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[Herbert Padwick, Chairman, War Agricultural Committee, West Sussex Branch; First World War; British farming; women and agriculture] Three printed reports of meetings held at the Council House, Chichester, of the West Sussex branch of the British 'War Agricultural Committee' (two from 1915 and one from 1916) and one report from the 'War Agricultural Executive Committee'. All four items clear and complete, on lightly-aged and creased paper. Item One: Report of WAC meeting of 16 November 1915. Folio, 6 pp. Includes 'Reports from District Sub-Committees' and section on 'Enlistment as to Skilled Agricultural Labourers'. Also section on 'Women's County Committee'....	Economics, History, Social history	£350.00
Michael Arlen. Autograph Note Signed to "Mr Davies". Novelist. One page, 8vo. "Thank you so much for your appreciative letter."	Literature	£35.00
[The Riding of the Marches, the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow, 1697; Adam Burknay] Itemised autograph 'Accompt Good Toun to Adam Burknay 1697' for expenses incurred 'At ye ryding of ye Marches [riding of the marches]' at 'Lythgow [Linlithgow]', with signed authorisation from the council, and Burknay's signed receipt. 8vo, 1 p. Good, on lightly-aged laid paper, with text clear and complete. The account, in Burknay's hand, is headed 'Accompt Good Toun \| to \| Adam Burknay \| 1697 \| Imp At ye ryding of ye Marches'. Itemised with eight entries totalling £29 19s 0d. Items are 'meal', 'ale tobacco & pyps', 'to...	History, Law	£450.00
[Rev. Adoniram Judson; Mrs Wade] [Printed] Letter on the subject of Ornamental Dress, from the Rev. Adoniram Judson, (Baptist Missionary in Burmah) toi the Female Members of Christian Churches ...[continued] [continued] in the UNited States of America to which is appended an Extract of a Letter from Mrs Wade, of the Burman Mission. Chapbook, 32pp., 16mo, blue paper wraps, poor condition (worn, stained, partly detached), some names of former (young) owners (mainly Master George Creed) crudely written...	Religion, Women	£580.00
Michael Fraenkel [Henry Miller] Défense du Tropique du Cancer. Avec des inédits de Miller. Traduction de E. M. F. Rosé et de L. M. Rivière. 8vo: 93 [+1] pp. In original grey wraps with printed label on front and yellow wrap-around band ('Une pièce à verser au Dossier Miller \| Variété a Paris'). Covered in glassine. Good, on lightly-aged paper. From the archives of Michael and Daphne Fraenkel's Carrefour Press.	Literature	£56.00
'S. K. Cowan M.A.' [ Samuel Kennedy Cowan ]; J. N. Drummond Printed Victorian Christmas card with the poem 'Christmas Greeting' by 'S. K. Cowan M.A.' on one side, and a coloured chromolithographic illustration by J. N. Drummond on the other. On a thick piece of shiny card, with rounded edges, 12.5 x 18cm. Aged, and with two dog eared corners and a 3cm closed tear (not affecting illustration). On one side is the chromolithographic illustration, with 'J. N. Drummond' in the bottom right-hand corner, showing an English rural landscape...		£25.00
Rev. Francis C. R. Jourdain, M.A., M.B.O.U. [ Francis Charles Robert Jourdain (1865-1940) ], ornithologist [ Rev. Francis C. R. Jourdain, ornithologist. ] Offprints of the four parts of an article,annotated with manuscript field notes: 'Notes on the Ornithology of Corsica.' 81pp., 8vo. The four parts stitched together without covers. Paginated as follows. April 1911: 189-208. July 1911: 437-458. January 1912 : 63-82. April 1912 ('concluded'): [1] + 314-332. Worn and aged, with damp-staining, particularly to preliminary leaves, and first leaf tattered and detached....		£400.00
Anne Manning, novelist Autograph Letter Signed "Anne Manning", novelist, to "Mr Warren", illustrator Three pages, 12mo, good condition. "By all means let the subject be [Insi?] the Gipsy. On after-consideration, I was afraid the other subject would be too crowded. I long to see your study from nature; rememebring your beautiful design of 'Mein Vogel'." She goes on to discuss his son's illness...	Literature, Women	£38.00
Michael Haily. Autograph Note Signed to “Mrs Tweedie”. India Office. 2pp., 8vo, good, accepting an invitation to visit her at Devonshire House, if he “can get away from my Committee”.		£25.00
Michel Alcan (1801-1877), French politician and engineer who made numerous innovations in the field of textiles [Exposition Universelle de 1867, Paris, France] Autograph Letter Signed ('Mel. Alcan'), in French, to 'Monsieur le Conseiller d'Etat Commissaire Général'. 4to (27 x 21 cm), 1 p. Nine lines of text. Text clear and complete on lightly aged, creased and foxed paper. Small closed tear at edge along crease line (not affecting text). Bearing the numbered stamp of the Exposition Universelle de 1867, Commission Imperiale. Accepting the position, conferred...	Art and Architecture, French, Science, Medicine and Technology	£65.00