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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Frank Short (1851-1935), artist [Sydney Pavière (1891-1971), curator] [John Wallis Shores, engineer.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Frank Short') to the curator Sydney Pavière, regarding prints which he is sending him. 1p., landscape 12mo. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. The first paragraph reads: 'Dear Mr Pavière, \| I will look carefully at the prints you send in (as, indeed, & of course, at all of them), and hope you may be successful at the election. The whole of the members will this year, at last,...	Art and Architecture	£56.00
John Gordon, editor of the Sunday Express [Lord Beaverbrook]: [Archive; unpublished history] Papers and correspondence relating to an intended history of the early years of the Daily Express For more about John Rutherford Gordon (1890-1974), editor of the Sunday Express between 1928 and 1952, see his entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Although the volume for which the present material was amassed did not materialise, there is no doubting the seriousness of the...	History	£2,000.00
Archie [presumably Archibald] Black, publisher (of A. & C. Black). Typed Letter Signed "Archie Black" to J.G. Wilson, John & Edward Bumpus Ltd. One page, minor defects, text clear and complete. He would like to see some drawings which have beeen mentioned, and will call in. "Our contributions to the Scott Exhibition were returned this morning in excellent conditio, and I would like to congratulate you and Miss Hughes on a most excellent...	Art and Architecture, Book Trade History, Social history	£50.00
August Lafontaine (1759-1831), author; James Powell of the Custom House (and Newington Place, Surrey), translator English manuscript translations of three 'Moral Tales from the Original German of Augustus Lafontaine translated by J Powell [James Powell of the Custom House)] Vol III', titled 'The noblest Man', 'The Intrigue' and 'The Power of Conscience'. 4to, 134 pp. In original loose grey wraps, with 'Moral Tales \| Vol III' in manuscript on front. Texts clear and complete, with numerous manuscript emendations. Fair, on aged paper, with slight creasing to corners of a few leaves. Wraps worn. Comprising 34 bifoliums (watermarked 'RW \| KENT'),...	Literature	£1,250.00
Aristide Michel Perrot Autograph letter signed "Perrot", to "Monsieur le Conseille d'Etat Prefet du Department de la Seine" Map-maker, geographe, geographer. (One page, folio,some creasing and soiling, mainly good, clear and complete. This is a formal document in his best hand, in which he requests the opportunity to exhibit at "l'exposition" his latest work, "une carte de la France industrielle indiquent la position...	French	£150.00
Sir Edward Parry [Sir Edward Abbott Parry] (1863–1943), judge and dramatist [Sir Edward Parry [Sir Edward Abbott Parry], judge and dramatist.] Autograph Signature to cutting of newspaper article by him on ‘Brach of Promise / The Law, the Lady, and Sex Equality’. See the account of his life in the entry for his father the serjeant-at-law John Humffreys Parry (1816-1880) in the Oxford DNB. Signed ‘faithfully yours / Edward Parry / April . 1930’, across the headline of a 22 x 21 cm. cutting of a newspaper article, with text in three columns, the headline...		£30.00
Anon. [Pamphlet] The Gospel in Paris. Miss de Broen's Mission to the Communists at Belleville. 8pp., 12mo, beige printed paper wraps, some foxing, mainly good condition. No copy on COPAC or WorldCat. Note: In 1871, residents of the incorporated neighborhood of Belleville were some of the strongest supporters of the Paris Commune. When the Versailles Army came to reconquer Paris in May of...	French, History, Religion, Social history, Women	£125.00
Arno Nadel (1878-1943), German Jewish poet and musicologist; Jakob Steinhardt [Jacob Steinhardt] (1887-1968), Israeli artist and engraver of Polish and Jewish extraction; Fritz Gurlitt, publisher "Rot und glühend ist das Auge des Juden". Gedichte zu 8 Radierungen von Jacob Steinhardt Only edition. The dimensions of the volume, which is bound in grey paper printed wraps, are roughly 29.5 x 24 cm. It consists of 25 unpaginated leaves and a frontispiece (sometimes lacking). The other illustrations are eight tipped-in plates and a facsimile of a music score. Some ruckling to the...	Art and Architecture, Music and Theatre	£200.00
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931), English novelist [Sir Stanley Unwin (1884-1968), publisher] Typed Note Signed to Stanley Unwin. 4to, 1 p. Four lines of text. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with slight staining from paperclip in top left-hand corner. He thanks him for his 'very interesting letter': 'The photograph shows an agreeable, and perhaps distinguished building. I return the picture thereof, and wish you every...	Book Trade History, Literature	£65.00
Arnold Bennett, novelst. Autograph Letter Signed to [Frederick Whelen], Fabian writer and lecturer (1867-1955), founder of the Stage Society. One page, 4to, slightly chipped and with folds at corners, good condition, text clear and complete. " . . . I am not a brilliant orator, nor even an orator; but neither am I the sort of person to refuse your request to orate, & therefore I will speak for the guests. I wish you would let me...	Literature	£220.00