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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Robert Stephenson. Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Tootal, manufacturer, friend of Nasmyth, Fairburn, etc. Civil engineer, 1803-1859 (DNB). Three pages, 8vo, affixed by verso of conjugal leaf to mount, advising him of contacts in Italy: "Ten years or thereabouts have slipped away since I was in Italy and it is scarcely credible that when I received your note I began to think over my old friends in...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£350.00
Robert W. Chambers. Autograph Letter Signed to "Major Blake". American novelist (see American DNB). Three pages, 8vo, laid down on a piece of card, sl. soiled but text clear and complete. He acknowledges receiving a letter and goes on "I red the fascinating book with the greatest possible pleasure. It is charmingly written, and so interesting that when it...	Literature	£100.00
Robert Waithman (1764-1833), Lord Mayor of London, 1823 Autograph Letter Signed ('R Waithman') to 'J. <Delan?>'. 4to, 1 p. Text clear and complete. On aged, sunned paper, with some chipping and closed tears to edges. He may not 'be able to get to the Com[mon] Coun[ci]l' as he is 'engaged on the Rota at the Old Baily this week'. He will be at a Court of Aldermen at the Guildhall at one o'clock, and if the...		£25.00
Robert Waithman (1764-1833), Lord Mayor of London, 1823 Autograph Letter Signed ('R Waithman') to 'Mr Dillon'. 12mo, 1 p. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Gives the date of a dinner with 'Mr. & Mrs. Thompson & family', to which he invites Dillon and his wife.		£23.00
Robert Walpole (1736-1810), Clerk of the Privy Council and British Ambassador to Portugal (nephew of the Prime Minister) [J. F. Ostervald; the French Revolution] Autograph Letter Signed ('Robt. Walpole'), in French, to 'J. Fr. Ostervald Esq'. 4to, 3 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper with damp staining causing the fading of ink in some parts, and a little chipping to bottom edge. Since writing there has been no packet from Falmouth, and the news from the continent are reported with sufficient detail in the...	French, History, Military and Naval History	£180.00
Robert Washington Dana (1868-1956), British naval architect, assistant to Barry on the construction of Tower Bridge, London, and 'Resident Engineer for reconstruction of Kew Bridge' Seven Typed Letters Signed (all 'R. W. Dana', and one of the signatures cyclostyled) to Sir Henry Trueman Wood, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Six of the letters are 4to, 1 p; the other is 12mo, 1 p. All good, on lightly aged paper. All bearing the Society's stamp and most docketed. On a variety of subjects: a proposed paper by 'Herr Frahm', the use by the Institution of the Royal Society's library for a council meeting, the delivery...	Art and Architecture, Military and Naval History, Science, Medicine and Technology	£100.00
Robert Whitworth, philanthropist [Benjamin Whitworth (1816-1893), Liberal M.P. for Drogheda, Manchester cotton merchant; Whitby Lifeboat; temperance; Sunday observance] Autograph Letter Signed to John William Stuart, on the occasion of his brother Benjamin Whitworth's death. 8vo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Sixty-eight lines of text. Complete and legible, but damaged: grubby and creased, with short closed tears and small hole at gutter. Interesting and informative letter. Stuart's message of condolence on Benjamin Whitworth's death is one of many which 'have been very...	History, Science, Medicine and Technology, Social history	£95.00
Robert William Elliston Autograph Signature on fragment of letter to Thomas Dibdin. Actor and lessee of the Surrey Theatre (1774-1831; DNB). The recipient is the songwriter and dramatist Thomas John Dibdin (1771-1841; DNB). 2¼ inches by 4¼. Creased, grubby and with a closed tear not affecting signature. Reads 'meeting. - \| Yrs \| Dr Sir \| very truly \| R W Elliston \| To \| Thos...	Music and Theatre	£35.00
Robert William Peacock, under Solicitor to H. M. Post Office [BRITISH POSTAL HISTORY] Autograph Manuscript Signed, giving accounts of three cases in which he was involved: 'Mistaken Identity', 'The Missing Cheque' and 'A Narrow Escape'. At the Old Bailey Sessions of 16 May 1833 Peacock stated 'I am brother to the solicitor of the Post-office. I assist him in his business'. Thirty-four pages, quarto. Unbound and crudely stitched. Grubby and with stains to first and last leaves. Apparently unpublished, but with a few pencil...		£225.00
Robert Williams. Signature. Inventor of a screw propeller (DNB). End of letter clipped, text "Yours very truly / Robt Griffiths", c. 3.5 x 1-1.5" (irregular), good condition.	Military and Naval History, Science, Medicine and Technology	£20.00