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Sir James Kempt. Autograph Note Signed to R. Byham, Ordnance Office General. One page, 8vo. He describes his enclosure of a banker's order to pay the rent on a property he is about to occupy. |
Military and Naval History | £25.00 | |
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Sir James Knowles [Sir James Thomas Knowles] (1831-1908), architect and editor of 'The Contemporary Review' and 'The Nineteenth Century' [Henry Hewett; the Metaphysical Society; William George Pedder] Autograph Letter Signed ('James Knowles') to his friend and sister Emmeline's husband Henry Hewett. 12mo, 2 pp. In poor condition, creased and with frayed edges and a closed tear to the second leaf of the bifolium, to which there is also slight loss. Text clear and entire, apart from one word. Addressed to 'Dear old Boy' and 'old fellow', from 'Your <?> Brother'. Knowles had become... |
Art and Architecture, Literature, Social history | £35.00 | |
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Sir James Knowles [Sir James Thomas Knowles] (1831-1908), architect and editor of 'The Nineteenth Century' [Sir Archibald Hurd (1869-1959), writer on naval matters] Five Autograph Letters Signed [all 'James Knowles'] to Hurd. All five items are 12mo, 1 p, and in good condition, with the text entirely legible, but with slight discoloration to the extremities and to the blank second leaves of four of the letters. Letter One (17 May 1898): Concerns a letter by Sir William White, regarding which Knowles has not written... |
History, Military and Naval History, Social history | £145.00 | |
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Sir James Knowles [Sir James Thomas Knowles] (1831-1908), architect and editor of 'The Nineteenth Century' [Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe (1786-1880), British diplomat] Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'James Knowles') to 'Lord Stratford de Redcliffe'. Both letters good, on lightly aged paper. Both items concern Canning's article on 'International Relations' in the October 1877 issue of 'The Nineteenth Century'. Letter One (12mo, 4 pages, bifolium with mourning border). Knowles hopes Canning has received the proof of the article from the... |
Book Trade History, History, Literature | £80.00 | |
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Sir James Lewis Caw Autograph Letter Signed to Sir H[enry]. Trueman Wood, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Scottish art critic and engineer (1864-1950). One page, octavo. Very good. Bearing the Society's stamp. 'It is very good of the Council of the Royal Society of Arts to ask me to become a member, but, while thanking them, I regret that I do not see my [^ way,] at present, to join any more... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £23.00 | |
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'T. H. S.' [Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson (1841-1923) of the Foreign Office] [Sir Victor Wellesley (1876-1954), diplomat] 8vo, 14 pp (followed by blank leaf). Unbound and stitched. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Drophead title. With 'PRIVATE' in print in the top left-hand corner of the first page, and '[285]' in the bottom left-hand corner. Dated in type at end 'T. H. S. | October 1891.' Sanderson's... |
History, Law | £120.00 |
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Sir James Paterson Ross (1895-1980), Professor of Surgery at St Bartholomew's Hospital London, and Surgeon to the Royal Household [Charles Noon (d.1957), senior surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital] Five Autograph Letters Signed and four Typed Letters Signed (all 'J Paterson Ross') to Noon. Five of the nine items in 4to, and the rest 12mo. All texts clear and complete. Collection in good condition on lightly-aged paper. Occasional minor traces of brown-paper mounts, and most items with punch-holes to top left-hand corners. A cordial correspondence between two colleagues. Several... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £225.00 | |
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Sir James Ramsden (1822-1896), civil engineer and first mayor of Barrow in Furness Autograph Letter Signed ('James Ramsden') to 'Mr Thompson'. 12mo, 2 pp. On bifolium. In fair condition, lightly-aged and creased. Discussing arrangements for a meeting with Thompson before 14 August, the date of the 'Furness general meeting', after which he is going on 'a months cruise'. |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £56.00 |
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Sir James Reading Fairfax (1834-1919), Australian newspaper proprietor [The Sydney Morning Herald; The Sydney Mail] Autograph (Facsimile?) Letter Signed ('Jas. R. Fairfax') to male correspondent. 12mo: 1 p. Ten lines of text. Bifolium. Grubby, and with the text of the letter faint. Letterhead printed in red with illustration of the firm's headquarters. Written in, or faded to, lilac, and could well be a carbon. Sending copies of the two newspapers as 'we think it probable you would like... |
Book Trade History | £56.00 |
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Sir James Robert George Graham Draft of Autograph Letter Signed to the Earl of Derby. British statesman (1792-1861), Home Secretary under Sir Robert Peel. Three pages, octavo. Good, though on lightly-creased, discoloured paper. An interesting sidelight into the relations between two important nineteenth-century politicians. Says he can never forget Derby's 'constant kindness': '... |
History | £88.00 |