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

Liverpool: Henry Lacey, 1835. Hardcover. Good. An anthology of poetry and prose, including 'Notices of the Canadian Indians', from contributors such as S C Hall, George Smith, Bernard Barton, Rev Robert Hall. Beautiful copperplate gift inscription "Susan and Fanny Burgess. The gift of their friend Maria Stone 1835". Laid in letter dated 1972 from Mr V C Andree of Havant, Hampshire to Mrs Mary Wilson, wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilson, "Please accept this Book of Poems as promised". Bound in embossed black leather, all edges gilt, engraved plates with tissue guards. In good condition, backstrip loose, a one inch piece is detached but present, the binding is firm, pages are clean and bright. A scarce title. 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… Read More

Bury near Manchester: Unpublished, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. pp 72 Manuscript collection of Lancashire verse presented by its author S Hardman of Holcrombe Brooke, Bury near Manchester to his friend the Mayor of Radcliffe (also Bury). Quarter red buckram over shiny, quasi-marbled, black cloth, lined manuscript paper with HArdman's gift inscription on the first page followed by a prefatory poem and table of contents for poems, many of them in Lancashire dialect and including 'When you hear something wrong', 'What we fight for' (it is 1941) 'Aw'd like to know' ('Is "coffy" reet for Coffee, frend?...') and 'A Gradely Man'. Laid in a letter from the author and a copied essay on 'The Colours of Flowers'. Very Good 1941

London: E Johnson, 1779. No Binding. 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 1779

London: Stevens & Sons Limited, 1963. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. Offprint from Public Law, Summer 1963, pp 172-200. In very good condition in buff card wrappers, rust marks to covers and page edges. 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 1963

Child Okeford, Dorset: Words Press, 1988. Three Poems by Welsh poet and Anglican priest R S Thomas, The Un-Born; Caught and Requests. Fine in illustrated card wrappers, limited edition number 102 of 200 copies. With laid in postcard inscribed by the author "Good wishes to you both in 1989. R S Thomas". Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this item. 1988

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1966. pp 48 A near fine first edition of this collection by Welsh poet and Anglican priest, R S Thomas. The hardback book is spotted to the edges but otherwise clean and unmarked. In a near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, panels rubbed to edges. This is a review copy with laid in slip from the Editor of British Book News requesting an review from M Dodderidge. The owner has signed the book and noted that the jacket design is by author's wife M E Eldrige. Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this item. 1966

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961. pp 48 A near fine first edition of this collection by Welsh poet and Anglican priest, R S Thomas. The hardback book is spotted to the edges but covers are bright and clean, no marks or inscriptions. A very attractive copy. Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this item. 1961

London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1985. No Binding. Very Good. pp 19 Photocopy of a typed manuscript of the keynote address given by the Commonwealth Secretary-General at the Royal Commonwealth Society Conference, "Twenty Candles for the Commonwealth", June 1985. A4 paper, single sided, in very good condition, slightly creased, with title page typed on Commonwealth Secretariat paper. 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.… Read More

London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 1979. No Binding. Near Fine. pp 14 Typed manuscript of an address given by the Commonwealth Secretary-General at Chatham House, London, 21 September 1979. A4 paper, double sided, in near fine condition with title page typed on Commonwealth Secretariat paper. 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 1979

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950. A very smart copy with T S Eliot's signature in blue ink on a small oblong of paper tipped onto the title page. A crisp copy of the 6th edition from 1950, near fine in a near fine jacket. Ownership signature from 1958 to the flyleaf over an erased earlier inscription. Eliot's signature is not difficult to find on limited editions but desirable on trade editions of his works. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1950

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. pp 88 A very good fourth edition, reprinted October 1957, of Murder in the Cathedral. Annotated throughout in pencil with stage directions. Laid in; two programmes and a flyer for productions of Murder in the Cathedral. The first souvenir programme and illustrated flyer are for a production by E Martin Browne CBE which took place in July 1955 in the magnificent setting of Gloucester Cathedral, in aid of the Fabric Appeal Fund. The second, smaller, undated programme is for a production at Penzance County Grammar School for Boys, with C Kempthorne in the leading role. The book is in very good condition; the plum coloured boards are sunned to spine; the text is browned to extremities with occasional marks and stains. Very Good 1952

Harmondsworth: Viking, Penguin Books Ltd, 1987. pp 318 A crisp first edition of V S Naipaul's novel, The Enigma of Arrival. The book is fine and the jacket also fine. An excellent copy which appears to be unread. No inscriptions. Provenance: from the recent Glasgow dispersal sale of Alasdair Gray's library. Gray (1934-2019) is acknowledged as one of the most innovative figures in Scottish literature and culture. Painter, novelist, playwright, poet and editor, Gray frequently combined his diverse artistic talents within single works to challenge existing forms. He has been described as 'Blending satire and tragedy, realism and fantasy, his work has been credited with spurring a renaissance in Scottish literature.' Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this item. Fine in a fine dust jacket 1987

Edinburgh: The Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, 1910. Soft cover. Near Fine. pp 8 [plates 9] Near fine in white printed card wrappers, lightly soiled. the text is crisp, clean and unmarked. Stamp to the upper cover of the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory. The offprint is well illustrated with 9 black and white photographs of the landscape and wildlife of the South Orkney Islands. Near Fine 1910

London: Michael Joseph, 1959. pp 384 An engaging illustrated biography of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, first cousin to Louis XIV and the greatest heiress in France who rejected her many suitors 'until in middle age romance entered her life with disastrous results'. This first edition is fine in fresh red cloth, top edge dusty, the text is clean and crisp, no inscriptions. Bookseller's label of Foyles of Charing Cross. In a near fine dustjacket, not price clipped, lightly soiled with sunned spine. Best remembered now as a poet and garden designer, Vita Sackville-West also wrote several biographies including Saint Joan and The Eagle and the Dove. Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this item. 1959

Brunswick, Maine, USA: Bowdoin College, 1962. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. A presentation copy of this catalogue of a major exhibition of Baskin's work at Bowdoin College. Laid in is a presentation slip from Baskin to an unnamed friend in his characteristic slightly italic hand stating: 'Inadvertently left this out.' Internally fine; sunned wrappers, rubbed to corners. This book comes from a collection of Leonard Baskin's works put together in the UK. Please do get in touch if you would like details about these books and pamphlets. Very Good 1962

Dublin: M H Gill and Son Ltd, 1893. Hardcover. Good. An undated reprint from the early 1890s of Mary Anne Sadleir's popular novel, The Hermit of the Rock, bound in publisher's textured green cloth with a Celtic harp in gilt to the upper cover and gilt lettering to the spine. A little fading to the boards; original black endpapers with some foxing to the preliminaries and an ink jotted number at the top of the title page. A good copy which is enhanced by the presence of the decorative publisher's binding. Mrs Sadleir, or Sadlier as she appears here, emigrated to Canada in the 1804s but continued to write fiction with an Irish background for decades after. Good 1893

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Viking, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in blue cloth, lightly marked, in a near fine dust wrapper. Signed and inscribed on front free end paper "To Walter in gratitude from Keith August 1985". Laid in offprint of an essay by Keith Sagar "The Best I have Known": D H Lawrence's A Modern Lover and The Shades of Spring. This book comes from the collection of Walter Stein, a British writer, literary critic and Catholic moral philosopher. Born in 1922, Stein was a Jewish refugee from pre-war Austria, educated by the Quakers in York and eventually a Catholic convert who worked in the Department of Extramural Studies at Leeds University. Very Good 1985

Harlow, Essex: Longman Group for The British Council, 1972. 220 x 143 mm. Near Fine. No 227 in the Writers and their Work series published by the British council. Very good in green card wrappers. A presentation copy inscribed by the author. This book comes from the collection of Walter Stein, a British writer, literary critic and Catholic moral philosopher. Born in 1922, Stein was a Jewish refugee from pre-war Austria, educated by the Quakers in York and eventually a Catholic convert who worked in the Department of Extramural Studies at Leeds University. Near Fine 1972

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine in tan cloth, in a near fine dust wrapper. A presentation copy signed by the author "To Walter Stein with best wishes". This book comes from the collection of Walter Stein, a British writer, literary critic and Catholic moral philosopher. Born in 1922, Stein was a Jewish refugee from pre-war Austria, educated by the Quakers in York and eventually a Catholic convert who worked in the Department of Extramural Studies at Leeds University. Near Fine 1979

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in blue cloth, in a very good dust wrapper. A presentation copy inscribed by the author "To Walter Stein who taught me critical standards I can never hope to live up to". This book comes from the collection of Walter Stein, a British writer, literary critic and Catholic moral philosopher. Born in 1922, Stein was a Jewish refugee from pre-war Austria, educated by the Quakers in York and eventually a Catholic convert who worked in the Department of Extramural Studies at Leeds University. Very Good 1966