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Benvenuto Hauptmann, German writer. Typed Letter Signed "Benvenuto Hauptmann" to Edward Marsh, translator of Anouilh, Cocteau, etc. A very substantial TLS from Hauptmann to Marsh, 14 Dec. 1951, 2pp., 4to, in English, recalling their first meeting, commenting on Marsh's autograph collection from that time (1921), and responding to finding Marsh had adapted his "The Rats". He gives detailed response, complimentary but... |
£80.00 | |
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Armand Lanoux, French writer: A small archive mainly involving correspondence with translator, Edward Marsh. Total: 5 items, all 1979.Postcard and TLS from Armand Lanoux to Edward Marsh, in French, (13 June and 27 July 1979) about the production in England of "notre fresque télévisuelle" "Zola ou la Conscience Humaine". He has asked his wife, Cathérine Tolstoi-Lanoux, to send Marsh "les deux pieces... |
£120.00 | |
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[Periodical] [Periodical; mimeograph] Revolutionary Venezuela 1 Eight pages, 4to, stapled as issued, good condition, comprising an article by Nan Green entitled "Venezuela", starting point, its oil wealth. |
£95.00 | |
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Thomas Mudie of 39 Cheyne Walk, London bookseller of Scottish extraction, founder of a circulating library and father of the bookseller and circulating librarian Charles Edward Mudie (1818-1890) On 11 x 6.5 cm rectangle of paper, laid down on the pastedown of a 12mo calf front board. Beneath the title: 'This Library is enriched with every work of merit, as soon as published; and comprises such a variety of Travels, Histories, Biography, Novels, Plays, and Literature in general, as... |
£120.00 |
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Remy de Montfort (1765-1848), Châtelain de la Motte, Bazoches-au-Houlme, Orne, France; his son Philogène de Montfort (1806-1883), grandfather of the symbolist poet Remy de Gourmont 186pp., 8vo. Paginated 1-186, with pp.44-45 and 113 blank, and three other three unpaginated pages: front pastedown and facing page, and rear pastedown. Five pieces of paper with manuscript are inserted, two loosely. Internally in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with occasional... |
£650.00 | |
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Mudie's Select Library, Limited., 30-34, New Oxford Street, London, W.C. [circulating library; book catalogue] 20pp., 12mo. Stapled pamphlet. In fair condition, on aged paper with slight rust from staple. 617 numbered and priced entries, the first 245 with short descriptive notes. On front page, beneath the title: 'This list is sent out in advance to facilitate selection, and all orders will be dealt... |
£120.00 | |
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Mudie's Select Library, Limited, 30-34, New Oxford Street, London, W.C., circulating library 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Printed in brown on cream paper. In fair condition, on lightly-aged and spotted paper, with a couple of short closed tears along fold lines. The front page reads: '"The Largest & Best Circulating Library." | Mudie's | Terms and Particulars of Subscription. | Including... |
£75.00 | |
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John Cuthell (d.1818) and Peter Martin (fl.1857), booksellers, Holborn, London; S. Rousseau, printer, Wood Street, Spa Fields [Printed London booksellers' catalogue.] Books printed for and sold by Cuthell and Martin, Holborn. 16pp., 12mo. Pamphlet of four bifoliums, with remains of the thread with which they were bound. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. Listing works in alphabetical order, from 'ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, politics, and Literature, from 1758 to 1800 inclusive, by Dr. Campbell, Mr.... |
£120.00 | |
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Alfred Musty [Matthew Henry Cochrane (1823-1903), Canadian industrialist and breeder of livestock] 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. 77 lines of text. In good condition, on aged paper, with a little wear and a few closed tears along folds. He begins by describing his 'prospects': 'My first year in Canada I stayed with Mr. Bridges, during which time I got a pretty fair knowledge of the country. I then... |
£80.00 | |
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[The Highways and Byways Series; Macmillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, London publishers; Joseph Pennell; Hugh Thomson; F. L. Griggs] 16pp., 12mo. Printed in green, with 15 illustrations (one on each page except p.2). Stitched. In fair condition, on aged paper. Separate 'NOTICE' (1p., 12mo) on blue paper loosely inserted, informing the public that the firm 'do no retail business whatever', and hoping 'that all orders will be... |
£100.00 |
