2 yrs. of age. If he had done well I shd have sent him to one of the Universities; but as you observed in one of yr Letters to my wife no good cd. come of that with no more disposition to get the good he can than has been shown at Rugby.' He considering 'making him a Civil Engineer. Industry of course is essential for success in that - but so of everything else; & something must be tried.' His assessment of his son's abilities is stark: 'He seems to have no particular aptitude for geometry & mathematics but I do not know anything useful & profitable for which he has any special aptitude. He has a love for music - he has a taste for literature - & some powers of expression in it - but so do I & I do not think that my efforts in that way for 50 years have produced me one year's subsistence'. Taylor's son Henry Ashworth Taylor was for two decades a King's Messenger. 1 January 1872. East Sheen, [London] S.W. unknown
Best.-Nr. 035691Philip Lee Warner/Medici Society 1916-1922. nice set; complete; volumes 1 and 2 have original tissue covers . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Philip Lee Warner/Medici Society, 1916-1922 hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 064394England: Printed for Rugby School by Philip Lee Warner and The Medici Society Ltd. 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8 Volume Set. Includes the original volumes 1-7 as well as the volume Rugby School War Register: Containing the Names and Services of Rugbeians in the Great War of 1914-1918 published for the Rugby School by George E. Over. All volumes printed between 1916-1923. Scarce complete set of the Roll of Rugby with a separate photography for each man. The final volume also includes the names of casualties and honours. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers fading along edges and spines foxing and tanning on covers and page leafs. Set is in Very Good-minus condition. Printed for Rugby School by Philip Lee Warner and The Medici Society, Ltd. Hardcover
1839Best.-Nr. 8712Rugby 1839. 1839 2 340 p. Publisher's embossed cloth binding spine titled in gilt. A Fine copy. Armorial bookplate of Edward Pretty 1792-1865 sometime drawing master at the school and another of Maidstone Museum which he later curated. Two neat embossed stamps are the only other signs of ownership or use. Rugby, hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 83Etablissements Delmas et fils à BORDEAUX Publicité WALL, rue Lafayette à Paris AFFICHE ANCIENNE imprimée en 1929, dessin de MICH format : 12 x 160 cm et 125 x 166 avec la toile belle scène de RUGBY conservée roulée, pas de plis l'affiche est entoilée bon état (infime défaut de fabrication "faux-pli" blanc voir photo), une fine déchirure sans manque de 20 cm au niveau du K ou le papier est légèrement décollé mais à peine visible envoi soigné sous cartons solides en colissimo recommandé
1893Best.-Nr. 40375London Pastime Ltd. 1893. Small 8vo. 109pp.9pp. publisher's advertisements. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper slightly soiled otherwise in good condition. An account of the 1893-94 rugby union season. unknown
