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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899), painter and illustrator; Edmund Evans (1826-1905), wood-engraver and printer [Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria, 'birth' place of Quakerism] Three proof wood-engravings of the 'birthplace of Quakerism' Swarthmoor Hall by Edmund Evans, two from drawings by Birket Foster, with an Autograph Letter Signed by Foster, and a copy of a letter by Evans, to John Abraham and his wife Maria. ONE. Birket Foster's letter to John Abraham: 12mo, 2 pp. 26 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper, with one dog-eared corner. Docketed 'Birket Foster re Sketches'. A letter of Abraham's has been forwarded to him 'relating to the illustrations which I did for the late Wm. Benson (to...	Art and Architecture	£450.00
Nathan Mercer, Hon Sec., Liverpool Chemists' Association [John Abraham; Later Liverpool Chemists' Association and the Liverpool and District Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain] [Printed handbill.] Liverpool Chemists' Association. Conversazione and Opening of the Museum of Materia Medica and Chemistry, Belonging to the Association, on Thursday, December 18, 1856. John Abraham, Esq., President of the Association, in the Chair Folio, 1 p. Dimensions 21 x 33 cm. 51 lines of text, in a variety of types and point sizes, both single and double column. Text clear and complete. On lightly-aged and creased paper, with one short marginal closed tear. The 'Programme for the Evening', including 'Photographs of Saturn, the Moon...	Social history	£300.00
Norman G. Brett James [Mill Hill School; J. R. Magrath, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford] The History of Mill Hill School 1807-1907. [Inscribed by the author Norman George Brett James to his mother, and with four pieces of ephemera.] 8vo: xii + 416 pp. Fair, tight copy, on lightly-aged paper, in worn contemporary brown leather binding with the school's arms in gilt on both boards, marbled endpapers. Inscribed on flyleaf: 'To my very dear Mother from her loving son Norman. August 10. 1909.' Loosely inserted are two newspaper...	Education	£180.00
Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic (DNB) [Autograph Manuscript] The Decision of Horgeir, a story of the Conversion of Iceland Notebook, 34pp., 8vo (alternate pages used), first page dulled, minor marking, text clear and complete, in the hand of Sabine Baring-Gould, lightly annotated by B.-G. Words added by B.-G. top right of first page, "from \| S. Baring-Gould \| [Horbury Wakefiled -excised] \| Dalton \| Thirsk. And to...	Religion	£1,250.00
Henry Moore [Henry Spencer Moore] (1898-1986), English sculptor [Hans Juda [Hans Peter Juda] (1904-1975), art collector, publisher of the magazine 'The Ambassador'] TLS ('Henry') from sculptor Henry Moore to art collector Hans Juda, concerning an Inland Revenue 'ruling (which I think applies only to me)'. With autograph directions from Moore's house Hoglands to Hoddesdon, and copies of four letters by Juda. ONE: Typed Letter Signed ('Henry') from Moore to Juda ('Dear Hans'). On letterhead of Hoglands, Perry Green, Much Hadham, Herts. 29 March 1973. 1p., 12mo. He thanks Juda for telling him about 'the ART AUCTION in aid of "Save the Children Fund." \| I do know about it as some years ago I gave a...		£500.00
Frank Marcham, London bookseller [ Percy Muir of Elkin Mathews Ltd; The English antiquarian book trade and the 'Knock Out'; the 'Ring'; the 'ringing' of auctions ] [ English book trade and 'ringing' of auctions. ] Eight items including three typewritten articles, two by London bookseller Frank Marcham: 'The English "Knock-out."', 'London Dealers and their "Knock-Outs." and 'The Romance of Books and Manuscripts' A fascinating collection of material, casting light on a furtive and little-discussed aspect of the English antiquarian book trade. (For further information see 'Anatomy of an Auction: Rare Books at Ruxley Lodge, 1919' by J. I. Freeman and A. M. Freeman, and 'Out of Print and into Profit', ed. G...		£950.00
Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell [Sir Rennell Rodd] (1858-1941), diplomat, poet and politician Autograph Letter Signed ('Rennell Rodd') from Lord Rennell [to the Baconian Alicia Amy Leith], regarding his book on Sir Walter Raleigh. 12mo, 1 p. Twelve lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, and with remains of tissue mount adhering to one margin. He cannot provide her with the reference she requests on Catherine Cubby. 'The volume on Sir Walter Raleigh was written more than twenty years ago and though...	History	£35.00
John Mason Neale (1818-1866), Anglican priest, scholar and hymn writer, Warden of Sackville College, East Grinstead, and co-founder of the Society of St. Margaret [ John Mason Neale, Warden of Sackville College. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('J. M. Neale.') to an unnamed recipient, providing a description of the 'Mother Superior of S. Margaret's', to reassure him that he has not given money to an imposter. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. The second leaf has traces of mount on reverse, and slight loss and a closed tear at the foot (not affecting text). He begins by stating that she 'has been collecting money for us at Chester, Stockport & in south-west...		£35.00
Space Shuttle: The Virtus System, 1973/74 [Artist, Douglas Ettridge]: An archive of original material relating to the Virtus Transporter System for the Space Shuttle with a ring bound publication of the Space Division of Rockwell International, including drawings by Douglas Ettridge. Note: The Virtus System would seem to have been a proposed Transport System for the Space Shuttle which did not get beyond the drawing board. I have yet to find a connection between Douglas Ettridge and the Virtus System.At the time [early 1974] NASA Langley had a study ongoing on a large...	Science, Medicine and Technology	£1,200.00
Theodore Dreiser, American Novelist Part of Autograph Letter Signed Theodore Dreiser, American Novelist [correspondent unknown]. Final 4 lines of a letter signed by Dreiser, on paper cut from original, 15 x 9cm, good condition: [proofs?]. And I shall be only too glad to acknowledge in one of the [first?] copies your courtesies.	Literature	£56.00