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Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in good condition, inside front cover of "The Fatal Illness of Frederick the Noble" by Sir Morell Mackenzie (London, 1988), good condition, previous owner's initials on front ep, enclosing note from the firnd who gave Asherson the book (Graydon Hume) and another in Asherson's hand... |
£55.00 | |
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Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in very good condition, inside front cover of "Disraeli" by the Earl of Cromer (London, 1912), sl. hinge strain, ow. good condition, former owner's inscription and bookseller's label, From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson. |
£55.00 | |
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Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in good condition, inside front cover of "Selected Writings of Sir William Osler" (OUP, 1951), mainly good condition in soiledand sl. chipped dj, with one small tear. From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson. |
£55.00 | |
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Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in very good condition, inside front cover of "Rats Lice and History" by Hans Zinsser (London, 1935), covers marked but mainly good condition, no dj. From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson. |
£55.00 | |
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Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in very good condition, inside front cover of "Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England" by D'Arcy Power and W.R. Le Fanu (London, 1953), mainly good condition, no dj. From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson. |
£55.00 | |
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Mervyn Peake. Bookplate "Ex Libris N. Asherson". Bookplate, in very good condition, inside front cover of "The Physical Background of Perception" by E.D. Adrian (Oxford, 1947), good condition in frayed dj. From the Library of N[ehemiah] Asherson. |
£55.00 | |
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Brian Rhys. Manuscript Poem in his hand and signed by him on page detached from a Birthday Book. Poet and mountaineer son of Ernest and Grace Rhys. One page, 4to, good condition, suitable for framing, Poem, two stanzas, 16 lines, title at end "[On attempting Snowdon Aug . 09]", starting "When first afar I saw thy mighty height . . . fading in beauty 'fore thy gifted sight. / But when thy... |
£80.00 | |
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Eden Upton Eddis. Autograph Letter Signed "E.U. Eddis", to Sir W. Ross. Two pages, 8vo, browned and with tear at fold, but text clear and complete. He describes how someone called to ask him to buy benefit tickets for a charitable purpose. He declined on principle, but noticed later an address and decided to write to that address to explain that he would wish to... |
£45.00 | |
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Horace St John. Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Draper, lawyer and writer. Journalist and author (see Dictionary of National Biography and Allibone). One page, 8vo, some soiling but text clear and complete, difficult hand, saying: "There has been no [perhaps word (underlined) meaning retraction?] in Punch [underlined]. I am prepared to sustain all I said to you upon... |
£45.00 | |
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Lord Howe. Autograph Note, Third Person, to "Mrs Day". Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe (Boase), Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide, 1830-31 and 1834-49. One page, 8vo, heavy glue staining toand bottom, not affecting text which is clear and complete, saying: "Lord Howe presents his Comps to Mrs Day, and is commanded by Queen Adelaide to convey Her... |
£25.00 |
