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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Clyde Young Two Typed Letters Signed to [G. K.] Menzies[, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. British architect (born circa 1872), the son of Sir William Young (1843-1900), whose most important commission, the War Office, Whitehall (1900-1906) he completed. Both items one page, octavo, and very good, though on slightly discoloured and creased paper, one piece bearing pin holes and the...	Art and Architecture, Military and Naval History	£56.00
Co-operative Holidays Association, Manchester [the co-operative movement] Five printed items relating to the Co-operative Holidays Association, including the first three issues in a series of 'Co-Operative Holidays Association General Notes'. Items One to Three: three 'Co-operative Holidays Association General Notes' pamphlets, all 4pp, on unbound 8vo bifoliums. Text clear and complete, on aged and worn paper, with a 3 cm closed tear to both leaves of the second number. Each issue ends with a long list of 'Rambling Clubs and...	History, Social history	£220.00
Frederick William Fairholt (c.1813-1866), artist and antiquary [Frederick William Fairholt, artist and antiquary.] Autograph Letter Signed ('F. W. Fairholt') to unnamed male recipient, reporting that he has done an engraving for him, and commenting adversely on the increasing 'taste for hard words'. 2pp., 16mo. Bifolium. 21 lines of text. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. As Doubleday has not 'sent the last', he has 'done your 3rd Cut of "glorious Apollo" from the print alone endeavouring to give the antique style as faithfully as I could.' He thanks him for his 'bit about the "...	Art and Architecture	£45.00
Col. P. H. H. Massy, British Vice-Consul at Adana, Turkey [Sir William Haynes-Smith, British High Commissioner, Cyprus] Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William [Haynes-Smith, 1839-1928]. 12mo, eight pages. Very good, with slight wear to inner margins from removal from stubs (not affecting text). An informative discussion of the commercial prospects in the vilayet of Adana. He has 'been absent a great deal travelling', hence the delay in answering Haynes-Smith's questions. Begins...	History, Travel and Topography	£100.00
Colin Campbell and Miles Clifford. Documents Signed by Campbell and Clifford relating to an Officer in the Government of the Falklands Islands, with related material. A small archive, items one page folio (unless ow stated) comprising: (1952) appointment of J.E. Briscoe to be Deputy of officer administering the Colony, royal stamp, signed by Colin Campbell (Colonial Secretary) ND Briscoe; (Jan. 1953) appointment of Briscoe to be "the Deputy for the Officer...	History, Military and Naval History, Travel and Topography	£150.00
Colin Scott-Moncrieff Autograph letter signed to "Mr Tupper" (presumably Charles Lewis Tupper, Anglo-Indian administrator, see DNB) Engineer and administrator (1836-1916). He thanks Tupper effusively for his hospitality ("Traditional old Indian hospitality").	History, Travel and Topography	£20.00
Colonel Augustus Mervyn Owen Anwyl-Passingham [FIRST WORLD WAR PROPAGANDA] Typed Letter Signed to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. British army officer (1880-1955). One page, folio. Very good. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. Unusual letterhead for a governmental department of the period. He has not received the letter, which must have been misaddressed. 'Nevertheless, I shall be glad if you will kindly forward me a copy...	Military and Naval History	£33.00
Colonel G. G. A. Egerton [Granville George Algernon Egerton (1859-1951)], C.B., Yorkshire Regiment. [British Army, Aldershot Barracks] Some Notes and Remarks on Moore's Corunna Campaign up to the retreat from Sahagun. Folio bifolium (leaf dimensions 34 x 21.5 cm): 4 pp. Unbound bifolium. Text clear and complete on lightly-aged and creased paper. One correction to text in red pencil. In small type. Begins: 'The special period for the approaching examination for promotion being the campaign under Sir John Moore...	Military and Naval History	£56.00
Colonel James Francis Erskine, of the Regiment of Swiss Chasseurs Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed secretary of state. Erskine, who died in 1806, was the grandson of the 27th Earl of Mar. 3 pages, 8vo. In very good condition. The letter, addressed to 'your Excellency', concerns 'The Honble. Captain Cunningham who had resigned a Troop of Dragoons on the Irish Establishment to go upon Service with the same rank...	Military and Naval History	£125.00
Colonel Kolotinsky; Count <Lantousof?>; Prince Serge Obolensky; Count Nirod; Pierre, Count Kapnist; Prince Dolgorouky [Russian émigrés; Imperial Russia; Russian Revolution; Tsar; Czar; Tsarist] Manuscript Menu, bearing the Autograph Signatures of Kolotinsky, <Lantousof?>, Obolensky, Nirod, Kapnist and Dolgorouky on the reverse. On a piece of card roughly 14.5 x 7.5 cm. The signatures, in purple pencil on a somewhat-grubby side of the card, read 'Colonel Koltinsky \| Count \| Prince Obolensky \| Count Nirod \| Count Kapnist \| Prince Dolgorouky'. The other side of the card, headed 'Menu', is stained, perhaps from mounting...	History, Travel and Topography	£56.00