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'Le Jeu d'Échecs' [anonymous French nineteenth-century handbill poem on the game of chess] Anonymous French nineteenth-century handbill poem, containing precepts on the game of chess, entitled 'Le Jeu d'Échecs.' 4 pp, 16mo. Paginated [1] to 4. On a bifolium of wove paper. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper, with thin strip of previous mount adhering to inner margin of first page. A 96-line poem, written in rhyming alexandrine couplets, beginning 'Du noble jeu d'échecs la tactique savante \| Bannit...	Social history	£650.00
[Alexander MacGillivray (1750-1793), leader of the Creek (Muscogee) Indians from 1782] [Treaty between the USA and the Creek Indian Nation reported in] Gazette Nationale ou Le Moniteur Universel, no.332. Disbound, paginated [477]-484, some staining but otherwise text in good condition, clear and complete report of the Treaty on p.[477], with a Note Historique sur Mac-Gillivray.	French, History	£56.00
[Printed Pamphlet; Prospectus of Literary Periodical]] Prospectus for the New Series of "Once a Week" Pamphlet, [12]pp., 8vo, formerly sewn but thread missing, hence leaves loose, good condition. It advertises new works (for example, "A New Novel, by the Author of 'Guy Livingstone'") but is notable for its lists of contributing Authors and Artists, and "Classified Index of all the Principal...	Literature	£85.00
[PRINTING HISTORY] [Samuel Billingsley, bookseller, printer [BBTI 1724-1760]] Announcement by "Hardwicke C.", Lord Chancellor. Printed, one page, c.6.5 x 4.5", verso blank, right edge irregular (extracted?), small tear, sl.ightly marked, good condition. "In pursuance of an Order of the House of Peers, of the Nineteenth Day of March 1746, I do appoint SAMUEL BILLINGSLEY to Print the whole Proceedings in the House of...	Printing History	£120.00
[PRINTING HISTORY] Thomas Hughes and others. [The Cooperative Printing Company] Printed Letter Signed (printed signatures) by Thomas Hughes, author of "Tom Brown's Schooldays", and others Four pages, fol., tear on fold marks, other defects but text clear and complete. The ten signatories also include W. Morrison (presumably the philanthropist, Walter), T[homas]. Brassey, R.M. [Castor?], Auberon Herbert ("the originator of Voluntaryism" (Wikipedia - see alos DNB), Hodgson Pratt (...	Printing History	£300.00
[PRINTING: FIRST WORLD WAR]William Archibald Clowes (1866-1937), Chairman, William Clowes & Sons Ltd, English printers Twelve Typed Letters and one Autograph Letter relating to the printing of the 'Society of Arts Journal', addressed to Sir Henry Trueman Wood and George Kenneth Menzies, Secretaries, Royal Society of Arts, together with one printed circular. Clowes is an eminent firm of English printers, founded in London in 1803, and still thriving in Suffolk. The twelve typed letters are each one page, quarto, on the firm's Duke Street letterhead. The autograph letter is one page, 12mo, with mourning border. The collection in good condition...	Printing History	£500.00
[PRINTING] Henry Sandon, Victorian engraver Engraved trade card with illustration. On good thick wove paper, roughly six and a quarter inches by four and three-quarters wide. Dimensions of plate indentation five inches by three wide. Good, on aged and lightly-foxed paper, left edge irregular indicating extraction. A very attractive card, carrying an engraving of a sylvan scene...	Printing History	£65.00
[PROVINCIAL PRINTING, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE] Rev. John Hodgson An account of the life and writings of Richard Dawes, A.M. late master of the Royal Grammar School, and of the Hospital of St. Mary the Virgin, in Newcastle upon Tyne. 4to. Pages: [4] + 30. Uncut and in large part unopened, in original plain grey wraps. Stabbed as issued, but with thread worn away and signatures loose within wraps. Grubby and with some offsetting, but overall a very good survival of a scarce and fragile item. A handsome production which does...	Printing History	£125.00
[PROVINCIAL]W. Gotelee, bookseller, printer and stationer. Sixteen Receipted Invoices. printed heading, signed "W. Gotelee", "G. Gotelee" and W.J. Gotelee", accounts of the "Surveyors of Binfield", the "Overseers of Binfield Parish", the "Churchwardens of Binfield" Sixteen invoices, all 8vo, good condition. They bought account books and stationery relevant to their function. The overseers, for example, bought a "Poor Rates Book", had "Rate Receipt books" and "Poor Rate Notices" printed by Gotelee. The surveyors' invoices listed "Printing 200 Highway Rate...	Book Trade History	£200.00
[PUBLISHERS] Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. Invoice to J. Houlgate of the Yorkshire Society, 23 Davygate, York. 2 pages, 8vo. Creased and with several small stains in blue and red. A printed invoice, ruled with blue and red lines, filled in in manuscript with a claim for fourteen shillings, 'To advertising in \| The "Live Stock Journal," \| Nos. 448 & 449' [November 3 and 10 1882]. Payment details in...	Book Trade History	£20.00