Search Results: Titles starting with A from GEORGE HANCOCK RARE BOOKS (PBFA)

A beautiful original Chromolithograph of Bath Abbey, produced by T. Nelson & Sons in circa 1865, from a set of views entitled City of Bath. Thomas Nelson was established in 1798 and is still trading today under Nelson Thornes.

Mounted; the image is 75 x 123 mm, the sheet is 105 x 165 mm.

Near fine.

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1 of 100 copies printed for Robert Frost (from an edition of 10,600 copies). Oblong 16mo. (7.5 x 12.5 cm),Publisher's stapled wrappers, accompanied with the original envelopes, 12 pp. Printed by the Spiral Press (New York), 1960. A fine example.
Inscribed by Robert Frost to his cousin Joseph Frost and his wife Rebecca in Maine. Rare inscribed with this noteworthy association.
First appearing as Frost's Christmas card in 1960, "Accidentally on Purpose" was later published in his final volume of poetry In the Clearing as "Cluster of Faith." "The poem explores the idea of evolution and asserts that "there was a purpose in the development of the universe, even if the 'scientific wits' cannot precisely state it," (The Robert Frost Encyclopedia, Tuten and Zubizarreta).
Joseph William Pepperrell Frost (1923-2008) was a historian and writer from Maine who, throughout his life, would share a close bond with his cousin Robert. With about fifty years between them, the two first met when Joseph was a young boy… Read More

Folio, [20] pp. (A6, B4). Bound in modern quarter calf, raised bands, gilt spine label. Published by Thomas Powell (London), circa 1563. Some occasional browning, the corners of the boards rubbed. A near fine example. This work comprises the Acts of Parliament passed in 1509, the first year of King Henry VIII's reign. Some of the Acts of Parliament passed by Henry VIII in 1509 include: Regulating core industries such as fishing and wool, and measures to help finance the Royal Household. Henry VIII inherited a stable Monarchy from his Father, Henry VII, with the King's finances in a very healthy surplus. Upon becoming King in 1509, Parliament had not been requested for finances for five years. This work is a reprinting in circa 1563, approximately five years into the reign of Elizabeth I, Queen of England from 1558 – 1603. Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII, and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. The Acts of Parliament from 1509 were initially published in 1510 by Richard Pynson. New editions of… Read More

Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, Director of the Arab Bureau 1916-1920.
A Limited Edition; 1 of 500 copies, this being copy number 102. 4to. (253*188 mm), original quarter aquamarine morocco over cream cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt and others untrimmed, raised bands, gilt tooling. [2], 3-50 pp, [1], [1] limitation. Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, Rolls Passage, London, E.C.4. in Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, and finished on the 30th day of April, 1940.
The spine gently sunned, some light markings to the boards; a very good copy.
Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1868-1926), "traveller, archaeologist, and diplomatist, was born at Washington Hall, co. Durham, on 14 July 1868, the elder child and only daughter of (Thomas) Hugh Bell (1844–1931), an ironmaster, who succeeded his father as second baronet in 1904, and his first wife, Mary (or Maria; 1844–1871), daughter of John Shield of Newcastle." (ODNB.) Bell developed an… Read More

An Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) by King George VI (then Prince Albert of York), expressing his gratitude toFred H. Young, senior partner at the Royal Family's then preferred carpet manufacturer James Templeton & Co, for carpets provided for 145 Piccadilly W.1 and the Royal Lodge, Windsor.
ALS. 2pp. on 1 folded sheet of 145 Piccadilly W.1. headed notepaper, dated May 15th 1933, a single fold on each sheet of paper, a little toning, near fine.
Addressed to Mr. Young, the letter reads as follows:
"Dear Mr. Young,
I must write to thank you on behalf of my wife & myself for the beautiful carpet which now adorns one of the rooms in Royal Lodge at Windsor. Mr. Glass has been down to inspect it, & he was very pleased with it.
We are delighted with it & also with the other one which we ordered from your firm which was made [for] our large drawing room.
again very many thanks
yours very sincerely
Albert"
The Glasgow based firm, James Templeton & Co, had a long history of providing carpets for the Royal… Read More

An Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) by Queen Camilla (then Camilla Parker Bowles), expressing her gratitude to Paul for his letter of support.
ALS. 2pp. on 1 folded sheet of Middlewick House headed notepaper, dated November 9th 1994, a single fold, near fine.
The letter reads as follows:
"Dear Paul,
Thank you so much for your very kind letter. It makes all the difference to me to receive letters from thoughtful people like yourself.
Thank goodness that you are sensible enough not to read the tabloids. They get away with such terrible lies, which we are powerless to do anything about.
Thank you again for your support.
Yours sincerely
Camilla Parker Bowles."
The ALS provides a unique insight into Queen Camilla's thoughts and feelings at this difficult moment in her life and relationship with King Charles. In June 1994, just a few months before the date of the letter, King Charles famously admitted to the relationship with Queen Camilla in a TV interview with Jonathan Dimbleby. After the interview,… Read More

An Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) by Samuel Clemens regarding his nephew Samuel E. Moffett (1860–1908), with fascinating personal content and notable associations, to Colonel George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928).
ALS. 2pp. in black ink on a folded sheet of notepaper, dated Feb. 22 with no year present, but circa 1899 (the year that Colonel Harvey acquired the North American Review) to 1908 (the year of Samuel Moffett's death), 11.4cm*14.5cm, near fine.
The letter reads as follows:
"Dear Col. Harvey,
I asked my nephew, Samuel Moffett, some time ago to write something for the North American & I promised to submit it to you & see if you wanted it.
The subject is all right - it is the question which is working its way to the front now - & I am partial enough to think it is a good paper. But you are the final court.
Of course I wish Aldrich would consent, for what he says is grand praise & comes from an authority; but I am afraid to ask him. If I had arrived at it through someone else I should not… Read More