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Published by Surrey Archaeological Society, Frome
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
1938. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 172pp. Gilt decorated cover, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, notes, tables, maps, folding map, index. Previous owner's inscription. Contributors include Mary Antrobus (The Funeral Surcoat in Stoke D'abernon Church: The Condition and Repairs), F.E. Bray (Extracts from the Diary of William Bray, the Surrey Historian, 1756-1800), A.L. Browne (The Early Archdeacons of Surrey), B. Campbell Cooke (List of Transcripts of Surrey Parish Registers, Showing Those That Have Been Printed, or Copied in Manuscript or Typescript), L.B. Ellis (The Funeral Surcoat in Stoke D'abernon Church: The Heraldry), R.G. Goodchild (Martin Tupper and Farley Heath), Earl of Onslow (The Road in Surrey), W.F. Rankine (Tranchet Axes of South-Western Surrey). Locale: ; Surrey. (Archaeology).
Published by Shinchosha, 1967
Seller: Sunny Day Bookstore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.
Published by Shinchosha, 1967
Seller: Sunny Day Bookstore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.
Condition: VG. One notebook, wraps, with metal spiral binding. 7 x 8-1/2 inches. 100p. all in blue ink. Very legible. Typical entry: (August 3) "Still on the way.Started out at 8:00 o'clock and drove about 260 miles. We ran into .a storm peculiar to the Great Lakes region. The water rises like a tidal wave and overflows its banks. There is warning for this by the drop in the barometer and the cloud formation so that nobody is hurt. On the road the storm took the form of extremely heavy rain, thunder and lightening and hail. I drove through this and did not mind it a bit. " List of all items she purchased at the end. VG plus.
Publication Date: 1924
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cities visited were the Cities of Flanders: Bruges, Ghent, Ypres, Zeebrugge, Knocke, Interspersed wit the very legible mss. handwriting are over 100 postcards, mostly relatiing to Belgium. Original item painstakingly compiled.
Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.
Published by Unpublished, United States of America, 1942
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Diary. 384 hand-numbered pages, of which nearly all are completely full of writings - with only 4 pages not used + (16) pages of printed standard diary information - holidays, birthstones, horoscopes, legal holidays, followed by the diary entries, written in ink or dark pencil, very legibly and in a literate hand; the dates are provided by the owner and ignore the printed dates on the pages. The front endpaper with the ownership notes of 'Franz Friedrich 1934 - 42 - 43 N.Y. (summer address ' 42) Brimfield Street Clinton, N.Y. c/o R.W. Hughes.' The dated entries begin April 5 of 1942 and continue through Sunday June 20 (1943). Some biographical details regarding his early life reveal his birth in Mt. Kisco January 29, 1927, where " I spent the first seven years of my life in Sunnyside, Long Island. I went to a small progressive school in the winters, except for one year when I went to the little Red School House in New York and spent three of the summers in Camp Housatonic " He applies for and gets work on a farm and is roughly instructed on his farm chores by the owner and various employees. On July 9, " I received the shock of my life today. I heard that Bobby (Goldman) was shot and killed instantly. I can hardly imagine it as reality. I got the news form Mother and form Neal who sent letters. I don't yet know quite what to think. He was one of my very best friends " Later in the year, " I wrote to both Nick and Irwin and I set before them my plan for writing club. I'll go into that later if it should ever develop. I'm torn between trying to be (a) 16 yr old intellectual or a normal adolescent " ".In school I am in a group which is going to try and make a sociological study of Croton and also draw up a list of improvements that we believe ought to be made so that Croton will be a better place to live in the post-war world " The author's comments on the last page: ".I here come to the end of volume one. I have written about 38000 words in about two years - I feel that I have grown tremendously in these two years and I hope that this diary shows that. After all should not a diary be a record of the evolution of an individual with the passage of time. Looking back at myself when I began this diary I feel almost as if I am a different person. I think that writing in this diary has also increased my technical facility over the English language. But I must bring this volume to a close for tomorrow I begin a new phase in my life." According to our research, at least two of Friedrich's friends mentioned here later achieved some notability: Irwin Mann (d. 2013) Mathematician, Economic & System Analyst, Chess, Bridge and Table Tennis Player: Employee at the Marinship Yards, CA; USNR Colorado College; & a V-12 Program Student at Berkeley CA. (and) Nicholas Cave Lindsay (1927 - 1920) asst. professor of English at Goshen College and long-time resident of Edisto Island SC; he was the son of author Vachel Lindsay and shared interest in boat-building with Friedrich. The diary details daily life, much hitch-hiking in and around NY and the city, enjoying time with friends, sporting activities, dating, school and entertainment activities, work and saving money for travel; there is reference to registering with the V-12 program in the U.S. Navy, friends who are returning from overseas combat and references to the wartime economy and various jobs. Laid-in are some ephemeral writings and notes and a 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" snapshot photograph of what appear to be high school seniors (many of whom have signed the back). Also included are a letter with mailer from a friend regarding college applications; a few small name-cards of H.S. friends; drafts of a poem on scrap paper; a mimeographed list of Croton-Harmon High School Croton-on-Hudson New York Senior Class 1943-44; another mimeo'd folding performance brochure for "Brother Goose" presented by the Senior Class; a handwritten "List of things to be done to my boat next spring"; and a couple of penciled names & addresses of friends in England. Approx. 4 1/2" x 6" size; titled in "Five Year Diary" in faded gilt; with a decorated metallic locking hasp; the wraparound 'tongue' has popped loose, and the diary easily opens. Hardcover, noted as "Genuine Leather" on the front endpaper edge; all edges gilt. Some dustiness and wear; in very good condition.
Published by England, 1870
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [England, Kent and Norfolk counties: c. 1871-1874]. 8vo (175 x 115mm); 61 numbered pages in the hand of Charles W. Prescott detailing his various hunting excursions around the Kent countryside. Prescott s ownership inscription on front free-endpaper is dated 1871. His entries are easily read and cover Prescott s adventures on hunting hares with a skulk of foxes writing, "Found another in the same field ran her straight back to Old Park round the pond and the pack hunted her beautifully ." ("Dec. 16" [1871]). The hunts took place over sprawling village and countryside, or as he describes "hop-gardens", hills, and "ploughs" of land, in the Herne Bay area of Kent, England. Many entries are headed by recognizable locations; Stroud Park, Broomfield, Hilsborough, Wolston Heath and Chislet Mill and are dated with month and sometimes year. Only a portion of the way full, his entries span about three years, the first dated: "Oct. 19 71 Stroud Park" and last "March 25, 1874." Contemporary black morocco, marbled endpapers and marbled endpapers, with original brass clasp (faint splitting at lower hinge of first few leaves, strengthened at endpapers, corners rubbed, otherwise in very good shape, especially considering it was wielded around so much of the Kentish countryside). Prescott makes many personal anecdotes about his day, noting things in his surroundings like "scent moderate," or adding his opinions, "we could not kill, I think we should have, but the sun was too hot." Prescott often ends the entries with jotting down the day s weather as something like, "very indifferent but as good as could be expected with a very cold east wind" or simply stating "Frost." It is evident, from Prescott s personal asides, that he was a vigilant huntsman quite dedicated to the task. Further personal glimpses reveal a record of his horses charming names, including "Salt Fish" and "Molly Malone." At the time Prescott was taking these notes, Herne Bay area and the Kentish villages would have been teeming with people. The Victoria era was one of prosperity, when elite English folk flocked to popular destinations to partake in their favorite pastimes. From 1873 on in the journal, Prescott notes he was hunting with "Pytchley" by writing their name in parentheses. The Pytchley hunt is an organization originally based in Northamptonshire in formation as early at the 1630s. The organization is still active today. Pytchley s website notes that from 1819-1873, right as Prescott began with Pytchley for one year, the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock. Prescott was part of the famous hunt organization at a time when it was amid significant change and expansion. His notes may keep further clue of such growth. While the huntsman himself may be unknown to history, the anecdotal evidence in Prescott s diary gives us a glimpse of the Victorian man fond of his sport.
Published by 1840-41, 1840
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
72pp ms. written on both sides of 36 8vo leaves. Contemp. marbled paper boards, paper label; spine a little worn. This diary appears to be that of a scholar (mention is made of the head's disapproval of smoking, for example). The locations involved suggest a low-ranking ordinand in the Moravian Church studying abroad. The diary begins at Wellhouse, which has a prominent Moravian community, and concludes at Niesky in Saxony (present-day Germany), where ordinands from Yorkshire were expected to continue their studies. The writer relates his experiences without much reflection but in a great deal of detail, recording meals he has had (Haddock followed by plum-cake) and the books his fellow students enjoy (Dickens, Irving's The Art of Bookmaking, and Dickson's Spiritual and Temporal Prosperity).
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Original tan 6" x 6 1/2" sift cover notebook (labeled "Field Service") with light wear and minor creases, lacking some of the original spine, old tape repair to rear wrap. Binding tight, the whole slightly aged, altogether solid. Booklet reminds one of a school boys notebook of the period. Diary entries begin on Feb. 2, 1941 and continue through to August 8, 1944. Other jottings (names, addresses, drawings) at various places. The author beings the diary, which he names Journey Into The Unknown, writing on only one side of the paper, but eventually fills in all the blank pages on both sides. PTE A. R. Godfrey (#1562324) writes of his duties in England, assignment to North Africa, hospital work, medical observations, guarding prisoners of war, all associated with the British Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II.
Published by workshop editing room, china, 1976
Seller: Sunny Day Bookstore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Publication Date: 1930
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good+. Cloth-covered boards, 12 x 10.5 inches; contains 30 grey heavy cardstock leaves. Nicely preserves silver-gelatin photographs (in sepia and b/w, average size is 2 x 4 inches), passenger lists, postcards, telegrams, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, a few manuscript entries, and more, tipped-onto the rectos and versos of every leaf, or laid-in at rear. Boards a bit scuffed, with a scattering of tiny bleached spots. Binding a bit shaken, as expected, as the volume is near-to bursting with keepsakes and treasures. Photographs of landmarks, landscapes, streetscapes, and some wonderful images of the clothing, interior design, and cars of the period. Postcards (mostly b/w, with a few colored) include but are not limited to Stonehenge, Tunbridge Wells, Warwick Castle, Shakespeare s Birthplace, Anne Hathaway s cottage (and lovely garden), Raglan Castle, Gloucester Cathedral, Blarney Castle, a portrait of Lenin, a portrait of Stalin, The Paramount Hotel of New York City. Here and there throughout, this travelogue includes quite a few interesting pamphlets. All of them are clean and legible, though adhered to the scrapbook by their rear covers (and, as such, not removable without causing damage). They are: A guide to The Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth; The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ; Canterbury: A Handbook for Pilgrims; Guide to the High Rocks One Mile from Royal Tunbridge Wells; A Short Guide to Battle Abbey; A Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original Paintings and Drawings Made to Illustrate Books Published at the Bodley Head, (New Burlington Galleries, 1930); A guide to Compton Wynyates History of Blarney Castle; A Guide to Glebe Hotel, Lakes of Killarney, Ireland; Kate, by Mary McCartie (staple-bound illustrated wraps, printed by The Veritas Company, Dublin); The University Collection of Antiquities Short Guide-Books, I. The Oseberg-Ship and The Oseberg-Room, Oslo: A. W. Broggers, 1930; Authorised Guide to the Tower of London. The final leaf introduces a new cruise, aboard the S. S. George Washington to Hamburg, Southampton and Cherbourg, and Cobh (Queenstown), with a passenger list, menu, and one tiny photograph of the Statue of Liberty. Though no details of this journey are provided, one legend is recorded in manuscript: A one-page telling of "The Seven Sluggards in the Courtyard of the Paula Becher Modersohn House in Boettcherstrasse," in which seven brothers dig a spring because they re too lazy to fetch water from the well, build a dyke around their house because they re too lazy to fend off flood, pave a road because they d rather not dig their wagon out of the mud in general, perform any number of laborious feats so that they can enjoy their laziness in comfort. Some rather brittle newspapers, a love letter (in which a very particular engagement ring is demanded), a few stray postcards and photographs, and manuscript (see below) are laid-in at the rear. Manuscript: 5 folded leaves, comprising 17 pages. Hastily records a series of charms, spells, superstitions, and omens undated, not offering a location. "If you see leaves and dust suddenly rise in a little whorl wind, bless yourself and leave, there is a passage there (i e) the fairies are going by ".