Search Results: Titles starting with P from Christian White Rare Books Ltd.

London: Blandford Press, 1950. Soft cover. Good. A painting practice book, each double page features a coloured image of a Parisian street scene and a corresponding drawing to be copied in watercolour or pastel. Good in illustrated card wrappers, a little soiled, short tear to the spine. Undated c1950. Good 1950

London: C Hoare and Co, 1797. No Binding. Near Fine. 9x22cm Two engraved receipts from the oldest British bank and the fourth oldest bank in the world, dated to 1797, made out to the London lawyer John Thomas Batt. The receipts are printed, and accomplished in manuscript at the bank. Both receipts signed 'Mr H Hoare'. Old folds, otherwise very good. One receipt is for £2000 and the other £4000, the first involving Everard Fawkener, presumably of the 11th Dragoons and the second, Robert Blake. Near Fine 1797

Madrid: Memorias Del Instituto Geologico Y Minero De Espana, 1966. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. pp 169 In very good condition in sunned blue card wrappers with pinhole damage to the first few pages. Internally fresh and unmarked. Very well illustrated by 77 black and white photographic plates. Inscribed by the author on the front end paper "Dr J E Prentice with compliments Robert H Wagner". Very Good 1966

London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, 1880. Near Fine. New edition: pp 428 In a fine binding of red leather with gilt decoration over bright marbled boards, which are only very lightly rubbed. The text is very good, spotting to a few pages but complete with fold out maps. A splendid volume illustrated with over 350 engravings. Near Fine 1880

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. ff 188 Bound typescript of Miskin's novel inspired by Andreyev's short story, covered in proof corrections and with typographical instructions and double page spreads on tracing paper showing the layouts for the half title, title page, chapter headings and sample text page, annotated 'Specimen pages for Willmer Brothers Ltd for Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited' with exact dimensions given and dated by hand, October, 1968. An additional page printed on yellow foolscap of 'Setting Instructions for printers' has been annotated, presumably by Willmer Brothers, regarding their ability to conform to the Weidenfeld style guide. The typed text is corrected to every page, most on matter of spelling and punctuation but also with substantive changes to the text. Accompanying the typescript a paperback copy of the published book with an obituary of Lionel Miskin laid in. Born in Cannes, Miskin was 'well known in literary and artistic circles in the… Read More

London: The Royal Institute of British Architects, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. pp 1-207 [plates] The Sessional Papers of the Institute of British Architects formerly owned by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. The book is bound in the original green decorated cloth with the Institute's crest in gilt on the front board. In very good condition: the binding is sound, the text is clean and complete, beginning with the list of the council and members of the society before proceeding to a variety of papers, including "On the Problem of Providing Dwellings for the Poor" by Robert Kerr, and "Remarks upon Failures in Construction" by Edwin Nash. The bookplate of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society appears on the front pastedown together with a 'withdrawn' stamp but there are no further signs of library ownership. This book may require additional postage for shipping outside the United Kingdom. Very Good 1867

London: The Royal Institute of British Architects, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. pp 1-208 [plates] The Sessional Papers of the Institute of British Architects formerly owned by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. The book is bound in the original green decorated cloth with the Institute's crest in gilt on the front board. In very good condition: the binding is sound, the text is clean and complete, beginning with the list of the council and members of the society before proceeding to sections devoted to classical and religious architecture, including a paper on the Water Supply of Ancient and Modern Rome by the Rev R Burgess. The bookplate of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society appears on the front pastedown together with a 'withdrawn' stamp but there are no further signs of library ownership. This book may require additional postage for shipping outside the United Kingdom. Very Good 1866

London: J H and James Parker, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. pp 282 Twenty papers read at the Royal Institute of British Architects 862-1863 season, formerly owned by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. The book is bound in handsome pebble green cloth with the Institute's crest in gilt on the front board and is in very good condition with a little wear at the head of the spine. (The binder's ticket of Bone and Son appears to the rear.) The text is clean and complete, beginning with a list of papers and the address from the President, W Tite followed by twenty papers which include discussions of the restoration of St Michael Penkevel in Cornwall, the construction of Charing Cross Station in London, Photographs of the Wells Sculptures and Polychromatic construction at Aston Church. The book is extensively illustrated with engravings in the text as well as full page and fold out engravings. The bookplate of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society appears on the front pastedown together with a 'withdrawn'… Read More

Falkirk: T Johnston, 1797. Fair. Two volumes in one, pp97-496 and pp1-344 [8] list of subscribers' names, lacking pp1-96. Sermons by Thomas Shepard, pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New-England. Fair, in a later leather binding, upper board nearly detached, the text is incomplete as the book starts at page 97. Ownership inscription to first page of volume 1 "James Dons No 2". A scarce Falkirk imprint. Fair 1797

London: Unpublished, 1916. First World War Visitors Book recording Royal visits to the women munitions workers in the factories built on Park Royal, west London. Small quarto, expensively bound in pebbled black morocco with gilt lettering and decoration; rounded spine. Inner dentelles over rich grey marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Card leaves held on linen stubs. All in near fine condition. King George V visited the munitions factory late in 1916, signing himself 'Nov: 28th 1916. George R.[ex] I.[mperator]' - king and emperor. The future Edward VIII visited towards the end of the war with his mother Queen Mary. At the top of the page she wrote: 'Mary. March 14th 1918.' Below her is written 'Edward P.[rince of Wales]' and ditto marks so he didn't have to bother writing the date himself. The other visitors to sign the book include Edward Rigg from the Royal Mint (twice), the Bishops of London and Kensington, 'Charles Henry Brent Bishop of the Philippine Islands Feb.20th 1917' and representatives… Read More

Edinburgh, 1845. pp 256 Very good in a fine binding of red leather with gilt and embossed decoration, all edges gilt. Lacking title page but otherwise an attractive book. Very good 1845

London: University of London Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 1971. 220 x 143 mm. Near Fine. A report into who supports each political party and why. Reprinted from Asian Survey, Vol XI, No 6, June 1971, pp 582-609. In near fine condition in fresh red printed wrappers, a little creasing to lower cover, the pages are crisp. 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… Read More

London: Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. A fine copy of Joan Collins' memoir, signed on bookplate to title page. Fine 2013

London: Faber and Faber, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. pp 335 By Swiss author Denis De Rougemont, first published in Paris in 1939. Very good in red cloth, in a very good yellow dust jacket, tanned to spine and chipped to the edges and spine ends. Elaborate gift inscription in both German and English to front free end paper. Very Good 1940

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid, 1881. Hardcover. Near Fine. pp196 A record of events of public interest which took place in the vicinity of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the north east of England in the year 1880, the most notable of which were an explosion at Seaham Colliery in September which resulted in over 160 deaths and a "Gale in October which proved so disastrous to life and shipping". The volume has been rebound in blue buckram over marbled boards with the original pink card wrappers and advertisements still present. Near fine, the covers are fresh, the binding tight. Ephemera relating to the compiler of the register, Fred Gosman, have been laid down onto the front end papers, including a portrait photograph, two poems celebrating his Silver Wedding anniversary and a card intimating his death in 1890. Bookplates of R W Martin of Longbenton, Harold Boac and Frances Thompson. A fascinating volume of local history. Near Fine 1881

London: Unpublished, 1935. Photographic portfolio of female nudes by the Australian-British photographer Rosalind Maingot who has been described as 'a skilled medical photographer with a loving eye for nude female bodies.' The album, which post-dates Maingot's work by at least a couple of decades, is homemade, possibly constructed by the Somerset photographer, Percy Hitchcock, A.R.P.S, presumably in the early 1960s. The card covers are covered in linen with a further layer of paper and the calligraphic title on the upper cover: 'Patterns - Figure Studies 1961 MAINLY GINA' in pencil - though the vintage images date from 20 or 30 years earlier. There are 40 numbered leaves of brown paper, loosely held within the cover, though once glued in place; several of the leaves have closed tears, evidence of a very few photographs being removed. The first page has the pencil title 'By Mlle Rosalind Maingot' with 24 half-tone reproductions of Maingot's work preceding the 59 silver gelatin prints. These all… Read More

Paris: Gallimard, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 volumes pp 1172 and 1388. Bibliotheque de la Pleiade, Volume I published in 1960, volume II in 1963. Near fine in fresh brown covers, the central pages of volume I are creased to the edges but not loose and the binding is sound. In very good dust jackets, clean and complete, rubbed to the top edges, the red titles on the spines have faded. Ownership inscription of V Blackburn. Near Fine 1960

Paris: Musee de Saint-Denis, 1963. Soft cover. Very Good. pp 95 Catalogue for an exhibition of the works of Paul Elouard at the Ville de Saint-Denis museum of art and history, Paris, in 1963. Well illustrated with black and white photography. Very good, bound in pale blue card wrappers with red titles, sunned to spine, some pencil marking to the catalogue listings. Very Good 1963

London: Charles H Clarke. G Routledge & Co, 1857. Near Fine. Two 19th century novels in one fine binding. Half black morocco over marbled boards, bright gilt tooling to the spine, all edges marbled and marbled endpapers with a Walter Crane-style 'JNP' bookplate to the front pastedown. Some rubbing to the leather of the binding but a near fine square copy, clean and unmarked throughout, comprising: 1. N P Willis, Paul Fane: A Novel, undated, Charles H Clarke. pp 304. Ownership inscription of J N Preston to title page. 2. M Bell, Deeds Not words or the Flemings of Dunaik 1857, G Routledge & Co, pp 453. Near Fine 1857

Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1942. Soft cover. Very Good. [vii] pp144 Very good in maroon printed card wrappers, edges rubbed and corners creased, internally near fine. Laid in: introduction by Secretary of State Cordell Hull printed on separate page. 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. Very Good 1942