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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Barthélémy Édouard Cousinéry [Barthelemy Edouard Cousinery] (1790-1851), of the Ministere des Travaux Publics, Ponts et Chaussées, pioneer of projective geometry Autograph Letter Signed ('Cousinery \| Ingr en Chf') to 'Monsieur Legrand, Sous Secrètaire d'État des Travaux Publics'. 4to: 2 pp. Text clear and entire on lightly creased, grubby and dogeared paper. Titled by Cousinéry 'Création d'un Musée des Travaux Publics, Envoi d'une Note à ce sujet.' The note is not present. The letter concludes 'Permettez moi [...] d'insister, cependant, sur la facilité que procurerait...	French, Science, Medicine and Technology	£56.00
[John Bower Jodrell (1747-1796) of Henbury, Cheshire; his wife Frances Bower Jodrell (c.1751-1821); Egerton Leigh of Twemlow; his wife Elizabeth Leigh; John Glegg of Old Withington] Legal property document between John Bower Jodrell of Henbury, Cheshire; his wife Frances; Egerton Leigh of Twemlow; his wife Elizabeth; and John Glegg of Old Withington. Signed by all five, each with five red wax seals. Folio, 3 pp. With two embossed government stamps, and government half penny tax stamp in black ink. The five signatures on p.3 are each accompanied by a red wax seal. At the direction of Glegg ('Sole Executor of the last Will and Testament of the said Ann Jodrell deceased'), the five 'have and...	History	£80.00
Basil Williams [Arthur Frederic Basil Williams; War Refugees Committee, Folkestone] Typed Letter Signed to Sir Henry Wood, [Secretary,] Royal Society of Arts. Historian (1867-1950), who 'organised reception of Belgian Refugees at Folkestone for L.G.B., 1914 (Med. du Roi Albert)' (Who's who). One page, quarto. Good. Folded three times. Docketed and bearing the Society's stamp. Signed 'Basil Williams'. In answer to Wood's telegram Williams replies 'I am...	Military and Naval History, Social history	£45.00
'The Four Comets America's Whirlwind Skaters' [Troy Hoskins; Dolly Hoskins; Pauline Same; Bob Saras; Bonar Colleano; Willy Reichert; roller-skating; variety entertainment] Typed Letter Signed by Troy and Dollie Hoskins for 'The Four Comets \| Dollie, Pauline [Same], Bob [Saras] & "Hank" ' to 'Dear Friends' [the variety entertainers Bonar and Rubye Colleano], concerning an appearance in Austria with Willy Reichert. 4to, 4 pp. 43 typed lines, and two-line manuscript postscript. Signed in pencil 'Sincerely \| Dollie & Troy.', with the name of the troupe typed over this. Text clear and complete on discoloured and creased paper. Chatty and humorous letter. 'By the time you read this letter we will have...	Music and Theatre	£95.00
Ethel Colburn Mayne (1865-1941), Irish novelist, short-story writer, biographer, literary critic, journalist and translator. [ Ethel Colburn Mayne, Irish author ] Autograph Letter Signed "Ethel Mayne" to Clifford Bax, author and editor, shwoing pleasure at something of hers featuring in "The Golden Hind" and discussing John Austen, also present. Two pages, cr. 8vo, torn from pad so rough at top, fold marks, good condition, occasionally difficult to read. "I have tried over and over again to get this letter written. Of course I want to thanks you for my place in "The Golden Hind" and to say how proud I am to be there. And the other...		£400.00
Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936), British novelist and suffragette [George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.] Autograph Letter Signed [to the publishers Messrs George Routledge & Sons]. Two pages, 12mo. Good, with minor effects of damp. Text clear and entire. Twenty-five lines. Harraden has found an old acquaintance, Mrs Charles Routledge ('the widow of the son of Colonel Robert Warne Routledge'), in 'very distressing circumstances; she had been very ill from blood poisoning in...	Literature, Music and Theatre, Women	£100.00
Beatrice Mildmay autograph letter signed to the artist Shirley Slocombe Sister of the M.P. Francis Bingham Mildmay. 'I am afraid we shall not be able to avail ourselves of your most kind invitation to view your portraits as we leave town for good on Friday. I shall hope to see your Portrait of Lady Milton, later on.' In a letter of 9 January 1898 F. B. Mildmay...	Art and Architecture	£20.00
Beatrice Webb (1858-1943) [Martha Beatrice Potter Webb], wife of Sydney Webb [The Fabian Society; Socialism] Autograph Signature ('Beatrice Webb'). Good, bold signature on slip of laid paper (presumably cut from letter) roughly 3.5 x 11.5 cm. In good condition. Simply reads 'Beatrice Webb'.	History, Social history, Women	£18.00
Bedminster and Redcliff, Bristol [Rev. Arthur Hawkins Ward (1832-1906)] Printed document proposing a nursery for Bedminster and Redcliff, headed 'To the Glory of the Holy Child Jesus, And in Memory of The Manger of Bethlehem.' On one side of a piece of paper 28 x 22 cm. Text clear and complete. Aged and creased, with two small areas of slight loss (not affecting text) and closed tears. Part of previous mount adhering to the reverse. Twenty-four lines beneath the title, with the whole enclosed within a border. Begins...		£56.00
Ben Abramson, American bookseller and publisher (1898-1955). Typed Letter Signed to Eimar O'Duffy, Irish author. One page, 4to, good condition. He gives belated thanks for writing to them "and sending us your contribution for our catalogue." They delayed so that thanks would accompany a copy of the catalogue. They have sent the catalogue under separate cover and "hope you will find it enertaining. Too, we...	Book Trade History, Literature	£60.00