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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Rev. G.R. Gleig. A sermon. Autograph Manuscript Vicar of Ash, Kent, later chaplain-general of the forces, author (DNB). Manuscript sermon in Gleig's hand, apparently unpublished. C. 20 pages, 8vo to mainly 4to, additions and corrections in his hand, with some cutting and pasting (hence variable page size). "No.1" appears on the bottom of the...		£350.00
Rev. G.R. Gleig. Autograph Note Signed to [Richard Bentley, publishers, prob.]. Later chaplain-general of the forces, author (DNB). One page, 4to, slight remnants of laying down process, fold marks but letter in good condition. "I heard today that Allan Breck [pubd by Bentley in 1834] was in circulation in several book clubs in this neighbourhood. If it be so, your people...	Book Trade History, Literature, Military and Naval History	£66.00
Rev. G.R. Gleig. Autograph Note Signed to illegible correspondent. Later chaplain-general of the forces, author (DNB). One page, 8vo, remnants of laying down process on blank conjugate leaf, letter in good condition. "I will be happy to supply your place on Sunday morning [presumably taking a service] - & much regret the cause of your absence. / I too have...	Literature, Military and Naval History	£50.00
Rev. George Glyn Scraggs [Charles Whittingham; the Chiswick Press; Buckingham Boarding School for Young Gentlemen; Ralph Lindsay] English Composition, in a Method entirely new, with various short Contrasted Examples, from Celebrated Writers, the whole adapted to Common Capacities, [...] To which are added, [...] a List of Select Books for English Readers with Remarks. 12mo: xxxv + 177 pp + three pages of advertisements. Portrait frontispiece. Good, on aged paper. In remains of contemporary calf binding, rebacked with new spine label. Bookplate of Ralph Lindsay, with his signature, dated 15 July 1811, on title-page. Modern ownership inscription on reverse of...	Literature	£250.00
Rev. Horace Salusbury Cotton (c.1774-1846), Ordinary of Newgate Prison and autograph collector Autograph Letter Signed ('H S Cotton') to William Upcott (1779-1845), Secretary of the London Institution and autograph collector. One page, octavo. Very good. Docketed at head 'Ordinary of Newgate', and with small fragment of printed slip laid down in top left-hand corner (not affecting text). Reads 'My dear Sir, \| A friend of mine lays claim to the Arrandale Peerage & estates - do you happen to possess any documents...		£150.00
Rev. Hugh John Dukinfield Astley Autograph Letter Signed to Sir H[enry]. T[rueman]. Wood[, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. British archaeologist, anthropologist and numismatist (1856-1930). Two pages, 12mo. Very good. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. He is forwarding a cheque for his subscription of two guineas. 'My wife & I hope to be present at the Conversazione on the 17th., but I am hardly ever able to get...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£28.00
Rev. J. Bosworth The Origin of the Dutch: with a Sketch of their language and literature, and short examples 32pp., cr.8vo, ltd ed (100), dark green cl. sl. sunned and dusted, sl. hinge str., mainly g+	History, Literature, Travel and Topography	£100.00
Rev. J. D. Valentine, Rev. H. Davis, et al. [J. Johnston, illustrator; the Church Missionary Society; serpent worship in India; West African native catechist preaching; Santal] A Quarterly Token for Juvenile Subscribers. A Gift from the Church Missionary Society. 12mo: 8 pp. Unbound. Text and illustrations complete and clear. On grubby, creased and spotted paper. Title enclosed in a decorative border, and carries a 9.5 x 6.5 cm illustrating the article 'Serpent Worship in India'. Second article entitled 'Mission-work in East Africa.' Third article, '...		£28.00
[ACW?] [Victorian wooden silhouettes of Shakespeare and Scott'] Victorian silhouette portraits of Shakespeare and Scott, cut from wood and laid down on a specially-designed printed background, captioned 'The profile is produced in an ordinary lathe, by the common process of turning by <ACW?>'. In brown wood. Both profiles looking leftwards; with that on the left ('SHAKESPEARE') 4 x 3 cm; and that on the left ('SCOTT') 5 x 3.5 cm. Each within a specially-designed printed oval frame, with Shakespeare's consisting of two red roses with thorns, and that of Scott consisting of two thistles...	Literature	£56.00
Rev. John Gardiner, Curate of the Church of St Mary Magdalen, Taunton, and Rector of Brailsford, &c. in the County of Derby [Somerset Light Dragoons; British Army] The Duties of a Soldier, illustrated and enforced in a Sermon, preached at the Consecration of the Colours of the Somerset Light Dragoons, On Wednesday, the 6th. of August, 1794, in the Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton. 4to: 37 pp. Unbound. Stitched as issued. Text clear and entire on discoloured paper worn at the extremities. Central closed tears to the last four leaves, the closed tear to the last leaf being repaired with archival tape on the blank reverse. A production over which the author has taken great...	Military and Naval History	£250.00