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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Barbara Cartland, romantic novelist Typed Note Signed (in pink) "J Cartland" [ She has typed at top of letter "From: Miss Barbara Cartland, D. St. J."] to Mrs V. Ong, a fan. One page, 8vo, good condition, thanking Mrs Ong for her letter and congratulating her on her fund-raising. She continues: " I am sending you my book 'Romantic Royal Marriages' which I have autographed for you. Last time it was auctioned it raised £50-oo so I do hope you do as well. \| I am...		£120.00
Brenda Zara Seligman (1883–1965) ethnologist and wife of Charles Gabriel Seligman (1873-1940)] [Jack Herbert Driberg (1888-1946); Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard (1902-1973), social anthropologist] Unsigned Typed Letter, with manuscript corrections, [from the ethnologist Brenda Zara Seligman] to J. H. Driberg, concerning his 'Didinga notes', and with references to 'Sligs' [her husband C. G. Seligman] and 'Edward' [E. E. Evans-Pritchard]. 6pp., 4to. Paginated 1-7, with page 6 missing, and a strip at the bottom of page 5 torn away, resulting in the loss of five lines of text. The letter ends 'Our garden is coming along too slowly. \| All best salaams,'. It lacks a signature, but comes from the Driberg papers, and it is presumably...		£280.00
Claude Reignier Conder (1848-1910), soldier, explorer and antiquarian. Autograph Note Signed "C.R. Conder" to his cousin (not named) One page, 12mo, with backing page, faint staining, text clear and complete. He says how long the letter took to reach him (on leave) and, "I remember your father when I was a Cadet at Woolwich. \| Lord Kitchener with me for a year & with Prof Hull for some months. \| I attach an autograph [not...		£180.00
Georgiana Fullerton, novelist Part only of Autograph Letter Signed "Georgiana Fullerton". Part of page, c.11 x 7.5, staining but surviviing text clear and complete as follows: "thy own, I remain Reverend Sir \| Yours sincerely, \| Georgiana Fullerton".		£25.00
[Bluthner & Co., Pianoforte Manufacturers, 7 to 10, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, London, W.; Cheney & Sons, General, Commercial & Artistic Printers, Banbury] [Victorian London trade cards and musical ephemera.] Two calling cards and a compliments card of Bluthner & Co., Victorian 'Pianoforte Manufacturers'. [The three printed by Cheney & Sons of Banbury.] The three items are in good condition, lightly-aged. The layout, design and typeface of the two calling cards is entirely different, although the text of both reads 'Bluthner & Co., \| Pianoforte Manufacturers, \| 7 to 10, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, London W.' Items Two and Three (the...		£80.00
[ Henry Montagu Butler (called Montagu;1833–1918), academic ] [ Trinity College, Cambridge; Eton ] Autograph Note, third person, to the "President and Committee of the Etonian Club". 1.5pp., 12mo, black border, bifolium, good condition: "The Master of Trinity [H.M. Butler] presents his Compliments to the President and Committee of the Etonian Club, and, while highly sensible of the honour implied in their very kind Invitation, regrets much that an engagement at home must...		£35.00
Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764-1830), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and Commander of the Forces, Governor General of British North America Autograph Signature ('J. C. Sherbrooke.') of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, 'Commander of the Forces', Governor of Nova Scotia and Governor General of British North America. On piece of 6 x 8.5 cm. laid paper, cut from a document, with discoloration and traces of glue from previous mounting. Sherbrooke's signature is large and firm, with the words 'Commander of the Forces' in another, contemporary hand, beneath it. A scarce signature.		£200.00
G. Brimley Bowes, Cambridge bookseller. [Cambridge bookseller] Autograph Letter Signed "G. Brimley Bowes" to "Mr Stoakley" of the bookbinders, Stoakley & Son, apologising for his behaviour but carrying a point. Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. As follows: " I wish to apologise for having spoken to you in the way I did here today in the presence of several people [...] I had no knowledge of the matter in question until my Father appealed to me for my opinion, and I gave my opinion [excision]...		£280.00
Charlotte M. Yonge [Charlotte Mary Yonge] (1823-1901), Victorian novelist [Charlotte M. Yonge, Victorian novelist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('C M Yonge') to 'My dear Tory' (her cat?). 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on lightly aged and worn grey paper. The only reference to a 'Tory' in Christabel Coleridge's 'Charlotte M. Yonge, Her Life and Letters' (London, 1903) is to one of Yonge's two kittens, born on the Queen's birthday in 1900. In a letter to Coleridge, 17...		£65.00
Twadar Nachez, violinist Signature only (cut from letter?) "from TwadarNachez". Part of a card, 7 x 3cm, laid down on larger piece of paper, some staining (glue?) bur signature clear.		£25.00