james herald (18 Ergebnisse)

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SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, unpaginated, approx. 24pp on stiff paper, b/w and sepia illustrations in text, etc . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (hint of tanning to covers) ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

12mo, 1 p, 11 lines. Very good. He begins by giving R. J. Smith's Brompton address. He was 'delighted to hear of Lord Powis' and hopes 'there is no mistake about it'. 'Remember in printing his Title he is a Knight of the Garter. - On the back of our 2nd. No. I see Lord Southampton printed as "the Earl of Southampton"!' Asks the recipient's view of the previous day's 'Times': 'And look at the Morning Post to day.'.

1p., 12mo. Fair, on aged paper and worn paper. He is 'exceedingly obliged' to Barnett for 'procuring for me the freedom of Her Majesty's Theatre'. He asks if he will 'receive an official commemoration from Mr. Lumley', or whether he should write and thank Lumley on the strength of Barnett's note.

A nice piece of Oxford Union ephemera, with the three signatures - 'James Robertson-Justice.', 'Compton Mackenzie' and 'Michael Maclagan' - printed in a row on the otherwise blank reverse of the 25.5 x 20.5 cm leaf, which is aged and worn, with closed tears to extremities and a fold line. Printed beneath the text of the advertisement on the other side of the paper is an attractive illustration in imitation of infant drawing, printed in brown, red, green black and white on a pink ground. The entire text reads: 'OXFORD UNION SOCIETY | Thursday, May 26th, 1955, at 8.15 p.m. | EIGHTS WEEK DEBATE | Visit of | Mr. MICHAEL MACLAGAN | Mr. JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE | and | Sir COMPTON MACKENZIE | Question for Debate: | "This House Would Never Be Young Twice." | Proposed by Mr. ALEC GRANT, Merton | Opposed by Mr. PETER CHILVER, St. Edmund Hall | Mr. MICHAEL BROWN, Wadham, will speak third | Mr. MICHAEL MACLAGAN, Christ Church and Trinity, will speak fourth | Mr. JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, | will speak fifth | Sir COMPTON MACKENZIE, Magdalen, will speak sixth | The Division will be taken at the conclusion of the sixth speech. | Teller for the Ayes | Mr. MICHAEL ARNOLD, Wadham | Teller for the Noes | MR. FRED SIEGLER, St. Catherine's | Christ Church | May 24th, 1955 | ANTHONY HOWARD | President'.

Grant published six novels between 1870 and 1882, four of them published by Chapman & Hall, and two by Bentley. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. She is enclosing (not present) 'Piccadilly's cheque for "Hilda"' The poem he has submitted 'is really too deep and sad for my frivolous paper - in which we want something to brighten us up'. She hopes that when he feels better he will 'do some little thing in this line - Something Short [last word underlined] & humorous'.

See his entry and that of Buckingham in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Twenty-six lines of text. Signed 'John Kitto' and addressed to 'J. S. Buckingham Esq'. 'It would be a great satisfaction to me to be able to avail myself of the advantage your suggestion offers to me; but I regret to state that I am not in possession of more than one copy of any of my works - and of several of them not even one; and as none of them are in my own possession as copyright, I can only obtain copies by purchase.' He discusses a couple of his works, one of which 'is a reprint from the old stereotype plates - an operation of which I had no cognizance and over which I have no contract'.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. LETTER: 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged, in remains of windowpane mount. Folded twice. Addressed to 'Dear [Derrick?]' and signed 'J: R: Planché'. The year has been supplied in another hand in pencil. He informs him that 'Charles Dance is out of town', and that 'the price would be one guinea - but I am sure that being for a benefit he will make no charges'. Planché is 'of course not authorized to say so', but he has 'no doubt upon the subject' and will tell Dormer so on his return. ENGRAVED PORTRAIT: By Briggs from Onwhyn, with facsimile of Planché's signature at foot. The dimensions of the image are roughly 7 x 9 cm. The page on which it is printed, originally 12mo, has been cut down, and has wear to both bottom corners. Otherwise in fair condition, lightly discoloured.

12mo: 1 p. Ten lines of text. Bifolium. Grubby, and with the text of the letter faint. Letterhead printed in red with illustration of the firm's headquarters. Written in, or faded to, lilac, and could well be a carbon. Sending copies of the two newspapers as 'we think it probable you would like your newly published works noticed or reviewed' in them.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The present item was enclosed in a letter from Serjeant Shee (the future Sir William Shee), offered separately, sent from the House of Commons on 17 February 1854, in which he writes: 'I enclose Mr. Cobdens own handwriting to send to the Papers -'. Attached to a corner at the head of the first page of the present item is a cutting from the Morning Herald newspaper, 18 February 1854, reproducing the details in the manuscript. That circumstance, taken with certain references in the Shee letter, suggest that the recipient of both was either James Johnstone, proprietor of the Morning Herald, or his editor Robert Knox. 2pp, 12mo. On the rectos of the two leaves of a bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, with a few pin holes at top inner corner, and slight damage at the foot of the gutter, unobtrusively repaired with archival tape. In pencil in contemporary hand on front page, 'Cobdens writing / see accompg letter'. Text reads: 'Pet[ition]s Mr Cobden / Cropton Yorkshire. / for the repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge / Wm. Woods Mitchell of Arundel, printer & publisher of the "West Sussex Advertiser", for the repeal of the compulsory stamp on newspapers. - / Passengers in Emigrant ship Maidstone proceeding to the Colony of New South Wales for Ocean penny postage / Mechanics Institution Kingley Yorkshire for Decimal Coinage'.

Letter One (12mo, 1 p; on creased, aged paper with closed tear at head): date (1878) illegible, on letterhead of the 'Office of "Tinsleys' Magazine," | 8, Catherine Street, Strand, W.C.' A most unusual way of declining an invitation. He thanks Draper for his kindness and is 'truly grieved' that he 'cannot come to-day - I gave my boots a holiday yesterday, which they want to pass with a worthy cobbler. I expected them back this morning, but they have grievously disappointed me - you see they are not respectable boots, and I am afraid the party to whom they are gone on a professional visit is rather given to dissipation'. Letter Two (5 June 1880, 2 Prospect Villas, -on-Sea; 12mo, 2 pp; good): He hopes 'to be convalescent in another fortnight' and intends 'to return to the Charterhouse by the middle of thhe month'. Sends best wishes and thanks to named members of Draper's family, and comments on domestic news. 'Planché had lived his full span of life - He was 34 years older than I am - still it would have been to me had he been spared another decennium or so - Alas! all flesh is grass which the scythe of the mower is unceasingly cutting down - May all our blades long be spared!' Letter Three (14 October 1885, 2 Inverness Terrace, Broadstairs, Kent; 12mo, 2 pp; good, on aged paper): He has 'been rather shaky of late and suffering greatly from sore eyes and of sight'. He thanks Draper for sending 'Grattan Cooke's epistle': 'Pray do tell the dear old boy that it has given me great pleasure to find him still so spruce and brisk and so very much to the fore'. 'I have a notion that I may come up to town next week, when I in an appearance at Vincent Square'. (Draper's home was at 60 Vincent Square.).

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. The name of the addressee has been amended from 'J. B. Waring' to 'J. R. Planché Eqr.' In 1854 Wyatt and Waring had collaborated on four architectural guidebooks to the courts of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and the present item relates to sculptures present there. The letter beings iwth Wyatt thanking Planché for 'a copy of your interesting comments on Professor Cockerell's views with respect to the Wells & other sculptures', which he has read 'with care and interest'. They only serve to confirm the original impression which in my mind when I first heard Cockerell promulgate his theory at one of the Academy lectures some 12 years ago, viz - that there existed no evidence worthy of credit for the clear identification of one quarter of the whole number of statues.' As 'Carter, Gough, and others' have 'failed altogether', and as Cockerell's theory has gone uncontradicted 'neither Waring nor I had any other alternative than to cite his work and his authority as all of any importance that had been written on the subject. | Should our handbook ever reach another edition it will be our duty to allude to that as doubtful which at the date of our publication had not been contravened.'.

3pp., 16mo. Bifolium. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with traces of previous mounting to the reverse of the last leaf. Horne writes that he is enclosing a copy of his play 'Gregory VII' for 'Mr Chas Kemble'. 'I have not written his name in it, because as you were so kind as to interest yourself in the matter, I thought I would leave it in your hands so you may give it him; or say you asked me for a copy for the purpose, or say nothing - or anything. Isn't this a fine mode of expressing my confidence in your judgment? - good taste, &c' In a postscript he states that he has sent his 'Cabinet Measures [a comedy, not performed or published] to Mr. Bartley to read, at his request.' He has done so 'only with a view to his seeing how I can write for a given company'. According to the Oxford DNB Horne had already 'besieged the actor-manager William Macready' about two other plays, and like them 'Gregory VII' was not staged.

Farren's entry in the Oxford DNB concludes by describing him as 'a theatrical sophisticate, equally at home in period comedy and modern plays; he was, besides, one of the finest actors of his century'. From around 1821 Farren lived with the actress Mrs Faucit (Harriet Elizabeth Savill, née Diddear, 1789-1857), with whom he had two sons. An excellent item, casting vivid light on the Olympic Theatre of Madame Vestris and J. R. Planché in its late-Georgian heyday. In the second letter, to John [Smith], Farren discusses with great enthusiasm plans for staging a play by the recipient at the Olympic, declaring that he 'will not lose sight of it until it is triumphant!!' (The play would appear to have been titled 'The Sign Manual'. No information about it or the playwright have been discovered.) The two letters are on a single bifolium, and total 3pp, 4to. In fair condition, aged and worn, folded several times, with a number of closed tears to edges of folds. Addressed on reverse of second leaf, with postmark and broken seal in black wax, to 'G. Smith Esqr. | Theatre Yarmouth | Norfolk.' Farren's initials ('W. F.') are at bottom-right of address. The first letter, to 'Dear George', is a brief one, reading: 'I have this Morning received your Letter, and reply at once that I will act with you in Cambridge on Monday the 17th. For three Weeks ending on the Saturday the 23rd. If to the contrary let me hear from you. I returned early last Night from Bristol, where I have been playing the last Week. Southampton I purposed going to, but shall give it up. So much for you, with kind regards to your Father. After you have read this, put the remaining part of this Letter into your Brothers hands. Yours very truly | W. Farren'. The second letter is 41 lines long, covering the two central pages and concluding with a long postscript (again signed with initals) at the head of the first page. It begins: 'Dear John, | Mr. Planché knowing that I was expecting home last night visited me this morning to say he likes your Piece very much, [last two words both underlined twice] but to suit the Olympic you must make some alterations which are very easily done' the speaking Conspirators must be lessened in number, and he wishes the young Man & young Woman made Musical and Gen[era]l somebody, whose Name I forget, made a Bass Singer for a Finale. I think Planché's idea altogether excellent but as it would be impossible for you to easily comprehend what he means without your seeing him my advice to you is put yourself on the Top of the Yarmouth Coach and come up to Town, as soon as you can, and bring everything in the way of Dramatic Composition you have by you, with you. We have stomach for them all!! Planché speaks highly of your dramatic skill your Adelphi he says was murdered'. He returns to the 'present Work', reporting Planché's opinion that there is 'a little too much Melo Drama in the last Scene which he wants put into Musical Situation: [] a Song for the young Man by Mr. Manvers, a Song for the Girl by Miss Taylor [] and the Genl. A Bass for Bland'. He concludes in the same enthusiastic tone. The postscript begins: 'Remember I have recommended this Piece The Sign Manual and I will not lose sight of it until it is triumphant!!' He stresses that the plans for the finale are of 'great importance'.

ZEN IN THE MARTIAL ARTS by Joe Hyams, photographs by Kenneth McGowan & Doug Coder. J.P. Tarcher Inc. Los Angeles, St. Martin s Press N.Y., 1. Auflage 1979, ERSTAUSGABE, 143 SS. Pb. gr. 8°, ordentlich erhalten - von Joe Hyams mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert For Judith - This book - my personal favourite - will tell you more than you want or need to know about me. But, I hope you will enjoy it - JOE HYAMS Los Angeles, 2.8.80.

8pp., 12mo. On two bifoliums. In good condition, lightly aged. The letter begins: 'I think your Mr. B charges a long price for his relics and if the tomb of Sir John Chappell who apparently married a Harington is in existence you mght have as good drawing for it for the money. (Five Guineas!) The Print however may be rare but of that I am no judge. I dont understand how the inscription applies to that print unless Lady Chappell was the daughter of William Harington Son of William Harington & his wife Joana daughter of William Haslee.' He discusses another print in the following paragraph, and comments: 'The books if not common may be worth a price.' before turning to Harington's pedigree. He begins by stating that he is enclosing 'a pedigree made out from such materials as I have at hand up to the time of Edward Ist.' (not present) before turning to a number of cruxes. He concludes with his sympathies for 'such a continuation of Family affliction as you appear to be in'. The last two pages are filled with 'references to the Pedigs. in the B. M. named by Sims in his Index'. From the Harington family papers.