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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Katharine Sarah Macquoid (nee Gadsden, 1824-1917), voluminous English novelist Autograph Letter Signed ('Katharine S. Macquoid') to Seymour C. J. Freeman-Matthews. One page, 12mo. Very good. 'I see that to-day is mail day for the Cape, I therefore send you at once the signature for which you ask. I wonder how you discovered my address.' Accompanied by biographical cutting.	Literature, Women	£60.00
Katherine Mayo. Autograph Note Signed to "Miss [Nancy] Sheppard". With original envelope, original address changed to another. Author of "Mother India" (1927). One page, 12mo, very good condition, saying "If I sold [Ey land?] while this book [Mother India presumably] is still a matter of any interest. I shall certainly remember you. / Yours faithfully, / Katherine Mayo".	History, Literature	£75.00
[Emily Faithfull, Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, Victoria Press, London] [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism] [Emily Faithfull, Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, Victoria Press, London; printed pamphlet.] Shall my Daughter learn a Business? ['Tract No. 2' in the series 'Tracts for Parents and Daughters'.] 12pp., 12mo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. No copy on COPAC or OCLC Worldcat.		£320.00
[The Crime Writers Association] [Crime Writers' Association] An archive of membership list, accounts, correspondence and related material. The Crime Writers' Association (CWA). Founded 5 November 1953An Archive accumulated during his periods in office by T.C.H. Jacobs, aka Jacques Pendower, author, sometime Hon. Treas., Vice-Chairman, and Chairman of the CWAIt was unanimously agreed that those present should found forthwith an...		£450.00
Kay Nielsen Nine rejected proofs of the coloured print 'The Gloomy Thick Wood'. All nine are printed on art paper, roughly 18 x 12.5 cm. Tipped in onto 27.5 x 21 cm leaves. The mounts have the title, 'THE GLOOMY THICK WOOD \| By Kay Nielsen' and a border surrounding the plate, both printed in olive. The collection is in very good condition, with occasional nicking to the...	Women	£250.00
Keith Travers Borrow [Encounter Bay; the Historical Memorials Committee of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia; the Pioneers' Association of South Australia] Whaling at Encounter Bay. Prepared by Keith Travers Borrow [for the Hisorical Memorial Committee of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (S.A. Branch) and with their permission published by the Pioneers' Association of S.A.]. 12mo, 16 pp. Stapled pamphlet. Not paginated. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Includes a three-quarter page 'Chart of the Anchorages in Encounter Bay by Wm. Light, Surveyor General'. Scarce: no copy in the British Library, and the only copy on COPAC at Oxford (where dated to 1846).		£45.00
[Report from the House of Commons Select Committee on Official Publications, 1906.] Report from the Select Committee on Official Publications, &c. with the Proceedings of the Committee. 8vo, 31 + [i] pp. Unbound. Fair, on aged paper. Title page carries small stamp of the University of Hull, and ownership inscription of J. R. Warburton. The Committee was appointed 'to inquire into the Number, Bulk, Cost, and Circulation of the Documents printed by Order of this House [of Commons...		£45.00
George Sanderson (c.1835-1814), English mathematician [Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), engraver] Autograph Letter Signed ('Geo Sanderson') to Lowry. 8vo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. On aged and creased paper, with chipping to extremities. Thin strip of stub adhering to reverse, which carries the address in Sanderson's hand: 'Mr: Lowry \| No: 57 \| Tichfield St:'. He asks him to 'send the Books by the Bearer. \| I find my self better & am...	Book Trade History, Science, Medicine and Technology	£225.00
H. A. L. Fisher [Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher] (1865-1940), British historian, Liberal politician and Warden of New College, Oxford [Ronald Chapman; Limnerslease, Compton; G. F. Watts] Two Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed (all three 'H A L Fisher') to 'Ronnie' [Ronald Chapman], and one Autograph Letter Signed ('Herbert Fisher') to the latter's mother, Mrs Chapman, concerning his education. Each of the four items has text clear and complete. The four are in fair condition, on aged paper, with minor staining from the paperclip used to attach them, and a small closed tear at the foot of the first letter. Letter One to 'Dear Mrs Chapman'; the other three to 'Dear Ronnie'. Letter One (...	Education, History, Literature	£120.00
Kenelm Digby (Kenelm Henry Digby) Autograph note, third person, to [Bohte], bookseller. Miscellaneous writer (1800-1880). One page, 8vo, edges discoloured, text clear and complete. "Upon arriving at Cambridge, Mr Digby finds that only the ist volume of Kant's Works had been sent to Will's Coffee House [when did it close?]. He writes to request that Mr Bohte will forward the...	Book Trade History	£150.00