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Edward Caruana Dingli, Maltese artist. Four pages, 12mo, a word for a part of a destroyed building cut out (text runs, including part of the [...cut out, in fact CENSORED]), otherwise clear and in good condition. He begins by discussing Tuckwell's recent operation, praising doctors,concluding that it's no wonder your nation heads the... |
Art and Architecture | £350.00 | |
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Lady Margaret Sackville [ Pamphlet; poetry ] A Rhymed Sequence One of 50 copies (numbered 33}, 8pp., 4to, printed paper wraps, sewn, with device of the Press on front cover/title, good condition. |
£50.00 | ||
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Lord Horder [ Offprint; medical; Inscribed by Author ] The Use and Abuse of Rest Paginated [1]-4, 8vo, unbound as issued, sl. chipped, minor fold marks, mainly good condition. Inscribed Sincerely Yours, | Horder | 7/xi/47 |
£25.00 | ||
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Sir Philip Hartog, A.N. Meldrum and Sir Harold Hartley [ Pamphlet; inscribed by Hartog ] The Bicentenary of Joseph Priestley Paginated 896-920, beige wraps, sl. worn, vestiges of postage stamp on back cover, fold marks (postal wear and tear), contents good. Inscribed on front cover top, T W.H.D. from P.J.H[artog]. |
£100.00 | ||
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Ian Hamilton [ J. D. Salinger; William Heinemann Ltd, London publishers; Random House ] The present item is a product of one of the most celebrated publishing controversies of the twentieth century. In 1982 the English critic and poet Ian Hamilton set out to write a biography of the legendarily-reclusive Salinger. The attempt, as The Times explained in Hamilton's obituary, 31... |
£1,850.00 | ||
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James Forbes (1749–1819), author of ‘Oriental Memoirs’ (seventeen years residence in India); father-in-law of Marc Rene de Montalembert. Four pages, 12mo, very good condition. His correspondent's letter eventually reached him in Paris where he'd resided since the last August "in coinsequence of my son-in-law the Baron de Montalembert being appointed by the French Government Minister at the Court of Wurtemberg [...] but political... |
£280.00 | ||
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Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy (1844-1920), French archaeologist, noted for his excavations at Susa, author of L'Art anti Three pages, 8vo, black border, fold marks, small closed tears, text complete and clear. With official printed stamp next to signature, "Le Lt-Colonel DIEULAFOY | Charge du Service du Genie des Etapes". He has received an article in "L'Eveil" by his correspondent concerning his "chere compagne... |
French, Women | £500.00 | |
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Sir Thomas Herbert Maddock (1792–1870), civil servant in India and a Conservative MP. Four pages, 12mo, good condition. "I have just received from Ceylon a formal evaluation of my coffee property. The sums stated ampount to £8471 & as there is upwards of 800 acres of uncleared forest which is valued at £2 peracre the whole amount will be upwards of £10,000. I send the paper... |
£220.00 | ||
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Edgar Francis [alias Edgar Francis Rutter], Financial Agent Two pages, 12mo, sl. soiled, mainly good condition. "If you ever require an immediate loan from a genuine private service will you favor me with a call or letter? | The capital can remain as long as interest at £5 per cent per an[nu]m is paid. Temporary advances in a few hours - No preliminary... |
£65.00 | ||
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Leon Gautier, [Émile Théodore Léon Gautier (1832–1897), French literary historian.] One page, 12mo, good condition. In his best hand. He asks for a "petit service". "Je fais une nouvelle edition de mon Adam de St Victor et je viens vous demander de m'indiquer les corrections que vour jugeriez a propos de faire dans mon 2e edition." He holds his corrections in high regard,... |
History, Literature | £60.00 |