Foster Sir William Editor (9 results)

1st Ed. No. C in the Second series. XL, 192 PP, plus 3 plates (1 on full page and 2 folded). Fp: Pitts's plan of the temple at Mecca(folded). Cloth cover, gilt devices on front cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, other wise near fine. 22.5 x 14.5. Pitts was the first Englishman to penetrate into the holy cities of Islam. Daniel's journey from England to India took him through the Red Sea. Poncet gives a first hand account of Abyssinia at the end of the 17th century.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. liii, 316pp, index, works cited, maps. Or blue cloth with gilt ship to front. Blind stamps of Queensland Public Library, numbers in white to spine, barcode and withdrawn stamp at rear- otherwise excellent. Size: Small 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London, The Hakluyt Society, 1931. Octavo; gilt-decorated blind-stamped blue cloth a little rubbed, sunned and slightly bumped; top edge and endpapers a little foxed; flyleaves a little offset; rear inner hinge slightly split; bookplate; a very good copy. With the Ingleton bookplate mounted on the front pastedown and the Ingleton Catalogue number (13817) at the bottom corner of the rear pastedown.…

As Recorded in Contemporary Narratives and Letters. The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. LXXXII. Reprint. Frontispiece, plates and illustrations. 8vo. Hardcover in blue cloth, gilt title on spine. xxxvi, 224pp. Nendeln, Kraus.

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. LXXXV. Frontispiece portrait, a few other (folding) plates and maps. 8vo. Original gilt blue cloth with damaged dust-jacket. Occasional light foxing. xl, 178pp. London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society.

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. LXXV. Reprint. Frontispiece map, illustrations. 8vo. Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt title on spine. lvi, 316pp. Nendeln, Kraus.

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. LXXXVIII. Reprint. Folding frontispiece, full page map. 8vo. Hardcover in blue cloth, gilt title on spine. xliii, 209pp. Nendeln, Kraus.

12mo, 4 pp. 61 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. An impressive letter applying for work. He does not expect Massingham (addressed as 'W. H. Massingham') to remember their meeting 'in the Lobby' when he was 'chief reporter on The Sun', while at the same time holding 'a Parliamentary engagement on the staff of the C. N.' Gives details of his subsequent employment, including joining the editorial staff of the 'Manchester Guardian' ('principally to look after their weekly paper which was in a sad way. I prolonged its existence rather than gave fresh life to it & in May last it died.') For the last four months he has been 'in Asia Minor & Syria seeing something of the disturbed country - an interview of mine with Sir Phillip Currie is to appear in the English Illustrated - & getting material which I hope may be useful to me'. He is 'now back in London extremely anxious to get back in the Press Gallery'. A 'descriptive writer' is more than he can hope for, and he would like to 'secure a sessional engagement on the reporting staff of the Daily Chronicle'. He is a 'verbatim note taker' and 'a good summary writer', and is 'well acquainted with Parliamentary work'. Names six individuals 'who know what sort of journalist I am', including Clement Shorter and T. P. O'Connor. As 'a young man & a Radical', he would 'prefer the Daily Chronicle, especially as it is also a literary paper'. Being 'a magazine writer' does not prevent him from 'being a reporter'. He is 'no novice to Parliamentary reporting for it is only eighteen months since I left it'.…

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. C. One folding plate and one folding map, a few full-page plates and maps, including inlay. 8vo. Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt ship on front cover, gilt title on spine, front and back covers with ink stain on lower corner, folding plate protruding slightly are fore-edge. xl, 192pp. London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society.…