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Trafford Smith, Lieutenant-Governor, Malta [ Trafford Smith, Lieutenant-Governor, Malta [ Typed Letter Signed Trafford Smith to Miss Felicity Ashbee, apparently giving her influential contacts for her travels. One page, 8vo, fold marks, very good condition. Text: I enclose two letters from Maitland, the Malta Area Manager of Shell, whose sway extends over the Shelkl Company in Tripoli, one addressed to yoy and the other to the Tripoli Manager. \| I have probably done you wrong in saying that this is...		£40.00
Hon. Caroline Norton [Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (née Sheridan; 1808 – 1877), social reformer and author. [ Caroline Norton, social reformer ] Autograph Address label (or subscription to letter?) with brief Note. Paper 14 x 5cm, tipped on to slightly larger piece of paper, some staining but clear. Text: 36 Russell Square \|\| Editor of the 'Field' \| 346 Strand \|\| corrected proof for press \| with Honble Mrs Norton's Compliments. Possibly the subscription clipped from a letter. See image.	Women	£90.00
Margaret Gatty [ Margaret Gatty (1809–1873), children's author and writer on marine biology. Some of her writings argue against Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species. [ Margaret Gatty; children's author] Autograph Note Signed Margaret Gatty to Stephen [perhaps her grandson, Stephen Herbert Gatty?] One page, 12mo, staining and ink blots but text clear and complete, laid down on larger piece of paper, docketed The late Mrs. Margaret Gatty (writer for children) Editor of Aunt Judy's Magazine. Text: You can 'administer either this note in its integrity or the signature only, as you think...		£45.00
Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry (Maria Carolina Ferdinanda Luise,1798 – 1870), Italian princess (Bourbon) . [ Marie Carolina Duchesse de Berry ] Autograph Signature Marie Caroline Dsse de Berry with date. Paper, 10 x 12cm, topped by small head in bas relief, below which a seal and text: Senise 27bre 1857 \| Marie Caroline Dsse de Berry. See image.~80~AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DUCHESSE DE BERRY HOUSE OF BOURBON~ ~0~OL59~ ~ ~ ~ ~	Royalty	£80.00
[ Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde(1792 – 1863), British Army officer (Napoleonic, Opium War, Crimea, Indian Mutiny etc).] [ General Colin Campbell ] Part Printed form, part MS Monthly Return of Quarters of the [98th] Regiment [Foot]. Signed C Campbell \| L Colonel \| 98th Regt. One page, folio, fold mark, strip of album leaf at left margin, details filled in, presumably by someone secretarial (copperplate). [TOP HALF] Printed Headings: Corps and Head Quarters \| Quarters of Troops or Companies \| No. of Troops etc \| Rank and File [several sub-sections including Sick] \|...		£600.00
Stephen Fox [ Sir Stephen Fox (1627–1716), royal administrator and courtier to Charles II, and politican, richest commoner in the three kingdoms ] [ Stephen Fox; Court of Charles II ] Signature only Ste. ffox. C.5 x 2cm, laid down on larger piece of paper, docketed Sir Stephen Fox a Lord of the treasury in the Reign Chas II 1679. Grandfather of C.J. Fox.		£45.00
Ursula Torday (1912 – 1997), writer of c. 60 gothic, romance and mystery novels 1935 - 1982. Pseudonyms include Charity Blackstock. [ Ursula Torday; pseud. Charity Blackstock ] Three Typed Notes Signed Charity Blackstock to Miss [Eileen] Cond, inveterate collector of novelists' signatures. Total 3pp, 12mo, very good condition, [1965] thanking her for reading her and sending the requested signed bookplate; [1966] sending another signed bookplate, pleased that she reads her books, and anticiapting the publication of her next (with a different publisher); [1967] another signed...		£35.00
[ Major Wellesley Paget, R.H.A.; Boer War; Cronje ] [ Major Paget; Boer War; Cronje on St Helena ] Sixteen leaves extracted from an Album at least partly compiled by Major Wellesey Paget of the Royal Horse Artillery (photographs, printed ephemera, newspaper clippings etc.) See images. 32 album pages, sm.folio, extracted from an Album, edges rough as a result, with laid down (amateur) photographs, handwritten material, newspaper clippings, printed ephemera, predominantly from the Boer War, including photo of the youngest Boer Prisoner at 13 years old:1. [Printed]...		£1,250.00
Rev. William Whewell [ Pamphlet; William Whewell ] Newton and Flamsteed. \| Remarks on an Article in Number CIX of the Quarterly Review. Disbound, 19pp., inc. title, some faint foxing, good condition. Note on the background: But Flamsteed was furious when Sir Isaac Newton, who regularly used his data for his own studies, grew tired of Flamsteed's insistence on double-checking every detail before allowing his data to be published...		£0.00
[George Thomson [(1757–1851), noted collector of the music of Scotland, music publisher, and a friend of Robert Burns.] [ George Thomson, friend of Burns ] Autograph Letter Signed G. Thomson to W.F. Watson, bookseller of Prince's Street, with a sportive invitation to dinner. (also invited David Scott( Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, formerly in an album, tipped onto strip of album page, as is the addressed envelope (no postal marks), good condition. My dear Sir \| If as I hope you are disengaged on Friday [underlined] next come and partake of a quiet family dinner with us at 5 o'clock, you will...		£180.00