[VASON (George)]

An Authentic Narrative of four years' residence at Tongataboo, one of the Friendly Islands, in the South-Sea, By ------ who went thither in the Duff, under Captain Wilson, in 1796. With an Appendix, by an eminent writer.

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; L. B. Seeley, and Hatchard, 1810. First edition, 8vo (212 x 125 mm), xv, [1], [17]-234, [2]pp., errata leaf at end, engraved frontispiece and engraved map stained, text age-toned with occasional foxing, cont. half-calf, later cloth reback, corners rubbed. This is an authentic account of the life of the missionary George Vason who was one of the first ten Christian missionaries to arrive in Tonga. He left the missionaries at Tonga and lived among the natives for four years. He began to dress and live as a Tongan, and married one of the native girls. He built up an estate and became a prosperous Tongan gentlemen until the beginning of the civil wars in 1799. He was tattooed, and looked and spoke like a Tongan. He escaped the wars on the ship, Royal Admiral, and returned to Nottingham where he died in 1838. He told his story to James Orange and only two versions have been printed, this one in 1810 and one in 1840. His description of Tonga at the end of the eighteenth century is important in that it precedes William Mariner's longer account published in 1817, but the two accounts give uniquely objective reports of Tonga before and during the civil war. Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.306; Ferguson, 507b; Howgego, D37 and E9.

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Book number: 39831

Keywords: TRAVEL AUSTRALASIA TONGO TONGATABOO SOUTH-SEAS

The Companion Letter-Writer: A Guide To Correspondence For Business And The Home.

London, Frederick Warne & Co., no date H/B smart red cloth bds, Near Fine, unclipped d/w, VG+ at front, closed tear at flap and one eighth missing at rear, contents fine and tight. Model letters, commercial forms, glossary of business terms, foreign phrases, abbreviation, forms of address etc...

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Book number: 6260

Keywords: letter writing letters corresponeence guide business formal informal model commercial forms terms abbreviations address parent's school careers applications circulars

(Donaldson, Alexander, Printer)

The Complete Letter-Writer. Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common Occasions in Life. Also a Variety of Elegant Letters for the Direction and Embellishment of Style, On Business, Duty, Amusement, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friendship,.....

Edinburgh, Printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1781. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 230 +9pp contents. Full leather, leather label. Covers worn and scuffed, free endpapers lacking, joints tender, contents tanned and foxed, minor dampstaining to last pages,drawing and doodling on front pastedown, strip torn from lower margin of last page, no loss of text, former owner's name on title page. A very early edition of this title, by the author referred to by James Boswell as the "Prodigious Vendor of Literature." Good.

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Catalogue: Collectible, Business and Industry, How-to and Hobbies

The Complete Letter-Writer for Gentlemen

Ward Lock & Co. Paperback. Fair.

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Catalogue: General

Keywords: Reference

[Sterne, L. e.a.],

The complete letter-writer or polite English secretary, containing familiar letters (.....), 17th ed. to which is now added a few select letters by the late Laurence Sterne (....) London 1785.

Gebonden in geheel leer, 12+276 pag. Voor en achterplat los, scharnieren gesleten.

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Book number: 56782

Catalogue: Opvoeding

[Kees Buddingh']

Documents Cees Buddingh | Diverse memorabilia about the Dutch writer and poet Cees (Kees) Buddingh' (1918-1985).

Several documents about Cornelis Buddingh' (Kees, Cees), Dutch poet, writer and translator.[NL] Diverse documenten over Kees Buddingh, Nederlands dichter, prozaïst en vertaler. Ereburger van de stad Dordrecht. Buddingh' is beroemd om zijn humor in de literatuur. Zijn gevoel voor humor en zijn gortdroge benadering van soms ernstige dan'wel eenvoudige zaken met een karakteristieke stem, deden veel hilariteit ontstaan. Hij was presentator van het verborgen camera programma 'Poets'. Hij was het meest beroemd om zijn gorgelrijmen, als een goochelaar met woorden, was hij een enorme vernieuwer. Buddingh debuteerde in de jaren veertig als dichter van traditionele romantisch realistische poëzie. Tegelijkertijd schreef hij ook surrealistische en non-sense poëzie. Zijn grootste artistieke belang ligt in de rol die hij speelde bij de 'democratisering' van de letteren ten tijde van de Vijftigers en vooral gedurende de bloeiperiode van het neorealisme van Barbarber en Gard Sivik. In het bijzonder het nieuwe realisme uit de jaren '60 heeft bij hem nieuwe mogelijkheden aangeboord. Als een van de toch al vruchtbaarste dichters vond hij zich helemaal in de Nederlandse voortzetting van dadaïstische principes.Diverse documenten in dit lot:1) Bulkboek over Buddingh' d.d. 19842) Diverse kaarten, zoals kerstkaart met gedicht van Buddingh' van Coordinatiecommissie Kunstbeleid 1986, briefkaart Stichting Plint 1918 met gedicht Pluk de dag naast potje Marmite en Heinz sandwichspread,3) Uitnodiging  Boekenbal met thema zwart/wit 1977, met envelop.4) Affiche C. Buddingh' Kastjes/Objekten (Schaakbord) kollages en assemblages Dordrechts Museum 1973-1974, Affiche Artotheek Bibliotheek Dodrecht Buddingh'60, Folder C. Buddingh'door Jef van Gool met bibliografie van Buddingh'.5) Uitnodiging herdenkingsuitgave Hommage aan D. Buddingh'1985, folder van Bezige Bij voor verschijnen Een stem om niet te vergeten. Informatieblad opening Bibliotheek Dordrecht.6) krantenknipsels over het overlijden van Cees Buddingh'. Overlijdenskaart en bedankkaart.7) Uitnodiging voor Buddingh' 65 jaar. 

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Book number: K80352

Keywords: Literature|Poetry

[Kees Buddingh']

Documents Cees Buddingh' | Original Photograph of the Dutch writer and poet Cees (Kees) Buddingh' (1918-1985), together with Bulkboek 1984, bibliography and poster.

Photo and several documents about Cornelis Buddingh' (Kees, Cees), Dutch poet, writer and translator.[NL] Diverse documenten over Kees Buddingh', Nederlands dichter, prozaïst en vertaler. Ereburger van de stad Dordrecht. Buddingh' is beroemd om zijn humor in de literatuur. Zijn gevoel voor humor en zijn gortdroge benadering van soms ernstige dan wel eenvoudige zaken met een karakteristieke stem, deden veel hilariteit ontstaan. Hij was presentator van het verborgen camera programma 'Poets'. Hij was het meest beroemd om zijn gorgelrijmen, als een goochelaar met woorden, was hij een enorme vernieuwer. Buddingh debuteerde in de jaren veertig als dichter van traditionele romantisch realistische poëzie. Tegelijkertijd schreef hij ook surrealistische en non-sense poëzie. Zijn grootste artistieke belang ligt in de rol die hij speelde bij de 'democratisering' van de letteren ten tijde van de Vijftigers en vooral gedurende de bloeiperiode van het neorealisme van Barbarber en Gard Sivik. In het bijzonder het nieuwe realisme uit de jaren '60 heeft bij hem nieuwe mogelijkheden aangeboord. Als een van de toch al vruchtbaarste dichters vond hij zich helemaal in de Nederlandse voortzetting van dadaïstische principes.Diverse documenten in dit lot:1) Foto van Buddingh', zwart wit, 24 x 18 cm.2) Affiche C. Buddingh' Kastjes/Objekten (Schaakbord) kollages en assemblages Dordrechts Museum 1973-19743) Folder C. Buddingh' door Jef van Gool met bibliografie van Buddingh'.4) Bulkboek over Buddingh', met twee benen in de grond 1984.  

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Book number: K80353

Keywords: Literature|Photography|Poetry

[Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of Newcastle, and the Right Hon. Henry Pelham].

A Letter to the Author of an Examination of the Principles; and an enqury [sic] into the conduct of the two b-rs: in which is proved, by indisputable facts of foreign transactions, that the two b--rs are true guardians to these kingdoms;... and are therefore falsly accused by the said letter writer.

London: Printed for G. Keith, 1749. Second edition, [2], 82pp., disbound. 'The two b[rothe]rs' mentioned are Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of Newcastle, and the Right Hon. Henry Pelham. 'An examination of the principles;..' is by John Perceval.

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Book number: 33393

Keywords: POLITICS HISTORY PAMPHLETS

Moi Qui Me Voy: The Writer and the Self from Montaigne to Leiris

Clarendon Press. Hardcover ISBN: 0198151535, Condition: VeryGood.

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Book number: mon0000281356

[GRANT (William)]

The Occasional Writer: containing an Answer to the Second Manifesto of the Pretender's Eldest Son: which bears Date at the Palace of Holyrood-house, the 10th Day of October, 1745. Containing Reflections, Political and Historical, upon the last Revolution, and the Progress of the present Rebellion in Scotland.

Printed for M. Cooper, 1745. First Edition, [2], 34pp., disbound. Signed at the end 'Britanicus' [sic], i.e. William Grant, Lord Prestongrange.

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Book number: 32787

Keywords: Psychology Economics Pamphlets Politics

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The Roget Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms. Being a presentation of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in a modernized, more complete, and more convenient form together with briefer synonymies for the busy writer, the whole comprised in one alphabetical arrangement.

With an Appendix of Foreign Words and Expressions by C.O. Sylvester Mawson. New York - London, 1932, G.P. Putnam's Sons First edition, third printing. cm.14,5x22, pp.X,(2),600,(12 bianche per n leg. ed. in tutta tela blu, im

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Book number: 244199

Catalogue: Linguistica Dizionari

L. Ron Hubbard: Writer: The Shaping of Popular Fiction

Glostrup, New Era. 2012. (ISBN: 9788764934830). Hardcover. Used, Hardcover. No jacket. Marks and scores on boards. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and bumped. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM. Good/No Dust Jacket.

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Book number: 417344

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 9788764934830

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Voices No.17. Working-Class Stories, Poems & Cartoons. An Anthology of the Worker Writer & Community Publishers.

Manchester. - 1978. B/W illustrations. Card Covers. 60 Pages. Editor: R.Gwilt. Covers slightly stained. Good.

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Book number: 108701

Catalogue: English Literature

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Voices No.18. Working-Class Stories, Poems & Cartoons. An Anthology of the Worker Writer & Community Publishers.

Manchester. - 1978. b/w illustrations. Card Covers. 60 Pages. Editor: R.Gwilt. Cover slightly stained. Good.

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Book number: 108702

Catalogue: English Literature

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Voices No.20. Working-Class Stories, Poems & Cartoons. An Anthology of the Worker Writer & Community Publishers.

Manchester. - 1979. b/w illustrations. Card Covers. 60 Pages. Editor: R.Gwilt. Covers slightly stained. Good.

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Book number: 108703

Catalogue: English Literature