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Edward G. Falconer [ Edward George Falconer ] (c.1850-1948), vicar of Old Newton, Stowmarket, Suffolk 3pp., folio. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Title in large type on first page and text on central two pages. Taking as his text Isaiah LVI, 10 and 11, Falconer begins: 'May it please your Majesty, As a Church of England Clergyman for over 50 years endeavouring through the... |
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R. D. & J. B. Fraser, of Ipswich, Felixstowe & Dieppe. [ANTIQUES, FURNITURE] 8 Autograph Letters Signed by [two different?] J. B. Fraser[s?] to the artist Shirley Slocombe. The firm, apparently antique dealers (although it also bought and sold false teeth), was established in 1833. All items are addressed to Slocombe, with whom the family (to whom he was perhaps related by marriage?) were clearly on intimate terms. Grubby, dusty, creased, dogeared and with several... |
Art and Architecture | £50.00 | |
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R. Eurog Jones [THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC] "The true hero" and other poems. 64 pages, 16mo. In original printed wraps. In poor condition. Ownership inscription at head of front wrap. The two binding staples rusted, and the wraps in particular grubby, torn and worn. Photograph of 'Private JENKIN THOMAS' in what appears to be World War I uniform on front wrap.... |
Literature, Military and Naval History | £175.00 | |
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R. Helder, Bookseller and Printer, 10, Duke Street, West Smithfield, London. Printed Advertisement Leaf containing list of books printed by him. Two pages, on a rough-edged leaf approximately seven inches by four. Good, though aged and a lightly stained. A highly interesting list of twenty-seven titles by a radical publisher. Several works relating to Robert Wedderburn and Thomas Davison. Also 'The Cast-Iron Parson', 'A Peep after Hell'... |
Book Trade History, Printing History | £450.00 | |
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R. J. Olive [London theatres of the 1920s; theatrical ephemera] On fifty-seven pages, in a notebook of forty leaves (eighty pages). Dimensions: 20 x 16 cm. In red card covers with 'THEATRES' in manuscript on front. Pages aged and ruckled, with a little damp staining at rear (not affecting any of the ephemera) and a small amount of loss to a corner of the... |
Music and Theatre | £95.00 | |
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R. M. Brunker [Ronald M. Brunker], choirmaster and organist, St Bartholomew's, Battersea On one side of a leaf of green paper, roughly 17.5 x 23.5 cm, removed from an autograph album. Good, on lightly aged paper. Thirteen bars, with staves for soprano, alto, tenor and bass. Covering the greater part of the page, and followed by 'From Mass in C minor. | for five voices. | [signed]... |
Music and Theatre | £100.00 |
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R. Seeley (Robert Benton Seeley). Autograph Letter Signed to [Martin] Tupper, miscellaneous writer (1810-1889)[?]. Publisher, philanthropist and author (1798-1886). Two pages, 8vo, bifoliate, good condition. "Dear Mr. Tupper,/ I hope to send you a proof tomorrow./ I am afraid we shall have to throw Foley over altogether, as we shall probably begin a new series next year in place of the "English Artists"./ I... |
Art and Architecture, Book Trade History, Literature | £35.00 | |
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R. T. [Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889); Joseph Durham (1814-1877); Thomas De La Rue & Co.] Printed on all four pages of a bifolium, with each leaf roughly 17.5 x 13.5 cm. Lightly creased, and with the outer pages a little grubby, but good overall. A self-consciously well-printed production, with each page encased in a black ruled border, and with an engraving of the sculpture on the... |
Literature | £100.00 | |
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R. Thornton. Autograph note signed to Edward Jeffery, No. 11 Pall Mall (as Brown). Which, if any? Thornton, Richard 1776-1865, merchant, underwriter, and financier; Thornton, Robert John 1768?-1837, botanical and medical writer. Or East Indian Robert? One page, 8vo, grubbly but text readable: "I beg to decline subscribing to the work mentd to me". |
Book Trade History | £35.00 | |
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R. W. Chapman [Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth; Samuel Johnson; Johnsoniana] Address. Delivered at St. Clement Danes on 13th December, 1926 [Samuel Johnson Anniversary] 4to bifolium. The text, in small print, covers the final three pages. On aged and foxed paper. Inscribed, at the head of the title, 'from R. W. C.' The recipient was Cecil Harmsworth, who has written in pencil, beneath the inscription: 'C H | 26/ii/ 1927'. (Harmsworth was the proprietor of the... |
Literature | £56.00 |
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