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Hon. Henry Bilson-Legge (1708-1764), Treasurer of the Navy, 1749-1754 Autograph Signature ('H Legge') on fragment of document. Dimensions of paper roughly 4 x 6.5 cm. Good, although with slight wear at left and small part of loop at beginning of signature crossing over a printed vertical line. Docketed in pencil 'Lord Treasurer'. |
£25.00 | |
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[Father] Ignatius [ Joseph Leycester Lyne] Autograph Letter Signed "Ignatius OSB" to "Mr Palmer". 3pp., 8vo, bifolium, grubby, creased, ink-smudge, part of second leaf cut off, cride repairs but text clear and complete, but in a difficult (hasty?) hand. As far as I can tell he says: "My dear Mr Palmer | I have been dining here with Mr [Sturd], I told him that I was writing a tale, which wd... |
£220.00 | |
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[The Pall Mall Magazine; George Routledge & Sons] Quarto: 4 pp. Unbound bifolium. Grubby and creased, with a couple of pin holes and small closed tears, and a little ink staining to the margins (not affecting text). Five illustrations, including full page engraving of two cherubs, entitled 'L'Enfance de l'amour'. Claims that 'neither labour nor... |
£56.00 | |
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James Hamilton, ed. [Stonehenge; druids] Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature. 8vo: 44 + 8 + 80 pp. Three engravings by Pearson ('Stonehenge', 'The Walrus' and 'Infusoria'). In original brown printed wraps. Good, though a touch dusty and dogeared, in creased and worn wraps, with loss to one corner at rear (not affecting text). A scarce survival in its original state, with... |
£100.00 | |
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Joseph Wood, headmaster of Harrow School, 1899-1910 Autograph Letter Signed ('Joseph Wood') to 'Miss Tapp'. 12mo: 1 p. Good, with traces of previous mounting on blank reverse. He thanks her for her kind note, and is glad she enjoyed 'our little tour, in spite of wind and weather'. He has sent off her camera, 'carefully packed', and hopes 'it will arrive without injury. This is not promising weather... |
£28.00 | |
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Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889), English journalist of Irish extraction, editor of the Art Journal [Art Union] Autograph Letter Signed ('S C Hall') ['To Mrs G. Barrow']. 8vo: 1 p. Good, with slight wear to outer edge, and strip from previous mount neatly adhering to reverse. With name of recipient at head, and docketed on reverse. He has 'seen some charming & useful Leaflets advocating Humanity to Animals' and has been 'led to understand they may be obtained... |
£45.00 | |
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Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), English novelist and historian of London Autograph Notes relating to the London district of Fulham. The notes, on three 12mo bifoliums, cover three pages, with a few lines on a couple of others. In excess of eighty lines. Very good. Brief chronology and list of notable residents, presumably an outline for the description of the district in Besant's 'London' (1892) or another of his many... |
£100.00 | |
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Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), London banker of Scottish extraction [Coutts & Co.] Autograph Letter in the third person to the London printseller James Caulfield (1764-1826). 12mo: 1 p. Somewjhhat grubby, but with text clear and entire. Caulfield 'has been misled in supposing Mr Coutts is inclined to collect Hogarth's or any other pictures as he has hardly ever had any taste or inclination for that Line.' |
£38.00 | |
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Tom Gallon (1866-1914), English novelist, dramatist and humourist [George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Tom Gallon') and Typed Letter Signed to Ernest Pertwee. Both items quarto. On worn, discoloured paper, with a couple of closed tears to the folds. Pertwee was the author of numerous anthologies for recitation, and these letters presumably relate to his 'Reciter's treasury of prose and drama: serious and humorous' (Routledge, 1904). TLS: 'Provided, of... |
£56.00 | |
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William Dickson; John Miller Dickson; General Henry Shadforth [Royal Military College, Bagshot; British army; military history] The collection is in good condition, with occasional light creasing. The 'Regulations' ('ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE') consist of four pages printed on a folio bifolium. The other printed item, in facsimile handwriting, dated '15.11.51' (and dated in manuscript 'Horse Guards 1st. February 1853'),... |
£125.00 |
