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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
'James R. Davis, B.A. \| (Of Trinity College, Cambridge.)' [Professor James Richard Ainsworth Davis (1861-1834); Cheney & Sons, General, Commercial & Artistic Printers, Banbury] [Professor James Richard Ainsworth Davis.] 'Application for the Biological Chair of the "University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire."' [by Banbury printers Cheney & Sons], with two leaves of 'Testimonials', including one by T. H. Huxley. Three pieces of Victorian educational and scientific ephemera, and nice pieces of provincial printing. All three items nearly fine. ONE: 'APPLICATION for the Biological Chair of the "University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire."' Dated from Calthorpe Road on 17 August 1883, and addressed...		£95.00
Finn Wadsworth, John Chenevard, John Lawrence [American War of Independence, Connecticut Pay Table] Order to pay Captain Eliphalet Thorp. On piece of laid paper, dimensions roughly 7 1/2 inches by 6 inches. Browning, creased and discoloured, with some foxing and staining. Reads 'Sir \| Pay Capt. Eliphalet Thorp Six hundred pounds - and charge the State . . . Pay Table Office March 6th 1780 \| £600'. Signature of 'Saml written over...	Military and Naval History	£250.00
George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey (1773-1859), husband of the political hostess Sarah Sophia Child-Villiers [née Lady Sarah Sophia Fane], Countess of Jersey (1785-1867) [Hampton Court Palace] Autograph Letter Signed ('Jersey') by George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, to an unnamed man, withholding consent for the Park at Hampton Court to be stripped of its turf. 12mo, 2 pp. Bifolium. Twenty-one lines. Text clear and complete. On discoloured paper. Begins 'I think if you go into The Park at Hampton Court you will easily satisfy yourself that I am justified in withholding my consent to its being stript of its turf'. He considers that 'positive injury [...	History	£45.00
Fitzroy Kelly. Autograph Note Signed to Bennet Woodcroft, writer on inventions (DNB) Judge (1796-1880). One page, 8vo, good. He asks for an opinion on whether someone could procure a patent on the basis of some papers he is sending to him.	Science, Medicine and Technology	£25.00
Flora Annie Steel Autograph note signed to an unnamed correspondent. Novelist (1847-1929). She is obviously writing to an editor of a periodical saying: "The terms are lower than I get elsewhere, but as you ask me to write on a subject for which I am desirous of the widest possible audience I will write you an essay of 4,000 to 4,200 words for your October number...	Literature	£35.00
Flora Annie Steel autograph note signed to unnamed correspondent Victorian novelist and satirist of the Raj. 'Dear Madam \| I regret that I shall be away from England all winter \| Yours truly \| F. A. Steel." Creased, disoloured and docketed in pencil. Writing offset by folding of letter.	Literature, Women	£25.00
Florence A. Keynes Autograph Letter Signed to [Morley] Stuart, editor of the Cambridge Daily News. Mother of John Maynard Keynes, sometime Mayor of Cambridge. One page, 4to, minor defects, text clear and complete, as follows: You are really too kind in what you say in this evening's paper - but I do greatly appreciate your good will, & the support you have invariably given me during my...	Women	£60.00
Florence Montgomery Parts of two letters, one from George Bentley, publisher, to Montgomery, the other vice versa. Novelist (1843-1923). Both scraps laid down on 8vo-sized page. George Bentley says " . . . & I find this commodity scarce already./Truly Yrs / George Bentley". Montgomery says " . . . Believe me /Truly Yrs/ Florence Montgomery".	Book Trade History, Literature	£25.00
Florence Terry autograph letter signed to Ella [Davis], English actress (1855-96), sister of Ellen Terry and member of celebrated theatrical dynasty. 2 pp, 12mo. "You really must think me a pig for not having written to you all this time - but now I send these few lines to thank you first for your good wishes and congratulations on my engagement to...	Music and Theatre	£20.00
Florence Warden (pseudonym of Florence Alice Price James, 1857-1929), English novelist Autograph Letter Signed ('Florence Warden') to the actor and dramatist Wybert Reeve. Four pages, 12mo. Very good, with unobtrusive remains of stub along one edge. In interesting letter discussing the state of the English stage. Her tardy response is due to 'pressure of work". 'What you say about the present condition of the stage is only too true. I know of clever, experienced,...	Literature, Women	£36.00