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Lawson Wood Autograph Letters Signed (one complete, one incomplete) to "Vale". Artist and illustrator (1878-1957). (Complete letter, 1919) Three pages, 4to, fold marks, sl. damage but text complete and clear. A detailed letter giving information about Wood's post-war activities and "busyness"), current projects, his toy manufactory, etc. He received this letter from a... |
Art and Architecture | £150.00 | |
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Liverpool Fire Prevention [Act of Parliament, 1843; British Fire Brigade] Folio: ii + 59 + [1] pp. Unbound. Stitched as issued. Text clear and entire, but in poor condition: on creased, discoloured and stained paper, with wear to extremities. Begins 'WHEREAS fires in warehouses in the borough of Liverpool have of late years been of frequent and alarming recurrence,... |
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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... |
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Lord John Russell Autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent. (Prime Minister) Three pages, 8vo, very good condition. Text as follows: I have a request to make to you, with which I hope you will compy. It is that you will serve in the Royal Commission to enquire into the state of the University of Cambrige./ Professor Sedgwick & Sir John Herschel I... |
History | £150.00 | |
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M. A. Mallet; M. F. Delmas; Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France [Civil Engineering] Inauguration du Nouvel Hotel de la Societe; le 14 Janvier 1897. Octavo: 27 pages. A rather nice production, with nine double-page plates, frontispiece and double-page table. Unbound. In original grey printed wraps, with gold foil seal of the society laid down as part of cover design. Good, in lightly aged wraps. Some tissue guards. Two essays: 'La Societe... |
French, Science, Medicine and Technology | £150.00 | |
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M. L. F. Merac [ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR OF 1812] 2 pages, 4to, on the rectos of both leaves of a bifoliate. Folded for self-mailing, and addressed on the verso of the second leaf to 'Mr: F Huth | 1 South Street | Finsbury Square'. This page, which has 'URGENT; - | On Warehousing System' printed on it, also carries two oval postmarks, one of... |
History | £150.00 | |
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Maxwell Ashby Armfield Two Autograph Letters Signed to 'Mr. Perry'[, Secretary?, Royal Society of Arts]. British stage designer (died 1971), painter, writer and lecturer. Both items one page, octavo, and very good, though lightly creased. Both signed 'Maxwell Armfield'. LETTER ONE (docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp): He has read the lecture by 'Mr. Davis', 'with great interest [...] our opinions on... |
Art and Architecture, Science, Medicine and Technology | £150.00 | |
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Midgley family of Liverpool The Midgley family were notable Lancastrian Quaker industrialists (cf. the Midgley Reference Library in the John Rylands University Library Manchester). Touching and detailed account ('at about 8.20? PM our little Darling was born - she soon told us she had a good pair of lungs') of the author's... |
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Mrs Frank Harris. Autograph Letter Signed "Nellie Harris" to Martin Secker, publisher. Widow of Frank Harris. One page, 8vo, good condition. She reminds him that she signed a contarct for the publication of an abridged version of her "husband's "Book". "Life & Loves". She has yet to receive proofss for her approval, arguing that the book is not yet published. She asks when he... |
Literature, Women | £150.00 | |
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Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton [Mrs. Eliza Hamilton] (1758-1816), Belfast-born miscellaneous writer Autograph Letter Signed ('Eliza Hamilton') to Cecilia, wife of James Losh (1763-1833) of Jesmond. Two pages, quarto. On aged paper, with several closed tears and loss at foot and remains of stub in margin, but with text clear and entire. While at Whitburn she had hoped to 'make personal enquiries after the health of [her] friends at Jesmond on a morning visit', but as this is not possible,... |
Literature, Women | £150.00 |