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Harrison Hall, 'formerly of Lamberton .... New Jersey'. Hall's Distiller ... Adapted to the use of farmers as well as Distillers [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR] x,244pp., with engraved plate (opp.p.223, 'Mr. H. Sargeant's Machine for raising water') and . folding frontis (diagram, 'Improvements by Henry Witmer upon Anderson's Patent Condensing Tub'), small closed tear, attractive contemporary tree calf, red leather label, corners bumpedtop and bottom of...	£950.00
Pablo Casals, cellist, Jacques Thibaud, violinist, and Alfred Cortot, pianist [the trio] Signatures of Jacques Thibaud, A[lfred] Cortot and Pablo Casals. Signatures, with place and date, on one page extracted from an autograph album, left edge rough (detached), minor faint staining but signatures clear. Note: Thibaud was noted not only for his work as a soloist, but also for his performances of chamber music, particularly in a piano trio with the...	£225.00
[Chartist Petition of 1839; Universal Suffrage] [Printed transcript of the Chartist Petition of 1839.] Supplement to the Votes and Proceedings. Veneris, 14o die Junii, 1839. Petition (national) of the thereundersigned, for universal suffrage, &c. Folio, 2 pp, paginated 241 and 242. Text clear and complete. On worn and aged paper, with closed tears, and repair to the margins. Circular red stamp of the Mansion House (the official resident of the Lord Mayor of London) at head of first page. The item had been folded into a package, docketed...	£165.00
William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury [Rev. Arthur Wigan, Trottiscliffe [Trotterscliffe]] Autograph Letter Signed W Cantuar, with original envelope, with substantial copy letter from Alfred Wigan, curate, Trotterscliffe [sic], concerning the issues and events surrounding the burial of a child of followers of Joannna Southcott. Letter One (Archbishop of Canterbury] 3pp., 12mo, approving Wigan's actions in the burial of the child whose baptism was irregular and defective. He was right to toll the bell, and depositing the body of the child in the churchyard. He wants time to consider the right steps in such an important...	£225.00
[Dolls and dolls' houses; Winifred M. Ackroyd; T. Batty of Drighlington, near Bradford; J. E. Beale, Bournemouth (The Blackmore Fashion Co.); Sasha Dolls Ltd, Stockport] 5 items: J. E. Beale 'Blackmore Doll's Pattern'; 'Dolls And How To Make Them' by Winifred M. Ackroyd; two different copies of 'A Dolls' House Designed and Built by the late Mr. T. Batty of Drighlington, Near Bradford', June 1985 Sasha Dolls booklet. All items in good condition, on aged paper. ITEM ONE: 'Blackmore Doll's Patterns \| One-Piece Dress, Bonnet, Petticoat, Bodice, Chemise and Drawers.' By J. E. Beale, Ltd. Doll Department, Bournemouth. [1920s]. Pattern in pieces of brown paper, in envelope printed with instructions and...	£180.00
[Committee of 100, London; Vietnam War; Marvin Garson; Paul Pawlowski; Ruth Oppenheim; Barry Gorden; Tom Hetherington; Phillip Francis; Edward Ludd] Resistance. Committee of 100 bulletin. [Main article 'Vietnam Weekend' by Marvin Garson, covering the International Day of Protest Against the War in Vietnam, 15 to 17 October 1965.] 8vo, 24 pp. Printed on yellow paper. In fair condition, slightly dog-eared and with rust-staining to last leaf. With photographs, advertisements, cartoon and poem. Editorial titled 'Vietniks and Dratniks'. 'Vietnam Weekend' by Marvin Garson reports on events in Berkeley, London, Aberdeen and...	£56.00
[Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, W. and R. Chambers, Edinburgh] [Printed pamphlet.] Wood-Engraving. 12mo, 16 pp. Unbound, unstitched and unopened. A half-sheet folded three times to make eight leaves. Reproduction of early engraving on first page, vignette of country scene on last page, three illustrations of tools and a further thirteen numbered figures in text. Text and images clear and...	£125.00
[British Army and Royal Navy: distribution 1866] [Broadsheet, folded] "The Mess-Room Companion" from the "British Army and Navy Review" For January, 1866 ... [detailed information about the Army and Navy in 1866]. Two pages, broadsheet, 64 x 50cm, one side giving the "Distribution of the British Arny" (in red and black), the other the "Distribution of the British Navy in Commission" (in blue and black), folded, small closed tears on folds, and other very minor defects. An attractive piece obviously...	£850.00
Frederick J. Hanbury, botanist [Frederick Janson Hanbury; F.J. Hanbury] Autograph Letter Signed 'Frederick J. Hanbury", botanist, to [the Rev. C. W ] 'Shepherd', a fellow-botanist, and the inclusion of Shepherd's 'catalogue' ('London Catalogue of British Plants?') Four pages, 12mo, Hanbury asks some questions about a 'catalogue' [presumably of plants found in Kent] Shepherd has sent him. "With these few exceptions your capital list is perfectly plain & straightforward". He has questions about Trollius europoeus, Wrotham Waters, Hypericum Montanum ('a...	£225.00
'Edward Thunder' [satirical political poster for the Sussex election, held at Chichester, 12 March 1820; national debt] Contemporary manuscript transcription (on paper watermarked 1818) of a satirical political poster from Brighton by 'Edward Thunder', produced for the Sussex election held at Chichester in 1820. Folio, 1 p. On paper watermarked 'J WHATMAN \| 1818'. Written out in a very neat hand over thirty lines, over the 'signature' 'Edward Thunder.', and with the printer's slug reproduced in the bottom left-hand corner.Begins 'How I Mourn \| For the Blindness of my \| Countrymen!' The writer expresses...	£125.00

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