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Jean Anouilh, French playwright [Edward O. Marsh, translator and biographer of Anouilh]. [Jean Anouilh, French playwright] A collection of material, mainly correspondence, from the papers of Edward Marsh, translator of Anouilh and others, including two ALsS in French from Anouilh and a publishing agreement signed by him (about 40 items). A small archive of material relating to the translation into English and production in the UK and USA of works by Jean Anouilh (particularly Dinner with the Family), comprising: A. Two Autograph Letters Signed Jean Anouilh, in French, to Edward Marsh, translator and biographer of Anouilh, one...	£1,200.00
Hilary Pepler and David Jones [S. Dominic's Press] Libellus lapidum. Small 8vo. Pages: viii + 24 + [4 blanks]. Original cream paper wraps: title and price in red and engraving in green on front. Wraps discoloured, rubbed, sl. turned at edge, and stained, with covers loosening and loss at foot of spine. Internally sound and tight, but quite heavily foxed....	£90.00
Harry Graham [Jocelyn Henry Clive 'Harry' Graham (1874?1936)], writer, poet, humourist, journalist, soldier, traveller, inventor of ruthless rhymes. [Annotated typescript; play] Charlotte Corday A Tragedy in One Act (C'est le crime qui fait la honte, et non pas l'echafaud, titlepage motto) [50] leaves (rectos numbered only), 4to, stiff boards, good condition, typescript, annotated by the author, additions, corrections, excisions, who has inscribed the recto of the free endpaper Harry Graham. \|\| Royal Court. \| Palace of Westminster. \| London, S.W. \| England. The scene is set in...	£400.00
Banks and Miles, designers and typographers [Colin Banks (1932-2002); John Miles; Monty Shaw [Montague Shaw; the Post Office; British Telecom; London Underground] [Montague Shaw; typography; Banks & Miles] Collection of material relating to the designers and typographers Banks and Miles [Colin Banks; John Miles], assembled by Montague Shaw for his monograph on the firm. Monty Shaw's 'Banks and Miles: Thirty Years of Design Evolution' was supposedly published by Lund Humphries (London) in February 1993 but no copy can be found on the internet (one listed on WorldCat appears to be a ghost).. This collection, in a buff card folder, contains material relating to...	£320.00
[1841 Census; Public Record Office] [Census 1841] Public Record Office manuscript copy of the Census Schedules for the whole of England (excluding London) in 1841. Folio, 65 pp. In a number of hands. Clear and complete. Heavily aged, in worn binding with front board and flyleaf detached. Many of the leaves are blindstamped at the head with the royal crest. With stamps of the Public Record Office Library, and withdrawal stamp from 'TNA Library' (The...	£225.00
[Sunday Graphic/Times] L.G. Carey, Newspaper Reader/ Corrector [ Corrector; Press; Printing; Newspaper Reader ] Collection of correspondence, membership cards and other ephemera tracking Carey's career as Newspaper Reader. All items freshly mounted in a photo album, very good condition. The core of the collection is a full series of membership cards for the Association of Correctors of the Press (1949-1965), London Typographical Society (1966), National Graphical Association (1967-1988). With their variant...	£250.00
Jean Anouilh, French playwright [Edward O. Marsh, translator and biographer of Anouilh]. [Jean Anouilh, French playwright] A collection of material, mainly correspondence, from the papers of Edward Marsh, translator of Anouilh and others, including two ALsS in French from Anouilh and a publishing agreement signed by him (about 40 items). A small archive of material relating to the translation into English and production in the UK and USA of works by Jean Anouilh (particularly Dinner with the Family), comprising: A. Two Autograph Letters Signed Jean Anouilh, in French, to Edward Marsh, translator and biographer of Anouilh, one...	£0.00
Hilary Pepler and David Jones [S. Dominic's Press] Libellus lapidum. Small 8vo. Pages: viii + 24 + [4 blanks]. Original cream paper wraps: title and price in red and engraving in green on front. Wraps discoloured, rubbed, sl. turned at edge, and stained, with covers loosening and loss at foot of spine. Internally sound and tight, but quite heavily foxed....	£90.00
Banks and Miles, designers and typographers [Colin Banks (1932-2002); John Miles; Monty Shaw [Montague Shaw; the Post Office; British Telecom; London Underground] [Montague Shaw; typography; Banks & Miles] Collection of material relating to the designers and typographers Banks and Miles [Colin Banks; John Miles], assembled by Montague Shaw for his monograph on the firm. Monty Shaw's 'Banks and Miles: Thirty Years of Design Evolution' was supposedly published by Lund Humphries (London) in February 1993 but no copy can be found on the internet (one listed on WorldCat appears to be a ghost).. This collection, in a buff card folder, contains material relating to...	£320.00
Harry Graham [Jocelyn Henry Clive 'Harry' Graham (1874?1936)], writer, poet, humourist, journalist, soldier, traveller, inventor of ruthless rhymes. [Annotated typescript; play] Charlotte Corday A Tragedy in One Act (C'est le crime qui fait la honte, et non pas l'echafaud, titlepage motto) [50] leaves (rectos numbered only), 4to, stiff boards, good condition, typescript, annotated by the author, additions, corrections, excisions, who has inscribed the recto of the free endpaper Harry Graham. \|\| Royal Court. \| Palace of Westminster. \| London, S.W. \| England. The scene is set in...	£400.00

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