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Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman (1860-1946), British military historian and Member of Parliament Autograph Note Signed ('Charles Oman') to unnamed correspondent. One page, 12mo. Good but with paperclip spotting at head (not affecting text). Three-line quotation clearly sent in response to a request for an autograph. 'Broadmindedness, so called, is generally no more than the silly fear of being thought narrow-minded - | [signed] Charles Oman'. |
History | £25.00 | |
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Sir Charles Yorke (1790-1880), General in the British Army Autograph Signature on part of document A piece of laid paper, roughly 8 x 20 cm, cut from a document by an autograph collector. Yorke's signature, large (4.5 x 7 cm) and bold, is in the bottom right-hand corner. The surviving text is in a secretary's hand, and reads: '<...> of Our Reign. | By His Majesty's Command. | C Yorke |... |
Military and Naval History | £28.00 |
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Sir Christopher Heath Autograph Note Signed to Mrs Christie Miller. President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (DNB). 1 page, 8vo, in good condition with remains of stub adhering to blank verso. Doctor's handwriting. 'I am quite sure theh bleeding is of no consequence. Please let Geoffrey batter two fingers with the old <?> lotion & put... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £50.00 | |
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Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Parliamentary legislative draftsman (1841-1924), Benjamin Jowett's literary executor. Three pages, 12mo. Very good, with traces of glue to blank verso of second leaf of bifoliate. Docketed in pencil. 'Miss Flora Shaw has asked me whether I could send you an early copy of the paper which I am to... |
History | £36.00 | |
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Sir Cuthbert Sharp (1781-1849), historian of Hartlepool 12mo bifolium: 2 pp. On laid paper, with strip from previous mount in right-hand margin of recto of first leaf. Good, with a little wear at gutter, and slight damage (not affecting text) to second leaf from breaking open of red wax seal, parts of which still adhere. Twenty-two lines of text,... |
Book Trade History, History | £50.00 | |
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Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson [Sir Arthur Pearson] (1866-1921), founder of 'The Daily Express', President of the National Institute for the Blind and Fresh Air Fund All eight items are 4to, 1 p, and good on lightly aged paper. Seven items bearing the Society's stamp and four docketed. The correspondence concerns a talk given by Pearson to the Society, 'on the subject of the training of the soldiers blinded in the War'. On 19 October 1916 Pearson writes: 'I... |
Military and Naval History | £150.00 | |
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Sir Cyril Burt [Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt] (1883–1971), disgraced psychometric psychologist and eugenicist, Typed Letter Signed ('Cyril Burt') to 'Mrs. Place' [i.e. Mrs G. M. Place, of the publishers Pitman]. 4to: 2 pages. 37 lines of text. Text clear and entire on slightly discoloured paper, lightly worn and creased and with a few nicks to extremities. Signed properly on the second page. Place's essay, apparently a biographical account of the psychological development of a very young child, 'whiled... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £85.00 | |
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Sir Daniel Lysons (1816-1898), English army officer Autograph Note Signed ('D. Lysons.') to unnamed publisher. 12mo, 1 p. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Large bold signature. He has 'no present intention of publishing any book on [his] career'. It may be that the correspondence planted a seed, as three years after the writing of this note Lysons published 'Early Reminiscences' (John Murray, 1896). |
Book Trade History, Military and Naval History | £56.00 |
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Sir David Brewster. Autograph Letter Signed "D Brewster" to "Dr Bostock", Liverpool, medical writer, etc. Natural scientist (see DNB). Two pages, 4to, some damage and marking but text clear and complete. "You will have probably seen from the progres of the Encyclopaedia, that we are now approaching very rapidly to the article Galvinism [underlined] which you were so kind as to undertake. We are... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £150.00 | |
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Sir David Colyear, 1st Earl of Portmore Printed Receipt Signed, with Manuscript Additions in another hand, for money lent to Queen Anne. General (c.1656-1730) and Governor of Gibraltar, married to Catherine Sedley, mistress of James II (see item# ). One leaf, dimensions roughly seven inches by ten and a half. Printed text with manuscript additions on recto; docketed on verso. Good, but grubby, and with slight repair to head.... |
History, Royalty | £150.00 |