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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
'Violet Fane' [Mary, Baroness Currie, née Mary Montgomerie Lamb] (1843-1905), English novelist [Frank Miles [George Francis Miles] (1852-1901), artist] ['Violet Fane', novelist and poet.] Phototyped copy of pastel portrait by Frank Miles, with autograph presentation inscription to 'Mrs. Rolland'. Printed on one side of a 25.5 x 16 cm piece of cream paper. The portrait itself is 17 x 12 cm. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Printed above it is 'LIFE \| FRANK MILES \| October 18, 1879.' And below: '"VIOLET FANE" \| Phototypie, 15, Quai Voltaire, Paris'. Inscribed at foot in pencil: '...		£65.00
[Henry Parker; Edward Alfrey; Walter Smyth; Mary Smyth; St Clement Danes, Middlesex; Penzance, Cornwall; Tavistock, Devon] Seventeenth-Century Vellum Manuscript Indenture, Exemplification of a fine levied between Henry Parker and Edward Alfrey plaintiffs, and Walter Smyth and Mary his wife defendants, of messuages in Middlesex (St Clement Danes), Cornwall and Devon. On one side of a skin of vellum (roughly 42 x 58 cm). In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Ruled with red lines, and with ornate initial capital and decorative pattern at head. In English. Signature cut away from gutter and tab removed. The document relates to eight messuages in the Parish...		£250.00
Charles Edward Hale-Helps, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, Honorary Secretary, 1896 Volunteers [Zimbabwe] Letter Book, containing carbon copies of letters of Rhodesian interest. Fourteen pages, quarto. In letter book by Philpott & Collins (and with their label on front pastedown) On aged paper, with some chipping to extremities, but with text clear and entire, though faded in places. In heavily worn leather half-binding. The first five leaves carry Hale-Helps' dated...	History, Travel and Topography	£125.00
Charles Edward Jerningham [Marmaduke] and Lewis Bettany The Bargain Book. Octavo. Pages: ix + 339. Frontispiece and eight plates (including three of London's Caledonian Market). Nine fold-out 'Charts or Tables'. Good, tight copy in original blue cloth gilt, with small stain at head of rear back board and another on gilt top edge. Includes sections on 'The ignorance of...	Art and Architecture	£125.00
Charles Edward Mudie (1818-1890), bookseller and founder of Mudie's Lending Library [William Dangerfield; Rev. G. R. Boissier] Invoice, to the Rev. G. R. Boissier, contributor to periodicals etc, for '1 Year's subsn to Library', with receipt of payment signed by W. Dangerfield. On one side of a piece of grey wove paper roughly 13 x 20 cm. Elaborate engraved letterhead in a variety of fonts: 'To Chas. Edwd. Mudie, \| BOOKSELLER, STATIONER & NEWS AGENT, \| 28, Upper King Street, Bloomsbury Square. \| Select Library of Popular Works, \| IN HISTORY, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY...	Book Trade History, Printing History	£75.00
Charles Ernest Beulé (1826-1874), French archaeologist and politician [Jalabert; Duvivier] Three Autograph Letters Signed (all 'E. Beulé'), in French, to (severally) Messieurs Jalabert and Duvivier, and an unnamed woman. All three letters 12mo. The letter to Jalabert (with a mourning border) is 2 pp, the others 1 p each. All three in good condition. The Jalabert letter (18 lines) mentions his wife and 'M. Goupil'. The Duvivier letter (6 lines) is a letter of introduction to a 'Monsieur Pietsch, artiste distingue...	French, History, Science, Medicine and Technology	£100.00
Charles Fleet. Glimpses of our ancestors in Sussex; with Sketches of Sussex Characters, Remarkable Incidents &c. 298pp., 8vo, maroon cloth decorated, title on spine gilt, good condition with minor defects. INSCRIBED by the author "Alderman Henry Martin, J.P., From his old Friend and Relation Chas. Fleet, Nov 11 1878".	Travel and Topography	£100.00
Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810-1870), French historian Autograph Letter Signed ('le Cte de Montalembert'), in French, to an unnamed male correspondent. 12mo: 2 pp. Very good on lightly aged paper. Asks if it might be possible, as previously, to forward a packet to 'Mr. d'Abbadie': 'depuis deux ans je suis sans nouvelles de lui'. It is six months since he had the honour of forwarding a similar packet via the French legation at Lisbon. Good firm...	French, History	£56.00
Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810-70), French royalist journalist and historian Autograph Signature ('C. F. R. de Montalembert') on fragment of letter in English. Dimensions roughly three-quarters of an inch by five inches wide. Good, with glues staining from previous mounting to edges of reverse. Reads '<...> \| for the right of translation - I remain, my dear Sir, your most \| obedient faithful Servant \| [signature] C F R de Montalembert \| I shall...	French, Royalty	£46.00
Charles Forte. Typed Note Signed to Malcolm Mackenzie, The Empire Art Council. Restaurateur/entrepreneur. One page, 4to, "Please forgive me for not having answered your letter earlier. It eally is most generous of you to promise to make our plans widely known, and I shall of course be very grateful for anything you will do in this respect."	Social history	£25.00