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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
John Henry Foley (1818-1874), Irish sculptor best known for his statues of General Andrew 'Stonewall' Jackson and of Prince Albert in the Albert Memorial Autograph Letter Signed ('J. H. Foley') to [L. W.] Field. Two pages, 12mo. Very good on lightly aged paper, and with the blank second leaf of the bifolium laid down on part of a leaf detached from an autograph album. Thanks him 'for the votes [of election to the Royal Academy?] which through your kindness I received to-day'. He is glad Field has been...	Art and Architecture	£86.00
[Robert Raikes (1765-1837) of Welton House, banker; The Hull and Selby Railway Bill, 1836] Two printed documents, 'In the Matter of the Hull and Selby Railway': 'In the House of Lords. [...] Copy of the Petition of Robert Raikes, Esq. in Opposition to the Bill' and 'Objections against the Bill, on the Part of Robert Raikes, Esq.' The two items are uniform in layout, on folio bifoliums, with the text covering the whole of the recto of the first leaf, and the details printed lengthwise on the reverse of the second. Both in good condition, and folded into the customary packets. An early example of nimbyism, rather rich...		£120.00
John Henry Gurney (1819-1819), banker and ornithologist Autograph Note Signed ('J H Gurney') to Messrs Hertslet & Scott, No 31 Norfolk Street, Strand, London. 4to, 1 p. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged and worn paper. With 1 cm vertical closed tear at foot of each leaf. Addressed, with postmarks, on the reverse of the second leaf, which is docketed '31. July 1840. \| Gurney & Co. that Mrs E. Lofty resides at Hethersett near Norwich -'. Reads '...	Economics	£28.00
Captain George Lamb (1869-1911), M.D., I.M.S. [Printed paper] Snake-Venoms in relation to Haemolysis. By Captain George Lamb, M.D., I.M.S. 4to, ii + 15 pp. In original printed boards. Text complete and clear. Good, on lightly-aged paper, in worn and spotted boards. Bookplate of the Library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, and light stamp of same on front board. Scarce: the only copies on COPAC at the British...		£28.00
John Hogg, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society of Literature [John Lee (ne Fiott) (1783-1866), of Hartwell House] Offprint from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature: 'On Two Events which occurred in the Life of King Canute the Dane.' 8vo: [ii] + 18 pp. In worn original buff wraps with white printed label on front. Clear and complete. On aged, damp-stained paper. Presentation copy, with note on title-page: 'To John Lee Esqre. L.L.D. \| with the Author's kind regards.' Ownership inscription of 'J. Lee. Hartwell. 3 May 1856.'...	Literature	£75.00
John Hopkinson (1844-1919), English geologist [Alfred Reginald Pryor (1839-1881); Royal Geological Society] Autograph Letter Signed to Pryor's mother. 12mo: 3 pp. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Concerns Pryor's posthumous 'Flora of Hertfordshire' (1887), which contained an introduction co-written by Hopkinson. Four copies of the book are being presented to Mrs Pryor 'by our Society'. 'This is partly the cause of the delay in sending them to you...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£56.00
John Hudson Elder-Duncan Four Typed Letters Signed to G. K. Menzies, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. English politician (1877-1938), MInister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Secretary of the Architecture Club. All four items one page, quarto, and in very good condition. Last item with one inch closed horizontal tear (not affecting text). Three items stamped and two bearing the Society's stamp...		£105.00
John Hullah [John Pyke Hullah (1812-1884), Worcester-born English composer and teacher of music, who wrote an opera to words by Charles Dickens] Autograph Signature ('John Hullah.'). On a piece of paper roughly 3.5 x 9 cm, with embossed details of stationers. Good, with tiny crease to one corner. A clear signature, in pencil.	Music and Theatre	£20.00
John Hullah [John Pyke Hullah] (1812-1884), English composer and music teacher Autograph Signature. Cut from a letter. On small rectangle of light-grey paper, roughly 2 x 4 cm. Fair, on aged paper with thin light strip of glue staining along top edge. Neat firm signature, underlined and overlined, reading 'John Hullah'.	Music and Theatre	£20.00
Victorian course of education to make a boy a 'scientific man', 1878 [ University of Cambridge; Clifton College, Bristol, Somerset ] [ Victorian course of education. ] Proof of article titled 'Some Rough Notes on Charlie's Education', with the aim of making a boy a 'scientific man', sent to study the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos, and avoiding the 'secret vice' of 'Self-Pollution' In two columns, on one side of piece of 50 x 30.5 cm paper. Aged and worn, with chipping and loss to margins. Two pencil notes in margin: 'this was ommitted [sic]' and 'the truth acquired mostly forgotten'. Clearly not intended for publication, and apparently the advice of a knowledgeable and...		£90.00