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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Matthew Forster and John Fenwick, Secretaries, the Newcastle Upon Tyne Anti-Slavery Society [Thomas Wentworth Beaumont; Henry Brougham; John Hodgson; West Indies] Handbill headed 'At a Special General Meeting Of the Newcastle Upon Tyne Anti-Slavery Society Held in Brunswick Place Chapel [...] for the Purpose of considering the present State of the NEGRO POPULATION in the West Indies [...]. On the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium. Leaf dimensions 38 x 22 cm. 59 lines. A small area, approximately 1.5 x 2.5 cm has been torn away, resulting in slight loss to the text, the gaps being easy to fill in ('[...] Motion b [...] \| [...] It nimously [...] \| [...] Mee of Opinion [...]')....	History, Social history	£225.00
Matthew Holbeche Bloxam (1805-1888), architectural historian [Rugby School] Autograph Letter Signed ('Matt H Bloxam') to Reginald H Pope, Standlake Rectory, Witney, Oxfordshire. 12mo, 2 pp. Very good. Several of the letters of congratulation he received on his birthday were from 'old Rugbeians', and Pope's was 'one of the first'. He has been 'invited by the President and Council of the Royal Archaeological Institute to be President of one of the Sections at their...		£56.00
Dan Leno, English comedian and actor Autograph Note Signed Dan Leno, comedian, to an unnamed correspondent about his schedule. One page, 16mo, fold mark, good condition. I finish my London season June 21st therefore shall not be able to sing for you. I an extremely sorry.		£125.00
Maud Diver Autograph note signed on card to [the Rev. E.J.F. Davies, autograph-collector) Novelist (1867-1945). Two sides of card, 3" x 3". She says he is welcome to her autograph "for what it is worth, to add to [his] distinguished collection. She adds a postscript saying that she has enclosed her signature on a separate piece of paper in case that is what he requires. She points...	Literature, Women	£45.00
Maurice Alhoy, French author; Victor Adam, lithographic engraver and artist [Le Figaro] Le Chapitre des Accidents. Landscape 8vo (leaf dimensions roughly 15.5 x 23.5 cm): [iv] + 98 pp of letterpress, and 24 tipped-in full-page lithographic engravings ('taille-douce' over a tinted background), one illustrating each of the book's twenty-four chapters. Woodcut engraving on title-page. In contemporary brown...	Art and Architecture, French, Literature	£100.00
Maurice Baring [Oscar Wilde] Autograph Letter Signed [to his bookseller (James Stoddart Bain?)]. English man of letters (1874-1945), associated with G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc. Two pages, octavo. A frail item in poor condition: on grubby, discoloured, frayed paper, with slight loss to text and several closed tears. Line of text on fold worn but still legible. Precocious...	Book Trade History, Literature	£95.00
Maurice Baring. Autograph Note Signed. Poet and Man of Letters. One page, 4to, folded, minor spotting. "Dear Sir / Love is what you ask for: / Yours very truly / Maurice Baring".	Literature	£30.00
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), French actor and entertainer Autograph Signature. On piece of pink paper roughly 8.5 x 11 cm. Laid down on slightly larger leaf from an autograph album. Good with a little paper and glue staining to the mount. Good bold signature, diagonally across the page.	Music and Theatre	£35.00
Maurice Drake Five Autograph Letters Signed to [G. K. Menzies,] the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. English glass painter and novelist (1875-1923). All five items in very good condition, and all but the third and fifth stamped and docketed. ITEM ONE: two pages, 4to. He will be 'delighed and honoured by reading a paper before the R.S.A.' Gives a choice of dates and states 'I shall want a...		£250.00
Maurice Everett Webb [Sir Aston Webb; Royal Society of Arts] Ten Typed Letters Signed to G. K. Menzies, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Architect (1880-1939), son of Sir Aston Webb, designer of Admiralty Arch, the Victoria Memorial, etc. All ten items very good. Five docketed and six bearing R.S.A. stamp. All ten signed 'Maurice E. Webb'. An interesting and important correspondence, mainly concerning the renovation of the R.S.A...	Art and Architecture	£210.00