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[Prince of Wales; Albert Edward; Edward VII] W.Knollys, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales

Part of an Autograph Letter, Third Person, to Richard Dighton, artist.

Two pages, 12mo, one stain, fold marks, sl. grubby, text clear, as follows: The Prince of Wales has at the same time desired Sir W. Knollys to tell My Dighton that H.R.H. thinks the likeness of the King of the Belgians would be much improved if he could make the nose a little longer and the...

Art and Architecture, Royalty £45.00 Letter, Third Person, to Richard Dighton, artist.
[Grenadier Guards]

[Manuscript and printed] Punishment Book for No. 2 Company Training Battalion Grenadier Guards

115pp., 8vo, original red boards, hinge strain, damp-affected and signs of silverfish damage, sl. shake, contents good. Stamp and bookplate of the 2nd Company Training Battalion Grenadier Guards. Each page is columnised with the following printed headings: Names | Date | Offences | Witnesses |...

Military and Naval History £250.00 Punishment Book for No. 2 Company Training Battalion Grenadier Guards
Aga Khan III

Bold Signature with date on page detached from autograph book.

Top right corner of page of autograph book, with other signatures (Annie Hill etc), good condition: Aga Khan | 24. March. 11.

Miscellaneous £165.00 Aga Khan III
Freemasonry in Scotland:

Papers relating to Lodge Dramatic & Arts No. 757 (Edinburgh), 1888 to 1909

Printed source: History of Lodge Dramatic and Arts No. 757, 1888-1938, Prepared in celebration of the Jubilee of the Lodge by Brother J. Hamilton Birrell, Past Master, Grand Bard (Published by Andersons Edinburgh Limited, [1938]). Contains biographical entries on the thirty founders and '...

£1,500.00
Bertram Park [ Bertram Charles Percival Park ] (1883-1972), British photographer, author and horticulturalist [ Marcus Adams (1875-1959), royal photographer; his son Gilbert Adams (1906-1996) ]

[ Bertram Park, photographer. ] Thirteen Typed Letters Signed to royal photographer Marcus Adams, his son Gilbert, and two others, written with rancour regarding their joint business arrangements, and expressing contempt for the photographer's art.

Thirteen Typed Letters Signed: seven to Marcus Adams, four to Gilbert Adams, and one apiece to 'Miss Farr' and 'Mr Murray'. Totalling 16pp., and with eight on Dover Street letterheads, and five on Park's personal Pinner letterheads. Five signed 'Bertram', one 'B.P.'', the other seven 'Bertram...

£380.00
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, sometime Prime Minister

Autograph Note Signed H.Campbell-Bannerman to Captain Pirie.

One page, 12mo, good condition, Will you give me the pleasure of dining here on Tuesday, at 8? I have J. Morley [politician and writer] coming & one or two more.

History £125.00 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, sometime Prime Minister
Dr Gabriel Leven

De L'Obésité

126pp., cr. 8vo, paper wraps, unopened, sunned, minor damage, inc. bibliography. Inscribed to "Jolly" by "Leven" on front cover,. Donated by Jolly to the "Histologie College de France" whose stamp and shelf-mark appears on the front cover. No copy on COPAC/WorldCat, one in BnF.

£200.00
Charles Sanderson (1803-1873) of Sharrow Vale, Sheffield, steel manufacturer, son of John Sanderson of Sanderson Brothers [John Purdie, Heriot Row, Edinburgh]

[Charles Sanderson, Sheffield steel manufacturer.] Autograph Letter Signed to John Purdie of Edinburgh, discussing the state of trade, his financial affairs, and the possible liquidation of his company and sale of machinery including a steam engine.

5pp., 4to. Addressed, with postmarks, to 'John Purdie Esqre | Heriot Row | Edinburgh'. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Neatly and closely written. Apparently writing to a business partner or backer, Sanderson discusses subjects including his father's 'serious illness', the...

Economics £65.00
Lord John Manners [Mendicity Society]

Autograph Letter Signed John Manners to an unnamed woman (Madam), concerning his support of the Mendicity Society.

Three pages, 12mo, black border, some smudging and other marking and minor damage, text clear and complete, as follows: I am not acquainted with Lord Effingham, and cannot undertake to write to him on the subject of the Mendicity Society. | I have for years belonged to, & made use of the...

History £56.00 Autograph Letter Signed John Manners
Marquis Spineto, Italian nobleman emigre, Egyptologist

Autograph Letter Signed Spineto to Henry Colburn, publisher, arguing that his pet subjects are not exhausted.

Two pages, cr. 8vo, bifolium, segment cut from bifoliate leaf, no obvious loss, fair condition, text clear and complete. I called to enquire after the notice & took the liberty of sending you {last phrase insert] about the lectures I am now giving at the London Institution - & was...

Book Trade History, Religion £350.00 Autograph Letter Signed Spineto to Henry Colburn, publisher