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Gaetano Donizetti [Charles Jefferys and Co., 21 Soho Square] Poster for English publication of the score of Donizetti's opera 'La Favorite' ['The Favourite']. Roughly twelve and half inches by nine and a quarter. Neatly mounted on piece of cream paper, with surrounding ink rules. Good, with some ruckling and wear to corners. Characteristically arresting arrangement of type. Reads: 'CAUTION. \| THE ONLY CORRECT COPY \| OF DONIZETTI'S OPERA \| THE...	Book Trade History, Music and Theatre	£60.00
Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), dramatist, judge, Radical politician, friend of Charles Dickens (dedicatee of Pickwick Papers) and Charles Lamb, advocate of copyright reform [Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, dramatist, judge, and friend of Charles Lamb, dedicatee of Pickwick Papers.] Autograph Letter in the third person to ‘Mrs Walter’, presenting a copy of ‘a little dramatic poem’ (i.e. his celebrated play ‘Ion’). It is hard to overestimate the impact of ‘Ion’ on Victorian audiences in Britain and America. According to Talfourd’s entry in the Oxford DNB, the play was ‘first performed at Covent Garden Theatre, London, on his birthday, 26 May 1836. He had circulated the play privately to influential...	Literature	£320.00
John Keir Cross (1911-1967), Scottish writer of science fiction and fantasy; Montague Shaw, production manager at Faber & Faber Ltd [Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet] Typescript of BBC radio programme 'Tomorrow's Doomsday. A biographical symposium to mark the centenary of the death of Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1803-1849' by John Keir Cross and Montague Shaw. Folio, [ii] + 16 pp. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged and spotted paper. First page headed in pencil 'Mr. John Keir Cross' and with the following, also in pencil, at foot: 'Transmission: Sat. 29th January, 1949. \| 7.45-8.25 p.m. Third Prog.' First two pages give details of the production,...	Social history	£150.00
Michael Sadleir, Author, Publisher, Book Collector Autograph Note Signed to de Coverly. One page, 8vo, good condition. Somewhat mysterious but concerning a book or books by Herman Melville. Pardon me for not answering your kind note before. Although I cannot agree that you have received anything approaching an equivalent for your copy of Omoo, I am naturally very gratified that you...	Book Trade History, Literature	£56.00
Gathorne Gathorne Hardy Autograph Note Signed to Miss C. rachenburg, Lady Harding, The Terrace, Anglesey, Gosport. Earl of Cranbrook. [On 2 July, Hardy was appointed to the Poor Law Board.] Statesman. One page, 8vo, laid down with envelope (stamped and addressed and counter-signed by Hardy, good condition. He thanks her for her "pamphlet on Cholera and its cure. I will submit it ot some more competent judge...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£30.00
General Annual Licensing Meeting, North Yorkshire. Autograph Letter Signed, Henry Collins, to "Brigham" Two pages, 3 x 8", sl. soiled buy mainly good condition. He encloses "the precepts [not present] which he had printed at "Pratts" [printer] and in which he made a correction. He also encloses [PRESENT] "notices to be given by the respective constables to the Innkeepers and labelled then for the...	Social history	£50.00
General Charles Grey Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Grey (1804-1870) was successively Private Secretary to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. Three pages, 12mo. Good, on grubby paper discoloured with age. He acknowledges receipt of the letter of the twelfth inst. 'The recovery of any <?> which shd revert to the Crown, is, I apprehend, a...	Economics	£32.00
Général de brigade Ildephonse Favé (1812-1894), successively Chevalier, Officier, Commandeur and Grand Officier (1874), aide de camp to Napoléon III Autograph Note Signed ('Favé \| officier d'ordonnance de l'Empereur \| 29 Rue de Bellechasse'), in French, to Pierre Magne (1806-1879), 'Ministre des travaux Publics'. 12mo, 1 p. Good. On grey laid-paper bifolium. Requesting an audience.	French	£35.00
General James Harold Doolittle Autograph Signature. Distinguished and much-decorated American general (1896-1993), who during World War II led a squadron of army bombers in a series of intrepid raids on the Japanese mainland. In good condition. On a piece of paper 3 inches by 5 inches.	Military and Naval History	£25.00
[Friendly Society] [Loyal Cambridge Lodge Manchester Unity of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (M.U.I.O.O.F.) [Manuscript; Friendly Society] Balance Sheets from June Quarter 1865 [TO December Quarter 1872] Loyal Cambridge Lodge. M.U.I.O.O.F. 78pp. used, fol., hf. lea. worn, hinge strain, some pages partially detached, text clear and complete. Main headings: Sick and Funeral Fund; Incidental Expenses Fund; Cash on a/c of Members of other Lodges. Sub-headins include: Contributions, goods & postage, fines, levies, surgeon's fees,...		£250.00