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[Commercial Bank of Scotland; George Salmond, Writer [solicitor], Glasgow [Procurator-Fiscal of Lanarkshire]; forgery] ['Forgery of the Commercial Bank of Scotlands Guinea Note.'] Lithographic notice in copperplate handwriting, 'given to enable the public to distinguish the forged from the genuine Notes', with illustrations. 2pp., 4to. On leaf untidily torn from an album, resulting in a ragged edge with minor loss of text (a few parts of words). On aged and chipped paper. The document is headed 'Forgery of the Commercial Bank of Scotlands Guinea Note', and begins: As a few off these Forged Notes have made their...	Economics	£650.00
Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810-1870), Comte de Montalembert [ Abraham Hayward; John Wilson Croker ] [ Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Comte de Montalembert. ] Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'le Cte de Montalembert'), in French, to an unnamed recipient Both in fair condition, lightly aged and worn. ONE: He thanks him for offering to translate his book ('The Political Future of England'), but considers his knowledge of English law too shaky to permit him to give any encouragement. He suggests that the recipient come to an arrangement with 'Mr....		£180.00
Charles Forbes René, Comte de Montalembert (1810-1870) of the Académie française, liberal Catholic French historian and publicist [Comte de Montalembert.] Three items, in French, relating to Charles Forbes René, Comte de Montalembert: Lithographed funeral announcement and notice, and a page of autograph. The three items in good condition, lightly aged. Each folded. ONE: Lithographed copperplate funeral announcement. 1p, 4to. Black bordered. At foot: ‘Administration spéciale des Funerailles, 70, rue des Saints Pères, Henri de Borniol, Directeur.’ Headed ‘M’. Begins: ‘Vous êtes prié d’assister aux...		£90.00
Lord Elphinstone [John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone] (1807-1860), Scottish soldier, Conservative politician and colonial administrator, successively Governor of Madras and Bombay [Lord Elphinstone [John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone], Governor of Madras and Bombay.] Autograph Signature (‘Elphinstone’) and valediction to letter. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. In good condition, lightly aged, with paper from mount on reverse. Folded once. On 6 x 10 cm piece of paper, cut from conclusion of letter. Good firm signature. Reads: ‘[...] European troops / [...] quartered them. / Yours sincerely / Elphinstone’. See image.	History	£25.00
Peggy Drower [Mrs Margaret Hackforth Jones] (1911-2012), Egyptologist and Dame Freya Stark's last assistant at the Ikwan-al-Hurriayah in Cairo [Jane Fletcher Geniesse; Caroline Moorhead] [Dame Freya Stark and Peggy Drower.] 15 items from the papers of Stark's assistant Peggy Drower, including two letters to her from Stark's biographer Jane F. Geniesse, with a copy the book, an Autograph Card Signed from Caroline Moorhead. The material is loosely inserted in a copy of 'Passionate Nomad. The Life of Freya Stark' by Jane Fletcher Geniesse (New York: Random House, 1999). xxvi + 402 + [2]pp., 8vo. Very good, in like price-clipped dustwrapper, and inscribed to Drower by her daughter. Drower is described on p.296 as '...	History, Travel and Topography, Women	£195.00
[Canal History] [Canals; printed report] To the Company of Proprietors of the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal Navigation. Four pages, bifolium, folio, 1" tears on fold marks, staining, loss of small amount of margin, text complete and clear. It includes: a statement of the Company's affairs "to the 27th of April, 1825 (expenditure, payments, debts, salaries etc.); "Abstract Account of Tonnage and Rent [...]" (...	Science, Medicine and Technology, Social history, Travel and Topography	£75.00
Anon. [Chapbook] The Prince of the Assassins; or, The Cruel Saracens. [ii].[1]-48 pp., 12mo, disbound, staining and other defects, but complete, text clear. Illegible ownership signature [?] on title. This includes the duel between Richard I and Saladin. BL copy recorded on COPAC only.		£125.00
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scottish Romantic poet and author [Richard Twining (1772-1857), tea merchant] [Allan Cunningham, Scottish Romantic poet.] Two Autograph Letters Signed, one to the tea merchant Richard Twining, recommending 'Mr Hopkins' of the Blue Coat School, and the other to Mrs Twining Both letters signed 'Allan Cunningham'. ONE: Addressed to 'Mrs. Twining'. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper. He is 'well enough to accept' her invitation, and will pay his respects 'in Bedford Place at the time mentioned. I am glad that my excellent friend Mrs. Hughes is to be with you...	Literature	£90.00
Baron Carlo Marochetti of Vaux (1805-67), sculptor. [Marochetti] Autograph Letter Signed "Marochetti", sculptor, to a friend , quoting his letter to "Lord H." [perhaps Lord Herbert [Sidney Herbert]], concerning his bronxe statue of Richard Coeur-de-Lion in Old Palace Yard (Parliament)) Four pages, 12mo, fairly closely-written. "Mon cher ami, \| Vous avez profondement [raison?]! Voici ce que j'ai ecrit a Ld H. \| " I am most grateful for the great interest you are so kind as to take in the execution of my statue of R.C. de L. I certainly will do every thing I can to make your...	Art and Architecture	£180.00
Chandos Leigh (1791-1850), 1st Baron Leigh, of Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, minor poet, cousin of Jane Austen and friend of Byron and Leigh Hunt [Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Leigh') to 'Mr. Brodie', regarding a 'rather singular letter' he has received from one of his parishoners, offering his services as a shoemaker at a prison. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. The recipient presumably held a living near Leigh's Warwickshire mansion Stoneleigh Abbey (said to be the model for Sotherton Court in his cousin Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park'). Leigh apologises troubling Brodie 'with the enclosed rather...	Literature, Social history	£150.00