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[William Done Bushell (1838-1917) of St John's College, Cambridge University; later assistant master and honorary chaplain at Harrow School; Victorian mountaineering Unpublished manuscript poem, titled 'The lament of a gyp', humourously recounting the 'troubles of a Cambridge man, a careful hardworked gyp' on the disappearance of Bushell on a mountaineering trip. From Bushell's own collection, and possibly in his hand. On both sides of a piece of light-blue paper, 27 x 22 cm. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with four labels from previous mounting (one with small closed tear) on the reverse. A delightful item, casting light on the social...	Literature	£65.00
[William Friese-Greene; cinematography] [Pamphlet] "Natural Photograph" Studio Four pages, 12mo, mainly printed but made out in MS (by Friese-Greene?) to the client "Mrs Baldwin . . . no. 5508, paid 3/[3] . . . 7.9.08, rustmarks where a pin held it in a diary (loss of a letter os two), some wear and tear but mainly good. It gives information about Appointments, proofs,...		£100.00
[William McKinley (1843-1901), President of the United States of America] [Leon Frank Czolgosz; assassination] Printed notice of the death of President McKinley. Text on one side of a piece of thin card, dimensions roughly 140 x 85 mm. Mourning border on both sides. In good condition: on lightly aged card with a few scuff marks on the reverse. Text reads 'We deeply regret to have to announce that President McKinley, after getting much better up to Sept....	History	£85.00
[William Reynolds, bookseller, binder, stationer, letterpress and copperplate printer, newspaper vendor (BBTI has only bookseller, stationer] Invoice, printed heading, account of Sir Robert Kennedy. One page, 8vo, stained and small hole but text clear and complete. Charges for a book on poultry, a Portuguese dictionary and a binding job.	Book Trade History	£30.00
[William Tooke the younger (1777-1863)] [Russia; Russian; Bloomsbury Inns of Court Association; rifle clubs; George Bramwell; private printing; St Petersburg] Lines Drawn and ornamentally inscribed on a White Silk Riband with which [...] the Editor was decorated [...] by the Baron and Baroness Von Sass, at their seat of Tadaiken, in the Duchy of Courland, on 21st November, 1790, [...]. 12mo: 8 pp. Leaf dimensions 18 x 11.5 cm. Unbound. Stitched as issued. Good, on lightly-aged paper with foxing to first page. Complete: paginated [1] to 8, and with 'Finis.' at the end. The full title reads 'Lines \| Drawn and ornamentally inscribed on a White Silk Riband with which, and many...	Literature	£250.00
[YALE UNIVERSITY] George Patrick Goold (1922-2002), William Lampson Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Yale University [Richard Bentley; Blackwell's of Oxford; Loeb Classical Library] Two Autographs Letter Signed ('George Goold' and 'George') to Paul Quinton, Classical Department, Blackwell's of Oxford; with inscribed offprint of Goold's lecture 'Richard Bentley, a Tercentenary Commemoration'. Both letters two pages, quarto. LETTER ONE (annotated in ink with some ink marks in the blank space beneath Goold's signature): Written at the point at which Goold was relinquishing the University College Latin Chair to return to Yale. 'I told you I should be visiting Yale this autumn; and now I...	Literature	£200.00
`Shirley Slocombe (fl. 1887-1916), English portrait painter Autograph accounts of 'Money Received in 1905 [to 1910]'. Three pages, on quarto leaf folded vertically to make narrow bifolium. Very good, with minor aging and creasing. Under each of the six years details are given of the date, amount and individual from whom the sum is received. Includes £18.15.0 from John Sampson of York for 'Signing 150 proofs...	Art and Architecture	£56.00
{Birthday Celebration of Napoléon François Joseph Charles, King of Rome, b.1811] Official Letter Signed "Ph. Loverat [?]", "[Printed] Le Maire de la Ville de Coni [in Italy], Baron de l'Empire, Membre de la Legion d'honneur TO "Monsieur Le Prefet du Dep. Comte de L'Empire". One page, sm. folio, good condition. "Monsieur / J'ai L'honneur de vous adresser, M. Le Comte, copie conforme de l'acte de seance du conseil municipal en date 18 du courant, parle quel 3000 Francs ont été mis a ma disposition pour célebrer la fête de la naissance de S.M. Le Roy de Rome et je...	French	£150.00
149 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE, BOMBING OF THE RUHR VALLEY, SECOND WORLD WAR Autograph Letter Signed by 'Handley' 2 pages, 8vo, both with Royal Air Force letterhead bearing the motto 'PER ARDUA AD ASTRA'. Not in good condition - creased, frayed, torn and discoloured - but a marvellous and immediate piece of history, regarding what one authority describes as the 'strategic bombing [...] principally against...	Military and Naval History	£50.00
A Member of the Bibliographical Society The Colonel Mark Wilks and Sir Tollemache Sinclair Napoleon Collection Privately Printed. 50pp., 4to, grey wraps, sl. sunned, mainly vg.	Book Trade History	£45.00