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Nicolas Bentley Autograph Postcard Signed to Kenneth Bredon, of Bredon's Bookshop in Brighton. One page, very good. Postcard illustration of Marie Taglioni. In Bentley's distinctive neat hand. 'If & when Angus & Robertson's traveller shows you a book called Dead Funny, illus. by Bill Tidy, pubs. Ask & Grant, I hope you'll feel compelled to place a huge order: The Grant is... |
£35.00 | |
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Sir William Henry Veno [THE VENO DRUG CO., LIMITED; MANCHESTER] Typed Letter Signed to George White, Advertising Manager, Messrs. E. Hulton & Co. Ltd, Manchester. Head of pharmaceutical company (1866-1933), famous for its cough mixture. One page, quarto. Ornate engraved letterhead featuring picture of the firm's headquarters, Veno Buildings, Chester Road, Manchester. Good, but with creasing, fraying and some closed tears. Rust marks from staple in top... |
£26.00 | |
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Sir William Laird Clowes Autograph Letter Signed to B. Nice Esq'. English naval historian (1856-1905). One page, 12mo. Poor: grubby and stained and with a small hole (not affecting text). Written in failing health the year before his death. Reads 'Dear Nice; | I answered this at the time of its reception. | Perhaps you may see your way to adopting the... |
£30.00 | |
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Rev. Peter Hampson Ditchfield English antiquary (1854-1930), writer on topography, history and architecture. All items 12mo, and good, though on slightly discoloured paper. All docketed and bearing the Society's stamp. Regarding the Society's business, and in particular a lecture given at Wood's invitation. 1 March 1916: '... |
£120.00 | |
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Sidney John Duly English traveller, writer and Governor of City of London College (1891-1991). First and last letters, two pages quarto; middle two letters, one page quarto. All in good condition and either docketed or bearing the Society's stamp. In first letter, further to a conversation, Duly asks if he can... |
£45.00 | |
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Vice-Admiral Sir (Henry) Percy Douglas Thirty-four Autograph Letters Signed to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. British sailor (1876-1939), hydrographer of the Royal Navy (1924-32), inventor of the Douglas Protractor and the Douglas-Appleyard Arcless Sextant. Various formats from 12mo to octavo. Very good, some docketed and/or bearing the Society's stamp. Relating to the business of the Society, and in... |
£180.00 | |
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William Ernest Frank Ward [GHANA] English educationalist (born 1900) and authority on West Africa. Various formats from 12mo to quarto. Very good. Some items stamped or docketed. Mainly relates to a lecture to the Society by Ward, provisionally entitled 'Mass education in the colonies'. Letter of 1 November 1948: 'I am leaving... |
£45.00 | |
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James Hain Friswell Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Randolph'. English novelist and miscellaneous writer (1825-78). Dimensions five inches by four and a half. Good. Mounted along one edge to piece of grey card. Cutting from Times, 15 March 1879, mounted on reverse of letter (giving Friswell's dates as 1827-79), and partly obscured by gum. Reads: '<...... |
£28.00 | |
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E. C. Harington, Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of Exeter. [Thomas Babington Macaulay] The reformers of the Anglican Church, and Mr. Macaulay's History of England. A postscript. Octavo. 16 pages. Disbound pamphlet from the Churchill Babington collection, and with his ownership inscription (slightly cropped at head) dated June 1849. Very good on slightly discoloured paper, and with first and last pages somewhat grubby. Babington and Macaulay were related. |
£75.00 | |
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F. J. Gruggen, Scholar of Saint John's College, Cambridge Octavo. 84 pages. A disbound pamphlet from the Churchill Babington collection. Very good with light foxing to prelims. 'Amongst all the institutions which contribute to strengthen the bonds of society, by establishing and confirming that mutual trust and confidence among men which is necessary... |
£100.00 |
