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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Sidney Hartnoll Beard, founder and President of the 'food reform' movement vegetarian animal rights society the Order of the Golden Age [John Nayler, Methodist journalist] [Sidney Hartnoll Beard, President of the animal rights vegetarian society the Order of the Golden Age.] Two Typed Letters Signed (both 'Sidney H. Beard') to John Nayler, explaining in the second what he has done 'to ensure the permanency of our work' Both items 1p., 4to. ONE: 26 May 1904. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He has always shrunk from 'giving advice to anyone concerning investments', but would consider 'the £10 shares of the London Necropolis Company at 7 1/2 as being safe to buy for investment.' He discusses the state...		£120.00
Sir George Buchanan (1831-1895), epidemiologist and civil servant, assistant physician at the children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street ( N1855-1860), physician (1861–1868) at the London Fever Hospital [Sir George Buchanan, physician and epidemiologist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('George Buchanan'), apologising 'To the Secretary of the Social Science Association' for not being able to present a paper. 2pp., 12mo. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper. A florid apology, beginning: 'The very kind consideration extended to me by yourself and the other managers of your admirable association appears to demand from me something more than a renewed Confession of incapacity on my part.' He has been...		£40.00
'J. B.' [Jessie Boucherett] [English Woman's Journal Company, Limited, London; women's suffrage; Victorian feminism] [Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] Remarks on the Obstacles to the more general Employment of Women, and on the Means of removing them. Reprinted from the English Woman's Journal. 16pp., 8vo. Aged and worn, no wraps, disbound, with evidence of side stitching and slight loss to the last two leaves. Several copies listed on COPAC, No other copy currently omn the market.		£150.00
V. Mondat [Docteur Vincent Marie Mondat] [Book] Des Hydropisies, et de leur Cure. 8vo: 49 pp. The last page is mispaginated '54', but there is no gap in the text, and the catalogue of the Bibliotheque Nationale confirms that the number of pages of text is 49. Good, in modern marble wraps. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title-page 'A Monsieur Maison...		£56.00
William Pett Ridge (1859-1930), English writer [William Pett Ridge, author.] Autograph Card Signed ('W. P. Ridge') to 'Miss Paget'. In good condition, lightly-aged. Addressed to 'Miss Paget, \| 28, Campden Hill Square \| W.' Reads: 'I will look in this morning at the hour of coffee.'	Science, Medicine and Technology	£25.00
[The International Exhibition 1862 and other events in 1862 ] Sergeant Brown, flautist [Manuscript] Diary of Sergeant Browne, principal flautist in the Royal Artillery band, Woolwich 1862 Diary of Sergeant Browne, principal flautist in the Royal Artillery band, Woolwich, Over 425 pages. Played at the opening ceremony of the International Exhibition under Costa, having been at the rehearsal attended by Meyerbeer - good descriptions of both events - and at the Horticultural...	History, Music and Theatre	£1,250.00
Brigadier Hector Campbell (1877-1972), Colonel Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (Cavalry and Infantry) [Frontier Force, British Army, India; William Birdwood] [Brigadier Hector Campbell, Indian Army.] Collection of papers, including correspondence, original photographs, printed pamphlets and ephemera, relating to his career in Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides. On Campbell's death in 1972 The Times reported that 'a link with the Indian Army from its inception to the current day has been broken' (19 April 1972). The present collection of Campbell's papers provides an insight into that vanished world. Hector Campbell was educated at Haileybury College...		£1,350.00
Henry Southern (1799-1853), English journalist, editor of the London Magazine and founder of the Retrospective Review [Henry Southern, journalist.] Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed individual, explaining that he is not being generous and making a sacrifice [by accepting the appointment of editor of the London Magazine]. 2pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with minor remains of stub adhering to one edge. The letter would appear to concern Southern's appointment in January 1825 as editor of the new series of the London Magazine. It reads reads: 'My dear Sir \| It is needless to say that I shall have...		£65.00
Queen Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), consort of King Edward VII (1841-1910); her Private Secretary Col. Sir Henry Streatfeild (1857-1938) [Mrs Macdougall-Rawson of Halifax [Queen Alexandra.] Autograph Card Signed ('Alexandra') expressing thanks for flowers sent on the death of her husband King Edward VII. With Autograph Letter Signed from her private secretary Col. Sir Henry Streatfeild to Mrs. Macdougall-Rawson. ONE: (Queen Alexandra's card): With Buckingham Palace letterhead and mourning border. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. The card reads: 'I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to all the kind Donars, [sic] of the beautiful wreaths & flowers which were sent as tokens of affection in...		£80.00
Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, Queen Anne's Lodge, Westminster [Zoological Society of London; London Zoo, Regent's Park Zoo; New Aquarium, opened by King George V in 1924] [London Zoo, Regent's Park.] Two volumes of papers of the civil engineers Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, regarding their work on the New Aquarium at London Zoo, including specifications, tenders, plans, correspondence, accounts, press cuttings. A substantial collection of original documents in various formats (from fold-out folio pages to 12mo, but mainly foolscap 8vo) bound into two large 8vo volumes, with the material in the first volume foliated 1-435 (with an extra nine-page index at the front and additional material at the end...		£650.00