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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
James Dashwood (d.1815), Rector of Doddington, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire [Lord Rous, later Earl of Stradbroke] Case of the Rector of Doddington. 8vo: 36 pp. Stitched. In original grey wraps. Text clear and entire on aged and spotted paper, with staining to first leaf. Wraps heavily stained and worn. Title written out in a modern hand on front wrap. Scarce. Four copies on COPAC: at the British Library, Bodleian, Cambridge and Durham....	Religion	£85.00
James Dewar. Autograph Notes Signed (x 2) to Shirley Slocombe, portrait painter Scottish natural philosopher. One page, 8vo. He finds the invitation to a lecture at the "Club" interesting but cannot manage it. He would welcome a copy of "any scientific abstract of the Lecture".	Art and Architecture	£30.00
James Drummond (1767-1851), Viscount Strathallan; Marie Madelaine de St. Janvier, Marquise de Beaupoil de St. Aulaire [Chateau de Courbeton, Seine et Marne, France] Legal agreement, in French, between Drummond and the Marquise de St. Aulaire, for the leasing by Drummond of the Chateau de Courbeton. Signed by both parties ('Mise De St. Aulaire' and 'Jas Drummond'). 8vo, 1 pp. A long document, closely written in a clerical hand. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with slight loss to one corner. Stamped for tax. Signed twice by both parties, and initialled by them on a couple of occasions. Following the defeat of Napoleon, the broken state of the...	Social history	£85.00
John Forster (1812-1876), biographer and critic, friend of Charles Dickens [John Forster; Dickens' friend & biographer] Autograph Letter Signed John Forster to [Alexander Ireland, (1810?1894) Scottish journalist, man of letters, and bibliophile] about donation of his book to the London Library etc. Four pages,16mo, bifolium, good condition. Dear Mr Ireland, \| I will gladly be the means of transmitting your handsome volume [see Note b.] to the London Library. \| I thank you for enabling me thus, even before my return, to glance over its pages. Such are my engagements here - that for the...		£180.00
James Fuller Blumhardt Autograph Letter Signed to [the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. Linguist (died 1922), Professor of Hindustani and Reader of Hindi and Bengali, University College, London, and Teacher of Bengali at Oxford University. Two pages, 12mo. Very good though a little grubby. Docketed and bearing the Society's stamp. 'As I have not heard from you I am afraid there are...		£35.00
[ Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist; his residence Riverside Villas, Sturminster Newton, Dorset ] [ Thomas Hardy, novelist. ] Sepia photograph of Riverside Villas, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, where Hardy wrote 'Return of the Native'. 8.5 x 13.5 cm sepia shiny landscape photographic print on card with rounded corners. Laid down on grey paper backing. In fair condition, fading slightly, with 'T. Hardy wrote Return of the Native here' in top right-hand corner and 'RIVERSIDE' in bottom right hand corner. Shows frontage of house...		£60.00
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose [GLASGOW UNIVERSITY] Autograph Letter Signed to W. J. Daniel, student of the University of Glasgow. Scottish noble (1755-1836) and Chancellor of Glasgow University. 2 pages, 16mo. Creased and with one closed tear, but in good condition overall, and with the blank second leaf of the bifoliate attached to a piece of card. He has received Daniel's letter of 6 January, and although he hopes that '...	Education	£100.00
James Graham, 7th Marquis and 4th Duke of Montrose Stamped, sealed document appointing Robert William Hopkins of Preston 'to be my Sealer and Deputy Keeper of the Seal [of the Duchy of Lancaster]'. Scottish noble (1799-1874), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 1 page, 4to, on blue paper. In good condition despite a number of closed tears. Signed 'Montrose' and with his heavily-smudged red wax seal. Witnessed by 'F. Dawes Danvers \| Duchy of Lancaster Office \| London'. Decorative blind...	Economics	£45.00
James Grant Autograph Letter Signed to [Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co, publishers]. Journalist (1802-79). Three pages, 12mo. Good, but on slightly discoloured grey paper, with some staining from previous mounting to one edge. 'Dear Sirs, \| You will see some of your publications noticed in the Morning Advertiser of to-day. As we mean to make literary notices a feature in our...	Book Trade History, Literature	£28.00
James Hain Friswell Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Randolph'. English novelist and miscellaneous writer (1825-78). Dimensions five inches by four and a half. Good. Mounted along one edge to piece of grey card. Cutting from Times, 15 March 1879, mounted on reverse of letter (giving Friswell's dates as 1827-79), and partly obscured by gum. Reads: '<......	Literature	£28.00