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Nigel Playfair Typed letter signed to the playwright Richard Pryce, English actor-manager and director (1874-1934), knighted in 1928. He thanks him for his letter about the play "The Immortal Hour" (1907) by Fiona Macleod (William Sharp). "I am delighted that you liked it so much, and I think that gradually the public is beginning to find it out. / It will amuse... |
Music and Theatre | £45.00 | |
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[1912 Report to the British Parliament of the British Delegates to the International Opium Confer.ence, the Hague, 1911-1912] [HMSO] Folio, [ii] + 39 + [i]. Stitched. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with slight staining to fore-edge. Title-page bearing stamp and withdrawal stamp of the University of Hull. |
£25.00 | ||
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No author. Bristol Docks: and related topics an album of newspaper cuttings. An Album, 55pp. with newspaper cuttings laid down, 4to, coves worn and sunned but contents intact and in good condition. Headings mainly "Press", presumably short for a local paper (Western Daily Press prob.), and "T & M", "Daily Press", "Mercury", "Express", etc. Subjects:duties of the... |
History, Military and Naval History | £200.00 | |
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'Victoria Holt’, pseudonym of Eleanor Alice Hibbert [née Burford] (1906-1993), prolific author of historical romances (also 'Jean Plaidy' and 'Philippa Carr') [Eileen Margaret Cond (1911-1984)] See her entry in the Oxford DNB. She published around two hundred books under seven pseudonyms, and these are said to have sold a hundred million copies and been translated into twenty languages. The recipient Eileen Cond was an enthusiastic collector of autographs, and had the ability to draw a... |
£80.00 | ||
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Noel Coward (Sir Noel Pierce Coward, 1899-1973), English actor, playwright and song writer On leaf of light blue paper, 8.5 x 12 cm, removed from an autograph album. Very good. |
Music and Theatre | £35.00 |
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Noel de la Morinière, L'Inspecteur des Pêches Maritimes, author of socientific books on Fish and Fishing. One page each, 4to, good condition. Subjects: his "Observations" (presumably published in the Annales); candidacy for the Academie des Sciences; addressing an extract from a Spanish periodical to Villenard; something he wishes to insert into the Annales; instruction on communicating with him... |
French | £200.00 | |
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Noël Eadie [Noel Eadie] (1901-1950), Scottish soprano On a leaf of pink paper, roughly 13.5 x 11 cm, removed from an autograph album. Lightly creased and with a thin glue stain along inner margin (not affecting text). The inscription, in a top outer corner, reads 'Noël Eadie | 21. 1. 24'. It is somewhat smudged, either having bled or been badly... |
Music and Theatre | £30.00 |
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Edward Aveling, Eleanor Marx Aveling [ Pamphlet; Anarchism ] The Chicago Anarchists. A Statement of Facts 8pp., 8vo, disbound, lacking wraps, minor marking, good condition. |
£180.00 | ||
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Norman Collins Two typed notes signed to J.G. Wilson, Chairmand of J & E Bumpus, booksellers. Novelist. One page each, 8vo. He is responding to an invitation and outlining a busy schedule. 2 items, |
Book Trade History, Literature | £40.00 | |
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Norman Ginsburg Autograph letter signed and one typed letter signed, both to Sewell [Stokes], Playwright (1902-1991). The typed letter, 8 February 1967, one page, 8vo. An interesting letter. "I am back again! I have just had a note from Murray Macdonald. He tells me he is going to direct a new play by Tam and Maggie Williams, probaly [sic] in July. The Williams' want Gladys Cooper [... |
Literature, Music and Theatre | £30.00 |