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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1840-1901), author and half-brother of the founder of the Boy Scout movement [Allan Octavian Hume; ornithology] Autograph Letter Signed ('B H Baden Powell') to unnamed Indian District Officer ['My dear Major']. Three pages, 12mo. On aged and lightly spotted paper, with loss at head of crease (not affecting text) resulting from removal from spike. Letter of introduction for 'Mr Davison', [William Davison, discoverer of the Andaman Pale Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela davisoni)] 'who is on a visit to...	History, Military and Naval History, Natural History, Travel and Topography	£56.00
Banks, Merwin & Co., Auctioneers, Broadway, New York [Auction Catalogue] Catalogue of Fourteen Thousand Portraits of Authors, Actors, Legislators, Ministers and Celebrated Men and Women of All Countries. The Largest Sale that has ever taken place in the United States. [...] by Edelinck, Lemperour, Bause, Schidt, Doo [...] Octavo: 18 pp. Unbound: stabbed and unstitched. First leaf and leaves with pp. 15/16 and 17/18 loose. Leaves with pp.3/4 and 15/16 half-separated. Paper discoloured and chipping at edges. Extends to 918 lots. The odd number of leaves implies the loss of a final leaf, possibly bearing text. Stamp...	Literature, Military and Naval History, Music and Theatre, Natural History, Royalty, Science, Medicine and Technology, Social history, Travel and Topography, Women	£150.00
Barbara Bentley [née Hastings], widow of Nicolas Bentley Autograph Letter Signed to Mark [Bonham-Carter]. Barbara Hastings, daughter of the jurist Sir Patrick Hastings, married Nicolas Bentley (1907-78) in October 1934. In the 1940s she wrote a series of children's books which he illustrated. Two pages, octavo. good, but folded twice and with some creases. An important letter, in which she describes...	Literature	£100.00
Barbara Hofland Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed to her 'Cousin'. Author (1770-1844) and friend of Miss Mitford. Paper dimensions roughly three and a half inches by one inch. Slightly discoloured, creased, and with one small closed tear. Read 'Believe me dear friend, \| your truly affectionate Cousin \| B Hofland'.	Literature, Women	£23.00
Barbara Hofland. Autograph Letter Signed to [L. Williams](an artist). Novelist (1770-1844)(DNB). One page, 4to, bifoliate (blank except for Williams' name and address), some marking but text clear and complete. "I am much pleased with the design inclosed but have to observe that I think the tall boy a little too tall and that his trousers have more the look of a...	Art and Architecture, Book Trade History, Literature, Women	£100.00
Barbara Hofland. Part of an autograph letter to "Mrs Sterndale". Novelist. The two surviving pages, 4to, from a lengthy letter which has already been crudely repaired but which has an additional tear which does not, however, lead to textual loss. "I was very much rejoiced at the sight of your truly welcome letter" except that it announced a death. She...	Literature, Women	£100.00
Baron [G.J.A.] de Stassart, Belgian miscellaneous writer Autograph Letter Signed to "le Comte Cossilla, conservateur des Archives Royales, a [Turin?]". In French. One page, 4to, blank bifoliate, fold marks, mainly good condition. The central subject is autograph-collecting. He initially refers to the "interessants" autographs which Cossilla sent him in 1841and which had not arrived by a diplomatic conduit but only 4 or 5 months previously. He...	French	£85.00
Baron Antoine Marie Heron de Villefosse Autograph Note, either secretarial and third person AND/OR signed "Baron [de] Villefosse. Engineer. "Born in Paris on June 21, 1774, former Adviser of State, free Member of the Academy of Science, [he] was, in 1832, general Inspecteur of 1st class and president of the general Council of the Mines" (from Internet). Also author. One page, 8vo, good condition. Text either third person...	Book Trade History, French	£80.00
Baron Bunsen, Autograph Note Signed to "Mr MacGeady" Prussian ambassador. One page, 8vo. He announces his arrival (in Italy), gives informnation about his post and what he wants done with it.	History	£50.00
Baron Bunsen. Autograph Letter Signed to the Lord Mayor of London. Baron C.C.J. Bunsen, Prussian diplomat and scholar (1791-1860). He helps the Lord Mayor with his plans for returning the visit of the King of Prussia in January 1842. He gives detailed information on the route and means of transport, including timings, instructs him on the protocol of contacting...	History	£60.00