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George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English engraver, illustrator and caricaturist On both sides of a piece of wove paper, dimensions roughly 8.5 x 20 cm. Cruikshank's signature is approximately 9 cm long, with the final letter of his Christian name in superscript. Paper aged and creased, with central vertical fold, and wear to one edge (not affecting text). Recto reads '... |
Art and Architecture | £95.00 |
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George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English graphic artist 12mo (18 x 11 cm): 1 p. 15 lines of text. On aged paper with one light stain at centre. Corner on reverse tipped in onto card mount. No signature. Introducing 'Miss Napier who has just returned from the Cape of Good Hope - She has one or two M.SS which she wishes to submit to your notice [...]... |
Art and Architecture, Book Trade History | £85.00 | |
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[Eighteenth-century Manorial Court Leet 'Charge in the Court Baron'] Engrossed on both sides of a long strip of vellum, 18.5 x 76 cm. Written in a neat clerk's hand. The vellum is worn, with slight damage at the head, and some passages, particularly at the start, are illegible. The heading appears to be 'Court Leet Charge', and the sub-heading 'Charge in the... |
£160.00 | ||
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George Cruikshank [Victorian London; gambling; betting] The Betting-Book. By George Cruikshank. With Cuts. 8vo: 32 pp. Stitched. In original grey wraps. Text, four illustrations and map clear and entire. Printed on discoloured high-acidity paper. Lightly creased with a little wear to corners. Scarce. An attack on 'the Betting-offices that are springing up all over the town', with particular reference... |
Art and Architecture, Social history | £350.00 |
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George Cunningham [regarding rumours of Russian troop movements at the beginning of the 1st World War and other subjects] Autograph Letter Signed to Bobbie [?]. 4 pages, 8vo. Creased and grubby but in good condition overall. Interesting letter in difficult hand. Opens by sending his deepest sympathy: 'I can sympathise having as you know been personally damaged by a falling branch last Xmas.' 'Officially we have given up contradicting the <?>... |
Military and Naval History | £50.00 | |
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George Dalziel Autograph Note Signed to (J. Saddler) Wood engraver2pp., 8vo. Staining not obscuring the text. He promises to go to his house to "sign the Return you speak of" and announces a recent change of address. |
£50.00 | ||
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George Dance the Younger (1741-1825), English architect and surveyor [William Daniel (1769-1837), English artist and engraver; Thomas Hearne (1744-1817), English watercolour artist] Portrait entitled 'Thomas Hearne.', engraved by William Daniell after a drawing by George Dance. Dimensions of paper roughly eleven and a half inches by eight wide. A good clean impression on grubby and lightly foxed paper. A meticulous head and shoulders view of a seated Hearne, in profile, facing to his left. One of the 72 engravings from chalk portraits by Dance of his friends which were... |
Art and Architecture | £76.00 | |
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George Daniel Autograph Letter Signed to "Mr Eff [?] Wilson" (Effingham Wilson - see DNB). Miscellaneous writer and book collector (1789-1864). One page, 4to, fold marks, staining, text faint in parts: "Mr dear Sir// I have looked partially over Shakespear [underlind] and also taxed my recollection, but have not been able to find any passage exactly applicable to your <?> of the... |
Literature | £250.00 | |
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George Denman (1819-1896), judge and politician [Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone (1829-1890), army officer] Autograph Letter Signed ('G Denman') to his cousin Elphinstone, giving details of family history. 4to, 4 pp. Text clear and complete. On aged and grubby paper. Begins 'Our Uncle i.e. my uncle & yr gt uncle Thomas Elphinstone was born at Higher Efford, 3 miles from Plymouth he died on the 13th. of March 1821 at the age of 57'. Includes information told him by Milly Holloway. Describes a... |
£45.00 | ||
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'Mrs. Cecil Chesterton' [ Ada Elizabeth Chesterton, née Ada Eliza Jones ] (1869-1962), journalist and sister-in-law of the writer G. K. Chesterton [ Gilbert Keith Chesterton ] (1874-1936) 3pp., 4to. In fair condition, on aged, worn and browned paper. Ada Chesterton worked with her brother-in-law while assistant editor of the 'New Witness'. Her admiration for his talents was fully reciprocated, G. K. Chesterton describing his sister-in-law as 'brilliant'. It begins: 'Very much has... |
£80.00 |