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Joseph Durham Autograph Letter Signed and Autograph Note Signed to F.W. Fairholt, engraver, art critic Sculptor (1814-1877). 2pp. & one page, 8vo. He initially discusses the "distresses" of someone called Hone, presumably an artist, how £50 would enable him to provide for himself and his family. Advertisements about Hone's situation have been placed and presumably they hope for contributions... |
Art and Architecture | £45.00 | |
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Joseph Durham Autograph letter signed to the engraver and antiquary [Frederick William] Fairholt (1814-1866), 2 pp, 12mo. "Dear Fairholt / I could not get down to you last evening, tho' I tried very much - / I will correct any circulars you may be good enough to write for Hone and get it printed and sent out can you furnish a list of archaeological assns. members & institute & the address of the... |
Art and Architecture | £75.00 | |
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H. W. Bates [Henry Walter Bates (1825 – 1892 in London) naturalist and explorer] Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, good condition. With envelope addressed by Bates to Piffard (Royal Geographical Society insignia). Text: It gave me great pleasure to find that you had not forgotten me. Your memory with us is kept alive by occasional news of you given to us by Dr or Mrs... |
Natural History | £150.00 | |
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Joseph Freiherr von Hormayr Born 1781, died 1848. Dimensions approximately four inches by five inches. In good condition. Neatly mounted on a larger piece of paper, which is docketed 'Baron Hormayr is still famous for the part he had in the revolt of the Tyrol in 1809. Four lines in closely written gothic scrip, with... |
Military and Naval History | £100.00 | |
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Joseph Gulston (1744/5-1786), British book collector and connoisseur On a piece of paper cut from a letter, roughly 3.5 x 9.5 cm. On lightly aged and slightly grubby paper. Good firm signature, beneath which, in a contemporary hand, 'I knew his daughter Stepny'. Gulston's wife Bridgetta (1749/50–1780) was the second daughter of Sir Thomas Stepney. |
Book Trade History | £20.00 |
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John Beddoe (1826 – 1911), prominent ethnologist. [John Beddoe, ethnologist; inscribed pamphlet] A Contribution to Scottish Ethnology. Pamphlet, 32pp., 8vo, disbound, good condition. Inscribed by Author, From the Author to the Royal Medical Society on titlepage. Small stamp of the Medical Society Edinburgh. Scarce: several copies on WorldCat, including two major Scottish Libraries. |
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Joseph Hatton Piece of grey card, dimensions roughly 5 1/2 inches by 4 inches. In poor condition: grubby and discoloured, and crudely mounted on a piece of card. Novelist and journalist (1841-1907). Clearly in reply to a request for an autograph, Hatton has written, in a large hand, 'With pleasure - | Yours... |
Literature | £20.00 | |
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Joseph Hatton (1841-1907), English novelist and journalist [Victorian monologues; nineteenth-century dramatic readings; The Palace Hotel, Buxton] 4to, 8 pp. Stitched pamphlet on grey paper. Text clear and complete. Good, though somewhat creased, and a little stained. In small type. Divided into two sections: 'Selections from the opinions of the London press' and 'Selections from the opinions of the provincial press'. In a long quotation... |
Literature, Music and Theatre | £56.00 |
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Joseph Hatton [Joseph Paul Christopher Hatton] (1841-1907), English novelist and journalist Autograph Card Signed ('Joseph Hatton') to Edward Draper of Vincent Square. Fourteen lines on the back of two-tone Dutch postcard, the front being tined light blue. Addressed to 'Edw Draper Esq, 3 Vincent Square, Westminster, London, England'. Aged and grubby, with two creases and slight traces of previous mount on front. Hatton's hand is difficult, but the note,... |
Literature | £35.00 |
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Joseph Hippolyte Vinchon Letter Signed to "Monsieur le Directeur de l'Imprimerie Imperiale". In French. One page, folio, good condition. In a copperplate hand (ecriture moulee) Vinchon (or a professional) has written an appeal for a job to the Director of the Imprimerie Imperiale. He says: Compositeur, typographer, ayant fait des etudes assez suivis, bien appris mon etat, et desireux de reussis,... |
French, Printing History | £450.00 |