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[Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Salvation Army; Penal Colony`] Total 28pp., 4to and sm. folio, full of typing errors, some changes and crossings out, a few words added in manuscript where omitted in the typing (one corner of text still missing, p.12), fair condition, text clear and complete. It has the form of a diary but doesn't have entries for every day... |
£550.00 | |
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[Alfred Nobel, manufacturer of explosives and philanthropist] One page, cr. 8vo, two small holes (loss of letter] spotted, tiny closed tears, fold marks, mainly good condition. Headed "Expériences avec la Nitroglycerine", the name of the invitee to be filled in "M...", giving directions for two days of experiments at Hal and Lessines, Programme of "... |
£320.00 |
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Peter Kropotkin [Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin] (1842-1921), Russian polymath and anarchist [Sir James Knowles, editor, 'The Nineteenth Century and After'; Tsarist Russia; communism; anarchism] On ten 8vo leaves, and paginated 1-20. Worn and aged, with closed tear to the first leaf. Gathered with a brass stud. The recto of each leaf carries the printed date 1906, and each verso has as running title the name of the magazine. Pasted at the head of the first page is a green label reading... |
£3,500.00 | |
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[Unknown author] [Manuscript] A Genealogical table of the Royal Family of Scotland from Malcolm 2 to Robert 2. 40 x 30cm, manuscript worked over and/or added to judging by ink colour, worn, fold marks, small closed tears, some faint notes in pencil. The table begins with 83 Malcolm K. of Scots D1040 but also with the statement The Scots pretend that Malcolm 2d was the 83 K. of Scots from Fergus 1. It... |
£450.00 |
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[Mrs. C. Flynn, Limerick Ireland, Bookseller and owner of Photographic Studio] Carte-de-visite size, c.6 x 10cm, faded photograph of Bridget Winthrop (or engraving of), sl. spotted, on reverse the following information in MS., Bridget Winthrop married to Wm Maunsell | Mrs Wm Maunsell gt grandmother of H.O. Donnell[MA CLK?] [space] great great Grandmother to Mrs Petronella... |
£500.00 |
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Ed Saunders/Allen Ginsberg 8vo (A4) handbill, printed on one side. The heading 'FREE MARIJUANA PRISONERS' and part of the text reproduces handwriting (printed not cursive so to speak - see image on my website - Ginsberg's or Saunder's?) , the rest is typed. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper... |
£350.00 |
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George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746-1823), British admiral 8vo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Docketed on reverse 'pour agit | Salles'. Initial bill of eleven items, from '1 jour de Logement 36 [francs]' to café et thé 12 [francs]', amounting to 306 francs. According to the Oxford DNB, 'In April 1814, with Napoleon on his way to Elba, Keith was... |
£180.00 |
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['Fred' [Frederick Clarke] of 74 Richmond Rd, Dalston, London, N.E.; Edward Parkes] 12mo, 64 pp, on 16 bifoliums, loosely housed in a contemporary blue-cloth binder. Eleven of the thirteen letters signed, ten of them 'your sincere friend Fred', the other two being incomplete; some of the illustrations signed 'F. C.', and one 'F. Clarke'. Fair, on aged paper. A delightful,... |
£450.00 |
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