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Robert Charles Dallas (1754-1824), English writer [Cadell & Davies, London booksellers] Stamped Autograph Receipt Signed ('R C Dallas') for an advance from his publishers Cadell & Davies. On a piece of paper 7.5 x 18 cm. Neatly mounted (windowpane mount) on leaf of paper 27 x 23 cm. Neatly written out by Dallas, and reading 'Received Decr. 23d. 1800 the sum of Ten Pounds on account from Messrs Cadell and Davies. | [signed] R C Dallas. - | £10.-.-' On the right a blind-stamped... |
£65.00 | |
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Sarah Prideaux [Sarah Treverbian Prideaux] (1853-1933), British bookbinder Autograph Signature, in form of monogram, on part of letter. On a piece of grey paper, 5 x 9.5 cm, cut away from a letter. Good. Thin strip of white mount adhering to right-hand edge. The signature is in the form of a monogram, with Prideaux's initials S and T combined to make a stylized shape with long diagonal stroke, which cuts through the final 'P.'... |
£28.00 | |
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Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), British artist 4to, 2 pp. Twenty-three lines of text, clear and complete. In fair condition, creased and lightly-worn. With stamped envelope addressed by Flint. In reply to a question from Carpenter ('I very, very freqently receive letters such as yours') Flint writes: 'Dont worry about not receiving art... |
£280.00 | |
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Edward Broughton-Rouse, Sheffield solicitor, 'Ecclesiastical Agent' (agent for the purchase and sale of advowsons) The three items indicate a brashness approaching hucksterism on the part of a Victorian professional, in addition to marketing techniques advanced for the period. Letter: 12mo, 2 pp. Stamped at head: 'Edw. Broughton Rouse, M.A., LL.D. | 436, GLOSSOP ROAD, | SHEFFIELD.' Twenty-five lines of text... |
£120.00 | |
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Francis Storr (1839-1919), M.A., editor of the Journal of Education; Master of Marlborough College, 1864-75; Merchant Taylors' School, 1875-1901 [Edward John Shepherd (1805-1874); Thomas Hardy] 12mo, 3 pp. Bifolium. Thirty-two lines. Very good, on lightly-aged paper, apart from the tearing away of the single-word answer to 'a very old riddle' in ancient Greek from Sir Thomas Browne, resulting in the loss of a few words of text from the reverse. Begins by thanking Shepherd for the... |
£45.00 | |
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Rev. E.J. Shepherd, Rector of Luddesdown, Author of "The History of the Church of Rome . . ." Pamphlet, sewn as issued, [40]pp., 8vo, good+. |
£56.00 | |
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Rev. E.J. Shepherd, Rector of Luddesdowne, Kent. Reprinted from Practical Sermons edited by the Rev. J.C. Crosthwaite. Pamphlet, sewn as issued, [16]pp., 8vo, some soiling but mainly good. |
£56.00 | |
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Rev. Edward John Shepherd, Rector of Trotterscliffe, Kent. 88pp., 8vo, sewn as issued, plain wraps in poor condition, foxing, contents mainly good. Inscribed by the Author: "Mrs Wigan | With the Author's respectful Compts" and manuscript notes in another hand of the texts for the sermons on the titlepage.This other hand has written the brief title on... |
£95.00 | |
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Rev. S. R. Maitland [Samuel Roffey Maitland; J. G. F. & J. Rivington, London booksellers] 8vo: [iv] + [70] + [i] pp. The body of the text is paginated 75-144, with the six letters numbered seven to twelve. At the end of the volume are an index to the whole work, and a title-page for Maitland's 'Twelve Letters on Fox's Acts and Monument' (Rivingtons, 1841). In original buff wraps,... |
£95.00 | |
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Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow [Sydney H. Waterlow; Sydney Waterlow] (1822-1906), Lord Mayor of London, 1872-1873; philanthropist Autograph Letter Signed ('Sydney H Waterlow') to Rev. Charles W. Shepherd. 12mo, 2 pp. On bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and foxed paper. Concerning the payment by Waterlow of a tithe on a property he purchased the previous May. From the Shepherd family archive. |
£56.00 |
