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George A. Bain, Auctioneer ('Under Management of WILLIAM POST & SON') [AUCTION CATALOGUE; EQUESTRIAN; POLO] CATALOGUE: Six unpaginated leaves, 8vo. Diagonal blue stripe printed on front and back covers. Unbound. In very good condition despite slight rust staining from staples and paper clip. The prices fetched and purchasers of the thirty-five lots are given in pencil. LETTER: one page, 4to, in very... |
£120.00 | ||
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George A. Lawrence [George Alfred Lawrence] (1827-1876), English novelist Autograph Note Signed ('George A Lawrence') to unnamed publisher [Tinsley?]. 12mo, 1 p. Six lines. Mourning border. Text clear and complete. Aged, creased and a little grubby. Asking to be sent '4 copies of "The Butterfly", if ready', and if not to be told 'when it will be'. Lawrence published his 'Breaking a Butterfly; Or Blanche Ellerslie's Ending' anonymously by... |
Book Trade History, Literature | £35.00 |
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George A. Lawrence [George Alfred Lawrence] (1827-1876), English novelist [Miss Caulfield; George Routledge] Autograph Letter Signed ('George A Lawrence') to an unnamed publisher [George Routledge?]. 16mo (leaf dimensions 13 x 10 cm), 3 pp. Bifolium. Twenty-eight lines. Text clear and complete. On aged and lightly creased paper with small closed tear in margin (not affecting text). He has been asked by 'Miss Caulfield' to 'perform the ceremony of "introduction" with a view to your publishing... |
Book Trade History, Literature | £35.00 |
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George Agar-Ellis [George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover] (1797-1833), politician and patron of the arts [William Jerdan (1782-1869), editor of the Literary Gazette; Sir Henry Halford] Autograph Letter Signed ('G Agar Ellis') to Jerdan, with seal. 12mo, 1 p. In a bifolium, addressed and docketed on the reverse of the second leaf, to which the red wax seal adheres, in good condition with a clear impression of Agar-Ellis's monogram. Fair, on aged and grubby paper. If Jerdan has 'quite done' with Agar-Ellis's copy of 'G<?>'s... |
£38.00 |
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Frederick William Fairholt (c.1813-1866), artist and antiquary 1p., 12mo. In good condition, lightly-aged, with fold to one corner. Fairholt's handwriting is legible, but unfortunately the names of the recipient and subject of the letter are not so. It begins: ' seems very anxious to come to some arrangement. Can we meet on the point. I do not know if you... |
£50.00 | ||
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George Alder. Autograph Letter Signed to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and others. George Alder (1; [1844?]) discusses the nature of a "new periodical" for which he hopes Hewlett will write (prob. the short-lived "Great Gun" - see Bell (#3128) and Gruneisen below), naming potential fellow-contributors in confidence. Originally from a larger archive, the residue of which is... |
Book Trade History, Literature | £50.00 | |
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Charles R. Drysdale, M.D. 94pp., 12mo, printed green wraps, spotted, staples rusted, spine worn, title-page spotted, rest good. Scarce. |
Economics | £80.00 | |
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George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson) one autograph letter signed to Miss Home, English actor-manager (1858-1918), knighted in 1911. "The actors Benevolent Trust is our institution for relief of deserving cases - if your friend will apply to me by letter & state her case freely I will lay it before the committee of which I am a member." Traces of previous mounting on... |
Music and Theatre | £20.00 | |
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George Algernon Fothergill [BOOKPLATES] Signed bookplate (one of edition of fifty), 'EX LIBRIS | Attilae Secundi'. Paper dimensions roughly five inches by seven. Dimensions of illustration four and a half inches by five. Very good. Dated '1914' within body of illustration above the word 'Frightfulness' in gothic. With 'GAF' beneath body of illustration, above 'EX LIBRIS | Attilae Secundi | The Nook | St... |
Book Trade History | £56.00 |
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Edgar Tarry Adams (1852-1926), Essex brewer, artist and collector of maritime instruments [ Sir Richard Harington of Ridlington (1861-1931), 12th Baronet ] 2pp.,12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. He has been informed by 'Mr. Hill of the Victoria & Albert Museum' that Harington has 'a Backstaff'. Adams has been 'looking out for one for some years' without success and would like to purchase Harington's if he has 'no use for it. 'I... |
£40.00 |