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Publicado por Undated. Blind-stamped 'Repro. by S. Georges | 25 Villa Road | London S.W.2.'
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
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Dimensions 80 x 45 cm. In brown tones. In good condition. Laid down on piece of pink paper removed from autograph album. Shows a serious-looking Robey, neatly dressed in trilby hat and neat tie. Captioned at foot 'GEO. ROBEY'. Above the caption, slightly smudged, is the signature: 'Geor. Robey.'.
Publicado por Undated
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
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On shiny photographic paper, dimensions 80 x 70 cm. Laid down on light-blue paper removed from autograph album. Very good. A surprised Robey peeps out from behind a wall, with bowler hat and cane, and heavily made-up eyebrows. The image carries a small facsimile signature reading ''Good wishes | Geor. Robey'. Beneath this, much larger is the genuine signature: 'Geor Robey.'.
Año de publicación: 2023
Librería: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condición: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1883 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 336 J. Peter Lesley , Richard H. Sanders , Henry Martyn Chance , Frederick Prime , Charles Edward Hall , Pennsylvania State geologist.(1874-1890 ), Edward Vincent D 'Invilliers.
Publicado por Printed Circular dated 'October' No place, 1911
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
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See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The 'settlement' movement was the result of growing unease among the educated classes regarding the condition of the poor. The two most celebrated settlements, both still active, are Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel and Oxford House in Bethnal Green. From the papers of Sir William David Ross (1877-1971), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford. The present printed circular is 1p, 12mo. Printed on wove watermarked paper. In good condition, lightly aged and folded once. Asquith's signature is genuine. Reads: 'October, 1911. / DEAR SIR, / It will readily be admitted that social problems have not diminished but rather increased in gravity since the foundation of the first University Settlements. Believing that the Settlements are still one of the best ways in which Oxford men may become familar with those problems and in some degree contribute to their solution, we venture to call your attention to the meeting of which a notice is enclosed, and to the accompanying paper drawn up by the promoters of the meeting. / Yours faithfully, / [W. H. Asquith]'. See Image.
Publicado por Undated
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
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On one side of page removed from autograph album, roughly 14 x 18 cm. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. An accomplished head-and-shoulders self-caricature, with Robey directly facing the viewer, his eyes to his right, a smile on his face, a red nose, the customary tiny hat perched on his head with tufts of hair sticking out over the ears, long neck and collarless shirt. Good, firm signature in bottom left-hand corner: 'Geo. Robey.' Also included is a newspaper cutting of a photograph of Robey. The National Portrait Gallery owns five of Robey's self-caricatures.
Publicado por On letterhead of Goldsmiths' Hall Foster Lane Cheapside London EC2. May, 1945
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
4pp., folio. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly-aged. With facsimile signature of 'George Courthope'. The document begins: 'Dear Sir, | The last Report to the Livery was issued in Professor Hutton's Prime Wardenship at Christmas, 1942. I succeeded him in May, 1943, and this Report coincides with the end of my term of office and the declaration of Peace in the West. A list of individuals admitted to the Company is followed by references to: 'the Pyx Verdicts'; 'visit of Members of the American Forces' ('They had the rare experience of drinking cocktails on the roof of Goldsmiths' Hall whilst seeing the widest scene of desolation anywhere in London'; 'Mr. Sizer, Principal of the Museum of Fine Arts at Yale'; the Stalingrad Sword ('Those of us who saw the crowds filling up outside Goldsmiths' Hall on the first exhibition of the Sword in this country, will never forget it.'); the deaths of 'Gleadowe' and Harold Stabler; 'Trade Meetings at the Hall'; 'the purchase of a Hostel in the country'; the Company's 'derelict' City Estates; 'The difficulties before us in rebuilding our own Hall'. The final paragaph begins: 'The menace of Flying Bombs and Rockets is over. Fire-Watching of the Hall is over, and our Plate and Records are being brought back from that safe place in the West where they have been since the early days of the War.' There is also a reference to the 'tired and depleted Staff'.
Publicado por Board of Commissioners for the Geological Survey, Harrisburg PA, 1883
Librería: Autumn Leaves, Allentown, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Included together are a book about the geology of Lehigh and Northampton counties dating to 1883, and a large set of maps, which give a lot of detail about one area in particular (Durham and Reading Hills, subject of 17 maps). Included as well are 6 maps of southern Northampton County, a colored map of both Northampton and Lehigh Counties, and four maps of iron mines in Berks County. Quite a bit of information is given about the area on the border of Lehigh and Berks Counites, although Berks is omitted from the title of the book. The maps appear to be in excellent condition (I'm reluctant to unfold them, but eveything looks sound) , although the portfolio they are contained in is shaky. The portfolio is ex-library, but the book is not. The book is sound and clean, although homely in appearance. It is bound in no-nonsense buckram, and no titles are visible. Fast shipping from the heart of the Lehigh Valley.
Publicado por Ceremony performed on 12 October Building commissioned by the London County Council, 1949
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
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The present item is rare, and its interest is heightened by the fact that it is accompanied by a press release and has the covers covered in what are clearly notes on how to film the ceremony by a press cameraman. Only three copies on COPAC: at the British Library, Sheffield Hallam and the Bishopsgate Institute. An 8vo stitched pamphlet of twenty unpaginated pages in printed card wraps. Internally very good. With full page artist's impressions of the front elevation and 'the concert hall in its setting'; a page with two photographs of 'The Working Model'; and six pages of 'Plans at various levels'. The text consists of a five-page report on the details surrounding the building of 'The Concert Hall' by Howard Roberts, Clerk of the Council, and a full-page 'Appreciation' by Felix Aprahamian. Stapled into the front cover is a duplicated press release ('For the information of the Press'; 1p, landscape 8vo) by Roberts, regarding 'The Concert Hall Foundation Stone Ceremony', dated 10 October 1949. Both covers have a vertical fold down the middle. On the front, in black ink, is a manuscript itinerary (not given elsewhere): '10.00 MEMBERS TERRACE / CASKET FILLING / 10.30 CONFERENCE ROOM / MODELS + IMPRESSIONS / 2.20 P. M. speech'. Above this on the front cover, and filling the whole of the back cover, is a twenty-two item numbered sequence of notes regarding the ceremony, clearly made by a press cameraman. One entry reads: 'interior of middle concert hall (no light)' and others 'exterior aerial view concert hall / low angle / ditto different angle'. First entry reads 'Articles to go into cascet [sic]', another 'Mallett [sic] & Trowl [sic]'.
Publicado por The State of Pennsylvania, 1874
Librería: Olde Geologist Books, Pawcatuck, CT, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: SNEAB
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Harrisburg, octavo, variously paged; hundreds of maps and illustrations. ***CONTENT: The Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, directed by J. Peter Lesley, State Geologist, is celebrated as "the most remarkable series of reports ever issued by any survey" (Merrill, 1924). Unprecedented in their quality, detail, and comprehensiveness, these reports provide a 'treasure trove' of geologic, economic and historic information about Pennsylvania and surrounding States during the 'Golden Age' of industrial growth and development in the mid-late 19th century. Then, Pennsylvania supplied much of the natural resources and manufactured commodities necessary for western expansion. Understandably, many of the volumes describe the abundant economic resources of the State: vast deposits of anthracite and bituminous coal, as well as oil and gas, iron ores, limestone and other industrial materials. Information is provided on mine locations, mining equipment and methods, transportation, etc. More than 40 of these volumes document the geology and resources of specific counties in Pennsylvania, including: Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lehigh, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Washington, Wayne, and Westmoreland, not to mention other areas and regions. Other volumes discuss the Permian and Carboniferous plant fossils of Pennsylvania and adjacent states, and Paleozoic invertebrate fossils: trilobites, eurypterids, brachiopods, corals, crinoids, etc. Several volumes describe the State's minerals, others report on chemical analyses, and three volumes catalogue the geological collections of the State Museum. There isn't much that these comprehensive volumes don't consider! Seven atlas volumes have maps of the "Anthracite fields"; other atlases show colored county geologic maps, etc. Most county reports have map pockets with maps, plus maps in the text and numerous figures. ***CONDITION: These volumes are in the original brown cloth covers, and most are in VERY GOOD or better condition, some are FINE. The original backstrips bear gilt lettering; a few of the atlas volumes are lacking their (flimsy) backstrips, and the covers are loose, but the maps are sound. The volume text pages and illustrations are typically near pristine: fresh, clean and bright, with no foxing or dampstains. The bindings are strong. The atlas maps and pocket maps are folded and are well preserved. Most of these volumes were deaccessioned from a New England library and have paper shelf labels on the lower spines, and small stamps on preliminary pages. I have not collated all the volumes, but I am confident that most, if not all, are fully complete. In my 50 years as a geologist, I have not seen a set of this size and quality offered for sale. Do not hesitate to contact me "Olde Geologist Books" with any questions. Domestic and international shipping will be extra, but only at my cost, about $100 for US addresses.