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[Anonymous mid-nineteenth-century abolitionist poem] [slavery; the American Civil War] 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium, on ruled, laid paper. Fair: aged, with a 12.5 x 5 cm section cut away from the top of the first leaf, before the writing out of the poem. 63 lines, divided into six nine-line stanzas. The stanzas are numbered, and the poem is complete. The stanzas are numbered, and the poem... |
£800.00 | ||
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'Les Redacteurs (A.M.P., W.R.W., P.E.R.)' and 'les garcons de 3R' 2pp., foolscap 8vo. Good on two leaves of lightly-aged paper attached with rusty staple. Opening note reads 'Voici la première édition de ce journal. Là-dedans les garçons de 3R ont écrit pour vous beaucoup de choses interessantes. Le titre EPATANT! signifie "smashing"! Esperons que vous le... |
£30.00 | ||
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Peter Clare, Secretary, The Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester [John Dalton; John James Tayler; Eaton Hodgkinson; John Eddowes Bowman] Autograph Letter Signed ('Peter Clare, Secretary.') to unnamed male correspondent. 12mo, 1 p, 10 lines. Forwarding a copy of a resolution passed by a meeting of the Society's Council on 17 September. The five line transcription of the resolution reads: 'Resolved That the following Gentlemen form the Printing Committee for the present year. Dr. Dalton [John Dalton (1766-1844),... |
Natural History, Science, Medicine and Technology | £56.00 | |
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Peter Coxe. Autograph letter signed to John Graham Lough, sculptor (DNB). Poet and auctioneer (d.1844). Four pages, 4to, with many changes in his hand, especially on first page (draft?), good condition. He argues that the poem he is sending Lough, "Social Day" [which he published in 1823] contains no rhymes about Lough's sculptures because he couldn't do them justice... |
Art and Architecture | £100.00 | |
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Peter Dee [Peter Rogers Dee] (1939-1999), New York playwright and poet Viking with a Loose Shelailleigh. Tales from Irish America. [playscript] Photocopy of word processor typed print-out. 8vo, [ii] + 53 pp. Good. In plastic binder. Title carries Dee's address. Second page lists the twelve sections of the play. Loosely inserted is a photocopy of a long review, with photograph, from the East Hampton Star, 26 March 1992, of 'a dramatic... |
Literature, Music and Theatre | £100.00 |
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Peter Goldsmith Medd, theologian, one of the founders of Keble College, Oxford (DNB). Autograph Letter Signed "P. Goldsmith Medd" to "Cummings", collector. 2pp., c.12 x 14cms,remnants of laying down process obscuring af ew words. "I am not much in the habit of corresponding with great people, but I enclose you a few autographs." He then discusses a curacy and a pupil. |
£40.00 | ||
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Peter Kropotkin. Envelope, c. 4.5 x 3.5", foxed with small tears, but address, in pencil, clear,in Kropotkin's hand as follows: Peter Kropotkin / Viola / Bromley // Kent". |
History | £75.00 | |
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Peter Pendleton Eckersley [BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY; BBC; WIRELESS RADIO] Typed Note Signed to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Electrical engineer (1892-1963), Chief Engineer to the BBC, 1923-9, who 'planned the Regional Scheme, now in operation, for British Broadcasting to give alternative programme service; [...] pioneer work on Wire Broadcasting particularly for using electric mains for programme distribution' (Who's... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £33.00 | |
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Charles Dorée, compiler [ Pamphlet; Leslie Stephen et al ] The Book of Sunday Tramps 1879-1951. 20pp., 8vo, green printed wraps, sunned at edges, mainly good condition. Bookplate of The Authors' Club. With Foreword, list of Chief Guides (Leslie Stephen, founder, Thoby Stephen, Adrian Stephen), biography of Leslie Stephen (including peaks climbed), history and anecdotes, , Properties and... |
£380.00 | ||
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Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 2nd Baron Gwydyr [DRUMMOND CASTLE, STRATHEARN; KIRK OF CARGILL] Autograph Letter Signed [to the Prime Minister Lord Portland?]. Lord High Chamberlain (1782-1865). One page, quarto. Very good if somewhat grubby. Lightly folded. Reads 'My Lord/ As principal heritor in the parish of Cargill allow me to petition Your Lordship to obtain the Royal presentation to the church and parish of Cargill in the county of Perth and... |
£28.00 |