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'Phipps' [ Julian Phipps ], Daily Mail cartoonist, husband of MI5 agent Joan Miller [ Mrs. Joanna Phipps ] ['Phipps', Daily Mail cartoonist. ] Original Signed and dated cartoon of a monocled toff addressing a dog. 1p., small 4to. On leaf removed from autograph album. In very good condition, lightly-aged. A charming, energetic cartoon, taking up the whole of the page. Depicts a haughty toff with a monocle, looking down his nose at a Scottie dog while saying 'When I was a boy, Sir . .' The dog, in the...		£90.00
[ James Hamilton Fennell, Victorian antiquary and botanist ] [ Type facsimile by James Hamilton Fennell. ] A Perfect Diurnall of the Passages in Parliament: From the last of Ianuary to the seventh of February, 1641. 8pp., 4to. Disbound pamphlet on wove paper. In good condition, lightly-aged. This facsimile, one of several for which Fennell was responsible, is now scarce.		£35.00
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English caricaturist and illustrator Leaf from the notebook of the Victorian artist George Cruikshank, carrying two pages of serious sketches, each signed by him 'Geo Cruikshank'. In ink on both sides of a 4to leaf of wove paper, watermarked 'J GREEN & SON / 1824'. None of Cruikshank's drawing or writing is affected, but one corner of the leaf has been cut away, and there is another thin strip cut from another. Fair, on aged paper. One page carries a full-length...	Art and Architecture, Literature	£450.00
C. Kegan Paul, clergyman and, later, publisher [Manuscript] Memorandum of an Agreement .. .[ Rev. C.K. Paul with Henry S. King & Co, publishers], signed "C. Kegan Paul", later publisher. One page, sm. folio, good condition, regarding a "new translation of 'Faust'" by Kegan Paul for two thirds of theprofit. As Kegan Paul's autobiogrphy reveals, he was a reader for Henry S. King "for some time past [and] took a more intimate post in the business " in 1874. He later bought the...		£120.00
Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty (1871-1936), 1st Earl Beatty [Admiral Beatty], commander of the Royal Navy battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland, 1916 [Hutchinson & Co., London publishers] Autograph Letter Signed ('David Beatty') from Rear-Admiral David Beatty [later Earl Beatty], setting up with the London publishers Hutchinson & Co. a subscription for his son to the periodical 'The Marvels of the Universe'. 2pp., 12mo. On aged paper, with two ring-binder holes at the head of each leaf. Date stamp in purple ink. He asks for back numbers and future issues of 'The Marvels of the Age or Universe [sic]' to be sent 'to Master David Beatty Hanover Lodge Regents Park'. A postscript concerns 'the engraved...		£80.00
George Bentley, Publisher, Richard Bentley and Son. Autograph Note Signed "George Bentley", publisher, to George Cruikshank, caricaturist. One page, 12mo, some marking but mainly good, clear and complete. "Dear Sir, \| Please deliver to the bearer the design for The Merchant of Venice \| Yours truly \| George Bentley \| George Cruikshank Esq,". There are pencilled notes and figures on the verso, probably in Cruikshank's hand (figures...		£90.00
John Lichtenberger [Johann Lichtenberger; W. Harry Rylands, FSA, editor; The Holbein-Society's Fac-simile Reprints; Manchester and London; astrology] [The Holbein-Society's Fac-simile Reprints] Pronosticatio in Latino, by John Lichtenberger; A Reproduction of the First Edition (Printed at Strasburg, 1488). Edited by W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A. [with facsimiles of 56 woodcuts, eleven hand-coloured] 89pp, 4to; consisting of half-title, title, three-page introduction by Rylands, seventy-three page unpaginated facsimile of the main work on consecutive pages, and eleven pages (each with a blank reverse), each carrying a hand-coloured plate. On watermarked wove paper, with top edge gilt, and...		£480.00
Leonard Dobbin (1775-1844) of Wood Park, Irish Liberal politician, Member of Parliament for Armagh, 1832-1837; High Sheriff of Armagh, 1838 Autograph Letter Signed from Leonard Dobbin, Member of Parliament for the Borough of Armagh, making a declaration regarding his office. 1p., landscape 12mo. On creased and aged paper. The name of the recipient is not given. In reply to his letter 'I acquaint you that my return to Parliament for the Borough of Armagh is dated the 15th of December 1832 and that I have not been a Member of Parliament prior to the above period'.		£30.00
Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe [ previously Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet and Edmund Beckett Denison ] (1816-1905), lawyer, horologist and architect [ Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Edm Beckett'), inviting 'Dr Griffith' to dinner. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. On aged paper, with minor damp staining. If the recipient has 'come home' he invites him to dine. 'We have already such a preponderance of the female sex, from ladies staying here, that I am sorry we cannot ask any more.' If his son is 'still at Sandridge instead of you we...		£90.00
Elizabeth Wright Macauley (c.1785-1837), actress, poet, playwright and Owenite lecturer [ Olivia Serres [née Wilmot] (1772-1835), royal impostor claiming to be Princess Olive of Cumberland ] [ Elizabeth Wright Macauley, poet, actress and Owenite preacher. ] Corrected draft of Autograph Letter Signed ('Eliz Wright Macauley'), 'To the King' (i.e. King William IV), in favour of the royal imposter 'Princess Olive of Cumberland'. 10pp., 4to. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. An accompanying entry from a French manuscripts catalogue states that the letter was sent to the magazine 'The Age', but not printed. A curious letter, perhaps the product of mental illness, headed 'To the King', and beginning: 'Sire \| I...		£1,250.00