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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
John Leigh (d.1888) of Sandiway House, Whalley Range, Manchester, first Medical Officer of Health for the City of Manchester [John Leigh, Medical Officer of Health for the City of Manchester.] Autograph draft of long letter 'To the Editor of the Manchester Courier' on 'Fever Accommodation in Manchester' for children, and the Fever Hospital or House of Recovery at Monsall. 5pp., foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with wear to corner (not affecting text). With deletions and emendations. The letter begins: 'Dr. Reed in his letter dated July 30th has truly stated that both in my Reports and in private conversation I have borne testimony to the great...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£150.00
Clementine Churchill [Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier)] (1885-1977), wife of Sir Winston Churchill; Leif Egeland, South African High Commissioner [Clementine Churchill, wife of Sir Winston Churchill.] Autograph Signature ('Clementine S Churchill'), on leaf from autograph album, with that of South African High Commissioner Leif Egeland on the reverse. The two signatures are on an 11 x 17 cm leaf removed from an autograph album. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The signature 'Clementine S Churchill' is boldly written in the top left-hand corner of one page, with that of Leif Egeland, large and bold in the centre of the reverse page....		£45.00
Henry Corby, B.A., M.D., M.Ch., F.O.S.L., Professor, Queen's College, Cork [Pamphlet.] Technical Education: A National Necessity. Its Uses and Advantages. 38pp., 8vo. Stapled. In printed wraps. With stamps, shelfmarks and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC.		£70.00
John Masefield (1878-1967), Poet Laureate and children's writer [John Masefield, Poet Laureate and children's writer.] Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Miss McConnell’ and Signed inscription to ‘Jeannie McConnell’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Both items are somewhat sunned, but in good overall condition. ONE: ALS. 1p, 4to. Folded three times for postage. Signed ‘John Masefield’. After thanking her for her kind letter he continues: ‘It is for me to thank you, not the other way about, for you are good...		£80.00
Lester Piggott (born 1935), English flat racing jockey, winner of the Epsom Derby nine times; Jack Dowdeswell (c.1917-2011), winner of the National Hunt jockeys' championship in 1946-47; Alan Thirlwel [Lester Piggott and Jack Dowdeswell, jockeys; Alan Thirlwell, golfer.] Autograph Signatures laid down on leaf from album, Thirlwell's on a printed card sent after his victory in the 1954 English Amateur Golf Championship. The three items laid down on an 11 x 17 cm leaf removed from an album, with the signatures of Dowdeswell and Piggott on one side, and that of Thirlwell on the other. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Piggott's signature ('Lester Piggott') is on a 4 x 9 cm piece of pink paper, on the same...		£56.00
Professor W. E. Dalby [William Ernest Dalby], M.I.Mech.E. [J. Hartley Wicksteed, President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers] [Pamphlet.] The Education of Engineers in America, Germany, and Switzerland. Excerpt Minutes of Proceedings of the Meeting of the Institutution of Mechanical Engineers, in London, 24th April 1903. 69pp., 8vo, paginated 281 to 349. In brown printed card covers. With shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copy at the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at the Institution of Mechanical...		£75.00
Shadrach Pryce (1833-1914), Dean of St Asaph, Welsh Anglican priest and educationalist; John Griffiths (1820-1897), Archdeacon of Llandaff, Chairman of the Society for Utilizing the Welsh Language Pamphlet by Shadrach Pryce, Dean of St Asaph, 'The Welsh Language in relation to Education in Wales'; with handbill address to Sir William Hart-Dyke from John Griffiths, Archdeacon of Llandaff, Chairman of the Society for Utilizing the Welsh Language Both items are excessively scarce: with no copy of either in the British Library, on COPAC or WorldCat. Both of the present copies carry the stamps, labels and shelfmarks of the Board of Education Library. ONE: Drophead title: 'The Welsh Language in Relation to Education in Wales. \| A paper read...		£400.00
Quakers and pacifism in the eighteenth century [ W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law-Printers to his Majesty; T. Cadell, Bookseller in the Strand, London; Francis Newbold (b.1768), Macclesfield surgeon ] [ Quakers and pacifism in the eighteenth century. ] Printed form ('No. 40.'), a warrant of distress for 'one of the people called quakers', who has failed to provide a substitute to serve in the militia. 1p., foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and worn laid paper, 1.5" closed tear. A printed form which has not been completed in manuscript. At top right: 'No. 40.', and the royal coat of arms at head. A rare and interesting piece of pacifist and Quaker ephemera, and a testament to nonviolent...		£120.00
Thomas Bell "On the Structure and Use of the Submaxillary Odoriferous Gland in the Genus Crocodilus" 7 pp., sm., fol., with plate, in blue wraps, sewn as issued. INSCRIBED by the author: A Mons. A. Brongniart [eminent French chemist, geologist and mineralogist] de la part de l'Auteur".	Natural History	£50.00
Ven. J. M. Wilson, M.A., Archdeacon of Manchester [Pamphlet.] The Next Steps in Elementary Education from the Point of View of the Children. A Paper read at the Church Congress, Nottingham, September, 1897. 9pp., 8vo. Unbound. With stamp, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC.		£60.00