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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), English botanist and traveller Autograph Signature ('Jos. D. Hooker') on fragment of notice or information sheet.. The signature, reading 'Jos. D. Hooker', followed by (printed) "Director" is on a piece of paper roughly 3 x 10 cm., stiff paper (suggesting from a displayed notice, pin-holes on both lateral edges, not affecting text. On the verso there are a few lines of printed text, some affected by cut but...		£45.00
The Compatriots' Club, London, unofficial grouping of Conservative politicians 'to advance the ideal of a United British Empire', 1904-1914 [Printed pamphlet.] Rules of the Compatriots' Club. 4pp., 4to. Bifolium. On aged and worn paper, with slight damage caused by removal from an album. The first leaf of the document carries fifteen numbered rules; and the second leaf carries a 'List of Members', with Joseph Chamberlain as President; Viscount Milner as Chairman of Executive...		£280.00
Arthur W. Jephson [School Board for London; education; schools; United States of America] [Printed item.] School Board for London. Report on Elementary Education in the United States of America. By Arthur W. Jephson. 79pp, 4to. Illustrations, plans and tables in text. In frail condition, on aged and chipped paper, in like brown printed wraps (stamped 'SOLD COPY'). With stamps and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. In card folder stamped 'Supplied for the Public Service'. Scarce: no copy in...		£220.00
Thomas Clark [Sir William Horne (1774-1860), barrister and politician; Sir John Nicholl (1759-1838), Welsh judge] [Thomas Clark.] Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William Horne, threatening to 'Impeach Sir John Nicholl' over his 'Judgment in Dern & Clark' 3pp., 8vo. 72 lines. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Clark is writing again 'at the instigation of Friends', and hopes that 'in a Case of such vast public as well as private Importance, involving the Rights the Liberty & the Property of the Subject, you will...		£120.00
[Beverley Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Richard Lee; Licking, Fayette County] [Fayette County, Commonwealth of Virginia.] Manuscript attested copy of a grant of land from Beverley Randolph, Governor, to Richard Lee. On one side of a piece of 40 x 32 cm paper. A printed form, completed in manuscript. Docketted on reverse: 'Richard Lee \| 9240 acres \| Copy Grant \| Examd \| fee 43 cents'. On aged high-acidity paper, with tears along crease lines repaired with archival tape. At foot, in manuscript: 'A Copy \|...		£120.00
William Arthur, A.M., Author of "A Mission to the Mysore," "The Successful Merchant," &c. [John Beecham (1787-1856), Wesleyan Methodist minister] [Printed pamphlet.] All are Living: A Discourse in proof of the Doctrine, That the Soul while separated from the Body is consciously alive. Preached at Liverpool-Road Chapel, Islington, [...] On [...] the Death of Anne, Wife of the Rev. Dr. Beecham. 24pp., 12mo. Without wraps and disbound. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with first and last page rather dusty. The word 'Methodist' written in pencil at head of title-page. Full title reads: 'All are Living: A Discourse in proof of the Doctrine, That the Soul while separated from the...		£60.00
[London Conference of 1864; Second Schleswig War; The Schleswig-Holstein Question; Denmark; Prussia] [Satirical handbill obituary referring to the London Conference of 1864.] Lost, Stolen, or Strayed, The British Lion. Printed on one side of a piece of 17 x 12 cm paper. Aged and worn, and trimmed down. Reminiscent of another Victorian spoof obituary - that which led to the Ashes cricket series between England and Australia - the full text reads: 'LOST, STOLEN, OR STRAYED, \| THE \| BRITISH LION. \| Whoever finds...		£60.00
[Royal Visit to Canda, 1959; Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip] [Royal Visit to Canada, 1959.] Typed 'draft of Press Release to be issued in Ottawa with the itinerary'. Press release and itinerary totalling 6pp., foolscap 8vo, and 1p., 4to. Stapled and folded into a blue cover with a duplicated map of Canada with the 'Queen's route' on the reverse. The item begins with an initial press release (1p., 4to), headed 'Itinerary Announced'; this is followed by the '...		£150.00
[The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC)] [The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC).] 'Restricted' information document, duplicated typescript with illustrations. 6pp., 8vo. On three leaves stapled together, with punch holes for ring binder. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. With 'RESTRICTED' at head and foot of each page. Corps badge at head of first page and six illustrations in text. Divided into 24 sections, with headings: Formation; Early...		£100.00
Arthur Henry Brandt (1855-1923) of Ivy House, Godstone, Surrey, merchant banker [Sir H.D.G. Leveson-Gower, England cricket captain; Magda Boetticher; Sir Clive Loehnis; Otto Koellreutter, Nazi jurist] [Arthur Henry Brandt of Ivy House, Godstone, Surrey.] Manuscript 'Visitors Book Ivy House', containing signatures and other entries by visitors to the house. 46pp., 4to. In attractive honey-coloured velvet cloth binding with 20 x 14 cm panel of old embroidery set into cover, decorative endpapers, and all edges gilt. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn binding. An illuminated title-page carries the following poem: 'To Hospitality, this...	Social history	£450.00