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'Our Political Orphan', i.e. George Robert Aberigh-Mackay (1841-1881), Professor of English Literature in Delhi College, tutor to the Raja of Rutlam, and principal of the Rajkumar College at Indore Serious Reflections and other Contributions. By the late George Aberigh [sic] Mackay, under the nom de plume of Our Political Orphan. [3] + 306pp., 12m. In original printed grey cloth. In fair condition, on aged paper, in worn and damp-stained binding. Small ownership signature of 'Colonel Hag. R.A.' at head of title page, and stamp on front pastedown of booksellers 'Thacker & Co. Ld., Bombay.' Uncommon: only four copies...	£280.00
Robert Lynd reporting firsthand on the Irish situation in 1920 for the "Daily News". [Small archive; Ireland 1920] Robert Lynd & the Daily News, Telegrams & Articles on Ireland, 1920 The items gathered here comprise telegrams of copy sent from Ireland by Robert Lynd to his Fleet Street newspaper, the London Daily News, together with manuscripts of his editors on the paper, and his own collection of newspaper cuttings of his articles, some gathered together with a view of...	£2,800.00
Sir Henry Irving [John Henry Brodribb] (1838-1905), English actor-manager [ Walter Herries Pollock, editor of the Saturday Review ] [ Henry Irving, Victorian actor-manager. ] Autograph Note Signed ('Henry') and in his own hand (!) to 'Walter' [his friend Walter Herries Pollock?], regarding sending 'places' to 'Saville', and a reading of 'Macbeth in Birmingham'. 1p., 16mo. In good condition, lightly-aged. The note reads: 'Tuesday \| Dear Walter \| Yes - yes - yes. \| The places I will send to Saville \| Tomorrow I read Macbeth in Birmingham \| Every yours aff \| Henry'.	£80.00
Sir George Courthope (1877-1955), Prime Warden, Goldsmiths' Hall, and Conservative Party politician [ The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, City of London livery company ] [ Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, City of London livery company. ] Printed facsimile 'Report to the Livery' by Prime Warden Sir George Courthope, describing the Company's recent 'good and bad days'. 4pp., folio. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly-aged. With facsimile signature of 'George Courthope'. The document begins: 'Dear Sir, \| The last Report to the Livery was issued in Professor Hutton's Prime Wardenship at Christmas, 1942. I succeeded him in May, 1943, and this Report coincides...	£80.00
Adolf Petrenz (1872-1915) [the cancelled 1916 Berlin Olympic Games] [German pamphlet discussing the plans for the 1916 Berlin Olympics (subsequently cancelled). ] Olympia 1916. 56pp., 8vo. On aged, chipped paper, with slight damage at spine, rusted staples, and stamps of the Bibliothek Sporthochschule Köln. With loose damaged remains of brown printed wraps. Largely unopened. Berlin was selected as host city in July 1912, and preparations for the event began later in...	£280.00
'Le Docteur Revel' [ Doctor Hugues Cléry of Marseilles, France ] [ 'Le Docteur Revel' and Doctor Hugues Cléry of Marseilles, printed pamphlet in French on asthma. ] L'Asthme et La Poudre du Docteur H. Cléry, Antiasthmatique du Tigré. Par le Docteur Revel. 31 + [1]pp., 12mo. Disbound. In fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. No copy of the present item traced, either on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat, or in the Bibliothèque Nationale, but WorldCat does record one copy of ''La Vérité sur le remède d'Abyssinie poudre antiasthmatique' by Hugues...	£120.00
Ulla-Brit Edberg (b.1928), Swedish playwright [Kungliga Teatern, Operan; Sveriges Radio.] [ Ulla-Brit Edberg, Swedish playwright. ] Unpublished typescript of English 'draft of translation' of the play 'Paris - tidig morgon', titled 'Paris - Early Morning'. In two parts. 105pp., 8vo. Duplicated typescript, in two parts, each with title-page, continuously paginated. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. The piece, described as a 'musikdramatiskt' (music drama), was produced in 1976 by the Kungliga Teatern, Operan, and in 1977 on the Sveriges Radio. No other...	£220.00
Sinclair Beiles (1930-2000), South African beat poet, associate of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin and pioneer of the 'cut-up' technique [ David de Keyser (b.1927), English actor ] [ Sinclair Beiles, South African beat poet. ] Typed Letter Signed ('Sinclair') to 'Dear Emperor of France & Asturias' (David de Keyser?), with title-page only of play 'Mort à la Campagne \| Une comédie en trois actes \| de SINCLAIR BEILES'. Letter: 1p., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. 34 lines of text. A playful (stoned?) communication. He thanks him for 'giving me the Sahara right up to the North African Coast', and explains his plans for making the area 'fertile by piping into it water from the Mediterranean'. He...	£220.00
Simon Lane [Oliver Simon Lane] (1957-2012), novelist, playwright, bon viveur and wit [ Simon Lane, novelist and bon viveur. ] Typescripts of two unpublished plays, the first signed by the author: 'Anagrams' and '"Petipa Dort" or "The Sleeping Princess Revised (again)"'. In his obituary in the Independent, Lane was described as 'one of those writers whose published oeuvre is only matched by the supreme fiction of their own existence'. The present two pieces, both unpublished, date from his time studying theatre design at Wimbledon Art School, before 'launching...	£350.00
Seymour Aubrey Papert (b.1928), MIT mathematician and computer scientist, pioneer of artificial intelligence, inventor of Logo Programming System [ Dona Papert Strauss; Charles Ehresmann (1905-1979) ] [ Seymour Aubrey Papert, MIT mathematician and computer scientist. ] Typed scientific paper in French: 'Sur les treillis des ouverts et les paratopologies \| par Mrs Dona Papert et Seymour Papert'. Papert has been described by by Marvin Minsky as 'the greatest living mathematics educator'. At the time of this paper he was studying for a PhD at Cambridge University and living in London, where he was a leading figure in the revolutionary socialist circle centred on the magazine 'Socialist...	£200.00

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