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The Bodley Head, London publishing house owned by John Lane (1854-1925) [John Lane; Bodley Head edits] The Bodleian, vols. 1 & 4 only. Twenty-four numbers (including the first twelve) of 'The Bodleian \| A Journal of Books at the Bodley Head'. Scarce. The only complete runs of the magazine located on COPAC are at the British Library and (possibly) Oxford, with Cambridge and St Andrews holding copies from between 1932 and 1935. Bound in two volumes of grey buckram, with titles in gilt on spine and front board. Internally in good...		£220.00
Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930), English architect, best-known for Admiralty Arch, the Victoria Memorial and his work on Buckingham Palace Letter in secretarial hand signed by Webb ('Aston Webb') to Alice Bertha, Lady Gomme (1852-1938). One page, octavo. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper. 'Pray use me as you think fit on Monday March 4th. & I will do what I can \| Perhaps you would not mind telling me if it is to be in reply to a toast & if so what & also whether decorations are worn. I imagine it is more or...	Art and Architecture	£38.00
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (1770-1844), English painter Autograph Letter Signed ('A W Callcott.') to an unnamed male correpsondent. 12mo, 1 p. Good, on lightly aged and ruckled paper. Laid down on a piece of grey paper removed from an autograph album. Accepting an invitation, and informing the recipient that 'Mrs Callcott has recovered from her last attack - but she is still slightly affected at times, and is very weak.'	Art and Architecture	£35.00
Sir Austen Chamberlain [Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain] (1863-1937), English politician, Rector of the University of Glasgow Signed Typescript ('Austen Chamberlain'), an address of thanks for his re-election as Rector of the University of Glasgow. On one side of a foolscap (32.5 x 20 cm) page. Eighteen lines. On aged and foxed paper with chipping at head and foot. Chamberlain was Rector between 1925 and 1928. Begins: 'Amidst the preoccupations which assail the delegate of one Nation in an Assembly of nearly forty-seven, my thoughts turn...	History	£75.00
Sir Bartle Compton Arthur Frere [THE ZULU WAR; BECHUANALAND EXPEDITION] Autograph Note in the third person to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. British soldier (1854-1933) decorated for service in the Zulu War. One page, 12mo. Creased, discoloured and with a few pin holes. Docketed and bearing the R.S.A. stamp. 'Sir Bartle Frere presents his compliments & begs to enclose an envelope wh has just reached him fm. P. Office \| 27. 7. 19...		£26.00
Sir Basil Blackwell (1889-1984), Oxford bookseller [Martin Secker (1882-1978), publisher] Typed Letter Signed ('Basil Blackwell') to Secker. 4to: 1 p. Ten lines of text. Heavily stained, but a neat link between two giants of the twentieth-century British book trade. 'I give myself the pleasure of saluting you, I really believe for the first time'. He is happy for the opportunity of telling Secker how much he admired his 'flair and...	Book Trade History	£35.00
Sir Benjamin Baker Note in a secretarial hand Signed to Sir H[enry]. T[rueman]. Wood, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts, together with compliments slip. English civil engineer (1840-1907), who built the Forth Rail Bridge and worked on the Metropolitan and District Railways of the London Underground. Both items one page, octavo, on grey paper. Both in good condition, stamped and docketed. The note, signed 'B. Baker', reads 'I am sorry to say the...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£26.00
Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms [Burke's Peerage; English genealogy] Coloured advertisement for 'Burke's Colonial Gentry'. 8vo: 1 p. A bifolium (leaf dimensions roughly 270 x 185 mm), on thin wove paper, with the printed page on the recto of the first leaf, the rest being blank. Very good, on lightly aged paper. Attractive item printed in red, blue, black and gold. Text reads 'Vol I in the Press. Burke's Colonial...	History	£45.00
John Herries Maxwell (1784-1843) of Munches, of Buittle Parish, Kirkcudbright [Descendant of friend of Burns; William Maxwell of Carruchan] Six manuscript bills and one letter from Edinburgh and Dumfries tradesmen, relating to the 1839 marriage in Buittle Parish of Janet, daughter of John Herries Maxwell of Munches, to William Maxwell of Carruchan. Janet Maxwell married William Maxwell in Buittle Parish on 3 September 1839, and died three years later. The nine items, in good condition on lightly-aged paper, provide a fascinating insight into the requisites and cost of an early Victorian Scottish middle-class wedding, from the wedding '...	Economics, Social history	£180.00
Sir Charles Allom [Sir Charles Carrick Allom] (1865-1947), British architect and decorator, knighted for his work on Buckingham Palace Seven Typed Letters Signed (one 'Charles Allom' and the other six 'Chas. C. Allom') to various secretaries (Wood, Menzies and Perry) of the Royal Society of Arts. All seven items 4to, 1 p. Each good, on lightly-aged paper. All bearing the Society's stamp, and six docketed. Letter Two to Sir Henry Trueman Wood, Three to Six to G. K. Menzies, and Seven to W. Perry. Letter One: 9 July 1914. Querying whether members of the Society can describe themselves as '...	Art and Architecture	£165.00