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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Nigel Hamilton (b.1944), biographer of Montgomery of Alamein and Presidents Kennedy and Clinton [Ida Herz (1894-1984), friend of the German novelist and Nobel laureate Thomas Mann (1875-1955)] [Ida Herz, friend of the novelist Thomas Mann.] Small archive of papers, including 30 Autograph Letters Signed from Mann's biographer Nigel Hamilton, typed transcripts and translations from Mann and others by Herz, autograph notes by Herz, cuttings. In 1925 Mann encountered the Nuremberg bookseller Ida Herz: a lifelong friendship followed, which was, according to Mann's biographer Anthony Heilbut, 'motored largely by her phenomenal devotion'. The present collection, comprising items, is in good condition, lightly aged and worn. (Seven...	Literature, Women	£450.00
Tindal Pearson Porter (1857-1914), English-born licensed surveyor, Brisbane, Australia [Nigger Creek, Herberton Queensland, Australia] [Tindal Pearson Porter, licensed surveyor, Brisbane, Australia.] Autograph Letter Signed (Tindal P. Porter) to his brother George, describing his life at the mining township of Nigger Creek, Herberton, North Queensland. 5pp., 4to. In good condition, on five sheets of aged and lightly-stained paper. Written in a difficult crabbed hand. Porter begins the letter by explaining that he is writing at night during steady rain, and that the previous day he rode in from his camp 'to "come in from the wet" and have been...	History, Social history	£220.00
[Henry Labouchère [Henry Du Pré Labouchère] (1831-1912), English politician, writer and theatre owner, proprietor of the satirical magazine 'Truth'; edited by Horace Voules; Lord Salisbury] ['Truth', Victorian satirical magazine edited by Horace Voules and owned by Henry Labouchère.] Spoof share prospectus for the flotation of 'The British Empire, Unlimited', with 'Memorandum of Association'. 4pp., folio. Originally on a bifolium, but now with the two leaves separated and attached to a white stub from an album. In good condition, on aged and lightly-spotted paper, and trimmed at the head. Laid out in the conventional manner, With the reverse of the final leaf printed in landscape, so...	Economics, History	£175.00
[Royal Geographical Society] Leonard Darwin, J.F. Hughes, Honorary Secretaries [Printed Prospectus for] The Anniversary Meeting of the Society, for the Election of President, Council, &c. will be held in the Theatre, Burlington Gardens [...] "Sir Clement Markham". Bifolium, 4to, india paper, fold marks, good condition, text on pp.[1]-[3]. Royal Medals for the Encouragement of Geopgraphical Sciewnce and Discovery were to be presented in the meeting, including the Founder's Medal to H.R.H. the Duke of the Abruzzi for his self-financed...		£75.00
[Provincial Advertisement Office; Brown Gould & Co., 470 Oxford Street, W.C., London] [Victorian newspaper advertising.] Printed pamphlet, headed 'Provincial Advertisement Office. \| List of Provincial Newspapers in which advertisements appear, \| The weekly Circulation of which is estimated at UPWARDS OF A MILLION Copies.' 4pp., 4to. Bifolium on wove paper. Good, on lightly aged and worn paper. 114 newspapers are listed, each with the 'Day Published', from 'Ayrshire Express \| Saturday' to 'Yarmouth Independent \| Saturday.' One title is added in manuscript, at the foot of the first page: 'Nottingham & Midland...	Economics, History	£56.00
E. Temple Thurston [Ernest Temple Thurston] (1879-1933), Anglo-Irish author [E. Temple Thurston, Anglo-Irish author.] Autograph Letter Signed to his (American?) publisher 'Jewett', discussing his literary affairs and his plans for future writing. 4pp., 16mo. On bifolium. In fair condition, on lightly-aged and worn paper. He begins: 'No - I am not going to write the sequel to The City [his 1909 book 'The City of Beautiful Nonsense'] - but I am now hard at work on a book that is going to give me more pleasure to do than anything I have...	Literature	£90.00
Elizabeth Goudge [Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge] (1900-1984), English novelist [Elizabeth Goudge, English novelist.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Mr. Ranesh', thanking him for his appreciation, and contrasting England with India. 2pp., 12mo. On grey paper. In good condition, lightly creased. She begins by thanking him for his 'very kind letter': 'It is always such an encouragement to me to hear that someone has liked my books, especially someone far away in India. Yet distance makes no difference where two people share...	Literature, Women	£80.00
Gabrielle Réjane, stage name of the French actress Gabrielle-Charlotte Reju (1856-1920) ['Gabrielle Réjane' [Gabrielle-Charlotte Reju], French actress.] Autograph Note Signed ('Réjane') thanking 'mon cher Maitre'. 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly aged and worn paper. The note reads: 'Mercredi. \| Merci mille fois, mon cher Maitre, si vous êtes content, me voilà ravie! \| Encore merci \| Réjane'. In a postscript she states that she has profited from his criticisms.	French, Music and Theatre	£56.00
E. H. W. Meyerstein [Edward Harry William Meyerstein] (1889-1952), scholar and poet [Percy H. Muir (1894-1979), bookseller with the London firm Elkin Mathews] [Two items from the library of Percy Muir.] [Offprint:] 'E. H. W. Meyerstein \| 1889-1952 \| By Lionel Butler \| Chatterton Lecture on an English Poet \| British Academy \| 1955'. [Pamphlet:] 'Edward H. W. Meyerstein \| Poet and Novelist \| A Biliography'. The second item is loosely inserted in the first. Item One (offprint): 29pp. (paginated 141-169), 8vo. Stapled; in printed grey card wraps. In good condition, lightly aged and dogeared. Bookplate on reverse of front wrap, stating 'From the Library of \| PERCY H. MUIR'. Item Two (bibliography):...	Book Trade History, Literature	£45.00
Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (1887-1961), banker and Vice-President of the Anglo-Jewish Association [George Bilainkin (c.1903-1981), journalist; Jewish Board of Deputies] [Anthony Gustav de Rothschild.] Typed Letter Signed ('Anthony de Rothschild') to the journalist George Bilainkin, discussing the 'need of our surviving brethren' following the Second World War, and requesting help with an appeal for 'Jewish Relief'. 1p., 4to. On aged paper with a couple of closed holes. He is 'very anxious to discuss', with Bilainkin and the Jewish Board of Deputies, 'the Appeal which [...] is in progress on behalf of the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation'. The second paragraph reads: 'The need of...	History	£180.00