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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Althea Willoughby (1904-1982), English artist, designer of posters for London Transport, 1933-1936 [Ingpen and Grant, London publishers] [Althea Willoughby, English artist.] Two Autograph Letters Signed and one Autograph Note Signed to the publishers Ingpen and Grant regarding her designs for woodcut engravings for Alexander Somerton's 'Glades of Glenbella'. Each item is 1p., 12mo, the note being the last of the three. All written in green ink, the first on green paper, and the other two on pink paper. The three in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Written in an attractive, calligraphic hand. ONE: She writes that she is enclosing 'four...	Art and Architecture	£180.00
Benjamin Phelps Gibbon (1802-1851), Wesh engraver [Benjamin Phelps Gibbon, engraver.] 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He reports that he shared the 'bounty' of the recipient's 'delicious present' with his brother, who has been 'confined to the house for a month'. He reports that 'Mr Watts and family are well', and hopes that 'Mr Stack is so'.	Art and Architecture	£0.00
Charles Turner (1774-1857), engraver [John Britton (1771-1857), antiquary; Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772-1842), British army officer; Colnaghi & Co., London booksellers] [Charles Turner, engraver.] Autograph Letter Signed ('C. Turner') to the antiquary John Britton, explaining that he has been asked to attend at the Horse Guards, after having presented a print of Lord Hill to King George IV. 2pp., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He will have to forgo meeting Britton, as he the previous evening he received 'a Message from the Horse Guards to attend there on Saturday at 3 O Cl'. He has 'just finished a Whole Length of Ld Hill, & its on that acct. I am summoned, I...	Art and Architecture	£0.00
Edward Scriven (1775-1841), engraver [Joseph Harding, bookseller, chief assistant to James Lackington (1777-1844) of Finsbury Square] [Edward Scriven, engraver.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Edwd Scriven') to the bookseller Joseph Harding regarding the retouching of his 'plate of Norfolk'. 2pp., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Scriven begins: 'I am afraid you will have thought I had forgotten to send the plate of Norfolk: the truth is, I decided on doing a few touches to that hand noticed by you & Mr Lackington; and although it was but a very little, I did not...	Art and Architecture	£165.00
[Archibald Russell; The National Gallery, British Art; William Blake] [book, inscribed by an authority on Blake] Catalogue of Loan Exhibition of Works by William Blake. October to December, 1913. [Second Edition.] 4to, 75 pp. On aged paper, in original purple printed wraps, which are repaired at spine with tape. Inscribed at head of the front wrap to 'Mr. Tregaskis with Mr. Archibald Russell's compliments'. Russell was an authority on Blake's works, the recipient, Tregaskis, a distiguished bookseller.		£38.00
Jerome Kern (1885-1945), American composer [Mitchell Kennerley, President, Anderson Galleries, New York, 1929] [Jerome Kern sale at the Anderson Galleries, New York, priced auction catalogue.] The Library of Jerome Kern, New York City. Part One. A-J [Part Two. J-Z]. Part One: [4] + 247pp., 4to (including introduction by 'M. K. [i.e. Mitchell Kennerley]'). Part Two: [3] + 220pp., 4to (paginated 249-468). Perforated bidding sheet at end of Part Two. Internally in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn and stained wraps with loss at spines....	Book Trade History	£100.00
[Coat [or Cote] & Aston, Bampton, Oxfordshire; Edward Moulden; Adwin Williams] [Deed; terrier] a Terrier of copyhold land, Kingway Field, in Coat [Cote] & Aston, Bampton, Oxfordshire Vellum document, c.50cms long, 18cm wide. folded, aged but legible and complete. Description present: "A terrier of copyhold lands formerly in the occupation of Edward Moulden & then in the tenure of Adwin Williams." Towards the end of the document, "Writte By Richard Williams". One Google...	History	£220.00
[Council for the Preservation of Rural England and The Roads Beautifying Association] [Pamphlet; Preservation of Rural England] Report of the Trunk Roads Joint Committee 36pp., 8vo, with photos and a folding "Diagram of the Dover Glasgow Road", green printed illustrated paper wraps, slight damage ot spine, condition mainly good. Initial sof previous owner on front cover. Three copies on COPAC (Nottingham, Kew, Brimighma, NOT BL).	Science, Medicine and Technology, Social history	£135.00
George Marshall Ward (1798-1879), artist and engraver, son of the artist James Ward (1769-1859) [The Crystal Palace; Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1857] [George Marshall Ward, artist and engraver.] Autograph Letter Signed ('G R Ward') to H. Magford, offering to lend two works by his father James Ward to the Crystal Palace, and the exhibition of another one among Manchester 'merchant Princes'. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In very good condition, neatly placed by the second leaf in a windowpane mount. He has 'received an intimation' that his picture is in Bond Street ('from whence I must fetch it'), and is writing to say that he has 'two Pictures by my Father (one very small but a beautiful...	Art and Architecture	£65.00
E. H. W. Meyerstein [Edward Harry William Meyerstein] (1889-1952), scholar and poet [Presentation copy by E. H. W. Meyerstein.] The Boy. A Modern Poem. [With pencil note by Meyerstein: 'One of thirteen copies printed by mistake on large paper, and uncut.'] 62pp., 8vo. In good condition, on aged paper, in dulled black cloth binding with chipped printed label. Presentation inscription by Meyerstein on front free endpaper: 'J. A Petheridge \| with the writer's kind regards. \| Aug. 13. 1928'. Pencil note (probably also by Meyerstein) on front pastedown...	Literature	£120.00