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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 382 pages; Description: xv, 382, xii p. 25 cm. Subjects: France --History. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. This is a handsome 1955 German edition of George Meredith's Great Comic Romance, "The Egoist" , Translated into German by Hans Reisiger. "The Egoist" is considered one of the major novels penned by George Meredith. This comedy of manners was first published in 1879. The intricacies of the plot are many and pleasant to read, and the various characters introduced as foils or to further the 'intrigue' are well-drawn. Good humor, biting satire, and a portrait of English society that has a verisimilitude, rarely matched.The translator has appended an afterword for German readers. TITLE : Der Egoist AUTHOR : George Meredith (1828 - 1909) TRANSLATION & EPILOGUE : Hans Reisiger (1884 - 1968) IMPRINT : Deutsche Buch - Gemeinschaft PLACE : Berlin & Darmstadt Date : (1955) LANGUAGE : German EDITION : German Reprint - German Bookclub STATUS : This edition OP PHYSICAL DETAILS: The entire text and the afterword is in German (a modern type-face). Trade hardcover, published for a book club; 744 pages; approximately 5 1/8" x 8" (12mo); light tan colored boards with green, textured imitation leather spine with title, etc. in gold against deep red title panel - Meredith's facsimile signature in gold on front board; silk place-marker sewn in. A well-made, heavy book. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR : Spine is bright and clean, with but light rub; Boards have light surface rub -- mild edge wear -- slightly bumped corners, with a small, just discernible split to paper on bottom front fore-edge tip (evidence of a minor mend at this point); shelf rub to bottom edges. . else clean and presentable Text-block edges are lean and unmarked . visible are the softly bumped corners of a few bottom page tips ( pp 647 - 696 . hardly egregious) BINDING : Solid . pages open easily. END PAPERS : Clean . the bookplate of a previous owner is affixed to the front free end-paper (Donald E. Morton) there is a small, neat pencil notation at the top of same: Freiburg, den 3. mai 1974 INTERIOR : Clean and presentable throughout with but negligible signs of use.

Facsimile Reprint. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 578 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; Ethiopia Description and travel. Sinai (Egypt) Description and travel. Egypt; tourism. Correspondence.; history. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Special edition. Octavo, 502 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is blue with gold print, raised bands. Boards in blue leather. Text block has gilt edges, marbled endpapers, blue ribbon marker. Pamphlet laid in: "Notes from the Editors", 14 pages. Reprint of the authorized translation of the second German edition published by Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1922. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1394663. FP New Rockville Stock.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 382 pages; Description: xv, 382, xii p. 25 cm. Subjects: France --History. 1 Kg.

Facsimile Reprint. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 578 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; Ethiopia Description and travel. Sinai (Egypt) Description and travel. Egypt; tourism. Correspondence.; history. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Limited edition, 52/1500. Quarto, xxvii, 96 pages. In Very Good minus condition in a Good minus slipcase. Slipcase i cream cloth, toning, shelf wear. Book spine is cream with gold print. Boards in cream cloth. Text block has green tinted top edge; light glue stains to endpaper gutters. Illustrated: color drawings. Laid in: The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club, April 1960. Signed in ink by the illustrator on the limited edition page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in column ND-QC. 1402451. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, xxx, 448 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print on black banner. Boards in brown leather; tattering to spine caps and corners, black banner taped to spine, tear to front hinge, surface tears, rubbing, toning. Text block has names in pencil and ink on front endpapers, top fore corner of title page torn away, remainder of torn out label on rear pastedown, foxing throughout. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1410039. FP New Rockville Stock.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged, with traces of yellow paper mount adhering to the blank reverse. Reads: 'Mr & Mrs. Bohn present their compliments to the Mayor of Liverpool and Mrs. Hubback, and have much pleasure in accepting their polite invitation for the 15th. proxo.'.

First Edition. [Historical novel] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.x; 276 [2]. Publisher's grey cloth, label lettered in black to spine. Moderately toned internally. some rubbing/marking to boards, bumping to board edges. Toning to spine, minor peeling to label. Very good. The fictionalised life story of genius 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe, his career in science, and his vastly different personal affairs.

1p., 12mo. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. In worn envelope, with stamp and postmark, addressed by Hayward to 'J. T. Baron Esq. | Witton | Blackburn'. The letter reads: 'Dear Sir | Messrs Longman are the publishers of my Biographical & Critical Essays & my Translation of Faust. But any bookseller will get them for you, with the exception of the First Series of my Essays, which is out of print. | faithfully yours | A. Hayward'.

Hardcover. Second revised and enlarged edition. Octavo, xv, 372 pages. In Fair condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is brown with black print. Dust jacket has edge wear, damp stains to spine, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Boards in blue cloth with gold print. Light wear to spine caps and corners, light warping. Text block has name in ink and owner stamp on front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers, penciled marginal notation through page 55. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1384318. FP New Rockville Stock.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Polar Exploration] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, second state binding. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.265; [3]. With 45 photogravure illustrations including a frontispiece and maps and plans, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Spotting and light browning to edges and preliminaries. Boards slightly bowed, with some sunned marks and points of rubbing corresponding to losses from the jacket. Corners bumped. Price-clipped Jacket lightly browned and spotted with rubbing to joints. Several chips, some quite large, from corners and spine head and tail. A very good copy. The whaling magnate and expedition financier's impressions edited from diary entries made during trips to the Antarctic in 1930-31, 1932-33 and 1933-34.

1p., 4to. Addressed on reverse, with red wax seal, to 'C. W. Dilke Esq:'. Hayward writes that he is enclosing a note (not present), which was sent to him 'in one to me received only today though apparently written on Wednesday last. A d - d foreigner kept it in his pocket in the interim.' Clearly referring to a fee for an article, he continues: 'The lady will be quite satisfied with what you name, but I suppose it may stand over till she does something else'.

Three excellent letters, written to his old headmaster at Charterhouse. Bickersteth's papers are at Aberdeen, and with those of his family at the Bodleian. See the Oxford DNB entry for his brother Julian Bickersteth (1885-1962). Three long letters, every page fully filled with text neatly written in a close hand. The three items in fair condition, lightly aged and worn. ONE (11 July 1913): 4pp, 12mo, with additional cross writing on the first three. Bifolium. Begins by thanking him for his book, clearly Rendall's 'A Hero of the Antarctic', about the ornithologist and explorer E. A. Wilson (1872-1912). 'I read it last night and really almost felt as if I had known the man. I wish I had known him, for his life must have been an inspiration to many. Anyone, who has been a schoolmaster even for such a short time as I have, is able to realise how extraordinary the effect of such a life must have been iONE: 11 July 1913; on letterhead of The College, Marlborough. TWO: 27 January 1914; Amalienstrasse 44A/II, Munich. THREE: 7 February 1933; on letterhead of 4 St John's Terrace, Glasgow, W2.n a public school. There is nobody on the staff here who even remotely resembles him and to read about him makes one feel a very miserable creature indeed in comparision.' He proceeds to give an outline of his plans, having resigned his post at Marlborough the previous term, 'not of course without careful thought'. He gives his reasons, noting that he has 'no ambitions to be a Headmaster and housemastering in a school run on the hostel system would not interest me much'. He has no desire to marry, 'but supposing I did, I should not be able to for another 15 or 20 years'. 'I contemplate with absolute horror the prospect of becoming one day what most of the more senior members of the staff here are - men whose interests are atrophied and whose whole outlook on life is bounded by the 4 walls of Marlborough College. You see, we are very much cut off from the world here.' 'My chief interest is literature. I am tolerably well acquainted now (I mean for my age) with the literatures of six languages. Since I left Oxford I have used all my time in reading and travelling. A German or French university held out to me the best prospects. I prefer the German language so chose Germany. I intend to go to a German university (or rather two, Munich and Heidelberg) and there read for a Ph.D. [.] The qualifications (supposing I am successful) would be. Classical schol. of Charterhouse, 2nd in Greats, Ph.D. Heidelberg, (in Eng: Germ & French) 5 years teaching experience in a public school, and one book on an Italian poet to my credit. (Age 30.)' His book on Carducci is being published by Longmans, 'at no expense to myself', and he has returned from an 'intensely interesting' visit to Russia and Finland. TWO (27 January 1914): 4pp, 8vo. Discussing a letter by Rendall on his Carducci, and criticisms of his own prosody, and the art of translation. He ends with a description of the 'interesting time' he is having in Germany: 'German educational ideals & methods are very different to ours. Both have their good and bad points. I am working here under one of the greatest of living philologists and linguists. Professor Schick [Josef Schick (1859-1944)] by name, a marvel of erudition, if ever there was one, and yet far from being a Dryasdust. He is a perfect master of about a dozen dead languages and over 20 modern ones and is an absolutely brilliant teacher. All European languages as well as Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Uralic, Sanskrit Coptic etc. are contained in his repertoire, and yet his most important publications have dealt with various problems of pure mathematics. He daily holds over 200 men and women literally entranced over the purely philological consideration of Anglo-Saxon roots - the dryest of all dry subjects in other hands.' He ends with news of his plan for his dissertation and other matters. THREE (7 February 1933): 4pp, 12mo. Begins by thanking Rendall for h.