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John Cheyne; George Renny; Sir Philip Crampton [Medicine; Surgery; hospitals; Dublin; Ireland].

[John Cheyne; George Renny; Sir Philip Crampton; medical; military] Document Signed by John Cheyne, Physician General to the Forces AND George Renny, Director General of Hospitals AND Sir Philip Crampton, Surgeon-General to the Forces etc.

One leaf, folio, fold marks,signs of age, but text clear and complete. Recto has summary title/docket Triplicate | Royal Military Infirmary | Return to an order of the House of Lords 27th June 1823. Verso as follows: Return of theamounts averaged by the last three years, of officers paid by fees...

£0.00
H. M. Tomlinson [ Henry Major Tomlinson ] (1873-1958), English journalist and author

[H. M. Tomlinson, author] Autograph Letter Signed ('H. M Tomlinson') to Mr [Oultom?], giving his viewpoint on WAR, and apparently responding to a request for a list of Tomlinson's books

One page, 8vo, good condition. He begins: No, I don't understand people who regard war - in the light of recent years - as anything but obscene. Your own case is different. The RAMC are not soldiers. Even Quakers served with the ambulances. If you are interested, I think this is about right...

£100.00
William Hope-Jones, Eton Maths teacher [Douglas Byng-Stamper, Eton schoolboy; mysterious Railway death]

[William Hope-Jones, Eton Maths teacher [Douglas Byng-Stamper, Railway death]] Very substantial Autograph Letter Signed (a report on schoolboy) W. Hope-Jones to Captain Byng Stamper, father of Douglas, who was found dead by the railway line.

Four neatly written pages, 4to, very good condition. SEE photograph for full text. Hope-Jones (see brief biography below, including his appearance in an M.R. James ghost story) writes a very substantial letter on the character, activities, school influence, etc. of Douglas Byng-Stamper whose...

£320.00
Sir Francis Workman MacNaghten, Anglo-Irish judge in India

[Sir Francis Workman McNaghtan, Anglo-Irish judge in India; Madras] Autograph Letter Signed F. Workman MacNaghten to William Behnes, Sculptor, about busts/casts presumably fashioned by Behnes for him.

One page, 4to, bifolium, letter page aged but in good condition, minor closed tear, but verso of second leaf, address page, is grubby, with substantial closed tear, with added annotations (brief biography of Nacnaghtan, etc.). Text: I have been here for some days but by a letter from Roepark I...

£80.00
Sir Edward Clarke (1841-1931), English barrister and MP for Southwark, Solicitor-General from 1886-1892, lawyer for Oscar Wilde's action against Queensberry,.

[Edward Clarke, Barrister; Oscar Wilde's lawyer in Trial] Autograph Letter Signed Edward Clarke to Arthur a Becket, Journalist

2pp., 12mo, bifolium, fold mark, good condition. Text: Forgive my not answering your note sooner. I should be delighted to help you to the appointment you speak, & fel sure you would make an excellent magistrate, but the competition for these places is enormous, & I fear that actual...

£55.00
Sigismond Thalberg (1812 ? 21871) Austrian composer and virtuoso pianists.

[Sigismond Thalberg, Austrian composer and virtuoso pianists.] Autograph Signature S. Thalberg.

Bold Signature on paper, 11.5 x 6cm, laid down on slightly larger pink paper, some glue staining marginally affecting the S.. See Image.

£35.00
Roger Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet, later Lord Keyes, senior Royal Navy officer

[Admiral of the Fleet Lord KeyesAutograph Signature with date, Roger Keyes A.F. | 28th Aptil 1940.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. One page extracted from an autograph album, hence one rough edge, 14 x 11cms, good condition. The Keyes is on the verso. On the recto is the signature of bandleader Charles Shadwell, his signature preceded by Sincerely Yours Images on request.

£30.00
John Simon, sanitary reformer and pathologist

[John Simon, sanitary reformer and pathologist; Sewers] Autograph Letter Signed John Simon to unknown correspondent but see note below.

One page, 12mo, formerly leaf in a bifolium but the second leaf has been roughly torn away (with small loss to first leaf not affecting main text), two closed tears not affecting text, clear but aged On the remnants of the second leaf someone has noted in pencil Medical Officer of board of...

£80.00
Evelyn Waugh, novelist

[Dalrymple Press limited edition reprint; Proofs] PRB. An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1847-54

44[3]pp., 4to (25.3cm), in three 8-leaf gatherings, not bound, browning of the edges of several pages, commencing with half-title and concluding with printing information and number of copies (this not numbered!) ([3v] and a blank ([3r]). Preface by Christopher Sykes and Postscript by...

£580.00
Edward John Eyre, Australian Explorer, Governor of Jamaica, etc.

[Edward John Eyre, Australian Explorer, Governor of Jamaica, etc.] Autograph Signature E. Eyre with subscription

Signature and subscription (separated from a letter not present), 7 x 4cms, on sl. larger backing, aging but good condition, SEE IMAGE. Note: Signature and subscription matches the signature on an ALS sold (Googled). Their learned description concludes: Edward John Eyre, the renowned Australian...

£76.00
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