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Julius Löwenberg [Lowenberg] 8vo: 68 pp. In original printed wraps. Good, with light vertical crease to front wrap. Six copies on COPAC, but none at the British Library. |
£56.00 | |
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Mary Augusta Ward (1851-1920, nee Arnold), English novelist 'Mrs. Humphry Ward' Autograph Signature ('Mary A. Ward.') on fragment of letter. On piece of lightly discoloured paper roughly 4 x 10 cms, with horizontal fold on left. Reads '[typed] Yours sincerely, | [signed] Mary A. Ward.' Docketed in pencil at foot 'Mrs Humphry Ward 1914'. |
£15.00 | |
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Sir Hans Sloane [later Hans Sloane-Stanley] (1739-1827), Member of Parliament for Southampton Autograph Note Signed ('Hans Sloane') to John Fuller junior. 12mo: 1 p. On discoloured paper slightly damaged in one corner (not affecting text) by breaking of wafer. Second leaf of bifolium carrying address and postmarks. He received Fuller's letter containing a bill of twenty pounds from his brother. 'All here join in best love to you and believe me... |
£20.00 | |
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Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932), Scottish biologist, botanist and pioneer of urban planning Autograph Signature ('P. Geddes') on fragment of letter. On piece of grey paper 1.5 x 10 cms. Good. Reads '[in another hand] Yours faithfully, | [signed] P. Geddes'. Good firm signature, slightly overlapping lower loop of the central 'f' in 'faithfully'. |
£15.00 | |
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Sir Thomas Gage, 8th Baronet (d.1754) [created Viscount Gage in 1720] [James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (1689-1716)] Twelve pages on six folio leaves, apparently disbound from the 1803 reprint of the Journals of the House of Commons, and paginated 351-362. Discoloured, and with chipping to extremities (not affecting text). Summarises the statements of various individuals concerning the matter. The first of the... |
£85.00 | |
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[The Fabian Society; H. St. J. B. Philby; Arthur Greenwood; Sidney Webb] 4to: 4 pp. Unbound bifolium. On lightly discoloured and spotted paper, lightly worn at extremities. Central horizontal fold. Gives details of eight lectures, by, successively, H. Finer ('Impressions of America'), Montague Fordham ('The Rural Problem'), R. B. Forrester ('Co-operative Marketing... |
£45.00 | |
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Dame Laura Knight (1877-1972), English impressionist painter [The Artists' General Benevolent Institution] Cyclostyled signature ('Laura Knight') on receipt. On blue paper 10 x 18 cms. Good, with trace of previous white paper mount on reverse. Printed receipt, filled in in manuscript. Reads 'No. [32] 5, VIGO STREET, | W.1. | [June 2nd 1937] | Received a DONATION of [One Guinea] | from [The Misses Ruck] | for the ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT... |
£56.00 | |
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Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911), Liberal Member of Parliament, civil servant and translator of Goethe Autograph Letter Signed ('Edgar A. Bowring') to Thomas Flood. 12mo: 4 pp. On lightly creased paper, with spotting and some staining to the verso of the second leaf of the bifolium. Apologises at length for not being able to attend 'the next General Public Meeting [...] of the Committee for Sir E. W. Watkin's [Sir Edward William Watkin (1819-1901), railway... |
£28.00 | |
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Autograph Letter in the third person. 12mo: 2 pp. Small embossed gilded crest in top left-hand corner of first page. On lightly discoloured paper, with several folds for postage and crease to one corner. Small square cut away from blank second leaf of bifolium, which also carries traces of previous mounting. A formal letter written... |
£150.00 | |
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W.H. Hudson, naturalist and writer. Autograph Note Signed to George Bentley, publisher. One page, 8vo, stain marginally invading text but not obscuring it. He acknowledges his receipt of Bentley's note and would be happy to see him at any time. {Presumably they were to discuss the possibility that Bentleys might publish him. In fact, they never did.] |
£75.00 |
