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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Arthur Elliot, English illustrator [Swiss door knockers; Switzerland; architectural hardware] Album of 95 original detailed illustrations (drawings) of antique wrought iron door knockers (70 from Switzerland and 25 from Italy and France) by the English artist Arthur Elliot, titled by him 'A Book of Knockers'. With short essay by Elliot. Elliot's illustrations, attractively executed in great detail, recall the style of those in the volumes produced by the publisher B. T. Batsford during the same period. All in excellent condition, the majority with tissue guards; album in good good condition. Fifty-eight of the illustrations,...	Art and Architecture, Social history	£650.00
Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), American author and literary executor of Gertrude Stein [Margaret Lucha; the Academic Observer] Typed Note Signed by Carl Van Vechten to 'Miss Lucha', thanking her for a copy of the Gertrude Stein number of the Academic Observer. 8vo, 1 p. Typed and signed in light-blue, beneath green letterhead, and with 'CARL VAN VECHTEN' 'watermark' at centre of page. Text clear and complete. On lightly aged paper, worn and dogeared at extremities. He thanks her for the copy of 'the Academic Observer (Gertrude Stein number) which...	Literature	£280.00
Elbert Hubbard [Elbert Green Hubbard (1856-1915)] [Alfred Lord Tennyson; Arthur Hallam; Walt Whitman] Original typescript with manuscript corrections by Elbert Hubbard, regarding Tennyson's friendship with Arthur Hallam, and with a quotation from Whitman. 12mo, 3 pp, on separate loose leaves. Forty lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on browned paper. Laid out for printing, and with the page numbering 21 to 23 (from 12 to 14). Loosely inserted in a folder with 'Original Manuscript of Elbert Hubbard' printed on the front, which also carries two...	Literature	£180.00
[European Schools in the Punjab, 1897; The Raj; British India] [Printed item.] Code of Regulations for European Schools in the Punjab; with Index and Explanatory Notes. [2] + iii + 92pp., 8vo. Slips with printed emendations (the largest being 15.5 x 14 cm in size) have been tipped-in onto pp.5, 8, 12, 51 and 60. Stabbed as issued, but with the stitching removed, leaving the signatures loose. In grey printed wraps. Aged and worn, in repaired wraps. Shelfmark,...		£120.00
General Sir William Cator (1785-1866), K.C.B., Royal Artillery, Director-General of Artillery during the Crimean War [British Army; Peninsular War] Collection of papers relating to the military career of General Sir William Cator, from the Peninsular War to the Crimean War (during which he was Director-General of Artillery). Comprising three commissions, a printed memoir, five manuscript items. An short account of Cator's career is to be found in the Gentleman's Magazine for June 1866. This collection of nine items is of particular importance, considering the fact that - remarkably for such a distinguished figure - he was not accorded a Times obituary, and has no entry in the...	Military and Naval History	£450.00
Henry Thurstan Holland (1825-1914), 1st Viscount Knutsford [Sir Henry Holland], Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1887-1914 [Sir Stephen Herbert Gatty (1849-1922), Chief Justice of Gibraltar, 1895] Autograph Letter Signed ('Knutsford') from Henry Holland, Viscount Knutsford, to J. W. Lowther, regarding Gatty's 'application for the Attorney Generalship of Hong Kong'. 12mo, 3 pp. Bifolium. Sixteen lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper, folded twice. He would have consiered 'Mr. Gatty's application [...] together with those of others', but he had 'already made other arrangements for filling up this appointment'. He regrets that he is '...	History	£28.00
'J. C. B.' [John Caldwell Bloomfield] [Printed pamphlet.] Notes on the Condition of Ireland; with a Proposed Remedy. Shewing how the Prosperity of the Country may be increased by the Judicious Introduction of Home Industries. 15pp., 12mo. Stitched. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. With shelfmark and stamp of the Education Department Library. Signed beneath title on front cover: 'J. C. Bloomfield'. Dedication to 'B. Samuelson, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.' on p.3. Bloomfield was the co-founder of Belleek Pottery....		£80.00
Fanny Goode [Frances Goode], sister of Sir Henry Bishop (1786-1855), English composer, best known for writing the tune to 'Home Sweet Home'] Autograph Letter Signed from 'Fanny Goode' [Frances Goode], sister of the composer Sir Henry Bishop, regarding her brother's final days and death. 4 pp, 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. The unnamed recipient appears to have been named as executor in a prvevious will of Sir Henry Bishop. Opens in dramatic style: 'I was very greatly surprised to receive a letter from you this morning, dated from Brighton, as my poor Brother, Sir Henry...	Music and Theatre	£75.00
James Heywood Markland (1788-1864), antiquary and book collector [John Bowyer Nichols] Autograph Letter Signed ('J H Markland), to the printers 'Messrs Nichols & Son \| 25 Parliament Sq.'' by the antiquary and book collector James Heywood Markland 12mo, 2 pp. Bifolium, addressed on reverse of second leaf. Fair, on aged paper. He does not think he received 'Part II of Collectanea Topog. & Geneal.' 'As I believe that receipts are taken on delivery of that Work be so good as to send me any memorandum of the fact - if you do not possess...	Book Trade History	£56.00
John Peter Gassiot (1797-1877), electrician [James C. Webster, Secretary, the Athenaeum Club, London] Autograph Signature ('John P Gassiot') of the electrician John Peter Gassiot, FRS, on part of letter to J. C. Webster. On piece of paper cut from letter, 4.5 x 10.5. With both sides lightly-sprinkled with ink dots. Reads 'Believe me \| Yours \| John P Gassiot'. Reverse, with printed letterhead, gives the beginning of the letter: 'Sir \| I was informed Yday Evg. that <...>'. Docketed by Webster 'Sent List \| 28...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£35.00