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Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
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Martin Fischer (b. c. 1931), viola player with the Berlin Philharmonic, husband of soprano Helga Fischer [Richard Hutchins of Waynflete ] A total of 50pp., of which 46pp. are 8vo, and 4pp. are 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and creased. Some letters also signed on behalf of his wife Helga and their son Andreas. Also present is the first page of a fifteenth letter, dated from Paris, 19 May 1972. An affectionate... |
£380.00 | ||
Sir Richard Harington (1861-1931) of Ridlington, temporary Chief Justice of Gibraltar, 1892 and 1901 [ Sir Henry More Jackson, Colonial Secretary; Sir Robert Biddulph, Governor; Royal Fusiliers ] Thirteen items from the Harington family papers. Sir Richard Harington of Ridlington, 12th Baronet, was educated at Eton and Christ College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar in 1886, he practised as a barrister on the Oxford Circuit before taking up an appointment as a Puisne Judge in the High Court... |
Law | £380.00 | |
G. H. Lewes [George Henry Lewes] (1817-1878), critic and philosopher, editor of the Fortnightly Review, 'husband' of the novelist 'George Eliot' (Mary Ann Evans) [Reginald Stuart Poole (1832-1895)] 2pp, 12mo. Twenty-seven lines of text. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. A nice item, giving an indication of Lewes's editorial principles at the Fortnightly Review (he held the position from 1865 to the following year). Addressed to 'R. S. Poole'. He begins by explaining that he... |
£380.00 | ||
Robert Lax (1915-2000), American poet, friend of Thomas Merton; Emil Antonucci (1929-2006), artist, illustrator and proprietor of the Journeyman Press, New York [Christopher Fry] [55]pp, 8vo. Number 448 of 500 copies, with colophon signed by 'Robert Lax' and illustrator 'Emil Antonucci'. In quarter binding of spine in plain black cloth and paper boards on which are printed circus photographs by Charles Harbutt. Nice inscription on front free endpaper: 'For Mr & Mrs... |
£380.00 | ||
Olga Grabowsky [Joseph Conrad]. [Olga Grabowsky] Typescript (carbon), A Study of 'Lord Jim' [by Joseph Conrad] 138pp., sm.fol, paper wraps, faded in parts, good condition. Unpublished. INSCRIBED by the Author on the titlepage, To my dearest friends Mrs and Mr Gray, as a remembrance of our friendship and a souvenir of my English studies. | With all my love. | Olga Grabowsky | 3/954 [Almeres?]. CONTENTS... |
£380.00 | ||
John William Colenso (1814-1883), controversial Bishop of Natal, subject of ‘The Colenso Case’, excommunicated from the Church of England [Rev. H. C. Scudamore; Robert Gray, Bishop of Cape Town] Colenso’s enormous significance in the history of Victorian theology and ideas is reflected by a long entry by Peter Hinchcliff in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Prominent among Colenso’s critics was Matthew Arnold, who mocked him as ‘that favourite pontiff of the Philistines’.)... |
£380.00 | ||
Peter Romilly (1712–1784), Huguenot jeweller, father of Sir Samuel Romilly, great-uncle of Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), physician and lexicographer, compiler of 'Roget's Thesaurus' [Luigi Cornaro] Alvise Cornaro (d.1566), usually known as Luigi Cornaro, published the four books of his celebrated ‘Discorsi’ between 1583 and 1595. For Peter Romilly, see his son Sir Samuel Romilly’s entry in the Oxford DNB, and also that of his grand-nephew P. M. Roget. Autograph manuscript of unpublished... |
£380.00 | ||
[William Lambard (presumably descendant of the Antiquary); John Amherst (father of the General); Church Wardens; Overseers. Apparently a rare survival but I'd welcome information. One page, folio, fold marks, foxing, some rough edges, but text clear and complete. Headed by Royal Coat-of-Arms (Dieu et Mon Droit). Signed by Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of Sevenoaks (signatures of Thomas Reeeve, John Summers... |
History, Law, Social history | £380.00 | |
Thomas Short, inventor of telescopes, brother of James Short who invented a telescope used by Captain Cook. Also signed on the reverse by [A.C. Cuddon?] AND the Earl of Rochford [William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford (1717 O.S. -1781) courtier, diplomat and statesman.]. TWO PAGES, sm. fol., fold marks, edges stained, discreet repairs, text clear and complete, commencing To the Kings... |
£380.00 | ||
John Bowring [Sir John Bowring or Phraya Siamanukulkij Siammitrmahayot (1792-1872), British political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong.] Two pages, 8vo, blue paper, fold marks, slight damage at fold not affecting text, mainly good condition. Despite a neat appearance, a difficult hand occasionally. Text: Of our disaster [underlined] you will have heard from others. I know you will not be displeased to hear of our safety from us... |
History, Travel and Topography | £380.00 |