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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Philip Hay, Private Secretary to the Duchess of Kent [Sir Arnold Lunn (1888-1974), British skier and mountaineer; Peter Kirwan Taylor (b.1930, designer of the Lotus Elite car); Kandahar Ski Club] Typed Letter Signed ('Philip Hay.') to Arnold Lunn from the Private Secretary the Duchess of Kent, congratulating on her behalf Peter Kirwan Taylor for winning the Duke of Kent Cup in skiing, and sending her best wishes to the Kandahar Ski Club. 4to, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper. Lunn and Kirwan-Taylor were closely associated with the Ski Club of Great Britain, both compiling reports for it in 1951.	Royalty, Social history	£28.00
House of Commons Select Committee report on the nightly watch and police of the metropolis [London policing], 1812 [Printed House of Commons Select Committee report on policing in London, 1812] Report on the Nightly Watch and Police of the Metropolis Folio, 41 pp. Text clear and complete. Disbound. Repaginated in a contemporary hand 95 to 135. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. The report covers the first eight pages, the remainder carries nine appendices, including 'No 6. - Division of Districts by Police Officers' and 'No 7. - Details of a...		£85.00
House of Commons Select Committee report on the Petition of Frederick Young and Others (police) [London police spies], 1833 [Printed House of Commons report, 1833] Report from the Select Committee on the Petition of Frederick Young and others, (Police.) Folio, 182 pp. Text clear and complete. Disbound. Paginated in a contemporary hand 407 to 588. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with title-leaf loose and chipped. The select committee was 'appointed to inquire into the Matter of the Petition of Frederick Young, and others, of Walworth and Camberwell...		£56.00
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1751-1831), diarist, politician and traveller [Henry Dundas (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville; Sir John Macpherson (c.1745-1821), Governor-General of Bengal] Autograph Letter Signed ('N: Wm. Wraxall:') from the diarist and politician Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall congratulating Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 'on the Event of the late Business [i.e. impeachment] in Westminster Hall'. 2pp., 4to. Bifolium. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with one minor damp stain. Dundas was the last ever British minister to be impeached. He was acquitted of corruption charges on 12 June 1806. Writing a little over two weeks later, Wraxall apologises for not having 'done myself the Honor of...		£125.00
[Norman H. Jones, Director, Rollason Aircraft and Engines Ltd, Claygate, Surrey; naval; maritime; yachting; yachts] Manuscript Logs of Norman H. Jones's yachts 'Miggo II', 'Veronique' and 'Sylvia' (by his wife?), with photographs and other matter inserted, and including an entries describing the victory of 'Veronique in the 1934 Cowes/Weymouth Coastwise Race. Landscape 8vo, 85 pp. Sixty small photographs of boats and crews laid down with other matter (see below). Text clear. Apparently complete, but with two loose leaves at rear. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with slight wear to photographs and wear to the two loose leaves. Efficiently...	Social history	£180.00
[Irish Volunteers, 1915] The Present Crisis. Manifesto Issued by the Executive Committee of the Irish Volunteers, 15th July, 1915 Handbill, 2pp., 4to, sunned and other minor defects, mainly good condition. One copy listed, NLI. This item is listed in my catalogue, Printed and Other Material From the Papers of Robert and Sylvia Lynd, all of Irish interest. Hard copy available.		£400.00
Arthur Eustace Dobell, partner with his brother Percy John Dobell in the firm of London booksellers P. J. & A. E. Dobell, 77 Charing Cross Road, and son of the booksellerBertam Dobell (1842-1914) Autograph Letter Signed ('A. E. Dobell') from Arthur Eustace Dobell of the London booksellers P. J. & A. E. Dobell, to 'Mr. Price', regarding deeds relating to Watlington, which the firm could get 'on apro [sic]'. 1p., 4to. Good, on aged and lightly-worn paper. The letter reads: 'Dear Mr. Price \| In reply to our advertisement for items on Watlington we have received the enclosed report of deeds, which we could supply at £2.15.0 if of any interest to you. If you wish to see them I think we could get them...		£38.00
[Henry Stebbing (c.1687-1763) or his son Henry Stebbing (1716-1787)] [Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton (1720-1794), Duke of Newcastle and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1748-1768] [Printed pamphlet by Henry Stebbing] Another Fragment. [A satire on the Duke of Newcastle's election as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge] 8vo, iv + 26 pp. In modern grey boards. Text clear and complete. On aged paper, with small holes to first two leaves (not affecting text). The imprint is fictitious. A sequel to 'A Fragment' (London, 1750), a satire on the election of the Duke of Newcastle to the Chancellorship of the University...	History, Literature	£180.00
Bill Noonan, playwright [ the Black and Tans during the Irish War of Independence ] [ Bill Noonan, playwright. ] Typescript of play titled 'Tell Me Mother Ireland (or Once Upon a Black-n-Tan)'. 116pp., 4to. (Paginated to 117, without a p.95, but with no text lacking.) No prelims. Each page typed on a separate leaf, and the whole bound together by string through punch holes. Text complete. Dog-eard and worn, with the first two leaves separated from the rest. No record discovered of...		£220.00
Harold Larwood, cricketer [ Harold Larwood, cricketer ] Autograph Signature on paper formerly tipped into an album Paper, 8.5 x 9cm, good condition. "Yours sincerely \| Harold Larwood".		£28.00