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The General Post Office Circulars to Surveyors Disbound, worn and some pages chipped, but text complete, worn leather spine with title "Circulars to Surveyors 1876 [-1883]", first six pages comprise a manuscript index to contents. The contents comprise a presumably comprehensive collection of the circulars sent to "Heads of Departments and...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£650.00
'Robert Todd, Comber' and 'M'Cullough's Mule, Coroner, Glassmoss' [John Shaw Brown of Edenderry and Tordeevra, linen manufacturer; County Down, Northern Ireland] Irish Orange Order political handbill poem, ostensibly by 'Robert Todd, Comber', ridiculing Liberal candidate in North Down John Shaw Brown on his defeat in the General Election of 1885, titled 'The Burial of the Radical Cause in the Glassmoss'. 1p., 12mo. Cheaply printed in small print. A frail survival: aged and worn. In the 1885 General Election Brown was soundly defeated in the North Down constituency by the Conservative candidate Thomas Waring. The present item is headed 'The Burial of the Radical Cause in the Glassmoss. (By Robert...		£250.00
[Edinburgh (Scotland). Commissioners of Police]. Instructions, orders, regulations, and bye-laws, given, made and passed by the General Commissioners of Police for the City of Edinburgh, July 1822.	History, Law	£120.00
The Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, 1853 [William Dargan (1799-1867); Sir John Benson (1812-74), architect; Sir John Gilbert (1817-97), J. Mahony; Henry Linton, and George Pearson, engravers] Wood engraving entitled 'GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, DUBLIN, 1853. \| [...] DRAWN BY GILBERT, FROM DESIGNS BY J. MAHONY, ESQ.] [ENGRAVED BY H. LINTON AND G. PEARSON.' Attractive image roughly eleven inches by ten wide, captioned 'VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, DUBLIN - OPENED MAY 12, 1853.' On piece of paper roughly fourteen and a half inches by eleven. Good on light-foxed aged paper with two neat vertical folds (perhaps indicating...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£250.00
The Gresham Singers; Hatherley Clarke; Charles Flinn; Greeves Johnson; Leonard Salisbury; Arnold Stoker [English musicians' autographs] The autographs of the four members of the Gresham Singers. On a leaf (roughly 11 x 17 cm) removed from an autograph album. Good, on lightly spotted paper. Reads 'All good wishes from The Gresham Singers \| 17 Aug. 1923 \| Eastbourne \| Hatherley Clarke \| Charles Flinn \| Greeves Johnson \| Leonard Salisbury'. Signature of 'Arnold Stoker \| 7/3/1919' on...	Music and Theatre	£150.00
H. Roberts, Governor, Hospital of Poor's Portion, Plymouth [ Poor Rates in Devon ] [ Poor Rates in Devon, 1819. ] Handbill 'Poor Rates' notice by H. Roberts, Governor, Hospital of Poor's Portion, Plymouth, regarding the examination of 'the Receipts of the Collectors'. Printed on one side of a 31.5 x 19.5 cm piece of Britannia laid paper. A fragile piece of ephemera, aged and with heavy wear to extremities. The text is complete, except for loss to the first letter ('P') of the first word ('Poor') on the top line. Text reads: 'Poor Rates. \| THE GUARDIANS who...		£45.00
The Hausa Association [George Taubman-Goldie; John Owen Murray] Handbill, listing the Association's officers, describing its aims, and appealing for funds. Quarto: 4 pp. Bifolium. Unbound. Creased and grubby. Half-page map ('Sketch to show position of Hausa-land'). Headed in red ink 'Funds are urgently needed both to secure the results already obtained and to carry forward the work.' 'The Hausa Association, For Promoting the Study of the Hausa...	History	£25.00
The Hedley Ward Trio: Jack Mckechnie, guitar; Derek Franklin, bass; Bob Carter, piano [English jazz musicians' autographs] The Autograph Signatures of the members of the Hedley Ward Trio. On a leaf of blue paper (roughly 11 x 14 cm), removed from an autograph album. Good: lightly aged and spotted. Reads 'With best wishes The Hedley Ward Trio \| Jack Mckechnie \| Derek Franklin \| Bob Carter'. Docketed, presumably by the recipient, with the members' instruments. Hedley Ward was one...	Music and Theatre	£200.00
[Thomas] Gardiner, bookseller, owner of circulating library, etc. Bookplate/Label. Bookplate, c.17 x 10cm, stained, three letters of address obscured by wear, otherwiswe text clear, mainly good condition. "GARDINER, \| Bookseller [...] \| and \| Bookbinder [...address] Where books are lent to read \| at \| Twelve Shillings per year [...] \|\| BOOKS BOUGHT, SOLD, OR EXCHANGED \|\|...	Book Trade History	£180.00
Abraham Vandenhoeck and George Richmond, Booksellers Bookplate Bookplate, c.8 x 14cm, marks show it was tipped onto an album page once, ow good. Image of Virgil's head. 3cm diameter, followed by calligraphic "This Book \| is to be sold at the Shop of \| Abraham Vandenhoek \| AND \| George Richmond. \| the sign of Virgill's Head. \| Opposite Exeter Exchange in the...	Book Trade History	£450.00