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Augusta Noel (nee Keppel) Two Autograph Letters Signed to [the Hon.] Mrs [Alicia Margaret Tyssen] Amherst. English author (1838-1902). The recipient was later Baroness Rockley. Both items are very good. They can be dated from the reference to the Noel's mother (nee Susan trotter, died 1885) and the mourning border. ITEM ONE (three pages, 12mo): 'I send you a very rough little story, for the Children'... |
Literature, Women | £45.00 | |
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Auguste Guinnard, French traveller, who wrote an account of his three-years' captivity in Patagonia [Jules Verne; Pierre Kalfon; Benard] Autograph Letter Signed ('A Guinnard'), in French, to an unnamed male correspondent. 8vo, 2 pp. Bifolium. Thirty-two lines of text. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged and creased paper. It is only now that he is able to thank him for the 'bon accueil que m'a fait Monsieur Benard grâce à votre Gracieuse recommendation'. Benard has lent him 'quelques ouvrages',... |
French, Travel and Topography | £100.00 |
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Augustin Haguette, de Saint-Denis, Départment de la Seine [Didot le jeune, Paris printer] 4to: viii + 47 pp. Disbound. On foxed paper with occasional light staining. On the title-page Haguette is described as 'Bachelier-ès-lettres; ex-Officier de santé des armées; ancien Elève de l'Ecole pratique et des hôpitaux civils de Paris.' 'No. 9.' in manuscript at head of the title-page.... |
French, Science, Medicine and Technology | £40.00 | |
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Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Autograph Signature on fragment of military document. Uncle (1773-1843) of Queen Victoria, notable book collector. Paper dimensions approximately 1 1/2 inches by 2 1/2 inches. In good condition. Florid signature 'Augustus Frederick' above printed word '(Rank)' beside 'Lieutt. Coll. Com.' in manuscript, which in turn is above printed word '(Corps)'... |
Military and Naval History, Royalty | £30.00 | |
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Augustus Mayhew autograph letter signed to [Edward] Draper, Author (1826-1875). 2 pp, 12mo. "[...] You got me into a d - d mess with Nicholson but I promised him to say nothing about it so Mum's the word / Yours in expectation of a True Hoodian morceau". Traces of mount stuck to reverse. |
Literature | £20.00 | |
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Austin Brereton autograph note signed to Clement Shorter Stage historian. One page, 8vo.He thanks Shorter for the loan of some books and asks for another. |
Literature | £25.00 | |
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Austin Clarke Original beige wrap, sunned and dusted, worn and chipped edges and spine, small closed tear at top front wrap, contents slightly foxed, mainly good. Enclosure (loose): Blank Order Form for this pamphlet including statement of limitation (300 printed). Scarce. |
Literature | £150.00 | |
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Australian Northern Territory Land Orders, 1870 ballot 3 pp, in a bifolium. Leaf dimensions 33.5 x 21 cm. Clear and complete. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Each page divided into four columns of small type, each column headed 'LONDON REGISTER' and containing numbers under three heads: the first being 'No. of Land Order', and the other... |
Travel and Topography | £150.00 |
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Author illegible [B. Thickins?] Autograph [letter] list signed, half only to Baynes, Bookseller, No. 54 Paternoster Row, London. Autograph letter/order/list, top half lost, leaving frayed edge and some loss of text, generally poor condition but most of text clear.. Remainder a list as follows: "1 Epistle to Peter Pindar 2n[d] [Edi]tion - 2/ [shillings] Wright/ 1 Thett on the Prophesies[sic] - Rivingtons/ [tickedby... |
Book Trade History | £80.00 | |
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B. A. Van Proosdij [H. J. Rose, translator; Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804-1886); Carel Gabriel Cobet (1813-1889); Leiden University] 8vo, 47 pp. In original grey printed wraps. With frontispiece portrait of Madvig and one plate. Good, in dusty wraps. Presentation copy, with card 'With the compliments of Dr B. A. Van Proosdij, Scientific Advisor to Messrs. Brill' loosely inserted. Divided into four parts: 'The Intellectual... |
History, Literature | £50.00 |