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[H. A. L. Fisher, President of the Board of Education; A. Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Oliver Lodge; Sir Donald MacAlister; Sir Bertram Windle; Sir Alfred Ewing; Bragg; Gillespie] 36pp., 12mo. Stapled and unbound. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper, with rust to staple. With manuscript shelf-marks (of the Board of Education Reference Library). Compliments slip of the Universities Bureau of the British Empire tipped-in onto front cover. The first page begins... |
£135.00 | |
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[Graduates Defence Committee, The Victoria University; University College, Liverpool; Owens College, Manchester; Board of Education Reference Library] 39pp., 12mo. In grey printed wraps. Good, on lightly aged and worn paper, with stamp, shelfmarks and red label of the Board of Education Reference Library. Containing a full-page list of officers of the Graduates Defence Committee, full-page introduction. The first part of the account, headed '... |
£150.00 | |
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[Board of Education, London; His Majesty's Stationery Office; W. R. Ainsworth] 171pp., 8vo. In original blue printed wraps. In good condition, on aged high-acidity paper, with chipping and wear to the wraps and first and last leaves. Ainsworth's ownership inscription at head of title-page. From the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce: no copies on COPAC or OCLC... |
£200.00 | |
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[Arthur Miller, playwright] [Arthur Miller, playwright; signed Programme] Gala Performance. An Evening with Arthur Miller Programme, [20]pp., 4to, illus. printed wraps. Directed by David Thacker, including excerpts from "The Golden Years", "Focus", "Death of a Salesman", Miller's adaptation of "An Enemy of the People", etc., etc. Programme signed by Arthur Miller himself ("For Sally [Worboyesof Fen Farm Arts] |... |
£120.00 | |
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Richard Blake Brown, gay writer ‘Quite a singular person’: The ‘delicate improprieties’ of Richard Blake BrownLiterary Papers, 1916-1968The present collection of the literary papers of gay writer Richard Blake Brown – novels, plays, poetry, travel writing and memoirs – consists of nearly 200 items, including:50 notebooks of... |
£28,000.00 | |
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Paul Henry (1877-1958), Ulster artist. Typed Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. With photograph. TLS, The Studio, Carrigoona Cottage, Co. Wicklow; 15 May 1950, 2pp., 8vo. And Photograph.He recalls that SL was 'good enough to read a manuscript of mine several years ago, and since then, after re-reading it, I came to the conclusion that it was perfectly awful. I then on the advice of Sean O'... |
£450.00 | |
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Roy Harrod, economist {R.F. Harrod] Total 6pp., 4to. Headed "COPY" in red, from the papers of Mark Bonham-Carter. LETTER ONE: He is trying to persuade Lady Bonham-Carter that her views of the future of the Liberal Party are valid and should be aired, given her "unique position in British Liberalism". She should not fear dividing... |
£200.00 | |
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S. S. Koteliansky (1880-1955), translator and journalist. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, 5 Acacia Road, St John's Wood; 10 Sept. 1935. He writes regarding the plans for the publication of Dorothy Richardson's novel Clear Horizon. |
£100.00 | |
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Thomas Lionel Hodgkin (1910-1982), Marxist historian, son of last. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, on letterhead of 20 Bradmore Road, Oxford; 'Easter Sunday 1931', 2pp., 8vo. Mainly personal long letter thanking her for 'a splendid present - Thank Heavens someone has had the wisdom to give me books, and the bounty to give me a lot of books'. With typed copy (1 p, 4to) of text headed '... |
£45.00 | |
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John Galsworthy, novelist Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, Bury House, Bury, nr Pulborough, Sussex; 12 Nov. 1932, good condition. 'We have been wondering what those delightful little noises we've been hearing about the house, were.' |
£45.00 |
