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[T. G. Flowers; John Gellatly (1803-1856); G. Grierson, John Johnstone, engravers; T. and W. McDowall and John Menzies, publishers; Victorian views of Edinburgh; Scotland; Scottish engraving] The twelve McDowall engravings each on separate cards of shiny art paper, each 90 x 130 cm, and all but the card with the image of the Scott Memorial (see below) in landscape. The Menzies engraving of Loch Ness, in similar style to the others on shiny art paper, but slightly larger, at 90 x 140... |
History, Social history | £280.00 | |
[The General Apothecaries' Company, (Limited.)] Folio, 3 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and complete. On aged and creased paper. Giving a list of the Company's officers, including the six directors. Incorporated in 1856, and wound up by liquidators in 1861. Setting out the Company's aims and purposes, beginning 'This Company has been established to... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £280.00 | |
John Crowe, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Norwich Union Fire & Life Insurance Societies [Major-General John Hall (1770-1823) of Park Hall, Mansfield Woodhouse; Thomas Bignold (1761-1835)] Folio, 2 pp. On the rectos of the two leaves of a bifolium. On laid paper watermarked 'Gilling & Allford 1816'. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. The first page contains a letter addressed to 'General Hall' from 'Union Office | Norwich 16th Novr. 1818', forty lines long... |
Economics, Social history | £280.00 | |
Chevalier William Henry Grattan Flood (1857-1928), musicologist and historian Three pages, 12mo, in bifolium, black-edged, with original envelope, also black-edged,1.5 inch tear to fold, mainly very good. He explains that his father's illness and death (and consequent complicated affairs) delayed his response to Arkwright's letter. He thanks him for his advice as to my... |
Music and Theatre | £280.00 | |
Kenneth Rose, Chairman of the Nonentities Society, The Playhouse Theatre, Kidderminster [Carlo Collodi; Pinocchio] 4to, [iii] + 76 pp. In original orange titled wraps. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, in worn and frayed wraps. A three-act adaptation of Collodi's children's classic, with cast of characters, 'Synopsis of Scenes', and 'Musical Contents' listing the plays twenty-six songs. The... |
Music and Theatre | £280.00 | |
Ladislav Nov ALS, TLS and ACS, all in French, from the Czech writer Ladislav Nov All three in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The ALS is accompanied by its stamped and postmarked envelope, addresed by Nov |
£280.00 | ||
[Charles Garnett] [Manuscript] Account book of Charles Garnett of Bonehills, Tamworth, Manuscript account book containing a wealth of detail, helping to build up a picture of the household of an affluent member of the Victorian middle-class (see 'Garnett of Wyreside' in Burke's Landed Gentry). The son of an East India Company civil servant, Charles Garnett (1811-1899), of... |
History | £280.00 | |
Charles James Mathews (1803-1878), British actor-manager [The Lyceum Theatre, London; Covent Garden] Printed for display, on one side of a piece of paper 24.5 x 49.5 cm. Text clear and complete. On aged and creased paper, with one closed tear and bottom right-hand corner lacking, causing slight loss to the last letter of Mathews' name at foot of document. Heading in bold type in a variety of... |
Music and Theatre | £280.00 | |
Rev. Richard Pryce, minister of Cote Chapel [Caroline Ann Horde; Charles Leake, Witney solicitor; Aston; Bampton; Oxfordshire; Rev. Barrow; Rev. Dr Winstanley; enclosures of common land] Folio, 7 pp. Stitched into orginal brown wraps. In good condition, lightly dogeared and aged. On Britannia laid paper watermarked 'WE | 1833'. The minutes of the first meeting, and the copies of the two letters, are all signed by Pryce as chairman. The four pages of the minutes of the first... |
History, Law, Social history | £280.00 | |
W.G. Burn Murdoch, Scottish Piper, writer, whaler, and Arctic Explorer Draft (prob. litho with MS. adds) The War Memorial School of Pipers Certificate Certificate, c.41,5 x 38cm, fold marks, slight foxing, mainly good condition. Text surrounded by border with simple celtic theme, headed by recumbent pipes with gaelic script. Text: The War Memorial School of Pipers Certificate | This is to certify [...] receive a _______Certificate ; [... |
Music and Theatre | £280.00 |