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[ Alfred Glanville Vance, 'The Great Vance' of the London music halls. ] Letter Signed on his behalf ('A. G. Vance | pro D. M.') to 'Mr Dickson', on the letterhead of 'Vance's Concert Party, Annual Tour', giving instructions regarding bills.

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Alfred Glanville Vance (1838-1888), 'The Great Vance' of the London music-halls [ Vance's Concert Party, Annual Tour ]
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On letterhead of 'Vance's Concert Party, Annual Tour.' ('Permanent town address, 40, Upper Glo'ster Place, Portman Sqre. London, N.W.') Bishop Auckland. 4 March 1872.
£60.00

1p., 4to. On aged and worn paper. Ornate letterhead featuring Prince of Wales feathers and motto 'Patronised by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales', reading 'Vance's Concert Party, | Annual Tour. | Proprietor & Manager, | Mr. Alfred G. Vance.' The 'Route' for the following Wednesday to Saturday is given as 'Newcastle on Tyne'. He asks that a 'Parcel of bills' which have been 'addressed to your House' be given to 'the principal Bill Poster to Post immediately', his agent to go over the following day.

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[Herbert Trench, Irish poet.] Autograph Letter Signed to A. G. Gardiner, editor of the Daily News, asking for a review of his book 'Poems with Fables in Prose'.

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Herbert Trench (1865-1923), Irish poet [Alfred George Gardiner ['Alpha of the Plough'] (1865-1946), editor of the Daily News; Robert Lynd (1879-1949), Irish essayist]
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On letterhead of Villa Viviani, Settignano, Florence. 24 July [1918].
£56.00

1p., 8vo. In good condition, lightly aged and folded twice. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir | For my book - "Poems with Fables in Prose" (2 vols. Constable) I confess I particularly aspire to the honour of a review in the Daily News. He gives a list of themes which the volumes contain, 'Inter alia', including 'new philosophical iteas'. In black pencil at the head of the page (probably by Gardiner) is 'Mr Lynd', i.e. a direction for the letter to be forwarded to columnist Robert Lynd.

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[Eden Phillpotts, novelist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Eden Phill<...>') [to A. G. Gardiner, editor of the Daily News], complaining of a review of his book 'Green Alleys', 'the great cause of the natural born child' and the 'Bastardy Laws'.

Author: 
Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960), English novelist, often writing on Dartmoor [Alfred George Gardiner ['Alpha of the Plough'] (1865-1946), editor of the Daily News; Robert Lynd (1879-1949), Irish essayist]
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Place not stated. [1916.]
£56.00

In poor condition, on aged and brittle paper, with significant chipping to edges involving loss of text, including the end of Philpott's signature. Undated, but written in 1916, the year of publication of Phillpotts' 'The Green Alleys'. Headed in blue pencil 'Mr Lynd' (i.e for the attention of Daily News columnist Robert Lynd).

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[Printed pamphlet.] Leighton House. Brief Notice of the Work of the late Lord Leighton, as illustrated by the studies now permanently on view at the Leighton House by A. G. Temple, F.S.A., Director of the Guildhall Art Gallery.

Author: 
A. G. Temple [Sir Alfred George Temple], F.S.A., Director of the Guildhall Art Gallery [Lord Leighton [Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton]; Leighton House, 2 Holland Park Road, Kensington, W.]
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London: George Bell & Sons. [1900.]
£65.00

[36]pp., 12mo. In olive wraps printed in green. Printed on art paper with 17 photographic illustrations (14 of them of the house), and the last four pages carrying advertisements. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets ('13' in manuscript at head of front cover), and with library stitching at spine. Uncommon: five copies on COPAC and WorldCat, but none at the British Library or in North America.

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[Printed pamphlet.] Some Differences in the Education of the Deaf and the Hearing. Read before the Arkansas School Association of Teachers of the Deaf, April 11, 1898.

Author: 
A. G. Mashburn, Instructor in the Arkansas School for the Deaf [Volta Bureau, for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge relating to the Deaf, Washington City, U.S.A.]
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Distributed by the Volta Bureau. Little Rock: The Arkansas Optic Print, 1898.
£50.00

15pp., 8vo. Tied with yellow ribbon. In fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Stamp, label and shelfmark of the Education Department Library, London. Uncommon.

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