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Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair Autograph Letter Signed to Dr [?] Dewar. Victorian chemist and politician who presided over a government enquiry into the working of the civil service known as the Playfair Scheme. 2 pages, 8vo, in good condition though creased, and with remains of blank conjugate leaf adhering to large sheet of blank paper. 'My dear Dr Dewar \| Many...	History	£75.00
M. A. Mallet; M. F. Delmas; Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France [Civil Engineering] Inauguration du Nouvel Hotel de la Societe; le 14 Janvier 1897. Octavo: 27 pages. A rather nice production, with nine double-page plates, frontispiece and double-page table. Unbound. In original grey printed wraps, with gold foil seal of the society laid down as part of cover design. Good, in lightly aged wraps. Some tissue guards. Two essays: 'La Societe...	French, Science, Medicine and Technology	£90.00
M. D C [i.e. Monsieur de Courtive] [translated by 'S. M.'] [James Ridgway, London publisher; the fall of the Bastille, 1789] A Detail of the Wonderful Revolution at Paris; Or, An Exact Narrative of All that passed in the Capital of France, particularly the Siege and Capture of the Bastille, from the 11th of July, 1789, to the 23d of the same Month. 8vo: [iv] + 48 pp. Stabbed as issued. In modern brown paper wraps. Good, on lightly aged paper. Beneath the author's name on title-page: 'Dedicated to the District of PETIT ST. ANTOINE, and translated into English by a French Gentleman, many Years resident in England.' P.[iii] carries 'THE...	French, History, Military and Naval History	£450.00
M. L. F. Merac [ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR OF 1812] Printed petition 'To the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council for Trade and Plantations', calling for the repeal of all duties on goods arriving in the Port of London, and for an extension of 'the Warehousing System'.[ 2 pages, 4to, on the rectos of both leaves of a bifoliate. Folded for self-mailing, and addressed on the verso of the second leaf to 'Mr: F Huth \| 1 South Street \| Finsbury Square'. This page, which has 'URGENT; - \| On Warehousing System' printed on it, also carries two oval postmarks, one of...	History	£150.00
M. M. Holloway, London autograph dealer [autographs; sale catalogues] Autographs and Manuscripts. Catalogue of a Selection of Important Historical, Literary and other Autographs, being the second portion of a Collection for Sale. Octavo: 52 pp. Stitched and unbound. Good, if a tad grubby. In alphabetical order from Queen Adelaide to the Duchess of York, but lotted 236 to 553. Tastefully printed, and including letters of Charles I, Coleridge, Dr Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Rossini, Sir Walter Scott, Laurence Sterne and...	Book Trade History	£60.00
M.H. Spielman Autograph postcard signed to Douglas Sladen, author. Author. She asks where Frederic Whyte is. "I've long been wanting to meet him again, but he's unfortunately plunged out of my orbit . . . he's one of the men I should least like to lose sight of". She asks about Sladen's election to the Athenaeum.	Literature	£25.00
M[atthew]. Carey, American bookseller and publisher [CATALOGUE] Modern Publications, and New Editions of Valuable Standard Works, Printed for M. Carey . . ." [24]pp., 12mo, unbound (formerly bound into a book?), crude repair to spine, partly detached leaves, foxing, text clear and complete. Subjects; Voyages, Travels, Geography, and Topography; Miscellaneous; Divinity; Medicine, Surgery and Chemistry; Novels, Romances, etc.; Education (most...	Book Trade History	£580.00
Mabel Constanduros 2 Autograph Letters Signed and 1 Typed Letter Signed to Mrs Roscoe. Humourist, actress and radio comedienne, originator of the Buggins Family. All three letters are 8vo, and in good condition, but all have damage to one corner caused by rusting paperclip. In the first letter she thanks her correspondent for 'the little books [...] I am a great lover of poetry,...	Music and Theatre	£100.00
[1841 Census; Public Record Office] Public Record Office manuscript copy of the Census Schedules for the whole of England (excluding London) in 1841. Folio, 65 pp. In a number of hands. Clear and complete. Heavily aged, in worn binding with front board and flyleaf detached. Many of the leaves are blindstamped at the head with the royal crest. With stamps of the Public Record Office Library, and withdrawal stamp from 'TNA Library' (The...		£225.00
Andrew Lang; Mary F. May, daughter of Frank May (1832-1897), disgraced Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, 1873-1893 [ Rudolf von Gottschall, German poet ] [ Andrew Lang, as literary editor of Longman's Magazine. ] Autograph Note in the third person by Lang, rejecting a poem by Mary F. May; with the manuscript poem, titled 'Marie \| (From the German of R. Gottshall [sic])'. Both items in good condition, lightly aged. ONE: Autograph Note by Andrew Lang. 1p., 12mo. Reads: 'With Mr Lang's Compliments, and regrets that he has no room for the translation from the German. TWO: May's translation of the poem 'Marie' by Rudolf von Gottschall' ('Marie, am Fenster sitzest du...		£50.00