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Henry Reeve (DNB), editor of the Edinburgh Review ALS, 2pp, 16mo, to unnamed correspondent "I am laid up from the effects of an accidental blow on the leg." Is only writing to postpone the visit to 9 November. |
Literature | £20.00 | |
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Henry Reeve. Autograph letter signed to Rev. W. Tuckwell. Litterateur and Journalist, editor of the "Edinburgh Review" (1813-1895). Four pages, 8vo, foxing, text clear. Reeve has received an article by Tuckwell on "the Literature of the 18th Century . . . Its defect seems to me to be that in title, in spirit, & in substance, it is somewhat too wide... |
Literature | £100.00 | |
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Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (Lord Holland) fragment of autograph letter signed, correspondent unnamed Whig statesman. 'Sir | I find that some persons have been to see Colonel Fox's house in Addison road & objected that the number of bedsteads, & quantity of kitchen utensils & crockery were scanty - I <...> & effects [last word deleted] common ware goods with [last word... |
£45.00 | ||
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Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, statesman. Autograph Letter Signed "Vassall Holland". Three pages, 8vo, bifolium, small closed tear, remnants of tipping in,mainly good condition. He has received a letter and petition from his correspondent. He explains his confinement to home through gout, and also the procedure by which the petition would be presented ("as the petition of... |
History, Religion | £85.00 | |
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Henry Robinson, C.E., F.S.I. [sanitation; Victorian London sewers; silage; sewage; sewerage; cesspools] Octavo: 28 pp (paginated 203-230). Unbound and stitched. In original orange printed wraps. Fold-out lithographic plate (c.21 x 45 cms, containing figs. 2 to 6) by C. F. Kell of Castle Street, Holborn, and three illustrations in text: fig.1, a 'useful portable silo [...] made by Messrs. Reynolds... |
Social history | £30.00 | |
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[Concerts at the Front] Lena Ashwell, actress and theatre manager and producer. Two Pages, 4to, fold marks, sl. crumpled in part, but text good and clear. Text: She and her team have arranged a meeting at the Theatre Royal Manchester to interest people in the work of the Concerts at the Front. | For over a yer these Concert Parties, which go out through the Y.M.C.A., have... |
£120.00 | ||
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[Iowa; Mid-West] [Printed] Report. Iowa Land Company, Limited AND Report. Trust & Mortgage Company of Ioaw, Limited Both 4pp., 4to, not bound, fold marks, good condition. Directors are listed (same for both companies, balance, dividend, purchase of debentures, balance sheet, profit and loss account (year ending 28 Feb.1893. |
£56.00 | ||
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Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1837-83), English dramatist [THE SAVAGE CLUB] Autograph Letter Signed to [Edward] Draper. One page, 12mo. Very good, if a tad grubby. Thanks Draper for his 'amiable but unconvincing' note. 'Do you not know that I was irritated into bad language by being accused of "d - d impertinence? This, too, before I said a discourteous word. - Goodman [the writer Edward John Goodman], of course... |
Music and Theatre | £38.00 | |
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[Thomas Forder Plowman (1844-1919)] [4] + 43pp., 12mo. Stabbed as issued. An attractive and elegantly-printed little book. Internally very good, on lightly-aged paper, loose in worn light-brown calf binding, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, back hinge sprung. Stamped in gilt on the front cover: 'ACIS & GALATAEA | A PIECE OF... |
Literature, Music and Theatre | £120.00 | |
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Henry Stanley Newman [THE ORPHANS' PRINTING PRESS] Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed 'Friend'. Newman established the Orphans' Printing Press in 1873 to enable orphans to earn money and learn a trade. One page, 8vo. Folded twice. Good only: paper slightly discoloured with some closed tears and creasing. 'Dear Friend/ | We should be much pleased if you will come & lodge with us at our... |
Printing History, Social history | £85.00 |