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Frederick Lee Bridell (1830-1863), English painter and friend of Elizabeth Barrett Browning On piece of 16 x 25.5cm paper. In fair condition, aged and spotted, with slight damp-staining to one corner, and remains of mount adhering to the reverse, on which is written in pencil: 'Sketches by Frederick Lee Bridell | born Southampton | died London 1864'. The three sketches are well... |
£300.00 | |
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[William Cowper, poet] Four pages, 16mo, grubby, small chip from first page, text clear and complete. Scarce. One copy only found on COPAC/WorldCat at Pittsburgh. |
£56.00 | |
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[Association of Preparatory Schools, England.] [Printed pamphlet.] Association of Preparatory Schools. Rules. 1911. 8pp., 12mo. Stapled and unbound. In fair condition, on aged paper, with stamps, shelfmark and label of the Board of Education Reference Library. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC. |
£90.00 | |
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Ven. J. M. Wilson, M.A., Archdeacon of Manchester 9pp., 8vo. Unbound. With stamp, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC. |
£60.00 | |
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Thomas Bell "On the Structure and Use of the Submaxillary Odoriferous Gland in the Genus Crocodilus" 7 pp., sm., fol., with plate, in blue wraps, sewn as issued. INSCRIBED by the author: A Mons. A. Brongniart [eminent French chemist, geologist and mineralogist] de la part de l'Auteur". |
£50.00 | |
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Shadrach Pryce (1833-1914), Dean of St Asaph, Welsh Anglican priest and educationalist; John Griffiths (1820-1897), Archdeacon of Llandaff, Chairman of the Society for Utilizing the Welsh Language Both items are excessively scarce: with no copy of either in the British Library, on COPAC or WorldCat. Both of the present copies carry the stamps, labels and shelfmarks of the Board of Education Library. ONE: Drophead title: 'The Welsh Language in Relation to Education in Wales. | A paper read... |
£400.00 | |
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Professor W. E. Dalby [William Ernest Dalby], M.I.Mech.E. [J. Hartley Wicksteed, President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers] 69pp., 8vo, paginated 281 to 349. In brown printed card covers. With shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Scarce: no copy at the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at the Institution of Mechanical... |
£75.00 | |
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Lester Piggott (born 1935), English flat racing jockey, winner of the Epsom Derby nine times; Jack Dowdeswell (c.1917-2011), winner of the National Hunt jockeys' championship in 1946-47; Alan Thirlwel The three items laid down on an 11 x 17 cm leaf removed from an album, with the signatures of Dowdeswell and Piggott on one side, and that of Thirlwell on the other. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Piggott's signature ('Lester Piggott') is on a 4 x 9 cm piece of pink paper, on the same... |
£56.00 | |
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Henry Corby, B.A., M.D., M.Ch., F.O.S.L., Professor, Queen's College, Cork [Pamphlet.] Technical Education: A National Necessity. Its Uses and Advantages. 38pp., 8vo. Stapled. In printed wraps. With stamps, shelfmarks and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, otherwise in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC. |
£70.00 | |
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Clementine Churchill [Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier)] (1885-1977), wife of Sir Winston Churchill; Leif Egeland, South African High Commissioner The two signatures are on an 11 x 17 cm leaf removed from an autograph album. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The signature 'Clementine S Churchill' is boldly written in the top left-hand corner of one page, with that of Leif Egeland, large and bold in the centre of the reverse page.... |
£45.00 |
