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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Ernest James Myers (1844-1921), English classicist, translator and poet Autograph Note Signed ('Ernest Myers') to autograph collector 'Mr. Soulsby'. One page, 12mo. Very good. 'I have much pleasure in sending you my signature, as I am told you wd. care to have it.	Literature	£40.00
Ernest Lacan, sometime Secretaire de la Redaction du journal La Lumière, writing on behalf of Niepce, pioneer photographer. Autograph Letter Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed woman. Two pages, 8vo, good condition. Text as follows (accents not on my keyboard!): M. Niepce est venue hier, un peu inquiet, me dire qu'on venait de lui apprendre que l'organisation militaire des chateaux inferieurs etait a peu pres decidee. N'ayant rien aucune nouvelle en ce qui le concerne, il...	French, Science, Medicine and Technology	£250.00
[Reginald Brabazon (1841-1929), 12th Earl of Meath; "Empire Day" Movement. (Non-Party and Non-Sectarian.'), London] [Printed pamphlet for the "Empire Day" Movement. (Non-Party and Non-Sectarian.)] "Empire Day," May 24th. Letters, Address, and Information in regard to the "Empire Day" Movement. Open Letter from the Earl of Meath. 20pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with lightly rusted staples. Stamp, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Meath's letter is printed on pp.1-4, and is followed by an 'Appeal by the Earl of Meath to Churches and Congregations of All Denominations...		£60.00
Ernest W. Oaten, spiritualist, of the Two Worlds Publishing Co. Typed Letter Signed to J. Cuming Walters, of Manchester, newspaper editor an, journalist, and auther. Headed Notepaper, one page, 4to, fold marks, slightly marked but mainly good, text clear and complete. He is rhapsodic about a Conference which has just finisghed and expresses gratitude to Cuming Walters for his part ("Quick wit" conceiving the "matter") in making a success of the Conference (...	Religion	£65.00
Esme Percy autograph notes (x 2) signed to [Tom] Bass of Manchester, [Saville] Esme Percy, Actor (1887-1957). The first, 21 November [1911], Theatre Royal, Bury, Lancashire. "So glad you are coming over Saturday night. If you will kindly let me know how many of you are coming I shall be pleased to give you all Tea if you will accept my invitation." The second...	Music and Theatre	£25.00
Esme William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (1863-1939), British diplomat [Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon; Pixton Park, Dulverton] One Autograph Letter Signed ('E. H.' twice) with the first four pages of another (lacking signature), both to 'My dear Gop'. Both items in good condition, on aged paper. Complete Letter (12 September 1908): 12mo, 3 pp. Bifolium with mourning border. He thanks Gop [Goss?] for the 'letter of great length extended exclamation marks but otherwise agreeable & genial'. Howard 'can understand that vowing to keep silence...	History	£56.00
Esther Meynell Autograph letters signed (x 6) to Ralph Lewis, author of "Scene in Sussex: a fresh look at the county" and others Author. She discusses work in progress (the County Book Sussex), past work (on Lincoln), Lewis's writings and activities, the effects of the War, and life in Ditchling, especially her "new-old cottage". In the final letter there is a postscript: "Yes, Edward Johnston is a loss - he wrote the...	Literature, Travel and Topography, Women	£100.00
House of Commons Select Committee report on police of the metropolis [London policing], 1822 [Printed House of Commons report into policing in London, 1822] Report from the Select Committee on the Police of The Metropolis. Folio, 140 pp. Text clear and complete. Disbound. Repaginated in a contemporary hand 91 to 226. Good, on lightly-aged paper. The report covers the first ten pages, with the following 84 pp giving of minutes of evidence from sixteen individuals, including Sir Richard Birnie, Francis Smedley and...		£150.00
Ethel Snowden, Viscountess Snowden (née Annakin) Typed Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Fletcher'. Wife of Philip, Viscount Snowden (1864-1937), British Labour politician. Two pages, 4to. Folded twice. Good, but with minor staining to reverse. Neither she nor her husband has forgotten her correspondent and her husband: 'We often speak of you both.' But they are 'in a difficulty' about...	History, Women	£33.00
Ethelbert White Autograph letter signed to[Malcolm] Mackenzie. Wood-engraver, illustrator, painter. Two pages, 4to, with woodcut of house in heading. He has just returned from a caravan "where I have been painting. April showers may bring forth May flowers but the watercolour painter must be very wary. He had heard that he had two paintings at the RA but...	Printing History	£75.00