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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Squadron Leader Nigel Rose (1918-2017), Spitfire Pilot with No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Royal Air Force Squadron during the Second World War Battle of Britain [Bentley Priory, Stanmore] [Squadron Leader Nigel Rose, Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Nigel') to Martin Corden, expressing amazement at the 'cult' of the Spitfire, and discussing the sale of Bentley Priory. 2pp, folio. In envelope with stamp and postmark, addressed to Corden's Mill Hill address. Letter folded twice, and letter and envelope in good condition. He begins by thanking him for sending 'the inscribed copy of Ken Delve's Story of the Spitfire - a truly excellent book just jam-packed with...		£250.00
Charles Giraud [Charles-Joseph-Barthélémy Giraud] (1802-1881), French jurist and historian Autograph Letter Signed ('Ch Giraud de l'institut'), in French, to an unnamed male correspondent. 12mo, 1 p, 12 lines. Good, on lightly aged paper. Drawing the recipient's attention to 'une demande qui a été adressée a M. le Prefet de la Seine, par M. Burnet [an inhabitant of Neuilly], homme infiniment estimable qui sollicite un emploi dans l'administration des pompes funèbres'. Giraud knows...	French, History, Law	£35.00
David Low [ Sir David Alexander Cecil Low ] (1891-1963), English cartoonist, born in New Zealand [ David Low, cartoonist. ] Typed Letter Signed ('David Low') to 'Mr. Armstrong' of the Golders Green Literary Society, decling to become a vice-president. 1p., 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. He begins by acknowledging Armstrong's letter: 'I assure your Committee that I appreciate the honour they do me by asking me to become a Vice-President of the Golders Green Literary Society.' He has for some time felt that in the interest of his health...		£35.00
Charles Halle. Autograph music signed Ger.-Eng. pianist and conductor (1819-1895)(DNB). One manuscript page of music, 9"(wide) x 10" (long), no title, good condition (extracted from an album). The National Register of Archives records collections of autograph letters but no surviving music by Halle	Music and Theatre	£200.00
Charles Hamilton Aidé [Aide, Aïdé] Autograph Note Signed to [?] Locker [Arthur Locker or Frederick Locker-Lampson] Author and musician (1826-1906), described by Louise Jopling as 'a rich bachelor' and 'a noted figure in the seventies'. 1 page, 16mo. In good condition despite slight creasing and discoloration. Letterhead in green and black ink. Reads 'My dear Locker, \| Many thanks - I will meet you at the...	Literature, Music and Theatre	£25.00
Charles Hamilton Aidé [Charles Hamilton Aide] (DNB), author and musician 2 ANS to unnamed correspondents and one autograph address, "H. Cholmondeley <Parnell?> Esq. \| The Admiralty" The 1889 note: "Let me know whether you care to publish poetry - I can send you 3 stanzas". The other note: "I regret much that I am already engaged to dinner on Tuesday. If it were probable that yr party sat late into the night I would gladly join you in the coffee state of yr festivities...	Literature, Music and Theatre	£50.00
[ Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde(1792 – 1863), British Army officer (Napoleonic, Opium War, Crimea, Indian Mutiny etc).] [ General Colin Campbell ] Part Printed form, part MS Monthly Return of Quarters of the [98th] Regiment [Foot]. Signed C Campbell \| L Colonel \| 98th Regt. One page, folio, fold mark, strip of album leaf at left margin, details filled in, presumably by someone secretarial (copperplate). [TOP HALF] Printed Headings: Corps and Head Quarters \| Quarters of Troops or Companies \| No. of Troops etc \| Rank and File [several sub-sections including Sick] \|...		£600.00
Charles Hayter Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. British miniature-painter (1761-1835). Dimensions of paper roughly seven and a half inches by one and a quarter. Good, on good-quality laid paper, but slightly creased and grubby at sides. Reads '[Signed] Charles Hayter 16 Buckingham Street \| Portland Road \| June 24. 1825'. Docketed to the right...	Art and Architecture	£18.00
Charles Higham (1846-1920), London theological bookseller [Dickinson & Higham] A Priced Catalogue of the whole stock of Theological Books, [...], of the late firm of Dickinson & Higham, together with the additions thereto made during the printing of the catalogue by the firm's junior partner and successor, Charles Higham. Octavo, 216 pages. One of 'only fifty copies printed, on thick paper'. Title-page in red and black. Aged and a little stained, in recent half-leather rebinding. 9670 items listed, 'for the most part second-hand'. Preceded by 'ADVERTISEMENT' in which Higham 'trusts [...] that this modest...	Book Trade History, Printing History, Religion	£450.00
Charles Higham (1846-1920), London theological bookseller [Hodder & Stoughton] Autograph Note to Messrs Hodder & Stoughton, publishers. One page. Dimensions of slip roughly four inches by five and a quarter wide. Somewhat aged, but entirely legible. Reads 'British Quarterly Review \| Can you tell me what was the last part of this issued, if it is possible to get a title-page and index to vol 83. My last part is 166 April 1886'....	Book Trade History, Printing History, Religion	£35.00