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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
[Sir Thomas Elder (1818-1897), explorer and philanthropist; The Evening Journal, Adelaide, South Australia] Supplement to the Evening Journal, Monday, September 25, 1871. To Thomas Elder, Esq., J.P., Adelaide. [List of names of '1,181 Electors of the Province' petitioning Elder to stand in 'the coming Election'. With transcript of Elder's letter in reply.] On one side of a piece of wove paper, 45.5 x 28 cm. Wear to a couple of the names, otherwise the text is clear and complete. Fair, on aged and spotted paper, with wear to extremities including a closed tear at head repaired on reverse with archival tape. Small patch of glue from previous...	History	£250.00
[Sir Thomas Phillipps, antiquary and bibliophile]. [Prospectus] Proposals for printing by Subscription "The Vocabulary of East Anglia . . . By the late Rev. Robert Forby. One page, 4to, slightly marked, mainly good condition. INSCRIBED in the hand of John Bowyer Nichols, the book's publisher and printer, "Respectfully submitted to Sir Thomas Phillipps Bart." Dawson Turner was to contribute a "Memoir of the Author"		£85.00
[Sir Thomas Phillipps, antiquary and bibliophile]. [Prospectus] The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham . . . by G. Lipscomb. Two pages, 4to, slightly foxed and soiled, small tear at fold. INSCRIBED in the hand of John Bowyer Nichols, the book's printer, "Respectfully submitted to Sir Thomas Phillipps Bart."	History	£85.00
[Sir William Huggins, President of the Royal Society; Conversazione, 1903] The Royal Society. Sir William Huggins, K.C.B., O.M., D.C.L., President. Conversazione. June 19th, 1903. 8vo, 24 pp. Stitched as issued. Well printed on good laid paper. Creased and aged. A programme, describing, often in detail, the forty-six exhibits, in the various rooms, from 'Photographs illustrative of the Coronation Naval Review, 1902' by Dr W. J. S. Lockyer, to 'Examples illustrating the...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£75.00
[Sir William Osborne Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Heligoland] Facts relating to the trial, which took place in the Court of King's Bench, 23rd of February, 1816, in which Mr. John Walker Anderson was plaintiff, and Lieut.-Col. Sir Wm. Hamilton, (late Lieutenant-Governor of Heligoland,) was defendant. Octavo: 16 pp. Stitched and unbound. In original brown printed wraps. Dogeared, and on slightly discoloured paper. Wraps creased and worn. According to a prefatory note by Hamilton (dated 'London, May 28th, 1816'), a 'Statement of Facts, relative to the Trial which took place in the Court of...	Military and Naval History	£120.00
[smallpox vaccination; medical history; Victorian medicine; Act of Parliament, 1840] Anno Terito & Quarto Victoriae Reginae. Cap. XXIX. An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination. [23d July 1840.] 8vo, 3 pp, paginated [225] to 227. Disbound bifolium. Two stab holes. Good, on lightly aged paper, with closed tear at head of crease line and slight loss along it. A piece of landmark legislation in the field of medical provision. 'Be it therefore enacted [...] That from and after the passing...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£25.00
[SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA] Norman Thomas Typed Letter Signed to Mrs Edith D. Stellin. Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. 1 page, 8vo. Not in good condition: fraying at all four edges, with loss to the last two letters of the author's surname. Letter addressed to 'Dear Comrade Snelling'. He explains in great detail the need...	History	£125.00
[Sotheby's; John Yonge Akerman copy] Catalogue of a valuable and interesting collection of Autograph Letters from the Royal Archives of France, and the illustrious Family of Turenne . . . . . . To which are added \| A Series of AUTOGRAPHS of the most celebrated Characters during \| the Revolution; and that singularly curious and highly \| valuable Historical Document the \| Original Scottish Covenant in 1638 \| With the signatures of all the most distinguished Covenanters among the...		£120.00
J.B. Owen, chemist Part of Autograph Note Signed,JB Owen, chemist, to unnamed correspondent. Paper, 9 x 12cm, small closed tear, good condition, marked at top No. 296 in a collection, saying I wish you success in this & on this & every other [?] that you undertake.	Science, Medicine and Technology	£23.00
[Arthur Miller, playwright] [Arthur Miller, playwright; signed Programme] Gala Performance. An Evening with Arthur Miller Programme, [20]pp., 4to, illus. printed wraps (partly in red). Directed by David Thacker, including excerpts from "The Golden Years", "Focus", "Death of a Salesman", Miller's adaptation of "An Enemy of the People", etc., etc. Programme signed by Arthur Miller himself ("For Esther \| Arthur MIller...	Literature, Music and Theatre	£80.00