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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Claude J. Montefiore [Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore (1858–1938), intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism, founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism ] [ Claude J. Montefiore; Judaism ] Autograph Letter Signed Claude J Montefiore, to Field, mainly anticipating his wedding. Three pages, 12mo, fold marks, good condition. He begins, I write to tell you that your bestman will [now?] not be able to be best man to anybody else. Yes! I am going to do it myself, the 'it' at which I helped you. \| It was only arranged a short few days before my mother & I left London....		£250.00
Sir George Smyth Baden-Powell (1847-1898), explorer, author, commissioner in Victoria, Australia, the West Indies, Malta and Canada, and brother of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts [Sir George Smyth Baden-Powell, explorer and colonial official, brother of the founder of the Scouting movement Sir Robert Baden-Powell.] Autograph Signature cut from letter. See his entry, and those of his father and brother, in the Oxford DNB. On rectangle of paper, roughly 8.5 x 3.5 cm. In good condition, lightly aged, with the 'Powell' of the signature slightly smudged, and traces of glue from mount on reverse. Reads '[...] and Love [...] / Yours truly / George...		£20.00
John Orde [Messrs Erskine & Curle, Writers [solicitors], Melrose, Scotland; Scot & Turner] [John Orde.] Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Erskine & Curle, Writers, Melrose, regarding his claim for drains against Messrs Scot & Turner. 2pp., 4to. On bifolium. Addressed by Orde on reverse of second leaf, with docketting and faint postmark. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Orde writes: 'I received yours of the 27- stating Messr Scot & Turners determination not to allow the sum claimed by me for drains - If Messrs Scot &...	Miscellaneous	£35.00
Matthew Arnold [ Lady Dorothy Neville, 'writer, hostess, horticulturist and plant collector'] [Printed Book; authorial inscription etc] Discourses in America [xiv], 207pp., dark green cloth, corners bumped, mainly good to very good. A copy inscribed by Matthew Arnold to Lady Dorothy Neville, 'writer, hostess, horticulturist and plant collector', with a letter by Arnold concerning his gift of the book tipped in. Also with prined "From the Author" note...	Literature, Women	£650.00
[Economics] L. Freer, Jr [Pseud?] [Pamphlet; economic] General Election, 1885 \| On the Present Depression in Trade 8pp., 8vo, unbound as issued, sewn, first and last pages grubby, small closed tears, right edge, contents mainlky good.Against Free Trade, giving comparative figures. No copy listed on COPAC.	Economics, History	£110.00
[Extradition, 1880] [Extradition 1880; Pamphlet] Official Copy. The Practice and Procedure in the Extradition of Criminals between Her Majesty's Government and Foreign States. 22pp., 8vo, blue wraps, sl. crumpled, small amount of foxing, mainly good. Eleven copies listed on COPAC, only British copies listed on WorldCat (no USA).	Law	£175.00
[Captain Bede John Francis Bentley (1878-1939), Royal Army Service Corps, claimed inventor of the tank; Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener [Lord Kitchener] (1850-1916)] [Offprint, 'Reprinted by kind permission of "The Morning Post."'] [on cover:] The True Story of the Tank [drophead title:] A Miscarriage of Justice. \| How the Tank was devised. \| Lord Kitchener's Foresight. [2] + 11 + [1]pp., 12mo. Printed in black on cream paper, with the wraps printed in blue in 'Stop Press' style. In very good condition, with minor spotting from staples. Presumably printed up by Bentley himself, and taking the story of his claim to 29 March 1922, the Home Office response to his...	Military and Naval History	£65.00
John Murray IV, publisher [John Murray IV, publisher] Three Autograph Letters Signed to My dear Brown [John Murray Brown of Little, Brown and Company, publishers] about John Murray the Fifth's [Jack's] journey round the world. LETTER ONE (12 Aug. 1906), three pages, 12mo, bifolium, very good condition. I have not heard of or from you for sometime past, but I now write to tell you that my son John Murray the fifth, starts for a journey round the world, or nearly so, on the 25th and that I propose to give him a letter...		£220.00
Claus Moser [Claus Adolf Moser, Baron Moser; Lord Moser] (b.1922), German-born British statistician and Director of the Central Statistical Office, London] [Claus Moser, Baron Moser, statistician.] Autograph Signature on his Central Statistical Office compliments slip. On 8.5 x 11 cm grey compliments slip printed in blue of 'Professor Sir Claus Moser, K.C.B., C.B.E., F.B.A. \| Director'. In very good condition. The autograph, in red ink, reads: 'Best Regards \| CM'.		£30.00
Baron Paul Julius de Reuter [Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter, Baron von Reuter (born as Israel Beer Josaphat, (1816 -1899), German-born entrepreneur, founder of Reuters News Agency.] [ Baron de Reuter; Reuters] Autograph Note Signed Julius de Reuter (a touch illegibly) to Sir Richard [Temple], administrator in British India and a politician, about an invitation. One page, 12mo, laid down on slightly larger. unevenly cut, card. A bold hand: I confirm my letter of the 25 inst in which I accepted your king invitation for Monday next and beg now to ackowledge the receipt of the invitation card you kindly sent me and remain sincerely [...]		£180.00