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José Ignacio Rodriguez Vida de Don José de la Luz y Caballero Octavo. Pages: xii + 327. Portrait frontispiece. Scarce life of the eminent Cuban ethical philosopher and pedagogue (1800-62). No copy in British Library. INSCRIBED at length by Rodriguez ('Washington DC. | April de 1878.') Poor copy: foxed and stained, in worn and damaged original brown cloth... |
£200.00 | |
Olaf Frederick Bloch [INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; ILFORD LIMITED] Typed Letter Signed to G. K. Menzies, [Secretary,] Royal Society of Arts. Anglo-Danish research chemist (died 1944), a pioneer of infrared photography. One page, quarto. Very good, though a bit grubby and with a few small staple holes. 'Will you kindly thank the Council of the Royal Society of Arts for the honour conferred upon me in awarding to me a silver medal for... |
£75.00 | |
William Henry Patchell Typed Note Signed to G. K. Menzies, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. British engineer (1862-1932), President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and for thirteen years 'Engineer-in-Chief, Charing Cross, West End, and City Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd'. One page, quarto. Very good. Thanks Menzies for a copy of the Society's journal, 'including Dr.... |
£28.00 | |
R.W. Seton-Watson. Part of an autograph letters signed to an unnamed correspondent. Authority on the Balkans, etc. (DNB). Fragment of a letter, c.6" x 2", laid down on slightly larger card from album, good condition. Text: By the time I leave, I hope we shall have our Serbian expedition virtually ready. The great trouble is to find a means of transit: it is hoped to get out all... |
£50.00 | |
Charlotte M. Yonge. Part of an autograph letter signed "C.M. Yonge" to [Catharine Eleanor Price?] Fragment of an autograph letter, c.4" x 2",laid down on slightly larger card (from an album).Text only "I am reading ["Foreigners"?] and enjoying them. / Yours very truly / C.M. Yonge. |
£25.00 | |
Harriette Chick and others. The Importance of Accessory Factors in the Food. Pamphlet, 7pp., cr. 8vo. Sub-title: Some facts concerning nutrition for the guidance of those engaged in administration of food relief to Famine-stricken districts. This pamphlet spreads word of the "new" knowledge about vitamins to a world in recovery from World War 1. One of the authors,... |
£45.00 | |
Margaret Gatty. Autograph Letter Signed to a would-be contributor to "Aunt Judy's Magazine". Children's Author and Editor. Two pages, 8vo, attached to slightly larger card (a page from an autograph album), good consition. Text: "I am much obliged to you for the offer of your tale, but think it better to return it as I am fully supplied at preset with material for my Magazine. Will you... |
£85.00 | |
Bret Harte Fragment of a letter, subscrption only, c.2.5" x 1", laid down on slightly larger card, cut from album, "Yours v[er]y tsinc[erel]y / Bret Harte".. |
£33.00 | |
H. Rider Haggard. Part of an autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent (editor or publisher?) Fragment of a letter, c.3.5" x 3", laid down on slightly larger card, surving text as follows: "I have no story suitable. Hope you had a pleasant trip. Very truly yours / H Rider Haggard". |
£85.00 | |
Advertising artwork [ LONDON UNDERGROUND; SWAN VESTA; TOBACCO; SMOKING] Attractive illustration, in red, green, yellow and black, on piece of white card roughly nine and three-quarter inches by six and a quarter, neatly mounted on piece of black card roughly ten and a quarter inches by seven and three-quarters. At head a parody of the London Underground black... |
£75.00 |