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J J Thomson announces the discovery of the first sub-atomic particle, the electron, in this journal article published in the Philosophical Magazine in October 1897.Bound together as Volume XLIV, 44 - Fifth Series - for the period July-Decembe 1897, this volume has been deaccessioned from the library of Venice's Istituto Veneto Scienze Lettere e DArti - small oval stamp at the tail of the title page only. Small shelfmark label: 'Periodici B. 171' to the tail of the front pastedown. Bound in half sheep over handsome marbled boards, gilt decoration to spine and a second 'Periodici' paper label at the tail of the backstrip. Some browning to margins of end leaves, otherwise a near fine copy.Thomson's ground breaking paper occupies pp. 293-316, of Vol. 44, no. 269 (October 1897) of this volume. It is preceded by a sequence of fold-out diagrams from a previous paper. In 1897 Thomson solved the riddle about the nature of cathode rays by proving that the they consist of negatively charged particles, the mass… Read More

Hollywood and England: Unpublished, 1934. Extensive Hollywood archive of the MGM child film-star Freddie Bartholomew, September 1934-1944, curated by his guardian and aunt, Cissie Bartholomew. The archive starts as the Bartholomews moved to Hollywood for Freddie's career-making debut as David Copperfield which was released early in 1935. This led to a decade of huge success for the child-star which is documented in this collection of photographs, postcards and diaries, including original photographs of Bartholomew with Judy Garland - his co-star in the 1938 picture, Listen Darling. FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW POSTCARDS (9) Chronicling Californian road-trips in 1935 around the time of filming Anna Karenina with Greta Garbo. Freddie gushes about Yosemite and Palm Springs with just occasional hiccups as in October 'I have sprained an ankle and I am on crutches. It puts your whole body out of order. Love Freddie'. FREDDIE AND CISSIE POSTCARDS (6) Jointly written or on Freddie's behalf by Cissie B: 'We are… Read More

Beautifully extra-illustrated edition with five full-page original pen and ink drawings by the New Zealand artist, Richard de Bohun Lovell Smith interpreting Huxley's Leda poem.Expensively bound in half crushed dark green morocco over light green buckram by the London bindery, Sangorski and Sutcliffe. A little rubbing only to outer hinges; a very attractive binding. Light offsetting to the handmade paper flyleaves from the green leather turn-ins. Huxley has signed the limitation page in blue ink, copy number 57. Internally a fine copy with the frontispiece after Michelangelo: [8] pp 80; Frontispiece & 5 inserted original illustrations.Lovell Smith's five pen and ink drawings (22x17cm) each have a tissue guard. The first 'When Leda with her maidens the shore Of bright Eurotas came...' precedes the Leda poem on page 1, showing naked nymphs dancing in a glade, pen and ink with highlighting in grey and white gouache. The pictures are framed in a large cartouche, each signed by 'R de B Lovell Smith 1949',… Read More

Archive of letters, photographs, drawings, published books and articles of Percy A Wells (1867-1956), a cabinet maker and disciple of William Morris, who lectured, taught and wrote extensively during the later phase of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain. Wells, whose typescript autobiography is included in the archive followed an apprenticeship in London's City Road with early practice as a cabinet maker before working alongside William Lethaby at the Central School and subsequently leading the cabinet department at the Shoreditch Technical Institution in London. His two most significant works, both published by Batsford, were Modern Cabinet Work (1909) which brought him to a wider audience and Furniture for Small Houses (1924) but as revealed by this archive, his work went much wider. PERCY WELLS' SKETCHBOOK c1900-1920Small quarto, c200 pages, bound in quarter roan over textured black boards; back strip largely missing; binding remains intact. Inscribed in ink to first blank 'Percy A Wells' with… Read More