Search Results: Authors starting with W from Christian White Rare Books Ltd.

London: The Trussed Concrete Steel Company Ltd, 1955. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. Stapled and hole-punched pamphlet, very good, central fold mark, illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. The 1954 Trussed Concrete Travelling Scholarship winners' account of their interview with Professor Nervi in Rome and visits to several of his notable buildings. Of interest to students of the architectural use of concrete. We have recently acquired the library of Harry Horlock Stringer who was a leading British potter at the old Fulham Pottery in the 1950's where he concentrated on earthenware. Later he moved to Taggs Yard in Barnes, south west London, where he built and ran his own school, welcoming pupils and making friends such as Ginger Rogers from across the world at a time when studio pottery was enjoying newfound popularity. Stringer experimented with his own glazes and firing techniques, and wrote a book on Raku, becoming a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association, editing the association's… Read More

Manchester: The Co-operative Union Ltd, 1896. Soft cover. Good. pp 121 Good in printed cloth laid down over card wrappers; cloth and preliminaries darkened, marked and wrinkled; internally the paper stock is browned but the condition is very good. Ownership inscription to front end paper. A practical manual of book-keeping for Co-operative Societies, including forms and detailed accounting procedures. Good 1896

Rochester: The Geological Society of America, 1902. 220 x 143 mm. Good. Offprint from Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Vol 13, Part 2, 1946, pages 215-232, plates 29-39. In good plus condition in tanned printed card wrappers which are chipped to the edges the pages are clean with a little dog-earing and complete with fold-out plates. Neat ownership inscription to front cover. Good 1902

Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 1953 Everest mountaineer George Band's own copy, near very good in green cloth with gilt titles, one corner bruised, short tear to the cloth at the head of the spine, foxing to the extremities and paper stock browned. From the collection of English mountaineer George Band, the youngest member of the team which successfully conquered Mount Everest in 1953. Band was President of the Mountaineering Club at Queen's College, Cambridge and his exceptional Alpine record caught the eye of John Hunt, who put him in charge of radio equipment on the expedition. Band's finest achievement was the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955. He pursued a professional career in oil exploration but continued to climb and published several books on mountaineering. He was made an OBE in 2009. Very Good 1898

Cambridge: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1971. Reprinted from The Modern Language Review, January 1971, Volume 66, Number 1, pp53-65. Inscribed by the author "Christopher with best wishes David, April 1974". Very good in grey printed wrappers, a few rust stains for a paperclip, otherwise clean and crisp. Very good 1971

Journal of Conchology, 1898. Soft cover. Very Good. pp 187-243. A one shilling offprint of this study of Somerset molluscs. This is a presentation copy from Swanton to 'Mr C D Heginbotham with the author's kind regards Haslemere Educational Museum Octobert 14 1899'. The text is complete with only minor wear to the printed wrappers. This pamphlet comes from a large natural historical and geological collection recently acquired by Modernfirsteditions. Very Good 1898

Cardiff: Cardiff Naturalists' Society, 1902. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. Offprint from the Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society, Vol IV, 1901-1902, pp 1-10. In very good condition in tanned printed card wrappers, library stamp to upper cover and tiny chip to spine and one corner, some spotting throughout. Well illustrated with black and white photography. Inscribed on front cover "With the author's compliments". Very Good 1902

Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1926. Hardcover. Good. [xxviii] pp 548 Bound in blue cloth, good, covers lightly marked and worn to the corners, spine detached but present and complete. Signed to front free end paper 'J H Wilson, Jesus, Oxon'; a previous owner's signature has been crossed out. A very well-read copy with underlining, doodles and annotations throughout, especially to the end papers where significant dates in English mediaeval history have been noted. This book comes from the private collection of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary who died recently at the age of 102. During his lifetime Harold Wilson kept the book in the Ashley Gardens mansion flat in Westminster that the couple shared until his death in 1995. After she lost her husband Mary Wilson continued to live in the couple's flat, surrounded by a lifetime's accumulation of books and memories until 2016. Good 1926

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. Very Good. pp 416 and pp 424. Two volumes of social history in an attractive binding of polished calf, pretty gilt spine decoration within raised bands, marbled edges and end papers. Volume I is inscribed "Mr Charles Fitzwilliam from Cecil James Littleton on his leaving Eton Xmas 1864". Very good, the leather is clean but worn to edges, corners and in small patches on the covers. Internally fine with crisp, clean pages in a tight binding. Very Good 1856

London: W and AK Johnston & GW Bacon, 1920. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. [map] pp 32 Very good in orange card wrappers, a little rubbed and creased but showing few signs of use. Contains a 32 page pamphlet with an index of streets, stations, districts, public buildings and parks; and a linen-backed coloured map based on the Ordnance Survey, ranging from Wood Green to Thornton Heath, and Surbiton to Barking. In very fresh condition with no loss at the folds. Very Good 1920

Glasgow, Scotland: Geological Society of Glasgow, 1922. Soft cover. Fine. Reprinted rom the Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, Vol XVII, Part 1, 1919-1922, pp1-49, plates I-XIII. Fine in printed card wrappers showing only slight signs of handling, inscribed to Dr H H Thomas with the author's compliments. Very well illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine 1922

London and Manchester: G W Bacon and Co Ltd, 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine. [map] Very good in burgundy boards with gilt titles, a little rubbed and faded to spine where there is a short tear in the cloth; marbled end papers. Contains a large coloured map of Yorkshire consisting of 24 panels on linen based on Bartholomew of Edinburgh and revised according to the latest Ordnance Survey. The map is undated but it includes an index and gazetteer with population figures taken from the last census of 1901. In near fine condition with no loss at the folds, small crease to one corner. A splendid item which cost 21 shillings when new. Near Fine 1905

Menston: For the Ilkley Literature Festival Printed by the Scolar Press, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. [25 sheets manuscript facsimile] [24] Pamphlet. A collection of poems commissioned by the inaugural Ilkley Literature Festival and reproduced in facsimile in April 1973 in honour of 'one of its most distinguished collaborators'. The publication comprises a green card folder with some bumping to the edges; a 24 page pamphlet giving the text of the poems (fine) and 25 leaves of facsimile manuscript of the commissioned poems, including two leaves of Auden's 'Lullaby'. An uncommon publication. Very Good 1973

Bristol, Clifton and Weston-Super-Mare: Chilcott; Burbidge; Whereat, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. pp60 A detailed guide for visitors to the Royal Clifton Spa near Bristol published c1853. This is the one shilling and sixpence edition which includes the coloured fold out geological section of the Clifton Rocks on the north side of the River Avon from Sea Mills to the Hotwells. In publisher's blue cloth with embossed decoration and gilt titles. The booklet contains 2 accomplished etchings showing the exterior and interior of The Pump Room. Very good plus, the cloth is rubbed and lightly soiled to the lower cover, the gutters have been strengthened neatly with yellow tape to match the end papers; monogram of TC. The text and section are near fine, clean and undamaged. A very pleasing copy of this uncommon imprint. Very Good 1853

London: London County Council, 1951. 220 x 143 mm. Near Fine. An illustrated guide to the South Bank Past and Present Exhibition held at the County Hall Westminster Bridge, SE1, during the Festival Of Britain May - September 1951. Near fine in illustrated card wrappers, a few spots to the covers otherwise clean and complete. Near Fine 1951

London: The International Faculty of Sciences, 1933. 220 x 143 mm. Good. Offprint from The Science Forum, the Official Quarterly journal of the International Faculty of Sciences, London, May 1933, pp 7. In good condition in brown printed wrappers which are chipped and detached from the pages: internally fresh but with short tears. Good 1933

London: Image Number 8, 1952. Soft cover. Near Fine. [pp 16] A bound extract from the magazine Image No.8. Near fine in green card wrappers with typed paper title label, light horizontal crease to the covers, mark to verso where another label has been removed. Fully illustrated in colour. Near Fine 1952

Leeds: Journal of Conchology, 1882. 220 x 143 mm. Good. [plate] pp 241-256, John W Taylor's life history of British Helices with a single plate by Sowerby. 'Dups' is written on the printed card cover - presumably denoting duplicate. The text of this original off-print is clean and complete; the card binding is slightly discoloured. Good 1882

London: Rivingtons, 1890. Hardcover. Good. pp 128 [maps] An inscribed copy of this highly successful guide to ancient history, 'With the author's Compliments [underlined] on the first blank. Stained boards, most uncommon thus. Lyde wrote a series of books in this vein and achieve huge success. At the time of this book he was an English master at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. Good 1890

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1936. Soft cover. Near Fine. pp26 Near fine pamphlet bound in bright orange wrappers. With laid in note to F B Adams Jr from his father, businessman and philanthropist Frederick Baldwin Adams (1878-1961), "Thanks it is interesting, and the first chapter at least isn't much exaggerated". This book comes from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt collection of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr, 1910 - 2001, the son of Ellen Walters Delano who was a first cousin to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Adams became a passionate bibliophile who served as director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City for two decades and compiled a significant personal collection relating to F.D.R.. In 1969 he married his third wife who was a Swedish princess and with whom he shared the final years of his life in France. Adams' move to France explains the presence of his books in the United Kingdom. Near Fine 1936