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George Hamilton Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish Tory politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1852-55 Printed Circular ('To Her Majestys Consul') Signed 'Aberdeen'. One page, large octavo. Aged and with light staining. Docketed on second leaf of bifolium: 'Requesting Consuls not to receive Copies of books as presents to Her Majesty'. Printed facsimile of a handwritten document, headed 'Circular' and reading 'Inconvenience having been occasioned by a... |
£60.00 | |
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Gillyatt Sumner, antiquary and collector, Beverley, Yorks. A file of material including a Catalogue issued by Thomas Arthur, bookseller,and correspondence File of papers giving insight inot the buying and record-making procedures of an antiquary and collector.They are crudely sewn together, with some damage and staining, texts clear and complete except railway receipt (trimmed), collection comprising: a. Catalogue ("Part Fifty-Three", Feb. 1860,... |
£320.00 | |
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J[ames] Rodwell, bookseller "late Partner with & Successor to Mr. Faulder" (BBTI does not mention the partnership) One page, 7 x 4.5", good condition. Annual Register |
£35.00 | |
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James Asperne (1757-1820), bookseller of Cornhill, London, and proprietor of the 'European Magazine' [Freemasonry; Masonic] Proof engraving, by T. Blood, from painting by Samuel Drummond, A.R.A., of Asperne as Freemason. Dimensions of paper roughly twelve inches by ten; dimensions of print roughly nine and a half inches by seven and a half. A good clear impression, on aged, creased paper, of a striking illustration showing a portly and sleek Asperne, beautifully turned out in Freemason's robes and paraphernalia... |
£125.00 | |
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James Crokatt, Fleet Street bookseller Engraved Trade Card in form of receipt. Dimensions roughly one and a half inches by two inches. One page, blank verso. Tipped in on piece of yellow paper. Within ruled border. An attractive item, with an illustration of key at head. Beneath this, in copperplate, 'Bought of I: Crokatt | at the Golden Key near | ye. Inner-Temple-Gate |... |
£225.00 | |
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Johannes Gutenberg, German printer; Peter Stent (fl.1643-67), London printseller; Richard Gaywood (fl.1644-68), English engraver Engraved portrait of Gutenberg by Gaywood, mounted on piece of paper with painted decorations. Good clean image of a seventeenth-century engraving, from an earlier idealised portrait of the putative 'father of printing'. It is of irregular shape, the background having been carefully cut away. Neatly mounted on piece of beige paper, illustrated with a brown pseudo-frame with decorative... |
£250.00 |
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John Thomas Smith (1766-1833), artist and antiquary Engraving of bearded man walking while reading a book. On wove paper roughly eleven inches by seven and three-quarters; dimensions of print roughly seven inches by four and a half. Image clear and unaffected, on paper aged and creased, with some staining to extremities. Smith's monogram in bottom left-hand corner. The figure is formally dressed, in... |
£80.00 | |
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LSL [ Luther S. Livingston] Pamphlet, 8pp., 12mo, blank wraps except inside back wrap ("Reprinted from The Nation / 50 Copies"), minor damage at one staple, mainly good. Enclosed: printed anonymous poem entitled "It Takes a Book", one page (verso blank), 12mo, the theme of which is that you can trust a friend to return... |
£80.00 | |
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M[atthew]. Carey, American bookseller and publisher [24]pp., 12mo, unbound (formerly bound into a book?), crude repair to spine, partly detached leaves, foxing, text clear and complete. Subjects; Voyages, Travels, Geography, and Topography; Miscellaneous; Divinity; Medicine, Surgery and Chemistry; Novels, Romances, etc.; Education (most... |
£580.00 | |
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Nathan Haskell Dole, editor. Book Culture, vol. 1, nos 1-4 [of 7, all published] Pp. 16' 16; 32-56; 57-80, one coloured frontispiece.Some wear and tear, marking and sunning, fair condition, complete. Articles and advertising aimed at the book-collector (for example "A Prince of Collectors" (Jean Grolier)). |
£50.00 |
