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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
George Colman the younger (1762-1836), English dramatist and writer Autograph Letter Signed ('G. Colman') to unnamed male correspondent. One page, quarto. Good, on piece of watermarked laid paper, with small closed tear at foot of right-hand margin. He is 'once more' returning the play, 'having made the further omissions which you propose. \| With many thanks for your kindness, in the ready attention you give to a matter of...	Music and Theatre	£56.00
George Combe Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. Victorian phrenologist (1788-1858) and natural philosopher. Paper dimensions roughly four and a half inches by two and a quarter. Very good. From autograph album. Mounted on larger piece of lilac paper. Crease line affecting first line of text. Reads 'I am \| My dear Major Mair \| Very truly yours...		£25.00
George Combe Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Victorian phrenologist (1788-1858) and natural philosopher. Paper dimensions roughly seven and a half inches by three inches. Folded four times. Good, but worn and with some loss to bottom corners from previous mounting. Reads 'I am \| My dear Sir \| Yours most truly \| Geo: Combe \| If you see Mr...		£23.00
George Combe (1788-1858), Scottish phrenologist Autograph Letter Signed ('Geo. Combe') to Messrs Bell & Bain, Printers, Exchange Court [Glasgow]. 8vo, 1 p. Addressed by Combe on the reverse, to which his monogram seal in red wax (with his motto 'RES NON VERBA QUAESO') still adheres. In poor condition, on discoloured paper, with damage to a few words of text above the signature caused by clumsy removal from the mount, a part of which still...	Book Trade History	£95.00
Rear Admiral John Laugharne (d.1819) Letter (Secretarial) Signed "John Laugharne \| Rear Admiral", to William Slade, Agent to the Flag Officers, Malta One page, folio, some staining with minor obscuring of words (at base), main text clear and complete. "In consequence of the alarming State of the Island I have deemed it necessary to request the Committee of Health to keep all Prizes and detained Vessels by H.M. Ships in strict Quarantine - and...	Military and Naval History	£95.00
A. W. Brooks, Assistant General Manager, Westminster Bank Limited [Electronic Methods and Research Department, 41 Lothbury, London, EC2; Lothbury Computer Centre; computers; computing] Printed programme of of 'A talk by A. W. Brooks Esq. \| Assistant General Manager', Westminster Bank Limited, titled 'The Computer - and You', with photographs and fold-out diagram of 'Current a/c Book-Keeping - Computer System'. An attractive item, printed in black, blue and red on both sides of a piece of 40 x 56cm. paper, folded twice to make a 20 x 28cm. packet. In good condition, lightly-aged with a short tape stain on one edge. Four black and white photographs: two showing a smiling Reginald Maudling, with before/...		£180.00
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English artist [Georgian satire; caricature; satirical engraving; the Prince Regent; George IV] Original hand-coloured satirical engraving featuring the Prince Regent, entitled 'Princely Predilections or Ancient Music and Modern Discord.' George 11864; Reid 155; Cohn *732. Printed on one side of a piece of wove paper roughly 54 x 22 cm, dimensions of print 47 x 18.5 cm. Engraved at the sides of the caption beneath the print: 'Pubd. April 1st 1812 by M Jones No 5 Newgate Stt. \| G. Cruikshank fect.' Image clear and entire, on...	Art and Architecture, Royalty	£125.00
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English engraver, illustrator and caricaturist Autograph Signature ('Geoe Cruikshank') on slip of paper. Dimensions of paper roughly 10.5 x 4.5 cm. Two edges straight and two rough. Aged and grubby, with a 3 cm closed tear (repaired on reverse with archival tape), extending from the right and affecting the last two letters of Cruikshank's bold signature, which is 7 cm long and initially 3 cm high,...	Art and Architecture	£35.00
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English engraver, illustrator and caricaturist Cruikshank's Autograph Signature ('Geoe Cruikshank') on a slip of paper cut from the minutes of meetings of a 'Society'. On both sides of a piece of wove paper, dimensions roughly 8.5 x 20 cm. Cruikshank's signature is approximately 9 cm long, with the final letter of his Christian name in superscript. Paper aged and creased, with central vertical fold, and wear to one edge (not affecting text). Recto reads '...	Art and Architecture	£95.00
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English graphic artist Autograph Draft of Letter to his publishers Messrs Petter & Galpin [George William Petter and Thomas Dixon Galpin, associates of John Cassell]. 12mo (18 x 11 cm): 1 p. 15 lines of text. On aged paper with one light stain at centre. Corner on reverse tipped in onto card mount. No signature. Introducing 'Miss Napier who has just returned from the Cape of Good Hope - She has one or two M.SS which she wishes to submit to your notice [...]...	Art and Architecture, Book Trade History	£85.00