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Legh Richmond Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed correspondent. British evangelical divine (1772-1827) and author. Slip of paper roughly seven and a quarter inches by two. Discoloured and heavily creased. Stitched to larger piece of paper. Reads '<...> & thereby lengthen the period for the cultivation of acquaintance amongst us. Give my sincere... |
£56.00 | ||
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Lena Ashwell Classical actress and theatre manager (1872-1957), later Lady Simson. The signature is 2½ inches long, on a piece of grey paper, with one crease but otherwise in good condition. The paper is mounted on a piece of card which is neatly docketed, 'Lena Ashwell | now | Lady Simson 1925 | Actress |... |
Music and Theatre | £20.00 | |
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Lennox Robinson Crabbed Youth and Age. A Little Comedy. Pp.38 [2], 8vo, original illustrated pink wraps, yapp edges chipped, contents good. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to Sylvia Lynd, poet and reviewer: "Sylvia Lynd/ from Lennox/ Feb 1924." Original cast list on verso of last two pages. |
Literature | £120.00 | |
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Leo Chiozza Money Two Typed Notes Signed to [C.H. Grinling, socialist, editor of the Woolwich "Pioneer" Member of Parliament, economist, etc. Two pages each, 8vo, good condition, one docketed with writer's name, etc. in another hand [Grinling's?]. [14-11-05] He tells Grinling that his "Riches and Poverty" is the right response to the latter's "first paragraph", and the point is dealt with at... |
£120.00 | ||
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Leo Chiozza Money Typed Note Signed to an unnamed correspondent. Member of Parliament, economist, etc. One page, 4to, minor defects, mainly good condition, text as follows: "I should like to become a fellow of your society but before deciding should like to know how the society is to be carried on if it is not asssured of a definite annual income." |
£26.00 | ||
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Léo de Laborde (1805-1874), French politician Autograph Letter Signed, in French, to unnamed female correspondent. 12mo, 3 pp, 28 lines. Good, on lightly creased and aged paper. Difficult hand. References to a 'cher Docteur ' and a 'Mr. John '. Docketed in pencil, and with a biography of the archaeologist Léon de Laborde (1807-1869) in pencil in another hand on the reverse of the second leaf of the bifolium... |
French | £25.00 | |
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Leo H. Thebaud, later Rear-Admiral, Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944-5. Autograph Letter Signed "L.H. Thebaud" to [H. Beresford] Hope, British diplomat (Washiongton etc). Four pages, 8vo, conjoint, good condition. Thebaud is a schoolboy and about to "take Harvard examinations" he informs Hope). The parental home in Madison NJ is shut up, but he is "sponging" off an uncle. He hopes Hope will visit New York so that they can "see Broadway by night together". He had... |
History | £85.00 |
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Leo Tolstoy [V. Tchertkoff (Vladimir Grigorevich Chertkov), 1854-1936] [The Writings of Leo Tolstoy. Edited by V. Tchertkoff. No. 2.] The Spirit of Christ's Teaching. 12mo: [iv] + 35 pp. In original green cloth printed wraps. Text clear and complete. On aged high-acidity paper, and with four staple holes throughout. Creasing to front wrap and slight loss at head of title (not affecting text). In the 'Editor's Preface' (p.iii, dated 'V. TCHERTKOFF. | Purleigh... |
Literature | £56.00 |
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[Cardinal Manning] [Broadside] To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty [Roman Catholics loyalty to Crown] Broadside, one page, fold marks, sl. chipped and stained, mainly good. Affirming Roman Catholic loyalty to the Crown. No copy listed on COPAC/WorldCat but the text is reprinted in "The Roman Catholic question : a copious series of important documents, of permanent historical interest on the re-... |
£1,200.00 | ||
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[Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Alex Comfort, et al.; the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; CND; Ban The Bomb] 20pp., small 4to. Pagination includes card wraps. With damp staining, but in fair overall condition, on lightly-aged paper. Nineteen lyrics (including 'Song of Hiroshima', 'Strontium 90', 'Ban the H-Bomb' and 'The Bomb Has Got To Go'), with thirteen tunes in musical notation, and final 'Guitar... |
£120.00 |