2019, ISBN: 9780521767361

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South Kensington, London : Christie's, 1989.. 7.75 x 5.5 inches. Very Good. Single sheet, printed both sides. Light bumps at corners. B&W plates. Extremely Scarce.Provenance: From the … More...

South Kensington, London : Christie's, 1989.. 7.75 x 5.5 inches. Very Good. Single sheet, printed both sides. Light bumps at corners. B&W plates. Extremely Scarce.Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-77). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright., South Kensington, London : Christie's, 1989., 0, Oxford & London: J. Parker & Co, 1893. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Extensive and Detailed work. Very well illustrated with many Full-Page Plates, In-Text illustrations, Decorative Headers etc. Illustrations include views of the Colleges and Photos of Sports Teams etc. Colleges Include: University, Balliol, Merton, Exeter, Oriel, Queen's, New, Lincoln,All Souls', Magdalen, Brasenosee, Corpus Christie, Christchurch, Trinity, St. Johns, Jesus, Wadham, Pembroke, Worcester, Hertford, St. Mary Hall, St. Edmund Hall, Keble, Non Collegiate Delagacy & Turrel's, Grindle's and Marcon's Halls. Dark Blue Cloth with faux leather texture. Gilt Lettering and Armorial bearing on front and Gilt Lettering on spine. Beveled Edges. XIX Preliminary Pages (Preface & Contents, then 639 Pages of Part I. Part II "Alumni Oronienses: The Members of the University of Oxford hs it's own Half-Title and Title Pages followed by 686 Pages. Text arranged in Double Columns. 11 1/2" Tall. Edge wear to cloth with fraying and small tears at spine ends. Cloth worn through to boards at corners. Small closed tear, 2" long, down left side of spine. Hinges cracked. One Plate loose. No inscriptions. Only a very occasional small spot of foxing. Heavy book, weighs 3 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, J. Parker & Co, 1893, 2.5, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Rare, early printing. Scribner seal at copyright; 1929 date at title page. Originally published by Thomas Seltzer in 1924. Ornately blind-stamped, diagonally patterned, zig-zag stripes and cover titles on black buckram textured boards, silver detective image at cover, gilt spine titles, moderate corner, edge wear, rub. Cover emblem depicts masked man holding serpentine dagger in moonlight w/steps in background. Unique design for this printing. Thick, deckled pages very good. Frontispiece sepia illustration of man lying on floor w/tissue guard intact. Bind strong. Near very good example. Part of "The S. S. Van Dine Detective Series". S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym (which he originally used to conceal his identity) he created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, a sleuth and aesthete who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio. The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts was one of six novels selected by SS Van Dine as the best in detective-mystery genre. Considered one of the most important novels in the early evolution of the genre - toasted as the "first" modern detective novel. When a cask breaks open in a busy London shipping yard, the discovery of its contents leads to a puzzling case for Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard. As the Inspector begins to trace the mysterious movements of the cask, his investigative procedures bring him to Paris and onto the path of a meticulously plotted murder, one step at a time. Mr. Freeman Wills Crofts is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle’ - Times Literary Supplement, 12th May 1931. Born in 1879, Freeman Wills Crofts was an Irish engineer and one of the preeminent writers of Golden Age detective fiction. Educated in Belfast, he was apprenticed at eighteen to his uncle, who was chief engineer of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. Marrying in 1912, he was to hold various positions in railway engineering before becoming Chief Assistant Engineer, and it was during an illness-induced absence from work that he wrote his first novel, The Cask (1920), which became an international success. Considered a classic of the detective genre, it was followed by a steady production of more than thirty novels, most of which featured the meticulous Inspector French of Scotland Yard. An influential and key pioneer of the genre, Crofts became an early member of the legendary Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Anthony Berkeley and other established mystery writers. He also wrote numerous plays for the BBC, dozens of short stories, a number of true crime works, and a religious book. Known for tight plots and scrupulous attention to detail, his work set new standards in detective fiction plotting. In 1939, the author was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In retirement from engineering he continued to write and pursued music, carpentry, gardening and travel. He died in 1957. Vintage bookplate inside cover. 419 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, 3, London: Vanity Fair, 1896.. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Very Good. Dated 28 May 1896. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce.Robert William Hanbury PC (24 February 1845 28 April 1903) was a British Conservative politician. He served as President of the Board of Agriculture from 1900 to 1903. Hanbury was the only son of Robert Hanbury, of Bodehall House, Tamworth, Staffordshire, and his wife Mary, daughter of Major T. B. Bamford, of Wilnecote Hall, Warwickshire. The Hanbury family were landowners but mainly derived their wealth from collieries. He was orphaned at an early age and was later educated at Rugby and Corpus Christi, Oxford., London: Vanity Fair, 1896., 0, New. 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Anglo-Saxon England is the only publication which consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture - linguistic, literary, textual, palaeographic, re… More...

Anglo-Saxon England is the only publication which consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture - linguistic, literary, textual, palaeographic, religious, intellectual, historical, archaeological and artistic - and which promotes the more unusual interests - in music or medicine or education, for example. Articles in volume 37 include: Record of the thirteenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists at the Institute of English Studies, University of London, 30 July to 4 August 2007; The virtues of rhetoric: Alcuin's Disputatio de rhetorica et de uirtutibus; King Edgar's charter for Pershore (972); Lost voices from Anglo-Saxon Lichfield; The Old English Promissio Regis; Ælfric, the Vikings, and an anonymous preacher in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College (162); Re-evaluating base-metal artifacts: an inscribed lead strap-end from Crewkerne, Somerset; Anglo-Saxon and related entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); Bibliography for 2007. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Classics>Lit Studies>Lit Theory & Criticism, Cambridge University Press Core >2 >T<

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New. Anglo-Saxon England is the only publication which consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture - linguistic, literary, textual, palaeographic, religious, intellectual, historical, archaeological and artistic - and which promotes the more unusual interests - in music or medicine or education, for example. Articles in volume 37 include: Record of the thirteenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists at the Institute of English Studies, University of London, 30 July to 4 August 2007; The virtues of rhetoric: Alcuin's Disputatio de rhetorica et de uirtutibus; King Edgar's charter for Pershore (972); Lost voices from Anglo-Saxon Lichfield; The Old English Promissio Regis; AElfric, the Vikings, and an anonymous preacher in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College (162); Re-evaluating base-metal artifacts: an inscribed lead strap-end from Crewkerne, Somerset; Anglo-Saxon and related entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); Bibliography for 2007., 6<

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