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Sir Frederick William Duke Autograph Letter Signed to [G. K.] Menzies[, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. British colonial administrator (1868-1924), Member of Council of India, 1914-19, and Permanent Under Secretary of State for India from 1919. Two pages, 12mo. Folded once. Very good, though lightly creased and a little discoloured. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. Referring to a previous letter... |
£35.00 | |
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John Adams-Acton Autograph Letter Signed to "Mr Marks". Or John Adams Acton (DNB). Sculptor. Three pages, 8vo, some staining but mainly good condition. "Your note relating to the Terra Cotta Bust of your Good Father has just been brought under my notice, I should have been pleased to send for the Bust; but to my surprize and disgust the Earls Court... |
£85.00 | |
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Lord (John) Cuningham. Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent. [Collyer]. Advocate, held courtesy title " Lord" in 1837 until he resigned in 1853. (See Boase.) Two pages, 4to, staining at edges, small tear, text clear and complete. He takes the liberty of introducing a Charles M Laren [Maclaren, see DNB, editor of "The Scotsman"], who expects to pass a month in Rome a... |
£150.00 | |
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William Cooke. Naval Captain. Receipt for wages headed "USS Queen of France / To William Cooke. With list of payments with dates and details. " 7 Jan [1789] wages . . .@ 18 dollars p. mo[nth] 30.9.7" [other sums also on 7 Jan. and 12 April]. Receipt concludes "Recd Wilmington 12th April 1789 from Francis... |
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H. Buss Printed for private circulation by Thomas Danks, 9 Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1871. Ex lib, I counted eight stamps of the Brentford Free Library throughout, an accession no. written on contents page, tastefully rebound in new half leather, marble boards. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR: "To the... |
£150.00 | |
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Lord Byron 1st edition, 2nd issue. 8vo. In original plain grey wraps. Fly leaf and half-title. Pages: xi + 100 + 4 pages of publisher's advertisements (dated February 1814). Without the words 'THE END' or the publisher's imprint on the last page. In poor condition: grubby, frayed and stained, and with loss... |
£95.00 | |
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Maria Theresa. Queen of Hungary and Empress of Germany. In German. One page, circa 2.5 x 2 feet, vellum, folded, attractive, red mark where seal is missing, some fading but signature clear Item bought in The Czech Republic (Bohemia).. Scan provided on request. |
£350.00 | |
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William Lloyd Birkbeck 8vo. Pages: viii + 100. 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements at rear. Publisher's brown cloth binding stamped in black. Tight copy in grubby, stained, worn binding. Birkbeck was Master of Downing College and Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge. |
£20.00 | |
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Frederick Yates Autograph Letter Signed to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and other books. Frederick Yates (DNB), actor-manager, making a suggestion to make something (a play) of his "sketch" (perhaps an episode later used in Peter Priggins?). Originally from a larger archive, the residue of which is described in #3157 (Hewlett's papers), this and other items appear in my ABE... |
£45.00 | |
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Rev. William Henry Hoare. [228] pp., cr. 8vo, modern cloth binding, good condition. THE AUTHORIAL COPY, with extensive manuscript corrections and additions, with manuscript enclosures, interleaved (bound in) and with extensive manuscript additions and corrections obviously for a new edition (not published), including a... |
£850.00 |
