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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Anon. [Anne Marsh (later Anne Marsh-Caldwell) (1791-1874)] Castle Avon. By the author of "Emilia Wyndham," "Mordaunt Hall," etc. etc. 12mo, 352 pp. In contemporary brown calf half-binding, with marbled boards and grey endpapers. Loose and foxed in worn binding.	Literature, Printing History, Women	£56.00
Anon. [James Ballantine] [Sir James Ranken Fergusson (1835-1924)] The Gaberlunzie's Wallet. With numerous illustrations on steel and wood. INSCRIBED to 'James R. Fergusson Esq with the kind regards of James Ballantine \| Edin[burg]h 16th May 1870'. With Fergusson's armorial bookplate on front pastedown. 8vo: 311 pp. Plates throughout (not listed) and numerous illustrations in text. In original printed grey boards with grotesque...	Literature, Printing History	£75.00
[Ten printed Schedules of Contract for work for the service of the War Department, in the South-West and Sussex District; W. H. Dudley; Robert Stratton; George Wheeler; Isle of Wight; Hurst Castle] [10 printed items] Schedule of Contract for Carpenters' [Bricklayers'; Slaters'; Plasterers'; Plumbers'; Painters'; Glaziers'; Smiths'; Cast-iron and Metal] Work for the Service of the War Department, at [blank] in the South-west and Sussex District. The collection is of great interest, providing a mass of information regarding the Victorian building trade. The owner of the volume, W. H. Dudley, would appear to be a War Office official, and, as described at the end of this entry, it contains manuscript details of two contracts. The ten...		£850.00
Anon. [T.Charlton Smith] Belfegor [Narrative Poem based on Niccolo Machiavelli's "Novella di Belfegor".] 134pp., 8vo, in modern blue leather gt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, staining throughout affecting c.25% of each page, pages trimmed, but text clear and complete, with no loss of text except the very top of the letters written in the author's inscription. INSCRIPTION (titlepage): W.J. Mercer...	Literature	£250.00
[an Anglo-German stockbroker in the City of London during the Great War and 1898-1909 periods] Three albums filled with English and German manuscript memoranda, newspaper cuttings and mimeographed reports, relating to the Great War and 1898-1909 periods, assembled by an Anglo-German stockbroker in the City of London. The three items come from the papers of an Anglo-German City of London stockbroker, with Item One, below, indicating that he was based in Germany between 1898 and 1909, and that he had moved to England by 1917. A major point of interest is the fact that the material has been assembled by an...		£1,500.00
Anonymous 'writer' on H.M.S. Revenge [The surrender of the German Fleet, 1918] [the royal yacht, The Queen Elizabeth] Two long typewritten letters, the first describing 'the King's Visit' to H.M.S. Revenge, and 'the surrender of the German Fleet' in 1918; the second describing the 1931 Spring and Summer Cruises of Royal Yacht, the Queen Elizabeth. A valuable eyewitness account of an historic event. H.M.S. Revenge was the flagship of Admiral Freemantle, and it was to its quarterdeck that Admiral Ludwig von Reuter would be brought in 1919, after issuing the order to scuttle the entire German fleet at Scapa Flow. The text of both items is...	History, Military and Naval History	£325.00
Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1801-1885), 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, politician and philanthropist Autograph Letter Signed ('Shaftesbury'), to R. S. Harford. 12mo: 2 pp. Twenty-one lines of text. Very good, on lightly aged paper. Admits that he has 'been very remiss in answering' Harford's 'kind note, and acknowledging the book which accompanied it'. 'I may be excused, for I am, indeed, overwhelmed by letters, interviews, meetings, & all sorts of...	Book Trade History, History, Literature	£45.00
Anthony Eden The Two Imperialisms Speech by Mr. Anthony Eden at the Constitutional Club, London, on April 17th, 1940. Conservative Prime Minister (1897-1977). Stapled 8vo pamphlet, unbound, four leaves, 7 pages. Grubby, creased and with loss to the corners of the first leaf. Begins: 'THIS war is not a clash between rival dynasties. Its basic causes are not economic; nor is it even a struggle to decide the...	History, Military and Naval History	£50.00
Anthony Hope Valuation of the literary properties of Anthony Hope, deceased. Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (d.1933)(DNB) From the archives of literary agents, A.P. Watt, letters, copy letters, listings of publishers, titles of books (inc. Zenda, etc) and contributions, royalties and valuations inc. literary estate, payments to Lady Hawkins c. 18 pages, 8vo and folio, most in...	Book Trade History, Literature	£150.00
Anthony Panizzi. Autograph Note, third person, to the Lord Mayor of London and wife. Chief Librarian, British Museum (1797-1879). One page, 8vo, bifoliate, sl. marked, fold marks, text clear and complete. "Mr Panizzi presents his compliments to the Lord Mayor . . . and regrets very much that a previous engagement will prevent him from having the honour . . ."	Book Trade History, History, Literature	£45.00