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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
P.J. Dobell, Antiquarian Bookseller Two Autograph Letters Signed to Sir R.L. Harmsworth about the publishing history of Little Goody Two Shoes. With part of a substantial letter from [F.Contes?] on the same subject Three pages, 4to, good condition. Harmsworth has obviously consigned two copies of the History of Little Goody Two Shoes to Dobell for evaluation and Dobell is now returning them with a learned disquisition on the publishing history of the work. He discusses the advertising and other background...	Book Trade History, Social history	£125.00
Douglas Wimberley [ Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley (1896-1983), commander of the 51st (Highland) Division at the Second Battle of El Alamein in the Second World War; North African Campaign] [ Major General Douglas Wimberley. ] Author's copy, with bookplate and autograph additions, of typed volume: '"Scottish Soldier". An Autobiography by Douglas Wimberley. (A private account for my wife and family) Volume II Part IV - World War II'. [3] + 280pp., 8vo, on the rectos only of the leaves. Bookplate of Douglas Neil Wimberley on flyleaf. Around half a dozen additional duplicated maps inserted. With copious autograph additions on upwards of 70pp. of the blank reverses of the leaves, several taking up the whole page, and a number...		£1,200.00
[Legal Fees; Clerks of the Court] Manuscript document recording details of the fees to be paid to Clerks of the Court for their various duties. C.32 x 41cm, part Latin, mainly English, closed tear and minor loss on fold marks. Presumably one of the copies ordered to be delivered to the High Constable and other JPs. The first few Latin lines give occasion (Quarter Sessions), place, date, and names of officers of the Court (Justices of...	Law	£280.00
[One Hundredth Birthday Telegram; King and Queen]] Post Office Telegram to Miss A.J. Ramsbotham of Eastcombe nr Stroud on her hundredth birthsday C.18 x 12cm, good condition, with original gold envelope, sl. battered. Text: 8.40 Buckingham Palace \| Miss A.J. Ramsbotham \| Gladstone Cottage Eastcombe Nr Stroud Glos \| The King and Queen are much interested to thear that you are celebrating your hundredth birthday, and send you Hearty...	History, Royalty	£165.00
Adrian Allinson (1890-1959), English artist [Jean Inglis] Autograph Letter Signed from the English painter Adrian Allinson to fellow-artist Jean Inglis. 4to, 2 pp. 46 lines. Clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. He thanks her for putting the commission of 'Mr Proger' his way, discussing the circumstances. 'Just 3 days before I received his letter, while Molly & I were making some sort of order in the Augean Stable which is my lower studio...	Art and Architecture	£56.00
Balliol Holloway (1883-1967), English stage and screen actor, specialising in Shakespeare Autograph Letter Signed from the Shakespearian actor Balliol Holloway to the artist Jean Inglis. 4to, 1 p. Fourteen lines, in pencil. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. In envelope addressed by Holloway to Inglis. He apologises for his 'rudeness' in not answering earlier: 'I plead rush of work'. He would be delighted to sit for her, but 'the trouble is that I may have to leave...	Art and Architecture, Music and Theatre	£23.00
Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936), British writer and suffragette Autograph Signature of the writer and suffragette Beatrice Harraden, on her letterhead. 12mo, 1 p. Fair, on aged paper, with central horizontal crease, and traces of mount adhering to reverse. In response to a request for an autograph Harraden has signed, neatly in the centre of the page, 'Your truly \| [signed] Beatrice Harraden'. The signature is underlined.	Women	£23.00
D. C. Lowber [originally of New Orleans], Liverpool Merchant [American Blackberries, Kittatinny Variety; botanical ephemera] [Printed Victorian botanical handbill advertisement.] American Blackberry Rooted Cuttings, Kittatinny Variety. Imported by D. C. Lowber, 35, Chapel Walks, Liverpool. [Including text on 'THE AMERICAN BLACKBERRY.'] 12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Attractive engraving of a blackberry cutting. The second page is headed 'THE AMERICAN BLACKBERRY', and begins 'There is scarcely a more wholesome fruit than this, and one that has been more improved by judicious cultivation on the American side...	Natural History	£28.00
E. L'Estrange aka ?Emma Robinson (1814-1890), English novelist [Charles Manby] Autograph Letter Signed from 'E L'Estrange' to Charles Manby, proposing to present a copy of the [her?] three-decker novel 'Westminster Abbey' [by Emma Robinson]. 12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. 51 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. Chatty and spirited letter. 'I propose myself the honour and pleasure (seldom indeed, save in common parlance!) of paying you a visit, - to present you with a copy of "Westminster Abbey"', which has 'emerged from the...	Literature	£56.00
'Achille de Naguet Desportes, Propriétaire à Equemauville, près Honfleur' (d.1879) [La Garde Nationale de Honfleur; E. Dupray, printer] [Printed handbill poem.] A la Garde Nationale de Honfleur. Choeur des Républicains. Air du Chœur des Girondins. 1p., 8vo. On wove paper. Lightly worn and aged. Text in two columns within ornate decorative border. Author's details at foot, above printer's slug. Thirty-five line poem, in five seven-line stanzas. First stanza: 'O! toi, ma France bien-aimée, \| Pour toi, nous faison tous des voeux, \| Oh! sois...		£150.00