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Liam de Róiste; Art O'Brien The Lord Mayor of Cork and Mr. Lloyd George. A Statement by Alderman Liam de Roiste, M.P. (Cork) The Lord Mayor of Cork and Mr. Lloyd George. A Statement by Alderman Liam de Roiste, M.P. (Cork) (place and date not stated [1920]). Mimeograph, one page, fol., headed in type: 'For publication. With compliments, Art O'Brien.' It concerns the arrest of Terence MacSwiney. It begins, 'Mr. Lloyd...		£120.00
M. Sidney Parry [Pamphlet] The Avenue to Peace in 1921 \| Ireland's Claim to Independence \| How England met this Claim in 1782 The Avenue to Peace in 1921 \| Ireland's Claim to Independence \| How England met this Claim in 1782 (London: Burt & Sons (M. & B., Ltd.), Printers, Bayswater, no date [1921]). Pamphlet, 24 pp, 12mo, good condition. With compliments slip, and printed circular facsimile of Typed Letter...		£50.00
Mary MacSwiney; Art O'Brien The Lord Mayor of Cork. Miss Mary MacSwiney & the Portsmouth Congress The Lord Mayor of Cork. Miss Mary MacSwiney & the Portsmouth Congress (place and date not stated [1920]). Mimeograph, one page, fol., fair condition, headed in type: 'For publication. With compliments, Art O'Brien.' Statement, signed in type at end by Terence MacSwiney's sister Mary,...		£225.00
Mrs Francis Acland [Pamphlet] The Sinn Fein Fellowship The Sinn Fein Fellowship (London: the Peace with Ireland Council, undated ['Reprinted by permission from the Westminster Gazette of April 29, 1921']). Handbill, 4pp, 12mo, poor condition, on browning chipped high-acidity paper, with thin strip at head of each leaf lacking, with loss to two lines...		£90.00
Clement Scott [Clement William Scott] (1841-1904), highly influential theatre critic, mainly working for the Daily Telegraph, who feuded with Shaw [Gaiety Theatre, London] [Clement Scott [Clement William Scott], theatre critic of the Daily Telegraph.] Autograph Letter Signed concerning London's Gaiety Theatre, burlesque and music. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Twenty-two lines of text. In good condition, lightly discoloured and worn. Folded for postatge. The addressee’s name is unclear. Signed ‘Clement Scott’. Begins ‘If the article on the Gaiety has to be cut - they are [?] cut sometimes on...		£45.00
Hans Sloane (1739-1827), MP, of South Stoneham, Hampshire, Deputy Cofferer of the Royal Household [ Hans Sloane, MP, of South Stoneham, Hampshire. ] Armorial Bookplate of 'HANS SLOANE ESQR.', with his Autograph Signature on the flyleaf of a book. The engraved armorial bookplate is on a 9.5 x 7.5 cm. piece of paper. In good condition, lightly aged. Loosely attached to the flyleaf, which carries the calligraphic signature 'Hans Sloane \| 1755.' (Sloane would have been sixteen at the time, and the writing is suitably juvenile.) The flyleaf...	Miscellaneous	£56.00
Ginger Rogers [ born Virginia Katherine McMath ] (1911-1995), Hollywood actress, dancer and singer, famed for her partnership with Fred Astaire [ Ginger Rogers, Hollywood star. ] Autograph Signature. Good, firm signature in blue ink, 7cm. long, on a piece of paper laid down on a 16 x 25cm. piece of card, beside a magazine cutting of a photograph of Rogers, the two protected by a loose plastic sheet. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper.	Music and Theatre	£20.00
Horne Tooke [John Horne Tooke, born John Horne] (1736-1812), radical clergyman and philologist, Member of Parliament and supporter of John Wilkes, tried for treason in 1794 [Horne Tooke [John Horne Tooke], radical and philologist, tried for treason in 1794.] Autograph Signature on receipt for ‘the third volume of EPEA PTEROENTA, or, The Diversions of Purley’. See his long entry in the Oxford DNB. On one side of a 12.5 x 6.5 cm piece of laid paper, embossed with a tax stamp. In fair condition, lightly aged and discoloured. Very neatly written and set out: ‘Jan 31 . 1794 / No. 370. / Received of Wm. Phillips / fourteen shillings for the third volume of...		£120.00
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), English Poet Laureate, 1850-1892 [Valentine Augustus Browne (1825-1905), 4th Earl of Kenmare, Lord Chamberlain] Autograph Note in the third person from Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to the Lord Chamberlain the Earl of Kenmare, declining an invitation. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. On the first leaf of a bifolium, with the second blank leaf carrying traces of glue from mount. The note reads: 'May /85 \| Lord Tennyson begs to thank the Lord Chamberlain for the honour of the invitation on June 6th. He regrets that he is...		£300.00
Buzzacott & Co., London estate agents [1911 Coronation Procession of King George V] Printed leaflet advertising 'SEATS TO VIEW . . . \| THE CORONATION PROCESSION' of King George V in 1911, with a pricing scale for the floors and roof of 41 King William Street, 'FINEST VIEWS ON THE ROUTE.' 2pp., 12mo; with the reverse folding out to make 1p., landscape 8vo, with the words 'CORONATION, 1911.' printed in red. The text begins on the first page beneath the firms letterhead: 'HOUSES LET OR SOLD. \| RENTS COLLECTED IN ANY DISTRICT. \| WEEKLY PROPERTIES MANAGED. \| REPAIRS ECONOMICALLY...		£60.00