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Author, Title, Summary Subject Price
Elbert Hubbard [The Roycrofters]

Whimsical printed stock letter to 'Dear Friend', in the form of a facsimile of a typed letter, with facsimile of Hubbard's signature, conferring on the recipient Life Membership of the American Academy of Immortals.

12mo, 2 pp. In bifolium. On yellow paper. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with slight traces on the second leaf from the mounting of the letter. An amusing and characteristic piece of Roycroft ephemera. The letterhead describes 'The Roycrofters' as 'Makers of de luxe books, hand-made furniture and...

£56.00
Eleanor Catharine Price [E. C. Price]

Autograph Signature on fragment of letter

Paper dimensions roughly four and a half inches by two and a half inches. Very good. Folded once (not affecting signature). From an autograph album. Mounted on larger piece of blue paper. Reads '[...] | It was a real pleasure | to see you again the other | day. | Yours afftely | E C Price -'....

Literature, Women £18.00
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick [née Balfour] (1845-1936), Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge

Autograph Note Signed ('Eleanor M Sidgwick') to 'Miss Chittenden, Cambridge Training Corps, Wollaston Road, Cambridge'.

16mo, 1 p. In a bifolium. Seven lines. Clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. In stamped, addressed envelope. Asks if Chittenden will 'come to luncheon' on one of the two following days, as Sidgwick 'hardly saw' her on the previous day.

Education, Women £28.00
Eli Nixon; James Child [The Quakers; Bethnal Green]

Manuscript and Printed Marriage Certificate on parchment, signed by thirty individuals.

Dimensions roughly nineteen inches by thirteen inches. Aged and a tad grubby, but in very good condition overall. Small piece, roughly one inch square, cut away from bottom left hand corner. Government five shilling stamp in top left-hand corner. In manuscript at head: 'Eli Nixon of Hope Town...

Social history, Travel and Topography £95.00
Elie, Duc Decazes, French Statesman.

Document Signed "[?] Decazes" to "M. Gaillard Senainville, agent de la Societe d'encouragt".

In French. Two pages, fol., secretarial hand, signed by Decazes. He is appoijmting Inspectors ("travail" and "surveillance" to ensure the proper operation of the Exposition "des produits de l'industrie francaise, qui doit avoir lieu au Louvre le 25 Avril prochain". He recalls that his...

French, History £350.00
Elinor Glyn [born Elinor Sutherland] (1864-1943), English novelist

Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr. Nunnez'.

8vo, 2 pp. Very good. She has been recovering from influenza at Brighton. 'I think your Paper is going on Splendidly [last word underlined] & I am so glad! [last two words underlined]'. 'Yes, isnt Margaret Ettinger a charming Creature! She told me you had talked together of me'. Asks for...

Literature, Women £120.00
Bernard Montgomery, General

[Montgomery of Alamein] Typed Letter Signed 'Montgomery of Alamein', to Miss Joan Baird, Hon. Sec. South Africa Club, 10 Clements Lane, Lombard Street, London EC4. about his controversial trip to South Africa. With related material.

One page, 8vo, fold marks and rust where pin had been used to hold all together, mainly good condition. He thanks her for a letter and an invitation to dine at the South Africa Club. "I enclose a copy of hte itinerary of my visit to South Africa [described below], from which you will see that I...

History, Military and Naval History, Travel and Topography £750.00
Eliot O'Hara (1890-1969), American watercolour artist

Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr. Woodward'.

Three pages, small octavo. Good, though a little aged. He is having an exhibition of his 'new Mexican things [...] and teaching a small class' in Savannah. He is pleased that Woodward is going to Chapel Hill ('They need a breath of fresh air.'). The rest of the letter consists of an interesting...

£125.00
Elisabeth [Elizabeth] Ludovika of Bavaria (1801-1873), Princess of Bavaria and later Queen consort of Prussia as wife of King Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795-1861)

Autograph Note Signed ('Elisabeth') in English to unnamed male correspondent.

16mo (roughly 11 x 8 cm), 1 p. Creased and ruckled, and with slight discolouration from previous mounting, and with a piece of the mount adhering to the blank reverse. Reads 'My dear Sir | I thank you for your letter and the information it contained. I write to Paris to have PP' book as soon as...

Royalty, Travel and Topography £125.00
Eliz[abeth] Harris, bookseller, stationer, printer, bookbinder (adds to BBTI)

Receipt, printed heading, signed "E Harris".

One page, 6.5 x 5.5", good condition. Payment for one number of "Blackwood's Magazine". Note spelling "Recieved".

Book Trade History, Printing History, Women £75.00