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Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier (1764-1841), genealogist, 'Vérificateur des Armoiries de France'. Printed communication, signed 'd'Hozier', to Monsieur Boucher. 4to, 1 p, 12 lines. Text clear and entire, on creased paper. Printed in copperplate. Requesting subscription money due for his 'Indicateur Nobiliaire'. Good firm signature. |
French, History, Royalty | £35.00 | |
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences [James Bowdoin, Edward Augustus Holyoke, Benjamin Lincoln, Joseph Willard, Mannaseh Cutler, Caleb Gannett, Eli Forbes, Edward Wigglesworth, Jeremy Belknap et al.] 4to: xxxii + 568 pp. Very good, on lightly spotted and discoloured paper. In heavily-worn original boards, consisting of quarter-binding with grey boards and cream spine, with slight staining at head of spine. Foxed endpapers. Lacking plates. Fifty-four papers, by James Bowdoin, Edward Augustus... |
£120.00 | ||
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American Autograph Collecting [New York; the Declaration of Independence] A collection of twenty cuttings from American newspapers mostly relating to autograph collecting. Varying in size from a few lines to a column nineteen inches in length, and on aged high-acidity paper. In good condition, though frail, and with a few closed tears. Texts clear and complete. In the remains of a stamped envelope (postmarked Philadelphia, 21 February 1912), addressed to E. H.... |
£150.00 | ||
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Ammunition Factory Institute, Dum Dum, Calcutta Ammunition Factory Institute. Dum Dum. Grocery Department. Price List. Established January 1907. 4to, 12 pp. Stapled pamphlet. In original green printed wraps. Text clear and complete. On aged, creased and spotted paper, with rusted staples. Giving the prices ('Rs. As. P') of items ranging from 'Asparagus French tin' to 'Zymale tooth paste'. The last page lists prices for cigars, cigarettes... |
Military and Naval History, Travel and Topography | £125.00 | |
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Amy Mayhew [daughter of the journalist Henry Mayhew (1812-87)] Autograph Letter Signed to Fanny [Brough]. Three pages, 12mo. Very good. The letterhead, in red, carries Mayhew's crest, with his initials 'HM' and motto 'LABOR VINCIT'. An insight into doings within the Mayhew family. As her correspondent has 'not been here', she is concerned that she 'must have offended you in some way or another'. 'I... |
Social history, Women | £28.00 | |
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An Experienced Physician. Disbound, 24 pages, 12mo, partly unopened, sl. damaged but no loss of text. Penny chapbook. |
History, Science, Medicine and Technology | £15.00 | |
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And. Dan. Lizell and Eric Arvid Lidell [Pamphlet] Dissertatio Physica de Natura et Origine Presteris [Waterspouts] Disbound, 27pp., cr. 8vo, plus one page of illustrations (four varieties of waterspouts (oceanic phenomenon like tornadoes), minor defects but mainly good condition. The text is mainly in Latin but one substantial footnote is a quotation from an English periodical, and the dedication and another... |
Natural History, Science, Medicine and Technology, Travel and Topography | £220.00 |
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André Maurois Typed Note Signed to 'Miss [Elizabeth] Harvey'. Pseudonym of the French writer Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885-1967), author of the first Penguin, 'Ariel'. One page, 4to. Folded three times. In good condition although creased. Signed in pencil. Written in French. He does not intend to translate 'Rouen' into English. It is not... |
Literature | £35.00 | |
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Andrew Halliday [full name Andrew Halliday Duff] autograph letter signed to Edward Draper, Essayist and dramatist (1830-1877). 1 page, 12mo. "If you should be in the neighbourhood of the T. R. D. L on Saturday about 3 o'clock, I should like to see you, with any of your quaint music books in your pocket. Have you still got "the ", & "the Vicar still preaches that Peter &... |
Literature, Music and Theatre | £25.00 | |
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Andrew Halliday [full name Andrew Halliday Duff] Essayist and dramatist (1830-1877). Portrait photograph, 3¾ inches by 2½, from the studio of Charles Watkins, 54 Chancery Lane, of a heavily-bearded Halliday looking to the right in jacket, coat and striped tie. The photographer's details and device are printed on the reverse of the mount,... |
Art and Architecture, Literature, Music and Theatre | £20.00 |