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Austin Brereton autograph note signed to Clement Shorter Stage historian. One page, 8vo.He thanks Shorter for the loan of some books and asks for another. |
Literature | £25.00 | |
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Austin Clarke Original beige wrap, sunned and dusted, worn and chipped edges and spine, small closed tear at top front wrap, contents slightly foxed, mainly good. Enclosure (loose): Blank Order Form for this pamphlet including statement of limitation (300 printed). Scarce. |
Literature | £150.00 | |
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Australian Northern Territory Land Orders, 1870 ballot 3 pp, in a bifolium. Leaf dimensions 33.5 x 21 cm. Clear and complete. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Each page divided into four columns of small type, each column headed 'LONDON REGISTER' and containing numbers under three heads: the first being 'No. of Land Order', and the other... |
Travel and Topography | £150.00 |
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Author illegible [B. Thickins?] Autograph [letter] list signed, half only to Baynes, Bookseller, No. 54 Paternoster Row, London. Autograph letter/order/list, top half lost, leaving frayed edge and some loss of text, generally poor condition but most of text clear.. Remainder a list as follows: "1 Epistle to Peter Pindar 2n[d] [Edi]tion - 2/ [shillings] Wright/ 1 Thett on the Prophesies[sic] - Rivingtons/ [tickedby... |
Book Trade History | £80.00 | |
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B. A. Van Proosdij [H. J. Rose, translator; Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804-1886); Carel Gabriel Cobet (1813-1889); Leiden University] 8vo, 47 pp. In original grey printed wraps. With frontispiece portrait of Madvig and one plate. Good, in dusty wraps. Presentation copy, with card 'With the compliments of Dr B. A. Van Proosdij, Scientific Advisor to Messrs. Brill' loosely inserted. Divided into four parts: 'The Intellectual... |
History, Literature | £50.00 | |
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B. Reynell [Victorian, Edwardian illustration; railway locomotives; steam engines] Detailed pencil illustrations of nine steam engines [locomotives]. Landscape sketchbook of twelve leaves. Dimensions of each leaf roughly 26.5 x 38 cm. Unbound and stitched. In original brown patterned wraps. Good, on lightly discoloured and spotted drawing paper, with some wear to extremities, heavy wear at head of spine, and in heavily-worn wraps. The first... |
£200.00 | ||
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B.B. Woodward. Autograph Letter Signed to [Samuel Christie-Miller]. Librarian at Windsor Castle. Three pages, 8vo, good condition. "I am one of hte unfortunates of the earth . . ." He is unable to accept an invitation to Britwell (hence the identification of Samuel Christie-Miller as the correspondent) because he "cannot keep off the demands of the printers any... |
Book Trade History, Printing History | £50.00 | |
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B.B. Woodward. Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs de Salis. Librarian at Windsor Castle (DNB). Three pages, 8vo, good condition. He has received a reply to his letter to publishers, Chapman & Hall who claim to have sent "No.II" (prob. of ‘The Fine Arts Quarterly Review,’ which appeared from May 1863 to June 1867, which Woodward founded and edited) at... |
Book Trade History, Royalty | £45.00 | |
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B.J. Marsollier de Vivetieres. Manuscript. Funeral oration unsigned. French dramatist. One page, 4to, some damage in corner with loss of serval letters and words, with corrections. Note on reverse in different hand make the ascription to Marsollier: "Oraison funebre de Monsieur Marsollier [prononcee?] le 13 Avril 1815 / autographe". Oration to a "femme jeune... |
French, Music and Theatre | £450.00 | |
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B.L. Farjeon, novelist Autograph Letter Signed to "William Lyster", operatic entrepreneur, introduced Wagner to Australia. One page, 8vo, grubby but text clear and complete. He introduces a colleague from his Green Room, Frederick Mervin, whom he describes as a good fellow as well as an actor and singer of ability. He hopes his correspondent will make Mervin's "trip to the Colonies pleasant to him (presumably... |
Literature, Music and Theatre | £56.00 |
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