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'D. M.' [probably Admiral Sir David Milne (1762-1845)] [Henry Dundas (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville; Melville Monument, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh] [The Melville Monument, Edinburgh.] Manuscript 'Minute of a Meeting of the Committee of Subscribers to the Monument recently erected by the Navy to the Memory of the late Lord Viscount Melville.' By 'D. M.' [Admiral Sir David Milne?] 4pp., folio. Bifolium. In good condition, on aged paper. With covering leaf docketted: 'Minute of a Meeting of the Committee of Subscribers to the Monument recently erected by the Navy to the Memory of the late Lord Viscount Melville - held 24 January \| 1827'. The document begins with a list of...		£120.00
George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy (former Union General) Letter Signed George Robeson, text secretarial, to the Hon. Justin Morrill, Senator, one of the founders of the Republican Party, about experiments with torpedoes. Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, spotting, small tear on fold and between leaves, but text clear and complete. We are going to have some experiments in torpedoes at the Torpedo Station at Newport, [...] continuing for a couple of days. While the department does not care to make a public exhibition of...		£600.00
Richard Paulussen (c.1854-1906), of Margarethenhof, Vienna, photogravure engraver and printer [Heinrich von Angeli; Anton Kozakiewicz, Polish painter; Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria] Four photogravure prints, including portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria by Heinrich von Angeli and painting by Anton Kozakiewicz, accompanying an advertising brochure for 'Richard Paulussen \| Establishment for Photogravure \| Vienna (Austria)' The four prints are in good condition, on aged paper. Each of the four engravings is on india paper, laid down on a piece of good thick laid paper of dimensions 19.5 x 28 cm. Printed beneath each image is 'Photogravure R. Paulussen, Vienne.' All four are captioned in French and English: the...		£280.00
Robert Bridges [Robert Seymour Bridges] (1844-1930), Poet Laureate Autograph Card Signed ('R Bridges') from the Poet Laureate Robert Bridges to the Rev. P. O'Toole. On blue card, with stamp and postmark. Bridges's message is complete, but the postcard has been trimmed to 14 x 5 cm, with the lower part of the card, carrying O'Toole's address, missing. Otherwise good, on lightly-aged paper. The message reads: '14. Merton St. \| Dear Sir. I am writing to...		£56.00
Jane Dalgliesh [David Williamson (1761-1837), Lord Balgray] [Jane Dalgliesh.] Manuscript itemised laundry bill, made out by her for David Williamson [later Lord Balgray]. 2pp., 12mo. Headed 'Mr David Williamson to Jane Dalgliesh'. Twenty items, each with separate charge, beginning with 'April 7th 9 Shirts - -	Social history	£56.00
Victor B. Neuburg [Victor Benjamin Neuburg (1883-1940), poet and author, proprietor of the Vine Press, Steyning, Sussex] [Printed handbill poetical Christmas keepsake by Victor B. Neuburg, with wood engraving by 'O. W.'] 1p., 12mo. On piece of aged and lightly-creased laid paper. The engraving, at the head of the page, is 7 x 9.5 cm., is a stylised full-length depiction of a young man in eighteenth-century dress, wearing a cravat, with hands on hips, standing between two trees. The poem reads 'Dear He - / Or She...		£250.00
[John Nicholson, Belfast ballad printer] [Printed] Two handbill poems Two handbill poems, meant to be separated (each with its own printer’s slug at foot), but side by side on one side of the same 4to leaf, good condition. On left ‘The old and popular Ballad \| The Banks of Claudy.’ (slug: ‘Nicholson, Printer, 26 Church Lane, Belfast’), headed with vignette (of the...		£200.00
Charles Mathews [ Charles James Mathews ] (1803-1878), English actor and dramatist [ Richard Wilson (1759-1834) of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Member of Parliament ] [ Charles Mathews, actor and dramatist. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('C. Mathews') to Richard Wilson, declining an invitation because of 'so much responsibiltiy on my shoulders in the new farce'. With cartoon of Mathews, Yates, Reeves, and an elephant. 1p., 12mo. Bifolium, addressed on second leaf to 'Rd. Wilson Esqr \| Lincolns Inn Fields'. In good condition, with light signs of age and wear. The letter begins: 'My dear Sir \| I have so much responsibility on my shoulders in the new farce that I really dare not venture into society on those...		£45.00
[The Irish Volunteers, London] Maurice Sheahan, Provisional Secretary Autograph Letter Signed signed in (in Gaelic) from Maurice Sheahan to unnamed recipient. It begins ‘I enclose herewith an order from Dublin with regard to Arms Proclamation’, requesting the recipient to ‘write something’, in the hope that ‘it may be of some assistance in removing the ban on the importation of arms’. Sheahan admits that he does not ‘agree with Committee that Liberal...		£800.00
Anon. [Printed broadside] Jackets Green Song Book. Jackets Green Song Book. Skibbereen \| The Old Plaid Shawl \| The Jackets Green \| [...] \| Bold Robert Emmett (publisher and date not stated). Sheet, 8pp, fol., full sheet folded twice.A different edition, with the same title, was published in 12mo as No. 26 in ‘McGlennon’s Song Book Series’ (...		£150.00