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Daniel Rogers, Gentleman and Scholar, elder brother of Samuel Rogers, the poet. Autograph Letter Signed "D. Rogers" with poem initialled "D.R." to "Bromley" Three pages, 8vo, fold marks, chipped, pinholes and spikehole in centre, but mainly good with text clear and complete. He apologises for not writing sooner and discusses a book he has sent, firstly the binding, then the content in which the lives and deaths of the debauched Callistus and the... |
£850.00 | |
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[ CHEVALIER D'ÉON / CHEVALIER D'EON ] Frédérick Gaillardet Mémoires sur la Chevalière d'Éon avec son portrait d'après Latour. Important work on one of the enigmas of the eighteenth century (1728-1810), an individual whose nature remains the subject of debate. 8vo. Pages: [4 +] xvi + 444. In original brown-leather half-binding, marble boards and endpapers, blue label on spine. In good condition. Binding worn and rubbed... |
£100.00 | |
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Glasgow [COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SANITARY CONDITIONS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY GLASGOW] An extremely informative and illuminating collection of twenty-nine scarce ephemeral items in the field of socio-economic local history. All 8vo unless otherwise stated. All in very good condition, but requiring rebinding or disbinding, as the binding is in poor repair, with the spine lacking.... |
£450.00 | |
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[DICTIONARIES AND GRAMMARS, LEXICOGRAPHY] Maggs Brothers booksellers' catalogue DICTIONARIES and GRAMMARS Catalogue 891 [500 Books on Linguistics and the Diversity of Tongues]. 8vo. Pages: [2 +] 142. Frontispiece and fourteen full-page plates on art paper at rear. In good condition, in original green printed wraps, worn and torn and with closed tear at head of spine. A few marks in soft pencil. An invaluable scholarly production. |
£45.00 | |
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[John Augustin Daly (1838-99), American playwright] [J. W. Bouton; Geo. A. Leavitt & Co., Auctioneers; William Blake; John Camden Hotten] Octavo: viii + 201 pages. Good and tight, on aged high-acidity paper, with some chipping and a little light staining at foot. A few pencil marks. In original printed grubby and chipped wraps cloth-taped to spine. Front wrap annotated in pencil. Four-page introduction entitled 'A PLAYWRIGHT'S... |
£75.00 | |
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Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929) , 5th Earl of Rosebery, British Prime Minister [Lady Sybil Grant; the Durdans, Epsom; Sotheby & Co.] TWO COPIES, both octavo: iv + 158 pages. Several collotype plates, several in red and gold. In original green printed Sotheby wraps. Both items sound internally, with some wear to the wraps. One item has extensive pencil annotations to the front wraps, and the other has a few ink marks to the... |
£100.00 | |
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Edmund Dulac. Typed Note Signed to Norah Simcock, industrial artist. One page, c.6 x 5", fold marks but good condition. With original typed envelope with pencilled annotations by Simcock. Dulac's signature calligraphic as usaul. He says "Dear Mada / I shall be delighted to sign your book. / Yours very truly / Edmund Dulac" |
£100.00 | |
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Edwin Babcock Holden (1861-1906) [AUCTION CATALOGUE; THOMAS E. KIRBY, AUCTIONEER; GROLIER CLUB] Quarto. Unpaginated (circa 240 pages?). 1789 lots. Numerous plates. Good, in worn contemporary olive cloth binding, with black label. Front wrap, printed in black and red, bound in at rear. Most lots priced in manuscript. Many fine bindings, privately printed, association and Kelmscott Press... |
£150.00 | |
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J.A. Lawson. The Wandering Naturalists. A Story of Adventure. Advert. leaf, Title-page, pp.[1]-302, sl. shaken, hinge strain, corners bumped, some marking, but still a goodlooking book. The first thrust of the plot isan expedition, plant-hunting in Northern India and the Himalayas which they cross to Seksura on the River Arun in Nepal(possibly invented... |
£100.00 | |
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James Wilson. A Journal of Two Successive Tours upon the Continent in the Years , 1816, 1817, & 1818. Three volumes, 8vo, xii.476 plus four page Index and folding map (discreetly repaired); 564 plus 7-page Index; 696 plus eight page index, rebound in workmanlike but pleasant green cloth, sp. gt with Royal Institution insignia, by the Royal Institution Library from which they were purchased by Dr... |
£350.00 |
