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Thomas Townson. Divine and theological writer (1715-1792). A printed form, one page, some damage incl. tear on fold, but text clear and complete, with manuscript additions, the latter including a signature, place and date (ms adds in square brackets, as follows: [I the} underwritten do recommend [Sir Roger... |
£100.00 | |
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Thomas Watson. Autograph Letter Signed to Dawson Turner, philanthropist and educationalist,(1815-1885) Physician (1792-1882). Two pages, 8vo, bifoliate, some marking but mainly good condition. He requests his pamphlets on "hygiene" and "Hints of Remedies". He reveals that he has read that Turner is in Holy Orders, and asks if he is also a Doctor. |
£50.00 | |
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W.B. Maxwell. Autograph Letter Signed to Clement Shorter, ed. The Sphere, etc. Novelist. One page, 8vo, fold mark, good condition. "I cannot refrain from writing to thank you for two kindly notices of my work that you have given in recent numbers of "The Sphere"; & I trust you will not consider me troublesome for doing so, or for saying that it gave me much pleasure to... |
£35.00 | |
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William Sotheby. Autograph note signed to William Jerdan, editor of the Literary Gazette. Litterateur and Poet (1757-1833). One page, 4to, fold marks, minor tears and staining, clear and good. Sotheby asks Jerdan "If there be time, l;et the Two last lines of the Proem [underlined] be -/ "And, in his grave while falls a Nation's tears,/ I strow these fading flours on Scott's untimely... |
£350.00 | |
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Alexander Siemens. Electric Transmission of Power (Pamphlet - Offprint. A Paper read before the North of England Institute of Mining and mechanical Engineers. General Meeting at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, December 8th, 1894 (Excerpt from the Transactions of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, London and Newcastle, 1895). 26pp., tall 8vo, 2... |
£80.00 | |
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The Cunard Steam Ship Company Limited Offer for Sale of £4,000,000 Seven per cent. (Title continued) Mortgage, Debenture Stcok at the Price of £90 per cent. 4pp., folio, folded, front sl. stained, mainly good. WITH: enclosure of blank application form, good condition. Two items, |
£100.00 | |
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Anna Bishop. Autograph Letters Signed (x 2) to Mrs [Henry?] Brewster. Ann[a] Bishop, singer (1814-1884)(DNB). (No date) Three pages, 8vo, fair but legible, edge rough where extracted from an album.. She is sorry not to have been able to see her. She is travelling to Australia on that day and willbe in England in four months. She apologises for the writing, giving... |
£100.00 | |
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Thomas Carlyle. Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. C.4 x1.5", staining from having been laid down, signature clear, no indication that it has been clipped from a letter 1. |
£50.00 | |
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Walter Besant. Autograph note signed to illegible correspondent. [Manad?} Novelist and miscellaneous writer (1836-1901). One page, 8vo, good condition. The scheme you refer to is not mine but (originally) that of the Rev. Dr Paton of Nottingham. I have given away all the papers in connection with the movement and therefore I must refer you to him |
£40.00 | |
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Wm Thompson. Autograph Note Signed "To the Librarian of the London Institution". Lord Mayor of London (Boase). One page, 8vo, some discoloration, text clear and complete. "To the Librarian of the London Institution- You will please to admit The Revd. Saml. Smith to the library & Lectures of the London Institution as my substitute". |
£45.00 |
