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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
[Funeral of Voltaire] [Account of the elaborate arrangements made for Voltaire's funeral by the French Revolutionaries in the] Gazette Nationale ou le Moniteur Universel, no.194. Disbound, pp.[101]-108, some staining mainly good condition, account of funeral pp.107-108.	French, Literature	£56.00
Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.B. (1771-1846), 3rd son of the 5th Duke of St Albans Autograph Signature ('Admiral Lord Ams. Beauclerk'). On piece of card roughly 3.5 x 7 cm. Good, though slightly discoloured. Reads '[signed] Admiral \| Lord Ams. Beauclerk', beneath which, in a contemporary hand, 'Port Admiral \| of Plymouth'.	Military and Naval History	£23.00
Admiral Lord George Paulet, CB (1803-1879) Autograph Letter Signed ('Geo. Paulet') to Smith, former Gunnery Officer on H.M.S. Carysfort. 12mo, 4 pp, 40 lines. On slightly grubby and creased paper, with a couple of tiny closed tears. Paulet writes that he has been 'saying much in [Smith's] favor' to 'Sir W. Gage' [Admiral Sir William Hall Gage (1777-1864), a member of the Board of Admiralty]. Gage considers the certificate Paulet...	Military and Naval History	£56.00
[British Prisoners of War in Japan or Japanese-Occupied Territory] [Printed HMSO pamphlet.] A Handbook for the information of Relatives and Friends of Prisoners of War and Civilians in Japanese or Japanese-Occupied Territory. [With stamped printed slip from the War Office.] 16pp., 12mo. Stapled. In printed pink wraps, with map on inside back cover showing 'The Prisoner of War (Far East) Enquiry Centre' at Curzon St House in Mayfair. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper in worn wraps with creasing to one corner. Divided into 14 sections: Government...		£150.00
Admiral Sir [William] Sidney Smith, hero of Acre. Autograph Letter Signed "W. Sidney Smith" to the Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool. Four pages, 4to, fair condition. Smith has put a cross through the first page, suggesting a draft - with no loss or obscuring. He believes he has had proof of Liverpool's goodwill towards him and is emboldened to ask that a protege "be included in the next list of Post Captains". He goes on to...	Military and Naval History	£180.00
Admiral Sir [William] Sidney Smith, hero of Acre. Autograph Letter Signed to "Lord Duke of Buckingham", presumably Grenville, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, first Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Four pages, 4to, fair condition. Smith has crossed out page one, suggesting this was a draft. He regrets missing the Duke on whom he waited. He makes strenuous representations on behalf of Dr George Roddam, hoping that Buckingham will support Roddam with the new King (William). He discusses...	Military and Naval History	£100.00
[Prospectus; Education] [Pamphlet] Brighton College. Prospectus 7pp., 8vo, disbound, hence spine frayed, otherwise good. Henry Cotterill, eminent Anglican, named in this pamphlet, was the College's second principal, appointed in 1851. Note: Founded in 1845 by William Aldwin Soames, who collected a group of like-minded local citizens to join him in the task (...	Education	£135.00
[Sailing; Brasil Coast] Anon. [Book] Sailing Directions for the Coast of Brazil from Maranham to Rio Janeiro. Compiled from the Latest Surveys . . .With an Appendix to 1867. 134pp., 8vo, original blue printed wraps, worn and chipped with two closed tears, contents good. Presumably an update of the 1856 work. No copy listed on COPAC or Worldcat.	Travel and Topography	£165.00
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (1841 – 1929), French statesman. [Georges Clemenceau (1841 – 1929), French statesman] Autograph Letter Signed G[B]Clemenceau to unnamed correspondent [George Meredith, novelist and poet] responding fulsomely to his receipt of Meredith's 'Ballads and Poems' (just published). Two pages, 8vo, bifolium, faint staining, text clear, good condition. The handwriting can be a little obscure. Text: Je ne sais comment vous remercier, Monsieur, de l'amabilite que vous avez de m'envoyer votre beau volume 'Ballads and Poems'. Je l'ai lu. J'ai meme relu la plupart des pieces. Et...	French, History	£350.00
Admiral Sir Edward Campbell Rich Owen Autograph Letter Signed [to R. Byham of the Ordnance Office]. English admiral who 'while in command of the "Immortalite" captured and destroyed many French gunboats and privateers, 1802-5' (DNB).Two pages, 12mo. Good though grubby, and with blank second leaf of bifoliate cut down to a stub. Thanks Byham for 'all your kindness'. 'I shall have an opportunity...	Military and Naval History	£120.00