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Author, Title, Summary Price
Trelawney Saunders

[Pamphlet; Palestine] A Brief Geographical Account of the Survey of Western Palestine

Pamphlet, 19pp., 8vo, disbound, library marks on title page. "Read before the Geographical Section of the British Association at York in 1881." The survey included the territory of modern-day Israel. No copy on the market currently (except PODs). Seven copies recorded on COPAC/WorldCat: Glasgow...

£220.00
Rev. J.A. Macfadyen, M.A.

[Pamphlet; Lancashire] Lancashire Congregational Union. The Past and Future of Lancashire Congregationalism. An Address delivered by the Rev. J.A. Macfadyen, M.A., Chairman of the Union, April 9th, 1879.

Pamphlet, 16pp., 8vo, disbound, edges sunned, mainly good condition. Copies at copyright libraries listed on COPAC.

 £100.00
R.W. Dale, M.A.

[Pamphlet] The Politics of Nonconformity. A Lecture by R.W. Dale, M.A. delivered in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, November 21st, 1871.

Pamphlet, [34]pp., 8vo, disbound, library codes in ink on title, front and back a little grubby, mainly good condition. Final page has a advertisement for other nonconformist lectures. No copy on market currently. Multiple copies listed on COPAC.

 £75.00
Anon.

[Pamphlet] Spiritual and secular interests compared and reconciled : a discourse addressed to those who exalt the one at the expense of the other.

Pamphlet, [3 = title]-20pp., 8vo, disbound, good condition. Two copies listed on COPAC (CUL and Lambeth Palace).

 £75.00
[Rev. Henry Allon, Nonconformist divine]

[Pamphlet; Non-Conformist] Speech of the Rev. Henry Allon, D.D., at a Public Meeting of the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, June 11, 1880.

Pamphlet, 12pp., 8vo, disbound, library marks on title, some marking but mainly good condition. No copy on market currently, three copies recorded on COPAC, not in BL.

 £90.00
Walter William Ouless (1848-1933), RA, British portrait painter from Jersey [John Forbes White of Aberdeen?; Herbert Stacy Marks (1829-1898); Sir Alexander Matheson (1805-1886)]

[Walter William Ouless, portrait painter.] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. W. Ouless') to 'Mr. White' [John Forbes White?], regarding the contribution of paintings to an exhibition in Aberdeen.

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. Ouless regrets that he has 'nothing available' for 'the Aberdeen Exhibition this year', 'unless it be Marks' portrait [Henry Stacy Marks, artist] which is my property & now at Manchester, but as it was painted 12 years ago I do...

£65.00
Sydney Smirke, architect (1798-1877).

[Smirke] Autograph Note Signed to "T.L. Donaldson", 'a pioneer in architectural education, as a co-founder and President of the Royal Institute of British Architects'.

One page, 12mo, fold marks, tipped on to album sheet, good condition. "Now that porr Cockerell has gone, may we not hope that you will permit us to regard you as Trustee of the Architects' Benevolent Soc[iet]y in conjunction with Hardwick and Scott? Do say yes." Note: C.R. Cockerell died in 1863...

£56.00
Sir James Emerson Tennent (1804-1869), Irish traveller and politician, Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, 1845-1850

[Sir James Emerson Tennent, Irish politician and traveller. ] Autograph Note Signed ('J. Emerson Tennent') to Mrs J. R. McClean.

1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Reads: 'My dear Mrs McClean | Will you accept the accompanying Volume from me, as a slight token of my remembrance of old times & old friends | Faithfully Ever | J. Emerson Tennent'.

 £45.00
Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet (1764-1835) of Delvine, Scotland, Vice-Lieutenant of Perthshire [The 3rd or Central Regiment of Royal Perthshire Local Militia]

[Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Vice-Lieutenant of Perthshire.] Autograph Table, signed 'A. Muir Mackenzie Col', headed 'Return of the 3d or Central Regiment of Royal Perthshire Local Militia Commanded by Colonel Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie Bart.'

1p., foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, aged and with traces of previous mount on reverse. On laid paper with watermarked date of 1810. Laid out in landscape within ruled lines. Returns for '10 Companies', with 19 columns (totalling 1456 individuals), gathered into sections for 'Commissioned...

£175.00
Rowley Lascelles (1771-1841), antiquary and archivist whose employment by the Record Commissioners for Ireland ended in controversy [John Thomas Smith (1766-1833), Keeper of Prints, British Museum]

[Rowley Lascelles, antiquary.] Autograph Letter Signed to John Thomas Smith (Keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum), asking that his son be allowed to copy out a pedigree in the Harleian Collection for Marquess Wellesley.

1p., 12mo. On bifolium, with the verso of the second leaf addressed to 'J. T. Smith esqr.' In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. The letter begins: 'My dear Sir | May I rely upon the kindness you have so often shewn me, in adding once more to your many attentions - it is to introduced the...

£65.00
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