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William Healey Dall, American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska.

Autograph Letter Signed Wm. H. Dall, naturalist and explorer, to Mrs Geo. R. Parks [née Elizabeth Robins, author], 24 Iverna Gardens, Kensington, W [London] about Mrs Pennell and the Yukon.

Two pages, 4to, fold mark, good cvondition, saying: ... It is true that I was misled by a paragraph in the N.Y. Times into the supposition that Mrs. Pennell, whose literary work I have greatly enjoyed, was the same as the author of the powerful and thrilling story of the 'Magnetic North'; but Mr...

£750.00 Autograph Letter Signed Wm. H. Dall, naturalist and explorer
[Legh Richmond]

[Pamphlet] The History of a Poor Black Widow; shewing How she grieved for the death of her Child, and the consequences of her doing so.

8pp., 12mo, light blue paper, sewn as issed, some marking, some slight chipping, mainly good, numbered 42 on title and 49 on last page in MS. COPAC lists a number of copies with various guesses at publishing date. One copy listed on Bookselling sites, with four pages (?).

 £125.00 The History of a Poor Black Widow;
[Prospectus; Education]

[Pamphlet] Brighton College. Prospectus

7pp., 8vo, disbound, hence spine frayed, otherwise good. Henry Cotterill, eminent Anglican, named in this pamphlet, was the College's second principal, appointed in 1851. Note: Founded in 1845 by William Aldwin Soames, who collected a group of like-minded local citizens to join him in the task (...

£135.00 Brighton College. Prospectus
Anon.

[Pamphlet] The Gospel in Paris. Miss de Broen's Mission to the Communists at Belleville.

8pp., 12mo, beige printed paper wraps, some foxing, mainly good condition. No copy on COPAC or WorldCat. Note: In 1871, residents of the incorporated neighborhood of Belleville were some of the strongest supporters of the Paris Commune. When the Versailles Army came to reconquer Paris in May of...

£125.00 Miss de Broen's Mission to the Communists at Belleville.
Sir Francis Head, known as Galloping Head, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837 (1793– 1875) [Francis Bond Head].

Autograph Note, third person [Francis Bond Head, soldier] instructing Bank to stop subscription to Library.

One page, 12mo, faint stains, mainly very good: Sir Francis Head has this day directed Messrs. Praed Co. to discontinue to pay, on the 2d of May £2 to the London Library.

 £38.00 Sir Francis Head, known as Galloping Head,
Anon.

[Pamphlet] Facts and Opinions in Favour of legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister

Eight pages, disbound, faint foxing, mainly good condition. Note: Marriage Law Reform Association was established in 1851 to try to change public and parliamentary opinion. No copy listed on COPAC or WorldCat.

 £125.00 Opinions in Favour of legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister
Samuel Smith, M.P.

[Pamphlet] The Administration of 'Barrack Schools' for Pauper Children. A Speech by Samuel Smith, Esq., M.P.

13pp., 12mo, beige paper wraps, slightly damaged at edge (crude internal repair in two places), fron cover partly detached at staples, and a few small stains on wraps, mainly good. No copy listed on COPAC or WorldCat.

 £135.00 The Administration of 'Barrack Schools' for Pauper Children
Henry Dunn

[Printed] Strictures on the Rev. Francis Close's 'Justification' of his charges against the British and Foreign School Society

Four pages, 8vo, unbound as issued, some staining but mainly good condition. His starting point is whether the British and Foreign School Society is responsible for what is taught and done in the Harp-Alley School. An answer to A Justification of the Charges brought against the British and...

£38.00 Strictures on the Rev. Francis Close's 'Justification'
Henry Carey Baird

[Pamphlet] The Eastern and Western Questions. Turkey and the United States: How they travel a common road to ruin. Addressed by way of warning to President Hayes.

16pp., 8vo, disbound, frayed spine, staining of last page, otherwise good. COPAC and WorldCat lists several copies.

 £95.00 The Eastern and Western Questions.
[Sailing; Brasil Coast] Anon.

[Book] Sailing Directions for the Coast of Brazil from Maranham to Rio Janeiro. Compiled from the Latest Surveys . . .With an Appendix to 1867.

134pp., 8vo, original blue printed wraps, worn and chipped with two closed tears, contents good. Presumably an update of the 1856 work. No copy listed on COPAC or Worldcat.

 £165.00 Sailing Directions for the Coast of Brazil from Maranham to Rio Janeiro.
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