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The English League for the Taxation of Land Values [Frederick Verinder (1858-1948), General Secretary] Four printed leaflets relating to the English League for the Taxation of Land Values. All four items clear and complete, on aged paper with wear to the extremities of item one. Item One: 'Leaflet No. 1. English League for the Taxation of Land Values. Statement of Principles.' 12mo, 4 pp, on unbound bifolium. Headings include 'Objects of the League', 'Meaning of Land Values', 'The...		£250.00
The Enterprise Printing House, Corfu, New York [American trade catalogue] Printer's trade catalogue, titled 'Cut Book. Showing a few of the many cuts carried in stock and for sale by The Enterprise Printing House, Corfu, N.Y.' Containing more than a hundred vignettes, with prices. 8vo (23 x 15 cm), 32 pp. Stapled. Outer pages in blue. In fair condition, with a little damp-staining at the head of the first leaf (with minimal effect on the text), and a tiny dab of the same staining continuing at the corner of each leaf (not affecting the text). Title-page on cover...	Book Trade History, Printing History, Social history	£200.00
John Johnson, Printer to the University of Oxford, founder of the Johnson Collection. Typed Note Initialled J.J. to L.E. Berman. With original envelope. One page, 8vo, fold marks, good condition. No doubt our London House has told you that they are ordering a copy of SHAKESPEARE AND THE ACTORS for you.~35~SHAKESPEARE OUP OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS THEATRE AUTOGRAPH~ ~0~BT MSS 1~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 9764~16/09/2010~False~John Sparrow, Warden of All Souls,...	Book Trade History, Literature	£45.00
The family of Cardinal Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892) [his father William Manning (1763-1835), Governor of the Bank of England, 1812-14; and his brother Charles James Manning (1799-1880)] The first four pages of a manuscript letter to C. J. Manning, by an unknown author, commenting on the death of his father William Manning. 12mo bifolium, 4 pp. Good, on aged, laid paper. Good, on lightly aged paper. Addressed to 'My dear Charles', and from a collection of papers belonging to Charles James Manning. From the context may well be written by the wife of William Manning's eldest son Frederick (Charles's brother, as well...		£25.00
The Financial Times [Railway; Railways] Special Railway Supplement. Thirty-six broadsheet pages. On aged paper, with chipping to extremities and first and last leaves detached, but with text clear and entire. Articles on 'The Four New Railways', with photographs, by Sir Herbert Walker, Felix J. C. Pole, Arthur Watson and R. L. Wedgwood. Other articles include '...	Science, Medicine and Technology, Social history	£56.00
John Tyndall, physicist Signature only, "John Tyndall" Signature on piece of paper, 11 x 9cm, good condition.		£35.00
Lucia Elizabeth ?Betsy? Balcombe Abell (1802-1871), friend of Napoleon I during his exile at Saint Helena. Signature (clipped) "Lucia E. Abell", friend of Napoleon in exile. Piece of paper, 9 x 2.5cm, on part of an album leaf, 20 x 4cm, good condition. With a note about Mrs Abell's maiden name, the Briars and Napoleon, part pencil, part ink, different hands, the note in ink being older. On revererse, possibly in Mrs Abell's hand, a few words with date, "1825 \|...		£135.00
Matxin de ONDARTZAPE [Pamphlet} The Basques and the Communists Printed wraps, [16]pp., 12mo, wraps grubby and chipped in on corner, contents also grubby in parts and detached from rusted (staining) staples (no longer present), closed tear on one page, pinholes (slightly larger), through several pages, poor[ish] condition but complete. COPAC and WorldCat...		£145.00
The Gambia Autograph letter from the Secretaries of the (self-styled) Gambia Committee to Gisborne Molineux 2pp, 8vo, remains of tape indicating from album, headed "Gambia Committee, 3 King Street, Westminster, "We beg respectfully to inform you that a Deputation to protest against the proposal to cede the River Gambia to France, will wait upon Earl Carnarvon ........" Thjey request Molineux's...	Travel and Topography	£75.00
The Gehenna Press [Leonard Baskin] Prospectus for 'The Gehenna Shakespeare'. Folio bifolium (leaf dimensions approximately 50.5 x 34 cm). Unbound. Creased, with worn central horizontal fold, and somewhat dogeared at head and foot. Four pages, printed in black, with the first and fourth pages carrying a few words in red. The first page, headed 'THE GEHENNA SHAKESPEARE' in...	Book Trade History, Literature	£45.00