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J.N. Dancer Autograph Letter Signed, 4pp., 4to, to A. Winburne The Examiners' Office in early C19th England. Winburne has made suggestions for improving the Examiners' Office. Dancer replies with a review of the nature and problems of the Office, the nature of witnesses (unclean, diseased), the place of interview (a prison room, etc.). Dancer describes the... |
£250.00 | ||
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J.R. Seeley Autograph letter signed to unnamed correspondent Historian and essayist (1834-1895). One page, 8vo. He discussses Baron Tauchnitz's involvement in one of his books [probably the "Life and Times of Stein; or, Germany & Prussia in the Napoleonic Age" (Todd 1849, Cambridge, 1878)]. "As to the honorarium, I am advised that Baron Tauchnitz... |
Book Trade History, History | £35.00 | |
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J.T. Nettleship Autograph Letter Signed, 2pp., 8vo, to Mrs Cash Painter, essayist and critic (1841-1902). He explains why he cannot go on an excursion. He expects to have to paint a python on the point of shedding its skin. |
Art and Architecture | £25.00 | |
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J.W. Blakesley, Dean of Lincoln, former "Apostle" (as Tennyson, etc.)(DNB). Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev. S.S. Lewis. 3pp., 12mo, good condition. "It is not in my power to let any MS go out the Library or Muniment Room, without the consent of the Chapter . . . I should be glad if you would send me a formal application . . . describing the MS so as to identify it exactly . . . " |
Religion | £45.00 | |
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[Charles Townsend, Rector of Kingston-by-Sea, Sussex] Townsend was a member of the Holland House circle. Two of his poems were compared favourably with Wordsworth by J. G. Lockhart. 4to, 80 pp, followed by a manuscript leaf, paginated 81 and 82, with the poems 'Sonnet, On Viewing St Paul's from Blackfriar's Bridge' and 'Sonnet | Richmond late in... |
Literature | £350.00 | |
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[Friedrich Schneider] [Printed] Les Ivoires du Bas-Rhin et de la Meuse au Musee de Darmstadt Pamphlet, [12]pp. 4to, grey wraps, simple boards for binding, minimal foxing, pages reinforced, good+ condition. With the bookplate of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Front board docketed with name of author and brief title. |
£95.00 | ||
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Augustus J.C. Hare [Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834 – 1903), writer and raconteur.] [Augustus Hare] Autograph Letter Signed Augustus J.C. Hare to My dear James with sociable chit-chat. Three pages, 12mo. bifolium, black-bordered, good condition. He's sorry to have missed him in London but a nasty cough drove him home where it is better. He hopes for reciprocal visits in Gloucestershire. Ernest is at 17 New Inn Hall St[.] I must say I admired his pluck in going back to Oxford... |
£50.00 | ||
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J[ames] Rodwell, bookseller "late Partner with & Successor to Mr. Faulder" (BBTI does not mention the partnership) One page, 7 x 4.5", good condition. Annual Register |
Book Trade History | £35.00 | |
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J[ames]. K[enneth]. Stephen [JACK THE RIPPER] First edition. 12mo. Pages: 2 ('BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LAPSUS CALAMI.') + x + 84 + 4 pages of publishers' advertisements. Very good in original worn light-blue cloth with heavily-worn label on spine. Ownership inscription of Richard E. Benson (1892) on front free endpaper. Stephen was first put forward... |
Literature | £22.00 | |
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Jack B. Yeats; Cuala Press 4to bifolium (27.5 x 18.5 cm): 3 pp. 300 copies only. In fair condition: a little grubby, with a couple of light folds and slight wear to extremities. Hand-coloured illustrations on first (7.5 cm square) and second (7 x 10 cm) pages; full-page black and white illustration ('Derby Day') on third... |
Art and Architecture, Printing History | £100.00 |