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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
[Maritime History] [The West Indies] [Lord Hugh Seymour] Copy of manuscript document 'To The Commissioners for Victualling His Majestys Navy' from 'R. M.' 4to. 4 pages. In poor condition: on paper creased, discoloured and frayed, with several closed tears, but with the text entirely legible. Apparently a copy, and docketed 'No. 1'. Seymour (1759-1801), the commander in chief at Jamaica, died of yellow fever on 11 September. 'R. M.' begins this...	Military and Naval History	£200.00
[Mary Hawkes] Auction Catalogue of the sale of a textile collection, a Mercer's Stock. Items relating to Mary Hawkes (d.1834) of East Close House, Christchurch, Hampshire, including an auction catalogue of the sale of the textile stock of a member of the Levett family of mercers, a poster for the same auction, and a copy of Mrs Hawkes's willAn interesting collection of material....	Social history	£450.00
[Maximilien?] Foy. Autograph Letter Signed "Mlien Foy" to "Monsieur le President" [Louis Napoleon Bonaparte]. In French. Two pages, 4to, some defects including a small tear but text clear and complete. He reminds the President of their meeting in which he congratulated him on "le grand mouvement populaire qui vous a place at la tete de la nation" and spoke of his brother, Alphonse Foy, "ancien administrateur en...	French	£265.00
[MID-CENTURY BOOKSELLING] Lt-Col. W.N. Pettigrew, bookseller, An archive representing his bookselling activities (first year of business) in 1951. The archive comprises c. 150 items, the vast majority letters but also postcards, and manuscript and typewritten lists, some substantial, usually of Kiplingiana. [One in Pettigrew's hand, returned by Rota, has individual suggestions of prices attached and the final price offered by Pettigrew.]...	Book Trade History	£450.00
Anon. [Printed] The Whigs and the Press. Report of the Trial of the Proprietors and Printer of the True Sun, ... [continued below] [title continued] ...For Recommending Non-payment of theAssessed Taxes; upon an Ex-officio Information, filed by His Majesty's Attorney-General. Before M.Justice Patteson and a Special Jury. 14pp., 8vo, disbound, foxed, final leaf detached, better than poor and worse than fair. Note: Charles...	History, Law, Social history	£165.00
[Muslim Newspaper; Islam] Islamic News [became The Muslim Standard] WITH: Muslim Outlook. Islamic News [Second Year of publication] Nos. 3, 19-24 inc., 28-38 inc.; as The Musliim Standard Nos.1-5 [39-43] inc., total 22 issues. A little staining, some edges dusty, some minor damage, mainly good. Subjects: "Strangling of Palestine, Muslim persecuted in India; letters; Palestine; Jews;...		£450.00
[Napoleon Bonaparte; Battle of Leipzig, 1813; English Georgian satire] Manuscript, in a contemporary hand, of an English satirical poem entitled 'Boney's Bridge', based on 'The House that Jack Built', concerning an incident during the Battle of Leipzig. 4to (22.5 x 19), 2 pp. Text complete in forty-three lines. On aged and stained paper, with wear and closed tears to extremities. The first three lines are 'This is the Bridge that was blown into air. \| These are the Miners who had the care \| Of mining the Bridge that was blown into air'. Three...	History	£95.00
[Napoleon Bonaparte; Napoleonic Wars; chromolithograph; chromolithography; engraving] Chromolithograph engraving depicting Napoleon Bonaparte in youth and old age. Dimensions 21 x 25 cm. No margin. No indication of artist, engraver, publisher or date. A good, clean image, with slight wear to extremities and evidence of previous mounting on reverse. A striking and attractive image, showing a young Napoleon, in dashing and colourful costume, his left hand...	French	£200.00
[NATIONAL PARK SERVICE] Ned J. Burns Typed Letter Signed and Typed Note Signed to F. J. Epps, Convenor, South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, 78 Dunwich Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, England. The letter of 2 pages, 4to. Discoloured, dusty and frayed. Dr Carl P. Russell has asked him to reply to Epps's letter regarding 'the preservation of outdoor Geological Sections'. Discusses this matter over two paragraphs. Says he is sending a copy of his 'Field Manual for Museums' and refers...	Natural History	£35.00
[Account book of a monumental mason and funeral director, Canterbury, Kent, 1921-1946] Manuscript account book of a Canterbury monumental mason and funeral director, with itemised descriptions of work done for each client. 12mo, 164 pp. In vellum notebook, with brass clasp and marbled endpapers. Text clear and complete, in several hands. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. Binding grubby, endpapers split. Index on first four pages, with each of the subsequent pages devoted to a single account. Each entry dated, with name...		£165.00