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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Alec Waugh [Alexander Raban Waugh (1898-1981), English author, elder brother of Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed ('Alec Waugh') to 'Dear Burdett'. 12mo: 2 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. If the recipient visited on the Saturday he would have found that the Waughs were away: 'My wife was developing mumps in London & I was kicking a football. Would tha tit had been any other day.' He thanks him for 'the review...	Literature	£56.00
Alec Worsley, English puppeteer [puppets; Bridgnorth, Shropshire] Typed Letter Signed ('Alec') to Edmund Vale of Nant Ffrancon, Wales. One page, quarto. On aged and creased paper. The letterhead, in purple and red, features an illustration of a theatre curtain. He is 'looking forward to receiving a set of Galley Proofs' of Vale's book ('Trust House Story', 1952?). On receipt he will 'make a number of rough sketches for the...	Music and Theatre, Social history	£28.00
Alessandro Chiapelli, Italian philosopher Fragment of Autograph Statement or Letter Signed (last page). One page, 8vo, text as follows (square brackets when I can't read the Italian): "mova, come le antiche che la [?] a maestro d' sapienza politica e d'arte luminosa, è e [infende?] d'essere [affermazinne?] d'cultura e d'intellectualita. Il chiedere a gran voce l'istituzione d'una universitata...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£85.00
[Mathew Varenne [Matthew de Varenne; Varens] (d.1726), bookseller at the sign of Seneca's Head, near Somerset House in the Strand, London; Hendrik Hulsbergh (d.1729), London-based Dutch engraver] [Mathew Varenne, bookseller, near Somerset House in the Strand.] Engraved bookplate ('H: Hulsbergh Sc.') with inscription 'This Book and all sorts are to be had at Math: Varrenne's at the Senecas head near Sommerset house in ye Strand.' Note that Varenne's Christian name is spelled with one 't' on the bookplate, and generally with two 't's by later sources. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, tipped in onto a grey paper mount. Engraved on a 12 x 8 cm piece of wove paper, with no margin. The engraving depicts a carved head...		£250.00
Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet, playwright, novelist, and critic Autograph Letter Signed "A C Swinburne" to his brother, Edward, with envelope, including reference to "Yanks", relaxing into a sense of humour.. Three pages, 8vo, bifiolium, final page laid down on card, as is the envelope addressed in his hand, text legible and complete: "Your protégé & Mr Cowen's has not tracked me iinto the wilds of Oxfordshire where I am staying for ten days or so on a visit to Jowett [Master of Balliol] - and as...	Literature	£850.00
Alessandro Maffei, Italian Minister to Austria, 1859-67, and Ambassador to the United States, 1867-71 Autograph Quotation Signed ('A. Maffei'). On one side of a piece of laid paper, 11 x 18 cm. Laid down on a slightly larger piece of paper. Good: lightly aged with three neat vertical folds. Reads 'Oh! land of beauty - sun-lit Italy! How often do I fondly think of thee, \| And of the days gone by . . . . . ! \| [signature] A. Maffei \|...	History, Royalty, Travel and Topography	£56.00
Alex. Riddell, The Ulster Calendar of Persons and Events. By Alex. Riddell. 1911. 8vo, 76 + [i] + [iii]. Rebound in attractive green paper wraps, including surviving front wrap (back wrap missing), damaged but reinforced, staples rusty. Final page a Calendar for 1911, followed by three pages blank but for heading 'MEMORANDA'. Verso of front wrap carries an advertisement, with...	History, Travel and Topography	£150.00
Alexander Bain (1818-1903), Scottish psychologist, philosopher and educationalist Autograph Letter Signed ('A Bain') to G. H. Huntly. 12mo, 2 pp. Seventeen lines of text. Clear and complete. Bifolium. Fair, on aged and slightly-grubby paper. He has 'no recollection' of 'a work published in Edinburgh in 1843, on Mind viewed as a part of Physiology'. 'Perhaps if I saw it, I might certify it as I [sic] work that I formerly knew....	Science, Medicine and Technology	£120.00
Alexander Bain, Scottish psychologist and educationalist ALS to P.P. Alexander 2pp., 8vo. Compliments Alexander's "polemic with Mill on the question of 'Liberty and Necessity'"" and promises a review ("some public form").	Science, Medicine and Technology	£100.00
Alexander Baring, first Baron Ashburton (1773-1848). Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Merchant and banker (1773-1848). 2 pages, 8vo. Creased, grubby and discoloured. 'The proclamation has been made this morning and the Poll [presumably a parliamentary election, as Baring sat in the Commons from 1806] will open on Thursday next. I request therefore that our counsel may be here...	History, Social history	£50.00