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Anon. The History of Valentine and Orson 12mo, unopened, unbound, g+ |
Literature | £100.00 | |
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Anon. [Anne Marsh (later Anne Marsh-Caldwell) (1791-1874)] Castle Avon. By the author of "Emilia Wyndham," "Mordaunt Hall," etc. etc. 12mo, 352 pp. In contemporary brown calf half-binding, with marbled boards and grey endpapers. Loose and foxed in worn binding. |
Literature, Printing History, Women | £56.00 | |
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Anon. [James Ballantine] [Sir James Ranken Fergusson (1835-1924)] The Gaberlunzie's Wallet. With numerous illustrations on steel and wood. INSCRIBED to 'James R. Fergusson Esq with the kind regards of James Ballantine | Edin[burg]h 16th May 1870'. With Fergusson's armorial bookplate on front pastedown. 8vo: 311 pp. Plates throughout (not listed) and numerous illustrations in text. In original printed grey boards with grotesque... |
Literature, Printing History | £75.00 |
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[Ten printed Schedules of Contract for work for the service of the War Department, in the South-West and Sussex District; W. H. Dudley; Robert Stratton; George Wheeler; Isle of Wight; Hurst Castle] The collection is of great interest, providing a mass of information regarding the Victorian building trade. The owner of the volume, W. H. Dudley, would appear to be a War Office official, and, as described at the end of this entry, it contains manuscript details of two contracts. The ten... |
£850.00 | ||
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Anon. [T.Charlton Smith] Belfegor [Narrative Poem based on Niccolo Machiavelli's "Novella di Belfegor".] 134pp., 8vo, in modern blue leather gt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, staining throughout affecting c.25% of each page, pages trimmed, but text clear and complete, with no loss of text except the very top of the letters written in the author's inscription. INSCRIPTION (titlepage): W.J. Mercer... |
Literature | £250.00 | |
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[an Anglo-German stockbroker in the City of London during the Great War and 1898-1909 periods] The three items come from the papers of an Anglo-German City of London stockbroker, with Item One, below, indicating that he was based in Germany between 1898 and 1909, and that he had moved to England by 1917. A major point of interest is the fact that the material has been assembled by an... |
£1,500.00 | ||
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Henry Williamson (1895-1977), English novelist, naturalist and ruralist, best-known for his book ‘Tarka the Otter’ [A. J. Dennis, Devon architect] From the Williamson family papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The material is in fair condition, lightly aged and creased. In a card folder on which is written by Williamson’s son Richard ‘PLANS for House for Ox’s Cross - DENNIS (builder) 1973 / Plans of Cottage. / See Schwabe’s original... |
£320.00 | ||
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Anthony Hope Valuation of the literary properties of Anthony Hope, deceased. Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (d.1933)(DNB) From the archives of literary agents, A.P. Watt, letters, copy letters, listings of publishers, titles of books (inc. Zenda, etc) and contributions, royalties and valuations inc. literary estate, payments to Lady Hawkins c. 18 pages, 8vo and folio, most in... |
Book Trade History, Literature | £150.00 | |
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Anthony Panizzi. Autograph Note, third person, to the Lord Mayor of London and wife. Chief Librarian, British Museum (1797-1879). One page, 8vo, bifoliate, sl. marked, fold marks, text clear and complete. "Mr Panizzi presents his compliments to the Lord Mayor . . . and regrets very much that a previous engagement will prevent him from having the honour . . ." |
Book Trade History, History, Literature | £45.00 | |
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Anthony Wimmer; William Dickson [nineteenth-century salmon fishing; angling; field sports; the Coquet River] Both items with text clear and entire. Item One: offprint, on one side of a piece of wove paper 25 x 18.5 cm. Good, on lightly-aged paper with some wear to extremities. Headed 'AQUAECULTURE, And the Artificial Propogation [sic] of the Danube Salmon in Bavaria, BY DR. WIMMER. | Re-printed from... |
£56.00 |