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Henry Campbell-Bannerman, sometime Prime Minister Autograph Note Signed H.Campbell-Bannerman to Captain Pirie. One page, 12mo, good condition, Will you give me the pleasure of dining here on Tuesday, at 8? I have J. Morley [politician and writer] coming & one or two more.	£125.00
[Irish Railways ephemera] Handbills and other ephemera relating to the Great Northern Railway Company. Seven handbills, c.14x22cm, variyng condition from fair to good, some chipping and marking, mainly advertising cheap tickets to Dublin (1, Sept. 1940), Portadown (1, Nov. 1940), and Warrenpoint (2, 1940-41). With: a. Return of Passenger Traffic at [Newtownstewart](189-); b. [Card, c.7x11cm] "...	£125.00
[Periodical; magazine] [Printed Prospectus] The Satirist; or, Monthly Meteor. Four pages, 8vo, sl. chipped and sunned but mainly good, stab-holes. It autlines plans and describes The Proprietors of the Satirist as a society of private gentlemen, whose literary connections are peculiarly extensive. They will follow the same spirited plan which fomerly distinguished the...	£125.00
[Sunday Graphic/Times] L.G. Carey, Newspaper Reader Collection of correspondence, membership cards and other ephemera tracking Carey's career as Newspaper Reader. All items freshly mounted in a photo album, very good condition. The core of the collection is a full series of membership cards for the Association of Correctors of the Press (1949-1965), London Typographical Society (1966), National Graphical Association (1967-1988). With their variant...	£250.00
[Victor Hugo; Mazzini; Kossuth] [Handbill with related letter] The Following Resolutions were unanimously adopted at a crowded and enthusiastic Public Meeting held in the Lecture Room, Nelson Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nov.12, 1855. Handbill, 20 x 25cm, laid down on another piece of paper, glue showing through in patches, mainly good. The first resolution commences That this Meeting has learned with surprise and regret of the violent expulsion of Victor Hugo and his fellow exiles from Jersey, without charge, without proof,...	£235.00
Anon. [Mrs Parker Smith?] Redfield; or, A Visit to the Country. A Story for Children. With Four Illustrations by John Absolon. With letter from publisher with good content. 90[6]pp., 8vo (six-page catalogue of Bell & Daldy's "New and Standard Publications" at end), in slipcase, green cloth in good condition, pattern in relief, gold motif of laurels surrounding the title, hinge strain at title/frontispiece, some speckling throughout, some pencilled underlining,...	£480.00
Camilla Toulmin [Camilla Dufour Toulmin] (1812-1895), later wife of Newton Crosland (1819-1899), English author and poet Autograph Letter Signed from Camilla Toulmin [Mrs Newton Crosland] to an unnamed male recipient, containing a passage from her poem 'Lines on Mr. Johnstone's Picture of the Covenanters' Marriage'. 4to, 1 p. In reply to a request for an autograph, she feels 'flattered'. She has copied out seven lines from her poem 'Lines on Mr. Johnstone's Picture of the Covenanters' Marriage' (which was published in 'The New Monthly Belle Assemblée' of 1844).	£85.00
Dante Gabriel Rossetti [Printed] Hand and Soul [Unbound sheets]. Colophon: "Here endeth the story of Hand & Soul by Dante Gabrile Rossetti which has been set in eighteen-point Garamond type. Designed and printed by Leonard Jay; assisted by Vernon S. Ganderton, presswork; Henry S. Sands, decorative title page; A. Michael Fletcher and Frances Woof,...	£350.00
F. C. Burnand [Sir Francis Cowley Burnand] (1836-1917), English comic writer and editor of 'Punch' [Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873), actor and theatrical publisher] Autograph Letter Signed from the editor of 'Punch' F. C. Burnand to T. H. Lacy, regarding the publication of a farce. 12mo, 2 pp. Bifolium. Fair, on aged paper. He begins 'Print the farce', and gives two conditions, ending 'There that's definite'. He will have the farce published after it is performed in London, 'at a good theatre of course'. 'But get on with it and lets have the proofs.' He will 'most likely'...	£56.00
George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746-1823), British admiral Manuscript bill, in French, for one day's lodging food and drink of Admiral Lord Keith during his period supervising the embarkation of Wellington's army, headed 'Mémoire pour Mr. L'amiral recommencé le 25 juin 1814' 8vo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Docketed on reverse 'pour agit \| Salles'. Initial bill of eleven items, from '1 jour de Logement 36 [francs]' to café et thé 12 [francs]', amounting to 306 francs. According to the Oxford DNB, 'In April 1814, with Napoleon on his way to Elba, Keith was...	£180.00

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