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Annie Payson Call Author, associate of Arthur Astor Carey (1857-1923), philanthropist and social worker, of Waltham, Mass. Four, three and two pages, 8vo, respectively, good condition. (1915?). She speculates that she didb't answer his letter because "I think I wanted at first to consider asking my publishers... |
£275.00 | |
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Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester Printed Receipt Signed, with Manuscript Additions in another hand, for money lent to Queen Anne. Wit (1657-1717), mistress of James II. One leaf, dimensions roughly seven inches by ten and a half. Printed text with manuscript additions on recto with calculations in a contemporary hand on the reverse. Good, but grubby. Receipt 'of the Right Honourable James Vernon Esq; One of the Four... |
£200.00 | |
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Earl Marchmont, Thomas [ Secker ] Archbishop of Canterbury, Beversham Filmer, J. Stephens. Document signed by these four parties, part printed, part manuscript. One page, 4to, one small tear, staining, pinholes, text clear and complete. The four parties acknowledge receipt of £62.10 in their office aas "executors of Sarah late Duchess of Marlborough assignee of John Rudghe as per margin. In the margin, in manuscript is a list of years 1828-1838 with a... |
£250.00 | |
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Henry Fox [ Baron Holland ] Document (part printed part manuscript) signed "H Fox"; printed heading "Annuity for Life, 1746". Statesman (see DNB). One page, chipped, small tear, trimmed but text clear and complete. The document, part printed (a form), records that Henry Fox on the 23 Aug. 1762 received £20 from George, Earl of Macclesfield, one of the Four tellers of His Majesty's Receipt of Exchequer, for six months... |
£200.00 | |
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Hubert Foster [The P.E.N.; Poets, Essayists and Novelists] Six Typed Letters Signed to D. K. Craig of Arthurs Press Ltd. Association founded in England in 1921 to promote the interests of writers worldwide. First item, two pages, 12mo; next four, one page, 12mo; last item, one page, octavo. All good, though lightly creased and on discoloured paper. All have two punch holes. Item one with staple marks in top left-... |
£80.00 | |
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Khalil Linant [ In French ] Autograph Letter Signed "Khalil Linant" to "Mon cher Bey". Presumably secretary to his father, Linant Bey. One page, 8vo, good condition, text as follows: "Je viens d'apprendre votre nomination au grade de Bey; je vous prie d'agreer toutes mes felicitations les plus sinceres. Je suis heureux de voir le Gouvernement apprecier et recompenser les services... |
£95.00 | |
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[Henry Longueville Mansel, Dean of St Pauls; University of Oxford; J. Vincent, publisher] Scenes from an unfinished drama, entitled Phrontisterion, or, Oxford in the 19th century. English philosopher (1820-71). 24 pages, 12mo. Very good, neatly bound in brown cloth binding. Bound in are the original grey printed wraps, affected with foxing, and with very slight damage from glue to front wrap. The rear wrap carries an advertisement of 'BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED | BY J.... |
£100.00 | |
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[NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE] S[olomon] Hodgson, Printer, bookseller, stationer, print seller, newspaper proprietor (BBTI 1785-1800), also publisher of Bewick. One page, 4to, somewhat grubby and worn at the edge, but text clear and complete. Account total £7.16.11 paid in cash. Twenty two items listed with prices, multiple copies from "6 Hist of All Nations" to 200 Maclaurin's Spelling", subjects including educational (as above) and children's ("Mother... |
£350.00 | |
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[PROVINCIAL PRINTING, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE] Rev. John Hodgson 4to. Pages: [4] + 30. Uncut and in large part unopened, in original plain grey wraps. Stabbed as issued, but with thread worn away and signatures loose within wraps. Grubby and with some offsetting, but overall a very good survival of a scarce and fragile item. A handsome production which does... |
£125.00 | |
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Admiral Sir [William] Sidney Smith, hero of Acre. Autograph Letter Signed "W. Sidney Smith" to the Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool. Four pages, 4to, fair condition. Smith has put a cross through the first page, suggesting a draft - with no loss or obscuring. He believes he has had proof of Liverpool's goodwill towards him and is emboldened to ask that a protege "be included in the next list of Post Captains". He goes on to... |
£180.00 |
