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Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794–1865), Clerk to the Privy Council, and political diarist 1 p, 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper, and still tipped-in onto leaf removed from album. Arranging a time at which to call on him. According to the Oxford DNB Greville moved from Grosvenor Place to Lord Granville's house in Bruton Street in 1849. |
History | £56.00 | |
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Erminia Rudersforff Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr. Maitland'. Anglo-German soprano vocalist, mother of Richard Mansfield. 2 pages, 16mo. Grubby and creased, but in good condition overall. Written in purple ink in a small tight hand. She wonders whether the Maitlands have 'set me down by this time as the most illmannered and ungratefull of all beings',... |
Music and Theatre | £75.00 | |
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Ernest Abraham Hart Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Dawson Turner. Medical journalist and reformer (1835-98), editor of the British Medical Journal. 2 pages, 8vo, in good condition, docketed in pencil. The recipient is not the celebrated collector of autographs but a physician of 13 Salisbury Street, Strand. 'I am staying at Weybridge & shall expect to... |
Book Trade History, Science, Medicine and Technology | £35.00 | |
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Ernest Alfred Sallis Benney Typed Letter Signed to Miss Scott Rogers of the Royal Academy of Arts. Artist (1894-1966) and principal of Brighton School of Art. One page, octavo. Good, but lightly creased and with staple holes in the top lefthand corner. Date stamps in grey and red ink. Letter concerns the suitability of Alfred Charles Hull as a member of the Academy. Benney knew Hull 'for many... |
Art and Architecture | £26.00 | |
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Ernest de Jonquières (1820-1901), French naval officer and mathematician [Léon Lalanne [Léon Louis Chrétien Lalanne] (1811-1892), French engineer and mathematician] Written on both sides of the card, dimensions 5.5 x 9 cm. Good, with a little light scuffing on the front. Communication between two leading lights of French nineteenth-century mathematics. Printed text reads 'VICE-AMIRAL DE JONQUIERES | MEMBRE DE L'INSTITUT | AVENUE BUGEAUD, 2'. Asks Lalanne to... |
Literature, Military and Naval History | £56.00 | |
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Ernest Dujardin-Sailly, French author and customs official Autograph Letter Signed ('Dujardin Sailly') to 'Monsieur l'amiral'. 8vo, 1 p. On discoloured paper, worn at head and foot. The only merit of the material he is sending is that it has been inspired by 'des sentiments vrais'. He took it to 'S. A. le prince Lieutenant général du royaume', and part of it had 'du prix à ses yeux'. |
French, Literature | £38.00 | |
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Publication Committee, Presbyterian Church of England, 18 Paternoster Square, London The text is engraved in copperplate on one side of a piece of card, with plan on reverse of the the premises at 18 Paternoster Square, with Newgate Street, Warwick Lane, Rose Street and Paternoster Row also shown. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with unobtrusive vertical crease. A nice... |
Book Trade History, Religion | £60.00 | |
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Ernest James Myers (1844-1921), English classicist, translator and poet Autograph Note Signed ('Ernest Myers') to autograph collector 'Mr. Soulsby'. One page, 12mo. Very good. 'I have much pleasure in sending you my signature, as I am told you wd. care to have it. |
Literature | £40.00 | |
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Ernest Lacan, sometime Secretaire de la Redaction du journal La Lumière, writing on behalf of Niepce, pioneer photographer. Autograph Letter Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed woman. Two pages, 8vo, good condition. Text as follows (accents not on my keyboard!): M. Niepce est venue hier, un peu inquiet, me dire qu'on venait de lui apprendre que l'organisation militaire des chateaux inferieurs etait a peu pres decidee. N'ayant rien aucune nouvelle en ce qui le concerne, il... |
French, Science, Medicine and Technology | £250.00 | |
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[Reginald Brabazon (1841-1929), 12th Earl of Meath; "Empire Day" Movement. (Non-Party and Non-Sectarian.'), London] 20pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with lightly rusted staples. Stamp, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Meath's letter is printed on pp.1-4, and is followed by an 'Appeal by the Earl of Meath to Churches and Congregations of All Denominations... |
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