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Francis Storr (1839-1919), M.A., editor of the Journal of Education; Master of Marlborough College, 1864-75; Merchant Taylors' School, 1875-1901 [Edward John Shepherd (1805-1874); Thomas Hardy] 12mo, 3 pp. Bifolium. Thirty-two lines. Very good, on lightly-aged paper, apart from the tearing away of the single-word answer to 'a very old riddle' in ancient Greek from Sir Thomas Browne, resulting in the loss of a few words of text from the reverse. Begins by thanking Shepherd for the... |
£45.00 | |
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Rev. E.J. Shepherd, Rector of Luddesdown, Author of "The History of the Church of Rome . . ." Pamphlet, sewn as issued, [40]pp., 8vo, good+. |
£56.00 | |
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Rev. E.J. Shepherd, Rector of Luddesdowne, Kent. Reprinted from Practical Sermons edited by the Rev. J.C. Crosthwaite. Pamphlet, sewn as issued, [16]pp., 8vo, some soiling but mainly good. |
£56.00 | |
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Rev. Edward John Shepherd, Rector of Trotterscliffe, Kent. 88pp., 8vo, sewn as issued, plain wraps in poor condition, foxing, contents mainly good. Inscribed by the Author: "Mrs Wigan | With the Author's respectful Compts" and manuscript notes in another hand of the texts for the sermons on the titlepage.This other hand has written the brief title on... |
£95.00 | |
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Rev. S. R. Maitland [Samuel Roffey Maitland; J. G. F. & J. Rivington, London booksellers] 8vo: [iv] + [70] + [i] pp. The body of the text is paginated 75-144, with the six letters numbered seven to twelve. At the end of the volume are an index to the whole work, and a title-page for Maitland's 'Twelve Letters on Fox's Acts and Monument' (Rivingtons, 1841). In original buff wraps,... |
£95.00 | |
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Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow [Sydney H. Waterlow; Sydney Waterlow] (1822-1906), Lord Mayor of London, 1872-1873; philanthropist Autograph Letter Signed ('Sydney H Waterlow') to Rev. Charles W. Shepherd. 12mo, 2 pp. On bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and foxed paper. Concerning the payment by Waterlow of a tithe on a property he purchased the previous May. From the Shepherd family archive. |
£56.00 | |
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T. Bensley. Autograph Receipt Signed (J. Stockdale, publisher) Printer (d.1833). One page, c.7 x 3", signs of laying down, some marking but text decipherable. "Recd Jany 31, 1795, of Mr. John Stockdale by a Note at Ten Months) the Sum of Four Hundred & Seventeen Pounds 18/- for Printing & Hotpressing Perry's Pocket Dictionary, as per Bill delivered... |
£85.00 | |
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The Van Diemen's Land Company [The Burnie (Tasmania) Timber & Brick Company Limited] The Van Diemen's Land Company was formed in 1824 by a group of London merchants, including Charles Richard Fenwick (1822-1888) and Thomas Dyer Edwardes (d.1912), to supply wool for the British textile industry. It received a Royal Charter the following year. In 1826 it was granted 350,000 acres... |
£100.00 | |
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Trinity College, Cambridge University, 1899 [Rev. Charles William Shepherd] 8vo, 4 pp. Neatly printed on watermarked laid paper. Fair, though slightly grubby and creased. The words 'First Issue' are in the top left-hand corner of the first page. The heading reads 'Trinity College, Cambridge. | June 21 and 22, 1899. | The following Members of the College have accepted... |
£56.00 | |
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William Collings Mathison (d.c.1891), Trinity College, Cambridge University [Rev. Charles William Shepherd] 4to, 2 pp. On a bifolium. Neatly printed on watermarked laid paper. Clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. The first paragraph reads 'I BEG to inform you that you will be [last two world replaced by 'are'] of standing to take the degree of M.A. next [last word replaced by 'this'] term... |
£56.00 |
