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Best.-Nr. 74293N.p. London: Elstree Studios 1960. Literary and cinematic critique Elstree Studios' unfavourable report of Ian Fleming's Thunderball written three months before publication from page proofs submitted by publisher Jonathan Cape. Pp.4 typed report on ABPC letterhead rectos only reader's delivery stamp to first page dated 13 December 1960. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Very well preserved. The ninth James Bond title Thunderball was published on 27 March 1961. Jack Common's reader's report notes that Cape submitted page proofs to the studio on 11 December 1960 and that Common submitted his report to the studio two days later. His conclusions were damning and as it turned out wildly inaccurate: 'Pretty much the same mixture as before plus a few modern 'props' in the way of nuclear bombs and atomic submarines. . Suspense sags for long stretches . All through the main story this excessive use of modern gadgetry proves no substitute for character and invention: it registers as padding. These defects would be certain to show up more disastrously on the screen. I feel this story would not produce a successful film. No recommendation.' The man who wrote the Elstree reader's report for Thunderball was Jack Common 1903-1969. A regular moonlighter at Elstree's Reading Department Common was a working class socialist novelist and essayist from Newcastle who became friends with George Orwell when both were writing for The Adelphi magazine early in their careers. Common rose to edit The Adelphi in 1935-6 but could never make an adequate living from his published writing despite critical acclaim and in the last years of his life wrote Elstree innumerable reader's reports before his death from lung cancer in 1969. Originally meant as the first James Bond film that notion was quietly shelved as the Thunderball controversy ensued; it was the centre of legal disputes that began in 1961 and ran until 2006. In late 1964 after much negotiation Broccoli & Saltzman agreed with Fleming's one-time story collaborator Kevin McClory to adapt the novel for film with due reverence to McClory and screenwriter Jack Whittingham. Against a budget of $9M the film took $141.2M at the box office. N.p. [London: Elstree Studios], 1960 unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 512750Oxford University Press 1971. Hardcover. FINE. Fine Binding edition of the Episcopalian 'Altar Service' being the selections of the Book of Common Prayer 1928 for use in public worship. 67-269 3 35-53 7 pp. 4to Red Morocco goatskin leather gilt stamped spine lettering blind-ruled spine panels and covers all edges gilt gilt dentelle 3 red place ribbons text printed in red and black in a large clear and emminently legible font. With just some trivial rubbing to the very tips else FINE -- exceedingly clean and sharp with crisp fresh pages tight binding and no evidence of use. This 1971 printing was the final printing of an Alter Service edition of 1928 Prayer Book before the 1979 modern-English revision. Oxford University Press hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 513241Oxford University Press 1971. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Episcopalian 'Altar Service' being the selections of the Book of Common Prayer 1928 for use in public worship. 67-269 3 35-53 7 pp. 4to Red leatherette over boards gilt stamped spine cross and title to front cover speckled edges text printed in red and black in a large clear and emminently legible font five place ribbons. FINE copy -- exceedingly clean and sharp with crisp fresh pages tight binding and no evidence of use. This 1971 printing was the final printing of an Alter Service edition of 1928 Prayer Book before the 1979 modern-English revision. Oxford University Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 8597Agen, Veuve Noubel et fils aîné, (fin XVIIIème). Placard de 26 x 37 cm sur vergé (accrocs avec manque).
1967Best.-Nr. 169443Beijing.: 首都大专院校红代会北京师大井冈山公社《井冈山》编辑部.Shou du da zhuan yuan xiao hong dai hui Beijing shi da Jinggangshan gong she "Jinggangshan" bian ji bu. 1967. Issue no. 29 of this Cultural Revolution newspaper published on April 13th 1967 by the Red Guards organisation in Beijing Normal University. 4pp few chips at edges and folds evenly browning. Text in Chinese. Sheet measures 39.5 x 54.9cm. An editorial from a Red Guards organisation states that Liu Shaoqi's book "How to be a Good Communist" is a propaganda book for capitalism and that he is the Chinese Nikita Khrushchev. . 首都大专院校红代会北京师大井冈山 unknown
Best.-Nr. 238121Paris, Plon, 1912 in-12, IV-292 pp., broché. Couverture salie.
Best.-Nr. 198525Paris, Imprimerie et librairie de Charles Noblet, 1872 in-8, [8]-76 pp., demi-percaline Bradel cerise, dos lisse orné de filets et fleuron dorés, pièce de titre noire (reliure de l'époque). Bon exemplaire.
Best.-Nr. 235235Paris, E. Dentu [Imprimerie de E. Donnaud], 1872 in-12, XVII pp., un f. n. ch., 340 pp., demi-toile chagrinée aubergine, dos lisse, pièce de titre verte, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Dos uniformément insolé.
Best.-Nr. 95370Paris, Imp. et Lib. Noblet, 1872 gr. in-8, 76 pp., broché. Mques au dos.
1871Best.-Nr. 116200P., Librairie générale, 1871, in-12, 67 pp, broché, dos brisé, qqs rousseurs, état correct. Edition originale (Del Bo, pp. 98 et 107 ; Le Quillec 4317). Rare
Best.-Nr. 174421Paris, Charles Douniol, 1871 in-8, [4]-121 pp., broché.
1969Best.-Nr. 129391969 Editions Bélibaste. 1969. In-8° oblong broché. 109 pages. E.O.
2006Best.-Nr. 0106822London: The Folio Society 2006. Leather Bound. pp. 718. Large 8vo. Dark green leather spine with gilt lettering and decorations over beautifully marbled boards. Top page edge gilt other edges green. Wood cut illustrations throughout. Light shelfwear; very good. Dark green slipcase is decorated in gilt and shows light rubbing. Ornamented with wood cuts from designs of Albert Durer Hans Holbein and others. In imitation of Queen Elizabeth's Book of Christian Prayers. Foreword by Sir Patrick Cormack. The Folio Society unknown
Best.-Nr. 74646Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon and sold by John Francis and Charles Rivington etc. 1781. Common Prayer FINELY BOUND. Duodecimo 15 x 9cm unpaginated. Small print over two columns with frequent woodcut illustrated plates through the text including a frontispiece. Contemporary dark brown full morocco with blind decoration to boards. One proud gathering. Well-thumbed with some minor chips and tears to edges but internally clean. Extensive ink records of births and deaths of the Mercer family between the 1780's and the 1870's to endpapers and to the verso of the title page. Re-cased lacking fly-leaves. Moderate general wear to binding. Good. ESTC: T87364. Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, and sold by John, Francis and Charles Rivington [etc.], 1781 unknown
Best.-Nr. 005091London: John Reeves Two works in one - Common Prayer 510p; Psalms 84p n.d. but after 1801. Full morocco smooth back divided into five panels title in gilt to second panel remaining panels decorated with small fleuron tools in blind covers with a single line border tulip frame with volute corner pieces rope roll in gilt to inner edge a.e.g. Rubbed to extremities with small amounts of loss to colour. Internally very lightly browned with one or two spots of foxing former owner's name to ffep otherwise fairly clean. Not found in Griffiths but definitely after 1801 and before 1829. Reprint. Hardback. Good. 24mo. John Reeves Hardcover
1838Best.-Nr. 76328London: C. Knight & Co 1838. 4to.Illustrated. xl. 712 pp. Full black morocco decorated raised bands gilt lettering to the spine and gilt decorations to the spine and boards. With gilt turn ins and all edges gilt. The 'pictorial edition' illustrated with numerous black and white woodcuts. With notes and an introductory history of the liturgy by Reverend Henry Stebbing. Rubbing to the spine and edges and a slight lean to the binding. Some foxing scattered throughout and an ink inscription to the front pastedown dated 1860. Binding firm. A VG copy of the book of common prayer. Binding 26.8 cms tall. . Very Good. Full gilt-decorated Morocco. 1838. C. Knight & Co [1838] unknown
Best.-Nr. 73678Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon Printer to the University 1777. Religion ANTIQUARIAN BIBLE. Small octavo 16 x 10cm not paginated pencil note to rear states 'correct collation 20/4/60'. Includes Calendar and Tables. Georgian binding of full red morocco gilt spine ruled in in panels with all edges gilt marbled end papers inner gilt dentelles. Contents clean and fresh no signs of ownership very light wear externally. A fine copy in an elegant English book binding likely by the university binder. Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon Printer to the University, 1777 unknown
Best.-Nr. 74640Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill and sold by S. Crowder and W. Jackson 1773. Common Prayer FINELY BOUND. Octavo 21 x 14cm unpaginated. Reasonable sized print over two columns. Contemporary black full calf with raised bands and gilt tooling to spine and boards. All edges gilt with comb marbled endpapers. A charming early bookseller's label to front pastedown for the George Street Stationer 60 Gracechurch Street. Black ink ownership and gift inscriptions through several generations to verso of fly-leaf and both sides of the first blank. A minor stain to the top edge of the first 20 or so leaves otherwise internally clean. Moderate general wear to attractive contemporary binding with some minor repair to head of spine. Very good. ESTC: T87274. Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, and sold by S. Crowder and W. Jackson, 1773 unknown
1794Best.-Nr. C3188A splendid copy of the Good and Harding Book of Common Prayer in a striking masonic binding by John Lovejoy. The London bookbinder John Lovejoy fl. c. 1781–1812 is known by his distinctive Masonic bindings employing an array of Masonic tools often arranged in striking compositions. He was himself a Mason from around 1791 until 1812. His practices as an employer however earned him a certain notoriety among binders and the nickname 'the Tyrant': as a journeyman in 1781 he advocated a reduction in the working day from fourteen to thirteen hours but when a master binder he bitterly opposed such a change and was among the employers who prosecuted the leaders of the 1786 strike. Although it is accepted that Lovejoy was not as previously thought the only binder using Masonic motifs close comparison of the tools with other examples of his work suggests this binding to be his. Good and Harding's 1794 Common Prayer appeared in two settings one octavo and the other a splendid large quarto as here. The fine series of stipple-engravings shows both biblical and liturgical scenes including several by Federico Bartolozzi and Luigi Schiavonetti after Thomas Stothard and Silvester Harding. The plates are variously dated between 1791 the date of the dedication and 1794 suggesting the work was several years in progress and perhaps issued in parts; copies are rarely seen with all fifteen engravings. ESTC T88819; for Lovejoy see Ramsden London Bookbinders 1780-1840 pl. XIX; and Howe & Childe The Society of London Bookbinders 1780-1950. Large 4to 278 x 226 mm pp. xxviii 634 2 63 1 blank 176 with engraved dedication dated 23 July 1791 and 15 stipple-engraved plates by various artists; with part-titles stipple-engraved head-piece vignette to p. 1; a few signatures heavily spotted otherwise a very good copy; in contemporary green straight-grained morocco by Lovejoy borders gilt with masonic tools between swags of 3 foliate tools outer borders roll-tooled in gilt spine gilt in compartments lettered directly in one others with central Sun tool winged Asclepian staff as corner-pieces arranged with stars points fleurons and heads board edges turn-ins and morocco hinges roll-tooled in gilt edges gilt endbands sewn in red white and green on 2 cores ribbon place-markers marbled endpapers; a few minor scuffs and marks very short split to upper joint lower corners lightly bumped neatly retouched at extremities nonetheless very well-preserved; early ink ownership inscriptions 'Elizabeth Tynell' to front free endpaper verso and 'John Smith' to front flyleaf. Millar Ritchie for J. Good and E. Harding
Best.-Nr. 93932Oxford; London. Printed at the Clarendon Press By W. Jackson & A. Hamilton; Printed by John March 1791; 1792. . 24mo 14 x 8 cm; contemporary ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper; contemporary red panelled calf gilt smooth spine gilt in five compartments all edges gilt near fine. A lovely sammelband comprising the Book of Common Prayer and a revised metrical psalter for use in church. Griffiths 10. Oxford; London. Printed at the Clarendon Press, By W. Jackson & A. Hamilton; Printed by John March, 1791; 1792. unknown
Best.-Nr. 53426Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill and sold by S. Crowder 1776. Prayer Book FINE BINDING WITH ROYAL ARMS. Folio 42 x 27cm unpaginated. Collation: ; A-H2; A-4Q2; a-f2. Printed in two columns ruled in red and black ink. Contemporary black full calf with raised bands gilt decoration to spine and boards as well as the Royal Arms of George III in gilt to both boards and his 'GR' monogram to each compartment along the spine. Upper board recently re-hinged with new leather all along the joint and a strip of matching marbled paper along the hinge. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Edmund H. Turton of Larpool House to front pastedown. Browning to some leaves. Rubbing and chipping to lower edge and corner; corners lost to A1 and A2 at the beginning of the second section. Black ink ownership inscriptions of Edmund H. Turton to top margin of title page and to the top margin of A1 in the second section. A large tear to S2 in the second section. Very good. John Turton 1735-1806 was the personal physician to King George III during his many years of madness and though his main residence was Brasted Place in Kent he acquired Larpool Hall in Yorkshire in about 1804. Edmund Peters 1796-1857 inherited the estates of his great-uncle John including Larpool Hall on reaching the age of 21 in 1817 and took the Turton name. When his son Captain Edmund Henry Turton 1825-1896 inherited in 1857 he set up home at Larpool remaining there until 1876. ESTC: T81462. Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, and sold by S. Crowder, 1776 unknown
Best.-Nr. 64512Sir D Hunter Blair and M.S. Bruce Edinburgh. 1827. Full black leather gilt raised bands. All edges gilt. 12mo pocket edition. Spine a little rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper and some pencil annotations to rear endpaper. An unusual edition published in Edinburgh by the King's Printer also containing the Brady & Tate New Version of the Psalms of David together with a small selection of their seasonal hymns including 'While Shepherds Watched'. It is in very nice condition. hardcover
1812Best.-Nr. 000812London: John Reeves 1812. Common Prayer WITH Psalms - a-b8 B-Ff8; A-F8 G4. Full contemporary morocco raised bands spine in six panels title in gilt to second panel covers with gilt single fillet border and central anchor device of the Victualling Board gilt roll to edges and inner edges a.e.g. Rubbed to extremities corners bumped and rubbed lightly browned and lightly spotted internally. The Psalms were published in 1808. The Victualling board was responsible for delivering supplies to the Royal Navy. Griffith 1812 1 though with a slightly different collation. Reprint. Full Morocco. Good. 8vo. John Reeves Hardcover
1853Best.-Nr. 000810Oxford: Oxford University Press 1853. Common Prayer WITH Psalms - A12 C8-Rr8 Ss4; A8 B12-D12. Contemporary full straight grain morocco raised bands spine in six panels title in gilt to second panel covers with triple fillet border in blind gilt roll to inner edges a.e.g. primrose chalk endpapers. Rubbed to extremities very lightly foxed to edges of text block split developing from foot of front outer joint internally quite bright and clean. The Psalms are by Tate and Brady published in the same place and year. From the library of Lord Eldon with his name to front pastedown. Griffith 1853 7 though with register A-Rr8 Ss4. Reprint. Full Morocco. Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1773Best.-Nr. 000811Dublin: Executors of David Hay Assignee of the Late Boulter Grierson 1773. Common Prayer WITH Companion to the Altar WITH Psalms - a-b8 A-Oo8; A-C8; A-E8. Contemporary full morocco smooth back divided into six panels with varying centre pieces and corner pieces covers with gilt greek key border double panel design and flower corner pieces gilt roll to edges a.e.g. with combed marbled endpapers. Rubbed to extremities spine faded corners worn. Lightly browned internally signature Z lightly foxed small nick to bottom margin of M4 with a small newspaper cutting stitched to Q2v previous owners names to ffep. Includes the 'Irish Rebellion' prayers. The binding is almost certainly Irish. Griffith 1773 6. Reprint. Full Morocco. Good. 8vo. Executors of David Hay, Assignee of the Late Boulter Grierson Hardcover
