Search results
| Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Benjamin C. Brodie. Autograph letter signed to the Dean of Westminster. The Elder. Surgeon and physiologist (1783-1862). Two pages, 8vo. He is sorry to find that the Dean and his wife are ill, and that he cannot accept an invitation. |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £20.00 | |
|
Benjamin Franklin [Scottish Chapbook] Unbound, on six loose leaves folded to make bifoliums. Good, though grubby and with rough edges (particularly the head). Text clear and entire. 12mo, 24 pages. Cover features woodcut of eighteenth-century gentleman (Franklin?) leaning on stick. Sections on 'Swimming like a dog', 'To beat the... |
History, Literature, Social history | £350.00 |
 |
|
Benjamin Green ('Pott') [Thoams Pennant; Richard ('Dick') Whittington; London topography; Christ's Hospital; libraries] Printed on one side of a piece of thick wove paper, 21 x 17.5 cm. At the head of the page is the engraving, enclosed in an oval 12.5 cm high and 15 cm wide. A clear impression of a scarce print, on grubby, spotted paper. Within the border is engraved in red 'Part of Christs Hospital taken from... |
Art and Architecture, Book Trade History, Social history | £56.00 |
 |
|
Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896), first Solicitor General of the United States Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'B. H. Bristow') to E. R. Robinson. Letter One: 12mo, 12 p. Fourteen lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Asks to 'rescind' his promise to go with Robinson to the races, as 'One of those troublesoke fellows whom we call clients, but who are sometimes called victims by the ignorant & vicious, has made an... |
History, Military and Naval History | £150.00 | |
|
Benjamin James Dale (1885-1943), English composer, Warden of the Royal Academy of Music Autograph Signature ('B. J. Dale'). On piece of laid paper (roughly 8.5 x 16 cm) cut from diary. On aged paper with wear and 1 cm closed tear at head. Clear and clean signature, beneath the heading 'July 17'. |
Music and Theatre | £20.00 |
 |
|
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, John Allnutt of Clapham Autograph Signatures on fragment of document. Vulliamy (1780-1854) was a London clockmaker. Allnutt (1773-1863) was a wealthy wine merchant, a patron of Constable and Turner with a noted collection of paintings. Reads 'B L Vulliamy | Jn Allnutt, Clapham | 28 Nov. 1843'. From a collection of material relating to the Artists' General... |
Art and Architecture | £38.00 | |
|
Benjamin Wyon (1802-1858), English die-engraver [Salford; Manchester; Lancashire; numismatics; coins; medals] Autograph Letter Signed ('B Wyon') to 'J. Salland Esq.'. 12mo, 1 p, 7 lines. Good, on light aged paper, with 1 cm closed tear to top corner (not affecting text, which is clear and entire). Reads 'I regret having to inform you that the Salford Mayoralty Seal has broken all to pieces in the process of hardening and that I am afraid that I am obliged to... |
Art and Architecture, Printing History | £45.00 | |
|
Beriah Botfield Autograph letters signed (x 4) to "J. Strathall" Bibliographer (1807-1863). Total 5pp., three 8vo, one 4to, mainly concerning his exploration of his own family history (Boteville, etc.). |
Book Trade History, History | £200.00 | |
|
Bernard Boedder, S.J. 3 Autograph Letters Signed to William Matthews. Catholic theologian, author of 'Natural Theology' (1891). All three letters are on 16mo bifoliates. The first two are 3 pages, and the last is 2 pages. All in good condition, but all with some discolouration and closed tears, and with pin marks in one corner. All three letters concern James... |
£200.00 | ||
|
Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward (1816-1869), Librarian in Ordinary to the Queen, Windsor Castle Autograph Letter Signed ('B. B. Woodward') to 'Dr Reynolds'. 12mo, 3 pp. Bifolium. Thirty-three lines of text. Good, on aged paper, with slight traces of glue from mount on blank reverse of second leaf. Apologising for not being able to join Reynolds' party, because of the visit of 'a gentleman' who 'is coming from the country to me on business of... |
Art and Architecture | £38.00 |
 |