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Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
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Victor de Cottens (1862-1956), French dramatist, librettist and director, associated with the Folies Bergère, Olympia music hall and Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris The material is in fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Items Two and Three are addressed to ‘Cher ami’. De Cottens’ handwriting is somewhat opaque. ONE: ANS, 14 May [no year]. The letterhead includes an engraved illustration of the Queen’s Hotel in Leicester Square. 1p, 12mo. ‘Cher Monsieur... |
£50.00 | ||
Arnold Bennett, novelist (propaganda in France 1918) One page, 12mo, fold mark, minor smudging, text clear and complete, good condition. In further reference to your letter of the 17th, and in particular to the last paragraph of it, the general notion seems to be that the French are not inclined to read whole books on the subject though they will... |
£150.00 | ||
Cecil Aldin [Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin] (1870-1935), artist and illustrator of animals, hunting scenes and rural life Letter A. Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. Some time ago you very kindly offered to walk a puppy [for?] me. I have a nice litter now ready to go out. Can I send you one over [...]; Letter B. Three pages, 12mo, bifolium good condition. Come over on Sunday by all means if you can manage... |
£100.00 | ||
Charles de Gaulle, army officer and statesman [William Walton, composer; Malcolm Sargent, conductor]. One page of letterheard, 12mo, minor foxing not affecting text. WITH: Printed Programme for the Memorial Service for Charles de Gaulle former President of the French Republic 1890 1970, in St Paul's Cathedral, pamphlet, 10 pp.4to, fold mark down middle. See Images. |
£400.00 | ||
H. J. Samuell's Guide to Sydney, 1897. 16mo (13.5 x 10.5 cm), 288 pp. In original black and red printed wraps, illustrated on front with illustrations relating to the city. Fold-out 'Map of Sydney' (26 x 38 cm) in black and grey, with advertisements on reverse. Lacking the fold-out map which should be present on a stub between pp 124... |
£225.00 | ||
R. H. Tawney [Richard Henry Tawney] (1880-1962), English Christian socialist, economist and historian. Two pages, 12mo, very good condition. He apologises for a late response. I have thought carefully over what you say. It is kind of you o think of me again for Toynbee. But I feel that my work lies on other lines. | My knowledge of [Murray? Perhaps Gilbert?] is very slight. I only met him once... |
£580.00 | ||
William Somerville, poet who wrote in many genres and is especially remembered for The Chace. Strip from an endpaper(?), 12.5 x 1.5, laid down on sl. larger paper, aged but clear. A scarce autograph! See Image. Note: Of his best-known poems, especially The Chace (1735). That poem, written in Miltonic blank verse, traces the history of hunting up to the Norman Conquest of England (1066)... |
Literature | £180.00 | |
Thomas Osborne (1632-1712), 1st Duke of Leeds, or his son Admiral Peregrine Osborne (1659-1729), 2nd Duke of Leeds [Viscount Osborne, Earl of Danby, Marquis of Carmarthen] [Sir Francis Child the elder See the entries on the two Dukes in the Oxford DNB, as well as that of Sir Francis Child the elder. Both Dukes are significant; the first was a leading Tory politician and one of the ‘immortal seven’ who invited William of Orange to England, and the second was a naval adviser to Peter the Great... |
£600.00 | ||
William Lowndes, Secretary to the Treasury from 1695; Member of Parliament. One page, sm. folio, bifolium, aged and stained, with portion lost through removal of seal, text clear and complete. See Image. Note on verso of second leaf: Mr. Lowndes to pay the Recoyned Money Into the Exchequer. Letter as follows: I am Commanded by yr Lords Commrs of her Maty Treas[ur]y to... |
Economics, Miscellaneous | £0.00 | |
J. Buckworth, Ch. Duncombe, Ja. Hoare, Commissioners for the [Royal] Mint One page, sm. folio, bifolium, closed tears repaired, fold marks, aging, and sl. foxing, BUT text clear and complete, if obscure at times, and semi-literate. SEE IMAGE. Text: May it please yr Lo[rdshi]ps | In obedience To your Lordships [referr...?] of ye 7th Instant, Re [?] to the offer of Mr... |
Social history | £580.00 |