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Henry de Vere Stacpoole [Harry] (1863-1951), Anglo-Irish novelist, best known for his often-filmed book 'The Blue Lagoon' (1908) Autograph Signature ('H de Vere Stacpoole.'). On a piece of thin card roughly 8.5 x 11.5 cm. Very good. Good signature, 7.5 cm long, neatly centred. |
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John Elliot Burns [John Burns] (1858-1943), Independent Labour Party Member of Parliament for Battersea Autograph Letter Signed ('John Burns') to an unnamed male correspondent [the M.P. J. W. Logan?]. 8vo: 1 p. 14 lines of text. On aged and spotted paper, laid down on a piece of card, and with the head of the letter (not affecting the text but causing the loss of the top half of the letterhead) worn away. Originally a 2-page 12mo bifolium, but with the text from the second page laid down... |
£56.00 |
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Lionel Ellis (b. 1903), English wood engraver, artist and book illustrator [Edward Bawden] Signed Autograph Inscription to Edward Bawden. On a piece of paper, roughly 14 x 12 cm. Creased, and with a few pin holes (not affecting text). Edges untidily cut. Possibly the ffep of a presented book. Text in purple ink, with good firm signature (roughly 4.5 cm long). Reads 'To my very dear Friend | E. Bawden | [signed] Lionel Ellis |... |
£25.00 |
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Karl Loewenstein, political scientist. Typed Letter Signed to Professor Hans Kelsen, jurist. Two pages, 4to, foxing but text clear and complete. In Germanof which I understand little, but he seems to be describing his official travels in Germany after the War ("Legal Division"), mutual acquaintance and interests. He asks if he has read his book "Political Reconstruction". He concludes... |
£95.00 |
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Arthur Watson Pimm [A. W. Pimm] (b.1881), locomotive engineer and inventor [H. G. King of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers; Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd; Vickers; LNER; LMS Railways] Text of all three letters clear and entire. A well-written and well-informed correspondence relating to 'locomotive matters'. Letter One (14 October 1942): Manuscript. Foolscap, 4 pp. Good, on aged high-acidity paper. 'Knowing, and to some extent, at least, sharing' King's 'interest in loco... |
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Charles de Paravey [Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey] (1787-1871), French orientalist, palaeographer and engineer 16mo (13.5 x 10 cm): 2 pp. A bifolium, addressed on the reverse of the second leaf. The first leaf has been slightly trimmed at the bottom, resulting in some loss to the bottom line of the recto. A formal letter in the third person, written in a close, difficult hand. Carefully detailing the... |
£56.00 |
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Eva Mohr [Pablo Neruda] Item One: 'Dein Sternbild' (1960). 8vo: 7 pp. In original cream printed wraps. Stitched. Printed on the rectos of seven leaves. Good, in slightly grubby and worn wraps. German inscription to Nelly Weiss. German poem. Nicely printed on watermarked laid paper. Item Two: 'Pablo Neruda' (undated).... |
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George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster (1794-1842), bastard son of the Duke of Clarence (the future King William IV) and the actress Mrs Jordan 12mo: 1 p. Seven lines of text. On creased and lightly-aged watermarked wove paper. Regarding Sir Henry Bate Dudley's farce 'At Home', performed 'with universal approbation' at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in 1813. 'Should the Box of the Prince Regent be disengaged on Monday next at Covent... |
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Sir Jack Hobbs [Sir John Berry Hobbs] (1882-1963), Surrey and England cricketer Autograph Note Signed ('J B. Hobbs') and Initialled ('JBH') to Peter Briggs. On a piece of yellow paper (roughly 7.5 x 10 cm), laid down on a light-green page (roughly 14 x 8 cm) torn from an autograph album. Lightly aged and spotted, but good overall. Reads ' "Remember that if you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper. When you are in the wrong you can't... |
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The Bristol Bombay Bomber-Transport [Royal Air Force; aviation; aeronautics] 8vo bifolium: 4 pp. On art paper. Unbound. On aged and creased paper. Clear and complete. Arranged as a magazine article, with the text in two columns. Six photographs of the exterior and interior of the plane. Two diagrams, including one full-page and extremely detailed cross-section, captioned... |
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