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[Foreign Office. 1897. Annual Series]

Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance. Peru (1896). No.1866.

Pamphlet, stitched as issued, minor foxing, good condition, 25pp. 8vo, reporting for the year 1896.

£28.00
[Foreign Office. 1897. Annual Series]

Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance. Venezuela (1896). No. 1933.

Pamphlet, stitched as issued, sl. dusted and foxed, good condition, 14pp., 8vo, reporting for the year 1896.

£28.00
[John] Sudlow, engraver and printer (BBTI)

Trade card.

c.3 x 4.5, creased and slightly soiled. Re. BBTI in Market Street in 1824 - further detail to add.

Printing History £28.00
[Samuel Wilson, Lord Mayor of London; Lord Mayor's Banquet, 1838; Guildhall; City of London Livery Companies]

A Representation of the Tables in the Body of Guildhall, and the Old Court of King's Bench, with the arrangement for the members of the Court of Common Council and their ladies. Lord Mayor's Day, 1838.

Printed on one side of a piece of paper 43 x 33 cms. Good, on lightly creased and spotted aged paper. A printed plan, with two diagrams, designed to show the members of the various livery companies where to sit at the banquet for Samuel Wilson, Lord Mayor of London. The name 'R. Taylor' (of the...

£28.00
A[rthur]. Blok

Some Personal Recollections of Sir Ambrose Fleming. The Third Fleming Memorial Leture.

Communications and Television pioneer. Pamphlet, 12pp., 4to, somewhat soiled and chipped, small tear at fold mark. INSCRIBED by the author "With Kind Regards / A.B. [Arthur Blok]".

Science, Medicine and Technology £28.00
Alexander Henry Hallam Murray (1854-1934), son of the London publisher John Murray the third (1808-1892) [50 Albemarle Street; Murray's Guides]

Secretarial Letter, Signed by Murray ('A. H. Hallam Murray'), to C. J. Holdsworth, responding to a criticism of an entry in one of 'Murray's Guides'.

12mo, 2 pp. 12 lines of text. Very good on lightly-aged paper. He has received Holdsworth's letter, and is 'sorry to hear that you found our description of the Royal Hotel not justified'. Note will be taken of Holdsworth's 'experiences' and 'whatever alterations are necessary' will be made, '...

Book Trade History, Printing History, Travel and Topography £28.00
Alfred Sutro, British dramatist and translator (1863-1933)

Autograph Note Signed to the Rev. E. J. A. Davies.

One page, small octavo. Very good, though with a little offsetting of ink from folding of letter, and a small closed tear at head. A reply to a request for an autograph - in a close, neat, hand - reading 'Dear Sir | With much pleasure as I assure you that I am | Sincerely yours | Alfred Sutro...

Literature, Music and Theatre £28.00
Alfred Ainger

Autograph Letter Signed to [?] Bradfield.

English writer, humorist and divine (1837-1904). Four pages, 12mo. Very good, though a tad grubby, and with traces of previous mounting on verso of second leaf of bifoliate. He is late in replying because he has been bringing his invalid niece back from Derbyshire to Hampstead. Touches on her...

Literature £28.00
Alfred Hands [J. W. Gray & Son, Lightning Conductor Experts]

Offprint of article entitled 'Protection Against Lightning. What is a lightning conductor? How does it protect against lightning? And how should it be applied to be effective?'

8vo: ii + 14 pp. Unbound. Stapled and in original brown printed wraps. Very good on art paper. Six photographic illustrations, including 'Clothing of a man struck by lightning' and 'Farm-house at Whaddon, near Stamford, struck and practically wrecked by lightning.' Hands is described as 'Member...

Science, Medicine and Technology £28.00
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