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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
William O. Priestley. Autograph Letter Signed to “Howes”, Physician (1829-1900)(DNB). 2pp., 8vo, , traces of mounting, saying that, with the help of Lord Herschell, they can have their soiree in the Imperial Institute. He was prevented from going to “Huxley’s funeral”.	Science, Medicine and Technology	£45.00
T. S. Frank Battersby [Thomas Stephenson Francis Battersby (1855-1933)], M.A., K.C., author; with preface by Sir Edward H. Carson, M.P.; Unionist Associations of Ireland, Dublin and Belfast [Home Rule, 1912.] Printed item: ‘A “Modern Eye”-Opener. 60 Points against Home Rule (A reply to the Daily News “50 Points in Favour of Home Rule”) by T. S. Frank Battersby, M.A., K.C. With a preface by The Right Hon. Sir Edward H. Carson, M.P.' From the Sylvia and Robert Lynd papers. Scarce: three copies on JISC and in NLI. The Lynd copies of the first and third editions of the work to which this is a response are offered separately. 76pp (vi + 66 + [4]), 12mo. Stapled. In printed card wraps with vertical red, white and blue bands on...		£80.00
William P. Wreden; Francis Edwards Ltd, London booksellers Typed Invoice (docked in manuscript 'Copy') from Francis Edwards Ltd to Wreden. One page. Dimensions of paper roughly six and a half inches by eight wide. Spotted, aged and creased, and with some closed tears. Addressed to Wreden at 'Box 56, Palo Alto, Cal., U.S.A.' For '3 reg'd bookpost parcels', and headed 'Hodgson's Sale 25th Nov. 1954'. Lots 204 and 205 purchased for a...	Book Trade History	£30.00
William Palmer. The Queen v. Palmer. Verbatim Report of the Trial of William Palmer . . . 1856. 326pp., 8vo, half lea. worn and bumped, marbled boards, some damage to spine, contents mainly good but some foxing.	History, Social history	£100.00
William Parr Greswell (1765-1854), Anglican clergyman and bibliographer [Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. P. Greswell') to an unnamed bookseller [Thomas Thorpe?]. 4to, 2 pp. Thirty lines of text. Clear and complete. On aged and grubby paper. One closed tear and minor traces of mount to extremities. An interesting letter, casting light on the relationship between bookseller and knowledgeable client in Georgian England. He gives the conditions under which...	Book Trade History	£75.00
William Percival Westell Autograph Letter Signed to Mr [?] Grinling. Fellow of the Linnaean Society, Naturalist and first curator of the Letchworth Museum. 2 pages, 8vo, in good condition, but with slight damp damage to one margin not affecting text. Closely written. 'I thought you would like to know that our Naturalist's 'Society' & Museum here are...	Natural History	£45.00
William Pitt the younger [James Sayers (1748-1823), artist; Richard James Lane (1800-72), line engraver and lithographer; Graf & Soret] Coloured lithographic portrait engraving of 'THE RIGHT HONBLE. WILLIAM PIT. \| From an original drawing by the late Mr. Sayers in the possession of Francis Turner Esqr. \| Drawn on Stone by R. J. L. [i.e. Richard James Lane]'. EXCESSIVELY RARE. Apparently not present in the National Portrait Gallery collection. The portrait is on a piece of India paper roughly four and a half inches by three and a half wide, mounted on a piece of thick wove paper roughly eleven inches by eight and a half wide. The mount bears the text...	Art and Architecture, History	£150.00
[Victorian Scottish puzzle book; parlour games; charades; riddles, pastimes; Cameron & Co., publishers, Glasgow, Scotland] [Printed item.] Evening Pastimes; or, Amusements for Hearths and Homes: A Magazine of Fun and Frolic; Containing Parlour Games and Forfeits, Riddles, Enigmas, Charades, Conundrums, Practical Puzzles, and Paradoxes, [...] 128pp., 12mo. In original wraps, with 11.5 x 7 cm label pasted on cover with coloured illustration of a man performing a magic trick for a group of ladies, beneath the title 'EVENING PASTIMES \| OR AMUSEMENTS FOR \| HEARTHS AND HOMES'. In fair condition, a tight copy on aged paper, in worn wraps....	Social history	£120.00
William Rae McPhun, Glasgow printseller and bookseller; G. F. Sargent; George Greatbach, London engraver [New York; prints; engravings; maps] Original steel engraving, drawn by G. F. Sargent and engraved by G. Greatbach, captioned 'City of New York'. Dimensions of print 12.5 x 19.5 cm. On paper 16 x 24.5 cm. Good clean impression, with six or seven spots of foxing in the margin and a little wear in the bottom left-hand copy. Striking detailed view of the city with sailboats and steamships in the harbour, and the major buildings and layout of...	History, Travel and Topography	£56.00
William Rae McPhun, Glasgow printseller and bookseller; G. F. Sargent; George Greatbach, London engraver [New York; prints; engravings; maps] Original steel engraving, drawn by G. F. Sargent and engraved by G. Greatbach, captioned 'City of New York'. Dimensions of print 12.5 x 19.5 cm. On paper 16 x 24.5 cm. Good clean impression, with six or seven spots of foxing in the margin and a little wear in the bottom left-hand copy. Striking detailed view of the city with sailboats and steamships in the harbour, and the major buildings and layout of...	Art and Architecture, History, Travel and Topography	£56.00