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Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
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[Society for the Protection of Women and Children] [Society for the Protection of Women and Children] Pamphlet lacking title, disbound, etc. Pp. [1]-16 only, 8vo. What remains is in good condition, pages just holding together. I've found just one reference online, an example of one man's brutality (... |
Women | £80.00 | |
Arthur Hinsley (1865–1943), English prelate of the Catholic Church. Sometime Archbishop of Westminster elevated to the cardinalate in 1937. Two sides of card with printed heading as above, 13 x 10cm, sl. crumpled but text clear and complete. Many hearty thanks for your kind letter of Dec. 20th and for all your kind wishes. May God bless you and all yours during the New Year and for all the years to come and for all Eternity. I am so... |
Religion | £45.00 | |
R[ichard?]. Upton, unrecorded employee of John Lane, publisher [The Bodley Head]. [Upton] Two pages, 8vo, bifolium, good condition; [Corsa] One page on verso of Upton's first page. See images. [Upton] Italian rights of 'Herod' [underlined] Mr Lane has just sailed for New York but has instructed me to answer a letter received from Signor Bonaspetti raising certain questions as... |
Literature | £120.00 | |
Susana, Lady Walton (1926 – 2010), born Susana Valeria Rosa Maria Gil Passo, Argentinian wife of the British composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983), writer One page, 8vo, fold marks, good condition. Thank you for sending me a copy of Christabel Aberconway's letters. Her son, Lord Aberconway, has told me he has tried but failed to find any letters of William to her. A pity. She was a great friend to him. | Thank you for offering to send me the... |
£75.00 | ||
Winston Churchill [Winston Churchill; leaflet] Beating the Invader. A Message from the Prime Minister Two-sided leaflet, edges have been in the Wars, fold marks (quartering), with 2 small holes with no loss of text. See image of recto. See descriptions by my colleagues on abebooks for comment on its status as a first edition, scarcity, etc. WITH: Another two-page leaflet, but 8vo, City of... |
History | £220.00 | |
Sir William J. Collins [Sir Samuel Romilly; Peter Mark Roget; John Romilly Roget] Sir Samuel Romilly?s sister was mother of Peter Mark Roget, compiler of the Thesaurus. The present item is from the Roget family archive (other items from which are also offered for sale.) 32pp, 8vo. Sewn into grey printed wraps. Ownership inscription, at top right of title-page: ?John Romilly... |
£56.00 | ||
William de la Rive [Fran?ois Roget, Professeur a l?Academie de Gen?ve; John Lewis Roget, son of Peter Mark Roget, compiler of the ?Thesaurus?] Information regarding the family of P. M. Roget are to be found in his entry in the Oxford DNB, and in Joshua Kendall?s 2008 biography of Roget, ?The Man Who Made Lists?. The present item is from the Roget family archive (other items from which are also offered for sale.) The full title is ?Pens... |
£180.00 | ||
George Goschen [George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, (1831 – 1907), statesman and businessman]. One page, 12mo, black-bordered, also bordered by slightly stiffer paper (frame). I enclose a proof (confidential) of my Minute. I have since altered the beginning but in the main the plan is sketched out, as, I think, it will ultmately stand. I hope you will concur - the [views?] , I wish we had... |
£42.00 | ||
Henry Ellis, principal librarian at the British Museum. One page, 12mo, fold mark, good condition. My dear Pettigrew | I have lost no time in communicating your Note to our Director, |
£45.00 | ||
George Goschen [George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, (1831 – 1907), statesman and businessman]. One page, 12mo, black-bordered, also bordered by slightly stiffer paper (frame). I enclose a proof (confidential) of my Minute. I have since altered the beginning but in the main the plan is sketched out, as, I think, it will ultmately stand. I hope you will concur - the [views?] , I wish we had... |
£42.00 |