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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Constantine Tischendorf When were our Gospels Written? An Argument by Constantine Tischendorf. With a Narrative of the Discovery of the Sinaitic Manuscript. 8vo: 120 pp. Unbound. In original grey printed wraps. Lightly foxed, with wraps grubby and creased. Ownership inscription at head of front wrap. 'Published under arrangement with the Author', with a six-page preface by the translator, dated October 1866. The Codex Sinaiticus, now in the British...	Religion, Women	£45.00
[The Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, list of members, 1901; Royal Automobile Club] Printed 'List of Members' of 'The Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, with which is incorporated The Self-Propelled Traffic Association', October 1901. 4to, 15 pp. In small type. Text clear and complete. On brittle green high-acidity paper, with chipping and loss to extremities and three of the leaves detached. Begins by listing 'General Council of the Automobile Club \| (appointed to confer with the Club Committee on questions affecting...	Science, Medicine and Technology, Social history	£150.00
Copley Fielding Autograph note signed to Miss [?] Coates, Antony Vandyke Copley Fielding. Watercolour artist (1787-1855). One page, 12mo. "My dear Miss Coates, / Pray be so good as to give my kind Compliments to your mama, & say that I shall have great pleasure in coming to Bedford Place on Tuesday eveg. & with my best remembrance to your...	Art and Architecture	£40.00
Copley Fielding. Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed female correspondent. Artist. One page, 4to, tears on folds, but text clear and complete. He is annoyed at not meeting up and discusses his much-felt loss of a brother. "His death was as tranquil as his life." He sends good wishes to the Smiths.	Art and Architecture	£35.00
Cosmo Hamilton. Autograph Note Signed to "Miss[?] Graham". Author and dramatist. One page, 8vo, good condition, some corrections in Hamilton's hand. "This story is so good & rings so true a note that the title jars a little. May I ask you to be so kind as to give it another one & to call your characters by more ordinary names?"	Literature, Music and Theatre	£34.00
Lieut. S. R. Christophers [Sir Samuel Rickard Christophers (1873-1978)], M.B., I.M.S. [Printed paper] Haemogregarina Gerbilli. By Lieut. S. R. Christophers, M.B., I.M.S. 4to, iii + 15 pp, and one plate, with 'Explanation' on tissue guard. In original printed boards. Complete and clear. Bookplate of the Library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, and light stamp of same on front board. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with slight damp staining to plate...		£28.00
Count Basie [Joe Williams; Harold Fielding Concert Division; E.M.I.] Programme for 'The Count Basie Concert Tour' of England, Spring 1957. With handbill for the 'Farewell Concert' . Two good pieces of jazz ephemera. Both items on shiny art paper and very lightly aged, but in excellent condition overall. The programme: 4to, 12 pp. Stapled pamphlet. Covers in orange and black. An attractive item, with a striking cover entirely consisting of Basie's head, printed in black,...	Music and Theatre	£65.00
Count Gleichen. Document Signed to the Army and Navy Co-op Society Prince related to Victoria (DNB). Piece of paper, c.6 x 4", sl. soiled but clear, missing top left corner (and a word or two), text as follows: " . . . [end of word] 13123 / [P]lease give the Bearer 2 Gal: Brandy No. 2. at 24/6 the Gal: --- / Gleichen/ St James Palace / March 29/83/ The...	Economics, Royalty, Social history	£45.00
Count Guglielmo Di Ludolf Autograph Letter Signed to [?] Slade (perhaps Frederic William Slade (1801-63), son of Sir John Slade). Neapolitan Minister in London (died 1839). 2 pages, 16mo. In good condition, although creased and grubby. Crabbed handwriting. Formal letter, written in the third person. States that he received from Slade, in 1826, 'Two hundred and odd Pounds sterling as part of Prize money for the capture...	History, Travel and Topography	£150.00
Countess Clara Gigliucci [nee Clara Novello] (1818-1908), English soprano, daughter of Ivor Novello Autograph Note Signed ('Clara Gigliucci nata Novello'), 'To - Wright Esqre.' With Times obituary and another. One page, octavo. Very good, on lightly aged paper, with embossed blue ink monogram at head. 'Dear Sir \| My Sister Isabella, just arrived, tells me you desire my autograph, I have great pleasure in complying with your flattering request. [...]' The blank second leaf of the bifolium is carefully...	Music and Theatre, Travel and Topography	£80.00