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Imprimerie Protat Frères, Macon, France (Georges Protat & Neveu Srs.) [Commandant Emmanuel Martin] One Autograph Letter Signed ('<Emile?> Protat) and one letter in a secretarial hand, both to Martin. Both items 12mo, 1 p. Both in good condition. The secretarial letter (docketed in purple 'Repondre le 1r mars 1914'): The 'cliché Durocher', which appeared 'dans le No d'Avril 1913, page 62, et qui doit passer aussi dans le Dictionnaire [des ex-libris français] Wiggishof [...] a été designé par... |
£85.00 | |
J.B. Arbuthnot,under pseud. "Sassenach" 128pp., 8vo. Foxing, covers marked, pictorial dj damaged (protected with plastic, sound. INSCRIBED by the author who published the book pseudonymously as "Sassenach": "With best wishes from the Author / JB Arbuthnot / Dec 8th 1932". |
£100.00 | |
Darrell Figgis Review Copy (slip enclosed loosely). Original printed grey wraps, some wear, mainly good, contents good. From the library of Robert Lynd, reviewer, author, and nationalist. COPAC lists copies at BL, LSE, NLW. |
£80.00 | |
Admiral Lord George Paulet, CB (1803-1879) Autograph Letter Signed ('Geo. Paulet') to Smith, former Gunnery Officer on H.M.S. Carysfort. 12mo, 4 pp, 40 lines. On slightly grubby and creased paper, with a couple of tiny closed tears. Paulet writes that he has been 'saying much in [Smith's] favor' to 'Sir W. Gage' [Admiral Sir William Hall Gage (1777-1864), a member of the Board of Admiralty]. Gage considers the certificate Paulet... |
£56.00 | |
George Varenne Reed (1816-1886), anglican clergyman, tutor to Charles Darwin Three Autograph Letters Signed (all 'G V Reed') to Benjamin Harrison, Archdeacon of Maidstone. All three items are good, though lightly aged, each with a thin strip from previous mounting adhering to the blank reverse of the second leaf of the bifolium. Letter One (12mo, 1 p). Thanking Harrison 'for the copy of your Charge' ['Prospects of peace for the Church in the Prayer Book and its... |
£100.00 | |
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-1870) [Edmund Hodgson, bookseller and auctioneer, 192 Fleet Street; The Booksellers' Provident Institution, Abbots Langley] Autograph Letter Signed ('Clarendon') to Edmund Hodgson. 12mo, 1 p, 11 lines. Good, with thin strip of discoloration along the outer edge. He is grateful to Hodgson 'for thinking of me'. Nothing would give Clarendon greater pleasure 'than to meet the Members of the Booksellers Provid[en]t Institution at Abbot's Langley', but unfortunately he has to go... |
£56.00 | |
James Orton, English Victorian poet Autograph Letter Signed to 'R. Steggall' [perhaps the organist Reginald Steggall]. 12mo, 4 pp. Good, with spotting to second leaf of bifolium. Steggall and Orton's 'mutual friend (our very dear friend)' Mrs. Kent has written to tell Orton that Steggall 'will be happy to see my son on Saturday evening at 6'. Orton is grateful to Steggall for thinking 'of my anxiety to retain... |
£56.00 | |
John Gough Nichols (1806-1873), printer and antiquary [William Upcott (1779-1845), antiquary and autograph collector] Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent [probably William Upcott]. 12mo, 3 pp. Very good. Nichols regrets not seeing the recipient 'again before I left the Institution on Tuesday, to thank you for your kind attention' [Upcott was sub-librarian at the London Institution]. He is sending him a proof (presumably of an article in the Gentleman's Magazine), 'that you... |
£85.00 | |
Queen Adelaide [Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen] (1792-1849), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, consort of King William IV (1765-1837) Autograph Letter Signed ('A R'), with red wax seal, to her servant 'Mrs. <Ballmigue?>'. 12mo, 1 p. Slight damage and loss at head, affecting one line of text. The seal, with a clear impression of a crown above the letters 'A R'., in a rectangle roughly 1 x 1.5 cm, adheres to the reverse of the second leaf of the bifolium, which also carries the name of the recipient, and has been... |
£125.00 | |
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), English poet Autograph Letter Signed to Reginald H. Leon, in envelope addressed in autograph. 12mo, 1 p, with mourning border. Good, on lightly creased paper. Asking Leon to forward the book he wishes to have autographed. 'I will do so with pleasure.' The envelope is addressed to Leon at 6 Brendon House, Great Woodstock St, London W1. Docketed in red ink above address on front of... |
£25.00 |