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Duke and Duchess of Windsor [Edward, Duke of Windsor,sometime Edward the Eighth; Wallis Simpson]

[Duke and Duchess of Windsor] Black & White Photograph of the Duke and Duchess mounting a flight of steps.

Black & White photograph, 11.5 x 9cms, good condition. Opportunist photo, taken without their knowledge. Location unknown. See Image

£100.00
Daphne du Maurier, novelist

[Daphne du Maurier, novelist] Autograph Sentiment Signed Daphne du Maurier.

Autograph Sentiment Signed on card, 12.5 x 7.5 cm., aged but clear. Evidnece of tipping onto something on verso, along with identification as Du Maurier. See Image. With photo. See Image

£45.00
John Phillips (1800-1874), geologist.

[John Phillips, geologist.] Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent (Sir) about an order of thermometers.

One page, 12mo, stained, with marks indicating tipping in on verso. Text: I have ordered the thermometers to be made by Carella Hatton Garden [underlining] London, & he will soon send you six. I will look after him. Phillips had become reader in geology at Oxford in this year.] See Image.

£45.00
Frank Hammond, antiquarian booksellers, 67 Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.

[Frank Hammond, antiquarian booksellers; Catalogue entitled] Polar Exploration

Blue printed wraps, some wear and tear but good condition, 54pp., list of 328 items, a few with crosses beside them. See sample Image.

£100.00
Bryan Haven, novelist [Cochise; Apache; Custer's Last Stand]

[Bryan Haven, novelist [Cochise; Apache; Gen.Custer] Typescript, with authorial annotations and additions, of what was later entitled Cochise, originally in typescript A Classic of the Great Apache Wars (1856-1872 | War Chief

Typescript, 90pp., 4to, paginated in MS. and corrections and additions, presumably in Haven's handwriting,not bound but with brown paper covers, mainly good condtion except around staples (rusting). WITH: SUGGESTED COVER DESIGN, one page (see image), 4to. and original coloured map of the...

£1,250.00
{Railway Prospectus; Robert Stephenson]

[Prospectus; Railway; Robert Stephenson,engineer] The London, Oxford, & Cheltenham Railway Company, 1846

Four pages, folio, bifolium, folded, very good condition. List of Directors, committee of management, engineer, bankers, solicitors. The Company Provisionally registered, Capital ?1500,000 in 75,000 shares of ?20 each. Image on application.

£100.00
[W. Fothergill? See Notes.]

[Pre-Darwin's Origin - just; Incomplete] Lecture entitled On the Study of Natural History With Remarks on some of the specimens in the Natural History Department of the Darlington Polytechnic Exhibition. (Incomplete).

Four pages (of unknown original number), folio, bifolium (reinforced), fold marks, staining,aging, text clear but INCOMPLETE. He initially refers to the Lectures on Extinct Animals of Mr Waterhouse Dawkins [see note C below], then engages in a brief history of man's interest in Natural History...

£420.00
[Napoleon; Berthier] Sotheby & Co.

[Napoleon; Berthier; Sothebys auction] NAPOLEON & BERTHIER Catalogue of Autograph Letters Manuscripts Historical Documents and Maps (continued below}

The Property of the Descendants of Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815)[...]. Paper wraps (standard Sothebys), [84]pp., cr. 8vo, minor defects, good condition. Enclosed: two newspaper clippings one in English (revealing initial sale offered of the lot, but bid too low so sale of individual lots...

£180.00
[J. Zaehnsdorf, Bookbinders]

[Zaehnsdorf; Pamphlet] A short history of bookbinding: and a glossary of styles and terms used in binding, with a brief account of the celebrated binders and patrons of bookbinding from whom the various styles are named, description of leathers, etc

Booklet, [38]pp., buff paper wraps, very good (fresh). Libraries are well-stocked but currently no other copies on viaLibri. See Immage of front cover.

£75.00
[Tottenham Hotspur; European Cup Winners' Cup Final]

[Tottenham Hotspur; European Cup Winners' Cup Final, 1963; Printed] Football Programme (mainly in Dutch) Spurs vs. Athletico Madrid

Illustrated Wraps, 24pp., cr.8vo, some speckling on wraps, contents good.Note: The 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was the final football match of the 1962?63 European Cup Winners' Cup and was the third European Cup Winners' Cup final. It was contested between Tottenham Hotspur of England...

£450.00 Spurs
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