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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Philip Pusey Autograph note signed to unnamed correspondent Agriculturalist (1799-1855). He is pleased that his correspondent's book is making its way (which is "a work of time"). He hopes it will be as useful as his correspondent "could wish".		£25.00
Philip S. Robinson. Autograph Note Signed to an unknown correspondent Naturalist and miscellaneous writer. One page, 8vo. He says that he is about to leave for the Sudan and apologises for his discourtesy in not replying sooner. With: holograph list, 2pp., 8vo, of works by Robinson and key dates, events, and positions in his life, including a professorship in...	Book Trade History, Travel and Topography	£200.00
Philip Sainsbury. One Autograph Letter Signed to "Gosse" and one Autograph Note Initialled to an unnamed correspondent. Founder, with Humphrey Toulmin of the Cayme Press. Total 3pp., 8vo, minor defects, good condition, text clear and complete. (The ALS (2pp.) is addressed to [Edmund prob.] "Gosse", inviting him to dinner at the Double Crown Club and thinking he would be amused. "The members are mainly publishers...	Book Trade History, Literature, Printing History	£200.00
Philip Unwin, cousin of Sir Stanley Unwin (1884-1968) [George Allen & Unwin Ltd, publishers; Sir Stanley Unwin] Typed Letter Signed to Rev. J. W. Thompson, "Brockenhurst", Birmingham Road, Walsall, Staffs. 4to, 2 pp. Thirty-two lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged and creased paper. A tactful letter in response to an enquiry concerning the possibility of employment as a translator of Dutch publications. Unwins 'very seldom have occasion to translate from Dutch, but we should...	Book Trade History	£45.00
Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (1803-1854), husband of Princess Christine Bonaparte (d. 1847), daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, and 'the friend of the Poles' Autograph Signature ('Dudley Coutts Stuart') of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, husband of Princess Christine Bonaparte, and 'the friend of the Poles', on part of a letter. Square of paper, neatly torn from letter. Lightly-aged and creased. On one side firm signature ('Yrs truly \| Dudley Coutts Stuart'), with docketting at foot ('Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart \| "The friend of the Poles" -'). On reverse: '<...> a select Committee - A short time I obtained a return...	History	£23.00
Philippe de Larenaudière [Philippe François de La Renaudière], nineteenth-century French mining engineer, geographer and traveller in the Americas Autograph Letter Signed ('Philippe de Larenaudière'), in French, to unnamed male editor of a journal. 4to, 1 p. Fourteen lines of text, on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium. Text clear and complete, on lightly aged and creased paper. Slight staining at foot of text (affecting part of signature), and on the reverse of the second leaf of the bifolium, which is docketed 'la renaudié \| A. S...	Book Trade History, French, Science, Medicine and Technology, Travel and Topography	£65.00
Photograph Sailing ships on the Hudson River, New York, viewed from Hoboken Docks. Evocative picture with docks to the right viewed through tree branches, and a number of boats and ships clearly visible, with three three-masted ones in the foreground, one sideways on and the two beside it viewed from the bows. Dimensions: 2¼ inches by 3¾ inches. Mounted on a piece of pink...	Military and Naval History	£100.00
PHRENOLOGY [Wiveliscombe; Somerset Country Gazette] Autograph Letter 'To the Editor', entitled 'Phrenology', and signed 'Apollonius'. Two pages, quarto. On a discoloured piece of brittle, thin wove paper, with some fraying, several closed tears and a little loss (affecting three words). A long, able and closely-written defence of the discipline. '[...] \| X appears decidedly opposed to an alarmed at the science, and feels...		£65.00
Phyllis Neilson-Terry autograph note signed to [Tom] Bass of Manchester, English actress (1892-1977), daughter of actor Fred Terry (1864-1932) and his wife the actress Julia Emilie Neilson (1868-1957). One page, 4to, in a large hand. "Dear Mr. Bass. / Many thanks for yr. kind letter & the present. / It was nice of you. / Yours very truly / Phyllis Neilson-Terry...	Music and Theatre	£12.00
Phyllis Neilson-Terry Typed note signed to Tom Bass of Manchester, English actress (1892-1977), daughter of actor Fred Terry (1864-1932) and his wife the actress Julia Emilie Neilson (1868-1957). One page, 4to. "Thank you very much indeed for your charming letter of welcome. / I sincerely hope that you will enjoy "Trilby". I have had great success with it...	Music and Theatre	£25.00