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Condition: Near Fine. pp 25 A Fabian Colonial Bureau pamphlet - Controversy Series No 10 written by Derrick Sington of the Manchester Guardian. In near fine condition in red and white printed wrappers, slight rust marks from the staples. From the collection of Kenneth Robinson (1914-2005), a distinguished civil servant who became an expert on colonial government and administration. He was closely involved in international aspects of postwar planning, including former colonies, in south-West Africa (now Namibia), and became the Commonwealth Office expert on French West Africa. He became assistant secretary in the CO in 1946 (and head of the West African department), but resigned in 1948 to become reader in Commonwealth government at Oxford and subsequently director and professor of commonwealth affairs at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong from 1965 to 1972. Near Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. Reprinted from The Geographical Journal, Vol 129, Part 3, September 1963, pp 311-328. In very good condition in blue card wrappers, very clean apart from rust marks from the staples. From the collection of Kenneth Robinson (1914-2005), a distinguished civil servant who became an expert on colonial government and administration. He was closely involved in international aspects of postwar planning, including former colonies, in south-West Africa (now Namibia), and became the Commonwealth Office expert on French West Africa. He became assistant secretary in the CO in 1946 (and head of the West African department), but resigned in 1948 to become reader in Commonwealth government at Oxford and subsequently director and professor of commonwealth affairs at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong from 1965 to 1972. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. Anthony Milner, The City of Desolation, Vocal Score, Universal Edition, 1955; small folio in card wrapper. This score is from a large collection of scores that belonged to the conductor Sir Colin Davis, many annotated and used in performance, almost all from the post-war period and including at least two examples of scores from which Davis conducted the work's premier: Thea Musgrave's Clarinet Concerto (Davis was himself originally a clarinettist by training) and Malcolm Williamson's The Stone Wall which Davis premiered at the Last Night of the Proms in September 1971. Most of the scores are full size performance versions, several very large indeed in order to accommodate the scoring of a post-Schoenberg orchestra. Davis achieved global recognition for his conducting with a particular enthusiasm for the music of Mozart, Berlioz, Elgar, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tippett. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp 377 A proof copy of Gee's novel, inscribed on the title page to the author John Baxter: 'Maggie Gee signed forJohn Baxter very best wishes from the author Maggie (The end is the best bit - keep reading!)' On the las page of text Gee has written: 'You made it x'. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. vi, pp 1-346 - lacking rear paper wrapper. A First Edition of Karl Thomas Richter's Volkswirthschaft. The wrappers are worn and the text shows some pencilled underlining. This may be of some interest because the book comes from a large collection of German works recently acquired by Modernfirsteditions from the library of the Behr family, who fled persecution in Kiel to settle in Lancashire. Karl Thomas Richter's daughter Lalla Richter married Max Behr in 1911. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp 221 May Mannering's The Cruise Of The Dashaway in very good condition with a slight rubbing to both the top and bottom of the spine and light marks on the rear board.The book has an attractive patterned board and green cloth with a sand grain effect; adverts on the end papers. An attractive frontispiece illustration with a protective tissue guard. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp 83 [3] A 19th century play disbound from a larger volume, includes an epilogue by E S Barret. Near very good, outer pages tanned, the text is crisp and clean. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Near Fine. Reprinted from Far Eastern Survey, Vol XXIX, No 3, March 1960, pp 33-48. In small newspaper format, loose leaves without cover, near fine condition apart from central horizontal crease. From the collection of Kenneth Robinson (1914-2005), a distinguished civil servant who became an expert on colonial government and administration. He was closely involved in international aspects of postwar planning, including former colonies, in south-West Africa (now Namibia), and became the Commonwealth Office expert on French West Africa. He became assistant secretary in the CO in 1946 (and head of the West African department), but resigned in 1948 to become reader in Commonwealth government at Oxford and subsequently director and professor of commonwealth affairs at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong from 1965 to 1972. Near Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Fine. pp 1-96 An as-new copy of this quarto-sized biography of the great Victorian railway engineer John Ramsbottom. A man of wide ranging practical and intellectual achievements with a career that included numerous technical advances and patents as well as control of a huge train making business in Crewe and Manchester. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp 36]. A French play disbound from a pamphlet volume. Near very good, title page detached, the pages are crisp, occasional spotting. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. pp 45 An 18th century play disbound from a larger volume. In good condition, title page spotted, creased and torn across one corner; only half of page 45 is extant but there apears to be no loss of text. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. pp 440 This book is in good condition with a portrait frontispiece and green pebbled cloth. A couple of rubbings to the spine and a little split to the cloth at the top of the spine - about very good with minor discoloration to the boards. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp 41 A booklet published as part of the centenary celebrations of the opening of the new school buildings in Cowpasture Road. Drawing on contributions from people closely associated with the school, the author produces a portrait of school life during the past century. Very good in printed card wrappers, very lightly marked. Signed by the author to verso of upper cover. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. pp 144 Good in lightly marked blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Printed on good quality paper in a tight and square binding. Edges a little soiled, occasional spotting to the pages and there is some staining to the front preliminaries. The fundamentals of die work written for the draftsman or 'energetic machinist', comprehensively illustrated with 78 technical drawings, many full page. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition of the author's third novel, near fine in lightly rubbed red boards with white titles, internally very fresh. In a good dust wrapper, soiled rear panel, rubbed, chipped and creased to the edges of the jacket. Near Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition of Showell Styles' account of Nelson's favourite pupil, William Hoste, and his greatest sea battle at Lissa. The book is fine internally in fresh black boards, just a little browning to top edge. The dustjacket is fine, designed by Barbara Walton. Neat ownership inscription to front free end paper. A very smart copy of a scarce edition. Near Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. [map] Very good in publisher's embossed blue cloth with gilt titles. Contains a concertina fold map printed on paper of the course of the river Saone from St Jean de Losne to Tournus. Scale 1:50,000. With information useful to river navigation such as a table of distances and the height of locks. In fresh condition with no loss at the folds, some rubbing to the edge of the first page. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. pp 150 A first edition in good condition: light red boards and small illustrations in the text. A scarce work. 0 0 Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. A good first edition in green cloth, signed to the front free end paper by author. Inscribed 'To a Colleague With thanks that he should bother to obtain a copy! S Makepeace Lott 1st May 1950'. Rubbed cloth, slight spine lean, faded spine. Foxing to the text block edges and preliminaries. Ownership inscription on front paste down. In good dust wrapper, loss to half of spine, chip to foot of front panel, tape repairs to verso of jacket. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Fine. Focuses on young British textile artists working in printed and painted textile art and design, tapestry, embroidery, weave and felt. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. First edition, Good in blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, sellotape marks to boards, slight spine lean, spotting to edges and some pages, tape repair to front hinge. In a very good dust jacket which had been protected by a brown paper cover, small chips to spine and foot of front cover where there white staining. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. A good first edition in blue cloth, signed to the front free end paper by author. Inscribed 'C.B.A from Martin Oct:1932'. Rubbed cloth, slight spine lean, lightly faded spine. Foxing to the text block edges and preliminaries. A novel in three voices. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp 320 An unusually fresh copy of this trade directory which contains a directory of members with their trades and professions, produced at the height of Bradford's domination of the wool industry in Britain and beyond. Bound in the original decorative red cloth, the text is tabbed with advertisements interspersed with the text. The directory is followed by the blank pages of a diary. The original presentation slip that accompanied the book is laid in. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. A slim volume of bittersweet English poetry, some reflecting on war and peace. Includes 'A Sussex Memory' and 'On Bamburgh Sands'. Good in grey card, rubbed to spine and well handled. Browning to preliminaries. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp 64; pp 24 A collection of papers 'published to meet the general desire of those who were present at Repton on the day of the Commemoration' on August 11, 1857. Bound in attractive embossed green cloth with the Repton arms on the front cover. The text contains an account of the proceedings, names of old Reptonians present, Latin address by the Captain of School, Head master's address, School list, service and Sermon by C J Vaughan, Head of Harrow School. Bookplate of Henry Smith. A near Fine copy. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Good. A good first edition in blue cloth, signed to the front free end paper by author. Inscribed 'Basil & Helen with love from M Armstrong'. Rubbed cloth, slight spine lean, small nick to cloth at head of faded spine. Foxing to the text block edges and preliminaries. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp 91 Charming children's story about a noisy, skewbald donkey, set in the Chinese countryside. Very good in green cloth with red lettering; in a tight and square binding. Internally pages are clean, foxing to edges and preliminaries. No inscriptions. In a good foxed dust jacket, tiny chip to head of rear panel. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. Very good in publisher's green cloth with bevelled edges, black embossed decoration and gilt titles. Internally very clean apart from a little foxing. With frontispiece and 20 colour lithographic plates by George Carline. A very attractive copy of a wistful tale. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. Transcript of the speech given by George VI on the evening of Coronation Day, May 12th 1937; printed in blue ink on white paper with red and blue crown decorations. In card wrappers illustrated with a BBC photograph of the king broadcasting his message, bordered by the coats of arms of the British colonies. Bound with a red cord. In very good condition, lightly marked. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good. pp12 Number 7 in the "Where to go and What to "take" series of photographers' guide booklets to the north of England by H Snowden Ward, Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. Near very good in pictorial card covers which are soiled with short tears and a small chip to the lower cover. Concentrating on churches and antiquities the booklet is well illustrated with black and white photographs by Mrs Catherine Weed Ward. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.