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Captain Basil Rupert Willett [MARCONI; RADAR] Willett (died 1966) and C. E. Horton were the two Royal Navy representatives to whom, in the autumn of 1940, it was demonstrated that the 10cm ground-based, experimental radar equipment could track ships. LETTER (one page, octavo, creased and grubby, with staple holes to one corner, stamped and... |
£65.00 | |
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Captain Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage [the Ashanti Campaign; the Gambia] British soldier and colonial official (1869-1933), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate, 1920-7. All three items very good. Both letters one page, quarto; both bearing the R.S.A. stamp, and one docketed. All three items signed 'C. A. Armitage'. LETTER ONE: Thanks... |
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Chelsea Polytechnic [the South-Western Polytechnic; Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea] Scrapbook of material relating to the foundation of the Chelsea Polytechnic Institute. The South-Western Polytechnic was opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea, in 1895, to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. It changed its name to Chelsea Polytechnic in 1922. Renamed Chelsea College and formally incorporated into the University of London, 1971. An important... |
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Clyde Young Two Typed Letters Signed to [G. K.] Menzies[, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. British architect (born circa 1872), the son of Sir William Young (1843-1900), whose most important commission, the War Office, Whitehall (1900-1906) he completed. Both items one page, octavo, and very good, though on slightly discoloured and creased paper, one piece bearing pin holes and the... |
£56.00 | |
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Francis Brett Young [ADMIRALTY RESEARCH LABORATORY] Autograph Letter Signed [to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. Novelist, short story writer and poet (1884-1954). Two pages, quarto. Very good, though dusty and with small staple holes to one corner. Docketed. Apologises for the late reply to the invitation to join the Society ('the oversight was due to the intervention of leave and other causes'). 'Though... |
£45.00 | |
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George William Reid [BRITISH MUSEUM DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS] Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev. C. H. Middleton[-Wake]. Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum (1819-87). One page, 12mo. Docketed in ink on blank second leaf of bifoliate. 'I feel it my duty to publish a second edition of our Catalogue of Duplicates before the Sale takes place as there are so many mistakes. | As you went through the... |
£56.00 | |
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Gerard Guttman [ Algeria; Les Prestataires; Foreign Labour Company; British Expeditionary Force; Pioneer Corps; the Holocaust ] An extremely interesting and moving if frail survival: items of various sizes, many discoloured, creased, frayed and stained. The first item, 'THE HISTORY OF THE PRESTATAIRES IN ALGERIA. | Dedicated by one of them to the Major, recruiter of Pioneers for the 337 Alien Coy. in Hussein Dey.' (two... |
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Grevile M. Livett, B.A., F.S.A., Honorary Canon of Rochester Early Kent Maps. (Sixteenth century). Offprint of pp.247-77. Small 8vo. 4 plates, 3 of them folding. Foxed, loose copy with closed tear and crease to first leaf. In original light-brown printed wraps, which have become detached.. Presentation copy, with inscription to 'Mr. Edward Lynam from the writer' on front wrap. Manuscript... |
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Guy Morgan Typed Note Signed to the Royal Society of Arts. Architect, town planner and foxhunter (born 1902). One page, quarto. Very good, with staple holes to top left-hand corner. Docketed in pencil. He has 'just returned from a trip in Egypt, conducted by Leonard Cotterell'. 'It occurred to me that it would be a good idea for him to give a lecture at... |
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Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Autograph Letter in the third person to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. British diplomat (1858-1918) 'H. M. Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beirut, Syria, and for the Lebanon, 1908-14' (Who's Who). One page, octavo. Very good. In reply to the Secretary's letter 'regrets very much not having been able to take advantage of the Council's kind invitations [to attend... |
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