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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Robert Bridges [Robert Seymour Bridges] (1844-1930), Poet Laureate Autograph Card Signed ('R Bridges') from the Poet Laureate Robert Bridges to the Rev. P. O'Toole. On blue card, with stamp and postmark. Bridges's message is complete, but the postcard has been trimmed to 14 x 5 cm, with the lower part of the card, carrying O'Toole's address, missing. Otherwise good, on lightly-aged paper. The message reads: '14. Merton St. \| Dear Sir. I am writing to...		£56.00
Jane Dalgliesh [David Williamson (1761-1837), Lord Balgray] [Jane Dalgliesh.] Manuscript itemised laundry bill, made out by her for David Williamson [later Lord Balgray]. 2pp., 12mo. Headed 'Mr David Williamson to Jane Dalgliesh'. Twenty items, each with separate charge, beginning with 'April 7th 9 Shirts - -	Social history	£56.00
Victor B. Neuburg [Victor Benjamin Neuburg (1883-1940), poet and author, proprietor of the Vine Press, Steyning, Sussex] [Printed handbill poetical Christmas keepsake by Victor B. Neuburg, with wood engraving by 'O. W.'] 1p., 12mo. On piece of aged and lightly-creased laid paper. The engraving, at the head of the page, is 7 x 9.5 cm., is a stylised full-length depiction of a young man in eighteenth-century dress, wearing a cravat, with hands on hips, standing between two trees. The poem reads 'Dear He - / Or She...		£250.00
Charles Mathews [ Charles James Mathews ] (1803-1878), English actor and dramatist [ Richard Wilson (1759-1834) of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Member of Parliament ] [ Charles Mathews, actor and dramatist. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('C. Mathews') to Richard Wilson, declining an invitation because of 'so much responsibiltiy on my shoulders in the new farce'. With cartoon of Mathews, Yates, Reeves, and an elephant. 1p., 12mo. Bifolium, addressed on second leaf to 'Rd. Wilson Esqr \| Lincolns Inn Fields'. In good condition, with light signs of age and wear. The letter begins: 'My dear Sir \| I have so much responsibility on my shoulders in the new farce that I really dare not venture into society on those...		£45.00
Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1886), poet and dramatist, civil servant at the Colonial Office [Caroline Norton (1808-1877), social reformer and fighter for women's rights] [Sir Henry Taylor's 'peculiarly severe' poem on Caroline Norton.] Autograph Manuscript of untitled poem beginning 'Soft be the voice & friendly that rebukes \| The error of thy way'. 2pp, 12mo. On a bifolium of grey laid paper, with fleur-de-lys 'J M & Co' watermark. In good condition, lightly aged, with creases from having been neatly folded three times, and stub adhering to edge of blank second leaf of bifolium. The item derives from the collection of a notable...		£200.00
Anon. [Printed broadside] Jackets Green Song Book. Jackets Green Song Book. Skibbereen \| The Old Plaid Shawl \| The Jackets Green \| [...] \| Bold Robert Emmett (publisher and date not stated). Sheet, 8pp, fol., full sheet folded twice.A different edition, with the same title, was published in 12mo as No. 26 in ‘McGlennon’s Song Book Series’ (...		£150.00
Anon. [Printed] Can Ireland Stand Alone? Is She strong enough to set up as an independent nation? Handbill, 2pp, 12mo, with wear to extremities, mainly good. A clue to the date of publication is the giving of Ireland’s trade figures for 1914. It concludes, ‘Is not Ireland fooled and robbed long enough? The Hour for Freedom and the Irish Republic has struck!’ Headed with wholesale price in...		£250.00
[St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Durham, Roman Catholic seminary; J. Hughes Holloway, College Prof. of Music] Three items of printed ephemera relating to the Roman Catholic seminary St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Durham: 'List of the Names and Numbers of the Professors and Students' and two concert programmes. The three items in good condition, lightly-aged. Item One: 'St. Cuthbert's College. Ushaw. List of the Names and Numbers of the Professors and Students. 1918-19.' Shibden Industrial School, Halifax. 10.5 x 6 cm stapled booklet, in red wraps with title on front and printer's slug at foot. Headed...		£180.00
F. Hugh O’Donnell [Frank Hugh O’Donnell (1848-1916)] The Senate of Ireland’s National University! Handbill, one page, 4to, wear to extremities, mainly good condition. It begins ‘Your injustice to the Noble Proletariat of Louvain [destroyed by the German Army, 25 August 1914] is not excused by your venerable chestnut about the Destruction of the Alexandrian Library’, ending, ‘The majority of...		£180.00
John Sweetman Sinn Féin Pamphlets. – No. 2. Purchase of the Railways. Speech at the Meeting of the General Council of the County Councils on Oct. 18th, 1906, Sinn Féin Pamphlets. – No. 2. Purchase of the Railways. Speech at the Meeting of the General Council of the County Councils on Oct. 18th, 1906, by John Sweetman , Chairman of the Meath County Council, Vice-Chairman of the General Council of the County Councils. (Dublin: James Duffy & Co, Ltd...		£150.00