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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Mrs Jordan [Dorothea Jordan], actress and mistress of the Duke of Clarence, later William IV. [ Mrs Jordan, actress ] Autograph Letter third person, commencing "Mrs Jordans Comp[limen]ts [...]" to "[Pollister?] Esq" Two pages, 8vo, bifolium, small closed tears, fold marks, sl. battered appearance, florid, hurried, barely legible, hand. "Mrs Jordans Compts to Mr Pollister - & requests he will have the goodness to inform his friends & the [?] that she is very desirous to serve Mrs Wells [Wills?]...		£120.00
Rudyard Kipling [Rudyard Kipling: rare pamphlet, American first printing preceding English publication.] A Naval Mutiny. [2] + 18pp, 8vo. In cream printed wraps, with duplication in green on cover of title-page, but without year. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with crease running next to the spine, slightly at an angle. This American Copyright printing - said to have been limited to 75 privately-...		£180.00
Rudyard Kipling [Imperial South African Association, London] [Rudyard Kipling: rare first edition.] The Science of Rebellion: A Tract for the Times. Specially written for The Imperial South African Association. 10pp, 8vo. Stapled into grey wraps, with the front cover carrying the title, publication details and price (sixpence). P.1 has drop-head title, author's name, and the start of the tract, dated 'CAPE TOWN, \| February, 1901.' In fair condition, on lightly aged and creased paper, with rusted staple...		£50.00
Rudyard Kipling [Imperial South African Association, London] [Rudyard Kipling: rare pamphlet.] The . . . Sin of Witchcraft. From The Times, March 15, 1900. Published by the Imperial South African Association. [Drophead title: 'The Sin of Witchcraft'] [1] + 8pp, 8vo. Stapled pamphlet, issued without wraps. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, staple inclining towards rust. Publication details on front cover. Drophead title on p.1, 'The Sin of Witchcraft', with the article dated 'CAPE TOWN, February, 1900.' Livingston 76a. Rare.		£160.00
Rudyard Kipling; A. Forbes Sieveking [Artists' General Benevolent Institution, London] [Rudyard Kipling: rare pamphlet, later titled 'The Claims of Art', with enclosure by A. Forbes Sieveking.] Speech of Mr. Rudyard Kipling, as Chairman at the Annual Dinner of the Artists' General Benevolent Institution, on May the Ninth, 1907. Pamphlet: 4pp, 8vo. Bifolium of thick wove paper. In red wraps, with title printed in black on front cover, with words: 'Printed by permission.' The full phrase is printed at the end of the article on p.4. Drophead title on p.1 same as title on cover. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn....		£160.00
Samuel Goodenough (1743-1827), Bishop of Carlisle, botanist [Rev. Gilbert Ford of Ormskirk; Dr John Ford of Chester] [Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle, botanist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Saml. Carlisle') to Rev. Gilbert Ford of Ormskirk, regarding the 'Grey Pill' of his father, the Chester physician John Ford. See Goodenough's entry in the Oxford DNB. At the time of writing he had not been long in place: he had been consecrated in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall on 13 February 1808, having been nominated by the Prime Minister the Duke of Portland. The recipient is Rev. Gilbert Ford (1768-1835) of Ormskirk...		£56.00
Ferenc Pulszky [Baron Pulszky; Ferenc Aurél Pulszky de Cselfalva et Lubócz (1814 –1897), Hungarian politician, writer and nobleman] [ Ferenc Pulszky; Kossuth ] Autograph Letter Signed "Fr Pulszky" to a "Mr. Vaux" Two pages, 12mo, one edge frayed, mainly good condition. "I do not know anything about the R. Society of Literature & the public which assembles there, but I am happy to lecture on the 9th of July on either of the following subjects which I have just now [elision] on my hands. \| 1. 'In...		£450.00
T.F. Colby [ Thomas Frederick Colby FRS FRSE 1784 –1852), major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey [ T.F. Colby; Ordnance Survey; Ireland ] Autograph Letters Signed "Ths. Colby" to unnamed correspondent about Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Two pages, 12mo, fold marks, one edge stained and roughened (perhaps blank second leaf of bifolium removed, and item tipped into album), text clear as follows: "The points which are partally fixed in Ireland extend to the southward as far as Bray Head on the East Coast. And they can be given to...		£450.00
François Guizot [François Pierre Guillaume Guizot], French historian and statesman, Prime Minister of France under Louis Philippe [François Guizot, historian and Prime Minister of France.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Guizot') to a lady, having procured a ticket for her to the following day's 'Séance Royale'. On one side of a 12 x 13 cm piece of paper with the corners cut away to make a irregular octagon shape. In fair condition, lightly aged. Laid down on part of leaf from album. Reads: 'Madame \| Voici un billet pour la Séance Royale de demain. Je suis charmé d'avoir pu me le procurer puisque vous...		£120.00
Samuel Foart Simmons (1750-1813), physician, one of the 'mad doctors' of George III [St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, London] [Samuel Foart Simmons, one of the 'mad doctors' of George III.] Autograph case notes for six women, made as physician to St Luke's Hospital, London. St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics was founded in 1750 by City of London philanthropists to treat mental illness among the poor of London. In 1786 it moved from Moorfields to Old Street, where it remained until 1916. Simmons was appointed physician to the hospital in 1781. 6pp, 16mo. A piece of...		£280.00