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[Photographs of the funeral procession of King Edward VII through the streets of London, 1910] All twenty-one slides bound in 8 cm glass squares, with the black and white images themselves in good condition and unfaded, with only one slide damaged (glass shattered in a corner, not affecting image). All with labels numbered 394.5. One slide shows newspaper hoardings relating to the King's... |
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[The wreck of the SS Schiller ('the Victorian Titanic'), off the Scilly Isles, 1875; German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line] Three striking unfamiliar photographs (the last two in particular excellent compositions) of a significant historical event. The three slides are bound in 8 cm glass squares, with none of the glass shattered, and the images themselves in good condition, clear and unfaded. Each mount carries the... |
£320.00 | |
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[Nelson Algren] John Fante with Edmund Morris and Ben Hecht (the latter uncredited). Screenplay of "Walk on the Wild Side" From the novel by: Nelson Algren. Filmscript, 190pp., 4to, soft-covered ("Chas. K. Feldman Productions), sl. worn and chipped, contents good. Copyright stetment on title: Charles K. Feldman | Famous Artists Productions | 9441 Wilshire Boulevard | Beverly Hills, California. |
£125.00 |
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Editor: Carlos Rodriguez [Pamphlet] Brasilia Guide. A Souvenir of Brasilia Publication, No.5 - Abril 1960. 96pp, 21 x 11cm, illustrated paper covers, good condition. Brasilia "was founded by President Juscelino Kubitschek on 21 April 1960, to replace Rio de Janeiro as the national capital." No other copy traced (WorldCat, COPAC, viaLibri). |
£120.00 |
![[Pamphlet] Brasilia Guide.](http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/catalogue_list/9699.jpg "[Pamphlet] Brasilia Guide.") |
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Ethel Mannin, novelist and feminist Typed Letter Signed to Mr Bright One page, 12mo (ish), poor condition, some reinforcement of edges, text by an eccentric typewriter faint but readable, minor corrections by Mannin's pen. I didn't know VENETIAN BLINDS was out of print. I will ask Jarrolds about this. Most of my books were blitzed in 1940 and the typed [... |
£75.00 | |
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[prayer for King George III, 1809; George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, the King's printers; liturgies and prayers] Small 4to, 4 pp. Disbound (from a collection of pamphlets assembled by Gilbert Buchanan), and with neat strip of tape along margin of last page. Good, with neat vertical fold from placement in 8vo volume. Uncommon. COPAC only lists copies at Cambridge, Oxford, Lambeth Palace and the British... |
£65.00 | |
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[Henry Stebbing (c.1687-1763) or his son Henry Stebbing (1716-1787)] [Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton (1720-1794), Duke of Newcastle and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1748-1768] 8vo, iv + 26 pp. In modern grey boards. Text clear and complete. On aged paper, with small holes to first two leaves (not affecting text). The imprint is fictitious. A sequel to 'A Fragment' (London, 1750), a satire on the election of the Duke of Newcastle to the Chancellorship of the University... |
£180.00 |
![[Printed pamphlet by Henry Stebbing] Another Fragment](http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/catalogue_list/9671.jpg "[Printed pamphlet by Henry Stebbing] Another Fragment") |
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[Captain Carr's Recruiting Party, 1778; George Deans, Recruiting Sergeant; the British Army; press gangs] 12mo, 1 p. Neatly written with six items, beginning with '2 weeks pay for Serjt: Deans and Dr. Marton', and ending with 'Expences Contracted on account of Mc.Dougall'. Includes 'A Cockade for Joseph Harriegat & one for Dr. Harris'. Deans acknowledges receipt of £2 11s. The last item, of 5s... |
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Arthur Aikin, Secretary, Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce [Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, President; Royal Society of Arts] Folio, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. The heading states that the presentation will take place 'at Free Masons' Hall, Great Queen Street, to the respective Candidates by His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, President, in the following order.' The text, laid out in... |
£85.00 |
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Edward Burney (1760-1848), English artist, and cousin to the novelist Fanny Burney (1752-1840) In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Dimensions are approximate. The three illustrations (1815-6), each 8.5 x 4 cm, form three panels on a 10 x 13.5 cm piece of paper. Each shows a standing young lady, dressed in the height of fashion: one posing in hat with a parasol and flanked by plant... |
£1,200.00 |
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