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C. W. Furse [Charles Wellington Furse (1868-1904); Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906), English painter]

Photographic reproduction of ink drawing by the English artist C. W. Furse, for an 1892 menu, titled 'GHOULS', and carrying an original signed inscription by Furse 'To my friend H[ercules]. [Brabazon] Brabazon. [signed] Charles W Furse.'

Portrait: 34.5 x 20 cm. Laid down on a piece of paper of the same size. Good: a little dusty and with unobtrusive 1.5 cm closed tear to left margin, and minor traces of previous mounting on reverse. Very good reproduction, on photographic paper of a complex, ghostly scene in a moonlit graveyard...

£325.00 Ghouls [C.W. Furse].
Herbert Palmer [Herbert Edward Palmer] (1880-1961), English poet [Amy Cruse, English author]

Substantial Autograph Letter Signed from Herbert Palmer to Amy Cruse, discussing in detail the relative merits of his book 'Post-Victorian Poetry' and her 'After the Victorians', with unsigned autograph draft of Cruse's reply.

Both items good, on lightly-aged paper. Palmer's letter: 4to, 6 pp. Text clear and complete. He begins by apologising if his letter to her 'sounded very ungracious': 'I was unaware at the time that you had made any acknowledgement to me, and as I have had my brains picked so frequently without...

£285.00 Substantial Autograph Letter Signed from Herbert Palmer to Amy Cruse
Maxim Gorky [L. A. Shiffner, translator, of Mrs R. V. Gill's Translating Office, Ludgate Circus, London]

Contemporary and apparently unpublished typescript translation by L. A. Shiffner of 'The Battle of the Waves for Freedom' by Maxim Gorky [Gorki]. Headed 'Forbidden in Russia'. Made on behalf of Mrs Gill's Translating Office, Ludgate Hill, London.

The story on nine numbered 4to pages, with a covering page carrying the title: 'THE BATTLE OF THE WAVES FOR FREEDOM. | By Maxim Gorki.' On the rectos of ten 4to leaves, attached by a brass pin. Text clear and complete at 26 lines to the page. On worn, discoloured paper (watermarked 'CONQUEROR |...

£450.00 'The Battle of the Waves for Freedom' by Maxim Gorky
Frances Jackson, daughter of Sir John Jackson, civil engineer and engineering contractor, according to description accompanying the letters.

Four Autograph Letters two Signed, two incomplete with no signature, to Auntie [Elsie &] Helen [young lady's experiences in India 1910]

Total 21pp., 8vo (4) and 4to (17), some marking one hole with loss of two letters, but text clear and complete. A visitor to India, she is writing to her family in England. Her letters reflect the privileged lifestyle of the colonial British with accounts of visits to the races, dances at the...

£250.00
[Napoleon; Road to Dictatorship; Constitution de l'an X]

[Pamphlet; Constitution de l'an X; Napoleon] Sénatus-Consulte, Organique de la Constitution. Extrait des Registres des Délibérations du Conseil d'Etat."

15pp., 8vo, disbound, foxing, edges frayed, small stain on last page, front grubby, text complete and clear. WorldCat only mentions the Bibliothèque Nationale copy. This is the "famous" 'Constitution de l'an X' by which Napoleon obtained virtually dictatorial powers.

 £450.00 Constitution de l'an X; Napoleon
Oscar Wilde

[Printed] The Soul of Man under Socialism

[ii].87pp., printed paper wraps, light brown paper letters in red, No. 78 of 250 copies, on last page date in pencil 12/7/3, sl. chipping and fraying at edges which are sl. sunned

 £100.00
[F.W. Trench, M.P. for Cambridge]

[Broadside; architectural proposals] Buckingham House [Extracted from the John Bull, of July 31, 1831].

Two pages, folio, 3 small closed tears, small part of a corner torn off, some marginal staining, mainly good condition. The article states that Trench some years since proposed forming a continuous quay along the nothern shore of the Thames, has published other proposals: A Proposition for the...

£180.00 Broadside; architectural proposals] Buckingham House
Cecil Harcourt Smith, sometime Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Six Typed Letters and Notes Signed 'Cecil Harcourt Smith' (Director, V & A) to Sir Henry Truman, Royal Society of Arts. With additional copy letter from Somers Clarke.

Total (Smith letters) 7pp., 8vo, RSA stamp on all, good condition. Subjects: (1917) letter from a Mr. W. Foxton; a word with a Mr. Kendrick about judging; reception of parcels for the Owen Jones Competition; (1918) measures taken because of possible increase of risk from attack by hostile...

£120.00 Six Typed Letters and Notes Signed 'Cecil Harcourt Smith'
Emir of Katsina [Nigeria] and Family Members.

Signatures of the Emir of Katsina, his son, brother, brother-in-law, and his official scribe and personal attendant on detached leaf of album.

Deatched leaf of album with these five signatures in hhArabic script [?] the rest of the page being occupied by the list of signatorees and the information about the visit to Stoke in 1921 (as above). On the verso are the signaturs of Fred Terry and Julia Neilson-Terry, actor and actress.

 £780.00 Signatures of the Emir of Katsina, his son, brother, brother-in-law
Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-born violinist and composer, AND Charlton Keith, pianist and accompanist

Bold Signatures of Fritz Kreisler and Charlton Keith below and at the side of a photograph of Kreisler taken from a magazine or programmeof an album leaf.

Detached album leaf, c.17 x 14cm, good condition,

 £65.00 Bold Signatures of Fritz Kreisler and Charlton Keith
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