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William Gorman Wills (1828-91), Irish dramatist [W.G. Wills] Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Scott'. One page, 12mo. Good, though aged and foxed. 'My best thanks & gratitude for your noble notice | Were you ever in low spirits If so sympathise with me I feel as if I would never wish to be acted again . . Chastelard the first night my god almighty ! ! ! - | Your sincere friend | W G Wills'.... |
£50.00 | |
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Various Authors. Les Merveilles de l'Exposition de 1889 "Histoire - Construction - Inauguration - Description detaillee des palais, des Annexes et des parcs - Les Chefs d'Oeuvre de l'art de tous les Pays - Les Machines - Les Arts Indystriels - Les Produits Manufactures - Les Exposition Speciales - La Tour Eiffel Ouvrage Redige par des Ecrivains... |
£150.00 | |
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[ Robert Cruikshank ] Illustrated by [George] Cruikshank, pp.[xviii].556, 8vo, hf.lea., apparently rebacked (inc. corners), front board detached, contemporary marbled boards and endpapers, covers bumped, contents sound and clean. |
£150.00 | |
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Alfred Sutro, British dramatist and translator (1863-1933) Autograph Note Signed to the Rev. E. J. A. Davies. One page, small octavo. Very good, though with a little offsetting of ink from folding of letter, and a small closed tear at head. A reply to a request for an autograph - in a close, neat, hand - reading 'Dear Sir | With much pleasure as I assure you that I am | Sincerely yours | Alfred Sutro... |
£28.00 | |
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Milner Connorton Gray, industrial artist and graphic designer (1899-1997) [The Royal Society of Arts] The collection is in very good condition, with a few staple and pin holes. Gray's letters are signed 'Milner Gray' and occasionally 'Milner'. All but the first two, which are on Society of Industrial Artists letterheads, are on Design Research Unit letterheads. An early letter (5 April 1949), to... |
£280.00 | |
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Rumer Godden, English novelist (1907-98) Autograph Prayer Signed, 'For Stephen Snell from Rumer Godden'. In very good condition, on a greetings card containing a reproduction of an illustration of a black cat by Barry Moser, from Godden's translation of Carmen Bernos de Gasztold's 'Prayers from the Ark'. The prayer, in Godden's hand (and probably one of her translations from the book) reads 'Lord,... |
£36.00 | |
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Sir Richard Arman Gregory, Professor of Astronomy, Queen's College, London (1864-1952) Typed Letter Signed to the editor of the Journal of the Rontgen Society. Signed 'R. A. Gregory'. One page, folio. Good, with one dogeared corner. Bearing the stamp of the Royal Society of Arts. Circular letter referring to an enclosure (not present) relating to an exhibition which 'will shew that by the combination of science and industry we have done nearly as much... |
£33.00 | |
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[BOOK TRADE; PUBLISHING HISTORY] [Grant Richards, Publisher] Two leaves, vellum, folio, one page blank, folded, good condition. Details he bankruptcy of Grant Richards are given, mentioning the addresses of his premises, and continues: "The said Alexander Moring [publisher, de la More Press] has recently agreed with the said . . . Moncrieff for the... |
£280.00 | |
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[BOOK TRADE] John Bedford Leno [CHARTISM; RADICALISM; UXBRIDGE] Leno (1824-94) was a printer, publisher, poet and editor, and a significant figure in nineteenth-century radicalism. In 1845, while a printer, he led a group of radical workers who started a Young Men's Improvement Society and circulated a manuscript newspaper entitled the 'Attempt'. He then... |
£185.00 | |
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John Hall Gladstone Paper entitled 'Refraction-equivalents of organic compounds'. English physical chemist (1827-1902), fellow of the Royal Society and father-in-law of the first Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald. Nineteen pages, octavo (paginated 241-59). Unbound. Stitched. Good, though dogeared in one corner and on paper discoloured with age. In worn discoloured,... |
£23.00 |
