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Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), poet and author, socialist and homosexual activist, friend of Rabindranath Tagore, and a friend of Walt 2pp., landscape 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. The recipient is not named or addressed, the letter starting abruptly after the date: 'I like your portrait much. Thanks for sending it. Yes, the people are [last word underlined] fools, and the mills of God grind slowly. Nevertheless the... |
£250.00 | ||
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Thomas Walley (1872-1947), editor of 'Engineering', London journal founded in 1866 [ Lieut-Col. Percy John Cowan (1876-1954) and Herbert Henry Johnson (c.1875-1957), joint editors ] Walley has converted one volume of a printed diary ('The Business Year Book' for 1923, by the R. C. Maxwell Co., Trenton, New Jersey) into a continuous table listing all the articles contributed between 27 November 1925 and 17 January 1934. Entries are compiled with the meticulous attention to... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £750.00 | |
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[Newspaper] [ Periodical; political & literary ] Extracts from The Britannia [.] Conservative Weekly Newspaper 16pp., 8vo, formerly sewn but stab marks only left, hence disbound, dulled but good condition. From the initial Address the newspaper has been in existence only 12 months, and this is the first digest, with stirring poems by Havali, a Sketches of Character exclusive to the paper, by Mrs S.C.... |
£320.00 | ||
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Edward Caruana Dingli, Maltese artist. Four pages, 12mo, a word for a part of a destroyed building cut out (text runs, including part of the [...cut out, in fact CENSORED]), otherwise clear and in good condition. He begins by discussing Tuckwell's recent operation, praising doctors,concluding that it's no wonder your nation heads the... |
Art and Architecture | £350.00 | |
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Lady Margaret Sackville [ Pamphlet; poetry ] A Rhymed Sequence One of 50 copies (numbered 33}, 8pp., 4to, printed paper wraps, sewn, with device of the Press on front cover/title, good condition. |
£50.00 | ||
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Lord Horder [ Offprint; medical; Inscribed by Author ] The Use and Abuse of Rest Paginated [1]-4, 8vo, unbound as issued, sl. chipped, minor fold marks, mainly good condition. Inscribed Sincerely Yours, | Horder | 7/xi/47 |
£25.00 | ||
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Sir Philip Hartog, A.N. Meldrum and Sir Harold Hartley [ Pamphlet; inscribed by Hartog ] The Bicentenary of Joseph Priestley Paginated 896-920, beige wraps, sl. worn, vestiges of postage stamp on back cover, fold marks (postal wear and tear), contents good. Inscribed on front cover top, T W.H.D. from P.J.H[artog]. |
£100.00 | ||
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[ Robert Owen, revolutionary; Gilbert Bayes, sculptor ] [ Robert Owen; Donation leaflet ] Robert Owen Statue Committee, Newtown. Robert Owen Statue Appeal. One page, 20 x 32.5cm (sm. fol.), minor creasing and wear, fold mark at centre. With biographical details, description of the proposed statue with photograph of the model to be transformed (Owen protecting child), officers of the Committee, and at bottom, blank form for a donation (concluding "... |
£45.00 | ||
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Henri Haener [Hoener ], Imprimeur du Roi, Nancy, France [Printer to the King] Four pages including address panel, 4to, bifolium, edges dulled, a little foxing. He outlines what he has done (sending things?), in a one page letter, and, on the other two pages, given a detailed account of what he has done for the bookseller from December 1787 to May 1788, including "... |
Book Trade History, French, Printing History | £450.00 |
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Sir Henry Morgan Vane (1808-1886), Secretary of the Charity Commission, Whitehall 4pp., foolscap 8vo. On bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Neatly written in another hand. The text relates to 'capitation payments' in relation to 'The School' at Whitbourne, and begins: 'Sir | The trust deed which the Commissioners desire to see is not that of which an account... |
£90.00 |