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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Andrew Vicari. Realisme Romantique 1961-1981. `No. 1164 of 3000 copies. Soft cover, c.12 x 12", one or two small spots, mainly very good. INSCRIBED by Vicari: "For Ian Jenkins / with high regard & deep admiration / A bientot. / Andrew Vicari / Monaco. 24.I.82."		£135.00
Peggy Drower [Mrs Margaret Hackforth Jones] (1911-2012), Egyptologist and Dame Freya Stark's last assistant at the Ikwan-al-Hurriayah in Cairo [Jane Fletcher Geniesse; Caroline Moorhead] [Dame Freya Stark and Peggy Drower.] 15 items from the papers of Stark's assistant Peggy Drower, including two letters to her from Stark's biographer Jane F. Geniesse, with a copy the book, an Autograph Card Signed from Caroline Moorhead. The material is loosely inserted in a copy of 'Passionate Nomad. The Life of Freya Stark' by Jane Fletcher Geniesse (New York: Random House, 1999). xxvi + 402 + [2]pp., 8vo. Very good, in like price-clipped dustwrapper, and inscribed to Drower by her daughter. Drower is described on p.296 as '...	History, Travel and Topography, Women	£195.00
[Canal History] [Canals; printed report] To the Company of Proprietors of the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal Navigation. Four pages, bifolium, folio, 1" tears on fold marks, staining, loss of small amount of margin, text complete and clear. It includes: a statement of the Company's affairs "to the 27th of April, 1825 (expenditure, payments, debts, salaries etc.); "Abstract Account of Tonnage and Rent [...]" (...	Science, Medicine and Technology, Social history, Travel and Topography	£75.00
Anon. [Chapbook] The Prince of the Assassins; or, The Cruel Saracens. [ii].[1]-48 pp., 12mo, disbound, staining and other defects, but complete, text clear. Illegible ownership signature [?] on title. This includes the duel between Richard I and Saladin. BL copy recorded on COPAC only.		£125.00
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scottish Romantic poet and author [Richard Twining (1772-1857), tea merchant] [Allan Cunningham, Scottish Romantic poet.] Two Autograph Letters Signed, one to the tea merchant Richard Twining, recommending 'Mr Hopkins' of the Blue Coat School, and the other to Mrs Twining Both letters signed 'Allan Cunningham'. ONE: Addressed to 'Mrs. Twining'. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper. He is 'well enough to accept' her invitation, and will pay his respects 'in Bedford Place at the time mentioned. I am glad that my excellent friend Mrs. Hughes is to be with you...	Literature	£90.00
Baron Carlo Marochetti of Vaux (1805-67), sculptor. [Marochetti] Autograph Letter Signed "Marochetti", sculptor, to a friend , quoting his letter to "Lord H." [perhaps Lord Herbert [Sidney Herbert]], concerning his bronxe statue of Richard Coeur-de-Lion in Old Palace Yard (Parliament)) Four pages, 12mo, fairly closely-written. "Mon cher ami, \| Vous avez profondement [raison?]! Voici ce que j'ai ecrit a Ld H. \| " I am most grateful for the great interest you are so kind as to take in the execution of my statue of R.C. de L. I certainly will do every thing I can to make your...	Art and Architecture	£180.00
Chandos Leigh (1791-1850), 1st Baron Leigh, of Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, minor poet, cousin of Jane Austen and friend of Byron and Leigh Hunt [Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Leigh') to 'Mr. Brodie', regarding a 'rather singular letter' he has received from one of his parishoners, offering his services as a shoemaker at a prison. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. The recipient presumably held a living near Leigh's Warwickshire mansion Stoneleigh Abbey (said to be the model for Sotherton Court in his cousin Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park'). Leigh apologises troubling Brodie 'with the enclosed rather...	Literature, Social history	£150.00
John Piper [ John Egerton Christmas Piper (1903-1992), painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets ]. [ John Piper, painter ] Autograph Letter Signed John Piper to Mr Roberts. Two pages, 8vo, very good condition. Text: Thanks you for your letter. I've no idea what paper you saw that reported the councillor's dislike of my sketches - actually, at the meeting only one man expressed some demur about them, and (poor man) he was defeated by the otherwise general approval...		£150.00
Erasmus Wilson [Sir William James Erasmus Wilson] (1809-1884), dermatologist and philanthropist [Erasmus Wilson.] Autograph Note Signed to Mrs Buchanan, sending new year's greetings. 1p., 12mo. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. Reads 'My Dear Mrs. Buchanan, \| Many thanks for kindest New Year's greetings: - \| A Happy New Year to you and yours \| Faithfully yours \| Erasmus Wilson'.	Science, Medicine and Technology	£35.00
[ Hodgson & Co. [ 'Hodgsons' ], book auctioneers, 115 Chancery Lane, London [ Printed Catalogue. ] A Hand-List of a Selection of Bibliographical Works and Books of Reference in the Possession of Messrs. Hodgson & Co. 7 + [1]pp., 12mo. Stitched. On aged and grubby paper. Second page reads: 'NOTE. \| Clients wishing to make use of the volumes in this list, are requested to apply to the Sale-Room Clerk, to whom all books should be returned when finished with. \| HODGSON & CO. \| 115, Chancery Lane. \| August,...		£100.00