Search Results: Authors starting with I from PATRICK POLLAK RARE BOOKS

Librairie Delagrave. Paris. 1935. . pp. XXIX, (iii), 392. Full polished red calf, a few little scuffs, presentation inscription from Miodrag Ibrovac, a very good copy.

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. London. 1958. . pp. 96. Coloured frontispiece, 26 monochrome plates. Original printed boards, a very good copy. *With a Foreword by MALCOLM GARDNER, horological dealer, with his book ticket below the imprint on the title-page. The collection was not sold at auction as planned. Funds were donated by Gilbert Edgar and the entire collection was acquired by the British Museum. COPAC records copies of this catalogue at the British Library and the Guildhall Library. It is very scarce in commerce.

Livingstone. Edinburgh. 1957. . pp. viii, 134, (ii). Coloured frontispiece, 20 plates (some coloured). Dust wrapper, typed letter from the publisher presenting the book to DOUGLAS GUTHRIE, with a leaf of pencil notes, a very good copy.

[Christy and Lilly, Ltd for the General Post Office]. [London]. 1917.. pp. 63, (i). Printed self-wraps, the front cover once detached and now repaired without loss, the lower corners of the last few leaves creased, else a very good copy. *COPAC gives copies in Cambridge : Leeds : Leicester : Natural History Museum : National Trust : British Library. 'I wish to appeal to the public in London, and to their correspondents in the Provinces to adopt a simple system which will improve the Postal service at the cost of very little trouble to themselves. By doing so they will be helping to save money and labour, which the country requires for War purposes.'

Mansell Publishing. London and New York. 1989. 4to.. pp. x, 254. Tables and text figures. Glazed paper boards, paper browning a bit at the edges, else a very good copy. * 'A comprehensive account of the evolution of the Islamic time system.....'.

Geo. K. Hazlitt & Company. Chicago. [1872]. 8vo. . pp. 43, (v) blank. 7 text figures. Original decorated cloth, a tiny dent in the fore-edge of the rear board, else a very good copy.

. The original ms. and the letters are laid onto heavy paper, followed by the article extracted from the Journal, now bound in new cloth by Dr. Franklin, in excellent order. *WILLIAM INGE, 1860-1954, English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, Dean Inge. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Inge was a prolific author. In addition to scores of articles, lectures and sermons, he also wrote over 35 books. He is best known for his works on Plotinus and neoplatonic philosophy, and on Christian mysticism. He was a strong proponent of the spiritual type of religion—"that autonomous faith which rests upon experience and individual inspiration"—as opposed to one of coercive authority. He was therefore outspoken in his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church. His thought, on the whole, represents a blending of traditional Christian theology with elements of… Read More

Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1889. Folio.. Title and 18 leaves, text and illustrations in red and black. Cloth-backed boards, the gutta percha binding perished and the leaves now loose, some wear to backstrip, some surface wear [silverfish?] to the front board, corners worn, contents clean.

H. M. General Register House. Edinburgh. 1875. Large folio.. pp. xxiii, (i) blank, (ii) Supplement, (i) blank, 1255, (i) blank. 3 double-page facsimile lithographs. All in sheets, unbound, a little browned at the fore-edge margins, title a little foxed, otherwise in very nice, clean condition. *COPAC lists copies at EDINBURGH, LEEDS and SHEFFIELD Universities only. The British Library also has a copy in the General Reference Collection, not listed on COPAC. This, Index, volume was separately issued, as volume 12 of the complete set of Acts, of 1844.

Macmillan. London. 2002.. pp. xxix, (i), 497, (i). 37 illustrations. The dust wrapper has a couple of tiny nicks in the rear panel, otherwise a very good copy.

P. & G. Wells. Winchester. 1958. . pp. (viii), 210. Very good copy in original cloth. *Winchester : Bradfield : Charterhouse.

John Murray. London. 1838. New edition. 2 volumes.. pp. vi, (ii), 296. Frontispiece; (iv), 316. Frontispiece. Contemporary full red calf, a bit of scuffing at the sides of the spines, a pretty set in very good order.

Thomas Nelson and Sons. London. 1930-1932 [1944 reprint]. 4 volumes.. pp. 276; 330, (ii); 332; 336. Frontispiece to each volume [coloured in v.I-III], coloured plates in v.I-III, uncoloured in v.IV, many text illustrations in all volumes. All in original cloth, names erased in the first two volumes, else all very good copies.

J. & A. Churchill. London. 1940. First edition in English.. pp. xiii, (i), 353, (i), 16 Ads. 135 illustrations including 8 plates. Grubby dust wrapper, many neat marginal notes in pencil, a good copy.