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'Edna Lyall', pseudonym of the novelist Ada Ellen Bayly (1857-1903) 2pp., 12mo. Fifteen lines. On bifolium. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. The male recipient is not named. She apologies that 'the crowd of Christmas engagements' has meant that his letter has gone unanswered until now. 'With regard to the question you ask, my feeling is that where an artist and an... |
£90.00 | ||
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Charlotte Yonge [Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901)], English novelist Autograph Note Signed ('C M Yonge') to unnamed woman. On one side of a piece of paper, 9.5 x 7.5 cm. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. Minor traces of stub in thin strip along one edge. Reads 'Elderfield | Decr 19 | Dear Madam | The Story you mean is in the Christmas number of the Monthly Packet for 1877 | Yours truly | [signed] C M Yonge'.... |
Literature, Women | £45.00 | |
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Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818), abolitionist and legal reformer of Huguenot descent See his long entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, with negligible remnants of windowpane mount adhering at edges of blank reverse. Reads: ‘Mr. Romilly presents his compliments to Mr. Williams and informs him that he is obliged to go out of Town tomorrow & that he has not... |
£50.00 | ||
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Chaulieu. Autograph Note Signed to an unknown correspondent. French composer. 2pp., 8vo, , referring to a list he has added to the letter of 8 pieces he would like to publish if his correspondent can cooperate. He has the proofs of To the Hills “a votre disposition”, and describes in a postscript a “fantaisie” he has justfinished. |
French, Music and Theatre | £75.00 | |
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Anna Maria Winter, Irish Author [Anna Maria Winter, Irish Author; Printed] The Ideal Confidant. A Poem. 172pp., 8vo, rebound in modern grey boards and eps, substantially unopened, small closed tear on original endpaper, long tears pp.9-10 and 103-4 repaired (page obviously turned too vigorously not taking unopenedness into account), p.172 (the last) and adjacent ep sl. marked, text ow clear and... |
£450.00 | ||
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Chevalier Fortunino Matania (1881-1963), Italian artist Autograph Note Signed (F Matania) to unnamed correspondent. One page, quarto. On lightly creased, aged paper with a few closed tears. Rust marks from paperclip at head. Reads 'Il triangolo della perfezione arte scienza ad amore | [signed] F Matania'. |
Art and Architecture, Travel and Topography | £38.00 | |
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Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron Carlingford Autograph letter signed to [?] Monsell, Liberal politician (1823-98). 4 pp, 12mo. "The Railway people object strongly to the Post Office Clause in my Railway Bill, & are going to move an amendment to strike it out in Committee. I think it wd. be well if you wd. send somebody to represent the P. O, and to meet two or three Railway... |
History | £30.00 | |
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Chief Jonathan M. Moshoesh [Moshesh, Moshoeshoe, Mshweshwe] , of modernday Lesotho [Basutoland] Dimensions roughly 2.3 x 11.5 cms. On paper with three vertical rules. Reads 'chief Jonathan M. Moshoesh'. Neatly laid down on larger piece of grey paper (roughly 6 x 12 cms), docketed in a contemporary hand 'Basuto chief called Jonathan. He is the biggest chief in Basutoland after "Letsia", the... |
£100.00 | ||
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Christ's College, Cambridge [Rev. William Done Bushell (1838-1917)] Printed on one side of a piece of laid paper, 24.5 x 20 cm. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with 3 cm closed tear at edge along fold line. Nicely printed. Twenty lines in Latin, including five graces. The first reading 'Placeat vobis, UNDERGRADUATI, ut Dominum PROCANCELLARIUM non... |
Education | £35.00 | |
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Christian M. Nebehay, Austrian dealer in autographs Quarto: 40 pp. In original printed wraps, decorated with various facsimiles. Facsimiles in text, and portrait of Beethoven on rear inner wrap. Good, on browned paper. Sections on painters, writers, poets, architects, sculptors, musicians. Nods towards the American market, with some entries in... |
Book Trade History | £50.00 |