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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Anne Benson Procter (1799-1888, née Skepper), wife of the poet Bryan Waller Procter ('Barry Cornwall') (1787-1874), and mother of the poet Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864) Autograph Letter Signed ('Anne B. Procter') to 'My dear Mr Rathbone'. 12mo: 1 p. Very good. 14 closely-written lines. 'A friend of mine was asked by our dear old kind friend Chorley to assist in procuring for a Protege of his a musical education. I think the young person was originally introduced to him by Lady Devonshire. A sum was promised for two years, and the...	Literature, Women	£35.00
Anne Benson Procter [nee Skepper] [Bryan Waller Procter, 'Barry Cornwall'] Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent. Wife (1799-1888) of the English poet Bryan Waller Procter ('Barry Cornwall', 1787-1874), and stepdaughter of the noted jurist Basil Montagu. One page, 12mo. Very good on slightly paper, and with closed tear to blank second leaf of bifoliate. Written on behalf of her husband during his final...	Literature, Women	£45.00
Anne Isabella Baroness Noel Byron Document signed "Anne Isabella Noel Byron" and others. Conveyance of Lands at Stapleton in the County of Leicester, Joseph Knight and John Edwards (the other signatories) to Baroness Noel Byron, widow of the poet, and others (family). A vellum deed, 26" x 20", folded, 2 leaves, with a PL:AN including the land (coloured) involved in the agreement, c...	Literature, Science, Medicine and Technology, Women	£450.00
Thomas Cadell, publisher and bookseller, and Robert Lawless, his assistant [Thomas Cadell, publisher] Autograph Note Signed, "T Cadell", to his assistant "Lawless", with (on same page) Autograph Note Signed "Robert Lawless", to "Madam" (Mrs Grignion, wife of the impoverished artist, Charles Grignion.) One page, 12mo, laid down on larger piece of paper, after formation of a 2" closed tear. text complete and clear. [Cadell] "If the game sent with this tolerably good send it to [Mrs] Grignion with my love. You will tell them it may be Sunday before we arrive as the weather is so uncertain." [...	Book Trade History	£220.00
Anne Ritchie. Autograph Note Signed to May [Irving?]. Novelist and biographer, daughter of W.M. Thackeray (1837-1919). 2pp., 12mo, good. She commends a doctor to May’s mother, Mrs Irving.	Literature, Women	£35.00
Charles Bemont, French scholar and autograph-collector [Alfred Dreyfus message on calling card] Autograph Letter Signed C Bemont [Charles Bemont, French scholar and autograph-collector] to unnamed correspondent [M. Kirkaldy, ref. to Madame Kirkaldy within], with Alfred Dreyfus calling card and autograph message and his own card with message Four pages, 12mo (letter), all items in good condition. He will fulfil his promise of some autograph letters, le plus notable et vivid, which had been relegated to the country but retrieved the day before. He describes a Michelet manuscript, notes taken après la lecture d'un ouvrage de M....	French, History, Literature	£800.00
Anneliese Rothenberger (born 1924), German operatic lyric soprano Autograph Note Signed ('Anneliese'), to 'liebe Liesel', on reverse of photographic portrait postcard. Dimensions roughly 14 x 9 cm. Very good. The photograph, captioned 'Anneliese Rothenberger', is a head and shoulders shot of a smiling Rothenberger. The note on the reverse, in green ink, reads 'dir, liebe Liesel, alles ! \| diese \| [signed] Anneliese \| 1956'.	Music and Theatre, Women	£28.00
Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) [Annibale Carracci] Engraving, with portrait of the artist, of Carracci's funeral memorial. Dimensions of print roughly ten inches by six and a half wide. Mounted on a slightly larger piece of laid paper. Rubbed, worn and heavily aged, with small wormhole at foot. Ornate tomb with sphinxes, ivy, masks, palette, laurel wreath, etc. Central head and shoulders image of Carracci, above...	Art and Architecture	£86.00
[Theatrical Terms] [Printed pamphlet by 'The Directors of the well known Strand Electric and Engineering Company Limited'] A Completely New Glossary of Technical Theatrical Terms [...] With an Appendix of the Colours used for Lighting the Plays [...] Irregular (12 x 23.5 cm), 32 pp. In fair condition, aged and lightly worn. In original wraps, with cover design, in a variety of types and point sizes, imitating an early nineteenth-century handbill, stating that 'all Profits for the Benefit of the Deserving Actors' Orphanage. \| Free list...	Music and Theatre	£80.00
Annie Payson Call Three autograph letters signed to [C.H.] Grinling, socialist, editor of the Woolwich Pioneer (London). Author, associate of Arthur Astor Carey (1857-1923), philanthropist and social worker, of Waltham, Mass. Four, three and two pages, 8vo, respectively, good condition. (1915?). She speculates that she didb't answer his letter because "I think I wanted at first to consider asking my publishers...	Book Trade History, Literature, Social history	£275.00