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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Field Marshal George Charles Bingham (1800-1888), 3rd Earl of Lucan, remembered for his involvement during the Crimean War in the Charge of the Light Brigade Autograph Signature ('Lucan') of George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, to 'Mr. Wyld', admonishing him for presenting the same invoice twice. 2pp., 32mo. Bifolium. Lightly-aged and creased. Giving a good indication of Lucan's famous short-temper, the letter starts peremptorily: I paid your account for 2 nights furnished in 1837 on the 9th. of Augst. last & I hold you accept your sending me the account again must be a mistake'....		£80.00
Flying Officer Robert French Helm (1913-1995), Royal Air Force [The Battle of Britain] Material mainly relating to the Second World War and the Battle of Britain, from the papers of Flying Office Robert French Helm, Royal Air Force, including autograph material, photographs, tables. Helm's promotion on 3 September 1940 to the rank of Flying Officer (41020) is recorded in the London Gazette, 15 October 1940. After the war he joined the International Civil Aviation Authority, working in Iran and Zambia, and was elected to the Membership of the Institute of Navigation, Royal...		£400.00
[David Teniers the Elder (1582-1649); his son David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690), Flemish painters from Antwerp; Cornelis de Bie (1627-1715); Pieter van Mol (1559-1650); Jan Meyssens (1612-1670)] Engraved portraits of the Flemish artists David Teniers the Elder (by Van Leysebetten from a painting by Van Mol) and his son David Teniers the Younger (by Meyssens from a self-portrait), both from Cornelis de Bie's 'Gulden Cabinet' Both prints in very good condition. David Teniers the Elder: Dimensions of paper 22 x 17.5; dimensions of plate 18 x 14 cm. Captioned 'DAVID TENIERS SENIOR' and numbered 26. Brief biography in French beneath image, and 'P. V. Mol pinxit P. V. Leysebetten sculp'. David Teniers the Younger:...		£120.00
John Fenley, Bristol bookseller [pattern poetry] Engraving titled 'A Curious Piece of Antiquity, On the Crucifixion of Our Saviour and the Two Thieves.' Consisting of a piece of pattern poetry around three crucifixes. Printed on one side of a piece of unwatermarked wove paper, 18 x 20cm. Aged and worn, with a number of closed tears. The poem crosses horizontally and verically through three crucifxes, beginning: 'Behold, O God! INRI vers of my Tears'. The poem was first published around 1765 by W. Bailey, 28...		£85.00
John Foster (1770-1843), Yorkshire-born Baptist minister and essayist Autograph Letter Signed from the Baptist Minister and essayist John Foster, to his unnamed London bookseller (J. Cox or James Nisbet, both of Berners Street?), discussing arrangements on the bookseller's retirement. 2pp., 4to. Good, on lightly-aged paper. 43 closely-written lines. An interesting letter, in which Foster closes 'a long and amicable communication' with the bookseller, the reason being given in the following passage: 'I am sorry for what you intimated, that your more recent undertakings have...		£120.00
Louis Blanc [Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc] (1811-1882), French socialist politician [George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906)], Chartist and radical politician; Dr Ange Guépin (1805-1873)] Autograph Letter Signed from the French socialist politician Louis Blanc to [the Chartist and radical George Jacob Holyoake] 1p., 12mo. On aged and creased paper, with loss to one corner (not affecting text). He will 'look for such witnesses as might be disposed to give evidence before the Committee Mr. Torrens [the Irish Liberal politician William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (1813-1894)] has obtained, to enquire into...		£120.00
Augusta de Grasse Stevens (1852-1894), daughter of Samuel S. Stevens (d.1854) of Albany, New York, and his wife, nee Mary Frances Smith [later Mrs John Fowler Butterworth] (d.1890) Galley proof of magazine article 'Christmas in America Fifty Years Ago' by Augusta de Grasse Stevens, with note from 'E. Lowe' to her mother Mrs Butterworth; and manuscript biography of 'the young and rising novelist' in her sister Lady Evans's hand. Both items in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Item One (galley proofs): On piece of 13 x 49 cm. paper. In manuscript at head: '7 Harley Gardens SW \| Monday \| Dear Mrs Butterworth \| The Printer will send you a proper proof tomorrow \| Yours in haste \| E Lowe'. The first part only, in...		£400.00
Rev. William Trollope (1798-1863), MA, Pembroke College, Cambridge, one of the masters of Christ's Hospital [Cadell & Davies, London publishers; Thomas Cadell (1773-1836); William Davies] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. Trollope') from Rev. William Trollope, classics master at Christ's Hospital, offering the London publishers Cadell & Davies his 'Analecta Theologica'. Together with the a statement of account by Cadell & Davies. Trollope's letter: 3pp., 12mo. 48 lines. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged paper. Addressed, with postmarks, on reverse of second leaf, to 'Messrs. Cadell & Co. \| Booksellers \| Strand.' Trollope begins by announcing that he has 'a work nearly ready for the Press, wh. may probably be worth...		£166.00
Robert French Helm (1913-1995), of the International Civil Aviation Authority, a Royal Air Force Flying Officer in the Second World War [Institute of Navigation, Royal Geographical Society] Five items from the papers of Robert French Helm, relating to his post-war career at the International Civil Aviation Authority, including a report and plans on the 'Zambianization of the Air Traffic Services Division', and two chapters of memoirs. ONE: Mimeographed typed document titled 'Zambianization of the Air Traffic Services Division of the Department of Civil Aviation'. 7pp., foolscap 8vo, with eighth page carrying table of contents. Undated [mid 1960s]. Given that the plans accompanying this item are initialed by Helm, it seems...		£320.00
Admiral William Parker (1781-1866), naval officer in Nelson's time and beyond. [Royal Navy] Clipped Signature, "WParker \| Admiral". Paper, blue, 9 x 5cm, irregular shape, sl. chipped in two places, mainly good conditon. On the verso, the words "Gentlemen I beg [...] the receip[t?]".		£25.00