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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Emile Cammaerts (1878-1953), Belgian playwright, poet (including war poet) and author who wrote primarily in English and French [ Emile Cammaerts; unpublished play; annotated by author; typescript ] The Mistress of the Beeches Typescript, Paginated 76pp. but a few added, eg p.25a, cutting in places), 4to, clipped into brown folder (label partly removed '"The Play Box", Plays Placed, etc'), chipped, fold marks, sunned. Text dulled and stained in parts, but clear. With extensive additions and corrections in Cammaerts...		£1,000.00
Colonel Tyrrell, Southern Army [India] [General Francis Hardinge Tyrrell, Colonel, 75th Punjab Regiment?; Douglas Haig; Francis Scott Oliver] [First World War Indian Army briefing.] Typescript of 'Lecture by Colonel Tyrrell, Southern Army. \| "RAPID APPRECIATIONS"'. [With references to Douglas Haig, militarism, 'Universal Peace' Duplicated typescript. 5pp., foolscap 8vo. On five leaves, pinned together. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Apparently typed up from shorthand notes of the lecture. A couple of manuscript notes were added before the item was duplicated (including the words 'Seize the object'...		£250.00
["Datchelor House," Clothworkers' Hall of Residence, (2, Champion Park, Denmark Hill, S.E.)] [Printed prospectus.] "Datchelor House," Clothworkers' Hall of Residence, (2, Champion Park, Denmark Hill, S.E.) 1p., 8vo. On bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with pin holes and dots of rust staining. Shelfmark and stamp of the Board of Education Library, London. With circular devices in blue of the 'Mary Datchelor Girls' School' and 'Clothworkers London' at head. Scarce: no copy on...		£25.00
[Women in the Civil Service, Houses of Parliament, Great Britain, 1921; parliamentary paper] [Printed British parliamentary paper.] Women in the Civil Service. Copy of Regulations for Competitions governing the Appointment of Women to Situations in the New (Reorganisation) Classes in the Home Civil Service, [...]. Full title: 'Women in the Civil Service. Copy of Regulations for Competitions governing the Appointment of Women to Situations in the New (Reorganisation) Classes in the Home Civil Service,and with regard to the Appointment and Employment of Married Women in Established Situations.' 2pp,...		£80.00
Brigadier K. A. Garrett (1894-1966), M.C., Punjab Frontier Force [Brigadier Hector Campbell (1877-1972), Colonel Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides (Cavalry and Infantry), Fifth Battalion; India] [Brigadier K. A. Garrett, M.C., Punjab Frontier Force.] Two typed letters signed ('K. A. Garrett') to Brigadier Hector Campbell, regarding the status of Queen Victoria's Own Corp of Guides in the face of 'possible reductions in the Indian Army' ONE: 4pp., foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. In reply to two letters from Campbell, Garrett is giving 'definite information'. He begins: 'With regard to possible reductions in the Indian Army, the three Indian Cavalry Regts you mention have been warned for mechanization...		£150.00
James Edward Nightingale (1817-1892), FSA, of the Mount, Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire [James Edward Nightingale of the Mount, Wilton, English antiquary.] Autograph paper 'On some ancient Customs connected with Salisbury being an address delivered in the Salisbury, South Wilts & Blackmore Museum'. 21pp., 4to. On 21 leaves held together with a brass stud. In fair condition, on aged and lightly-worn paper. Neatly written out with a few autograph emendations. Nightingale begins: 'I have been asked to make some observations this evening on the contents of the mediaeval part of this museum....		£220.00
John Birkbeck Nevins (1818-1903), surgeon and zoologist, Consulting Physician to the Stanley Hospital, Liverpool [Charles Darwin; Darwinism; theory of evolution] [John Birkbeck Nevins, Consulting Physician to the Stanley Hospital, Liverpool, and anti-Darwinian.] Three autograph chapters presenting the teleological argument, with reference to meteorology, botany and surgery, with emendations and illustrations. Nevins was a passionate opponent of Darwinism, and the present item, composed any time after 1854 (the latest date of the various works referred to in the text), reflects the crisis of faith in the period leading up to the publication of the 'Origin of Species'. Nevins would set out his position...		£1,500.00
W. Durnford, Principal; S. S. F. Fletcher, Vice-Principal [Cambridge University Training College for Schoolmasters] [Printed item.] Past Students of the Cambridge University Training College for Schoolmasters, with the Schools in which they are now serving. 4pp., 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged paper with slight wear to extremities. Shelfmarks, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. A chronological list, in small type, covering the period 1898 to 1911. Divided into five columns: Name of Student; College; Year...		£100.00
[Court Clerk] [Manuscript] The Notes of a Court Clerk of cases heard at the Easter Sessions probably at Devizes Magistrates Court (Wiltshire), given that Devizes House of Correction is the prison of choice.. 24 pp, folio, some leaves detached, interleaved with blotting paper, not bound, fair condition; a scrawl of a handwriting, difficult to read. It starts with the date, 9 April 1823, Easter Sessions, two names of people who "qualified as magistrates", "The Revd R.P.B. took the oaths as rector of...		£580.00
[International Federation of University Women (London)] [Pamphlet; women's education] International Federation of University Women. Bulletin No. 1. Report of the First Conference, July, 1920. 88pp., 12mo. Printed front cover on blue paper, loose. In poor condition, worn and aged, with damage from rusty staple. No copy on COPAC.		£35.00