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[ L. Prabhu Dial and W. Powell, Magistrates, 1st Class, Jhelum District, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan); the Raj; British rule ] 180pp., folio. Paginated 1-181 with one blank page. In red buckram half-binding. Internally in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in heavily worn binding. On cover: 'ELUM DISTRICT. | CASES. | October 1917 - December 1918.' (For information regarding the loosely-inserted 'Judgment Sheet' see... |
£1,500.00 | ||
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Heinrich Ulrich Wilhelm von Bulow [von Bülow; von Buelow] (1791-1846), Baron von Bulow, Prussian Minister in London, 1827-1845; and Wilhelm von Humboldt's son-in-law Autograph Letter Signed ('von Bülow'), in English, to 'Jon Shelly Esq | Yarmouth'. 4to: 3 pp. A bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged and creased paper. Thin strip of brown paper mount still adhering in inner margin of reverse of second leaf. Forty-six lines of text, clear and complete. A small square of paper, bearing Von Bulow's red wax seal (with clear impression) has been cut... |
£56.00 |
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Helen Mathers small fragment of autograph letter signed, correspondent unnamed Victorian novelist (Mrs Henry Reeves). Docketed 'Authoress of "Coming thro' the Rye"'. Signed 'Helen Reeves' and docketed 'nee Mathers'. Closing two lines of letter above signature, and on reverse five lines (referring to "the dreadful time of yours", partly covered by glued-on piece of paper.... |
Literature | £25.00 | |
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Henri de Montherlant One Autograph Letter Signed and one Autograph Postcard Signed to J.F. Scanlon, writer (?) Novelist, essayist and dramatist, both in French, signed "Montherlant. ALS, in original envelope, 2pp., 4to. In the letter, he is sorry to have missed him and includes him among the few people he does want to see again. "Je pense rester en Afrique jusque vers mai". A "Mr Bradley left for New... |
French, Literature | £150.00 | |
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Henri Fournel [Henri-Jérôme-Marie Fournel (1799-1876), French civil engineer, geologist and disciple of Saint-Simon] (1799-1876) Autograph Letter Signed ('H Fournel'), in French, to unnamed correspondent. 4to: 3 pp. Bifolium. Good on lightly aged and creased paper. Text clear and entire. Eighty lines of text, beginning abruptly, without salutation, 'Vous m'avez demandé ma pensée sur le prospectus que vous avez proposé. Permettez moi de la fixer sur le papier pour qu'elle ait tout la netteté qu'il... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £150.00 | |
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Henri-Jérôme-Marie Fournel (1799-1876), French civil engineer, geologist and disciple of Saint-Simon [Algeria] Autograph Letter Signed ('h. f.') to 'Madame [Eliza] Thomas'. 8vo bifolium, 3 pp. 57 lines of text. Addressed on verso of second leaf of bifolium, with circular postmark in black ink, to 'Madame Thomas, chateau de marville, près et par St. Denis (Banlieue de Paris).' Good, on lightly creased and aged paper, with slight damage to second leaf from breaking... |
French, Science, Medicine and Technology | £200.00 | |
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Henri-Jérôme-Marie Fournel (1799-1876), French civil engineer, geologist and disciple of Saint-Simon [Algeria] Autograph Letter Signed ('henri Fournel') to the Parisian publisher and bookseller Duprat. 16mo (13 x 10.5 cm), 1 p, 8 lines of text. Good. Ordering a geographical work and referring (obscurely) to words with an arab flavour (hard to read). |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £56.00 | |
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Henrietta Barnett Social reformer, founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb (1851-1936)(DNB).ANS, on a scrap of packing paper, saying “Given to Ernest Aves[?] inever grateful memory of all he did to and for me. June 17th-21st 1913.Henrietta Barnet”. Her husband, Samuel A. Barnet, has signed another part. |
Social history, Women | £45.00 | |
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Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Autograph Letter in the third person to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. British diplomat (1858-1918) 'H. M. Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beirut, Syria, and for the Lebanon, 1908-14' (Who's Who). One page, octavo. Very good. In reply to the Secretary's letter 'regrets very much not having been able to take advantage of the Council's kind invitations [to attend... |
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Henry Arthur Jones Autograph Letter Signed to [?] Jerrold. English playwright (1851-1929; DNB). 1 page, 12mo. In good condition, with negligible spotting. He will be ready the following Saturday and, as far as he knows, the one after as well. Apologises for not being able to 'get to your place, as I had hoped. But for the past for fortnight I have been... |
Music and Theatre | £25.00 |