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Oscar Wilde

[Printed] The Soul of Man under Socialism

[ii].87pp., printed paper wraps, light brown paper letters in red, No. 78 of 250 copies, on last page date in pencil 12/7/3, sl. chipping and fraying at edges which are sl. sunned

£100.00
[F.W. Trench, M.P. for Cambridge]

[Broadside; architectural proposals] Buckingham House [Extracted from the John Bull, of July 31, 1831].

Two pages, folio, 3 small closed tears, small part of a corner torn off, some marginal staining, mainly good condition. The article states that Trench some years since proposed forming a continuous quay along the nothern shore of the Thames, has published other proposals: A Proposition for the...

£180.00 Broadside; architectural proposals] Buckingham House
Cecil Harcourt Smith, sometime Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Six Typed Letters and Notes Signed 'Cecil Harcourt Smith' (Director, V & A) to Sir Henry Truman, Royal Society of Arts. With additional copy letter from Somers Clarke.

Total (Smith letters) 7pp., 8vo, RSA stamp on all, good condition. Subjects: (1917) letter from a Mr. W. Foxton; a word with a Mr. Kendrick about judging; reception of parcels for the Owen Jones Competition; (1918) measures taken because of possible increase of risk from attack by hostile...

£120.00 Six Typed Letters and Notes Signed 'Cecil Harcourt Smith'
Emir of Katsina [Nigeria] and Family Members.

Signatures of the Emir of Katsina, his son, brother, brother-in-law, and his official scribe and personal attendant on detached leaf of album.

Deatched leaf of album with these five signatures in hhArabic script [?] the rest of the page being occupied by the list of signatorees and the information about the visit to Stoke in 1921 (as above). On the verso are the signaturs of Fred Terry and Julia Neilson-Terry, actor and actress.

£350.00 Signatures of the Emir of Katsina, his son, brother, brother-in-law
J.A. Hobson [John Atkinson Hobson] (1858-1940), economist

Signature, John A. Hobson, added to printed circular promoting Gilbert Murray's candidacy as Burgess of the University [Oxford]

Three pages, 4to, bifolium, not bound, very good condition. Election to Burgess apparently means being the MP to represent the University at that time, apparently elected by some sort of proportional representation. In the circular, Murray's achievements, alignments, principles, and views (...

£65.00 Signature, John A. Hobson
'A Little Old Man'

[Pamphlet] Asinus Loquax; or, The Talking Donkey. A Pasquinade.

24pp., 12mo, original red paper wraps, sl. chipping and staining, mainly good. From the personal library of Richard Bentley, sometime publisher, for whose House Billing did work. One copy listed on WorldCat, at the BL.

£56.00 Asinus Loquax; or, The Talking Donkey. A Pasquinade.
Kedroff Quartet [vocal quartet]

Signatures on detached album leaf of members of the Kedroff Quartet.

Page detached from album, 17 x 14cm, good condition, headed Kedroff Quartet, with signatures, as far as I can make out, T. Kasakoff, Const Kedroff, J.. Denisoff, N. Kedroff, dated 19.1.1926.

£125.00 Kedroff Quartet [vocal quartet]
Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian coloratura soprano.

Autograph Inscription on detached album leaf.

Page of album, 17 x 14, good condition, signed as follows: Souvenir from | Luisa Tetrazzini | Stoke on Trent 9th Dec. 1921 [underlined]. On the same page, the signature Ivor Newton [pianist] who accompanied her.

£85.00 Luisa Tetrazzini,  Italian coloratura soprano.
[Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and others]

[Printed Prospectus] The Road Club of the British Isles

8pp., large 4to, printed paper wraps, one third of back wrap (originally blank?) torn away and lost, surviving portion with address of Richard Bentley, former publisher, and postmark, some spotting and some damage to spine and edge with no further loss. An attractively produced brochure in red...

£180.00 The Road Club of the British Isles
Alexander Baillie-Cochrane [Ist Baron Lamington]. Conservative M.P., and Graecophile/Philhellene

Autograph Letter Signed Alexander Baillie Cochrane to Leicester Stanhope, soldier, on Greek affairs; with added note from Stanhope to Dewing..

Four pages, cr. 8vo, handwriting faded but readable, folded, foxing/staining, some damage, some crudely repaired, marginally affecting text (two words lost). Baillie Cochrane discusses a visit to Greece and the political situation in Greece from the point of view of a Philhellene. Letter...

£180.00 Alexander Baillie Cochrane to Leicester Stanhope, soldier, on Greek affairs
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