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Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818-1897), Dean of Norwich from 1866 to his death, and Headmaster of Rugby, 1849-1857 [Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873); St Catharine's College, Cambridge]

ALS ('E. Meyrick Goulburn') from Rev. Edward Meyrick Goulburn, Dean of Norwich, to Rev. Dr Adam Sedgwick, FRS, Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge, regarding improvements to the canonry, and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

4pp., 12mo. 51 lines of text. Bifolium. On aged paper. The context is explained by the fact that until 1927 one canonry in the cathedral establishment of Norwich was attached to the Mastership of St. Catharine's College. The letter begins: 'I have requested the Master of Catherine [sic] [Charles...

£220.00
Harry Guest [Henry Bayly Guest] (1932-2021), Welsh poet and noted translator from French and Japanese

[A Welsh poet at work: Harry Guest.] Three Autograph Poems: ‘Climbing a Volcano’ (two drafts), ‘At Shoreham’ (holograph), and ‘Sentence’ (fragment); with covering Autograph Letter Signed to Claire Freiburger; and transcription from Abelard.

See Tony Lopez's obituary in the Guardian, 11 April 2021.The letter was sent, with Items One and Two at least, while Guest was Lecturer in English at Yokohama National University, 1966-1972. All four items are neatly written in black ink in a close hand. The first three items are in good...

£220.00
E.M. Faithfull [pseud.?][Miss Faithfull]

[Catchpenny; Spoof?; Miss Faithfull; Employment and Emigration of Women] Autograph Letter Signed E.S. Faithfull to unnamed correspondent (Madam) saying how working class women are better provided for than the educated classes.

Two pages, 12mo, remnants of tipping in process, good condition. Printed heading commences: English and Foreign Educational, Industrial, Commercial, Plain Work, Benevolent and Emigration Institute for the Employment of Women. Conducted by Miss FAITHFULL [...........] See IMAGE for the (...

£220.00
William Strong (died 1846), Bristol bookseller; John Chilcott (died 1851?), Bristol printer]

Part II. - MDCCCXXV. A Catalogue of an Extensive Collection of Books in every department of literature and in various languages, selling at the very low prices affixed, by William Strong, 3, Clare Street, Bristol. [with five other Strong catalogues]

All items octavo. Bound together in contemporary leather half-binding with red label. Good, on aged paper. Front board beginning to split. Label and stamps of Newport Reference Library. Each title-page initialed in contemporary hand 'G. S. W.' Part 2, 1825: pp.[ii] + [103]-348, items 1666 to...

Book Trade History £220.00
Major-General F.W. Stubbs, Compiler

[ Major-General F.W. Stubbs, Compiler; Bengal Artillery ] List of Officers who have served in the Regiment of the Bengal Artillery, with Tables of Successive Establishments [continued below]

[conclusion of title] Roll of the Victoria Cross, and Stations of Troops and Companies, From its first formation down to its absorption into the Imperial List. Pp.[1v].[72], p.[72] Addenda, hf.lea. spine and corners worn, some minor foxing and marking, mainly fair-good. Copies recorded at BL,...

£220.00
The Oxford Etonian Club [Eton College; Old Etonians]

[Oxford Etonian Club] Broadsheet headed 'RULES OF THE OXFORD ETONIAN CLUB.'

Printed in two columns in black and red on one side of a piece of paper seventeen and a half inches by eleven and a quarter wide. Foxed and with a few very small closed tears at points along crease lines. Thirty-six rules, listed under sections headed 'THE EXECUTIVE', 'GENERAL MEETINGS', '...

£220.00
[J. Vavasseur of 'Rothbury', Blackheath Park; Hampton & Sons, 2 & 3 Cockspur Street, London, SW]

[Book auction catalogue.] "Rothbury," Blackheath Park, [...] Catalogue of the Valuable Library formed by the late J. Vavasseur, Esq., C.B. [Partially priced, and with manuscript list of booksellers attending.]

20pp., 4to. Stapled. In original card wraps printed in black and red. 317 lots. Worn and aged and with central vertical crease to volume. Central bifolium loose. Advertisement for the auctioneers on inside front cover, and 'Time Table' on inside rear. A second day's sale, on the following day,...

Book Trade History £220.00
Arthur Beresford Pite (1861-1934), English architect, Professor of Architecture, Royal College of Art, 1900-1923 [Sir Henry Trueman Wood (1845-1929), Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]

[Arthur Beresford Pite, English architect.] Twelve Autograph Letters Signed and one Autograph Note Signed (all 'Beresford Pite') to Sir Henry Trueman Wood and G. K. Menzies, Secretaries, Royal Society of Arts, on his Cantor Lectures on Town Planning.

The thirteen items are in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. All but one bear the purple oval stamp of the Royal Society of Arts, and most are docketted. Totalling 10pp., 4to; 3pp., 12mo. The earlier letters are addressed to Wood and the later ones to Menzies. The first letter (14 August...

£220.00
[Admiralty; Mutiny; The Nore]

[Admiralty; Mutiny; The Nore; newspaper] The London Gazette Extraordinary, Wednesday, June 7, 1797

Four pages, bifolium, edges marginally damaged without affecting text, minor ink spray, aged, closed tear at halfway fold mark repaired. Statement concerning the mutiny on the Nore by HMS Sandwich etc with names of naval dignitaries (Given under our Hands, etc) and finally adding Evan Nepean's...

£220.00
Howard de Walden [Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford GCB (1799 – 1868), diplomat and politician.]

[General Oribe; Howard de Walden, diplomat; Lisbon] Autograph Letter Signed Howard de Walden to Captain Waldegrave, of HMS Revenge, concerning Genl Oribe who was not welcome in Lisbob

Howard de Walden was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the court of Lisbon from 1833. ALS, 3 pages, bifolium, good condition. Genl. [presumably 'General') Oribe - one of the Spanish Refugees - concerned in the late revolt in Spain [First Carlist War probably] is anxious to...

£220.00