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Maggs Bros, dealers. Notes on Autographs, No. 1 Pamphlet, 52pp., 8vo, printed wraps, soiled, spine damaged, mainly good condition. "It has for a long time been our wish to give more interesting information about the important Autograph Letters and Documents in our Collection, and consequently we propose to issue from time to time a...		£80.00
Maggs Brothers [booksellers' catalogues] [Catalogue 550] A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Engravings and Autograph Letters remarkable for their Interest & Rarity, being the five hundredth catalogue issued by Maggs Bros [...]. [viii] 237 pp., fol.m, original grey and red printed wraps, numerous plates and illustrations in text, some staining of cover around spine, a few pencil markings, top of spine damaged, mainly good condition. It includes Cortes, "Carta de Relacion" (1522), other important Americana, and the first...	Book Trade History	£100.00
Maggs Brothers [booksellers' catalogues] [Catalogue 555] A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Bindings and Autograph Letters remarkable for their Interest & Rarity, being the five hundred and fiftyfifth catalogue issued by Maggs Bros [...]. Folio: iv + 237 pp. In original grey and red printed wraps. Numerous plates and illustrations in text. Grubby and spotted, in heavily-worn wraps. One plate slit along fold and repaired with tape. Presentation copy, inscribed 'With Compliments from E U Maggs'. Covetable items, accurately...	Book Trade History	£100.00
Major C. Muller. One Autograph Note Signed and one Autograph Note, third person, to Mr Wilks [printer, bookseller] and another [publisher] Muller published "Relation of the Operations and battles of the Austrian and French Armies, in the year 1809, with three plans by Muller (Printed for T. Goddard, Military Library, no. 1, by R. Wilks, 1810). A. (Dated) One page, 8vo, third person, spike-hole, trimiing, staining but text redable...	Book Trade History	£80.00
[HMS Arethusa, 46 gun fifth-rate Royal Navy ship, launched in 1817] [HMS Arethusa, ship's log, 1837.] Manuscript log of HMS Arethusa, while stationed in 'Passa D'Arcos Bay' [Paço d'Arcos, Portugal] and travelling from Cadiz to Lisbon. With 'Remarks' including a death and burial at sea, and punishment by lashing. HMS Arethusa, the fourth of nine Royal Navy ships to bear the name, was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1817. (Fifth-rate ships served as fast scouts or independent cruisers. Owing to their combination of manoeuvrability and firepower, they were often assigned to interdict enemy shipping.) She...		£500.00
[The De Vinne Press] [Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914), American printer and authority on typography] [Book of type specimens.] Old Faces of Roman and Medieval Types lately added to the De Vinne Press. [4] + 47pp., 8vo. In printed wraps. Internally in fair condition, on aged paper, with slight staining to the corners; in worn and chipped wraps. A handsome production, as one might expect from one of the nine founders of the Grolier Club, with a two-page introduction followed by a full-page...	Book Trade History, Printing History	£180.00
Anon. [Napoleonica] [Handbill] The Chapter of Generals One page, c.11 x 23cm, fold marks, irregularly trimmed with loss of most of imprint, heavy staining, but text clear and complete. Verses, 2 sections, 30ll, focussing on the "General Confederacy " against "General Boney" (c.1812?), using the word "General" in as many contexts as possible (always...		£150.00
Major General Sir Pratap Singh Letter, prob. secretarial, Signed "Pratap Singh", to [Sir Henry Brackenbury, Resident, Ordnance Committee]. Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir. One page, 8vo, sl. soiled but mainly good. "My dear Friend / I have much pleasure in offering you my hearty congratulations for the Xmas and warm greetings for the happy new years day with best wishes for man a happy and prosperous return of the same . . . " He...	History	£56.00
Major John Lodington, Royal Marines, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Dominica, the Earl of Huntingdon [Hans Francis Hastings (1779-1828), 12th Earl of Huntingdon; Windward Islands; West Indian] Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Charles Cox & Son, Royal Marine Agency Office, Buckingham Street, Strand, London. 8vo bifolium (leaf dimensions 30 x 18 cm): 4 pp. Fair, on aged paper with slight wear to extremities, and minor damage to the area around the breaking of the black wax seal, which adheres, with a clear impression of a crest, to the reverse of the second leaf. Damage to a couple of words:...	History, Military and Naval History, Travel and Topography	£250.00
Don Ameche [ Dominic Felix Amici ] (1908-1993), American Oscar-winning actor [ Don Ameche, American Oscar-winning actor. ] Autograph signature. Good firm inscription on 19.5 x 16 cm letterhead. In good condition, lightly aged and creased, with slight rust staining to top left-hand corner from paperclip. Inscription reads: 'Sincere best wishes \| Don Ameche'.		£30.00