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Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
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Catherine Gladstone [née Glynne] (1812-1900), wife of Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone See her entry in the Oxford DNB, where she is described as a ‘philanthropist’. 2pp, 12mo. With mourning border. A 4cm triangle of paper has torn away from the bottom of the letter, far below Mrs Gladstone’s slightly-smudged signature, otherwise in good condition, lightly aged and folded twice.... |
£50.00 | ||
[SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA] Norman Thomas Typed Letter Signed to Mrs Edith D. Stellin. Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. 1 page, 8vo. Not in good condition: fraying at all four edges, with loss to the last two letters of the author's surname. Letter addressed to 'Dear Comrade Snelling'. He explains in great detail the need... |
History | £125.00 | |
[Sotheby's; John Yonge Akerman copy] . . . To which are added | A Series of AUTOGRAPHS of the most celebrated Characters during | the Revolution; and that singularly curious and highly | valuable Historical Document the | Original Scottish Covenant in 1638 | With the signatures of all the most distinguished Covenanters among the... |
£120.00 | ||
J.B. Owen, chemist Part of Autograph Note Signed,JB Owen, chemist, to unnamed correspondent. Paper, 9 x 12cm, small closed tear, good condition, marked at top No. 296 in a collection, saying I wish you success in this & on this & every other [?] that you undertake. |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £23.00 | |
[Arthur Miller, playwright] [Arthur Miller, playwright; signed Programme] Gala Performance. An Evening with Arthur Miller Programme, [20]pp., 4to, illus. printed wraps (partly in red). Directed by David Thacker, including excerpts from "The Golden Years", "Focus", "Death of a Salesman", Miller's adaptation of "An Enemy of the People", etc., etc. Programme signed by Arthur Miller himself ("For Esther | Arthur MIller... |
Literature, Music and Theatre | £80.00 | |
[Stationers to the SPCK] 12 items, receipts and invoices, some substantial, 1827-1836, listing items, quantities and prices. Stationers include: Christopher Magnay & Sons [BBTI to 1830, this 1831]; William Magnay [Add College Hill, Thames Street, and 1836 - BBTI has 1839 only]; George Prichard [SPCK symbol, add to... |
Book Trade History | £165.00 | |
[SUFFOLK LIBEL ACTION] North Suffolk Election, December, 1910. 8vo. 94 pages. 2 pages facsimile of an electoral handbill. One fold-out plate. In poor condition. Damp stained, and in remains of repaired grey printed wraps. Paper browning. 'Printed by J. Rochford O'Driscoll, Printer, Dagmar House, Lowestoft.' The case for the plaintiff, Harry Seymour Foster,... |
History | £65.00 | |
Admiral Sir James Saumarez [1st Baron de Saumarez (or Sausmarez), GCB (1757–1836)]. Two pages, obl.12mo, fold mark, good condition. "Previous to leaving the Baltic, Sir James Saumarez was presented with a magnificent Sword [sett?] in Diamonds by His Majesty The King of Sweden for the Services he rendered to thjat country and upon the arrival of the Emperor of Russia and the... |
£120.00 | ||
[TELEVISION EPHEMERA] General Electrics. An irregular rectangle of paper, roughly five inches by three and a half, with the image of a 1950's television printed on one side in light and dark brown. In good condition, with negligible glue-staining to front. The screen, roughly 1 1/2 inches by 2 inches, is cut away, with the image of a... |
£35.00 | ||
Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767-1820), fourth son of George III, brother of George IV, father of Queen Victoria [Sir Francis Freeling (1764-1836), Secretary, General Post Office] 3pp, 4to. Bifolium. Signature ('Edward') in the prince's hand, the rest of the letter by a secretary. In good condition, lightly aged, with slight damage to one corner of first leaf, and thin strip of paper from mount adhering to reverse of second leaf, which is franked 'Kent & Strathearn',... |
£250.00 |