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William Grylls Adams. Autograph Note, third person, to David Brewster, scientist. Scientist and astronomer. One page, 12mop, margin with remnants of connection to album, good.He invites Brewster to dinner. |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £20.00 | |
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William Lloyd Birkbeck 8vo. Pages: viii + 100. 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements at rear. Publisher's brown cloth binding stamped in black. Tight copy in grubby, stained, worn binding. Birkbeck was Master of Downing College and Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge. |
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William Manning (1763-1835), M.P. for Evesham, Lymington and Penryn; Governor of the Bank of England, 1812-1814; spokesman for the West Indian merchants; father of Cardinal Manning Signed postal frank, addressed to his wife, with post mark and short autograph note. On one side of a piece of watermarked laid paper, 22.5 x 29 cm, folded to make an envelope, 9 x 21 cm. A thin strip of paper (not affecting text) has been torn away in the breaking open of the wafer, under which it still adheres. On aged, grubby paper, with a couple of pin holes and a few closed... |
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Winthrop Mackworth Praed English poet and essayist. On the first slip: 'Winthrop M. Praed'; on the second: 'Southampton November Six | 1837'. Both slips are discoloured from pasting in autograph album. |
Literature | £20.00 | |
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[Home Mission Tracts] Lord Bishop of Rochester [Printed] Prayers for the London Mission, 1884, Home Mission Tracts, no.53. Four pages, 12mo, not bound. COPAC records only one copy, at Cambridge. - |
Religion | £20.00 |
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National Society [for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church (Great Britain)] National Society, No. 29. Sunday School Lessons. Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Four pages, 12mo, edges dusted, mainly good, not bound. No copy found on COPAC (one with similar title said to be at Cambridge is not this). |
Religion | £20.00 |
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Bernard Partridge [Sir John Bernard Partridge] (1861-1945), cartoonist and illustrator, best-known for his work with 'Punch' Autograph Signature ('Bernard Partridge') of the 'Punch' cartoonist Sir John Bernard Partridge. On one side of a 4.5 x 13 cm strip of paper, cut from the bottom of a letter. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. All in Partridge's hand. Reads: '[...]ment of time occupied. | With many regrets, | I am truly yours, | Bernard Partridge.' |
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John Lindley (1799-1865), English botanist and horticulturist, Professor of Botany, University College, London Autograph Signature of the English botanist and horticulturist John Lindley. On strip cut from letter. Dimensions: In fair condition, on aged and lightly-creased paper. Reads 'have complied with my suggestion | Yours Trly | [signed] John Lindley'. The signature has been cut close, and the downward loop of the final letter of the signature is lacking. |
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Margaret Kennedy [Margaret Davies, Lady Davies] (1896-1967), English novelist and playwright Autograph Signature of the British novelist Margaret Kennedy [Margaret Davies, Lady Davies]. On one side of a piece of 11 x 11 cm paper, cut from the bottom of a letter. In good condition, lightly-aged. Reads, all in Kennedy's hand: 'Yours sincerely | Margaret Kennedy'. |
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E. H. W. Meyerstein [Edward Harry William Meyerstein] (1889-1952), scholar and poet [Printed book.] Seraphine. By E. H. W. Meyerstein | Author of "Terence Duke". 362 + [1]pp., 8vo. Advertisement on final page for Meyerstein's 'Terence Duke'. A fair copy, on lightly-aged paper, in worn original orange cloth binding, and lacking the dustwrapper. |
Literature | £20.00 |