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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), novelist and historian of London [Alice Westlake (nee Hare); Adam and Charles Black, publishers; The Survey of London; Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; Frognal] Typed Letter Signed ('Walter Besant') to Mrs [Alice] Westlake. 12mo, 2 pp. Seventeen lines of text. On lightly aged and creased paper. Attractive arts and crafts letterhead. Sending his 'mosts profound sympathy in the danger which threatens Chelsea'. He will sign 'the paper [...] with the greatest of pleasure', although he anticipates 'very little good as a...	History, Literature, Social history	£45.00
Sir Walter Russell Brain [Jonathan Swift] The illness of Dean Swift. Eight pages, 8vo, paginated [337]-344. Stitched as issued. Good, in slightly faded light-green printed card wraps. Inscribed 'with best wishes from Russell.' A nine-line printed passage on a strip of paper has been neatly glued over text on page 343. 'I suggest that the so-called "crisis" in...	Literature, Science, Medicine and Technology	£32.00
Sir Walter Scott photographic illustrations 30 photographs illustrative of the life of Sir Walter Scott, marked up for publication. The photographs vary in size from 24 x 18.5 cm to 8 x 6.5 cm. The overall condition is good, with one chipped along the edges. 13 have been touched up for publication, a few quite heavily. Annotated, with dimensions, on backs. Subjects include 'Sir Walter Scott's card & card plate at...	Book Trade History, Literature	£110.00
Sir Wilfrid Lawson of Brayton (1829-1906), British Liberal politician and temperance campaigner Autograph Letter Signed ('Wilfrid Lawson') to 'Mr. Hudson', with reference to Sunday observance. 12mo, 4 pp. Text clear and complete. In fair condition, worn and a little grubby. He thanks him for having 'written so fully'. He will 'wait for a day or two ere looking far', as he is 'rather exercised in my mind on one or two parts'. 'I remember - or try to remember - this injunction - 'do...		£35.00
Sir William Batten (1600-1667), English naval officer, described in his entry in the Oxford DNB as 'a principal character in Pepys's diary' Autograph Signature ('Will Batten') on part of legal document. On a rectangular slip of paper, roughly 12 x 4.5 cm, neatly torn from a legal document. Good, on lightly aged paper. A firm signature, with parts of other signatures close by on either side. The document, in another hand, reads '<...>re Shillings & foure <...> \| <...> the...	Military and Naval History	£95.00
Sir William Beechey and John Young Autograph Signatures. Beechey (1753-1839) was a member of the Royal Academy, and portrait painter to Queen Charlotte. Young (1755-1825) was a mezzotint engraver. Paper dimensions roughly four inches square. Folded twice. In good condition on paper somewhat grubby at edges. Good clear signatures: 'W. Beechey R. A...	Art and Architecture	£25.00
Sir William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Politican (1799-1864). 2 pages, 16mo, on grey paper. In good condition. 'The enclosed has travelled after me. Wd. it not be better that you should open all letters addressed to me as Paymaster General. I have no objection. I do not envy my London life here among the moors. The weather is...	History	£30.00
Sir William Blake Richmond, R.A. Autograph Letter Signed to Douglas Murray. English artist (1842-1921). 2 pages, 16mo, on the rectos of the two leaves of a bifoliate, the first leaf bearing a mourning border. In good condition, but with remains of mount adhering to blank verso of second leaf. 'Re candlesticks. \| The dean does not want candlesticks for the Altar. \| But,...	Art and Architecture	£45.00
Sir William Bolland Autograph Signature on Frank. Lawyer and bibliophile (1772-1840), Baron of the Court of Exchequer. Front part of envelope, dimensions approximately 3 1/2 inches by 5 inches. In good condition. With red postmark. Reads 'Bakewell December Eighteen \| 1836 \| C. A. Thiselton Esq \| 4 Cambridge Place \| Camberwell New Road \| London...		£25.00
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1780-1863), 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne [ Lord Lansdowne], Whig statesman [ Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne. ] Secretarial Letter, signed 'Lansdowne \| &ct. &ct.', to 'Sec[retar]y. of Commission', containing a list of 'the names of [Wiltshire] Gentlemen to be added to the Magistracy'. 3pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, on aged and lightly-worn paper, with a few minor rust stains. Addressed on reverse of second leaf to the Secretary of the Commission of the Peace. In the hand of a secretary, and signed by Lansdowne. Addressed by Lansdowne on reverse of second leaf 'Sec[...		£65.00