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Earl of Shaftesbury [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury] (1801-1885), Conservative politician, philanthropist and reformer [R. G. Laker of Trevarrick, St Austell, Cornwall] See his entry in the Oxford DNB. With regard to the subject of the letter, the 'penny banks' that were established in mid-Victorian England to encourage thrift among the working classes, see J. W. Dirring's thesis 'The Organization and Practice of Banking in Cornwall, 1771-1922', which states... |
£65.00 | ||
Ronald Storrs [Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs (1881 -1955) official in British Foreign Office, Oriental Secretary (Cairo), Military Governor (Jerusalem), Governor (Cyprus), Governor (N.Rhodesia)] One page, 12mo, right edge frayed and stained, not affecting text, mainly good condition. Text: I am no less proud than touched by your letter about Orientations [underlined]. Exactly the sort of praise that encourages most. It was also very good of you to send me the book which once belonged to... |
£120.00 | ||
Evan Breece. (Ieuan Cadfan.) [ Evan Breece (1798-1855), also Evan Brees, Evan Breeze ] A collection of carols for 'Plygain' services at Christmas, plus memorial 'Englynion' by Breece, who was also a local preacher with the Wesleyans. 36pp., 12mo. Disbound pamphlet without wraps. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Beneath the 'Rhagymadrodd' in Welsh by 'E. B. | Llangadfan... |
£50.00 | ||
Rex Warner (1905 – 1986), classicist, writer, and translator. One page, cr. 8vo, fold mark, small closed tear on fold, good condition. Very many thanks for writing to me about 'Views of Attica. It gives me great pleasure to know that people have enjoyed what one has enjoyed oneself. And you can imagine how difficult it is to describe [?] at all adequately... |
£56.00 | ||
[The Death of Prince Albert] R.R.R. [author unidentified] [The Death of Prince Albert; PRINTED LEAFLET] The Prince Consort One printed page, 12mo, the first page of four in a greyish bifolium, fold marks, minor staining of fourth page, good condition. Verse, 5.5 x 11cm on Page 11 x 18cm. First two lines: There's silence fallen on the land, | Unwonted dread; [...]. Last two lines: And leaving on the dead its trace... |
£200.00 |
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J. Rhys Morgan, (Lleurwg,) Aberafon [ Cholera epidemic in Wales ] 64pp., 12mo. Disbound pamphlet without wraps. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Two poems, the first on a biblical topic and the second on an outbreak of cholera. Three copies on COPAC: at the National Library of Wales, Cardiff, and the British Library. Now extremely scarce. |
£100.00 | ||
John Luffman, London printseller [ Georgian methodism ] Printed in black ink on a 9 x 16.5 cm. piece of paper. A scarce piece of ephemera. Grubby, aged and worn. Laid down on part of a page from an album. A pastiche of a Georgian banknote, the main body of the text reading: 'No. 24 . . . . | Promise to pay to Ignorance, Hypocrisy & Fanaticism,... |
£120.00 | ||
Journal du Department des Bouches de la Meuse, la Haye [ Dagblad van het Departement der Monden van de Maas, den Haag ] [ Napoleonic Wars; French occupation of Holland ] 4pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. With two tax stamps. Laid out in double column, with the Dutch text on the right, and a French translation on the left. Begins with official announcements ('Administration. | Renovation.' and 'Contribution Fonciere sur les... |
£150.00 | ||
Lord Riddell [ George Allardice Riddell, 1st Baron Riddell ] (1865-1934), Fleet Street press baron, proprietor of the News of the World [ eugenics ] 31 + [1]pp., 8vo. Stapled without wraps. Drophead title. (Offprint from Transactions of the Medico-Legal Society.) In fair condition, lightly aged, central vertical fold, rusted staples. 'No reasonable person', Riddell writes, 'suggests the wholesale sterilisation of masses of lunatics and... |
£120.00 | ||
Harry Harkness Flagler (1870-1952), President of Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York, son of Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913), founder of Standard Oil and of Miami and Palm Beach, Floriida Harry Harkness Flagler was son and heir to one of America’s greatest fortunes, inheriting the sumptuous Whitehall estate in Florida (now the Flagler Museum). The recipient was the wife of Frank Edgar Johnson, whose obituary is in New York Times, 5 December 1932 (‘Yonkers life insurance man was... |
£120.00 |