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Samuel Lee Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed correspondent, and a MS examination text Orientalist and Cambridge Professor (1783-1852). Two pages, 4to, responding to a request for advice for the son of the correspondent who is engaged in preparing a Hebrew Lexicon. Lee gives some solid advice but finally points out that he is engaged on a similar task. WITH: the manuscript text... |
Book Trade History, History | £200.00 | |
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Samuel Leigh Sotheby (1805-61), British auctioneer and antiquary Autograph Letter Signed ('S. Leigh Sotheby') to unnamed male correspondent. Three pages, 12mo. On aged paper, with a few closed tears and rust marking to blank verso of second leaf of bifolium. He thanks him for sending the books for examination. 'Mrs. Sotheby will take a photograph of the phiz of Peter Schoeffer, But as to the woodcut being of that I do not at present... |
Book Trade History, Printing History | £100.00 | |
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Samuel MIller of Princeton; Norman M'Leod, Minister of Campsie; George Bellis, Secretary to the Presbyterian Missionary Society of Ireland [T. Mairs, printer Belfast, Ulster] 12mo, 40 pp, paginated 37-76. Stitched and unbound, in original light-brown printed wraps (printed on both sides). Text clear and entire, but rather grubby and aged, and with a little light staining at head of first and last leaf. Wraps creased, particularly at rear. Includes an essay (37-49 pp... |
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Samuel Parr (1747-1825), schoolmaster and classical scholar [Richard Twining (1772-1857), tea merchant] Autograph Letter Signed to his former pupil Richard Twining, with a transcription in Twining's hand. 8vo, 2 pp. Leaf dimensions 21 x 16.5 cm. On good wove paper. 29 lines. Text clear and complete. On the first leaf of the bifolium, with the transcription, presumably by Twining, on the recto of the second. Addressed by Parr to Twining at Devereux Court in the Strand, on the reverse of the second... |
Literature | £95.00 | |
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Samuel Phillips. Autograph Letter Signed to W[illiam] Shackell, onetime owner, printer of "John Bull". Glass manufacturer (1814-1854). 2pp., 8vo, good, admitting that he isinvolved with the Crystal Palace Company, but is not the secretary. Hesays that he has the interests of “Mr Woodfall” [the printer?] at heart, and his family is well. Phillips became literary diretor of the Crystal Palace Co.... |
Book Trade History, Printing History, Social history | £45.00 | |
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Isabel Bigley (1926-2006) American actress who originated the part of Sarah Brown in Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls, and the starring role of Jeanie in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Me and Juliet’ See her 18 October 2006 obituary in Variety, which states that 'Bigley had been playing Laurey in the London production of “Oklahoma!” when she was offered the role of Sarah Brown, the “mission doll” who entrances gambler Sky Masterson in the show based on Damon Runyon’s characters.' She won a... |
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Samuel Rutherford Crockett [S.R. Crockett] Autograph Signature on fragment of typewritten letter. Scottish novelist (1860-1914) of the Kailyard School. The fragment is one inch by three inches in size, in good condition and attached to a docketed piece of green paper. The signature 'S R. Crockett' is beneath a typewritten 'Yours as ever,'. |
Literature | £15.00 | |
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Samuel Seabury [NEW YORK CITY; TAMMANY HALL] Typed Letter Signed to the Hon. William Sulzer, 115 Broadway, New York City. American lawyer (1873-1958), who in 1930 headed the investigation into political corruption in New York City which brought about the decline of Tammany Hall. Sulzer (1863-1941) had been elected Democratic Governor of New York in 1913 with Tammany support, but had been removed from office... |
History | £36.00 | |
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Samuel Smiles. Autograph letter signed to S. Teulon. South-Eastern Railway secretary, social reformer, author ((1812-1904). Two pages, 8vo. He is presenting one of his books, presumably the "Life of George Stephenson" which was published in July of that year: "The book has been written under great disadvantage, - and has been scraped together as... |
History, Literature, Science, Medicine and Technology | £100.00 | |
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Samuel Taylor. Autograph Letter Signed to J.C. Loudon c/o Longman & Co., Paternoster Row, London"., Four pages, 4to, fold marks, discoloration, some damage with minor loss of text. "My Dear Sir/ Pressed as you are by more important business, it demands apology from me, to intrude any foreign matter on your time and attention - Your wonted kindness is my least & only apology - The business... |
Book Trade History | £100.00 |