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Thomas Lawrence Yeoman, Clerk of the Peace for the North-Riding of Yorkshire [William Mauleverer; William Lockwood; J. V. B. Johnstone; Metcalfe, Printer, Northallerton] Folio, 4 pp. Bifolium. On laid paper. The drophead title (of which the start is quoted above) runs to 14 lines. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Printed in double column. Yeoman signs in type at the end of the document, which contains three reports, each signed in type by the chairman of the... |
History, Law | £125.00 |
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Sir John M. Wilson Autograph Letter Signed, 2pp., 8vo, to "Jones" Soldier (1783-1868). Stained and worn but contents intact and legible, responding to condolences on his wife's death. what it means to him, and what her last days were like. |
Military and Naval History | £25.00 | |
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Sir John Murray (1884-1967, 'the fifth'), member of a notable London firm of publishers Autograph Note Signed ('John Murray') to 'my dear Williams'. 8vo: 1 p. Good, with creasing towards right-hand margin. 'Very many thanks, my dear Williams, for your most kind congratulations. I feel that my honour is some recognition of the publishing trade & I take it as such'. Murray was created KCVO in 1932, following his publication of the ninth... |
Book Trade History | £45.00 | |
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Nursuppah [Nursuppa], Buckshee [Paymaster] to H.H. the Maharajah of Mysore Three pages, 8vo, large handwriting, staining along fold marks, small closed tear at centre, text legible. Your welcome telegram to Dr [Renton?] here has been with much pleasure received by His Highness the Maha Rajah of Mysore.- In reply I am directed by His Highness the Maha Rajah, to... |
History | £120.00 |
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Sir John Newenham Summerson Architectural historian (1904-92) and curator of Sir John Soane's Museum, 1945-84. Seven leaves, all very good, though some lightly creased and all with staple holes in top left-hand corner. The first three letters to Mercer and the last three to Samson. Three letters docketed. ITEM ONE (two... |
Art and Architecture | £150.00 | |
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Sir John Pratt (1657-1725), Lord Chief Justice of England Autograph Signature on fragment of document. Dimensions of paper roughly five inches by three-quarters of an inch. Signed 'John Pratt' between writing in a seventeenth-century chancery hand. Docketed with biographical details in a minute nineteenth-century hand, and enclosed in a piece of paper with further biographical details in another... |
£33.00 | ||
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Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Autograph Receipt Signed to James Phillips of George Yard, Lombard Street, London. Scottish politician (1754-1835), President of the Board of Agriculture, opponent of William Pitt the younger and editor of Ossian. The recipient James Phillips was a bookseller and stationer. On piece of paper roughly eight inches by three inches. Grubby and lightly stained. Evidence of previous... |
£30.00 | ||
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Sir John Sinclair. Autograph Note, third person, to [William Godwin?]. Piece of paper, 3 x 4", sl. soiled,on which Sinclair has scrawled: Sir John Sinclair called.- Would be glad to see Mr Godwin to breakfast on Wednesday next at 9. or to dinner at 6." |
£36.00 | ||
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Sir John Sinclair. Autograph Note, third person, to Hurst Robinson & Co. First president of the board of agriculture (1754-1835). One page, 8vo, sl. chipped and marked, but text clear and complete. "Sir John Sinclair presents his Compliments to Messrs. Hurst Robinson & Co. and shall be glad to have send [sic] him, as soon as possible, 10 Copies of the Prospectus... |
Book Trade History | £60.00 | |
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E. J. Sullivan [Edmund Joseph Sullivan] (1869-1933), English book illustrator [H. G. Wells; The Pall Mall Budget, London] The six illustrations and seven pages of text totalling 13pp., 4to (22.5 x 18cm), on seven leaves of laid paper removed from an album. On aged brittle paper, with chipping and slight loss to the edges. The illustrations are simple sketches, indicating the layout of the page, with titles and... |
Art and Architecture, Literature | £450.00 |