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Charles Williams (b.1858), LRCP, Assistant Medical Officer, the Warneford, Oxford [spiritualism] [Pamphlet.] Spiritualism and Insanity: An Essay describing the disastrous consequences to the Mental Health which are apt to result from a pursuit of the study of Spiritualism. By Dr. C. Williams, Author of Insanity: its Causes and Prevention, etc. 12mo, 53 + [iii] pp. Text clear and complete. Aged and worn, with loose original front cover, printed in green, remaining from the binding. Stamp of 'The Community of the Resurrection' on title-page. A few manuscript notes in light pencil. Scarce: five copies on COPAC, at the British Library,...		£56.00
Count d'Orsay [Alfred Guillaume Gabriel Grimod d'Orsay, comte d'Orsay (1801 – 1852), French amateur artist, dandy, and man of fashion]. [Comte d'Orsay; French Benevolent Society] Autograph Letter Signed Ct d'Orsay to M. le Chevalier, in French, thanks his correspondent for le charmante Poème, discussing the state and progress of the French Benevolent Society just founded. Four pages, 16mo, bifolium, in narrow frame of stiffer paper, good condition. He thanks him for the charmante Poème that he's sent que je l'ai lu devant plusieurs personnes qui l'ont beaucoup admiré, et je vous remercie d'avoir pensé a moi - je vous envoye les Statuts incomplets de notre Societé...	Social history	£180.00
Margaret Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer (née Poyntz; 8 May 1737 – 18 March 1814), English philanthropist. [Georgiana, Countess Spencer, mother of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire] Copy in her Fair Hand of the Ode by Mr Mason [Adapted] [William Mason, poet, divine, correspondent of Walpole, Gray etc.] Entitled Hope - to the Dutchess of Devonshire (an Ode to her daughter adapted from Mason's Ode 13 or vice versa - see Note below.). Four pages, 4to, aged but clear and complete, fold mark, right edge uneven and glue remnant, from album of commonplace book presumably. Text begins: What magic...	Literature	£220.00
Sir Stratford Canning [Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe] (1786-1880), diplomat and politician. Here Ambassador to Constantinople [Ottoman Empire]. [Stratford Canning; Pasha of Janina; Mediterranean Fleet] Autograph Letter Signed Stratford Canning to Lt. General Sir George Berkeley about negotiations with the Pasha of Janina. Two pages, 4to, in narrow frame of stiffer paper. I am happy to learn from yr correspondence with the Admiral that your negotiations with the Pasha of Janina have been quite successful. I felt that a letter from the Great Vizier expressed in general terms would answer every practical purpose;...	History	£280.00
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810), 1st Baron Collingwood, commander at Trafalgar after Nelson's death [Sir William Richard Cosway; Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817), 1st Baronet] [ Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood. ] Contemporary manuscript official copy letter to Vice Admiral Duckworth, regarding Royal Navy ships in the Mediterranean respecting the neutrality of Portuguese ships. With manuscript extract from treaty. Both items in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. ONE: Copy letter. 2pp., folio. On paper with watermark 'JOHN HOWARD \| 1804'. Ends: 'To \| Sir J. T. Duckworth K.B. \| Vice Admiral of the White \| &ca. &ca. &ca. \| Given on board the Ocean off Cadiz \| 12th. August 1806 \| (signed...		£180.00
Ernest Griset [Ernest Henry Griset] (1844-1907), French-born illustrator who settled in London, best-known for his whimsical and fantastic designs [Ernest Griset, illustrator.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'J. Swain Esqre.' 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with minor traces of mounting on the blank reverse. The letter reads: 'I shall be happy to execute your orders, and shall be obliged if you kindly forward me the blocks and Copy, with your directions upon what style you wish these drawings to be done: to...	Art and Architecture	£120.00
Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882), Regius Professor of Hebrew at Christ Church, Oxford, and a leader of the Oxford Movement [E.B. Pusey; Oxford Movement; Confessions of St Augustine] Autograph Note Signed EB P to an unnamed correspondent (an agent?), about contact with Leipzig [presumably Tauchnitz One page, 16mo, in narrow frame of stiffer paper, good condition. My dear Sir \| I am sorry but I did not know it was wanted so soon and have not written to Leipzig. I will write. [...] [P.S.] I suppose the Publisher who sell [sic] the Bodleian book will tell them I will wroite to them. Note: I...		£120.00
Mary Gladstone, daughter of Prime Minister, William Gladstone, his hostess. [Mary Gladstone; Andrew Carnegie] Autograph Note Signed M Gladstone to Sir [Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and 'philanthropist'] checking the latter's postal address. One page, black-bordered, sl. grubby, but text clear and complete, laid down on board (sl. chipped, with photo of unknown house and garden on reverse. Text: Sir, \ I understand from Lord Rosebery that \| Andrew Carnegie Esq \| New York \| is enough direction.- \| [Yrs?] faithfully \| M Gladstone \|...		£450.00
Stanhope [Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, (1805 - 1875), antiquarian, Tory politician, held office in the 1830s, contributions to cultural causes and historical writings. [Earl Stanhope; Nassau Senior, economist] Autograph Letter Signed Stanhope to Mr Senior [Nassau Senior, lawyer and economist] about the latter's recent Journals (France). Two pages, 12mo, in narrow frame of stiffer paper, good condition. He thanks Senior for sending him the two volumes of your recent journals. I have not been able to read them through as rapidly as I could have wished since besides some business that could not wait I happened to have my house...		£120.00
1st Duke of Westminster [Hugh Lupus Grosvenor] (1825-1899) [Viscount Belgrave, 1831-45; Earl Grosvenor, 1845-69; Marquess of Westminster, 1869-74], landowner, politician and racehorse owner [1st Duke of Westminster [Henry Lupus Grosvenor, as Marquis of Westminster.] Secretarial Hand, Signed in Autograph, granting his assent to a Major of the 1st Lancashire Engineer Volunteers, for the regiment to join ‘The New Brighton Parade’. The founder of the greatest of London’s ‘Great Estates’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. In good condition, on light-grey paper, with thin neat strip of windowpane mount adhering to edges. Folded three times for postage. Good firm signature ‘Westminster’, and with the name of the...		£45.00