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Author, Title, Summary Subject Price
E. W. Barlow [Edward William Barlow (b.1886)] [Air Ministry, Meteorological Office.]

Offprint titled 'Air Ministry. Meteorological Office. Professional Notes. Vol. 3. No. 39. The Upper Air Circulation of the Atlantic Ocean. Published by the Authority of the Meteorological Committee.'

8vo: 18 pp, paginated 200-217. Grubby and lightly-aged and creased, with rusty staples. Title-page headed 'For Official Use. M.O. 245s.' Scarce. No copy at the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at Nottingham.

Science, Medicine and Technology £28.00
[The Georgia Committee; C. E. Maurice, Chairman; R. Ellis Roberts, Vice-Chairman; N. F. Dryhurst, Hon. Secretary; Robert Lynd]

Printed pamphlet issued by the Georgia Committee, and titled 'The Acid Test', containing the article 'The Acid Test for the Bolsheviks' by Robert Lynd, and a list of 'important dates in the recent history of Georgia'.

4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. On lightly-aged and creased paper, with short closed tear at centre of gutter. The first page is headed 'THE ACID TEST', and carries an announcement by Maurice, Roberts and Dryhurst, reading: 'The Georgia Committee, first formed in 1906 as the "Georgia Relief Committee,"...

£150.00
E.A.J. Anisson Duperon (Anisson-Duperon).

Autograph Note, third person, to "Monsieur le President de l'Assemblee Nationale"

Director of the Imprimerie Royale, Paris, and later met his end on an "echafaud revolutionnaire" (1794). One page, 8vo, good condiiton "M. Anisson Duperon, Directeur de l'Imprimerie Royale, a l'honneur de presenter son respect a Monsieur le President de l'Assemblee Nationale"; il a celui de les...

Book Trade History, French, History, Printing History £280.00
E.A.Sothern.

Autograph Note Signed to unknown correspondent (name partly clipped off)

He has "stopped all orders at T.R.H. [Haymarket?]" and cannot, therefore, ask other managers for favours.

Music and Theatre £20.00
E.B. Pusey

Autograph Note Signed to "Sudd"(?)

Divine, tractarian and orientalist. He is glad to hear of "Waller's(?) growth in Theology", and mentions his reluctance to give Waller a certificate as a teacher but for his correspondent's recommendation "because there was a touch of theological crotchetiness".

Religion £45.00
E.C. Gaskell.

Signature and minimal text.

Novelist (1810-1865). Signature removed from album, c. 3 x 1.5", , clear and attractive text as follows: "Yours very truly / E.C. Gaskell // Plymouth Grove." Thie album from which it was removed contained letters and clipped signatures, some of which had been provided by Sir David Brewster,...

Literature, Women £150.00
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961), English conductor; Ethel Frank, American soprano

[ Sir Thomas Beecham and Ethel Frank. ] Autograph Signatures on leaf from album.

The two signatures are on one side of a 14 x 18cm leaf of cream paper removed from an album. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, with laid down. Good clear examples. Beecham's signature 'Thomas Beecham' is above that of 'Ethel Frank'. Probably given on Franks first visit to Britain in 1921...

£25.00
William Paley (1743-1805), theologian and moralist [ John Law (1745-1810), successively Bishop of Killala and of Elphin and mathematician ]

[ William Paley, theologian and moralist. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('W Paley') to 'Dear Law' [ John Law ], regarding the state of his health, and assistance for the widow of the tenant of Carleton Mill, Carlisle, Cumbria. With proof engraving.

2pp., 4to. On watermarked laid paper. In good condition, with light signs of age and wear. Twenty-nine lines of text. Law was appointed prebendary of Carlisle in 1773 and archdeacon four years later. In 1782 he left for Ireland. According to his entry in the Oxford DNB, Paley, 'his friend and...

£450.00
E.G.A. Holmes [Edmond Holmes]

Autograph Note Signed "E.G.A. Holmes" to E.J.T. Davis, autograph-hunter. WITH manuscript poem.

Educational pioneer and poet. (Letter) one page, 8vo, good condition. "If you think my autograph worth possessing you are heartily welcome to a specimen of it. I have copied out and signed a sonnet which I wrote many years ago. Here it is. [PRESENT] / The lines which you quote in your letter...

£180.00
E.J. Chapman

A Drama of Two Lives. The Snake-Witch. A Canadian Summer-Night and other Poems

Orig. bds, worn and stained, foxing on eps, contents g-vg. Inscribed "With the author's compliments

Literature £35.00