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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
John Ingram Lockhart [John Wastie from 1832] (c.1765-1835), Radical Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford [Isaac Espinasse (1758-1834)] [Robert Nares (1753-1829)?] Autograph Letter Signed ('J. I Lockhart) to 'Isaac Espinasse Esq one of the Benchers of the H. S. of Grays Inn &c. &c &c -'. 4to, 1 p. Good, though lightly aged and creased. He apologises for the liberty he takes in addressing Espinasse 'as one of the Benchers of Grays Inn', and hopes it is not 'wholly improper' for him 'to say a word in favor of Mr Nares, and [sic] old fellow Colegian [sic] of mine [Lockhart was...	Law, Religion	£45.00
John Ireland, Director, and E. S. Hedges, Director of Research, Tin Research Institute [ITRI] Tin Research Institute. Report of Visit to the United States by John Ireland Director E. S. Hedges Director of Research. Oct.-Nov. 1947. Typed and mimeographed. 4to, ii + 86 pp. Bound by metal fasteners into brown card wraps, with the title typed on a white paper label on front, which also carries a library accession stamp dated 26 October 1948. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Divided into five main sections...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£180.00
John James Chalon fragment of autograph letter signed to unnamed female correspondent Victorian landscape and genre painter. The conclusion of a letter cut away for the signature: 'the Silk covering with the Red but I believe they could be changed for blue if preferred \| I have the honour to be \| Madam \| Your obedient Servent \| J. J. Chalon'. Slightly discoloured by the glue with...	Art and Architecture	£25.00
John James Stewart Perowne (1823-1904), Bishop of Worcester Autograph Note Signed ('J. J Stewart Perowne') to 'Mr Lewis'. 12mo: 2 pp. On first leaf of bifolium. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper, with dogeared corners. Nine lines of text. The 'man for your purpose' is 'Mr G. Gray, the Diocesan Registry Peterboro''. 'He is intelligent & will do the work well I doubt not on receiving your instructions.'...	Religion	£28.00
[Curling; Scotland] Lord Kenmure [Kenmore] [Manuscript Copy] Letter from [space] Gordon Esquire of Kenmore commonly called Lord Kenmore to the Reverend Nathaniel McKie minister of Crossmichael challenging him to a game at curreling [curling]. 4pp, sm. folio, fold marks, one passage blotched but mainly readable. Kenmure's letter starts things off, followed by A Second Challenge by Kenmore to Nathan, itself followed by Nathan's answer to the foregoing. Apart from two insignificant variations the text, aprt from the order, is as printed...	Social history	£200.00
John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent Fragment, signed by an amanuensis, English Admiral of the Fleet (1735-1823). The upper part of a letter on one 4to leaf. Recto: "Mortimer Street / the 18th of February 1807 / Sir / I have the honor to acknowledge the Receipt of your Letter of the 10th Instant reporting the account communicated by Lieutenant Batt, of <......	Military and Naval History	£50.00
John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent one formal autograph letter in the third person to Mr [?] Handley, English Admiral of the Fleet (1735-1823). One page, 12mo. "Lord St. Vincent will thank Mr Handley to convey the inclosed, to Mr. Willan, as soon as possible / Rochetts / 13th. June 1817".	Military and Naval History	£50.00
John Johnson Typed letter signed to J.G. Wilson, Chairman of Bumpus's, booksellers OUP. One page 8vo. A brief note about unpacking "Buenos Aires material" which had presumably been there for an exhibition.	Book Trade History	£45.00
John Johnstone & Robert Hunter [Johnstone & Hunter], printers, binders and publishers, 15 Princes Street and 104 High Street, Edinburgh [James Alsop of Leek, Stafford] Three items (a printed announcement, invoice and receipt) relating to Johnstone & Hunter's edition of Dr John Owen's 'Works'. All three items in good condition, a little grubby and lightly creased. Three pieces of nineteenth-century Scottish book trade ephemera. Item One (12mo, 1 p, nine lines of text): printed announcement that the 'concluding Volumes of our Edition of OWEN'S WORKS [...] will not be sent to...	Book Trade History, Printing History	£100.00
John Kay (1742-1826), Scottish miniature painter and caricaturist [Dr Eiston; Hieronymo Stabilini; Francis McNab; Captain McKenzie] Engraving of four portraits, entitled '(Bucks have at you all or who's afraid)'. Plate size roughly four and a half inches by four and a quarter wide, on paper six inches by five wide. 'Kay fecit' in bottom left-hand corner and date in bottom right. Good clean image on aged paper with some wear to blank border. The figures are identified in pencil at foot as 'McNab, K....	Art and Architecture	£25.00