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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Frederic Herbert Trench (1865-1923), Irish poet Autograph Note Signed ('Herbert Trench', twice) to unnamed female correspondent. Octavo, one page. Good, with stains from paperclip at head. Large bold signature on top half of leaf, and body of note, with signature on bottom half. 'I have pleasure in sending my signature. Yes I am the author of "Deirdre Wedded" & "New Poems" (including Apollo & the Seaman) which...	Literature	£40.00
Frederic Madden (1801-1873), scholar and librarian Observations on an autograph of Shakspere, and the orthography of his name. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by Sir Frederic Madden ... in a letter to John Gage 2 p. ., [3]-16, [2] p. 22 cm, beige wraps chipped and worn, and partially detached, fair condition. Notes: Facsimile of Shakespeare’s autograph on t.-p.; "Reprinted from the Archaeologia, vol. XXXVII, pp. 113-123, with some corrections." It includes a 2pp. list of related books (Shakespeariana)...	Literature	£25.00
Ambrose Dickins (d.1747), Sergeant Surgeon to King George II [ Ambrose Dickins, Sergeant Surgeon to King George II. ] Autograph Signature ('Ambr. Dickins') on manuscript debenture. The debenture is on a 12 x 18.5 cm. piece of paper. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, but with slight loss to one edge causing loss of a few words of text. On the recto are the details in Latin of the debenture, which is paid 'Out of Seizures', beginning: 'Franco Dickins Juris Civilis...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£80.00
Frederic William Farrar (1831-1903), Dean of Canterbury and Master of Marlborough College, 1871-6 [Herbert Armitage James; Rossall School; Rugby School] Autograph Letter Signed ('F W Farrar') to [Herbert Armitage] James[, Headmaster of Rossall School]. Four pages, 12mo. Very good, on lightly aged paper, with minor traces of two mounts adhering to verso of second leaf of bifolium. Praises 'the excellent Sermon'. 'You will doubtless have a difficult work at Rossall, but every term will render it less difficult' [...] One can't ask for a greater...	Literature, Religion	£40.00
Frederic William Farrar, Dean of Canterbury Autograph Letter Signed to 'Laura'. Archdeacon of Westminster and Dean of Canterbury (1831-1903). Two pages, 12mo. Good but grubby and with some staining from glue and with head of verso attached to larger sheet of green paper, some of which adheres to letter. He is 'very full of engagements in Lent; indeed I am more occupied in...	Literature, Religion	£45.00
Frederic William Farrar, Dean of Westminster Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Dean of Canterbury (1831-1903). 'Dear Sir, \| I am sorry that my course as Bampton Lecturer at Oxford prevents me from accepting your kind invitation. \| Otherwise I wd. gladly give you a Lecture. I should be pleased to visit Sheffield & see Mr Ruskin's Museum. \| I am, Dear Sir \| Very...	Literature, Religion	£30.00
[The Cosaque Times [The Times of London; British nineteenth-century newspapers; Victorian periodical publications] The Cosaque Times. [a humorous pastiche of the London Times and other British Newspapers of the period] 16mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and complete. On aged and creased paper, lightly discoloured. A typographical curiosity, and interesting social document, the background to which is not easily discoverable. Three columns to a page, with the text divided into short sections including Marriages,...	Social history	£125.00
K.M. Briggs [Katharine Mary Briggs] Folklorist. [Printed Play] The Garrulous Lady 29pp., 16mo, paper wraps (covered in tissue), very good condition. Three copies on COPAC (copyright libraries) and three on WorldCat (USA). Scarce.	Literature	£50.00
Sir Richard Airey [Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey] (1803-1881), senior British Army officer, remembered for writing out the order for the Charge of the Light Brigade, and 1879-1880 Airey Commission [Sir Richard Airey: the man who issued the order for the Charge of the Light Brigade.] Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mrs. Gardiner’, describing the ‘escape by a miracle’ of ‘Gardiner’ after a dangerous fall from his horse. See his entry in the Oxford DNB: ‘Following Raglan's instructions, he wrote out the order which led to the fateful charge of the light brigade on 25 October 1854, but unfortunately in the heat of battle kept no duplicate. Subsequently, he had to request a copy from Lieutenant-General Lord Lucan...		£56.00
Nicolas Orloff [Nikolai Andreyevich Orlov ] (1892-1964), Russian concert pianist noted for his interpretations of Chopin, who settled in Scotland [Nicolas Orloff [Nikolai Andreyevich Orlov], Russian concert pianist noted for his interpretations of Chopin.] Autograph Signature and English inscription on Christmas card to Alan Lockhart; with second Autograph Signature and note signed 'N. O.' Orloff left Russia in 1921, and toured the world as a leading interpreter of Chopin. He settled in Grantown-on-Spey in 1948, becoming a British citizen four years later. ONE: 6.5 x 14 cm bifoliate Christmas card, with blue and black illustration ‘Designed by Kris’. Dated at head by Orloff ‘1963/...	Music and Theatre	£90.00