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Admiral Sir [William] Sidney Smith, hero of Acre.

Autograph Letter Signed "W. Sidney Smith" to the Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool.

Four pages, 4to, fair condition. Smith has put a cross through the first page, suggesting a draft - with no loss or obscuring. He believes he has had proof of Liverpool's goodwill towards him and is emboldened to ask that a protege "be included in the next list of Post Captains". He goes on to...

Military and Naval History £180.00
Admiral Sir [William] Sidney Smith, hero of Acre.

Autograph Letter Signed to "Lord Duke of Buckingham", presumably Grenville, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, first Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

Four pages, 4to, fair condition. Smith has crossed out page one, suggesting this was a draft. He regrets missing the Duke on whom he waited. He makes strenuous representations on behalf of Dr George Roddam, hoping that Buckingham will support Roddam with the new King (William). He discusses...

Military and Naval History £100.00
Admiral Sir Edward Campbell Rich Owen

Autograph Letter Signed [to R. Byham of the Ordnance Office].

English admiral who 'while in command of the "Immortalite" captured and destroyed many French gunboats and privateers, 1802-5' (DNB).Two pages, 12mo. Good though grubby, and with blank second leaf of bifoliate cut down to a stub. Thanks Byham for 'all your kindness'. 'I shall have an opportunity...

Military and Naval History £120.00
Admiral Sir Richard J. Strachan (as Captain of the "Diamond"[?])

Manuscript (possibly part) signed by Strachan and his Gunner, Tho. Lampen.

Manuscript, two pages, small folio, good condition, [PAGE ONE] headed "Small Stores Expended in July 1796 , columnised as follows: For what Use Expended (For cleaning the Arms/ Lost amd Broke/ Broke and Unserviceable/ For greasing the Gun trucks & c/ Worn out / For wads and sizings / Burnt...

Military and Naval History £750.00
Adolphe Tanquerey (1854-1932), French theologian, Member of the Society of St Sulpice, and Professor of Dogmatic Theology at St Mary's Seminary, Baltimore

Autograph Letter Signed ('Ad. Tanquerey'), in French, to an unnamed cleric.

12mo: 2 pp. Very good on lightly aged paper. 29 lines of text. He will not fail to make use of his correspondent's comments in a new edition. Discusses the section he is working on at present and proposes to send his correspondent an off print. He has ordered other off prints to be sent, in...

French £85.00
Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge

Autograph Signature on fragment of military document.

Maternal grandfather of Queen Mary (1774-1850). In very good condition. Paper dimensions approximately 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches. Reads 'Adolphus Frederick. | Lt: Genl: & Col. in Chief.'

Military and Naval History, Royalty £30.00
Advertising artwork [ LONDON UNDERGROUND; SWAN VESTA; TOBACCO; SMOKING]

Coloured advertisement for Swan Vesta matches, in the form of a pastiche of a London Underground sign.

Attractive illustration, in red, green, yellow and black, on piece of white card roughly nine and three-quarter inches by six and a quarter, neatly mounted on piece of black card roughly ten and a quarter inches by seven and three-quarters. At head a parody of the London Underground black...

Art and Architecture £75.00
Afghan Campaign

Manuscript list of members of "E" Battery, "E" Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

Manuscript, one page, 7.5 (W) x 19" (L), with list, two columns including information as follows: state (killed and when, dead, discharged, etc.)/ rank from Major to Gunners/ name. About 60 names. Those who were killed mainly died on 27/7/1880, others died at Kandahar. With: typescript, 2...

Military and Naval History £150.00
Aged Poor Society, London [Augusto Bazzoni; Roman Catholic; philanthropy; charity]

Printed Covering Letter, signed by steward 'A Bazzoni', intended to enclose a ticket to the Society's Anniversary Dinner.

4to: 1 p. Printed on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium of paper watermarked 'R BARNARD | 1828'. Fifteen lines of text. Text clear and complete on aged, creased paper with chipping to extremities, and the two leaves of the bifolium nearly detached. Docketed in contemporary hands '819' at...

Social history £45.00
Agnes Berry

Autograph letter signed to [Caroline Fox? - item derives from collection of letters addressed to "Miss Fox"]

Friend of Horace Walpole. One page, trimmed 12mo. She cleverly expresses an invitation to visit. The wit is obvious, some of the words not. With: autograph note, trimmed 12mo, Richmond Hill, 2 Aug. (no year), saying simply "Yes certainly pray come to us tomorrow - We dine at 9 - this is all...

Women £75.00