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The Educational Supply Association Ltd, Esavian House, 171-181 High Holborn, London [ Nineteen-twenties British architecture. ] Trade catalogue for 'The "Esavian" Folding & Sliding Partitions Windows Doors'. Printed brown-paper 19 x 25 cm landscape folder, containing 30 black and white captioned photographs of buildings featuring the firm's doors, on 30 leaves of shiny art paper, loosely inserted. The folder and items all have three punch holes at the spine, and there are the remains of the brown...		£120.00
Theo Aronson (1929-2003), South African biographer of the British royal family [ Cecil Rhodes; Princess Catherine Radziwill ] [ Theo Aronson, royal biographer. ] Typescript of unpublished play titled 'Mr Rhodes and the Princess \| A Play in Two Acts'. With rewrite of long deleted section loosely inserted. [4] + 81pp., 8vo. The four pages 50-53 have been deleted in pencil, and a new version, on four pages also paginated 50-53, has been loosely inserted. Duplicated typescript, on 85 leaves, stapled together. In fair condition, aged and worn, with minor damp staining at head. 'No. 22' in red ink at...		£220.00
Thomas Elliott, perfumer in Regency London [ Temple of Fashion, No. 32, Rathbone Place ] [ Thomas Elliott, perfumer in Regency London. ] Printed trade card for 'Elliott's Long-Established Repository, and Temple of Fashion, No. 32, Rathbone Place, London, [...]'. Printed in black on one side of a piece of 11 x 7 cm card. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Text in a mixture of fonts and types characteristic of the period, with royal patent coat of arms. Text reads: 'Elliott's Long-Established Repository, and Temple of Fashion, No. 32, Rathbone...		£45.00
Tony Armstrong Jones [ Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon [ Lord Snowdon ] ] (born 1930), photographer and husband of Princess Margaret [ Sir Peter Hall (b.1930), theatre director ] [ Lord Snowdon and Sir Peter Hall. ] Print of photograph of Sir Peter Hall, with stamp of 'Tony Armstrong Jones' on reverse, and Autograph Invoice by Armstrong Jones. Both items in good condition, with minor signs of age and wear. The black and white photographic print is 24.5 x 19.5 cm, and depicts a chubby Hall, in shirtsleeves and tie, leaning over a seat at the back of a darkened theatre, with a positive look of concentration on his face, as he stares at...		£60.00
Adolphe Shedrow [ Abba Shedrovitsky ] (1897-1961), Russian-born South African French-language poet [ Adolphe Shedrow, French-language poet. ] Two Typed Letters Signed (both 'Adolphe'), both in English, to 'Henri', discussing the role of the 'purposelessness of life' in the work of the poet, his latest work ('Anneaux de Mousse') and other matters. Each letter 2pp., 12mo. Both in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He starts the first letter by expressing 'great pride and immense joy' in sending 'my seventh book of French poems [...] According to the reviews, it is the best I ever wrote'. He continues with references to the recipient's...		£250.00
Alan Bennett (b.1934), English playwright, actor and author [ Ned Sherrin (1931-2007), English theatrical producer, director and author ] [ Alan Bennett, English playwright. ] Unpublished typescript of screenplay of unmade comedy film titled 'The Vicar's Wife'. [1] + 115 + [1]pp., 8vo. Printed on rectos only. Bound by two metal studs in yellow card covers. In fair condition, with moderate signs of age and wear. Apparent ownership inscription ('Vickers Staniforth') at head of title page, beside a number '3' in red ink. Never produced and unpublished. '...		£1,200.00
Antonin Magne, cyclist, Tour de France winner in 1931 and 1934. [ Antonin Magne, cyclist ] Autograph signature, "Ant Magne", on piece of paper tipped on to detached album leaf. Signature on piece of paper, 9.5 x 6.5cm, tipped onto to a detached album leaf, 17 x 11cm,good condition. Album leaf incorrectly headed "Winner of the Tour de France - 1932 [for 1931]".		£30.00
Antony Brett-James (1920-1984), 5th Indian Division Royal Signals, military historian and Sandhurst lecturer Sixty-five black-and-white pencil portraits by Antony Brett-James, 5th Indian Division Royal Signals, of Indian soldiers who served under him and his fellow English officers, including the fifteen reproduced in his book 'Report My Signals' (1948). A feature of Brett-James's well-received war memoir 'Report My Signals' (1948) was the fifteen reproductions of his pencil drawings of Indian men who served under him, the originals of which are present here, together with a further fifty. These indicate Brett-James's skill at conveying...		£600.00
Charles Sheard & Co., London music publishers and printers [ H. C. Acland, Book and Music Seller, Bristol ] [ Charles Sheard & Co., London music publishers and printers. ] The Musical Bouquet Publications. 12,000 popular works, [...] 72pp., 12mo. Stitched. In brown printed wraps. With Ackland's ink stamp on cover and throughout. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. A 'Complete Alphabetical Catalogue' in small type. With 'Index to Contents' on inside front cover, divided into 'Sheet Music' (including 'Christy Minstrel...		£90.00
Elizabeth Carfrae, Romantic Novelist [Mills & Boon in the 1930s] An Archive of manuscript and typescript material 'A great and important person indeed!':Elizabeth Carfrae and Mills & Boon in the 1930sThe romantic novelist Elizabeth Carfrae (Mrs Peggy Cradock, 1879-1968) was a hugely popular writer between the First and Second World Wars. Her work is of interest not only for the light it casts on popular...		£1,850.00