British Worker The (4 results)
The British Worker. No. 8, 1926: May 12. Official Strike News Bulletin. - From the contents: Strike terminated to-day / 'First line' reinforcements / Starvation pay of miners / Scheme für mines settlement. -
British Worker, The. - Published by The General Council of the Trades Union Congress. -
Language: English
Published by Whitefriars, Victoria House, 1926., 1926
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Add to basketSoftcover. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Original newspaper with 4 pages, folded in the middle. The cover pages are dusty and damaged at the edges. All in all clean and overall still in good condition. 4th-12th May 1926: a miners' strike escalated into a general strike in England, called for by the British Trade Union Confederation. ---- 4….-12. Mai 1926: ein Streik der Bergarbeiter weitete sich zum Generalstreik in England aus, zu dem der britische Gewerkschaftsbund aufgerufen hatte. - -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Sommer in Berlin! Sie brauchen Lektüre? Wir haben sie. Kommen Sie in unser Ladengeschäft zum Stöbern! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! GM14links-431349.
The British Worker. No. 2, 1926: May 6. Official Strike News Bulletin. - From the contents: Labour' s reply to the Premier / How the cabinet wrecked peace / The fight in London / Men of the north satnd true. -
British Worker, The. - Published by The General Council of the Trades Union Congress. -
Language: English
Published by Whitefriars, Victoria House, 1926., 1926
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, GermanyAntiquariat Carl Wegner
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Add to basketSoftcover. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Original newspaper with 8 pages, folded in the middle. The cover pages are dusty and damaged at the edges, inside clean and overall still in good condition. 4th-12th May 1926: a miners' strike escalated into a general strike in England, called for by the British Trade Union Confederation. ---- 4.-12…. Mai 1926: ein Streik der Bergarbeiter weitete sich zum Generalstreik in England aus, zu dem der britische Gewerkschaftsbund aufgerufen hatte. - -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Sommer in Berlin! Sie brauchen Lektüre? Wir haben sie. Kommen Sie in unser Ladengeschäft zum Stöbern! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! GM14links-431348.
[Ben Purse [Benjamin Ormond Purse], trade unionist and campaigner for the rights of blind people.] Typed Letter with cyclostyled signature, to Carmichael Thomas, describing his 'interests' while asking for help in joining the Royal Society of Arts.
Ben Purse [Benjamin Ormond Purse] (1874-1950), British trade unionist, social worker and campaigner with the National Institute for the Blind [Carmichael Thomas; Royal Society of Arts]
Published by 21 April ; on letterhead of the National Institute for the Blind London, 1921
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Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Add to basketSee his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged and with two creases from folding for postage. Addressed to 'Carmichael Thomas, Esq., / Mount Cottage, / Borough Green, / Kent.' Cyclostyled signature of 'Ben Purser.' Begins: 'For some time I have been desirous of becoming a member of the Royal Society o…f Arts. Mentioning this matter to your daughter a few days ago, Miss Thomas thought that if I wrote you in this connection you might possibly be able to arrange this matter for me. I should much appreciate your good offices in this matter.' He goes on to 'say something of myself and my interests' in a twelve-line paragraph beginning: 'For a considerable number of years I have done journalistic work, mostly concentrating upon the solution of the many social and industrial problems confronting the Blind community.' After this he stresses: 'As I have previously stated, most of my activities have been confined to dealing with the Blind problem, and my present appointment at the National Institute for the Blind is that of Superintendent of Civilian After-Care.'.
More imagesCollection of Hand Written Essays, Manuscripts, Letters etc., Comprising: A Voice in the Night, Sonnets Written with reference to the European War 1914; The Human Revolt and Kindred Essays; Notes for a Practical Course of Harmony, Including Demonstrations and Exercises Useful for Aural Training and Improvisation; Imaginative Technique in Musical Composition; The Art of Counter-melody a Student's Course in Musical Texture; The Mystic Rose; A Book of Favorite Quotations [Making a Record of a Pilgrimage] Schumann: The Mayfair Biographies Series [Signed by Frederick Nicholls]; Orange Blossom; Some Essays in Praise of Simple Human Love; A Record of the Lessons (Pianoforte and Musical Appreciation), Given to Joan and Nancy Haward, and Other Notes and Memoranda; A Guide to Harmonisation (Part 2) Harmonisation of a Bass; Spring's Sacrifice Poem in The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse; The Waves of Breffny [Signed Card]; Thistledown and Other Poems [All Signed]
Nicholls, Frederick [Music Teacher, Composer and Poet 1871 - 1952] Harold Elsdale Goad (1878 - 1956) was a British writer, journalist and poet. He was an early sympathizer with Fascism, with the pamphlet What is Fascism?, followed by two books on corporatism. [Elsa Barker (Staten Island) Poet] Sir Landon Ronald. Eva Selina Laura Gore-Booth (22 May 1870 - 30 June 1926) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and a committed suffragist, social worker and Labour activist.
Published by Private Collection Frederick Nicholls, 88, Canning Street, Liverpool and 12, Alfred Place, London - 1945. 1900/1945., 1900
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Add to basketFrederick Nicholls music teacher, composer and poet was active especially between the two wars, was noted for his songs to quality lyrics, like Tears, Idle Tears, Elaine's Song, As Through the Land, Thy Voice is Heard, Blow, Bugle Blow, Eldorado and especially popular, the five songs from A Child's Garden of Verses; but he publi…shed instrumental miniatures as well like the Two Short Pieces (Meadow Dance and Dancing Midges) of 1938 for piano solo. This extensive collection of hand written music manuscripts and books, including a one volume preparation for a book about WW1. Also, signed, amicable copyright fee correspondence from various poets. In one set of two SIGNED letters from Harold E. Goad dated May 1922, the poet goes into detail about how he wants to change certain lines of his 'Spring's Sacrifice' poem as it had been published in 'The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse' in its 'not quite finished form'. He then goes on to write which alterations he wishes to be made and asks Frederick Nicholls to make these changes as used in his musical version. His request didn't quite make it to Oxford -the poem still being displayed in its 'initial' form. SIGNED letter from poet Elsa Barker and Duffield & Company [her publishers] giving permission to Fred to set music to her sonnet 'The Mystic Rose'. Schumann: The Mayfair Biographies Series Signed by Frederick Nicholls plus hand written notes and observations. SIGNED card from Eva Gore-Booth giving permission to Fred to set to music her work 'The Waves of Breffny'. Other cards and publisher's correspondence from John Lane, Chapman and Hall, Walter Scott Publishing. Ten 9'' x 7'' exercise books: Orange Blossom 110 pp; A Voice in the Night 36 pp; The Human Revolt and Kindred Essays 120 pp [damp stain along the bottom edge]; Harmony approximately 60 pp; The Art of Counter Melody 93 pp; Imaginative Technique in Musical Composition 182 pp; A Book of Favourite Quotations (1917 - 1945) 80 pp; A Guide to Harmonisation (Part 2) pp 73 141Thistledown 100 pp; A Record of the Lessons (Pianoforte and Musical Appreciation) 200 pp. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].
