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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
David Magee (1905-1977), San Francisco bookseller of English extraction [Jane Bissell Grabhorn; Grabhorn Press; Book Club of California; Andrew Hoyem; Frederic W. Goudy; Lawton & Alfred Kennedy] Memorial keepsake obituary of 'Jane Bissell Grabhorn 1911-1973' by David Magee. 8vo bifolium on good wove paper. Leaf dimensions roughly 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Good, on lightly creased paper. Illustration of horse, 7.5 x 9 cm, on recto of first leaf, with 'JANE BISSELL GRABHORN \| 1911-1973'. Memorial, with same title, across inner pages, signed in type by Magee. The following on...	Book Trade History, Printing History	£38.00
David Page, M.D., Edin. Facts about Fevers, Or Practical Rules for Preventing the Spread of Infection, Especially in Relation to Outbreaks of Scarlatina & Typhoid Fever. Octavo: 15pp. Unbound and stitched, with original printed front wrap. Presentation copy, inscribed on front wrap 'With the Author's Compts \| No. 4'. Good, with neat vertical fold and small glue stain to front wrap. 'There are few persons who, in the course of a lifetime manage to escape, and...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£45.00
David Roberts Signature clipped from document Scottish painter (1796-1864).Good Signature of Roberts and others (Calder Marshall and Witherington and one illegible).clipped from an appeal to the Artists' Benevolent Fund.	Art and Architecture	£45.00
[British House of Commons parliamentary paper on 'School-Houses (Scotland)', 1839; Model Schools in Scotland] [Printed parliamentary paper.] School-Houses (Scotland). Return to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 27 March 1839; - for, An Account of the Expenditure [...] for the Erection of School-Houses or Model Schools in Scotland; [...]' 30 + [1]pp., foolscap 8vo. Stitched. In fair condition, with shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. The full title reads: 'School-Houses (Scotland). Return to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 27 March 1839; - for, An Account of the...		£120.00
David Seth-Smith Autograph Letter Signed to [R. N. Freakes]. Presenter of 1930's show on BBC radio, 'The Zoo Man'. 1 page, 12mo. Folded twice. In good condition. 'All you can do for your parrot is to paint the jaws with iodine, but I am afraid the trouble may be with the kidneys & in that case you cannot do much. \| Give quite simple food, nothing...	Natural History, Social history	£35.00
David Storrar Meldrum (1864-1940), novelist and partner in the publishing house of Blackwood's Autograph Letter Signed ('David S. Meldrum') to unnamed female correspondent. 8vo: 3 pp. On grubby, lightly creased paper. The recipient has made Meldrum a 'pretty present' of her edition of Burns (COPAC provides no clue as to her identity). He finds the volumes 'very dainty', and will read her notes 'with interest'. He has already read her 'Introductions' with 'great...	Book Trade History, Literature, Printing History, Travel and Topography	£56.00
David Wilkie Autograph Letter Signed to "Mr Macdonald/ 87 Pall Mall". Painter (1785-1841), two pages, 12mo, bifolitate leaf (damaged (adress intact), staining but text clear and complete. Text as follows: "Dear Macdonald/ I forgot to say yesterday that if you wanted a table for the room you should send to Mr Demoy Duke Street. I beg you will see about the bills at...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£100.00
Davis & Harvey, auctioneers [Stanislaus Vincent Henkels, compiler of catalogue and auctioneer] [GEORGE WASHINGTON; WASHINGTONIANA] A Description of a Most Valuable Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Papers [...] American Revolutionary Broadsides, Scarce Washington Portraits, American Views, Miscellaneous Portraits, Rare Washington Pitchers, and Historical Chinaware. Octavo, 111 pages. 1098 lots. Six plates. Stitched and unbound. Addendum slip. In remains of original green printer wraps, with both covers loose and heavily chipped. On aged paper, with chipping to a handful of leaves. Partially unopened, and with damage to the last two leaves through clumsy...		£50.00
Denis Le Marchant, Autograph Note Signed to Lord John Russell, sometime Prime Minister. Politician and writer (1795-1874). One page, 8vo. He asks Lord John to send for the second volume of “the Bedford letters”. (They may be at Woburn.) He says that the “Ist volume contains some papers which wd have been worth printing if we had seen them in time”.	History	£30.00
Denis Neilson-Terry one autograph letter signed to [Thomas] Bass of Manchester, English actor (1895-1932), son of the actor Fred Terry (1864-1932) and his wife the actress Julia Emilie Neilson (1868-1957). One page, 4to. "I must write to you now just to say how much I enjoyed your letter, & the great good-fellowship & hospitable sport, that prompted the sending of...	Music and Theatre	£15.00