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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
[Funeral service of Thomas Hardy, 1928] [Printed order of service.] Westminster Abbey. The Funeral Service of the late Thomas Hardy, O.M. Monday, January 16th, 1928. 2 p.m. 9pp., 12mo. Unbound pamphlet of five leaves. Fair, on aged paper, with rust to staple. Gives the two pieces played 'Before the Service', 'The Sentences', 'The Lesson', 'Hymn', 'The Nunc Dimittis' and 'The Blessing'. Scarce: the only copy on COPAC at the British Library, with a further four...		£120.00
Prosper Merimee. Signature only. French novelist. Signature "Pr. Merimee" underlined on piece of paper, 1.5 x 0.75"	French, Literature	£25.00
Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton (1813-90), French violinist Autograph Letter Signed ('P. Sainton') in English to unnamed female correspondent. Two pages, 12mo. Very good. He was absent when the letter to his wife (the English contralto Charlotte Dolby) arrived. He has heard 'the little boy', and thinks that 'with proper care he may turn out a good Violinist, but he hs to undo every thing and to be guided in the right Way. He has...	French, Music and Theatre	£56.00
Pryse Lockhart Gordon part of autograph letter signed to James Perry editor of the Morning Chronicle Sct.-Belg. writer (DNB) Perhaps divided in preparation for publication. The following scored through: 'My dear Sir \| The above transaction (bien bizarre), I had viva voce from Mr Troyaux - perhaps you will think it worthy of a place in the Chronicle - \| I rejoice to find from your friend Mr...	Literature, Travel and Topography	£100.00
Public Order Bill, House of Commons, 1936 [Oswald Mosley; British Union of Fascists; Fascism; Nazi uniforms] Public Order. A Bill To prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of military or similar character; and to make further provision for the preservation of public order. 8vo, [ii] + 7 + [i] pp. Five leaves. Stapled and unbound. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper, with the two staples slightly rusted. The title of the Bill continues '[...] on the occasion of public processions and meetings in public places.' It was 'Presented by Secretary Sir John Simon,...	Military and Naval History, Social history	£56.00
Puttick and Simpson, London auctioneers [auction catalogues; bookplates; ex-libris] Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Book-Plates, (Ex-Libris.) 8vo: 21 pp. Stitched and unbound. Tastefully printed on good watermarked laid paper. Aged, and with the covers grubby. Priced and named to lot 113, and with a few of the other lots priced in pencil. A slip, dimensions 2.5 x 15.5 cm, has been cut away from the beginning of the sale (pp.3-4),...	Book Trade History	£125.00
Puttick and Simpson, London auctioneers [autographs; sale catalogues; Shakespeare; George Washington] Catalogue of an Interesting Collection of Autograph Letters, selected from the Portfolios of Several Distinguished Amateurs [...] Family of George the Third [...] Some curious Shaksperian Papers [...] Oxford, Cambridge, Eton, and Winchester Scholars. Octavo: ii + 51 + [1] pp. Stitched and unbound. Grubby, and with loss to final leaf, affecting a couple of lots and an advertisement, from removal of label. 521 lots. Postmarked penny red postage stamp. Letters of Burns, Byron, Coleridge, Frederick the Great, Haydn, Rousseau, Voltaire. The high...		£80.00
Queen Adelaide Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. Consort (1792-1849) of King William IV of Great Britain and aunt of Queen Victoria. On piece of paper, roughly 5 inches by 3 inches. In good condition, although creased and grubby. Reads '[...] l'heure. - Adieu. \| Toujours votre \| afft. \| Adelaide'.	Royalty	£45.00
Queen Adelaide [Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen] (1792-1849), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, consort of King William IV (1765-1837) Autograph Letter Signed ('A R'), with red wax seal, to her servant 'Mrs. <Ballmigue?>'. 12mo, 1 p. Slight damage and loss at head, affecting one line of text. The seal, with a clear impression of a crown above the letters 'A R'., in a rectangle roughly 1 x 1.5 cm, adheres to the reverse of the second leaf of the bifolium, which also carries the name of the recipient, and has been...	Royalty	£125.00
Queen Alexandra (Printed copy of?) Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed correspondent. Queen-consort (1844-1925) of King Edward VII. 2 pages, 16mo. Bifoliate, with recto of first leaf bearing a mourning border. Reads 'Marlborough House \| I have read with great interest the Report of the work of the Field Force Fund and I hope the Appeal for Friends will meed with a generous...	Royalty	£25.00