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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
D. P. Blaine [Delabere Pritchett Blaine]; Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London publishers [Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London publishers.] Illustrated 'Specimen' of 'An Encyclopedia of Rural Sports by D. P. Blaine. 8vo booklet of four leaves, containing eight specimen pages (119, 497, 375, 499, 551, 716, 718, 850), all illustrateed. Stitched and stabbed, in blue printed wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The cover of the wrap carries the illustrated title, with the date 'Sept. 1. 1839.' in...	Book Trade History	£150.00
William Thomson (1819-1890, Archbishop of York [Stratford Canning (1786-1880), 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe] Autograph Letter Signed ('W Ebor') to Stratford Canning, by whom it is docketed with a draft of his reply. 12mo, 1 p. On bifolium, with Stratford Canning's docketing on the reverse of the second leaf. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with thin strip of stub from mounting adhering to one edge. A 'strong wish is entertained' that Stratford Canning's name 'be added to the Committee...		£56.00
William Upcott (1779-1845), antiquary and autograph collector Autograph Letter Signed ('Wm. Upcott') to unnamed male correspondent. Two pages, 12mo. Good, on aged paper. The bottom of the letter neatly torn away, perhaps to remove the recipient's name. He is returning the 'Lists - and with them - the 35 Franks I have been able to find - together with teh five which you sent by post - being duplicates which my friend already...		£150.00
William Upcott (1779-1845), antiquary and autograph collector Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. One page, 12mo. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper. 'I thank you sincerely, and I thank you heartily for the Signature of the late eccentric and wealthy Lord Chedworth. - Had I stood at the elbow of the person who placed it on the File - I should have requested him to pierce it nearer the...		£100.00
William Wade (fl.1802) [William John Wade, fl.1818-53?], Picture Frame Maker, Carver, Gilder, and Printseller of Leadenhall Street [London Trade Cards] Engraved Trade Card for William Wade of Leadenhall Street, London. Dimensions of paper roughly four and a quarter inches by three and a quarter wide; dimensions of print roughly three inches by two and a half wide. Heavily browned and foxed with age, with wear and loss to corners. Mounted on a larger piece of laid paper with glue and paper stains to reverse....	Art and Architecture, Book Trade History	£75.00
John Heath and J. L. H. Batt [Jack Lynden Batt], both of 155th Battery, 172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery [Lager 31, Stalag IV-G; POWs; Prisoners of War; Second World War] Typed transcript by J. L. H. Batt of the unpublished diaries of John Heath of 155th Battery, 172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, describing Second World War 'happenings' in North Africa and in POW camps in Italy and Germany, With preface by Batt. ii + 177pp., 8vo. Each page on a separate leaf. Original typescript, not a carbon. In very good condition, in green card folder. The first paragraph of Batt's two-page preface reads: 'This transcript has been copied from original personal diaries of JOHN HEATH with whom I served in 155 Battery,...	History, Military and Naval History	£850.00
William Waldorf Astor (1907-1966), 3rd Viscount Astor [Sir John William Maxwell Aitken (1910-1985), 2nd Baronet; Max Aitken Autograph Letter Signed ('Bill') to Astor ('Max'), on the death of his father Lord Beaverbrook. 4to, 2 pp. Very good. Small ink tick at head of first page (not affecting text). Begins 'Though - being human - such things have to happen there must still be a terrible sense of sadness and shock.' Referring to a speech by Aitken's father, at a dinner at the Dorchester Hotel to celebrate his...	History	£56.00
['Black Americana'; nineteenth-century racism; Victorian racist illustration] ['Black Americana.'] Complete set of four late-Victorian British chromolithographic plates, with stereotyped racist depictions of 'Sambo's Courtship', 'Sambo's Wedding', 'Sambo's First-Born' and 'Sambo's Baby's Christening'. The four plates (each 29 x 23.5 cm) are loose and unframed, in fair condition, aged and worn, with no margins, chipping to the edges, and with the corners cut off at a diagonal. Each title written in pencil in a contemporary hand on the reverse of the print, each with a price of '6d'. The...		£280.00
Alexander Johnstone (1727-1783), proprietor of the Westerhall [Baccaye] slave Plantation, Grenada, West Indies [Messrs Simond & Hankey, London bankers] [Alexander Johnstone, proprietor of Westerhall [Baccaye] slave Plantation, Grenada, West Indies.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Alexr. Johnstone') to his London bankers Messrs Simond & Hankey, regarding the 'neglect & misconduct' of 'Capn. Mackintosh'. The story of the Johnstone family has been told in Emma Rothschild's 'Inner Life of Empires' (Princeton, 2012). According to Rothschild, Alexander Johnstone 'became a soldier in the British army and was sent to North America. He served in Canada and later in northern New York [...] He eventually...		£280.00
[Elizabeth Collingwood, daughter or daughter-in-law of Alexander Collingwood (d.1761) of LIttle Ryle, Whittingham, High Sheriff of Northumberland] Two Autograph Inventories by Elizabeth Collingwood, the first an 'Account of plate and other Things taken from Little Ryle to Acton in 1732', the second 'What my Close comes two that I by [buy] new at newcastle'. Both items in good condition, dusty on lightly-aged paper. ONE: Headed 'Little Ryle June the 12 1732 \| an account of what my plate come two that I take with me from ye house'. Docketed on the reverse: 'Account of Plate and other Things taken from Little Ryle to Acton in 1732. by Elizabeth...		£120.00