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A.E. Conrady, optical designer, etc. AND Humphrey Milford, publisher Two pages, folio, sl. crumpled, minor damage, mainly good condition. Details of 11 terms of agreement, signed by both Conrady and Humphrey Milford with two witness signatures. See Image as much the scanner would cover of the verso. |
£60.00 | |
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[William Turton (1762 ? 1835) medical doctor and naturalist.] Paper, 18.5 x 12cms, corners chipped but text clear and complete. In Turton's hand [checked with Wellcome Library holdings of Turton's letters]. Variant from printed text in the Magazine. He omits a reference to Prince Leopold (under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold),... |
£350.00 | |
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Rosalind Birnie Philip, Whistler's sometime companion etc. [see Note] Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. Text: [Note about his requests] You are no doubt aware that Mr Whistler strongly objected to anything in the nature of a Biography or a life of himself being published, and in these circumstances I do not feel that I should co-operate in any work of... |
£380.00 | |
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John Lizars (1792?1860), Scottish surgeon, anatomist and medical author. [John Lizars, Scottish surgeon] Autograph Note Signed John Lizars to Dr. Warden [see Note] One page, 12mo, fold marks, good condition. Text: My Dear Sir, | Do me the favour to give me a Testimonial of my qualifications as a Lecturer on Surgery a Surgeon & an operator as I find such documents are required by the Town Council. Note: A. Given that Lizars served in the Royal Navy this... |
£65.00 | |
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Hunter Davies, journalist [John Osborne, playwright (Look Back in Anger)] Nine pages, A4, good condition. Davies begins the typescript John is not feeling so good today, said his wife Helen, picking me up at the local railway station. More of a halt really, miles from anywhere, on the Shropshire-Wales border. She looked a bit tired herself, but then being Mrs John... |
£450.00 | |
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Evan Charteris [(1864 ? 940) biographer, historian, barrister and arts administrator]. Four pages, 8vo, very good condition. He has read an article by Rutter on the falling of attencies at Museums and Galleries. He initially ascribes it to the falling off of American visitors, this should to some extent be verifiable if the Board of Trade (?) can tell us what that falling off... |
£60.00 | |
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[Sir Thomas Phillipps] The Middle Hill Press From the Stock of the eminent bookseller, H.P. Kraus (1970s?), priced at $425!!. See copy slip. 12pp., unopened, browning of edges of wraps. |
£45.00 | |
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[Newgate Prison] Disbound, [8]pp., fol., pinholes suggesting previously bound into a collection of similar items, ageing, but text clear so good condition, small remnants of tipping on in corners of p.[8] blank. Copies apparently distributed among members of the Common-Council. It commences, The Committee for... |
£320.00 | |
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[Isaac Asimov and his Publishers] 1. (Asimov's Pebble in the Sky) Memorandum of Agreement , 17 March 1969, between Sidgwick and Jackson and Sphere Books, four pages, folio, signed by Anthony Cheetham [Wikipedia] for Sphere Books. ?300 advance with percentages.2. (Asimov's Pebble in the Sky) Memorandum of Agreement between... |
£320.00 | |
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Prince Albert Edward [later King Edward VII] Three pages (of a bifolium), folio, yellowed and somewhat transparent, crumpled, sellotape repairing split in second leaf, but text clear and complete. Text (secretarial handwriting) outlines at length the aim of recruiting highly qualified Jurors (eminent men) for the French Exhibition of 1878... |
£160.00 |
