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William Morris [Ernest Belfort Bax; Social Democratic Federation] Printed pamphlet headed 'Commune Meeting. March 17th, 1899.' Containing the poems 'All for the Cause!' and 'No Master' by William Morris, and also 'The Wearing of the Green' and 'Annie Laurie (Sung by Albert Parsons before his death on the scaffold'. 12mo, 3 pp (with printer's device on fourth page). Bifolium. Crisply printed in small type. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. 'All for the Cause!' ('Words by William Morris. Music by Belfort Bax, also Austrian Hymn, and Chants of L., No. 55') is thirty-two lines long, on the first page. It begins '...	History, Literature	£350.00
[British twentieth-century dairy industry; milk production; agriculture] Forty-five glass slides of photographs of British nineteen-twenties dairy production. All forty-five slides bound in 8 cm glass squares, with the black and white images themselves in good condition and unfaded. The slides, apparently from a newspaper picture library, all carry the label 'M57 637.1 Box 286', and are almost all captioned in manuscript. A good range of photographs,...		£280.00
[Edwardian photographs of harbour and lifeboat at New Quay, North Cornwall] Two glass slides of Edwardian photographs of New Quay, North Cornwall, the first showing the harbour and the second a crowd around a horsedrawn lifeboat. The slides, apparently from a newspaper library, are both bound in 8 cm glass squares, with the black and white images themselves in good condition and unfaded. Each carries a manuscript caption in white ink on the black mount. The first slide - 'Harbour, New Quay' - shows a view down into the...		£28.00
[Edwardian photographs of Spain: Seville, Madrid, Hendaye, Gandia, Toledo] Ten glass slides of Edwardian photographs of Spain (Seville, Madrid, Hendaye, Gandia, Toledo). All ten slides bound in 8 cm glass squares, with the black and white images themselves in good condition and unfaded. The slides, apparently from a newspaper library, all carry the shelf-mark 'T46', and all but three are captioned in manuscript. Evocative and instructive images, apparently all...		£100.00
[ Sir Robert Bateson (1782-1863), Irish Conservative politician ] [ 1816, 'the year without a summer' ] [ The English agricultural crisis of 1816, 'the year without a summer'. ] Corrected manuscript copy of letter from unnamed Irish landowner (peer?) to the future Sir Robert Bateson, describing the agricultural crisis affecting his English estates. 2pp., 4to. In good condition, lightly-aged, folded into packet. 34 lines of text. He begins by expressing his pleasure on Bateson's 'kind attention in naming me one of the God Fathers to your little Boy' [the future Conservative MP Robert Bateson (1816-1843)]. He next turns to the agricultural...		£120.00
[Nelson Algren] John Fante with Edmund Morris and Ben Hecht (the latter uncredited). Screenplay of "Walk on the Wild Side" From the novel by: Nelson Algren. Filmscript, 190pp., 4to, soft-covered ("Chas. K. Feldman Productions), sl. worn and chipped, contents good. Copyright stetment on title: Charles K. Feldman \| Famous Artists Productions \| 9441 Wilshire Boulevard \| Beverly Hills, California.	Music and Theatre	£125.00
[Photographs of the funeral procession of King Edward VII through the streets of London, 1910] Twenty-one glass slides of photographs of the funeral procession of King Edward VII through the streets of London, 1910. All twenty-one slides bound in 8 cm glass squares, with the black and white images themselves in good condition and unfaded, with only one slide damaged (glass shattered in a corner, not affecting image). All with labels numbered 394.5. One slide shows newspaper hoardings relating to the King's...		£180.00
[The wreck of the SS Schiller ('the Victorian Titanic'), off the Scilly Isles, 1875; German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line] Three glass slides of photographs relating to the wreck of the SS Schiller off the Isles of Scilly, 1875: 'Lifeboat in which Survivors came ashore', 'Digging the last graves' and 'A funeral'. Three striking unfamiliar photographs (the last two in particular excellent compositions) of a significant historical event. The three slides are bound in 8 cm glass squares, with none of the glass shattered, and the images themselves in good condition, clear and unfaded. Each mount carries the...		£320.00
Anon. [Pamphlet] The Eton Observer: A Miscellany conducted entirely by present Etonians. To be continued fortnightlu Vol.1, no.4 ONLY Pamphlet, title, blank verso and paginated 55-72, printed wraps grubby, foxed and chipped, but complete, contents good. The BL has ten numbers, presumably all published (?). Contents include; "Sir John Franklin. By W.H."	Education	£56.00
Editor: Carlos Rodriguez [Pamphlet] Brasilia Guide. A Souvenir of Brasilia Publication, No.5 - Abril 1960. 96pp, 21 x 11cm, illustrated paper covers, good condition	Travel and Topography	£45.00