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Samuel J. Davey [booksellers' catalogues; George Cattermole; Charles Dickens; William Cowper; Isaac Newton; Lord Nelson] Quarto: 50 + [2] pp. Fold-out frontispiece giving eighteen examples of handwriting from items in the catalogue. In original orange printed wraps. Good, though a tad dusty, and in worn and faded wraps with some glue staining to back and wear to spine. Well printed, with lengthy extracts from most... |
£80.00 | |
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Samuel J. Davey, dealer, writer on autograph-collecting, and editor of "The Archivist [, and Autograph Review]". Catalogue of Interesting, Choice and Rare Historical Documents and Autograph Letters [58]pp., 4to, printed wraps, three errata slips (one ascribing errors - mainly omission of prices - to Davey's illness during the catalogue's preparation), some prices absent from printed text and errata leaves added in pencil, spine damaged, edges of covers dusted, corners bumped, slight hinge... |
£80.00 | |
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Sidney Royse Lysaght (1860-1941), Irish writer who visited Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa One page, 12mo. On aged, creased and spotted paper, with remains of paper and glue and paper from mount adhering to both sides. Reads 'With S.. R.. Lysaght's compliments - | 16. viii. 07.' From the collection of the Rev. E. J. F. Davies. |
£10.00 | |
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Sir Algernon Usborne Willis (1889-1976), British Admiral of the Fleet The two items one page, on both sides of an octavo sheet. Good, with unobtrusive strip of glue along one edge of Davis's side of the leaf. Davis is 'endeavouring to make a collection of autographs of the leaders of the United Nations, and especially of the British Commonwealth of Nations', and... |
£40.00 | |
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Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman (1860-1946), British military historian and Member of Parliament Autograph Note Signed ('Charles Oman') to unnamed correspondent. One page, 12mo. Good but with paperclip spotting at head (not affecting text). Three-line quotation clearly sent in response to a request for an autograph. 'Broadmindedness, so called, is generally no more than the silly fear of being thought narrow-minded - | [signed] Charles Oman'. |
£25.00 | |
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Sir George Macdonald (1862-1940), numismatist, classical scholar, archaeologist and civil servant One page, 12mo. Very good, with a little light spotting at foot. 'Dear Sir, | I suppose it will suffice if I sign myself | Yours faithfully | Geo: Macdonald'. Docketed in pencil at foot. |
£20.00 | |
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Sir Gerald Kelly (1879-1972), portrait painter, Aleister Crowley's brother-in-law Autograph Letter Signed ('Gerald Kelly') to unnamed male autograph hunter. One page, 12mo. On ruckled paper with damage on reverse due to removal from mount. Text clear and entire. The autograph wasn't sent because Kelly was away. 'Why you want it I can't understand but since you ask for it: - here it is: -'. |
£30.00 | |
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T. H. Morrell [Bangs, Merwin & Co, auctioneers; autograph collecting; auction catalogues; Declaration of Independence; American Presidents] Octavo: 28 pp. Stabbed. In original blue printed wraps. Advertisements on back. On browning high-acidity paper, in chipped and worn wraps with damp staining to edges at rear. 298 items. Items 95-141: 'Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Presidents of the United States.' Scarce: no... |
£150.00 | |
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The Rosenbach Company. "The History of America in Documents". 135pp., printed wraps, soiled and chipped, contents good. It commences with "The Famous Manuscript Account of the Voyages of Columbus Written by Andres Bernaldez . . ." |
£75.00 | |
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Theodore Besterman 12mo: 45 pp. In original light-green printed wraps. Very good on lightly aged paper, with some sunning to wraps. Inscribed by the author "For Mary | with love & all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year, especially the show' | Th." Besterman attempts to demonstrate that the taste for... |
£75.00 |
