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[Charles des Graz, Director, Sotheby & Co., 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1; Buckminster Park, Lincolnshire, seat of William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart (1859-1935)] [Typed signed 'Certified Copy'.] A Catalogue & Valuation of the Art Treasures & Books at Buckminster Park in the County of Lincolnshire. The Property of the Trustees [of William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart] made for the purposes of Insurance. 32pp., foolscap 8vo. The leaves attached with green ribbon, and the whole folded into the customary packet, with typed title with Hasties' details on reverse of last leaf. The document begins with a three-page 'Index \| Inventory of Buckminster Park, Grantham'; this is followed by 'An Inventory...	£120.00
[Bohn's Standard Library; H. G. Bohn; Henry George Bohn (1796-1884), London bookseller and publisher] [Printed advertisement.] Prospectus of Bohn's Standard Library: A Series of the best English and foreign Authors, Printed in a new and elegant Form, Equally adapted to the Library and the Fireside, At the extremely low Price of 3s. 6d. per Volume. 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. An interesting piece of ephemera relating to a ground-breaking series in the nineteenth-century extension of the market for serious literature. An initial 27-line prospectus in small print is followed by a list of the details...	£160.00
Thomas Cadell, publisher and bookseller, and Robert Lawless, his assistant [Thomas Cadell, publisher] Autograph Note Signed, "T Cadell", to his assistant "Lawless", with (on same page) Autograph Note Signed "Robert Lawless", to "Madam" (Mrs Grignion, wife of the impoverished artist, Charles Grignion.) One page, 12mo, laid down on larger piece of paper, after formation of a 2" closed tear. text complete and clear. [Cadell] "If the game sent with this tolerably good send it to [Mrs] Grignion with my love. You will tell them it may be Sunday before we arrive as the weather is so uncertain." [...	£220.00
Joseph Sussman, instructor in the pianoforte and music theory [Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), Swiss-born American Jewish composer [Ernest Bloch, composer.] Collection of papers on music criticism by Joseph Sussman, including typewritten drafts of an unpublished monograph titled 'Ernest Bloch, Music's Prophet', an autograph notebook titled 'Ernest Bloch. The Piano Music'.. The collection is in good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper, and can be grouped into three sections. ONE: Complete typewritten draft ([3] + 44pp., 4to) of Sussman's unpublished monograph on Bloch is contained in a large brown envelope, with the following note by Sussman on the front: '...	£650.00
Abraham Vandenhoeck and George Richmond, Booksellers Bookplate Bookplate, c.8 x 14cm, marks show it was tipped onto an album page once, ow good. Image of Virgil's head. 3cm diameter, followed by calligraphic "This Book \| is to be sold at the Shop of \| Abraham Vandenhoek \| AND \| George Richmond. \| the sign of Virgill's Head. \| Opposite Exeter Exchange in the...	£450.00
[Thomas] Gardiner, bookseller, owner of circulating library, etc. Bookplate/Label. Bookplate, c.17 x 10cm, stained, three letters of address obscured by wear, otherwiswe text clear, mainly good condition. "GARDINER, \| Bookseller [...] \| and \| Bookbinder [...address] Where books are lent to read \| at \| Twelve Shillings per year [...] \|\| BOOKS BOUGHT, SOLD, OR EXCHANGED \|\|...	£180.00
[Joseph Sussman of London, instructor in the pianoforte and music theory; 'Hatikvah', the Israeli national anthem; the establishment of the State of Israel; the East End of London] [The Jewish national anthem 'Hatikvah', sung in London at Gardiner's Corner ('the gateway to the East End').] Six items, in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. In addition to manuscript scores by Sussman of five parts (soprano, tenor, bass, alto and conductor) of 'Hatikvah' (the five parts totalling 6pp., 4to, with staves also drawn out in manuscript), there is a duplicated typescript of an English...	£350.00
[Ezekial, Exon, engraver] Trewman & Son, Printers, Stationers, Booksellers & Binders Trade Card, text engraved by Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel ("Ezekial Exon") Trade card, apparently unrecorded, c.6.5 x 5cm, good condition. Text, "Trewman & Son \| Printers, Stationers, \| Booksellers & Binders. \| Fore Street \| EXETER \|\| [minuscule] Ezekial, Exon."	£200.00
Walter Shaw Sparrow [Frank Brangwyn] [No. 41 of 65 copies, with original etching and lithograph, both signed by Brangwyn.] Prints & Drawings by Frank Brangwyn with some other Phases of his Art: By Walter Shaw Sparrow. [10] + 288pp., 4to. In original quarter-binding, with blue paper boards and cream buckram spine with gilt lettering. A handsome book, profusely illustrated, with 49 plates (some with guards) and the two signed 'Extra Plates', and numerous illustrations in text. Announcement on reverse of first...	£1,200.00
Thomas J. Wise, forger [Printed] Galleys of additional titles intended for T. J. Wise’s A Shelley Library Galley Proofs of additional Shelleyana intended for and included in A Shelley Library (1924), 9pp., 51 x 21cm, good condition. It was published in the same year as Ashley Library, vol.5. Collins, Two Forgers, p.225, states that A Shelley Library and 1925’s A Swinburne Library ‘were simply...	£280.00

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