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[Sir Thomas Phillipps, antiquary and bibliophile]. [Prospectus] The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham . . . by G. Lipscomb. Two pages, 4to, slightly foxed and soiled, small tear at fold. INSCRIBED in the hand of John Bowyer Nichols, the book's printer, "Respectfully submitted to Sir Thomas Phillipps Bart." |
£85.00 | |
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[TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE] William Gossip (1704?-72?), 'Library Keeper of Trinity College in the University of Cambridge' One page, on laid watermarked paper roughly thirteen inches by eight wide. Good though lightly creased and aged. Begins 'These are to Certifie whome it may concerne that William Gossip A.M. Library Keeper of Trinity College in the University of Cambridge came before his Majestys Justices of the... |
£150.00 | |
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[White, Cochrane and Co. , booksellers [BBTI 1812; Maxted 1812-1816], publishers [see BLC] One page, 4to, good condition. The printed circular is a request for the "early settlement" of an outstanding bill, adding that "A Catalogue of the whole of the extensive and valuable Stock of the late Partnership, is now published; and each article will be sold, for ready money, with a Discount... |
£120.00 | |
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[William Reynolds, bookseller, binder, stationer, letterpress and copperplate printer, newspaper vendor (BBTI has only bookseller, stationer] Invoice, printed heading, account of Sir Robert Kennedy. One page, 8vo, stained and small hole but text clear and complete. Charges for a book on poultry, a Portuguese dictionary and a binding job. |
£30.00 | |
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[YALE UNIVERSITY] George Patrick Goold (1922-2002), William Lampson Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Yale University [Richard Bentley; Blackwell's of Oxford; Loeb Classical Library] Both letters two pages, quarto. LETTER ONE (annotated in ink with some ink marks in the blank space beneath Goold's signature): Written at the point at which Goold was relinquishing the University College Latin Chair to return to Yale. 'I told you I should be visiting Yale this autumn; and now I... |
£200.00 | |
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A. Webley, bookseller, at the Bible and Crown in Holborn, near Chancery-Lane Advertisement leaf containing list of architectural books. Dimensions roughly eight inches by five and a half. Very good on aged paper. All but top edge rough. One page, blank reverse. Announces that Webley sells 'BOOKS in all FACULTIES and SCIENCES, Containing upwards of Twelve Thousand Volumes, in Various Languages, and in every Branch of Literature,... |
£200.00 | |
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Ben Abramson, American bookseller and publisher (1898-1955). Typed Letter Signed to Eimar O'Duffy, Irish author. One page, 4to, good condition. He gives belated thanks for writing to them "and sending us your contribution for our catalogue." They delayed so that thanks would accompany a copy of the catalogue. They have sent the catalogue under separate cover and "hope you will find it enertaining. Too, we... |
£60.00 | |
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Bertha Coolidge Slade [Maria Edgeworth; Constable and Company; Richard Clay and Sons] Stapled and unbound. Octavo: four leaves (eight unpaginated pages). On aged and lightly spotted paper. Vignette on title page. Includes list of plates and 'Specimen Entry' of pages 51-3. Verso of last leaf headed 'from CONSTABLE'S BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST', comprising 'THE CARTER-POLLARD DISCLOSURES... |
£30.00 | |
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Bertram Dobell, bookseller and man of letters (DNB). Autograph Letter Signed "B. Dobell" to [Walter] Jerrold, man of letters. Two pages, 8vo, vestiges of an album page on reverse, good condition. He sent a presentation copy of his "Rosemary & Pansies", somne of which "appeared in the privately printed ed[ition]" he gave him. He also sends a booklet "by one 'Lucian Lambert' - a gentleman who seems to have a good... |
£50.00 | |
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Bickers; Alfred Cooper; W. Downing; T. Gladwell; W. George; Kerr & Richardson; C. Lowe; Uriah Maggs; J. Mathews; J. Neale; Parry & Hales; W. Paterson; Reeves & Turner; J. Roche; H. Sotheran; H. Young Thirty-one secondhand booksellers' catalogues (one a duplicate). all octavo, in worn nineteenth-century binding, with front hinge loose. New endpapers. All items good, on aged paper with occasional foxing. An invaluable collection, providing a snapshot of secondhand bookselling in provincial Victorian England within an extremely short timescale. Several of... |
£750.00 |
