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Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on front inside cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. (1937), stated Fifth Edition, code B-P, Very Good/Good to Very Good dj, octavo, 281pp., navy blue cloth hardcover, bright gold lettering on backstrip, unclipped ($2.00) dj with numerous small chips & tears around edges, binding tight, text unmarked, Signed in full by author "Muriel Lester" on front endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Thoroughly entertaining autobiographical ramblings from the late much lamented Humph. Signed by him, whilst still alive, to title page. All in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Very minor marking to top of block. Smart blue boards with bright silver titling to spine, lightly bumped to lower corners. VG unclipped d/j, very lightly worn to edges. 8vo. [4] 181pp. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 309pp. HARDCOVER. Inscribed by author to ffep o/w appears unread. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Signed by Author & dedicated to Individual. Book.

Condition: Fine. 8vo. pp 181. Signed on the title page by the author. Fine in fine dust wrapper. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Front hinge cracked. Signed by author on title page. (Witticisms, Observational Humor).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+/VG, 8vo,182 pages, 1.25 pounds. Black hardcover has light wear to bottom edges. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. INSCRIBED ON SECOND ENDPAPER: WITH THANKS + HIGH REGARDS TO MS BEVERLY R. JONES FROM J. BENJAMIN HORTON 3/11/83. DJ is tanned with wear to edges, water stains at top edges and tiny chipping to spine ends and corners. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. The book is signed, dated and inscribed by the author on the front end page. The dust jacket is bit edge worn and shelf rubbed. slightly cocked. minor marks. one library stamp. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

First Edition. Inscribed and Signed by the author. First Edition. Near Fine condition. Signed.

First edition, 1/1000 copies (this #741) signed by the author. 8vo. 149 pp. Illustrated from photographs and old newspaper clippings, portraits, plates, folding map in rear pocket. Navy cloth, gilt spine title, illustrated dust jacket (chipped at base of spine, closed tear at lower fore-edge). Very good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback. 22.5x14.5cm. 181 pages. Author inscription on the title page: "To Laurie very best wishes! Humphrey Lyttelton". No other inscriptions. Clean & tight book. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL TRACKED 24 next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref P4. It Just Occurred to Me. The Reminiscences and Thought of Chairman Humph --- Humphrey Lyttelton SIGNED INSCRIPTION. Author Inscription.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition, Fourth Printing. VG+/VG+. First edition, fourth printing in d/w. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, HUMPHREY LYTTLETON, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. The autobiography of English jazz musician, and chairman of the radio programme 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue', Humphrey Lyttleton (1921-2008). With Index. The autograph is smugged; bruising to head and tail of spine; d/w top two corners have tiny losses; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY HUMPHREY LYTTLETON. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. Signed by Author, Humphrey Lyttleton.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author and inscribed "To David, very bests wishes! Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, lightly age toned at the edges; 1" tear to top corner of jacket-repaired with sellotape but still visible. "What you get most from this delightful volume, in which I found so much tolaugh at and admire that I read it twice in the space of a fortnight, isthe sense of a life well lived." -- Charles Spencer, The Spectator, 14 April 2007 181 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: dscf11641.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The jacket is slightly shelf rubbed. There is very mild, light foxing on the edge block and within. The book is signed, dated and inscribed by the author, there are no other inscriptions. the binding is superb. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Condition: Fair. SIGNED! New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1937. Revised edition. 8vo hardcover. viii+281pp. Signed by author on title page. Near Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped and edgeworn, with several small tears. Front hinge starting to crack. (England, Kingsley Hall, Freminists, Pacifists, Autobiography) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. D/j stuck down with clear covering; inscription to title page in ink; illustrated; white title to spine, pictorial d/j. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.149. Signed by the author on title page, limited edition 481/1000. Signed by Author. book.

, 68 pages containing the Jubilee Reminiscences, A Humble tribute To H M The Queen In honour Of Her Jubilee Day, Jubilee Song and Prologue To Box And Cox First Edition , rear left hand upper and lower corners and front right hand corner discoloured, spine rubbed and faded in areas the book is in good condition , royal blue cloth with gilt titles appoximately 18 x 13 cm, octavo Hardback SIGNED by the author to front free endpaper ISBN:

Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. A fine, clean tight copy Limited to 500 copies. This one signed by R. Hunter Middleton who took the direct impression of Bewick's block. Decorated paper boards with cloth spine and paper label. No bumped corners to book. No rubbing to book. No signatures, no bookplates. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Octavo, 690 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is green with gold print, heraldry. Boards in green cloth, beveled edges, gilt portrait; wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has cracked front hinge, intermittent spine breaks, foxing to frontispiece and title page, occasional light foxing within. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates with tissue guards (engravings). Inscribed to J. Laurence Chamberlain, governor of Maine in ink by the author on front endpaper. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1408781. FP New Rockville Stock.

8vo. (20 x 13.5 cm). pp.52. Bound in later drab boards preserving original upper cover. Engraved folding plan frontispiece, one lithographic plate. With a manuscript note tucked in signed by Tony D. Estell (?) explaining how he had had the pamphlet bound and asking the recipient to return it to the address listed at his convenience. Dated 4/11/1944. Lightly toned, smudged and soiled throughout, still a very good copy.

From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Original tan cloth, decorated in blue and brown, gilt-lettered, beveled boards, unopened. First edition of this humorous novel, intended as a parody of the detective/mystery story (of which the author wrote several). The dedication copy to the author's wife, inscribed on the half-title: "For my dear wife with fond love, Ben L. Farjeon. March 28th, 1893." The printed dedication reads: "To My Wife and Children and to All Who Love Honest Fun and Human Tenderness I Dedicate My First Long Humourous Story." In his Preface Farjeon notes: "This story was written in a holiday humor last summer in Cromer, and our happiest evenings were those when I read to my family what I had prepared during the day." Sadler 866. Woolf had a long run of Farjeon, but not this title. (BA). A fine, pretty copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. iv+108+2 ad pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in quarter grey paste board over grey boards. From the Lothar Schmid chess library. Rimington Wilson library and the author's personal copy. (Whyld and Ravilious 1832:4, Biblioteca van der Liind 3142, Kiel Chess Kat. 3874) First edition. Handwritten note and signature of the 19th century English chess book collector JW Rimington Wilson on front pastedown. According to the handwritten note from Rimington this edition belonged to W. Lewis and the handwritten names of the players in the games were from Lewis himself. William Lewis was the leading English player in the correspondence match between London and Edinburgh in 1824, won by the Scots (+2 = 2 -1). Later, he published a book on the match with analysis of the games. Lewis visited Paris along with Scottish player John Cochrane in 1821, where they played with Alexandre Deschapelles, receiving the advantage of pawn and move. He won the short match (+1 =2). When De La Bourdonnais visited England in 1825, Lewis played about 70 games with the French master. Seven of these games probably represented a match that Lewis lost (+2 -5). Around 1819 Lewis was the hidden player inside the Turk (a famous automaton), meeting all-comers successfully. He suggested to Johann Maelzel that Peter Unger Williams, a fellow ex-student of Sarratt, should be the next person to operate inside the machine. When P. U. Williams played a game against the Turk, Lewis recognised the old friend from his style of play (the operator could not see his opponents) and convinced Maelzel to reveal to Williams the secret of the Turk. Later, P. U. Williams himself took Lewis' place inside the machine. James Wilson Rimington-Wilson (1822-1877) was one of the great collectors of books about chess, as well as books about other games and sports. He was a strong amateur chess player and records of some of his games survive, including a victory over Wilhelm Steinitz, the first official world champion of chess. Rimington-Wilson developed an extensive gaming library, which was maintained and perhaps added to by his son, Reginald Henry Rimington-Wilson (1852-1927). After the death of R. H., his son Captain H. E. Rimington-Wilson (1899-1971) ordered the sale of the library by auction at Sotheby's. It was the Quaritch firm that purchased the vast majority of the Rimington-Wilson lots at Sotheby's. They offered the books in two catalogues shortly after the sale. Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (1928-2013) was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul near Dresden into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels. He was best known as the chief arbiter at several World Chess Championship matches, in particular the 1972 encounter between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky at Reykjavic. He was also an avid collector of chess books and paraphernalia. It was reputed that he owned the largest known private chess library in the world, as well as a renowned collection of chess art, chess boards and chess pieces from around the globe. Condition: Lothar Schmid's label to front pastedown along with Rimington Wilson's hand written comments. New spine, corners bumped, front hinge beginning to tear, some occasional foxing. Note in pencil to rear pastedown else very good with a unique provenance. Signed by Author(s).

in-folio, 3 leaves (first white with hw. dedication - title - contents) + frontisp. hand-coloured map: ?The cost of Northumberland? (1851) + 77 p. (+ 1 Imprint: London printed by W. Clowes & Sons) + 13 folded plates + 1 map ?Wreck Chart of the British Isles for 1850? (small corner torn off no loss of image or text), With the printed dedication ?Presented by the Duke of Northumberland? then handwritten ?to Oliver Lang Esq / Master Shipwright / Her Maj?s. Dock Yard / Woolwich 20 th August 1851?, original blue cloth, upper cover lettered gilt and with coat-of-arms with devise ?espérance en Dieu?, a very good copy First Edition, spine partly remounted with original material. 'Presented by the Duke of Northumberland.' The report is signed by John Washington, Captain R.N., and others. (24). The report was in response to the loss of life caused by shipwrecks. The report concludes near the end : 'The path then is clear and distinct. The first step is to ensure a safe and powerful life-boat, and this the Committee feel confident has been accomplished; the next is to build a sufficient number of such boats, place them where required, organize and train the crews, and provide for their supervision and maintenance; - in fact, to do for the rest of the United Kingdom what your Grace has liberally undertaken to do for the coast of Northumberland, namely, to place a well-built life-boat at each of the most exposed points of the coast, and rockets or mortars at all the intermediate stations. There need be no misgiving for want of funds; no work of real benevolence in this country, when undertaken in the right spirit, was ever allowed to languish for lack of means.' Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

[4], 66, [2]pp ads. 4to. Top edge cropped with loss of some page numbers, lower edge less cropped with loss only to titlepage outer lower ruled border. Disbound, early number '7' at head of titlepage. ESTC R9228. Originally published in 1688 as: An impartial relation of the whole proceedings against St. Mary Magdalen Colledge in Oxon, in the year of our Lord 1687. Henry Fairfax, 1634-1702, was senior fellow of Magdalen in 1687, when James II endeavoured to force on the college a president of his own choosing. Fairfax signed the petition to the King begging him to cancel his decree ordering the fellows to elect Anthony Farmer. When that appeal failed he voted for a second petition to the same effect (15 April), and on 17 April took a prominent part in electing John Hough to the presidency. With his colleagues he wrote to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (19 April), asking for his intervention with the king. On 6 June he was summoned before the court of high commission (wilfully disobedient) at Whitehall. On 13 June he was brought before George Jeffreys, president of the court, protested against the proceedings, denied their legality, and declined to sign any answer to the charges brought against him. Jeffreys abused him, and told him he was fit for a madhouse. On 22 June 1687 the high court commissioners suspended Fairfax from his fellowship; but he disputed the validity of the act, and still resided in the college. When the royal commissioners first visited Magdalen on 20 October Fairfax absented himself, although he was in Oxford, whereupon he was pronounced contumacious (31 October). He appeared before the commissioners next day, and denied the right of the king's new nominee, Samuel Parker, to act as president. He would appeal, he said, to the court of king's bench, and with another fellow, Thomas Stafford, signed a protest against the proceedings of the Oxford visitors. On being warned of its dangers he withdrew the document; but he was finally expelled the college and his name struck off the books (25 October). On 11 November his fellowship was filled up. On 22 December he was included in the decree which disqualified all the expelled fellows of Magdalen from holding any ecclesiastical benefice. After the abdication of James II, Fairfax was restored to his fellowship (26 October 1689). A year later (23 October 1689) he was rewarded with the deanery of Norwich, and he died there on 2 May 1702, aged 68.

Condition: VG. London 1883 1st HMSO, W. Clowes & Sons, et al. Tall octavo, 90pp., red cloth hardcover. Some contemporary pencil notation throughout. Presentation copy from Sir Tollemache Sinclair - signed in ink: Presented to Admiral and Admirable Lord Charles Beresford with kind regards by Sir Tollemache Sinclair, Sept. 3, 1910. VG, corners gently bumped, light soiling. Scarce.