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[The Prussian Army (Königlich Preußische Armee), 1810] Landscape folio leaf (32.5 x 40.5 cm), 1 p. On paper watermarked 'JOHN HALL | 1810'. Neatly ruled to make a complex, detailed table, in three columns of 31 rows each. The table has a central vertical fold, with the left hand side of the reverse mounted on a leaf removed from an autograph album.... |
£325.00 |
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[The Ludlow Hunt; fox-hunting; field sports; Sir William Michael Curtis (1859-1916)] 4to, 6 pp, with a seventh leaf carrying the title 'The Ludlow Hunt Alphabet. An Adaptation.' (The title at the head of the poem itself is 'The Ludlow Alphabet. An Adaptation.') A genuine typescript, and not a reproduction. A poem of 128 lines, divided into 32 4-line stanzas. Fair, on aged paper... |
£165.00 |
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'Uno dell'Antica Scuola' [Italian Opera; vocalisation] 4to, 4 pp. Bifolium. 87 lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with wear to extremities and a spike hole to one corner. Written in ink in a Victorian hand, and with three changes in pencil. Docketed at head 'The art of Vocalization'. Towards beginning writes that the subject is one... |
£95.00 |
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[The Bourbon government in post-Napoleonic France; 1816; Duke of Wellington; British Foreign Office] Folio, 4 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and complete. On aged and creased paper, with some wear and chipping to extremities. Previously folded into a packet docketed in a contemporary hand 'Answers to Queries'. The first page begins with 'Ansr. 1.', a list of ten ministers, from '1. The Duke of... |
£350.00 |
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George Cornwall Lewis, English statesman and political philosopher. Four pages, 12mo, bifolium, small closed tear on fold, mainly good condition. "It has been represented to me that the Bill of which you have given notice for Tuesday the 8th is of a nature to affect the rights of the Crown in connexion with the Duchy of Lancaster. | I have consulted the speaker... |
£38.00 |
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Siegfried Passarge, geographer and geomorphologist known for his studies of southern Africa. Autograph Note Signed "S. Passarge" (German geographer) to [E. von Thumen - on envelope]. In German. One page, 12mo, good condition, pencilled biographical note in French at bottom. See Scan on my website for text: http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/catalogue... |
£120.00 |
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[Lantern Slide Shows, 1890s] Green printed paper wraps, 40pp. used, 8vo, contents detached and loose, but complete. First page headed Programme followed by (1) Puss in Boots, with brief narrative with dialogue of nine slides, 2.5 pp. Also, Weal Pies (just title - just one slide)), Jack the Giant Killer (with narrative),... |
£250.00 |
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[Gertrude Stein] Robert E. Finlay, collector of Steiniana Correspondence about Gertrude Stein and related matters, and related photographs and other material. A. CD, "Finley Stein Holdings 2009". A catalogue of the Finley Stein Collection. B. Letters from Addison M. Metcalf, also a major Collector of Steiniana: Three Autograph Letters and Three Typed Letters Signed with full name, "Addison" only, or humorously ("Baron de Thou" etc) or is it "camply",... |
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[Naval Examination] One page, folio, foxed, four small tears with no textual loss, fold marks, text legible and complete. It refers to the order for the examination being given by Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, gives details of his career in the Royal Navy (ship, entry, discharged, time, etc columnised), mention of... |
£125.00 |
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Captain Hon. George Rolle Walpole Trefusis, Captain, Royal Navy Reference in secretarial hand Signed G Trefusis (Captain, HMS Sapphire) One page, c.18 x 11cm, trimmed, some foxing, but text clear and complete. As Commander of he Sapphire, he's certifying that H. A. Norman served as College Volunteer on the Sapphire from 10 Oct. 1832 to [15 Jan. 1833] with diligence, sobriety, etc. |
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