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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Beeton's Law Books. No. 2 [Printed Book] Beeton's Hand-Book of the Law relating to Women and Children [title continued below] [title continued] "!To which is added the Registration of Births and Deaths \| The Whole including Marriage \| Breach of Promise \| Husband and Wife \| Settlements \| Parent and Child \| Registration." pp.iv.188 (additional 3 pages of advts, inc.inside back cover), limp cloth binding, attractive cover...	Law	£150.00
C. A. Aylmer [Charles Arthur Aylmer (1814-1885)], Secretary, Peel River Land and Mineral Company Limited [New South Wales, Australia] [Peel River Land and Mineral Company Limited, London.] Autograph Manuscript certificate by C. A. Aylmer, with two memoranda, one signed. The certificate is 1p., 4to, on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium. It reads: 'I hereby Certify that on the twenty-first day of April, One Thousand Eight hundred & sixty five, Walter Stevenson Davidson of No. 16 St. James's Street, Esquire, is a registered Proprietor in the Books of...	History, Travel and Topography	£56.00
Cyrus Redding, Editor and Contributor [Periodical, abortive; John Clare] The English Journal: A Miscellany of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts Title, ii [Index], 412pp., cr. 8vo, hf-cf, sp. gt, marbled boads, raised bands, leather scuffed, top of spine damaged, hinge strain inside front cover, contents good. Bookplate of John Ribton Garstin (see note below). This short-lived periodical is notable for its distinguished contributors (...	Literature	£1,500.00
George Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell [George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell] (1808-1892), English judge [Charles Harris Hodgson] [Sir George Bramwell, Baron in the Court of Exchequer.] Autograph Certificate, on vellum, regarding an indenture shown to him by Catherine Stein, wife of Peter Stein. With a signed affidavit, also on vellum, signed by Charles Harris Hodgson. The two documents are on 33 x 24 cm pieces of vellum, and are pinned together. Both in very good condition. Both are printed forms, made out by the signatory. Bramwell's certificate begins (with the manuscript portions in square brackets): 'These are to Certify that on the [Twenty eighth] day of...	Social history, Women	£45.00
'T. B - l.' [nineteenth century handbill] [Printed nineteenth-century handbill.] Copy of a curious Love Letter \| From a young Gentleman in this Neighbourhood, to his Sweetheart, Miss W - , of this Town, which was found near this place yesterday morning. 1p., 12mo. Text enclosed within a decorative border. In fair condition, on heavily aged and worn wove paper, with a couple of small holes. Printed on cheap paper, with rough untrimmed edges. Beneath the title is a poem in two columns, itself titled 'Directions for Reading it.': 'Hast thou no...	Social history	£56.00
Rev. J.A. Macfadyen, M.A. [Pamphlet; Lancashire] Lancashire Congregational Union. The Past and Future of Lancashire Congregationalism. An Address delivered by the Rev. J.A. Macfadyen, M.A., Chairman of the Union, April 9th, 1879. Pamphlet, 16pp., 8vo, disbound, edges sunned, mainly good condition. Copies at copyright libraries listed on COPAC.		£100.00
William Courthope; Rev. R. H. Barham [Rev. Richard Harris Barham, 'Thomas Ingoldsby'] (1788-1845) [William Hardy] [Rev. R. H. Barham's autograph antiquarian notes in William Courthope's book:] Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England; Containing the Date of the Creation, with the Succession of Baronets, and their respective Marriages and Time of Death. xii + 256 pp. Autograph inscription on title-page: 'William Hardy \| Nov. 5. 1850 - \| N.B. the corrections are by the hand of the Revd. R. H. Barham \| The extinct Peerage at the end is not part of this Synopsis'. (Bound in at the end of the volume is a sixteen-page printed list of 'The Dormand...	History, Literature	£220.00
[Indian Civil Service; British India; the Raj] [Indian Civil Service (British India).] Manuscript book of 'Notes' relating to diplomatic matters and protocol, including personal information on Indian princes, compiled in the final years of the Raj. With associated matter loosely inserted. 42pp., foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and lightly-worn paper, in worn binding. 'NOTES' and 'D. M. [Diplomatic Mission?]' in manuscript on the front cover. Written in a number of different hands, over a nine-year period, with occasional additions in red ink. The first entry on the first...	History	£950.00
[Jules Cazol; Eugène Joullot; René Mercier; Lecombe; the Battle of Verdun, 1916] [Two 'Répertoire Lecombe' French First World War lyrics, printed on one handbill.] 'Verdun on ne passe pas! Marche populaire.' and 'Ce sont les Yeux'. 2pp., 4to. On a single leaf, both sides of which are headed 'Répertoire Lecombe'. Printer's slug at foot of 'Verdun on ne passe pas!' Both lyrics printed in two columns (no score to either). In good condition, on aged and worn high-acidity paper. 'Ce sont les Yeux' begins: 'Chacun dans la vie...	French, Literature, Military and Naval History	£120.00
[Thomas Hookham, senior (c.1739-1819) of Bond Street, Georgian bookseller and publisher; Sir George Bowyer (1783-1860) of Radley Hall, Berkshire] [Thomas Hookham, senior, Georgian bookseller.] Autograph Letter in the third person to him from 'Mr Bowyer' (a relation of Sir George Bowyer of Radley Hall), sending instructions regarding book purchases 1p., 4to. Good, on aged paper, with small central spike hole made by recipient. The letter reads: 'Mr Bowyer begs Mr Hookham will send him the following Books as soon as possible \| Parkhursts Lexicon for the Greek Testament[;] Smarts translation of Virgil; a translation of Sallust; there is one...	Book Trade History	£100.00