Hall Frederick Holden (7 results)

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Octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xiv, 385 pp. First Edition. From dust jacket: Dialogues of the Great Things of Brazil, an inestimable contribution to Brazilian history and literature, is the first English translation of the 1618 Portuguese work Dialogos das grandezas do Brasil. As the late Frederick Holden Hall, Luso-Brazilian bibliographer for the Newberry Library and initiator of the project, once remarked: "The Dialogues are the equivalent for Brazil of the writings of Captain Smith for Virginia." Evidently written to encourage immigration, the Dialogues describe the history of the colonization of northeastern Brazil and the agricultural and mineral wealth of the new land. In addition, the author provides information about every aspect of the land and people of the region: geography, history, flora and fauna, scenery. The inhabitants are described in an account enlivened by anecdote, speculation, and personal recollection. Indeed, through the voice of Brandonio, the ardent defender of Brazil, Brandao expresses his own enthusiasm for his adopted country. Alviano, the "hertetic in things Brazilian," is offset against Brandonio to repreent those who considered the New World a worthless land. The translation is based on a seventeenth-century manuscript in the library of the University of Leyden. This manuscript is evidently a copy of a work presumably by Ambrosio Fernandes Brandao, a rich sugar planter who had immigrated to Brazil from Portugal. After Hall's death in 1972, the project was taken over by two of his colleagues -- William Harrison, a Brazilianist at Northern Illinois University, and Dorothy Winters Welker, an editor, writer, and former professor of foreign languages. They completed Hall's manuscript, added extensive annotations, and included illustrations. Scholars and beginning students alike will find the Dialogues to be fascinating reading as well as an invaluable scholarly resource. South American History, Latin America, South America, Brazil, Braziliana, Decorative Books. nslic.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hbk, 385pp, remainder stamp on bottom foredge, dj faintly shelfworn with a small closed tear at the head of the spine, otherwise fine, unclipped and now in protective sleeve, internally appears unread and a fine, clean, tight and unmarked text .…

Hardcover. dj. First Edition. 8vo. Translated from a 17th C. by Frederick Holden Hall with additional help from Wm. Harrison & Dorothy Welker. Written to encourage immigration, it describes the history of the colonization of Northeast Brazil and the agricultural and mineral wealth of the new land. Included are descriptions of the geography, history, flora and fauna, scenery. Very Good with some light soiling to the edges in a Very Good unlaminated dust jacket. …

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Condition: Good. A substantial working archive of the Ek-Klesia Fellowship, the Christian-mystical movement founded by Rev. Holden Edward Sampson (1859-1926), from the papers of Miss Marian G. Earnshaw, a senior Birmingham disciple and later keeper of the Fellowship's records. Offered as a single lot. 1. KOINONIA, 1921-1980. A complete run of the Fellowship's magazine: 119 issues plus two supplementary numbers, Vols. I-XX, from the first Birmingham issues to the 1980 Worcester revival under John Severn. Vols. I-III (1921-24) are bound in contemporary crimson suede, spine gilt, inscribed by Sampson "From the Master to Sister Anne 1924", with Earnshaw's ownership name. Includes the illustrated 1920s issues with cosmological diagrams, the 1935-39 Koinonia Journal (with Esperanto editions) and the scarce wartime numbers of 1940-41. 2. THE LESSONS, c.1921-1933. Over 200 original typescript lessons by Sampson (c.1921-26) and more than 50 by his principal disciple Robert Frederick Hall ("Brother Robert", c.1926-33), in carbon and onion-skin typescript, many headed "Lesson given by H. E. Sampson at the Ek-Klesia Class, Birmingham". Titles include Cosmical Science (1921), Three Essentials of Belief for True Discipleship, The Five Valours, the Practical series of 1925 (some with hand-drawn symbols) and The Vascular System (1926). Hall's lessons carry the teaching on after Sampson's death; several are signed or annotated by him. 3. CORRESPONDENCE. (a) The Earnshaw correspondence: 54 autograph and typescript letters, 1930s-1991, from fellow disciples, tracing the Fellowship over six decades, including airmail from Jamaica. (b) Over a dozen further letters and circulars of the 1920s-30s, including a typed letter signed "Master" from Tanners Green Cottage, Wythall, 11 March 1922; a copy of the letter Sampson dictated "immediately prior to his passing over" on forming a Class in New Jersey; letters from disciples in Nigeria and West Africa; and 1938 letters from Worcester. 4. PRINTED WORKS. A near-complete collection of Sampson's books and pamphlets, 1904-1935 (Rebman, Rider, Kegan Paul, Ek-Klesia Press), including Progressive Redemption, Progressive Creation (2 vols), The True Mystic, Theou Sophia (several vols), Ek-Klesia (in printed dust wrapper), the scarce US-UK dual-imprint Life of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Great Master of the Cross and Serpent (1904), Life and Discourses of Jesus Christ, The Twelve Houses of the Zodiac, The Bhagavad-Gita Interpreted, The Happiest People in the World, Practical Mysticism Plainly Put and The Songs of the Beginning. The Discipline of Discipleship and The Four Castes are in original mailing wrappers addressed to members. Also R. F. Hall's The Mystery of Re-Generation and The Words of Jesus, and scarce internal pamphlets. Many with Hall or Earnshaw inscriptions. 5. ASSOCIATED VOLUMES, including a Bible inscribed by Sampson "Frances, with the prayers and constant affection of Holden, October 2nd 1890"; E. D. Walker's Re-incarnation with R. F. Hall's loan inscription; three Bhagavad-Gitas signed by M. G. Earnshaw; Cruden's Concordance; The Apocalypse of Ezra; and works by John Severn and Herbert Palmer. PROVENANCE: Sampson - R. F. Hall - M. G. Earnshaw, documented by inscriptions throughout. CONDITION: Printed volumes generally good to very good, some cloth spines worn; the Koinonia binding scuffed and chipped at the spine. Typescripts age-toned, with occasional spotting and some edge-chipping to folders; text clear throughout. Detailed inventory and further photographs on request. SHIPPING: Price includes fully insured, tracked express courier shipping worldwide, including the USA. Inscribed by Author(s).…