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Harvey's Weymouth Guide [Portland; Lulworth Castle; Melcomb Regis; travel guide; Baker; M. Virtue, printer, Dorchester; Dorset] The subtitle reads in full: 'A List of the Members of Parliament for the Boroughs of Weymouth and Melcomb Regis, from the earliest Period. A List of Lodging Houses; and A New Map of Weymouth, Including the late Additions and Improvements; beautifully engraved by Baker.' 8vo, [iv] + 91 pp. Errata... |
£225.00 | |
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James Coleman, Genealogical & Topographical Bookseller, of High Holborn and Tottenham Twenty-two bookseller's catalogues All items octavo, stitched and unbound. Page range between 16 and 32. Each catalogue carrying an illustration on the front cover. The condition of the collection is variable. All items on aged paper: some dogeared or with closed tears, and a handful with damp and other staining. Several... |
£300.00 | |
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Le Roy & Cie, Brussels, Belgium [architecture; architectural design; interior decoration; furniture; nineteenth century albumen print photography] Stamped on front pastedown 'LE ROY & CIE. | DECORATION GENERALE | 58, Avenue Fonsny, 58 | TEL. SABLON 2061'. In a landscape 12mo (roughly 12 x 17 cm) album of 29 leaves, bound in coarse brown cloth. The majority of the photographs are in good condition though lightly aged, with around 20... |
£200.00 | |
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Padraic O Conaire Seacht mbuaidh an eirghe-amach Short stories. First Edition, original brown cloth, minimal damage and staining, mainly good. Scarce. |
£90.00 | |
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Mrs. Charles Roundell' [Julia Anne Elizabeth Tollemache Roundell] (1846-1931), English novelist Autograph Card Signed ('Julia AE Roundell') to 'Miss Wilson'. On both sides of card, 9 x 11.5 cm. 16 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged card. Gives dates when they will be in Curzon Street. 'I do hope that we shall find you better. My little red book [possibly a pamphlet printed for private circulation, containing recollections of... |
£28.00 | |
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W. I.' [W. Ingram] 12mo, iv + 203 pp. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. Rebound in worn green paper wraps, with 'W. I. INGRAM' in manuscript along spine. Unobtrusive 'Sale Duplicate' stamp of the 'BIBLIOTHECA | <?> | EDINENSIS'. The dedication provides a clue to the author: 'To the memory of Jeannie E. D. S... |
£95.00 | |
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Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896), first Solicitor General of the United States Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'B. H. Bristow') to E. R. Robinson. Letter One: 12mo, 12 p. Fourteen lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Asks to 'rescind' his promise to go with Robinson to the races, as 'One of those troublesoke fellows whom we call clients, but who are sometimes called victims by the ignorant & vicious, has made an... |
£150.00 | |
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Charlotte Yonge [Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901)], English novelist Autograph Note Signed ('C M Yonge') to unnamed woman. On one side of a piece of paper, 9.5 x 7.5 cm. Very good, on lightly-aged paper. Minor traces of stub in thin strip along one edge. Reads 'Elderfield | Decr 19 | Dear Madam | The Story you mean is in the Christmas number of the Monthly Packet for 1877 | Yours truly | [signed] C M Yonge'.... |
£45.00 | |
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Dr. George Hoggan (1837-1891) [London Anti-Vivisection Society, R. Sydney Glover, Secretary] Extracts from two Letters from Dr. George Hoggan, on Vivisection. 12mo, 4 pp. Unbound bifolium pamphlet. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Divided into two sections: 'Experimental Physiology' ('From the Morning Post') and 'Anaesthetics and the Lower Animals' ('From "The Spectator."). Note at end of pamphlet reads 'London Anti-Vivisection Society,... |
£95.00 | |
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Edward Boucher James (1819-1892), Vicar of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, and local historian Autograph Letter Signed to R. Hollingworth of the Glen, Gurnard, Cowes. 12mo, 3 pp. 39 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with remains of stub from mounting adhering to one edge. Difficult hand. He thanks him for his reply to James's query 'in the local papers as to the family'. He is returning a book, apparently because the 'Authoress Mrs... |
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