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[Women in the Civil Service, Houses of Parliament, Great Britain, 1921; parliamentary paper] 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,... |
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["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 | |
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Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier (1784-1855), British army officer who served in the Peninsular War, and was Commander-In-Chief of the army in the Cape Colony, 1839-1843 1p., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, on aged paper. Addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'Mr. Danl. Flexney | Westborne Place | Bayswater | near London', with two postmarks in red ink, one round and the other oval (the second in two parts), both giving year 1818. Docketed and with the... |
£65.00 | |
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[The Queen's Hospital Birmingham; periodical] Eric W. Vincent, editor [Periodical] Q.H. An Annual 1932 [1933] A. [1932 issue] pp. 52;[ xx] (pp. i-[xx] at front and back, advertisements), colour plates (mounted pictures), printed paper covers, chipped and worn at spine, contents good. Contents include a long story by Francis Brett Young ("Blood Oranges") and Barry Jackson, 'The Birmingham Repertory... |
£120.00 | |
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[The Newspaper Society; Anthony Eden speech annotated] [Programme & other ephemera; Anthony Eden annotated speech] The Newspaper Society. Annual Dinner Programme, 4pp., 8vo, comprising Menu and Toast List. Music and Cabaret by Sydney Jerome and his Orchestra. WITH: A. Table Plan, 4pp., 8vo; B. Table "A" Reseating, typescript, 2pp., 4to {Eden listed in printed table plan but not in the Reseating, presumably he didn't show and was replaced at... |
£400.00 | |
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[Sir Winston Churchill (1965), British Prime Minister who led the country to victory in the Second World War] Black and white print, 15 x 10cm. A dewy-eyed Churchill stands in the doorway of 10 Downing Street in long dark coat, clutching top hat, gloves and cane in his left hand, and makes a raised victory sign with his right, while a group of seven male and female staff members crowd in the doorway... |
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[Service of Stallions; horse-racing] Sizes vary from c.11 x 8cm to 19 x 15. The names of the stallions are given: Wildfire the Second, Cromwell, King Walter, 'Nag Stallion "Sedan", and Subduer; prices; the names and addresses of the owners; the achievements of the horse; directions; other information (eg. "Any mare missing to... |
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[H. Milner, London-based money-lender] [Printed Handbill] Prospectus from Mr. H. Milner, 17 Wellington Square, King's Road, London, S.W. Four pages, 4to, unbound as issued, closed tears along fold marks, some foxing, text clear and complete. Form, "Proposal for Advance", partly filled in by Samuel John Smith, Gordon Cottages Cifton [sic] Road St Albans Herts", "Signalman on the Midland Railway". Other questions to answer include... |
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[I.C.D.S.; British Civil Defence, 1955; Civil Defence School; Atomic Warfare; Biological Warfare; Chemical weapons; nuclear war] 39pp., small 4to. Stud-bound in brown card printed wraps. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, with crease to front cover, to which the enamel badge is also attached, beside the ownership signature of 'E J Sayer' (Downing Street secretary Elizabeth Sayer, later Cooper.). First page dated in... |
£80.00 | |
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[Dame Madeline Dorothy Brock (1886-1969), Headmistress of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School, Camberwell, London; Rachel Pearse; Major Walter F. Pothecary of the Clothworkers' Company] 52pp., 4to. With an additional 6pp of plates on art paper, including frontispiece of painted portrait of Brock by Maurice Codner. Stapled. In blue wraps with 'M. Dorothy Brock | 1886-1969' in gold on front cover. In good condition, with slight wear and discoloration to wraps. Well laid out, with... |
£56.00 |
