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Softcover. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Original newspaper with 4 pages, folded in the middle. The cover pages are dusty and damaged at the edges. All in all clean and overall still in good condition. 4th-12th May 1926: a miners' strike escalated into a general strike in England, called for by the British Trade Union Confederation. ---- 4.-12. Mai 1926: ein Streik der Bergarbeiter weitete sich zum Generalstreik in England aus, zu dem der britische Gewerkschaftsbund aufgerufen hatte. - -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Ob Sonnenschein oder warmer Regen: mit einem interessanten Buch kommen Sie immer gut durch den Tag. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! GM14links-431349.

Softcover. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Original newspaper with 8 pages, folded in the middle. The cover pages are dusty and damaged at the edges, inside clean and overall still in good condition. 4th-12th May 1926: a miners' strike escalated into a general strike in England, called for by the British Trade Union Confederation. ---- 4.-12. Mai 1926: ein Streik der Bergarbeiter weitete sich zum Generalstreik in England aus, zu dem der britische Gewerkschaftsbund aufgerufen hatte. - -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Ob Sonnenschein oder warmer Regen: mit einem interessanten Buch kommen Sie immer gut durch den Tag. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! GM14links-431348.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged and with two creases from folding for postage. Addressed to 'Carmichael Thomas, Esq., / Mount Cottage, / Borough Green, / Kent.' Cyclostyled signature of 'Ben Purser.' Begins: 'For some time I have been desirous of becoming a member of the Royal Society of Arts. Mentioning this matter to your daughter a few days ago, Miss Thomas thought that if I wrote you in this connection you might possibly be able to arrange this matter for me. I should much appreciate your good offices in this matter.' He goes on to 'say something of myself and my interests' in a twelve-line paragraph beginning: 'For a considerable number of years I have done journalistic work, mostly concentrating upon the solution of the many social and industrial problems confronting the Blind community.' After this he stresses: 'As I have previously stated, most of my activities have been confined to dealing with the Blind problem, and my present appointment at the National Institute for the Blind is that of Superintendent of Civilian After-Care.'.

Frederick Nicholls music teacher, composer and poet was active especially between the two wars, was noted for his songs to quality lyrics, like Tears, Idle Tears, Elaine's Song, As Through the Land, Thy Voice is Heard, Blow, Bugle Blow, Eldorado and especially popular, the five songs from A Child's Garden of Verses; but he published instrumental miniatures as well like the Two Short Pieces (Meadow Dance and Dancing Midges) of 1938 for piano solo. This extensive collection of hand written music manuscripts and books, including a one volume preparation for a book about WW1. Also, signed, amicable copyright fee correspondence from various poets. In one set of two SIGNED letters from Harold E. Goad dated May 1922, the poet goes into detail about how he wants to change certain lines of his 'Spring's Sacrifice' poem as it had been published in 'The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse' in its 'not quite finished form'. He then goes on to write which alterations he wishes to be made and asks Frederick Nicholls to make these changes as used in his musical version. His request didn't quite make it to Oxford -the poem still being displayed in its 'initial' form. SIGNED letter from poet Elsa Barker and Duffield & Company [her publishers] giving permission to Fred to set music to her sonnet 'The Mystic Rose'. Schumann: The Mayfair Biographies Series Signed by Frederick Nicholls plus hand written notes and observations. SIGNED card from Eva Gore-Booth giving permission to Fred to set to music her work 'The Waves of Breffny'. Other cards and publisher's correspondence from John Lane, Chapman and Hall, Walter Scott Publishing. Ten 9'' x 7'' exercise books: Orange Blossom 110 pp; A Voice in the Night 36 pp; The Human Revolt and Kindred Essays 120 pp [damp stain along the bottom edge]; Harmony approximately 60 pp; The Art of Counter Melody 93 pp; Imaginative Technique in Musical Composition 182 pp; A Book of Favourite Quotations (1917 - 1945) 80 pp; A Guide to Harmonisation (Part 2) pp 73 141Thistledown 100 pp; A Record of the Lessons (Pianoforte and Musical Appreciation) 200 pp. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].