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réf. 26328ONE: ALS to Bagnall 2 September no year; on letterhead of the Midland Hotel Manchester. TWO: ACS to Jones ‘New Theatre W.C.2. London Feb. 8.’ with London postmark dated 9 February 1945. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. ONE: ALS to Bagnall. 1p 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. Reads: ‘Dear Mr. Bagnall. / How very kind of you to write me such a charming letter. I did appreciate all you said – thank you very much / Sincerely yrs / Sybil Thorndike’. TWO: ACS addressed to ‘Victor Jones Esq. / 83. Ravenhurst Road. / Harborne. / Birmingham.’ Signed ‘Sybil Thorndike.’ Aged and discoloured with address side lightly stained. She is not sure whether she thanked him for his ‘sweet letter & card for Xmas -it was such a very kind thought & I must seem ungracious! You will understand tho’ – playing 3 shows a day - & only last week stopped my morning shows!! but Thank you thank you - & forgive delay and P.C!!!’ ONE: ALS to Bagnall, 2 September [no year]; on letterhead of the Midland Hotel, Manchester. TWO: ACS to Jones, ‘New Theatre W. unknown
réf. 26313No date. On letterhead of Treberran Perranporth Cornwall. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. On grey paper. In fair condition worn and creased. Addressed to ‘Dear Miss Cond’ and signed ‘Winston Graham’. It was ‘nice’ to hear from her again and he is happy to send her ‘the usual autograph’. ‘What a fine collection of first editions you must have. No I didn’t know you ran a gift shop in Sidmouth. If I am ever in the town I will certainly call in.’ No date. On letterhead of Treberran, Perranporth, Cornwall. unknown
réf. 2631829 June 1888. No place. Felix Mendelssohn was his godfather. See the entry on his father Ignaz Moscheles 1794-1870 in the Oxford DNB. Moscheles discusses his acquaintance with Kate Terry and her husband Arthur Lewis in his 1896 reminiscences ‘In Bohemia with Du Maurier’. 1p 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition lightly aged and creased with part of mount adhering to the blank second leaf. Addressed to ‘Dear Mrs Lewis’ and signed ‘Felix Moscheles’. He asks her to ‘let the bearer have the necklace you spoke of the other day’ as he ‘can just use it this morning’. He closes ‘With an instalment of best thanks in advance’. 29 June 1888. No place. unknown
réf. 26316No date or place. ‘Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam’ are regarded as precursors of Flanders and Swan. The present item is on a 14 x 13 cm leaf torn from an album. The high-acidity paper is discoloured otherwise in good condition with no chipping or wear. Entirely blank on both sides apart from the autograph ‘Flotsam’ with diagonal flourish beneath a highly stylized and simplified portrait of flotsam seated at his piano. A nice and unusual item. See Image No date or place. unknown
réf. 26315No date or place but the portrait of Hill apparently dating from the 1960s or early 1970s. Despite criticism for his supposedly sexist humour Hill’s work was admired by men from the novelist Anthony Burgess to Michael Jackson and Burt Reynolds. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. In good condition lightly aged with light traces of glue from mount on reverse. An 8.5 x 14 cm photographic print carrying an 8.5 x 10.5 cm black and white head and shoulders shot of a smirking Hill staring fixedly at the viewer in black top. Inscribed in light ink in the blank patch beneath the image: ‘To Eric / Cheers! / Benny Hill’. Autograph Note Signed with initials on reverse in darker ink: ‘ “Ta” for the cutting. / B. H.’ See Image of photo. No date or place, but the portrait of Hill apparently dating from the 1960s or early 1970s. unknown
réf. 2628615 September no year. On letterhead of Hunthay near Axminster Devon. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p landscape 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged with curling to inner edge. Central vertical fold. She thanks her for writing about ‘Broome Stages’ and is glad she enjoyed it. ‘You are quite right it is a pleasure and an encouragement to hear that a book makes friends.’ She concludes ‘Yes I suppose the name did come from the Church: it gave me the idea but it was pure chance there is no association.’ 15 September [no year]. On letterhead of Hunthay, near Axminster, Devon. unknown
réf. 2632417 and 18 December 1886; each on letterhead of the Royal Academy of Arts London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The two items in good condition lightly discoloured and each folded twice. Both addressed to ‘Doyne . C . Bell’. ONE 17 December 1886: 2pp 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Signed ‘J. Callcott Horsley. He explains the reason for not writing sooner: ‘I waited to see how our wants were likely to be as to small pictures’. The picture that Bell describes ‘must be a very interesting one’ and Horsley would ‘much like to see it’. He asks for it to be left where he is addressed to him ‘& then if I am unable to “hang” it I will take care that it is safely returned to you’. TWO 18 December 1886: 2pp 12mo. Signed ‘J. C. Horsley’. He thanks him for the kind trouble ‘but I regret to say that the Committee here do not think the little picture sufficiently up to concert pitch artistically for our Exhibition. ! -’. He regrets that Bell ‘should have been put to some inconvenience unnecessarily’. 17 and 18 December 1886; each on letterhead of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. unknown
réf. 2646359 Oxford Terrace 21 June no year. One page. 16mo evidence of tipping in on reverse mainly good. "My dear Miss Shirrell I rejoice to tell you that 300 copies of your book are sold. Sincerely Yours .". 59 Oxford Terrace, 21 June [no year]. unknown
1989réf. B66384Jerusalem Israel: Korman 1989. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Gilt stamped blue cloth boards small quarto 8.5" x 10.5" illustrated in color. Book has mild rubbing to boards small spots of soil to front board binding tight text clean and unmarked. Korman hardcover
réf. 627202George Allen & Unwin / Rand McNally London and Chicago. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by noted climber Jim Whittaker on title page. Whittaker whose ascent of the West Face of Everest is covered in this volume was the first American to summit. A near fine copy of the first edition in English in jacket slight wear. George Allen & Unwin / Rand McNally hardcover
1987réf. AB005592World Ship Society 1987. 108pp photos large fold-out plan of HMS Cattistock at rear. Small area of wear to rear cover otherwise all in very good condition. Contents are as new. First Edition. Original Card. Very Good. World Ship Society Paperback
2022réf. 329First edition. Hard cover. William Morrow & Company 2022 New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Personally signed by the author to half-title page. Not a bookplate. First edition first printing full number line. Dust jacket is wrapped in protective archival grade mylar. William Morrow & Company hardcover
1925réf. 538"THE WHOLE CHURCH IS THE SCHOOL OF AQUINAS" First American printing of a series of lectures delivered in the spring of 1924 as part of a week-long celebration of St. Thomas Aquinas. Bound in Art-Deco-style black-and-white boards with printed label and complete in the scarce original dust wrapper. Both the label and the wrapper are decorated with the Dominican Hound and motto: "Laudare Benedicere Praedicare" "To Praise to Bless and to Preach" from the Dominican Missal Preface of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The English Province of the Dominicans was "ordered by His Holiness Pope Pius XI to hold celebrations in honour of the Sixth Centenary of the Canonisation of St. Thomas Aquinas." The Dominicans responded by organizing festivities at the University of Manchester from May 26-May 31 1924. The lectures consisted of an inaugural address delivered by Professor T.F. Tout: The Place of St. Thomas in History followed by St. Thomas as a Philosopher Prof. A.E. Taylor The Theology of St. Thomas Aelred Whitacre O.P. The Mysticism of St Thomas Vincent McNabb O.P. St. Thomas as an Interpreter of Holy Scripture Hugh Pope O.P. An Epilogue Monsignor Gonne concludes: "The whole Church is the school of Aquinas. Daily his voice is raised." The lectures were complemented by a showcase display in the Rylands Library of several early editions of the works of St. Thomas. Approbations including the Imprimatur of Bede Jarrett O.P. Also printed in Great Britain in 1925. Rare complete and in this overall condition. Rare. B. Herder Book Company hardcover
réf. 1108465137New. Never used book
réf. 38706040-nnew. unknown
réf. 1891313991.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1426097212.Gspiral_bound. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1882réf. biblio2953Mainz: B. Schootts Sohne; 1st Edition 1882. Hardcover DarkGreen cloth Gilt lettering no dj. Some edge wear. Several newspaper clips with opera Ads attached to the endpapers. 7.1"x4.7". be2x. B. Schootts Sohne hardcover
réf. 20164On letterhead of Meads End Eastbourne. 8 October 1915. 1p. 12mo. In good condition with the Society's oval date stamp. He thanks him for the 'kindly renewed invitation to lecture at the R.S.A. As you surmise I am too much engaged at present to put together anything worthy of so august a body.' He is 'collecting material & perhaps at that indefinite date - "after the war" - I may be able to put it into shape'. He concludes: 'We miss you at the Chadwick'. On letterhead of Meads End, Eastbourne. 8 October 1915. unknown
réf. 19652Bolton Bridge Skipton Yorkshire. 21 July 1880. 1p. 16mo. In fair condition on aged paper with traces of mount adhering to reverse. Reads: 'Dear Sir Will you kindly let me know the latest date for sending pictures to the Melbourne International Exhibition and Oblige Yours very sincerely Cecil Lawson.' Bolton Bridge, Skipton, Yorkshire. 21 July 1880. unknown
réf. 20152Without dater or place. On one side of a 7.5 x 12.5 cm leaf of pink paper extracted from an album. In good condition very lightly aged. Centred on the page in blue ink the inscription reads: 'love from Enid Blyton'. No other writing anywhere on the leaf. As 600 million copies of Blyton's books have been sold worldwide and as she oversaw the design of her books and insisted on her distinctive signature being placed on every cover it is not an exaggeration to state that this is one of the most famous signatures of the twentieth century. See image. Without dater or place. unknown
réf. 19992On letterhead of St. Mary's Vicarage Primrose Hill N.W. London 23 April 1909 . 2pp. 4to. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. A warm and characteristically solicitous letter. She has heard 'such a sad account' of the recipient and hopes she is 'quite well & fit again now'. The Dearmers 'couldn't manage Paris but we should have loved it - There has been so much - boys' holidays & my book & now another new play! I am sending you "Gervase" - I always think of correcting the proofs at Alnmouth and the sunshine there - & your little red cap with the tassel!' She asks if 'Mrs. Erskine' is 'still in Paris' and reports that she 'went down to Wimbledon' the previous Monday 'and had a heavenly day in the sunshine at Elmley house' home of Earl Beauchamp. She concludes: 'Goodbye beloved lady - get well Your very affectionate Mabel Dearmer'. See Dearmer's entry in the Oxford DNB. On letterhead of St. Mary's Vicarage, Primrose Hill, N.W. [ London ] 23 April [ 1909 ]. unknown
réf. 20661Printed score published by Enoch & Sons in 'The Enoch Art Song Library' London. Dated 'June 1920' Harrison's autograph inscription dated 26 October 1920. 4pp. 4to. Bifolium. Aged and creased with chipping and closed tears to edges. Engraved title-page states that the work is 'Copyright 2/- net No. 1 Low Voice No. 2 Medium Voice'. Inscribed at top left-hand corner of title-page: 'To my friend Sir Courtenay Mansel with kindest regards from Julius Harrison Oct. 26th. 1920'. Moore's poem is printed on the reverse of the first leaf and facing it on the recto of the second leaf is the score. On the reverse of the second leaf is a 'Revised List' of 'The Enoch Art Song Library' with the date of issue 'June 1920.' at bottom left. There is no copy of this edition in the National Library of Ireland. The only copies on COPAC are at the British Library the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. 'To Chloe' had previously been published by Harrison in the collection 'Six Short Songs' London: Breitkopf & Hartel 1907. Printed score published by Enoch & Sons (in 'The Enoch Art Song Library'), London. Dated 'June 1920' Harrison's autograph inscri unknown
réf. 20657Without date or place. Victorian . 1p. 12mo. Lithograph engraved facsimile of Garrick's autograph manuscript on unwatermarked wove paper. In fair condition lightly aged. The origin of the engraving is unclear. Headed: 'Some additional shift to ye Comic part of ye Midsummer Night's dream. Song for Epilogue By Quince Bottom Snug Flute Starvling Snout.' The first nine lines of the poem follow beginning: 'Most noble Duke to us be kind Be you and all your Courtiers blind …'. The poem as published in Colman's edition of 1763 does not feature the penultimate line: 'That will not do at Court:'. The facsimile of Garrick's signature is at bottom right: 'D. Garrick.' Only copy traced is at Harvard. Without date or place. [ Victorian? ] unknown
réf. 20779Dated in autograph 'November 1890'. On a single 8vo half-title leaf removed from the William Clarke Russell's 'Nelson's Words and Deeds: A Selection from the Dispatches and Correspondence of Horatio Nelson' London: Sampson Low 1890. In fair condition lightly aged and with a central horizontal crease. Printed at the centre of the page are the words 'NELSON'S WORDS AND DEEDS' and at the head Swinburne writes: 'Isabel Swinburne from her affectionate brother Algernon Charles Swinburne November 1890'. Swinburne held Clarke Russell in the highest esteem describing him as 'the greatest master of the sea living or dead'. Dated in autograph 'November 1890'. unknown
