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J. Würtz [Commission Scientifique pour l'exploration des Antiquités Américaines, Paris] Autograph Letter Signed ('J Würtz'), in French, to 'mon cher Martin' 8vo, 3 pp. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. In a difficult hand. Apparently relating to a proposed meeting and dinner for 'tous les trois' (including ''). It is curiously difficult to discover anything, either about Würtz or about the Commission. |
French, History | £45.00 | |
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J.A. Lawson. The Wandering Naturalists. A Story of Adventure. Advert. leaf, Title-page, pp.[1]-302, sl. shaken, hinge strain, corners bumped, some marking, but still a goodlooking book. The first thrust of the plot isan expedition, plant-hunting in Northern India and the Himalayas which they cross to Seksura on the River Arun in Nepal(possibly invented... |
Natural History, Travel and Topography | £100.00 | |
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J.B. Arbuthnot,under pseud. "Sassenach" 128pp., 8vo. Foxing, covers marked, pictorial dj damaged (protected with plastic, sound. INSCRIBED by the author who published the book pseudonymously as "Sassenach": "With best wishes from the Author / JB Arbuthnot / Dec 8th 1932". |
History | £100.00 | |
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J.B. Buckstone Autograph letter signed to unnamed male correspondent, English comic actor and dramatist (1802-79). 2 pp, 12mo. Concerning the staging of a new play. "Yates has the first & 2d acts complete - It must be in 4 parts / I am now on the 4th.: when can I have the sheets & illustrations of the entire romance?" Details of the first two acts follow... |
Music and Theatre | £50.00 | |
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J.B. Buckstone. Autograph letter, third person, to the Editor of "The Advertiser". Actor and dramatist (1802-1879). Three pages, 8vo, some marking but good condition. He asks for a mention of his Benefit. It is his last night at the Haymarket before he joins Madame Vestris at the Lyceum. He names the play, "The Beaux Startagem", adds that "Mr John Reeve son of the late... |
Music and Theatre | £50.00 | |
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David P. Thomson, M.D., &c., Hon. Secretary to the Executive Committee [Liverpool Royal Institution] 4to, 1 p. Dimensions 20.5 x 25 cm. 42 lines of text, in a variety of point sizes. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper. A varied bill, more entertainment than instruction, beginning 'The Museum will be thrown open at six o'clock', with references to 'the electric... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £225.00 |
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J.C. Squire. Typed Letter Signed to De V. Payen-Payne. Poet and man of letters (1884-1958). One page, 4to, fold marks, sl. wear, text readable. " . . . I think the occasion for using that poem by Collins would be the next occasion on which we mention - as we are bound to mention - the Artist's Rifles [last work in ms.]/ It will go in very nicely if... |
Literature | £45.00 | |
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J.C. Watkins. Autograph note signed to an unnamed bookseller. John Cheese Watkins, bookseller. Two pages, 8vo, ragged edges (perhaps some loss), text readable. "<??> of the within being forwarded at a certainty [inserted phrase ] by the Coach from the - which leaves London either on Friday night or Saturday morning early --- & which will... |
Book Trade History | £45.00 | |
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J.E. Alexander Autograph Note Signed to "Grey" of the British Museum General and military writer (1803-1885). One page, 8vo. He encloses a memorandum (?) about "Mr Fowler's Colonial Fishes of Canada" (drawings), asking if any of his friends would like to subscribe. The memorandum is written on a conjoint page and is from R.J. Fowler. He is anxious for his... |
Book Trade History | £35.00 | |
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J.E. Bicheno, Autograph Letter, third person, to a Miss Maxwell Colonial secretary , Van Diemen's Land. 1.5pp., 8vo. He discusses the physical composition of a necklace. (Bicheno's works on Law and the Irish economy are listed on the reverse in a different hand.) |
Economics, Law | £30.00 |