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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Charles Hamilton Aidé [Charles Hamilton Aide] (DNB), author and musician 2 ANS to unnamed correspondents and one autograph address, "H. Cholmondeley <Parnell?> Esq. \| The Admiralty" The 1889 note: "Let me know whether you care to publish poetry - I can send you 3 stanzas". The other note: "I regret much that I am already engaged to dinner on Tuesday. If it were probable that yr party sat late into the night I would gladly join you in the coffee state of yr festivities...	Literature, Music and Theatre	£50.00
Edward Marsh [Sir Edward Howard Marsh (1872-1953)], editor of 'Georgian Poetry' [Harold Monro (1879-1932), proprietor of the Poetry Bookshop, London; Rupert Brooke; Walter de la Mare; D. H. Lawrence] [Edward Marsh, editor.] Unbound [proof?] sheets of the rare 1923 edition on fine paper of 'Georgian Poetry 1913-1915' [10] + 244 + [2]pp., 8vo, consisting of sixteen loose signatures, unstitched and unbound, wrapped in a piece of green paper on which is written in pencil 'Group 2 \| Special'. Very good, on lightly-aged 'Holbein' wove paper. Each signature with uncut edges, and with only the first four of the...		£1,250.00
Charles Hayter Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. British miniature-painter (1761-1835). Dimensions of paper roughly seven and a half inches by one and a quarter. Good, on good-quality laid paper, but slightly creased and grubby at sides. Reads '[Signed] Charles Hayter 16 Buckingham Street \| Portland Road \| June 24. 1825'. Docketed to the right...	Art and Architecture	£18.00
Charles Henry Ross (1842?-1897), editor of the magazine 'Judy' [Hablot Knight Brown ('Phiz'); Charles Dickens] Manuscript describing 'rough idea' of a projected Victorian periodical. Three pages on octavo bifolium. On creased, aged paper with pinholes and a little staining at head, but with text clear and entire. An interesting and intriguing document, docketed 'Rough idea of title.' The intention is to produce a 24-page magazine the size of Dickens's 'All the Year Round',...	Book Trade History, Literature, Printing History	£450.00
Charles Higham (1846-1920), London theological bookseller [Dickinson & Higham] A Priced Catalogue of the whole stock of Theological Books, [...], of the late firm of Dickinson & Higham, together with the additions thereto made during the printing of the catalogue by the firm's junior partner and successor, Charles Higham. Octavo, 216 pages. One of 'only fifty copies printed, on thick paper'. Title-page in red and black. Aged and a little stained, in recent half-leather rebinding. 9670 items listed, 'for the most part second-hand'. Preceded by 'ADVERTISEMENT' in which Higham 'trusts [...] that this modest...	Book Trade History, Printing History, Religion	£450.00
Charles Higham (1846-1920), London theological bookseller [Hodder & Stoughton] Autograph Note to Messrs Hodder & Stoughton, publishers. One page. Dimensions of slip roughly four inches by five and a quarter wide. Somewhat aged, but entirely legible. Reads 'British Quarterly Review \| Can you tell me what was the last part of this issued, if it is possible to get a title-page and index to vol 83. My last part is 166 April 1886'....	Book Trade History, Printing History, Religion	£35.00
Edmund Gwenn [ Teddy Gwenn ] (1877-1959), Oscar-winning English actor; Jan Hurst (c.1890-1967), composer and conductor, and Musical Director to the Brighton Corporation [ Edmund Gwenn, Oscar-winning actor, and Jan Hurst, composer and conductor. ] Autograph Signatures, with five others. 1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The seven signatures are on top of one another, with the fifth in pencil and the others in ink. They read: 'Teddy Gwenn \| [ ditto ] Michael \| Lawrence \| Sevier \| Tommy Shale \| Jan Hurst. \| Patersen Story'. From the papers of Herman Finck (...		£35.00
Edward Askew Sothern (1826-1881), English actor, best-known as Lord Dundreary in 'Our American Cousin' [ Henry Ottley (1811-1878)? ] [ Edward Askew Sothern, English actor. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('E. A. Sothern') to 'Mr. Ottley', returning a work which he has attempted to 'place rightly'. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper with remains of stub adhering to one edge. Having heard from 'Russell' he is returning something which Ottley 'kindly wrote', 'which so far I've been unable to place rightly'. He invites him to 'a quick family dinner with me (143....		£30.00
Charles James Mathews Autograph notes signed (x 3). Actor-manager (1803-78) at the Adelphi and Covent Garden Theatres.The first two, dinner invitations addressed to "My dear Pal", dated 22 January 1874 and 2 May 1875, both with letterhead 59 Belgrave Road, South Belgravia. The first, one page, cropped, 16mo., the second, one page, 12mo. The...	Literature, Music and Theatre	£60.00
Charles Jameson Grant, caricaturist [George Drake, publisher, Clare Market, London; William IV; Earl Grey; Irish Church Bill, 1833] Black and white satirical engraved cartoon by 'C J G' [Charles Jameson Grant], entitled 'The Political Drama. No. 38.', captioned 'THE TOTTERING WHIG CABINET. \| THE UNNATURAL ALLIANCE OR, BILLY BLUBBER AND HIS BETTER HALF.' On one side of a piece of wove paper. Dimensions of paper roughly 25.5 x 35.5 cm; dimensions of image 23.5 x 35 cm. Image clear and entire on lightly aged and creased paper with a little spotting. The margins of the print have been trimmed, resulting in the loss at the foot of the leaf of the...	Art and Architecture, History, Social history	£75.00