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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Sabu [ Sabu Dastagir; Selar Shaik Sabu; Sabu Francis ] (1924-1963), Indian film actor working in England and Hollywood [ Sabu, Indian film actor. ] Autograph Note Signed, given during the shooting of the film for which he is best known, 'The Thief of Baghdad'. Good firm inscription on 18 x 16 cm leaf of blue paper removed from album. Reads: 'To Ann \| with very Best wishes \| from \| Sabu \| THE THIEF OF \| BAGHDAD \| 1939'. The recipient was the daughter of a cameraman at Twickenham Film Studios.		£65.00
Samuel Cousins (1801-1887), RA, English mezzotint engraver [ Thomas Faed (1826-1900), RA, Scottish artist ] [ Samuel Cousins, engraver. ] Autograph Note Signed ('Saml: Cousins') to the Scottish artist Thomas Faed 1p., 12mo. In good condition, lightly-aged, with small piece of mount adhering at head. Accepting an invitation to dinner.		£30.00
Samuel Cousins (1801-1887), RA, English mezzotint engraver [ Thomas Goff Lupton (1791-1873), engraver and artist ] [ Samuel Cousins. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Saml: Cousins') to fellow-engraver Thomas Goff Lupton, regarding an invitation to tea and 'Wilson's entertainment'. 1p., 12mo. In good condiion, lightly aged and worn. The letter begins: 'Dear Lupton \| I find that we do not dine 'till 6 to day and consequently I shall not be able to take tea with you at half past 6 -'. He still intends to 'go to Wilson's entertainment', and hopes to be with Lupton 'by half...		£35.00
Sir Robert Rawlinson (1810-1898), English civil engineer in the field of public health and sanitation [ Thomas Faed (1826-1900), RA, Scottish artist ] [ Sir Robert Rawlinson, civil engineer. ] Autograph Note Signed ('Robert Rawlinson'), accepting a dinner invitation from Scottish artist Thomas Faed. 1p., 12mo. In good condition, lightly-aged, with small part of paper mount adhering at head. Accepting a dinner invitation on 20 November.		£25.00
Thomas Faed (1826-1900), RA, Scottish artist [ Thomas Faed, RA, Scottish artist. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Your Old Dad \| Thomas Faed') to his daughter (or daughter-in-law) Mary, and Autograph Note Signed to his son 'Jack' [ John Francis ]. Both items 1p., 12mo. ONE: Letter to Mary. In good condition, lightly-aged. He thanks her for 'the beautiful Plums', before continuing, 'The wee lassie was a little at home with me - She is very bonnie.' Faed's daughter was named Beatrice, so it is likely that the note was addressed to his...		£35.00
Thomas Faed (1826-1900), RA, Scottish artist [ Thomas Faed, RA, Scottish artist. ] Autograph Signature and Christmas message. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly-aged and spotted, with minor traces of glue from mount on reverse. Reads: 'With the Compliments of the Season to all \| from \| Thomas Faed \| 25 Der. 1881'. For information on Faed, see his entry in the Oxford DNB.		£30.00
Thomas Faed (1826-1900), RA, Scottish artist [ Thomas Faed, RA, Scottish artist. ] Printed handbill poem in Scottish dialect by 'Tom Faed', titled '"The Shadow"', and beginning 'Oh wae is me! - I sit alane'. 1p., 12mo. Nicely printed on one side of a piece of laid watermarked paper. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, with slight loss to one corner caused by removal from an album. Sixteen-line poem in four four-line stanzas. Signed in type at foot 'TOM FAED.' The poem is a lament by the...		£120.00
William Black (1841-1898), Scottish journalist and novelist [ Thomas Faed (1826-1900), RA, Scottish artist ] [ William Black, Scottish novelist. ] Autograph Note Signed, asking Scottish painter Thomas Faed to second his application for membership of the Athenaeum. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly-aged, and laid down on a piece of card. Reads: 'July 26 \| My dear Faed, \| Would you mind seconding me at the Athenaeum? I believe Tom Hughes has put down my name. \| Yours faithfully \| William Black.' According to Black's entry in the Oxford DNB, he 'studied...		£35.00
William Morris and Jessie M. King [ Isabel Bonus ] The Defence of Guenevere and other Poems by William Morris. Illustrated by Jessie M. King. 8vo. 310pp. Red cloth, gilt extra, with ornate design to front board and spine. First edition with King's illustrations. A good copy of an extremely attractive book, in binding with light fading in parts, but gilt still bright, and with the merest wear at head of spine. Bookplate by Isabel Bonus...		£280.00
Donkin, Elstob & Co. of Hexham Bridge End, Northumberland, brewers [ Brewing industry in eighteenth-century Northumberland. ] Draughtsman's drawing, titled 'The Ground Plan of A Brewery Intended at Hexham Bridge End 1777', with front elevations of two maltings. On one side of a 15 x 39 cm piece of Whatman paper. A fragile survival: aged, worn and stained. Drawn to a scale of two inches to 30 feet. Central ground plan ('The Court 73 feet') showing, with size, 'Malting', 'Ale Tonhouse', 'Bear [sic] Tonhouse', 'Brewhouse', 'Milhouse', 'Hop Room' and '...		£135.00