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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Edward Le Bas (1904-1966), English painter and collector [Jean Winifred Inglis (1884-1959), artist] Two Autograph Letters Signed from Edward Le Bas to 'Miss Inglis'. Letter One: 12mo, 2 pp. Good on lightly-aged paper. The 'delightful drawing' she left for him is a 'wonderful surprise'. He has been 'trying some life drawing direct with the brush' and is surprised that she was able 'to put it down like that!' Letter Two: 4to, 2 pp. Fair, on lightly-aged and...	Art and Architecture	£180.00
Frederic William Farrar [Dean Farrar] (1831-1903), Dean of Canterbury, English theological writer Autograph Letter Signed from Frederic William Farrar, Dean of Canterbury, to an unnamed male correspondent. 12mo, 3 pp. Bifolium. 24 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. He thanks him for the present: 'I have been examining the "belts" with the greatest interest, & have already shewn some of them to our Scientific Society'. He will 'take an early opportunity' of reading the papers...	Religion	£35.00
Captain George Malleson Butt [Archive] First World War Correspondence of Captain George Malleson Butt, Army Service Corps, Salonika Army and Black Sea Forces Approximately 250 letters written by Captain George Malleson Butt (1880-1936) of the Army Service Corps, written while on active service in the First World War, mainly with the Salonika Army and Black Sea Forces in the Balkans; the greater part addressed to his father George Weller Butt (d.1931...		£1,650.00
Mark Antony Lower (1813-1876), English antiquary and local historian, founder member of the Sussex Archaeological Society [John Wickham Flower (1807-1873), Croydon geologist and archaeologist] Two Autograph Letters signed from the Sussex antiquary Mark Antony Lower (both signed 'M: A: Lower') to John Wickham Flower. Both items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Letter One (27 April 1865): 12mo, 2 pp. Bifolium. Seventeen lines. He is sorry not to have been able to accept Flower's hospitality: 'Let us hope to meet about Whitsuntide for the pilgrimage to Firle'. He is eager for information for his '...	History	£125.00
Michael Sadleir, publisher, author, bookman. Typed Letter Signed to "Mr [J.E.] Scott", bibliographer of Rider Haggard, giving a publisher's response to Scott's bibliography of Haggard, but also revealing his own guidelines.. One page, 8vo, good condition. " I fully appreciate the pains and enthusiasm which have gone into your Bibliography of RIDER HAGGARD, and admire the thoroughness with which the job is done. But I am afraid that I cannot in present circumstances see the bookas a proposition for a general...	Book Trade History, Literature	£80.00
Arthur Beresford Pite (1861-1934), English architect, Professor of Architecture, Royal College of Art, 1900-1923 [Sir Henry Trueman Wood (1845-1929), Secretary, Royal Society of Arts] [Arthur Beresford Pite, English architect.] Twelve Autograph Letters Signed and one Autograph Note Signed (all 'Beresford Pite') to Sir Henry Trueman Wood and G. K. Menzies, Secretaries, Royal Society of Arts, on his Cantor Lectures on Town Planning. The thirteen items are in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. All but one bear the purple oval stamp of the Royal Society of Arts, and most are docketted. Totalling 10pp., 4to; 3pp., 12mo. The earlier letters are addressed to Wood and the later ones to Menzies. The first letter (14 August...		£220.00
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Lucius Curtis (1786-1869), 2nd Baronet, KCB [Lieutenant Henry A. Norman] Manuscript Warrant, written on behalf of Admiral Lucius Curtis and signed by him, to Lieutenant Henry A. Norman of HMS Rodney, appointing him lieutenant on the surveying vessel Bonetta. Folio, 2 pp. On first leaf of bifolium. Neatly written out by a secretary and signed by Curtis and 'W. H. Brown, acting secretary'. Headed 'By Sir Lucius Curtis, Bt. CB. Rear Admiral of the Red Second in Command of H.M. Ships and Vessels, on the Mediterranean Station and Senior Officer during...	Military and Naval History	£65.00
[Harry Houdini (1874-1926), magician and escapologist] Around 130 items of ephemera relating to Harry Houdini, including a recording of his wife's last seance for him in 1936, 41 magazine articles, photographs, postcards, catalogues, cuttings, facsimiles. A fascinating archive, reflecting Houdini's immense iconic status. The collection is in good condition, with only a few items showing signs of aging, such as a handful of magazines with loose covers or other pages. Apart from two items (described first below) the collection is divided into two...		£1,450.00
Sir John Bernard Burke (1814-1892), English genealogist, editor of 'Burke's Peerage' Autograph Letter Signed by the English genealogist John Bernard Burke, editor of 'Burke's Peerage', to one of his 'Earliest Supporters', regarding his 'St. James's Magazine'. 12mo, 2 pp. Bifolium. Twenty lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Because of the 'Very great outlay attending the production of the work at the onset', asks for a year's advance subscription of £1 10s 0d. Gives the publication date, adding 'from the distinguished literary aid I...	History	£65.00
[Captain Cole; William Blathwayt [Blathwayte] (c.1649-1717) of Dyrham Park, MP for Bath and Secretary at War; the plantations of America; British colonies] Manuscript, docketed 'From Capt. Cole \| Proposall for Convoys', signed 'A well Wisher to my Contry [sic]', addressed to 'Mr Blathwate' [William Blathwayt, M.P. for Bath], proposing that 'Ships bound to ye Plantations of America' sail with convoys. Folio, 1 p. On watermarked laid paper. 41 lines. Text clear and complete, the only loss being to the end of the signature: 'A well Wisher to my Contry [sic] & your '. On aged paper with slight wear and chipping to extremities. Thin strip of stub adhering along inner margin. The reverse is...	History, Military and Naval History	£1,600.00