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[The Royal Scot, London Midland and Scottish Railway, North American Tour 1933; Driver William Gilbertson] [Promotional booklet, signed by the driver William Gilbertson and three other members of the crew.] The Triumph of the Royal Scot 1933. North American Tour of the Royal Scot Train of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. 36pp., 12mo, including 15 full pages of photographic illustrations and maps. Stapled, in brown printed wraps. In good condition, on aged and worn paper, with rusting staples. The front cover carries the signatures of the driver William Gilbertson and firemen John Jackson and Tom Blackett, all...	£60.00
[Archibald Russell; The National Gallery, British Art; William Blake] [book, inscribed by an authority on Blake] Catalogue of Loan Exhibition of Works by William Blake. October to December, 1913. [Second Edition.] 4to, 75 pp. On aged paper, in original purple printed wraps, which are repaired at spine with tape. Inscribed at head of the front wrap to 'Mr. Tregaskis with Mr. Archibald Russell's compliments'. Russell was an authority on Blake's works, the recipient, Tregaskis, a distiguished bookseller.	£38.00
Thomas W. Smith, proprietor, Caslon Letter Foundry, London [Caslon Letter Foundry, London.] Printed covering letter to accompany a specimen book and history of the Caslon Foundry, signed and dated by Thomas W. Smith. 1p., 12mo. Attractively printed within a decorative border, on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium. The letter reads: 'Dear Sir \| The Specimen Book sent you herewith, of which I have much pleasure in asking your acceptance, contains a history of the Caslon Foundry printed with the justly...	£56.00
Publication Committee, Presbyterian Church of England, 18 Paternoster Square, London [Publication Committee, Presbyterian Church of England, 18 Paternoster Square, London.] Engraved card announcing that the Committee have taken possession of the premises and made them into a shop and offices; with plan of premises on reverse. The text is engraved in copperplate on one side of a piece of card, with plan on reverse of the the premises at 18 Paternoster Square, with Newgate Street, Warwick Lane, Rose Street and Paternoster Row also shown. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with unobtrusive vertical crease. A nice...	£60.00
Jerome Kern (1885-1945), American composer [Mitchell Kennerley, President, Anderson Galleries, New York, 1929] [Jerome Kern sale at the Anderson Galleries, New York, priced auction catalogue.] The Library of Jerome Kern, New York City. Part One. A-J [Part Two. J-Z]. Part One: [4] + 247pp., 4to (including introduction by 'M. K. [i.e. Mitchell Kennerley]'). Part Two: [3] + 220pp., 4to (paginated 249-468). Perforated bidding sheet at end of Part Two. Internally in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn and stained wraps with loss at spines....	£100.00
[The De Vinne Press] [Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914), American printer and authority on typography] [Book of type specimens.] Old Faces of Roman and Medieval Types lately added to the De Vinne Press. [4] + 47pp., 8vo. In printed wraps. Internally in fair condition, on aged paper, with slight staining to the corners; in worn and chipped wraps. A handsome production, as one might expect from one of the nine founders of the Grolier Club, with a two-page introduction followed by a full-page...	£180.00
[Charles des Graz, Director, Sotheby & Co., 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1; Buckminster Park, Lincolnshire, seat of William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart (1859-1935)] [Typed signed 'Certified Copy'.] A Catalogue & Valuation of the Art Treasures & Books at Buckminster Park in the County of Lincolnshire. The Property of the Trustees [of William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart] made for the purposes of Insurance. 32pp., foolscap 8vo. The leaves attached with green ribbon, and the whole folded into the customary packet, with typed title with Hasties' details on reverse of last leaf. The document begins with a three-page 'Index \| Inventory of Buckminster Park, Grantham'; this is followed by 'An Inventory...	£120.00
[Bohn's Standard Library; H. G. Bohn; Henry George Bohn (1796-1884), London bookseller and publisher] [Printed advertisement.] Prospectus of Bohn's Standard Library: A Series of the best English and foreign Authors, Printed in a new and elegant Form, Equally adapted to the Library and the Fireside, At the extremely low Price of 3s. 6d. per Volume. 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. An interesting piece of ephemera relating to a ground-breaking series in the nineteenth-century extension of the market for serious literature. An initial 27-line prospectus in small print is followed by a list of the details...	£160.00
Thomas Cadell, publisher and bookseller, and Robert Lawless, his assistant [Thomas Cadell, publisher] Autograph Note Signed, "T Cadell", to his assistant "Lawless", with (on same page) Autograph Note Signed "Robert Lawless", to "Madam" (Mrs Grignion, wife of the impoverished artist, Charles Grignion.) One page, 12mo, laid down on larger piece of paper, after formation of a 2" closed tear. text complete and clear. [Cadell] "If the game sent with this tolerably good send it to [Mrs] Grignion with my love. You will tell them it may be Sunday before we arrive as the weather is so uncertain." [...	£220.00
P. S. Green [Peter Shaw Green] (1920-2009), Keeper of the Herbarium and Deputy Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, author of account of Lord Howe Island and Norforlk Island in the Flora of Australia [Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, Australia.] Two box files of scholarly material assembled by the botanist P. S. Green of Kew Gardens during a Royal Society and Percy Sladen Expedition, including botanical lists, offprints and correspondence. According to his obituary in the 'Kew Bulletin' (2010), Green worked '[a]lmost singlehandedly' on the account of the two islands for the 'Flora of Australia'. This collection of around 100 items contains material relating to that work, largely assembled on the spot during a Royal Society and...	£950.00

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