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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), Duchess of Portland [Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800), author, literary hostess and 'Queen of the Bluestockings'; William Bentinck, Duke of Portland (1709-1762)] Unsigned Autograph Letter from Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, to her 'Dearest Friend' the bluestocking Mrs Mary Wortley Montagu; franked by the writer's husband 'Portland'. 4to, 2 pp. Bifolium, with letter on both sides of first leaf, and frank ('For Mrs Montagu at Mr Purdies in Orange Court, Bath'), with red wax seal (bust of a man), on reverse of second. 42 lines of text. Clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper, with strip of mount adhering to second leaf. Begins...	Book Trade History, History, Literature, Women	£450.00
[ H. W. King, Hon. Sec., the Antiquarian Etching Club, London, founded 1849 [ John Russell Smith, bookseller, 36 Soho Square, London ] [ The Antiquarian Etching Club, London. ] Printed prospectus, with 'Plan of the Club', 'Rules' and 'Contents of Volumes already issued. With descriptive letter-press.' 4pp., 8vo. Bifolium. Disbound. A frail survival, on aged paper, with chipping to gutter and extremities. The first page begins, under the heading 'Antiquarian Etching Club', 'The Antiquarian Etching Club was formed with the view of rescuing from oblivion, and preserving to posterity, some...		£120.00
James Wilson, nineteenth-century Birmingham bookseller and manuscript dealer [ James Wilson, nineteenth-century Birmingham bookseller and manuscript dealer. ] Printed letterhead ('Memorandum from James Wilson'), in red and brown gothic type. On 7 x 13.5cm piece of watermarked laid paper, cut from the head of a 12mo leaf. Tastefully printed in red and brown, in gothic type with rubricated capital. Reads: 'MEMORANDUM \| from \| James Wilson, \| Dealer in Ancient and Modern Books and Manuscripts; rare \| and valuable County Histories, Old...		£56.00
Nicolas Bentley [Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (1907-1978)], British author and illustrator [C. Kenneth Benda (1902-1978), British actor] Typed Letter Signed by Nicolas Bentley to the actor C. Kenneth Benda, concerning the rights to his book 'Trent's Last Case', and a proposal by Benda for a stage adaptation. 4to, 1 p. 19 lines. Text clear and complete. On aged and lightly creased paper, with strip of sunning to left-hand margin. Neat signature: 'Nicolas Bentley'. The film and television rights to the book were all 'bought some years ago by Herbert Wilcox, who, as I understand it, still owns them'....	Book Trade History, Literature	£75.00
Prince Augustus Frederick (1773-1843), Duke of Sussex, sixth son of King George III [Sir William John Newton (1785-1869), artist and photographer] Autograph Note in the third person from Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, to Sir W. J. Newton, regarding a sitting. 12mo, 1 p. Six lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Suggests a couple of alternative days on which he 'will be at liberty to give Sir W. J. Newton a sitting'.	Art and Architecture, Royalty	£85.00
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), subject of the nursery rhyme 'The Grand Old Duke of York'` Autograph Letter Signed ('Frederick') from 'the Grand Old Duke of York', Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, to unnamed correspondent. 4to, 1 p. Nine lines. Text clear and complete. Good, with minor traces of previous mount on reverse. He is returning 'the Franks that you sent to me last night', with the assurance that he is ready 'at all times to be of service' to him. He is sorry that he will not be able to see him before his...	History, Royalty	£85.00
Queen Charlotte [Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz] (1744-1818), consort of King George III Autograph Letter Signed ('Charlotte') by Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, to 'Mr. Rowland', regarding financial matters. 12mo, 1 p. Eight lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. Begins 'The Queen has signed the Warrants, but things [sic] there is a mistake, as Duncan's Salary is but 80 L.' If her page's salary is £200, 'another Warrant must be made out [...] Mr. Rowland will do well to inquire...	History, Royalty	£280.00
[Prayer and Thanksgiving for the recovery of King George III, 1789; Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, the King's Printers; liturgies; forms of prayer] [pamphlet on King George III's illness] A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God; [...] for the signal Interposition of His good Providence in delivering our most Gracious Sovereign from the severe Illness with which he hath been afflicted. Small 4to, 12 pp. Disbound, with neat strip of ribbon to margin of last page, and vertical fold from placement in 8vo volume. Very good, with neat repairs to last two leaves. Cropped contemporary ownership signature of Gilbert Buchanan (from whose collection of pamphlets the item derives) at...	History, Royalty	£56.00
Samuel Hallifax [Halifax] (1733-1790), Bishop of Gloucester [Thomas Cadell (1742-1802), London bookseller] Autograph Letter in the third person from Samuel Hallifax [Halifax], Bishop of Gloucester, to the London bookseller Thomas Cadell, giving instructions regarding presentation copies of a work of his. 12mo, 1 p. Ten lines, written lengthwise. Text clear and complete. Addressed on reverse to 'Mr. Cadell, Bookseller, Stran[d]'. Clearly relating to Hallifax's 'Sermon preached before the Lords spiritual and temporal', published by Cadell in 1782. He is sending a 'List of Presents to persons out...	Book Trade History, Printing History, Religion	£56.00
Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), author and educationist Autograph Letter Signed from the author and educationist Sarah Trimmer to 'Mr. Newby' 4to, 1 p. 14 lines. Text clear, apart from damage to two words caused by the breaking open of the wafer. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with traces of previous mount adhering to the reverse. Her recipient has corrected 'a personal defect' in one of Trimmer's books, calling for a 'trifling'...	Literature, Women	£180.00