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[Wright's Patent Drag (the Proprietor, No. 22 Church Street, Soho [subsequently 138 Holborn Bars]), London [Baddeley, engraver; nineteenth-century coach building; Victorian carriages; transport] [Nineteenth-century coach building.] Lithographed handbill advertisement for 'Wright's Patent Drag' (i.e. brake for a horse-drawn coach), with two illustrations by Baddeley, and four testimonials. With accompanying engraving. Text: 2pp., foolscap 8vo (35 x 20.5cm.). Engraving: 12 x 16cm with corners clipped. Both items in fair condition, on aged paper. The text is cropped at the head, through a royal crest, and has rounded corners at the head and trimmed corners at the foot. The engraving has traces of grey paper...	Travel and Topography	£180.00
[The Irish Citizen] Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, largely devoted to women's suffrage (during the hunger strikes of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin) and with strapline: 'For Men and Women Equally \| The Rights of Citizenship; \| From Men and Women Equally \| The Duties...		£65.00
J[ames]. J[oseph]. Walsh. [Handbill] The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. (Date and place not stated [c.1917]). Handbill poem, one page, 12mo, creased laid paper, mainly good condition. It is headed 'THE Flag on the G.P.O. \| Easter 1917. \| By J. J. Walsh', and with 'J. J. Walsh.' again at foot. The first of three...		£235.00
[The Irish Citizen] Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, largely devoted to women's suffrage (during the hunger strikes of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin) and with strapline: 'For Men and Women Equally \| The Rights of Citizenship; \| From Men and Women Equally \| The Duties...		£65.00
Hugh Walpole [Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole] (1884-1941), popular English novelist and author, born in New Zealand [Hugh Walpole [Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole], popular English novelist and author, born in New Zealand.] Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Miss Jennings’, complaining that there was ‘no half crown in the envelope’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded for postage. Reads: ‘Dear Miss Jennings / Thank you for your letter. There was however no half crown in the envelope. I searched carefully. / Yours sincerely / Hugh Walpole’.		£50.00
J[ames]. J[oseph]. Walsh. [Handbill] The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. (Date and place not stated [c.1917]). Handbill poem, one page, 12mo, creased laid paper, mainly good condition. It is headed 'THE Flag on the G.P.O. \| Easter 1917. \| By J. J. Walsh', and with 'J. J. Walsh.' again at foot. The first of three...		£235.00
[Suttons Seeds] Martin Hubert Foquet Sutton (1875-1930) of the Royal Seed Establishment, Reading, grandson of Martin Hope Sutton (1815-1901), seed merchant [Suttons Seeds, Reading.] Typed Letter Signed from Martin H. J. Sutton of the Royal Seed Establishment to G. K. Menzies, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts, regarding his experiments with 'radio-active fertilizers'. See the entry for Martin Hope Sutton in the Oxford DNB, and that for his grandson Martin Hubert Fouquet Sutton in Who Was Who. 2pp, 4to. I good condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded three times. With RSA date stamp. Signed 'Martin H F Sutton'. In reply to a letter from Menzies, Sutton...		£120.00
[Irish Volunteers, 1915] The Present Crisis. Manifesto Issued by the Executive Committee of the Irish Volunteers, 15th July, 1915 Handbill, 2pp., 4to, sunned and other minor defects, mainly good condition. One copy listed, NLI.		£120.00
[The Irish Citizen] Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, largely devoted to women's suffrage (during the hunger strikes of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin) and with strapline: 'For Men and Women Equally \| The Rights of Citizenship; \| From Men and Women Equally \| The Duties...		£65.00
Bryan .B.W. Proctor (Barry Cornwall), Poet [Barry Cornwall, Poet] Autograph Letter Third Person (Mr. Proctor will be obliged to Mr. Hogarth (Printseller) Haymarket (see Note below), somewhat heated. Two pages, 16mo, bifolium (2nd leaf blank apart from address as above), good condition. Mr. Proctor will be obliged by knowing from Mr Hogarth whether he has received back the print of Mr Macready [William Macready, actor] as Werner, after a picture of Mr. Maclise. \| As Mr Proctor never [...		£80.00