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Winston Churchill [Winston Churchill; leaflet] Beating the Invader. A Message from the Prime Minister Two-sided leaflet, edges have been in the Wars, fold marks (quartering), with 2 small holes with no loss of text. See image of recto. See descriptions by my colleagues on abebooks for comment on its status as a first edition, scarcity, etc. WITH: Another two-page leaflet, but 8vo, City of...	History	£220.00
Sir William J. Collins [Sir Samuel Romilly; Peter Mark Roget; John Romilly Roget] [Romilly and Roget families.] Offprint of ?The Life and Work of Sir Samuel Romilly by Sir William J. Collins, M.P.? With ownership inscription of John Romilly Roget. Sir Samuel Romilly?s sister was mother of Peter Mark Roget, compiler of the Thesaurus. The present item is from the Roget family archive (other items from which are also offered for sale.) 32pp, 8vo. Sewn into grey printed wraps. Ownership inscription, at top right of title-page: ?John Romilly...		£56.00
William de la Rive [Fran?ois Roget, Professeur a l?Academie de Gen?ve; John Lewis Roget, son of Peter Mark Roget, compiler of the ?Thesaurus?] [Family of Peter Mark Roget, compiler of the ?Thesaurus?.] Offprint paper by William de la Rive titled ?Pens?es Genevoises. [...] Fragments etraits des Papiers de Fran?ois Roget, Professeur a l?Academie de Gen?ve.? With signature of J. L. Roget. Information regarding the family of P. M. Roget are to be found in his entry in the Oxford DNB, and in Joshua Kendall?s 2008 biography of Roget, ?The Man Who Made Lists?. The present item is from the Roget family archive (other items from which are also offered for sale.) The full title is ?Pens...		£180.00
George Goschen [George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, (1831 – 1907), statesman and businessman]. [George Goschen; Delane of 'The Times'] Autograph Note Signed George Goschen to Mr Delane [Editor, The Times] about a Minute of his. One page, 12mo, black-bordered, also bordered by slightly stiffer paper (frame). I enclose a proof (confidential) of my Minute. I have since altered the beginning but in the main the plan is sketched out, as, I think, it will ultmately stand. I hope you will concur - the [views?] , I wish we had...		£42.00
Henry Ellis, principal librarian at the British Museum. [Henry Ellis; British Museum; Mummies] Autograph Note Signed Henry Ellis to T.J. Pettigrew [sometimes known as Mummy Pettigrew, surgeon and antiquarian who became an expert on Ancient Egyptian mummies.] communicating [his] note. One page, 12mo, fold mark, good condition. My dear Pettigrew \| I have lost no time in communicating your Note to our Director,		£45.00
George Goschen [George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, (1831 – 1907), statesman and businessman]. [George Goschen; Delane of 'The Times'] Autograph Note Signed George Goschen to Mr Delane [Editor, The Times] about a Minute of his. One page, 12mo, black-bordered, also bordered by slightly stiffer paper (frame). I enclose a proof (confidential) of my Minute. I have since altered the beginning but in the main the plan is sketched out, as, I think, it will ultmately stand. I hope you will concur - the [views?] , I wish we had...		£42.00
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, politician [Earl of Carnarvon, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Gold Coast (Ghana)] Substantial Autograph Letter Signed Carnarvon to Mr [John Thadeus] Delane, Editor of 'The Times' about trade (and its political side effect) in the Gold Coast. Four page, 12mo, in very narrow frame of stiffer paper, good condition. DELANe has introduced him to a Mr Moylan involving future employment. He'll contact Moylan. He continues: The whole question of our future position as regards the Gold Coast is very difficult and I wish much that I knew - as...		£90.00
John Murray III [John Murray III; Murray's Handbooks] Autograph Letter Signed John Murray to Octavian Blewitt [(1810–1884), writer and long-time secretary of the Royal Literary Fund] about his guide to Southern Italy .(2nd edn.) One page, 12mo, bordered by slightly stiffer paper (frame)., good condition. If you will send me your revised copy of South Italy -with your notes- in preparation for a new Edition I will snd you a cheque & will make what use I can of your labours when nextI reprint it. \|Your letter is quite...		£75.00
‘Slatin Pasha’ [Major-General Sir Rudolf Anton Carl Freiherr von Slatin (1857-1932), Inspector-General of the Sudan] [‘Slatin Pasha’: Sir Rudolf von Slatin, Inspector-General of the Sudan.] Autograph Signature and part of Autograph Letter (vertical half- see image) to ‘Jackson’.[Jackson Pasha?] The entry for Slatin in the Oxford DNB gives a good outline of the life of this adventurer. The present item forms half of a 4to leaf, torn down the middle vertically, no doubt in order to provide an autograph. In good condition, lightly aged. Written lengthwise on the reverse, in a large bold...	History	£200.00
Cardinal Manning [Henry Edward Manning] (1808-1892), Roman Catholic prelate; second Archbishop of Westminster, 1865-1892 [William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister] [The Archbishop of Westminster writes to the Prime Minister.] Envelope addressed in Autograph by Henry Edward Manning to William Ewart Gladstone in Downing Street. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. Empty 12 x 9.5 cm envelope. In fair condition, lightly aged and a little grubby, with ink from postmark on the reverse. Reads: ‘Private / The Right Honble / W. E. Gladstone / M P. / &c &c &c / Downing Street / S. W’. Two postmarks, one (‘W...		£30.00