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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
[Legh Richmond] [Pamphlet] The History of a Poor Black Widow; shewing How she grieved for the death of her Child, and the consequences of her doing so. 8pp., 12mo, light blue paper, sewn as issed, some marking, some slight chipping, mainly good, numbered 42 on title and 49 on last page in MS. COPAC lists a number of copies with various guesses at publishing date. One copy listed on Bookselling sites, with four pages (?).	History, Social history, Women	£125.00
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (1733-1805), Lord Chancellor, 1793-1801, Scottish lawyer [ Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Al. Wedderburn') to an unnamed recipient 1p., 4to. In good condition, lightly aged, and with the neat remains of windowpane mount adhering to the edges. He writes that 'Sir Harry Erskine had applied to the Duke of Ancaster for a passport Ticket for me, but He has just now informed me That He has had an Answer from his Grace about...		£180.00
[ Jersey, Channel Islands; the Jersey Archery Club ] [ Childhood in Victorian Jersey. ] Album containing a set of humorous captioned illustrations by a middle-class Jersey girl, depicting musical events, a trip to Le Gouffre, etc; poems (one on the Jersey Archery Club); and book lists. 75pp., 12mo. Internally in good condition, on lightly aged paper with 1860 watermark, and some leaves torn out. In worn red leather half-binding, marbled boards, with damage and loss to spine and front free endpaper torn away. The illustrations cover 19pp in the middle of the volume. Those on...		£220.00
[Funeral of Voltaire] [Account of the elaborate arrangements made for Voltaire's funeral by the French Revolutionaries in the] Gazette Nationale ou le Moniteur Universel, no.194. Disbound, pp.[101]-108, some staining mainly good condition, account of funeral pp.107-108.	French, Literature	£56.00
Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.B. (1771-1846), 3rd son of the 5th Duke of St Albans Autograph Signature ('Admiral Lord Ams. Beauclerk'). On piece of card roughly 3.5 x 7 cm. Good, though slightly discoloured. Reads '[signed] Admiral \| Lord Ams. Beauclerk', beneath which, in a contemporary hand, 'Port Admiral \| of Plymouth'.	Military and Naval History	£23.00
Admiral Lord George Paulet, CB (1803-1879) Autograph Letter Signed ('Geo. Paulet') to Smith, former Gunnery Officer on H.M.S. Carysfort. 12mo, 4 pp, 40 lines. On slightly grubby and creased paper, with a couple of tiny closed tears. Paulet writes that he has been 'saying much in [Smith's] favor' to 'Sir W. Gage' [Admiral Sir William Hall Gage (1777-1864), a member of the Board of Admiralty]. Gage considers the certificate Paulet...	Military and Naval History	£56.00
[British Prisoners of War in Japan or Japanese-Occupied Territory] [Printed HMSO pamphlet.] A Handbook for the information of Relatives and Friends of Prisoners of War and Civilians in Japanese or Japanese-Occupied Territory. [With stamped printed slip from the War Office.] 16pp., 12mo. Stapled. In printed pink wraps, with map on inside back cover showing 'The Prisoner of War (Far East) Enquiry Centre' at Curzon St House in Mayfair. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper in worn wraps with creasing to one corner. Divided into 14 sections: Government...		£150.00
Admiral Sir [William] Sidney Smith, hero of Acre. Autograph Letter Signed "W. Sidney Smith" to the Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool. Four pages, 4to, fair condition. Smith has put a cross through the first page, suggesting a draft - with no loss or obscuring. He believes he has had proof of Liverpool's goodwill towards him and is emboldened to ask that a protege "be included in the next list of Post Captains". He goes on to...	Military and Naval History	£180.00
Admiral Sir [William] Sidney Smith, hero of Acre. Autograph Letter Signed to "Lord Duke of Buckingham", presumably Grenville, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, first Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Four pages, 4to, fair condition. Smith has crossed out page one, suggesting this was a draft. He regrets missing the Duke on whom he waited. He makes strenuous representations on behalf of Dr George Roddam, hoping that Buckingham will support Roddam with the new King (William). He discusses...	Military and Naval History	£100.00
[Prospectus; Education] [Pamphlet] Brighton College. Prospectus 7pp., 8vo, disbound, hence spine frayed, otherwise good. Henry Cotterill, eminent Anglican, named in this pamphlet, was the College's second principal, appointed in 1851. Note: Founded in 1845 by William Aldwin Soames, who collected a group of like-minded local citizens to join him in the task (...	Education	£135.00