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[ John Clerk of Eldin ] Manuscript list of the Governors of Watsons Hospital, Edinburgh. Author of "Essay on Naval Tactics", etc (see DNB) influential on Rodney and Nelson. The manuscript, comprising the list of 22 names, double column, and other notes on both sides of a 12mo page, torn on folds but complete, is mounted on a larger page. Notes in another hand say thta it was a "Leaf... |
£250.00 | |
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[Maritime History] [The West Indies] [Lord Hugh Seymour] Copy of manuscript document 'To The Commissioners for Victualling His Majestys Navy' from 'R. M.' 4to. 4 pages. In poor condition: on paper creased, discoloured and frayed, with several closed tears, but with the text entirely legible. Apparently a copy, and docketed 'No. 1'. Seymour (1759-1801), the commander in chief at Jamaica, died of yellow fever on 11 September. 'R. M.' begins this... |
£200.00 | |
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Alexander Kerensky. Abbreviated signature ("A.Ky") with date. Sometime Russian Head of Government. Bold abbreviated signature on page, 8vo |
£150.00 | |
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Anne Isabella Baroness Noel Byron Document signed "Anne Isabella Noel Byron" and others. Conveyance of Lands at Stapleton in the County of Leicester, Joseph Knight and John Edwards (the other signatories) to Baroness Noel Byron, widow of the poet, and others (family). A vellum deed, 26" x 20", folded, 2 leaves, with a PL:AN including the land (coloured) involved in the agreement, c... |
£450.00 | |
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B.J. Marsollier de Vivetieres. Manuscript. Funeral oration unsigned. French dramatist. One page, 4to, some damage in corner with loss of serval letters and words, with corrections. Note on reverse in different hand make the ascription to Marsollier: "Oraison funebre de Monsieur Marsollier [prononcee?] le 13 Avril 1815 / autographe". Oration to a "femme jeune... |
£450.00 | |
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Baron Walckenaer [Charles Athanase Walckenaer] Geographer, entomologist, pioneer biographer, etc. ("In 1839 he was appointed conservator for the Department of Maps at the Royal Library in Paris and in 1840 secretary for life in the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.") Total three pages, folio (2) and 4to (1), some damage, but texts... |
£300.00 | |
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Captain John Laurence Pritchard [The Royal Aeronautical Society] Twenty-one Typed Letters Signed to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Novelist and writer on aeronautics (1885-1968). All items one page, quarto. As a whole good, though grubby, but some items with pin holes, closed tears, etc. Most bearing the R.S.A. stamp and some docketed. Three items with enclosures. The items are dry communications relating to the arranging... |
£100.00 | |
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Cham (de Noi). Autograph Note Signed to [Puggi?]. In French. Noé, Amédée-Charles-Henry de (1818-1879). French cartoonist.. - caricaturist. One page, 8vo, laid down, sl. damaged but text clear and complete. He says that Madame de Noe [avec accent] is fully recovered from illness and wonders if his correspondent can dine next sunday. "Un mot de reponse s.v.... |
£78.00 | |
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Charles Lewis Gruneisen Autograph Letter Signed to 'G Remington Esq'. Journalist and musical critic (1806-79), Paris newspaper correspondent, 1839-44, who sent dispatches by pigeon. One page, 12mo. In poor condition: grubby and heavily stained. 'Dear Sir | I have been abroad or I would have replied to your note ere this. I will be at home until Noon next Monday... |
£23.00 | |
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Comte J.J.B. Gassendi Document (secretarial) Signed "Gassendi", addressed to "Monsieur le Comte". En francais. General (1748-1828)(biography on net). One page, sm. folio, good condition.. He acknowledges a letter in which he was asked about the "plans & . . . construction du nouveau magazin des poudres [de debit?] a Paris. Le devise & le plan de ce magasin ont ete renvoyes dans le temps a Me... |
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