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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Albert Chevalier [Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier] (1861-1923), comedian and actor Autograph Signature ('Albert Chevalier') with quotation from his song 'Our Bazaar'. On a piece of paper 6 x 14 cm. Laid down on part of leaf from autograph album. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Evidently in response to a request for an autograph. Good firm signature, with looped underlining. Reads: ' "We take the compositions as they are" \| "Our Bazaar" \| [signed] Albert...	Music and Theatre	£35.00
Albert Coates, conductor and composer. Autograph Music: Pickwick Scherzo Circa 70 pages, folio, 12 staves to a full page. The complete string parts with the firsdt claribet, first and second bassoon and double bassoon parts ("Fagots"). Printed entry from auction catalogue (prob. Sotheby's) on wrapping, 28 October 1974 (item 99). Although unsuccessful in the theater,...	Music and Theatre	£450.00
[A. F. Vallin; J. Manier; Paris International Exhibition, 1878] [Printed pamphlet.] International Exhibition. Paris 1878. The Popular Instruction in Europe. Rectification of the Map published by Mr. J. Manier, with the occasion of the International Exhibition of Paris. 4to, 27 pp. Stitched. In original printed wraps. Text clear and complete. On aged paper, in worn and torn wraps. Stamps of the Education Department Library. Written in English, and filled with information about the educational systems of Europe, including Great Britain. Appendix (pp.26-27) of '...	Education, French	£125.00
William Fowler (1828-1905), Liberal Member of Parliament for Cambridge, 1868-74 and 1880-85 [Colonel Edmund Spencer Eardley Childers (1854-1919), son of Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (1827-96)] Three Autograph Letters Signed (two 'W Fowler' and one 'Wm Fowler') from William Fowler, Liberal MP for Cambridge, to Colonel Spencer Childers, regarding his father the Liberal Chancellor Hugh Childers, Gladstone, Irish Home Rule, and other matters. All three items good, on lightly-aged paper. All bifoliums. Letter One (1 July 1901): 12mo, 4 pp. 42 lines. He is pleased to have received Childers' life of his father (published that year). 'I knew your Father well, [...] I was in the House in the Parliaments of 68 & 80 when he had his most...	History	£150.00
Albert Smith. Autograph Note, third person, to “Miss Sullivan” Novelist and humourist (1816-1860). One page, 8vo, traces of mounting, mainly good. He says that though he is not yet receiving “North End Lodge”, he would be happy to subscribe. He questions “what the number means, attached to the names”[?].	Literature	£35.00
Albert Way. Autograph Letters Signed (x 3) to “Smith”. Antiquary (1805-1874). 2pp. ea., 8vo, damp-staining and other marksbut text still legible. He is returning some “cuts” lent by the Sussex Society and enclosing “eight blocks for the Catalogue of the Chichester Museum”. He wants his correspondent to follow up on a “cut”. In another letter, he...	Art and Architecture, History, Travel and Topography	£120.00
Aldred Farrer Barker [Frank J. Farrell; Tammany Hall] Typed Letter Signed to [G. K.] Menzies, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Authority on textiles (died 1964) and writer of several works on the subject. One page, quarto. Good, on discoloured paper with one small closed tear at foot. Docketed and bearing the R.S.A. stamp. The subject of the first part of the letter would appear to be the New York 'Pool Room King',...		£36.00
Alec Douglas-Home. Typed letters (x 2) signed to Peter Barling of the Cricket Society, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Conservative prime minister (1903-95). Both letters one page, 12mo. In the first he says he will accept Barling's invitation to the Autumn Dinner as long as "nothing prevents me from being with you that evening". In the second he thanks Barling for further details of...	History	£50.00
Alec Hurley [Alexander Hurley (1871-1913), music hall artiste, coster singer, and Marie Lloyd's second husband [George Le Brunn; Harry Castling; London street ballad; cockney; East End slang] Handbill cockney street ballad entitled 'IT'S MONEY WELL LAID OUT. Sung by ALEC HURLEY.' On one side of a piece of light-brown laid paper, dimensions roughly 240 x 125 mm. Text clear and entire, on lightly creased paper with chipping, short closed tears and loss to extremities. Crudely printed. A thirty-two line poem, arranged in four four-line stanzas, each with a different chorus...	Music and Theatre, Social history	£120.00
Alec Waugh (Alexander Raban Waugh, 1898-1981), English novelist, elder brother of Evelyn Waugh Card carrying Autograph Inscription to Charles Wilson. On one side of the card. Dimensions, 8.5 x 11 cms. Very good. Neat inscription reading 'For Charles Wilson \| with Alec Waugh's best wishes \| July. 31. 1948 /.'	Literature	£23.00