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Alma Murray autograph letter signed to Albert Case, English actress (1854-1945). 2 pp, 12mo. "All my recitations are favorites just when I am reciting them - so the question you ask me is rather difficult to answer. - I love my work, so each bit of it has its special place in my heart. Sometimes - it may be a sad one or a merry one that I feel... |
Music and Theatre, Women | £20.00 | |
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Amaury Duval (1760-1838), founder (1794) of the French review 'La décade philosophique, littéraire et politique'; member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres [the French Revolution] Autograph Letter Signed ('Amaury-Duval') to unnamed female correspondent. 12mo, 1 p, 14 lines. Good, on aged and lightly creased paper. Small red oval monogram in top left-hand corner. In French. As he was about to come and see her 'on est venu me chercher pour des affaires urgentes. il faut que je sorte à l'heure même'. The only news is that 'le ministre des finances... |
French, Literature | £56.00 | |
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Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier (1764-1841), genealogist, 'Vérificateur des Armoiries de France'. Printed communication, signed 'd'Hozier', to Monsieur Boucher. 4to, 1 p, 12 lines. Text clear and entire, on creased paper. Printed in copperplate. Requesting subscription money due for his 'Indicateur Nobiliaire'. Good firm signature. |
French, History, Royalty | £35.00 | |
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences [James Bowdoin, Edward Augustus Holyoke, Benjamin Lincoln, Joseph Willard, Mannaseh Cutler, Caleb Gannett, Eli Forbes, Edward Wigglesworth, Jeremy Belknap et al.] 4to: xxxii + 568 pp. Very good, on lightly spotted and discoloured paper. In heavily-worn original boards, consisting of quarter-binding with grey boards and cream spine, with slight staining at head of spine. Foxed endpapers. Lacking plates. Fifty-four papers, by James Bowdoin, Edward Augustus... |
£120.00 | ||
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American Autograph Collecting [New York; the Declaration of Independence] A collection of twenty cuttings from American newspapers mostly relating to autograph collecting. Varying in size from a few lines to a column nineteen inches in length, and on aged high-acidity paper. In good condition, though frail, and with a few closed tears. Texts clear and complete. In the remains of a stamped envelope (postmarked Philadelphia, 21 February 1912), addressed to E. H.... |
£150.00 | ||
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Ammunition Factory Institute, Dum Dum, Calcutta Ammunition Factory Institute. Dum Dum. Grocery Department. Price List. Established January 1907. 4to, 12 pp. Stapled pamphlet. In original green printed wraps. Text clear and complete. On aged, creased and spotted paper, with rusted staples. Giving the prices ('Rs. As. P') of items ranging from 'Asparagus French tin' to 'Zymale tooth paste'. The last page lists prices for cigars, cigarettes... |
Military and Naval History, Travel and Topography | £125.00 | |
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Amy Mayhew [daughter of the journalist Henry Mayhew (1812-87)] Autograph Letter Signed to Fanny [Brough]. Three pages, 12mo. Very good. The letterhead, in red, carries Mayhew's crest, with his initials 'HM' and motto 'LABOR VINCIT'. An insight into doings within the Mayhew family. As her correspondent has 'not been here', she is concerned that she 'must have offended you in some way or another'. 'I... |
Social history, Women | £28.00 | |
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An Experienced Physician. Disbound, 24 pages, 12mo, partly unopened, sl. damaged but no loss of text. Penny chapbook. |
History, Science, Medicine and Technology | £15.00 | |
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An Philibin, pseud. [i.e. John Hackett Pollock] 4to. 24 pages. In original brown printed wraps. In poor condition: paper frayed, worn and discoloured, front and back wrap separately detached. Number 97 of 350 copies. Pollock (1887-1964) was a novelist, poet and one of the founders of the Gate Theatre. |
History, Literature, Music and Theatre, Travel and Topography | £100.00 | |
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And. Dan. Lizell and Eric Arvid Lidell [Pamphlet] Dissertatio Physica de Natura et Origine Presteris [Waterspouts] Disbound, 27pp., cr. 8vo, plus one page of illustrations (four varieties of waterspouts (oceanic phenomenon like tornadoes), minor defects but mainly good condition. The text is mainly in Latin but one substantial footnote is a quotation from an English periodical, and the dedication and another... |
Natural History, Science, Medicine and Technology, Travel and Topography | £450.00 |