BOOK BOX - 19TH CENTURY.

Large Victorian Book Box.

[ J. C. Woodhill - C. 1900 ] . 0. A very good full leather book box. 11.5" x 8.25" x 5.0" . Brown morocco binding. Gilt name to top cover: "J. C. Woodhill". Hinged top lid, and drop-down front flap. Brown velvet lined interior. Internal dimensions: 10.5" x 7.0" x 4.0" . ** Family history record a; Josiah Cox Woodhill (1800-1881 ). When Josiah Cox Woodhill was born on 12 January 1801, his father, John, was 36 and his mother, Ann, was 32. He married Sophia Hana Fowler and they had one daughter together. He also had one daughter with J. Caroline Field. He died on 27 December 1881 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, having lived a long life of 80 years. His main residence was Pakenham House, Edgbaston. Mr. Woodhill was a jeweller of high character, an elder of a baptist church, and a man of some literary taste.

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Boeknummer: 46655

Catalogus: Miscellaneous: : 19th Century

Trefwoorden: J.C. Woodhill Miscellaneous: : 19th Century

CHITTY, SUSAN .

An Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Good Taste. Edited by Susan Chitty. Illustrated by May Routh & Peter Kneebone.

London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1958 . 0. A very good first edition with the original dustwrapper. 8.0" x 6.02 x 1.0". pp.264 . Red illustrated dustwrapper (designed by May Routh), with a list of contributors to the rear cover. The dustwrapper is in good condition, and not price clipped, just a couple of small edge tears and fading to the spine. Black cloth covered boards, with clear titles to spine. Red endpapers. No owner's names or other marks. Clean English text throughout. VG/VG . ** "A collection of 17 essays on aspects of 1950s "Good Taste", divided into sections on Fashion, Beauty, Manners (incl Joyce Grenfell) and Diversions, and followed by an Examination in Good Taste with answers and award certificates (To be completed by the reader!).".

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Boeknummer: 46421

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: 47855 an Intelligent Woman’S Guide to Good Taste Miscellaneous

CHRISTENSEN, KAREN.

Home Ecology. Illustrated by Judy Strafford.

London: Arlington Books, 1989. Rep. Making your world a better place. Pp. 12/366, 38 b/w line drawings. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

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Boeknummer: 9017

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Christensen Strafford Home Ecology Making World Better Place A1531 Miscellaneous

CHRISTIE'S.

Christie's: The First Sale Catalogue. 5 December 1766.

London: Christie's, [1987]. 1st edition, facsimile of the auctioneer's catalogue for 5 December 1766, "A Catalogue of the Genuine Houshold Furniture, Jewels, Plate, Fire-Arms, China, etc. And a large Quanitity of Maderia and high Flavour'd Claret. Late the Property of A Noble Personage, (Deceas'd).." 19cms x 13cms. Pp.20. Cream stiff card printed cover, string-tied, housed in a laminated black card folder. VG.

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Boeknummer: 48340

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Christie's First Sale Auction Catalogue Household Furniture 5 December 1766 49364 Miscellaneous

COLE, JOHN.

How to Produce a Church Magazine.

Bury St Edmunds: Palm Tree Press. 1989. 1st ed. "How to find out who your reader is and how to woo him/her; Goes on to the details of writing and presenting your material in an effective and attrative way; and then into the details of design, production and distribution". 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp 48, some b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

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Boeknummer: 24951

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Cole Produce Church Magazine Design Christian 21594 Miscellaneous

O'CONNOR, HARVEY.

The Empire of Oil.

London: John Calder, 1956. 1st ed. "It seems crystal clear that the time has come for a fresh review of oil in the spirit of the great critics and reformers of the past. And we believe that this is just what Harvey O'Connor has provided in 'The Empire of Oil'." Pp. 12/372, 2 figures, owner's name to fep. Black cloth, gilt title and scuff to spine. G+.

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Boeknummer: 26113

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Oconnor Empire Oil Review 23051 Miscellaneous

THE FEDERATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS.

Supervisors Safety Booklet.

London: The Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors. 1961. 1st ed. "The purpose of this booklet is to help supervisors prevent accidents on civil engineering sites." Pp 128. 15 pages of safety advertisements. Many b/w illustrations. 15.8cms x 11.5cms. P/b. Stiff covers. G+.

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Boeknummer: 14478

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: CIVIL Engineering Contractors Supervisors Safety Accidents First Aid A8351 Miscellaneous

COOKE, ALISTAIR.

The Patient Has the Floor.

London: The Bodley Head, 1986. 0370301641. 1st edition. In 1965, Alistair Cooke was invited to deliver the annual Convocation Address of the Mayo Clinic. He chose to speak about medicine from a layman's point of view. This led to other lecture invitations - including to the US House of Representatives(on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the meeting of the first Continental -i.e revolutionary - Congress. This is a collection of these lectures as essays. Pp.205, author's signature to 'The Good Book Guide' label pasted to front free endpaper, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, b/w portrait illustrated dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Boeknummer: 34748

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Alistair Cooke Signed Patient Has the Floor Lectures Essays Medicine Layman Hypochondria Mayo Politics Englishman American 35018 Miscellaneous

COOKE, ALISTAIR.

Talk About America. 1951-1968.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1981. "In this selection of his letters his subjects range widely - Vietnam, changing racial attitudes, the new Californian and Alcatraz". Pp 271. P/b. Portrait cover. G+.

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Boeknummer: 16019

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Cooke Talk America Vietnam Racial Californian Alcatraz A10304 Miscellaneous

COPPER BOOK COVERS .

Embossed Copper Book Cover (Front and rear) .

c. 19th century . 0. A pair of embossed copper panels thought to have come from a book. 4.25" x 2.9" (11.1cm x 7.3cm). Showing Mary at the base of the cross holding the dead Jesus.

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Boeknummer: 50712

Catalogus: Miscellaneous: : 19th Century

Trefwoorden: Embossed Copper Panels Thought to Have Come from a Book. 4. 25" X 2. 9" (11. 1cm X 7. 3cm). Showing Mary at the Base of the Cross Holding the Dead Jesus. Miscellaneous: : 19th Century

COX, LESLEY AND FOSTER, LESLIE.

Countdown to Christmas.

London: Macmillan, 1982. 0333291360. Rep. "..offers a miscellany of information on the customs and traditions of the Christmas season worldwide. It provides ideas and guidance for activities related to Christmas and photographs and illustrations are used to highlight and expand the facts and ideas." Pp.96, occasional ilustrations and figures throughout. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

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Boeknummer: 32266

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Cox Foster Countdown Christmas Activities Customs Games Decorations History 32028 Miscellaneous

CRAINER, STUART.

Leaders on Leadership. Twelve Personal Reflection on the theme of Leadership.

Northants: The Institute of Management Foundation, 1996. 1st ed. "..it features the views and insights of some of the UK's most successful and best known leaders. They reveal what approaches work for them; their inspirations; the role of the leaders in the new organisation of the 1990s and the vital leadership lessons which no potential leader can ignore." Pp.258. Blue cloth, gilt title to front cover and spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Boeknummer: 21131

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Crainer Leaders Leadership Parker Inge Marshall Strachan Lygo Wells Gillmore Cadbury Arkell Crawford Silver Farmer A16883 Miscellaneous

CUMMINGS, GORDON.

Investor's Guide to the Stock Market.

London: Financial Times Business Information, 1984. "A D.I.Y. guide to the stock market." Pp, 10/178. P/b. G+.

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Boeknummer: 8085

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Cummings Stock Market Exchange Stocks Shares Management A0257 Miscellaneous

WALTER R CUNDY.

Original Sepia Portrait Postcard.

Raydon, Suffolk, 1894. 0. No.15349 Essex Regiment . Born in 1894, Raydon, Suffolk, England. 1911 Census shows him listed as a grocer's assistant and living in Bear Street, Nayland.

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Boeknummer: 46500

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Original Sepia Portrait Postcard Walter R Cundy Essex Regiment Raydon Nayland Miscellaneous

DAVIES, HUNTER.

The Beaver Book of Lists. (Illustrated by Graham Thompson.)

London: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, 1981. Rep. "The Beaver Book of Lists is crammed with fascinating, amazing and extraordinary information - useful and useless facts about the world and specially researched lists on schoolchildren's likes and dislikes." Pp. 142/1 (ad), line drawings throughout. P/b. VG.

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Boeknummer: 29661

Catalogus: Miscellaneous

Trefwoorden: Davies Thompson Beaver Book Lists Illustrated 27651 Miscellaneous