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Gypsy Petulengro Postcard size, very good condition. Petulengro in cotume with signature above his head, verso giving information about him, advertising his column in the Sunday Chronicle. |
£35.00 |
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J.A. Hobson [John Atkinson Hobson] (1858-1940), economist Three pages, 4to, bifolium, not bound, very good condition. Election to Burgess apparently means being the MP to represent the University at that time, apparently elected by some sort of proportional representation. In the circular, Murray's achievements, alignments, principles, and views (... |
£65.00 |
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'A Little Old Man' [Pamphlet] Asinus Loquax; or, The Talking Donkey. A Pasquinade. 24pp., 12mo, original red paper wraps, sl. chipping and staining, mainly good. From the personal library of Richard Bentley, sometime publisher, for whose House Billing did work. One copy listed on WorldCat, at the BL. |
£56.00 |
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V. Couchard, J. Houssard, Chopard Fourichon [members of an official Commission of the French Government producing a report on the foundation of a French naval expeditionary force] Folio, 30 pp. In brown leather half-binding, with marbled boards. One simple pen illustration, p. 18, showing arrangement of 'Muraille' and 'Pont'. Good, on lightly-aged paper, in worn binding. Neatly set out, in a secretarial hand, with a synopsis beside each paragraph in red ink in the widened... |
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Kedroff Quartet [vocal quartet] Signatures on detached album leaf of members of the Kedroff Quartet. Page detached from album, 17 x 14cm, good condition, headed Kedroff Quartet, with signatures, as far as I can make out, T. Kasakoff, Const Kedroff, J.. Denisoff, N. Kedroff, dated 19.1.1926. |
£125.00 |
![Kedroff Quartet [vocal quartet]](http://dev.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/catalogue_list/10249.jpg "Kedroff Quartet [vocal quartet]") |
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Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian coloratura soprano. Autograph Inscription on detached album leaf. Page of album, 17 x 14, good condition, signed as follows: Souvenir from | Luisa Tetrazzini | Stoke on Trent 9th Dec. 1921 [underlined]. On the same page, the signature Ivor Newton [pianist] who accompanied her. |
£85.00 |
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[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and others] [Printed Prospectus] The Road Club of the British Isles 8pp., large 4to, printed paper wraps, one third of back wrap (originally blank?) torn away and lost, surviving portion with address of Richard Bentley, former publisher, and postmark, some spotting and some damage to spine and edge with no further loss. An attractively produced brochure in red... |
£180.00 |
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Alexander Baillie-Cochrane [Ist Baron Lamington]. Conservative M.P., and Graecophile/Philhellene Four pages, cr. 8vo, handwriting faded but readable, folded, foxing/staining, some damage, some crudely repaired, marginally affecting text (two words lost). Baillie Cochrane discusses a visit to Greece and the political situation in Greece from the point of view of a Philhellene. Letter... |
£180.00 |
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Paul Robeson, African American concert singer (bass-baritone), recording artist, athlete and actor AND Lawrence Brown, pianist and arranger. Page detached from an album, 17 x 14cm, slightly foxed, mainly good condition, inscribed Every good wish | Paul Robeson | [Mar?] 1930 | Lawrence Brown. Note from wikipedia: Robeson and his accompanist and arranger Lawrence Brown were the first to bring spirituals to the concert stage; their... |
£100.00 |
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Richard Bentley [grandson of Richard Bentley, publisher] Death of the Broad Gauge [Letters to his father about the transition from broad to standard gauge] 18pp., 8vo, marbled boards, cloth spine, label on front, some pages damaged at spine (hinge strain), ow good. This copy if from the archives of Richard Bentley & Son, publishers, and this copy was personalized by rebinding to become Richard Bentley the Younger's own copy. A typed note has... |
£250.00 |
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