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Lionel Ellis (b. 1903), English wood engraver, artist and book illustrator [Edward Bawden] Signed Autograph Inscription to Edward Bawden. On a piece of paper, roughly 14 x 12 cm. Creased, and with a few pin holes (not affecting text). Edges untidily cut. Possibly the ffep of a presented book. Text in purple ink, with good firm signature (roughly 4.5 cm long). Reads 'To my very dear Friend | E. Bawden | [signed] Lionel Ellis |... |
Art and Architecture, Book Trade History | £25.00 |
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E. V. Knox [Edmund George Valpy Knox; pen-name 'Evoe'] (1881-1971), editor of Punch, 1932-1949, essayist, poet and humorist See Knox's entry in the Oxford DNB, along with those of his father and three brothers. 8pp, 4to. Paginated and complete; on eight leaves held together with a rusting paperclip. In fair condition, aged and creased. A fair copy, with occasional emendations. There is no indication that this essay... |
£120.00 | ||
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Littleton C. Powys [John Cowper Powys; Llewelyn Powys; Theodore Powys] 12mo: 27 pp. Stapled. In original brown printed wraps. Good, on lightly-aged paper with rusted staples. Divided into five sections: 'Our Ancestry', 'Our Father', 'Our Mother', 'Montacute' and 'The Children'. A scarce item, the only copies on COPAC being at the British Library, Cardiff and St... |
Literature | £56.00 |
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Liverpool Financial Reform Association [Free Trade; Richard Cobden; economic history] Financial Reform Tracts. No. 1. 12mo. 20 pages. Stitched and unbound. Creased, aged and somewhat dusty. Historic first publication of 'the most persistent and single-minded free trade lobby England has known' (W. N. Calkins, Economic History Review, 1960). |
£56.00 | ||
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Liverpool Fire Prevention [Act of Parliament, 1843; British Fire Brigade] Folio: ii + 59 + [1] pp. Unbound. Stitched as issued. Text clear and entire, but in poor condition: on creased, discoloured and stained paper, with wear to extremities. Begins 'WHEREAS fires in warehouses in the borough of Liverpool have of late years been of frequent and alarming recurrence,... |
£150.00 | ||
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Llandovery College, Carmarthenshire, Wales [Rev. William Done Bushell (1838-1917)] Printed examination paper headed 'LLANDOVERY. | June, 1862. | WELSH EXAMINATION.' Printed on one side of a piece of paper, 22 x 14 cm. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper, and still laid down on a leaf from an album. Twelve questions, the eleventh being ten lines to translate from Welsh into English, and the twelfth being ten lines to translate from English into... |
£28.00 | ||
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Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939), writer Autograph Signature on piece of paper. On a piece of wove paper, roughly 5 x 14.5 cm. Rough lower edge. Good, on lightly aged paper. 0.5 cm closed tear at left (not affecting signature). Paper folded once vertically. Good clear signature. |
Literature | £18.00 | |
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Lord (John) Cuningham. Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent. [Collyer]. Advocate, held courtesy title " Lord" in 1837 until he resigned in 1853. (See Boase.) Two pages, 4to, staining at edges, small tear, text clear and complete. He takes the liberty of introducing a Charles M Laren [Maclaren, see DNB, editor of "The Scotsman"], who expects to pass a month in Rome a... |
£150.00 | ||
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Lord (William) George Frederic Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck [known as Lord George Bentinck] (1802-1848), English politician and sportsman Irregularly shaped piece of paper, consisting of the front and sides of an envelope. Roughly 14 x 18 cm. Good, but with long vertical closed tear to right of signature, neatly repaired on reverse with archival tape. Reads 'London June Twelve 1832. - | Lady Frederick Bentinck | Bedford Hotel |... |
History | £28.00 | |
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Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Autograph Note Signed to "My dear B." Admiral, 8vo. He hadn't the heart to wake him when he called but could send what he had offered. |
History, Military and Naval History | £35.00 |