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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Octave Feuillet Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent. En francais. Dramatist and novelist. One page, 8vo, good condition. In a difficult hand, he says that he has heard from [M. Rey?] that he hasn't concluded his engagement in Brussels and has no interest in the role mapped out except in a few days. He goes on to talk of the work involved in corrections which...	French, Literature, Music and Theatre	£36.00
Octavius C. Stone [ HUBERT SMITH ] Studio photograph inscribed to Hubert Smith, author [?] of "Tent Life with English Gipsies in Norway" Author of "A few months in New Guinea". Vignette photograph of Stone, circa 3.5 x 6", one nick on margin, bottom trimmed, taken at the Exposne inter.fotog. Milano 1894. INSCRIBED by Stone: To my dear & valued friend Hubert Smith with sincere affection & loving memories of 'auld lang syne...		£85.00
Olaf Frederick Bloch [INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; ILFORD LIMITED] Typed Letter Signed to G. K. Menzies, [Secretary,] Royal Society of Arts. Anglo-Danish research chemist (died 1944), a pioneer of infrared photography. One page, quarto. Very good, though a bit grubby and with a few small staple holes. 'Will you kindly thank the Council of the Royal Society of Arts for the honour conferred upon me in awarding to me a silver medal for...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£75.00
Olga Nethersole Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Ford'. English actress of Spanish descent (1866-1951). Two pages, 12mo. On grey paper. Folded twice. In very good condition, but with minor traces of paper mounts adhering to two corners of first leaf of bifoliate. Florid signature. She declines the luncheon invitation as she has friends coming down....	Music and Theatre	£25.00
Olinthus Gilbert Gregory (1774–1841), English mathematician Autograph Signature. Good firm signature on slip of paper roughly 2.5 x 10 cm. Laid down on slightly larger rectangle of grey paper cut down from leaf of autograph album. A little ruckled, otherwise very good.	Science, Medicine and Technology	£23.00
Oliver Armstrong Fry (b.c.1855), editor of 'Vanity Fair' from 1889 to 1904 Autograph Letter Signed ('Oliver A. Fry') to unnamed male correspondent. 12mo, 1 p. On first leaf of a bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. In reply to the recipient's note, by which he is 'much worried', Fry does not know that he can offer him 'any more than the few short notes <?> for us in "Men & Women of the Times". Little is known...	Book Trade History	£35.00
Oliver Armstrong Fry [VANITY FAIR] Typed Letter Signed to Sir Henry T[rueman]. Wood[, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. Journalist (1855-1931), editor of Vanity Fair, 1889-1904. One page, quarto. Very good, if a little dusty. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. There is 'no apparent chance' of F. V. Brookes delivering his 'promised lecture' at the R.S.A. 'Of course I would be willing if necessary to read this...	Book Trade History	£33.00
[Transcripts of First World War documents by Sir John French, Sir Edward Grey, General Joseph Joffre and others] Typed transcripts of a number of First World War documents, including copies of Sir John French's despatches on the Retreat from Mons, and the Battles of the Marne and of Aisne, as well as communications from French, Joffre and Sir Edward Grey. Folio, 38 pp; and 4to, 22 pp. Trade source stated that this material was found in a file marked War Office, suggesting official file copies. All documents clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. All foreign documents translated into English. The main documents are Sir John French's...		£450.00
Oliver Ratcliff [Coins and medals; Numismatics] Types, Mints, and Mintmasters of the rare Coinage of the Normans and House of Blois. A.D. 1066 to 1154. Octavo: [vi] + 24 pp. Stapled and unbound. Detached from original blue and pink printed wraps (advertising W. S. Lincoln & Son, coin and medal dealers of New Oxford Street, London). Several illustrations and tables. Good, though lightly aged, and with some wear and creasing to the wraps,...		£100.00
Sir T. E. Thorpe [ Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe ] (1845-1925), British chemist, Principal of Somerset House Laboratory, and President of the British Association and Society of Chemical Industry [ Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe, British chemist. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('T. E. Thorpe') to 'Mrs. Green' [ Wilhelmina Maria Green ], offering encouragement and support for the publication of a scientific paper by her. The item is from the papers of the second wife of the geologist Alexander Henry Green (1832-1896), previously Miss Wilhelmina Maria Armstrong of Clifton. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. An interesting letter, indicating a positive and encouraging response from a member of...		£50.00