Search results

Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
[ James Hamilton Fennell, Victorian antiquary and botanist ] [ Type facsimile by James Hamilton Fennell. ] A Perfect Diurnall of the Passages in Parliament: From the last of Ianuary to the seventh of February, 1641. 8pp., 4to. Disbound pamphlet on wove paper. In good condition, lightly-aged. This facsimile, one of several for which Fennell was responsible, is now scarce.		£35.00
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English caricaturist and illustrator Leaf from the notebook of the Victorian artist George Cruikshank, carrying two pages of serious sketches, each signed by him 'Geo Cruikshank'. In ink on both sides of a 4to leaf of wove paper, watermarked 'J GREEN & SON / 1824'. None of Cruikshank's drawing or writing is affected, but one corner of the leaf has been cut away, and there is another thin strip cut from another. Fair, on aged paper. One page carries a full-length...	Art and Architecture, Literature	£450.00
C. Kegan Paul, clergyman and, later, publisher [Manuscript] Memorandum of an Agreement .. .[ Rev. C.K. Paul with Henry S. King & Co, publishers], signed "C. Kegan Paul", later publisher. One page, sm. folio, good condition, regarding a "new translation of 'Faust'" by Kegan Paul for two thirds of theprofit. As Kegan Paul's autobiogrphy reveals, he was a reader for Henry S. King "for some time past [and] took a more intimate post in the business " in 1874. He later bought the...		£120.00
Bill for Removing the Civil Disabilities of the Jews, 1834 [ British Parliament; House of Lords ] [ Bill for Removing the Civil Disabilities of the Jews, 1834. ] Contemporary manuscript transcript of the conclusion of the debate on the motion for the second reading of the bill. 21pp., 4to. On six loose bifoliums. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Incomplete: paginated 23 to 32 (the last a mistake for 33). The manuscript reproduces exactly (with omissions) the text on pp.79-94 of the publication 'Debates in the House of Commons on a Resolution Preparatory to the...		£220.00
[ Religious Tract Society; Auxiliary Tract Society ] [ Religious Tract Society ] MS. Prospectus "Religious Tract Society" [ Auxiliary Tract Society, Darlington ] One page, cr.8vo, 25 x 20 cm, fold marks, small closed tear, good condition. "The Public are respectfully informed that a Society for the Dispersion of Religious Tracts is established at Darlington in the County of Durham, the Tracts to be delivered to Subscribers in the following proportions \|...		£400.00
George Bentley, Publisher, Richard Bentley and Son. Autograph Note Signed "George Bentley", publisher, to George Cruikshank, caricaturist. One page, 12mo, some marking but mainly good, clear and complete. "Dear Sir, \| Please deliver to the bearer the design for The Merchant of Venice \| Yours truly \| George Bentley \| George Cruikshank Esq,". There are pencilled notes and figures on the verso, probably in Cruikshank's hand (figures...		£90.00
John Lichtenberger [Johann Lichtenberger; W. Harry Rylands, FSA, editor; The Holbein-Society's Fac-simile Reprints; Manchester and London; astrology] [The Holbein-Society's Fac-simile Reprints] Pronosticatio in Latino, by John Lichtenberger; A Reproduction of the First Edition (Printed at Strasburg, 1488). Edited by W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A. [with facsimiles of 56 woodcuts, eleven hand-coloured] 89pp, 4to; consisting of half-title, title, three-page introduction by Rylands, seventy-three page unpaginated facsimile of the main work on consecutive pages, and eleven pages (each with a blank reverse), each carrying a hand-coloured plate. On watermarked wove paper, with top edge gilt, and...		£480.00
Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe [ previously Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet and Edmund Beckett Denison ] (1816-1905), lawyer, horologist and architect [ Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Edm Beckett'), inviting 'Dr Griffith' to dinner. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. On aged paper, with minor damp staining. If the recipient has 'come home' he invites him to dine. 'We have already such a preponderance of the female sex, from ladies staying here, that I am sorry we cannot ask any more.' If his son is 'still at Sandridge instead of you we...		£90.00
Hartley Power (1894-1966), American stage and screen actor who settled in England [Hartley Power, American stage and screen actor who settled in England.] Signed publicity photograph of him with trilby and pipe in mouth. Power made his Broadway debut in 1922. The film role for which he is perhaps best remembered is as Gregory Peck's boss in 'Roman Holiday' (1953). A 15 x 12 cm black and white image, printed on 17 x 14 cm matt card. In good condition, lightly aged. A head and shoulders shot of a pensive Power,...		£35.00
[Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854), Irish antiquary] [Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Irish poet and friend of Lord Byron] Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish antiquary.] The long first part of an Autograph Letter to ‘Mr. Croker’ [unidentified], regarding the life of the poet Thomas Moore, whom he claims exhibits a ‘love for falsification upon all matters’. An interesting letter regarding the man who was regarded as Ireland's national poet before the appearance of William Butler Yeats. See Croker’s entry, and that of Thomas Moore, in the Oxford DNB. The former contains a paragraph discussing the association between the two men, the conclusion of...	Literature	£280.00