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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Henry Hallam Autograph Note in third person to G. S. Allan. English historian (1777-1859). One page, 8vo. Folded twice. In good condition although slightly grubby and with one small closed tear at foot from clumsy cutting. Verso attached to remains of previous mount. Reads 'Mr Hallam will be glad to see Mr G. S. Allen tomorrow morning at ten, if he has...	History	£40.00
Henry Hallam. Autograph Letter Signed to [Joseph Hunter, antiquary (DNB). Hallam, Henry 1777-1859, historian (DNB). He welcomes the gift of "the Octavo Edition of [his] valuable Reports on the M.S.S. in some of our libraries" [presumably ‘Three Catalogues describing the Contents of the Red Book of the Exchequer, of the Dodsworth Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library,...	History	£75.00
Henry Hancock (1809-1880), President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London [Frederic Carpenter Skey (1798-1872), surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital; John Abernethy (1764-1831)] Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Metcalfe, a letter of condolence on the death of her father, the surgeon Frederic Carpenter Skey. 12mo: 1 p. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with a couple of light spots at foot. Sixteen lines of closely-written text. He is forwarding a 'Copy of a Resolution unanimously adopted by the Council of this college on the 17 Inst'. He wishes to state his 'personal regret' at her 'great bereavement'....	Science, Medicine and Technology	£75.00
Henry Hardinge Autograph Letters Signed (x 4) to John Wilson Croker, Capt. Basil Hull, the Attorney-General and Archdeacon Singleton Viscount, soldier, G.-G. of India. (Croker) asks for assistance for lady whose sons died on naval duty. (Hull) he has passed on his note about forgery to Peel. (Attorney-General) asks him to look at a Bill he wants to go before the House. (Singleton) he discusses the circumstances of the death...	History	£120.00
[MInistry of Public Instruction, St. Petersburg, Russia] [Russian Empire] [Printed item.] Project of a Statute for the General Educational Scholastic Establishments of the Ministry of Public Instruction. [5] + 106pp., 4to. On aged and worn paper, in damaged and heavily-worn printed wraps. Stamps, shelfmark and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library. Entirely in English, and with no explanation of why it should be so. Scarce: the only copies on COPAC at the British Library, Oxford and...		£220.00
Henry Hayman (1823-1904) [Canon Edward Hadarezer Knowles (c.1823-1899); Rugby School; Matthew Holbeche Bloxam] Autograph Letter Signed to Canon Knowles 12mo, 1 p, 8 lines. With mourning border. Good, on aged paper, with small closed tear at head neatly repaired on reverse with archival tape. Blank second leaf of bifolium stained from previous mounting. Printed as part of the letterhead at top of page are two lines giving Hayman's terms as a...		£85.00
Henry Hobhouse Autograph Letter Signed to James Williams Archivist (1776-1854). 2pp., 4to, suggesting that, despite the potential for "tumult" of a "great Concourse of People", the following day, he does not believe there will be a need for the "Sheriff's Interference". (At this time Hobhouse acted as permanent under-secretary for the Home Dept.)	History	£35.00
Henry Hobhouse Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. English historian and archivist (1776-1854; DNB) who superintended the publication of the 'State Papers of Henry VIII'. Fragment of letter, 2 inches by four, in good condition, on laid paper signed 'H. Hobhouse' beneath part of salutation 'Yr obed. Sert.' with 'Basseterre \| Guadaloupe' beneath...	History	£20.00
Henry Hobhouse [MAIDSTONE, KENT] Printed governmental circular (in form of facsimile of manuscript) addressed to 'The Town Clerk' (with 'Town of Maidstone' in manuscript). Hobhouse (1776-1854) was a Privy Councillor in 1828, and Keeper of the State Papers, 1826-54. Quarto. One page. Very good, on first leaf of bifoliate. Folded twice. On watermarked Whatman paper of 1827. Facsimile signature 'H. Hobhouse'. Begins 'The King having been pleased to comply with the...	History	£56.00
'The Carmichael Entertainment Committee' [Hon. David Fremantle Carmichael (1830-1903), Member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1873-1882] [Maharajah of Vizianagram; Rajah of Pittapur; Madhava Row] [Printed pamphlet.] Meeting in Honor of the Hon. D. F. Carmichael [Member of the Madras Legislative Council. 4to, 19 pp. Stitched and unbound. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Folded, and addressed in manuscript from India (with postmark and stamp) to C. H. E. Carmichael in London. Begins: 'A meeting of the friends and admirers of the Hob'ble D. F. Carmichael, of the Madras Civil Service,...	History, Social history	£500.00