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

Kent: Unpublished Manuscript, 1829. Mock epic narrative poem describing an ill-fated journey by boat, stage-coach and on foot from Sheerness to a concert in Chatham and the 'inconsideration' that blighted their return journey. Thin, maroon-coloured roan covered wrappers, rubbing to spine and corners; white tape reinforcement along gutter to verso of wrapper. 18 pages of text, 21 lines per page, c2600 words. Text block sewing intact but detached from binding. Featherstone addressed the poem to his travelling companion Henry Senior (1794-1861, son of John Raven Senior of Compton Beauchamp, Berks and Mary, daughter of Henry Duke; Ensign to the 60th Regiment, Royal Americans, in 1813, and later served with several other regiments) recalling one year on: 'Dear Friend... in a poet's dress/ Our midnight ramble to Sheerness...' in the company also of William Wood. Featherstone writes in easily digestible free verse about the inspiration for the trip coming from yet a further friend, Wlliam Moore, whose… Read More

London: Chappell & Co, 1870. Soft cover. Very Good. pp12 Sheet music, large folio in illustrated paper wrappers. By Daniel Godfrey (1831-1903), bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards, who was best known for the 'Guards Waltz' composed in 1863 for a ball given by the officers for the Prince and Princess of Wales on their marriage. This waltz along with his 'Mabel' and 'Hilda' waltzes became popular favourites of the time. He was decorated by Queen Victoria with her Jubilee medal in 1887. This copy of 'Mabel' is very good, crisp and complete with a bright cover illustration, worn along the spine, the stab sewn binding has lost its thread. No inscriptions apart from neat page numbering to the top corners. Very Good 1870

Oxford: Lion Publishing plc, 1990. The Biblical story of The Tower of Babel retold for children. The first hardback edition of this Lion picture story book, signed to the front pastedown by the author and illustrator John Ryan beneath a cartoon sketch in pen of the book's heroine, Mabel the king's daughter. Fine in glossy illustrated covers showing only minor signs of handling. John Ryan (1921 – 2009) was a British animator and cartoonist, best remembered for his character Captain Pugwash which began as a comic strip which spawned books and a TV series which was animated by Ryan in real time using a system of cut-out characters and boats, moved by hidden cardboard levers. We have acquired several of these animation models alongside Pugwash artwork and books at a recent sale of items from Ryan's estate. Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information. 1990

Maidstone: Anthony D Estill, Maidstone College of Art, 1953. pp 25 This edition of the second story from The Four Branches of the Mabinogi was taken from the text of the Everyman's Library Edition. Designed and produced by Anthony D Estill, a student at Maidstone College of Art, Faith Street, completed March 1953. This edition was limited to 200 copies. Fine in tan cloth with a black spine and Celtic wheel decoration picked out in gilt, the binding is tight, the pages crisp and clean, one tiny hole to the front gutter. No marks or inscriptions. Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this item. 1953

London: Enitharmon Press, 1974. Soft cover. Near Fine. pp47 A signed first edition Hugo Manning's poem 'Madame Lola'. In pictorial card wrappers with a cover drawing by Hugo Manning, this is number 435 of a limited edition of 600 copies which is inscribed by the author "To Stanley Noble sincere good wishes". Near fine with some tanning to the covers. Near Fine 1974

London: Enitharmon Press, 1974. Hardcover. Fine. pp47 A fine first edition of Hugo Manning's poem 'Madame Lola'. Limited edition of 600 copies, 50 of which were specially bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, and signed by the author: this is number 33. Printed frontispiece drawing by Hugo Manning. Fine 1974

London: The Bodley Head, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in a striking art deco style dustjacket by 'L Houghton' of a work translated by Hamish Miles. Light green publisher's cloth with lettering, no ownership signatures, spotting to edge of text block - about very good, in good jacket, not price-clipped, chipped to head and tail of spine with old tape repairs to verso; most uncommon thus. Aveline (1901-1992) was the pen name of Evgen Avtsine who worked as a writer, editor, publisher and poet who became a protege of Anatole France and a close friend of the film maker Jean Vigo. This novel has as its protagonist 'a masterful and fascinating woman, passing reluctantly from her youth'. Very Good 1932

Paris and Toulouse: Letouzey& Ané; Édouard Privat, 1889. pp 515 A biography of Louise, Duchesse de La Valliere (1644-1710), the first official mistress of King Louis XIV. This copy is in a smart binding of blue leather, brown spine label with gilt lettering, raised bands, over blue marbled boards, marbled end papers, speckled text block edges. Near fine, spine scuffed, edges and corners rubbed, crisp pages, very light spotting throughout the text, no ownership inscription. Near fine 1889

London: NA, 1935. No Binding. Very Good. A vintage photograph of Sir William Reid Dick's Madonna inscribed to the rear in Dick's hand: 'Please return to Sir William Reid Dick 16 Maida Vale London W.9' with other annotations to the rear regarding reproduction of the image and a blue pencil line for cropping. The photograph shows a kneeling Madonna holding the infant Jesus at arms length as the sleepy Christ rubs his eyes. The image iis 21x28cm and formed part of a collection from the studio of the sculptor Clare Winsten (1894-1989), known as the only female member of the 'Whitechapel Boys' artistic group. The images were gathered by Winsten, many for publication, and include photographs of Henry Moore's sculptures from the 1930s as well as works by Jacob Epstein, Barbara Hepworth and others, most of which are inscribed by the artists. Very Good 1935

South Kensington: NA, 1930. No Binding. Near Fine. A vintage photograph from the 1930s depicting Epstein's Madonna and Child sculpture. The image is 29x22cm, with the ink stamp of the fine art photographer Paul Laib on the reverse, together with the pencilled title and signature of the sculptor, Jacob Epstein. The photograph by Laib comes from the studio of the sculptor Clare Winsten (1894-1989), known as the only female member of the 'Whitechapel Boys' artistic group. Winsten who met Epstein in 1914 when they shared an exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery has prepared the image for some form of publication with carefully drawn crop lines and over painting. On the rear she has written dimensions and printing instructions. It's not known what publication that Winsten was preparing. Near Fine 1930

Elmira, New York STate: Unpublished manuscript, 1855. [pp] 72. Manuscript essays, letters and journal entries by a member of the first intake to 'the mother of women's colleges' - Elmira College - one of the world's first women's higher education colleges to award degrees. Maggie Bush has used a lined quarto sized notebook bound in quarter black roan over black straight grain cloth, chipping to the spine but structurally sound.. On the first leaf she has written 'M. Bush. College - Maggie E Bush, Elmira College, November 28th 1855' - just a month after the College's foundation. The manuscript records in journal form Maggie's experience of a lecture by Henry Ward Beecher, her witty essays on subjects such as 'Latin. Why are we thus toiling to gain an object that is impossible?' and finally a series of pages used as a liber amicorum for Elmira College friends. After giving her name and address at Elmira the first manuscript page is a dedicatory poem for this book followed by a sequence of original… Read More

London: Hutchinson Co Ltd, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. The Magic Apple Tree: Poems by Elaine Feinstein. Hutchinson Co Ltd, London, 1971. Note in Frieda Hughes' hand on scrap of paper laid in "FEINSTEIN 1971 1st Ed PB Hutchinson. The Magic Apple Tree". Very good, dusty and browning to edges, in a very good, glossy photographic dust jacket, a little wrinkled with watermarking to verso, short tear to front panel. Feinstein was a close friend of Ted Hughes who would go on to write his biography. Provenance: from the sale by Frieda Hughes, daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes of 'my personal family items' at Bonhams, London (21 March, 2018) which she described in the catalogue as 'redolent of my parents' joint history... the books and the pamphlets and the poems signed by my mother and father, represented important aspects of their literary lives and were evidence of their powerful partnership.' Most of these items contain the Bonhams sale bookmark and can be accompanied by a signed guarantee of… Read More

London: Hutchinson Co Ltd, 1971. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. The Magic Apple Tree by Elaine Feinstein. Uncorrected proof copy, Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London, Provisional date 19th April 1971. Note in Frieda Hughes' hand on scrap of paper laid in "Feinstein 1971. The Magic Apple Tree. Uncorrected proof". Very good in card wrappers, staining to foot of front cover and a few pages. Feinstein was a close friend of Ted Hughes who would go on to write his biography. Provenance: from the sale by Frieda Hughes, daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes of 'my personal family items' at Bonhams, London (21 March, 2018) which she described in the catalogue as 'redolent of my parents' joint history... the books and the pamphlets and the poems signed by my mother and father, represented important aspects of their literary lives and were evidence of their powerful partnership.' Most of these items contain the Bonhams sale bookmark and can be accompanied by a signed guarantee of the item's authenticity from… Read More

London: Picador, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. pp460 A first paperback edition of David Profumo and Graham Swift's anthology, nicely inscribed on the title page by Profumo to a family friend, "For Dear Audrey- I bet you're glad you didn't have to type out this little lot!". This copy is very good, covers lightly marked, text block age toned, the binding is tight and the pages crisp. Very Good 1985

London: Burke, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, near fine in bright red boards. pp 323. Written for non-Spanish readers, presenting the lives of the four greatest bullfighters of the 20th century. Well illustrated with action photographs. In a very good unfaded technicolour jacket. Near Fine 1956

London: The Jewish Historical Society of England, University College, 1937. Hardcover. Good. A Bibliographical Guide to Anglo-Jewish history. A new, revised and enlarged edition. Inscribed: 'Cecil Roth. Detroit. 11.v.58' on title page. In original publishers green cloth, worn to corners and hinges. Do please get in touch with Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like further details. Good 1937

London: Stead's Publishing House, 1912. Soft cover. Very Good. pp58 'A Musical Play for Home Parties or School Entertainments, Suitable for Performance Indoors or in the Open Air'. The booklet contains lyrics and musical notation for the songs with the text of the play which concerns Robin Hood, his Merry Men and his Fair Lady, Marian. In publisher's pink paper wrappers, original price one penny, undated but published after the death of Edward VII in 1910. Very good, light soiling to the covers. Number154 in Stead's Books for the Bairns series. Very Good 1912

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1872. Very Good. vii, pp 1-319 Volume I only. Nicely bound in half calf over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering with raised bands. Very good, rubbed to edges and spine ends, leather split along the spine but the binding is tight, the pages crisp and clean. Author's signature tipped in to front end paper "Very faithfully yours R D Blackmore". Two ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, one rubbed out. Very Good 1872

Salt Lake City: Institute of Government, University of Utah, 1965. 220 x 143 mm. Near Fine. Reprinted from The Western Political Quarterly, Vol IX, No 2, June 1956, pp 258-282. In near fine condition in printed paper 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. Near Fine 1965

London: University of London Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 1960. 220 x 143 mm. Near Fine. Offprint from Pacific Affairs, Vol XXXIII, No 1, March 1960, pp 38-47. In near fine condition in fresh red printed wrappers, 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 1965 to 1972. Near Fine 1960