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Sarah Prideaux [Sarah Treverbian Prideaux] (1853-1933), British bookbinder Autograph Signature, in form of monogram, on part of letter. On a piece of grey paper, 5 x 9.5 cm, cut away from a letter. Good. Thin strip of white mount adhering to right-hand edge. The signature is in the form of a monogram, with Prideaux's initials S and T combined to make a stylized shape with long diagonal stroke, which cuts through the final 'P.'... |
Women | £28.00 | |
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Sarath Kumar Ghosh (born 1883), Indian writer Autograph Letter Signed ('Sarath Kumar Ghosh') to unnamed male correspondent. One page, 12mo. Grubby, and with traces of previous mount adhering to reverse. Small circle containing '170' in red in top left-hand corner. He is sending his autograph, 'which I could not do while at . I am glad you have read some of my stories; I presume those now in book form as "1001 Indian... |
Literature | £60.00 | |
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Saunders & Otley Autograph Letter Signed to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and other books. Saunders & Otley, publishers (BBTI), declining to "undertake the work he mentions". Originally from a larger archive, the residue of which is described in #3157 (Hewlett's papers), this and other items appear in my ABE inventory in book id#s 3124-3156. |
Book Trade History, Literature | £45.00 | |
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Saxe Bannister (1790-1877), English writer and lawyer, the first Attorney-General of New South Wales [Eugène Garay de Monglave (1796-1873)] 12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Good, on lightly aged paper. Addressed to 'Monsieur et Confrère'. He replied to de Monglave's last letters a couple of days previously, and he has addded 'deux ou trois propositions que je vous de traduire en bon François, et de lire à notre comité, au Conseil'. He wants to... |
French, History, Travel and Topography | £85.00 |
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Schomberg K. MacDonnell Autograph Note Signed, one page, 8vo, to Lord Harmsworth, press baron Irish civil servant ((1861-1915). He hopes for a meeting in London. "I want very much to see you for a few minutes". |
£25.00 | ||
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Scott Goddard (c.1895-1965), British musicologist The collection as a whole is in good condition on aged paper. ITEM ONE: 90-page typescript headed 'II | ANTECEDENT', beginnning 'It has become a commonplace of musicology, at least in this country, that the first two decades of the Twentieth Century show an immense increase of creative activity... |
Music and Theatre | £400.00 | |
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Sebastian Carter, printer and typographer (born 1941) LETTER: One page, quarto. Somewhat aged and creased. An attractive item in Carter's disciplined calligraphic hand. A damning assessment of Craig's son Edward Anthony Craig ('Edward Carrick', 1905-98). '[...] If you know him, you presumably also know what you are taking on! We had some dealings... |
Book Trade History, Music and Theatre, Printing History | £60.00 | |
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Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti British scientist (1864-1930); patented the Ferranti alternator, 1882; chief electrician to the London Electric Supply Corporation. Both items one page, quarto. Both very good, though dusty; one with small pinholes in one corner. Both bearing the R.S.A. stamp, and one docketed. ITEM ONE: He has... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £95.00 | |
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Seiji Ozawa (born 1935), Japanese conductor Good, in felt-tip pen on piece of blue paper, roughly 8 x 13 cms, with the slightest discoloration at extremities. |
Music and Theatre | £23.00 | |
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Frances Anne Walker Dunlop (1730–1815), of Dunlop, friend of Robert Burns [ Frances Dunlop, friend of Burns ] Autograph Letter Signed to a Charles Macintosh of Glasgow Two pages, 4to, bifolium, staining and aging, but text clear and complete, discussing friendship and familial relationships at length, commiserating on the sufferings and death of "Nanny", and asserting the importance of their relationship and friendship. Note: A. Macintosh is possibly the... |
Literature, Miscellaneous | £150.00 |