List 164 - International League of Antiquarian Booksellers

510 —— EARLY CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND FRIENDS. A series of biographical sketches of early members
of the Society of Friends in those counties. Original brown cloth gilt. Pp. 208. Front fl yleaf removed, scattered spotting or
browning, a little shaken. Scarce. [First edition] F.Bowyer Kitto, 1871. £85.00
511 FERRIER, Winifred. THE LIFE OF KATHLEEN FERRIER. By her sister. Original cloth. Pp. 191, with 29 plates. Hamish
Hamilton, 1955. £20.00
512 FFINCH, Michael. DONALD MAXWELL 1877-1936. Large 4to. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. xv, 245, with 369
illustrations (over 100 in colour). As new. [First edition] Kendal, Titus Wilson for The Maxwell Estate, 1995. £75.00
A fi nely researched and superbly illustrated biography of one of the most versatile and energetic artists of the early
years of the 20th. century. This essential reference, which also contains a bibliography and checklist with over 1000
entries, was originally published at £125. The author, who died soon after the publication of this, his life’s work, was
Donald Maxwell’s grandson.
513 —— —— another edition. Large 4to. Full navy blue levant morocco gilt, gilt vignette by the artist on the upper board,
matching blue cloth slip-case. Pp. xv, 245, with 369 illustrations (over 100 in colour), including a special coloured frontispiece
of George V in HM Yacht Victoria and Albert III leading his Home Front Fleet to sea, Weymouth Bay, 13th July 1932 (only in
this edition). As new. [Signed limited edition (No.44 of 100 copies)] Kendal, Titus Wilson for The Maxwell Estate, 1995.
£350.00
Although nominally 100 copies were issued of this fi ne limited edition, in fact only a very few were produced, and
most of these were given by the author to members of his family.
514 —— G.K.CHESTERTON. Original wrappers. Pp. 369, with 8 pages of plates. [First softback edition] Weidenfeld and
Nicolson, 1988. £15.00
515 FIELDING, Daphne. THE DUCHESS OF JERMYN STREET. The life and good times of Rosa Lewis of the Cavendish Hotel.
Original cloth, dustwrapper (slight edge-wear and a closed tear). Pp. 208, with 17 pages of plates. [First US edition] Little Brown
and Co., 1964. £25.00
516 —— EMERALD & NANCY. Lady Cunard and her daughter. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. xiv, 205, illustrated. [First
edition] Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1968. £20.00
517 FIELDS, Gracie. SING AS WE GO. Her autobiography. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. 203, with 22 illustrations. Muller,
1961. £15.00
518 FIELDS, W.C. W.C.FIELDS BY HIMSELF. His intended autobiography with hitherto unpublished letters, notes, scripts and
articles. Commentary by Ronald J.Field. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dustwrapper. Pp. xiv, 510, with numerous
illustrations and colour frontispiece. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973. £35.00
519 FINBERG, A.J. THE LIFE OF J.M.W.TURNER, R.A. Revised, and with a supplement by Hilda F.Finberg. Thick 8vo. Original
cloth gilt, dustwrapper (a trifl e creased and spotted). Pp. xvi, 543, with 24 plates. Second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1961. £75.00
520 FINCH, George Ingle. THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER. Large 8vo. Modern half blue levant morocco gilt. Pp. 340
with 56 plates. Third impression, Arrowsmith, 1927. £85.00
[Neate: F28]. Autobiography, chiefl y concerning the Alps and Everest. Finch was a scientist, responsible for the
oxygen equipment on Everest, and A.C. President, 1959-61. A handsome copy.
521 FINGLETON, J.H. BATTING FROM MEMORY. ... an autobiography. Foreword by Michael Parkinson. Original cloth gilt,
dustwrapper. Pp. 266, with 12 pages of plates. Collins, 1981.
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£15.00