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Sir Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1780-1863), 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne, Whig politician and abolitionist Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. Dimensions of paper roughly one and three-quarter inches by five and a quarter wide. Aged, ruckled, and with traces of glue from previous mounting on reverse. Reads 'Your very faithful | servt | Lansdowne', and on reverse, '<...> as if I did so I shou<...> | be referred to the answer... |
£15.00 | |
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William Marshall Craig (fl.1788-1828), English artist [Barclay's Dictionary; T. Kinnersley] Engraving by 'J Brown', from drawing by Marshall, captioned 'BARCLAY'S DICTIONARY, WORD CONJURER.' Dimensions of paper roughly ten inches by seven and a half wide. Clear impression on aged paper. Shows a standing magician waving a wand with a skull behind him and a kneeling servant hiding behind the hem of his gown, reciting a spell from a book on a table in front of him. The two demons he... |
£56.00 |
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Taffrail' (Commander Henry Taprell Dorling,1883-1968), British sailor and author Autograph Letter Signed ('T. D.') to 'E. W.' Two pages, 12mo. Very good on lightly-foxed blue paper. He has sent his correspondent's letter to the naval correspondent of The Times, and hopes 'that some good may come of it.' Would like to receive 'any more snippets you have from time to time. I didn't know, for instance, that the racing... |
£35.00 | |
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Flotsam and Jetsam [Bentley Collingwood Hilliam (1890-1965), tenor, and Malcolm McEachern (1883-1945), bass], British Music Hall entertainers of the 1920s, 30s and 40s Autograph Signatures together with Autograph self-caricatures. On piece of paper four inches by three and a half, neatly mounted on slightly larger piece of blue paper, docketed 'FLOTSAM & JETSAM | 2 POPULAR ENTERTAINERS'. The crude caricatures (probably by Hilliam rather than McEachern) consist of a crude and highly-stylised image of the heads and... |
£45.00 | |
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Joseph Stannard (1797-1830), English painter of the Norwich School On both sides of a piece of paper nine inches by six and a half wide. The main picture, highly finished and roughly six inches by five wide, shows six flowers with five cut stems and leaves in green, white and purple. On the reverse are the detail of the flower, roughly four inches by two wide,... |
£120.00 | |
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The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge The first five issues of 'The Saturday Magazine'. The five issues are each eight pages long and octavo. All five issues unbound, and stabbed. All good, though lightly aged and with some wear to extremities. An improving publication, produced 'Under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for... |
£165.00 | |
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E. Garrett Anderson, physician. Signature "E Garrett Anderson . Mayor / Nov 9th - 1908" One page, 8vo, addressed to A.C. Barker, 13 Graeme Rd, Enfield, with envelope (same address). With three newspaper clippings, images of Anderson. |
£33.00 | |
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George Bernard Shaw Page extracted from an autograph album, c.6 x 5", good condition. Shaw writes: "Inaugurated for Miss Hopkins (wjho ought to know better) by / G. Bernard Shaw / Tenby, 31st July 1922." Shaw had started the new album off ("Inaugurated"). |
£100.00 | |
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[The Times Book Club] The item was obviously inserted in a book borrowed from the Times Book Club. The postcard leaf is detachable from the information leaf, the first page of which is headed "The Times Book Club" adding "If you wish to keep this volume, the attached post card should be filled in and posted." The... |
£20.00 | |
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Annibale Carracci (1560-1609) Engraving, with portrait of the artist, of Carracci's funeral memorial. Dimensions of print roughly ten inches by six and a half wide. Mounted on a slightly larger piece of laid paper. Rubbed, worn and heavily aged, with small wormhole at foot. Ornate tomb with sphinxes, ivy, masks, palette, laurel wreath, etc. Central head and shoulders image of Carracci, above... |
£86.00 |
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