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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Rear-Admiral Noel Wright (1890-1975), Royal Navy [Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Jellicoe, Commander of the Grand Fleet, Scapa Flow; Battle off Texel; sinking of HMS Audacious] Part of autograph 'Diary of the War' of Assistant Paymaster (later Rear-Admiral) Noel Wright, describing three months of his service with Jellicoe's Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, and reporting the Battle off Texel and sinking of HMS Audacious. 163pp., 12mo. In a sturdy notebook, with brass clasp, covered in grey paper. Wright has written '4 \| N W' on the front board. On the recto of the first leaf he gives the addresses of 'T', 'C', 'J', 'Adml Campbell' and 'Young'; and on the verso he writes the title 'DIARY OF THE WAR \| VOLUME II...		£1,250.00
'B. R. P.' [Bessie Rayner Parkes] [Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] The Market for Educated Female Labor. A Paper read at the Meeting of the Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Bradford, 1859. 6pp., 8vo. Paginated 1-6. Drophead title. Incomplete, first three leaves only, breaking off mid-sentence. Aged and worn, disbound. No copy on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.		£100.00
Anthony R. Montalba [A. Whitehill), author (apparently Swedish father of sculptress Henriett Montalba) Part-Manuscript] Publishing Agreement Signed by parties for The Royal Nursery A.B.C. Book [childrens's book] with publisher, Edward Chapman (formerly Chapman & Hall), One page, folio, part-printed, part manuscript, edges chipped, small closed tears on fold marks and at top and bottom edges, some staining but text clear and complete. The document gives the terms they agree, and Montalba has added I acknowledge the receipt of £50 the signatures for which [?]...	Book Trade History, Literature	£95.00
B. Gilliat-Smith, diplomat and naturalist Autograph Letter Signed B. Gilliat-Smith (diplomat and naturalist) to Lady Findlay, wife of diplomat, Mansfeldt Findlay, about books on fungi. Three pages, 12mo, minor defects, text clear and complete. I fear I quite forgot to send you the names of the books on 'fungi', and now I have not got them with me. But as the messenger is going up to Christiania I am sending you some rather crude pictures, which may be of some use pending the...	Natural History	£38.00
Charles (Tennyson) D'Eyncourt. Tennyson's uncle [Postal History] Autograph Note, Third Person, Charles D'Eyncourt , Tennyson's uncle, to the G.P.O., giving forwarding address. Two pages, 12mo, bifoliate, section (presumed postal history or blank) from second leaf. Addressed to General Post Office, countersigned D'Eyncourt. Text of note: Mr. d'Eyncourt will be obliged to the officers of the G.P.O. to send his Letters to \| No.1 John Street St James's Sqre \| 6 June 1844...	Social history	£65.00
J. Rocke [John Rocke (1783-1849) of Clungunford House, Shropshire?] [Thomas Lewis; Calcutta, India] Autograph Letter Signed on Georgian India by J. Rocke [John Rocke of Clungunford House, Shropshire?] to Thomas Lewis ['at Mr. M. Lewis's, Foley Arms Hotel, Farrington, near Ledbury, Herefordshire' forwarded to 'at Thos Elsted Esqre. Dover Kent']. 4to, 3 pp. 106 lines. On aged paper, and with slight loss to a handful of words of text resulting from wear and closed tears to most of the letter's folds. Competently and unobtrusively repaired with archival tape. On the reverse of the second leaf Rocke's original address ('at Mr. M. Lewis's...	History, Travel and Topography	£150.00
Edward King, editor [The Richmond Athenaeum and the Selborne Society (Lower Thames Valley branch)] [1889 pamphlet.] Illustrated Catalogue and Programme of Music of the May Day Conversazione and Exhibition, in connection with the Richmond Athenaeum and the Selborne Society (Lower Thames Valley Branch,) held at the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond. 4to, 68 + viii pp. Frontispiece and eight plates, as well as numerous illustrations in text. In original printed wraps, with advertisements. Eight pages of advertisements at end. Text and illustrations clear and complete. A scarce item (the only copy on COPAC at the V & A Libraries) on aged...	Art and Architecture, Book Trade History, Literature	£95.00
Captain W. S. Patton [Walter Scott Patton (1876-1960), M.B., I.M.S. Offg. Director, King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Madras. [Leishmaniasis] [Printed paper on Leishmaniasis] Preliminary Report on an Investigation into the Etiology of Oriental Sore in Cambay. By Captain W. S. Patton, M.B., I.M.S. Offg. Director, King Institute of Medicine, Madras. 4to, [ii] + 3 + 21 pp. In original printed boards. Complete and clear. Bookplate of the Library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, and light stamp of same on front board. With compliments slip. Fair, on lightly-aged paper with bumped corner, in worn and spotted boards. Scarce:...		£28.00
[Humberston, Lincolnshire, seventeenth-century terrier of lands] Early seventeenth-century Vellum Manuscript 'Terrier of lands in Humberston [Lincolnshire]', 'belonging to late Thoms. L<?> ff<?>'.. On one side of a long strip of vellum (circa 61 x 15 cm), made up of two pieces stitched together with green thread. In English, in an unusually close hand. In fair condition, aged and worn. Scan of part on application.		£350.00
Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet (1815–1898), English physician, discovered the distinction between typhus and typhoid. Part of Autograph Letter Signed William Jenner, physician, to Mrs Lawford. Top third of a letter, staining of glue faintly on reverse, with subscription and signature Yours faithfully William Jenner, name of addressee, and, on reverse, surviving part of letter, Dear Madam, \| I have received a letter from my friend & former pupil Dr [rest lost]. From a collection,...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£28.00