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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in very good condition, inside front cover of "Disraeli" by the Earl of Cromer (London, 1912), sl. hinge strain, ow. good condition, former owner's inscription and bookseller's label, From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson.	Art and Architecture, Literature, Science, Medicine and Technology	£55.00
Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in good condition, inside front cover of "Selected Writings of Sir William Osler" (OUP, 1951), mainly good condition in soiledand sl. chipped dj, with one small tear. From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson.	Art and Architecture, Literature, Science, Medicine and Technology	£55.00
Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in very good condition, inside front cover of "Rats Lice and History" by Hans Zinsser (London, 1935), covers marked but mainly good condition, no dj. From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson.	Art and Architecture, Literature, Science, Medicine and Technology	£55.00
Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in very good condition, inside front cover of "Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England" by D'Arcy Power and W.R. Le Fanu (London, 1953), mainly good condition, no dj. From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson.	Art and Architecture, Literature, Science, Medicine and Technology	£55.00
Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in very good condition, inside front cover of "The Physical Background of Perception" by E.D. Adrian (Oxford, 1947), good condition in frayed dj. From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson.	Art and Architecture, Literature, Science, Medicine and Technology	£55.00
[Herbert Padwick, Chairman, War Agricultural Committee, West Sussex Branch; First World War; British farming; women and agriculture] Three printed reports of meetings held at the Council House, Chichester, of the West Sussex branch of the British 'War Agricultural Committee' (two from 1915 and one from 1916) and one report from the 'War Agricultural Executive Committee'. All four items clear and complete, on lightly-aged and creased paper. Item One: Report of WAC meeting of 16 November 1915. Folio, 6 pp. Includes 'Reports from District Sub-Committees' and section on 'Enlistment as to Skilled Agricultural Labourers'. Also section on 'Women's County Committee'....	Economics, History, Social history	£350.00
Michael Arlen. Autograph Note Signed to "Mr Davies". Novelist. One page, 8vo. "Thank you so much for your appreciative letter."	Literature	£35.00
[The Riding of the Marches, the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow, 1697; Adam Burknay] Itemised autograph 'Accompt Good Toun to Adam Burknay 1697' for expenses incurred 'At ye ryding of ye Marches [riding of the marches]' at 'Lythgow [Linlithgow]', with signed authorisation from the council, and Burknay's signed receipt. 8vo, 1 p. Good, on lightly-aged laid paper, with text clear and complete. The account, in Burknay's hand, is headed 'Accompt Good Toun \| to \| Adam Burknay \| 1697 \| Imp At ye ryding of ye Marches'. Itemised with eight entries totalling £29 19s 0d. Items are 'meal', 'ale tobacco & pyps', 'to...	History, Law	£450.00
[Rev. Adoniram Judson; Mrs Wade] [Printed] Letter on the subject of Ornamental Dress, from the Rev. Adoniram Judson, (Baptist Missionary in Burmah) toi the Female Members of Christian Churches ...[continued] [continued] in the UNited States of America to which is appended an Extract of a Letter from Mrs Wade, of the Burman Mission. Chapbook, 32pp., 16mo, blue paper wraps, poor condition (worn, stained, partly detached), some names of former (young) owners (mainly Master George Creed) crudely written...	Religion, Women	£580.00
Michael Fraenkel [Henry Miller] Défense du Tropique du Cancer. Avec des inédits de Miller. Traduction de E. M. F. Rosé et de L. M. Rivière. 8vo: 93 [+1] pp. In original grey wraps with printed label on front and yellow wrap-around band ('Une pièce à verser au Dossier Miller \| Variété a Paris'). Covered in glassine. Good, on lightly-aged paper. From the archives of Michael and Daphne Fraenkel's Carrefour Press.	Literature	£56.00