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Author, Title, Summary Price
Kingsley Amis, novelist [J.R. Ackerley]

[Kingsley Amis, novelist] Autograph Note Signed Kingsley Amis to a Mr. Braybrooke [?Neville Braybrooke, magazine editor and publisher in his youth, literary critic]

One page, 12mo, good condition. Text: Sorry - no letters from poor J.R.A. [J.R.Ackerley, author] You should have had them and welcome if they had existed. See Scan.

£56.00
Kate Douglas Wiggin ( 1856 ? 1923) American educator, author and composer.

[Kate Douglas Wiggin, author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, etc] Autograph Quotation Signed Kate Douglas Wiggin.

Paper, 12 x 7cm, remnants on verso indicating tipped on another surface previously. Text: 'God bless the brick house that was; God bless the brick house that is to be! | Kate Douglas Wiggin | From Rebecca'. See Scan.

£56.00
John Guise (1682 or 1683 ? 1765), Army officer and art collector.

[John Guise, Army officer and art collector; Raphael; Michelangelo; Da Vinci.] Note about allowances of powder with the signature J Guise, addressed to My Lord & Gentlemen

One page, 15.5 x 20cm, left edge repaired, fair condition with text sl. faded. Text (secretarial) My Lord & Gentlemen | the Powder last Deliver'd for the Duty and Exercise of is Majesty's First Regim[en]t of Foot Guards being now expended ([ten barr[e]ls?] part of the allowance Due to the...

£250.00
George Pitt-Rivers [George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (1890 ? 1966) anthropologist and eugenicist AND Anti-Semite.

[George Pitt-Rivers, anthropologist and eugenicist] Autograph Note Signed George Pitt-Rivers to Mr. Williamson [novelist Henry Williamson]

One page, 4to, bottom edge stained, aged, ow good. Before his letter appears the printed statement, YOUR HOME IS THREATENED | RATEPLAYERS - DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS!. Text: Dear Mr Williamson | You may feel inclined to get into touch with me. I am trying desperately hard to get together a united...

£250.00
F.L. McClintock [Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907), Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer]

[F.L. McClintock , Arctic explorer] Autograph Signature ('F. L. Mc:Clintock:').

On piece of paper cut from letter, roughly 8.5 x 2 cm, stuck on larger piece of paper, minimal smudging, signature clear. on reverse.

£23.00
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 Hollings, vendor of fine and rare books

[Frank Hollings, bookseller; Kelmscott Press] [Catalogue] No. 134 | Famous First Editions and other books of Literary and Artistic Merit

Paper wraps, covers chipped, minor foxing, mainly good condition. Catalogue containing 334 items, paper cover worn at edges and spine, a very good copy. FAMOUS FIRST EDITIONS AND OTHER BOOKS OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC MERIT FROM THE LIBRARY OF A GENTLEMAN. RARE FINE WORKS BY GRAY, FIELDING, COWLEY...

£60.00
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
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