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John Yeats, LL.D. [ The Society of Arts, London ] 34pp., 12mo. Drophead title, with subtitle: 'A Paper read before the Society of Arts, January 29th, 1873. Thos. Webster, Q.C., F.R.S., in the chair. For details of the discussion, &c., see Journal of the Society, No. 1054, Vol. xxi.' Disbound and without covers. In good condition, on lightly... |
£75.00 | |
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Lieutenant General Baron Charles Hompesch (d.1812) of Rosenau, Datchet, Bucks, Hungarian aristocrat serving in the British Army 1p., 8vo. On bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. The reverse of the second leaf carries part of a red wa seal, and is addressed to 'Wadeson esqr: | austin fryors [sic]'. He describes a transfer of Bank stocks he has authorised, and asks the recipient to check whether it has been... |
£60.00 | |
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Jonathan Anderson Bell (d.1865), Scottish architect and watercolourist, Secretary, Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland [ W. H. Lizars, engraver ] Printed on both sides of an 11 x 23 cm piece of grey paper. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. A nice piece of ephemera. The front is tastefully laid out, with fancy lettering and the royal crest. Numbered in red ink 1379. Recording Miss Fordyce's guinea subscription to the... |
£56.00 | |
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George Jacob Holyoake [ North of England Co-operative Printing Society, Manchester ] [Printed pamphlet.] The Logic of Co-operation. 16pp., 12mo. Disbound and without covers. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Now uncommon. |
£56.00 | |
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Henry Lemon (1822-1902), English engraver [ Messrs E. Gambert & Co., London publishers ] The three items in good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. ONE: 4 April 1858. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Addressed to 'Mr. H Moore | Messrs. Gambert & Co.' Regarding the financial arrangement surrounding his engraving 'The Miller's Daughter'. On the subject of 'the two repayment bills',... |
£80.00 | |
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George Jacob Holyoake [ Secularism in Victorian England ] [Printed pamphlet.] Secular Responsibility. 15pp., 12mo. Disbound and without covers. In good condition, lightly-aged. Now uncommon. |
£56.00 | |
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George Jacob Holyoake [ North of England Co-operative Printing Society, Manchester; Co-operative Movement in Victorian England ] [Printed pamphlet.] The Policy of Commercial Co-operation as respects including the Consumer. 16pp., 12mo. Disbound and without wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Now uncommon. |
£56.00 | |
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F. S. Boas [ Frederick Samuel Boas (1862-1957) ], English literary critic and scholar of the drama [ Leopold Edward Berman (1877-1946), proprietor of the Royalty Theatre, Lonndon ] 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition. In stamped envelope addressed to Boas at the Royalty Theatre, Dean Street. He thanks Berman for drawing his attention to the two versions of the play, adding: 'I feel that in this Goethe Centenary year, when the Urfaust is so rightly being performed, some... |
£35.00 | |
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Elizabeth Carfrae, Romantic Novelist [Mills & Boon in the 1930s] An Archive of manuscript and typescript material 'A great and important person indeed!':Elizabeth Carfrae and Mills & Boon in the 1930sThe romantic novelist Elizabeth Carfrae (Mrs Peggy Cradock, 1879-1968) was a hugely popular writer between the First and Second World Wars. Her work is of interest not only for the light it casts on popular... |
£1,850.00 | |
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F. Kornman, Book and Printseller, 168 High Holborn, London, W.C. 8pp., 12mo. Stapled. Heavily aged and worn. A trim little catalogue, with 158 books described on the first seven pages, and the last page devoted to prints. Beneath the drophead title: 'Post Office Orders to be made payable at High Holborn. | No books or prints sent on approval. | Theatrical and... |
£65.00 |
