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[Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) of Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire; Sir Stephen Herbert Gatty (1849-1922), Chief Justice of Gibraltar; William Beckford] Autograph Letter Signed ' Mabel Morrison', wife of Alfred Gatty, of Fonthill House to Sir Stephen Herbert Gatty, offering commiserations on the break up of Gatty's marriage. 12mo, 8 pp. On two bifoliums. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged and spotted paper. She writes with compassion but without tact: 'how great your loneliness must be - Dear Alice was so wrapt up in you, so devoted to you that the withdrawal of her love & sympathy must be very hard...		£28.00
W. B. Yeats, editor [The Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland; Irish literature] The Arrow. 4to, 8 unpaginated pages. In original grey printed wraps. Text clear and complete. Neat vertical fold. On worn and foxed paper, with rust to staples and slight wear and chipping to wraps. The second of the five issues to appear in Yeats's lifetime. (In the 'W. B. Yeats Commemoration Number' of...	Literature	£350.00
W. B. Yeats, editor; George Moore, Edward Martyn, W. B. Yeats, Alice Milligan, and Augusta Gregory, contributors [Irish literature] Beltaine. An Occasional Publication. The Organ of the Irish Literary Theatre. Edited by W. B. Yeats. 4to, 28 + [iv] pp. In original buff printed wraps. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with rust to staples causing detached covers. Nicely printed. Advertisements on the last four pages and three sides of the wraps. Contains the following: 'Plans and Methods' by 'The Editor [Yeats]', 'Is...	Literature	£200.00
W. Blanchard Jerrold. Receipt, text by publishers (Grant & Griffith), signed by Jerrold. One page, 7.5 x 4.5, fold marks, minor staining, text clear and complete. "London Decr 2nd. 1851/ Received of Messrs Grant & Griffith the sum of five pounds <?> for the second Edition of 'Wonders of Home' and completing the sum of twenty pounds to be paid me as per agreement for the...	Book Trade History, Literature	£45.00
W. Bromley, Speaker [Address of the House of Commons to Queen Anne, 1711; Treaty of Utrecht] The Humble Address of the House of Commons to the Queen. Printed on one side of a leaf of laid paper, roughly 30 x 19 cm. The address itself is 45 lines long. Text clear and complete. On aged, grubby and worn paper with closed tear to margin (not affecting text). A response to the Queen's 'Speech from the Throne', expressing happiness at 'the...	History, Royalty, Social history, Women	£56.00
W. Bromley, Speaker [Votes of the House of Commons, 1711; Queen Anne; Treaty of Utrecht] Votes of the House of Commons. Jovis 17. die Jan. 1711. [Including the transcript of a letter to the House of Commons from Queen Anne, dated 'St. James's, 17. January, 1711.'] Printed in small type on both sides of a leaf of laid paper, roughly 31 x 20 cm. Text clear and complete. On aged, worn and grubby paper. Closed tear to upper corner (not affecting text). At head of first page: '[39] Numb. 17'. At head of second page: '[40]'. The Queen's letter, of 28 lines, is...	History	£56.00
W. D. B. [Naval and Military Gazette; Duke of Wellington; Birmingham Riots of 1839] [Drop-head title:] LETTER, No. 1. To the Editor of the Naval & Military Gazette. [LETTER, No. 2. To the Editor of the Naval & MIlitary Gazette. "The Duke and the Storming of Towns."] [LETTER, No. 3. (Confidential.) 26th August, 1839.] 12mo (leaf dimensions 22.5 x 14 cm): 12 pp paginated [3] to 14. Lacking (presumed) title-leaf. Unstitched, and consisting of one sheet of paper, 45 x 28 cm, folded twice to make four leaves; and one half sheet, 22.5 x 28 cm, folded to make two leaves. Text clear and entire, on heavily aged and...	History, Military and Naval History	£120.00
W. Dorrington & Son, Engravers of Wood [perhaps identifiable with William Dorriington and George Dorrington listed in BBTI] Invoice, printed heading, for "Mr Tomlinson" Aug. 1831 with MS. Receipt, 22 Aug. 1831. 8vo, spike-hole, good condition. "[MS.] to Designing & Engraving a Block of 'Soldiers Funeral £2.10.0". An example of the engraving is laid down in the top left corner, an image of a church at distance, a country lane, the entry to the churchyard and a solitary figure walking down the lane)...	Book Trade History, Printing History	£95.00
W. Feetham Junior [Arthur Morgan; Equitable Assurance Office; Life Insurance] Printed notice, with manuscript insertions, 'respecting additions to Policies'. One page, quarto. On grey paper. Addressed, with postmarks, on second leaf of bifoliate, which is damaged from breaking of wafer, to 'W. Feetham Junr. Esqr. \| 4 Millbank Street \| Westminster'. Informs Feetham that policy no. 6026 'has become one of the oldest 5000 Policies in this Office'. The...	History, Social history	£30.00
W. H. Berry Photograph signed, Comic actor. A charming photograph, 5 inches by 3 inches, of a winking Berry in sailor suit and cap of "H.M.S. CISSY", his arms folded across his chest. Inscribed "Yours. v. truly / W. H. Berry / 1921". Mounted on pink paper docketed "Very Popular Actor". In good condition.	Music and Theatre	£20.00