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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy (1844-1920), French archaeologist [ Dieulafoy, archaeologist; Dornac, photographer ] Autograph Letter Signed "Dieulafoy" to ["Monsieur Dornac \| Photographe \| 34 Rue Gassendi \| Paris" (address on envelope)., concerned at the terms of an agreement over photographs of his "appartement" Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. With envelope. "En vous autorisant ce matin a prendre quelques photographies de mon appartement je n'ai entendu ni vous creez un droit a les reproduire ou a les venre a votre guise. Je vous [?] demande de m'envoyer des tirages pour les examiner, vous...	French, Social history	£280.00
'Madame Delysia' [ 'Alice Delysia'; 'Elise Delisia' ], stage name of Alice Henriette Lapize (1889-1979), French entertainer; Sir John Pollock [ Sir Frederick John Pollock ] (1878-1963), author [ 'Madame Delysia' entertains the British troops in the Middle East. ] Duplicate copy of Autograph Letter Signed by Sir John Pollock, countersigned by her, giving conditions for her use of 'Mlle Fifi' and 'Darling'. With Typed Letter Signed from her. Both C. B. Cochran, who promoted her career, and Noel Coward, who wrote 'Poor Little Rich Girl' for her, wrote highly of Delysia and her work. Three items, in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. All three in an envelope addressed to Pollock and docketed by him 'Delysia (tour) Contract March...	Music and Theatre	£150.00
[ Robert Owen, revolutionary; Gilbert Bayes, sculptor ] [ Robert Owen; Donation leaflet ] Robert Owen Statue Committee, Newtown. Robert Owen Statue Appeal. One page, 20 x 32.5cm (sm. fol.), minor creasing and wear, fold mark at centre. With biographical details, description of the proposed statue with photograph of the model to be transformed (Owen protecting child), officers of the Committee, and at bottom, blank form for a donation (concluding "...		£45.00
Henri Haener [Hoener ], Imprimeur du Roi, Nancy, France [Printer to the King] [Henri Hoener [Haener]; Printing History] Letter (secretarial?) Signed "H Haener" to "Née de la Rochelle, libraire" [bookseller](Wikipedia Four pages including address panel, 4to, bifolium, edges dulled, a little foxing. He outlines what he has done (sending things?), in a one page letter, and, on the other two pages, given a detailed account of what he has done for the bookseller from December 1787 to May 1788, including "...	Book Trade History, French, Printing History	£450.00
Sir Henry Morgan Vane (1808-1886), Secretary of the Charity Commission, Whitehall [ Sir Henry Morgan Vane, Secretary of the Charity Commission, Whiteghall. ] Autograph Signature ('Hen. M. Vane') on manuscript Letter to Sir Richard Harington, regarding 'capitation payments' in relation to 'The School' at Whitbourne. 4pp., foolscap 8vo. On bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Neatly written in another hand. The text relates to 'capitation payments' in relation to 'The School' at Whitbourne, and begins: 'Sir \| The trust deed which the Commissioners desire to see is not that of which an account...		£90.00
[ Concord ; Loudon; New Hampshire ] [ Pamphlet; Loudon, N.H. ] Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Loudon for the Year Ending March 14, 1854. 16pp., 8vo, not bound as issued, stitched, some foxing, mainly good condition. Sections include "Town Accounts" (Town Credit (Cash of County, etc); Town Debtor (Expense of Highways; Pauper Expenses, etc); Standing of the Town (Available Resources, Farming Tools, Provisions, Indebtedness, Paupers...		£50.00
[ Lord Henry Petty (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Viscount Althorp (later 3rd Earl Spencer), Charles Watkins Williams Wynn (Under Secretary of State Home Dept, and another ] [ Document Signed; Inspector of Convicts ] (Exchequer) Document Signed by H. Petty, Althorp, unidentified, C W Williams Wynn approving a payment to Aaron Graham. Inspector of Convicts One page, folio, left edge trimmed with small loss of text (first letters of 'Aaron' in name 'Aaron Graham' and three other words), some small closed tears, fold mark, good condition. "Order is taken this 5th Day of November 1806 [...] that you deliver & pay of such His Majesty's Treasure...		£120.00
[ Major Sidney Willard ] C.A. Bartol [ Pamphlet; American Civil War; Fredericksburg ] The Nation's Hour: A Tribute to Major Sidney Willard, delivered in the West Church. December 21, Forefathers' Day Pamphlet, 58pp. 8vo, original printed wraps, with crude reinforcement of spine. wraps chipped, and partially stained, minor staining and foxing in contents. Front wrap inscribed "J. Bartlett, M.D." John Bartlett of "Quotations" fame married into the Willard clan but, although the signature...		£150.00
B. S. Carey [ Sir Bertram Sausmerez Carey (1864-1919), Commissioner at Sagaing in the Burma Civil Service; the Burma Labour Corps, First World War ] [ Sir Bertram Sausmerez Carey on the Burma Labour Corps: signed presentation copy. ] A Recruiting Speech made by the Hon'ble Mr. B. S. Carey, C.S.I., at Sagaing, on 1st November 1917.' 11pp., 8vo. Unbound as issued: on three bifoliums attached at one corner with string. In good condition, lightly aged. Inscribed by Carey above the drophead title: 'Mrs. H. Tonkinson with grateful thanks for her work in connection with the Corps \| B. S. Carey'. (See p.10: 'I cannot leave the...		£450.00
E. C. Mountfort, illustrator and cartoonist [ The Birmingham Pictorial and Dart; Sir Richard Harington (1861-1931) of Ridlington, 12th Baronet; the Midland Circuit; Assize Courts ] [ E. C. Mountfort, illustrator and caricaturist. ] Offprint from 'The Birmingham Pictorial and Dart' of a page of portraits of seven legal figures from the Midland Circuit 2pp., 4to. Printed in black on the inner two pages of a bifolium. The left-hand page (i.e. verso of the first leaf) carries text, in two columns of small print, of a prospectus for a share flotation for 'Hanman's Cycle and Needle Co.', dated 16 March 1897. The facing right-hand page (i.e. the...		£56.00