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Independent Company of Invalids [British Army] Two pages, fol., bifolium (partly separated), aged, closed tears, text apparently complete. The text comprises columns headed as follows: Names; Subsisted From/To; [Days?]; Amount; Remarks. Example: [Serjeants] John Johnston; 15 Oct.1790/21 Jan.1791. Forty Five soldiers were invalids delivered... |
£220.00 |
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, poet, novelist and politician. One page, 12mo, very good condition, thin neat strip of windowpane mount at edges. Allow me to thank you cordially for the very indulgent & friendly review of my Translation of Horace which appears in The Times of to-day. Note: The Odes and Epodes of Horace; A Metrical Translation into... |
£45.00 | |
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Robert Graham [ (1786 – 1845) Scottish physician and botanist]. Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold mark, hidden slight damage to joint not affecting text. I have again to thank you for the trouble you have taken [about?] the passage to Harris. After deliberation & consultation, & plots & counter pl;ots - it is resolved that the Exhibition shall [... |
£65.00 | |
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H. W. Bates [Henry Walter Bates (1825 – 1892 in London) naturalist and explorer] Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, good condition. With envelope addressed by Bates to Piffard (Royal Geographical Society insignia). Text: It gave me great pleasure to find that you had not forgotten me. Your memory with us is kept alive by occasional news of you given to us by Dr or Mrs... |
£150.00 | |
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Maude Royden Shaw [Agnes Maude Royden CH (1876 – 1956), later known as Maude Royden-Shaw, preacher, suffragist and campaigner for the ordination of women. One page, 12mo, good condition. Text: She welcomes news from former members 0of the Guildhouse congregation, particularly appreciating Mrs Forrest'scontact. I was delighted to have news of Dr. Julie Seton. I have a great affection for her and used sometimes to get just a passing touch with her... |
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Florence Nightingale, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Clipped signature on paper 5 x 1cm. F Nightingale with characteristic flourishing F and the very tops of other words. See Image |
£220.00 | |
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Baron Gerolt [Friedrich Karl Joseph Freiherr von Gerolt (1797 – 1879) Prussian Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States.] One page, 12mo, fold marks, small closed tear (3/4 in., left edge rough (perhaps torn from pocket-book?), numbered 71 in red ink. Text: Baron Gerolt presents his Compliments to Governor Seward & begs to enclose a letter of introduction for the Honorable W. Dennison [Postmaster-General] to... |
£120.00 | |
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Eleanor F. Rathbone [Eleanor Florence Rathbone (1872 – 1946) independent British Member of Parliament and long-term campaigner for family allowance and for women's rights] Postcard, good condition. Text: Very many thanks for your kind congratulations - Kind regards from E[lizabeth] Macadam [See Wikipedia, etc] & myself. We are in Berlin for a women's congress. Note: At this time, one of the few women, she was being elected to Parliament but attending the... |
£56.00 | |
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George Peabody (1795–1869), American-British financier and philanthropist [ George Peabody, philanthropist] Autograph Note Signed George Peabody, to a Mrs Hallett. Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks and sl.aged, small smug=dge, mainly good condition. In reply to your kind note dated 30th ulto. which came to me yesterday, I have to request that you & the Mayor of Brighton will please to distribute the 100£ in accordance with my original direction,... |
£120.00 | |
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George MacDonald, Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister, writer of fantasy and fairy tales. One page, fold marks, very good condition, formerly two corners tipped onto card backing, but most of the backing cut away. See Images. No other copy found but the poem appears in his Poetical Works. |
£180.00 |
