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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Robert Chambers (1802-1871), Scottish publisher and geologist, brother and business partner of William Chambers (1800-1883) [ Robert Chambers, Scottish publisher. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('R. Chambers') to an unnamed recipient, regarding a visit to 'the Gallery'. 1p., 12mo. Mourning border. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He writes that his 'visit to the Gallery' has to be on the following Friday, but asks the recipient not to 'in the least inconvenience yourself on my account, though I certainly should consider it a great pleasure to see you...		£45.00
[Charles Dickens] [Handbill; prospectus] New Weekly Illustrated Periodical. Once a Week! A Miscellany of Literature ... Four pages, 12mo, detached, a little roughly from book (some damage where bound in). It includes the explanation of "the cessation of [Bradbury & Evans] connection with 'Household Words'", headed "Mr. Charles Dickens and his late Publishers", discussing relationship with Dickens and his...	Literature	£80.00
[The Royal National Eisteddfod. 1939 Denbigh] Signatures of c. 30 performers at the Royal National Eisteddfod. 1939 Denbigh Two leaves extracted from an album, each 20 x 16cm, with approximately 30 signatures (a few with additional words like "Sincerely") of performers at the Denbigh Eisteddfod. More readable signatures include the soprano Isobel Baillie, Oswald Rees Owen, Haydn Morris, Morris T. Williams (the...		£180.00
E. Deaville, secretary, The Standard Art Book Co. Ltd [First World War] Circular typed letter with individualised additions from E. Deaville to (in this instance) J.A. Thompson, asking for information for "De Ruvignys Roll of Honour 1914-1918".. One page, cr. 8vo, numerous pinpricks, sl. chipping, small stain around pinprick, pinpricks cause textual loss to a column describing the book, but the main body of the letter is unaffected. It describes the project "to perpetuate the memory of all those officers and men who have given their...		£75.00
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Commander of the British Third Army in the First World War [The Great War; Armistice Day, 11 November 1918] Mimeographed typed Armistice 'Special Order of the Day by General Hon. Sir J. H. G. Byng, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.', 'To all Ranks of the Third Army'. With two leaves of mimeographed extracts from The Times and Morning Post regarding 'the Iron Division'. The three items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. All three are 1p., 4to, and printed in purple on government 'S O \| ABSORBENT' paper. Item One: Special Order of the Day, 11 November 1918. Signed in type at foot: 'J. BYNG, General, \| Commanding Third Army.' It begins: 'The operations of...		£360.00
James Hammond Trumbull (1821-1897), Yale-educated American philologist and Republican Secretary of the State of Connecticut, 1861-1866 Autograph Letter Signed ('J. H. Trumbull') from the philologist and Republican politician James Hammond Trumbull to A. S. Train, complaining of the dificulty of dealing with his query at 'moderate length'. 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He begins: 'It would be tolerably easy to write a duodecimo of a couple of hundred pages by way of answer to yours of the 22d, but really I do not know how to talk about it in a letter of modest length.' He refers him to 'newspapers, magazines, special...		£90.00
James Hammond Trumbull (1821-1897), Yale-educated American philologist and Republican Secretary of the State of Connecticut, 1861-1866 [Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1838-1915), literary critic] Six Autograph Letters Signed and one Autograph Note Signed (all 'J. H. Trumbull') from the philologist James Hammond Trumbull to Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury, mainly on a paper by the latter in the Transactions of the American Philological Association The seven items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Totalling 10pp, 12mo. A correspondence between two Yale men. The first six items (between 11 April and 29 June 1871) relate to Lounsbury's 'paper on old English verb forms, for publication in the Transactions [of the Amerian Philological...		£400.00
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), Scottish writer, Sir Walter Scott's son-in-law and biographer Autograph Note Signed "J G Lockhart" to "J. Murray Junr Esq. \| Albemarle Street" [John Murray II] One page, 16mo, bifolium, sl. grubby, small chip second leaf, mark of paperclip, text clear and complete. "If the weather be at all decent we shall start at 2 o'clock tomorrow but of course you won't expect [us?] of the day be of this complexion." Possibly something to do with the "Quarterly...		£35.00
Robert Alderson Wright (1869-1964), Baron Wright [Lord Wright, Master of the Rolls, 1935-37]; Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders (1886-1966) [Robert Samuel Theodore Chorley (1895-1978), 1st Baron Chorley] Five documents relating to the application of Lord Chorley for the lectureship in Evidence, Procedure and Criminal Law at the Inns of Court School of Law, including letters of recommendation from Lord Wright and Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders. The five items are in good condition, on lightly-aged and creased paper. Items One and Two: Typed drafts of a 'Statement of Qualifications', headed 'Lord Chorley's application for appointment to the lectureship in Evidence, Procedure and Criminal Law.' Both 2pp., 4to. Slightly different in...		£120.00
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of MARLBOROUGH, (1660-1744). Signed Document: Receipt signed "S Marlborough (Sarah Churchill)" and "Godolphin". Receipt, part-printed, part manuscript, one page, cr, 8vo, holes and chips, poor condition, but text clear and complete except for loss of name at foot, and small tear affecting the signature of Godolphin. A fragile item, recording the receipt of £1249.10s by Sarah Marlborough and Godolphin, as...		£580.00