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Captain Taprell Dorling (" Taffrail ") Autograph Letter Signed "Taprell Dorling" to [Royal Society of Arts. Author. One page, 8vo, fold mark, good condition. "in your letter of November 2nd last, you were kind enough to say that you would take the necessary steps for my election to the Royal Society of Arts if I decided to reconsider my original inability to accept your Council's invitation. / I... |
Literature, Military and Naval History | £75.00 | |
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[Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd, The Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square, London; Ethelbert White; Jacob Epstein] 16mo, 8 pp. On art paper. In yellow printed wraps printed in orange. Good, with minor spotting around staples. Thirty-six items by White on pp.2-5, preceded by a biographical note. Twenty-five items by Epstein on pp.6-7, headed by 'LAZARUS (Carving in Hopton Wood stone)'. Scarce: only two copies... |
Art and Architecture | £56.00 |
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[Roedean School, near Brighton, East Sussex, boarding school for girls founded by the Lawrence sisters in 1885] [Printed handbill.] Roedean School. Dates of the Beginning and End of Terms for 1917. 1p., 16mo. Good, on lightly-aged and spotted laid paper. A few pencil calculations on the reverse. Neatly printed. Giving details for the three terms: Lent, Summer and Michaelmas, with dates for 'Pupils re-assemble', 'Opening Address to Pupils', 'Reading of the Reports and Closing Address' and '... |
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Captain William Scarfe Moorsom Autograph letter signed to A. Byham, Civil engineer (1804-63). 2 pp, 12mo. "Dear Sir / Will you excuse the Son of your old Surveyor General so far as to send me a printed copy of the regulations under which Boys come for examination at Woolwich Academy: My Boy will probably be finding his way there & I want to prepare him to... |
History, Science, Medicine and Technology, Travel and Topography | £40.00 | |
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Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. Roman Catholic cardinal-archbishop of Westminster (1802-65). Paper dimensions approximately 2 3/4 inches by 4 inches. Grubby and creased. Reads 'Yours sincerely &c | N. Wiseman'. |
Religion | £25.00 | |
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Cardinal Wiseman [Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman] (1802-1865) Autograph Letter Signed ('N Card. Wiseman'), in French, to 'Mons Castermann, Editeur, Tournai'. 12mo: 1 p. On the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium, with the address, with postmark, on the reverse of the second. On brittle, aged paper. The letter has been neatly folded three times, and there are a few closed tears along the crease lines, including one through the initial 'N' of the... |
Religion | £56.00 |
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Cardinal Wiseman. Autograph Note Signed, N. Card. Wiseman, to Mrs Brewster. Archbishop of Westminster and writer (1802-1865). One page, 8vo, laid down, page from an album, some staining but text clear. "Madam / I have the oleasure of hereby complying with your request. / Yours sincerely / N. Card. Wiseman / Mrs Brewster". The request must have been for an autograph.... |
Religion | £65.00 | |
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Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), German botanist and South American explorer [John Murray II (1778-1843); Rudolph Oldenbourg (1811-1903); Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf] 4to (leaf dimensions roughly 27 x 21.5 cm): 1 p. Fifteen lines of text. On the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium, with the address on the reverse of the second leaf. Text complete and legible, on aged paper, grubby, worn and creased paper. An unusual and interesting letter of introduction,... |
Book Trade History, Natural History, Printing History | £350.00 |
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Carl P. Russell Chief Naturalist of the National Park Service and Superintendent of Yosemite National Park. One page, 8vo, slightly stained but in good overall condition. Russell is replying to Epps's request for information about the National Park System, 'particularly those areas which are classed as "... |
Natural History, Science, Medicine and Technology | £150.00 | |
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Carl Peters [Karl Peters](1856-1918), German traveller in Africa [1898 letter], 2pp., 4to, closed tear on fold but mainly good, text complete and clear. "Here the answer to that vicious article in the Desdener Zeitung" [perhaps he had enclosed a letter or article - no longer present]. He asks for a careful copy and that Armstrong sign it and send it to the... |
Travel and Topography | £350.00 |