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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
C.W. King [Portrait of Christ in Vatican] [Pamphlet/Offprint[?]] The Emerald Vernicle of the Vatican Pp.[1]-12, sewn as issued, loose enclosure folder containing (loose) photographi of the image of Christ)( see COPAC for 24pp. pamphlet published by the Manx Society in 1872 - relationship with this unknown), some foxing and sunning of exterior, other marking, fair. With occasional annotation/...	Religion	£48.00
Richard Savage, Secretary and Librarian to the Trustees, Shakespeare Memorial, Stratford-upon-Avon [Ann Hathaway's Cottage; William Shakespeare] [Victorian printed Shakespeare ephemera] Illustrated 'Description' of Shakespeare's Birthplace, together with tickets of admission to it, and to Ann Hathaway's Cottage, and a letterhead of the Shakespeare Memorial, carrying notes of books. A nice collection of Victorian Shakespeare ephemera. All four items with text clear and complete, on lightly-aged and worn paper. The 'Description' is printed in red, on both sides of a piece of paper 13.5 x 18 cm, with both vertical edges perforated. 'This may be retained as a Souvenir' along...	Art and Architecture, Literature	£150.00
Sydney Horler [1888 – 1954), prolific British novelist specialising in thrillers]. [ Sydney Horler; thrillers ] Autograph Comments on an unfavourable newspaper snippet, Signed Sydney Horler.. One page, 4to, fold mark, edges sl. stained, text clear and complete, comprising, newspaper snippet, 6 x 5cm, laid down in top half of page, which sneers at Horler stock in trade Terror novels, particularly his latest The Moon Murders, concluidng, Mr. Horler is quite shameless; even the King's...		£100.00
William Cowan, banker, Provost of Ayr [East India Company] William Cowan, Provost of Ayr [East India Company] Autograph Note Signed William Cowan Provost [of Ayr, Scotland] to Lord Melville [deceased! See note below] referring to a Petition asking for involvement in East India trade [not present]. One page, 8vo, bifolium (second leaf blank except for docketing of name and date), good condition. Text: I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship the Copy of a Petition which the Magistrates & Council of this Burgh beg your Lordship will have the goodness to present tothe House of...	Economics, History	£100.00
Jackie Coogan (1914-1984), Hollywood actor [Rubye Colleano; Bonar Colleano] Autograph Letter Signed ('Jackie & Ann Coogan') by Hollywood actor Jackie Coogan to the variety entertainer Rubye Colleano. 12mo, 2 pp. 19 lines of text. Clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. Begins 'Just a line to tell you we miss you like mad & hope you are well & happy. Praises a 'dinner at Mary's'. They hope to call on Colleano when passing through London on 'Sunday Nite'. Ends 'Well honey,...	Music and Theatre	£100.00
Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868), historian, Dean of St Paul’s and Professor of Poetry at Oxford [Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), Chancellor of the Exchequer] [Henry Hart Milman, historian, Dean of St Paul’s and Professor of Poetry at Oxford.] Autograph Letter Signed to Sir George Cornewall Lewis, regarding his desire to build a church. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. In good condition, lightly aged and folded for postage. 2pp, 12mo. Signed ‘H H Milman’ and addressed to ‘G. C. Lewis Esq’. Written in a crabbed hand. Begins: ‘My dear Lewis / I think that I mentioned to you my great wish to build a Church for the [?]...		£45.00
Christo Javacheff (born 1935 in Bulgaria as Hristo Yavashev) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (born 1935 in Morocco), installation artists Postcard with the couple's Autograph Signatures ('Christo and Jeanne-Claude') Picture postcard. Very good. Captioned 'Christo \| Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin [...] collage - 1987-1994'. Image in colour of the collage, with representation of wrapped Reichstag above map. The two signatures in black ink beneath.		£45.00
Rena Hall, British variety entertainer [Laddie Cliff and Rena Hall; music hall; Rubye Colleano] Signed Photograph of the British variety entertainer Rena Hall ('Musical Specialities'), inscribed to the contortionist Rubye Colleano. Studio portrait photograph on postcard, captioned 'RENA HALL \| MUSICAL SPECIALITIES'. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. Depicts Hall in highland costume with bagpipe under her arm and an accordion on a plinth. Inscribed 'To dear Rubye \| In memory of Happy days \| Love, Rena \| 1937'. 'Laddie Cliff and...	Music and Theatre	£45.00
T. Spencer Wells, Lecturer on Surgery, Surgeon [Pamphlet/Offprint[?]] Three Cases of Tetanus, in which "Woorara" was used. Pp.[1]-16, 8vo, disbound, numbered "13" in pencil, fold mark, spine showing wear, mainly good condition, inscribed "John Clay Esq \| with the Author's \| Kind regards".	Science, Medicine and Technology	£25.00
House of Commons Select Committee report into Metropolis Police Offices [London policing], 1838 [Printed House of Commons report into policing in London, 1838.] Report from Select Committee on Metropolitan Police Offices; With the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index. Folio, 40 + 224 + 38 pp [i.e. a total of 302 pp]. Disbound; repaginated in a contemporary hand 321 to 622. The central 224 pp are taken up with the minutes, which include the evidence of Sir Peter Laurie, twice Lord Mayor of London, and parodied by Dickens in 'The Chimes' as 'Alderman Cute'....		£150.00