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Henry Hallam Autograph Note in third person to G. S. Allan. English historian (1777-1859). One page, 8vo. Folded twice. In good condition although slightly grubby and with one small closed tear at foot from clumsy cutting. Verso attached to remains of previous mount. Reads 'Mr Hallam will be glad to see Mr G. S. Allen tomorrow morning at ten, if he has... |
£40.00 | |
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Sir James Cosmo Melvill [THE MANCHESTER MUSEUM, OWENS COLLEGE] Printed invitation to the 'opening of the Cosmo Melvill Herbarium'. Melvill was a noted English botanist (1845-1929). 8vo bifoliate. Four unpaginated pages. In very good condition, with some discolouration from age and remains of stub from previous mounting adhering to verso of second leaf. Decorative vignettes on all four sides. Engraving of Museum on recto of... |
£35.00 | |
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The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville Diplomat (1755-1846) and bibliophile, one of the British Museum's greatest benefactors. Grenville's book collection, formerly in the Museum at Bloomsbury, is now kept with George III's books in a glass tower in the new British Library at Euston. Both items in very good condition, glued to the... |
£80.00 | |
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Sir Lyon Playfair. Scientist, 1818-1898 (DNB).Two pages, 8vo, affixed by margin of verso to mount), accepting an invitation and explaining his delay in replying. "I have this moment arrived from Edinburgh where I have been canvassing for the Chair of Chemistry. This therefore must be my apology for not having... |
£85.00 | |
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John Reginald Homer Weaver [DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY] Autograph Letter Signed to [Osbert Guy Stanhope] Crawford. One of the editors of the Dictionary of National Biography (born 1882). The recipient (1886-1957) was a noted archaeologist. Two pages, 12mo. In poor condition: creased, grubby, worn, stained and repaired. Weaver has just been reading Crawford's 'extremely interesting autobiography with its most... |
£35.00 | |
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[ATHENAEUM] Charles Wentworth Dilke Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. One page, 12mo. Very good. Neatly mounted on piece of orange paper. In Dilke's difficult hand. Concerns a 'Report': 'The only specific fact is that the misprints <?> cost to each of one shilling. [...] The enormous cost of about £12 per draft is to the Fund. How much the <?>... |
£56.00 | |
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Anna Maria Hall Autograph Signature on fragment of document. Irish-born author (1800-81; nee Fielding), wife of Samuel Carter Hall. On slip of paper roughly 14 centimeters by 2 centimeters. In good condition, although paper discoloured and with traces of glue from previous mounting on reverse. Apparently the foot of a page of printed accounts, with '... |
£25.00 | |
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John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney Autograph Signature as front of franked envelope addressed to Sir James Kempt. Lords of the Admiralty, the Treasury and of the Bedchamber under George III (1764-1831). On front of envelope, cut down to roughly 11 centimeters by 7 1/2 centimeters. Very good, if slightly grubby, and with traces of mount adhering to blank reverse. Kempt (1764-1854) was Governor-General of... |
£35.00 | |
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Diana Holman-Hunt. Latin among Lions: Alvaro Guevara. Very good in dustjacket. INSCRIBED by author "Diana Holman-Hunt". She has also added the words "especially you" to her printed expression of gratitude to anyone who helped. |
£50.00 | |
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Rev. Peter Inchbald [GEORGE STREET LIBRARY, SHEFFIELD; DONCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY; PETERLOO MASSACRE] Autograph Letter Signed to T[homas]. A[sline]. Ward, Park House, Sheffield. Inchbald ran a 'gentleman's boarding academy'. The recipient Ward (1781-1871) was a master cutler and diarist, and one of the founders in 1822 of the Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society. Three pages, 4to. Dusty but in very good condition, with small piece of second leaf of bifoliate cut... |
£100.00 |
