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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Thomas Case (1844-1925), President of Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford; Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy; Fellow of Magdalen College [Thomas Case, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.] Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed recipient, an 'official announcement' that he has been 'elected a Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, after an examination in Natural Science'. 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Largely concerned with examinations from which the candidate appears to consider himself exempt, but which are in fact obligatory. With reference to 'Mr A. E. Jolliffe'.		£100.00
Thomas Townend & Co, Hatters to the Royal Family, 16 and 18 Lime St., London, E.C., established 1778. [Thomas Townend & Co., Hatters to the Royal Family.] Edwardian trade catalogue, tastefully produced and filled with illustrations of a wide variety of hats and caps. 12pp., small 4to., on twelve leaves of thick art paper bound with pink ribbon, in blue and brown illustrated chromo-litho covers with flap carrying the royal crest. Internally good, in worn covers repaired with tape. The covers are designed in the distinctive style of the periodThe first eight...		£200.00
Tony Sarg [Anthony Frederick Sarg] (1880-1942), German-American puppeteer and illustrator, called 'America's Puppet Master' [Tony Sarg, 'America's Puppet Master'.] Original ink portrait of a lady, with signed inscription to the subject. On 14 x 9 cm piece of cream card, with 'Postkarte' printed on the other side. In very good condition, lightly aged and worn. The portrait, in black ink, is of the head and shoulders, in profile, of a middle-aged Edwardian woman, with hat and fur shawl or collar. Beneath the illustration is the...		£80.00
[Percy Muir [Percy H. Muir; Percy Horace Muir] (1894-1979), bookseller, proprietor of Elkin Mathews Limited, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire] [Catalogue by Elkin Mathews Limited.] List 71. A Small Collection of Children's Toys and Games. [2] + 8pp., 8vo., with an additional 6pp of illustrations. Aged and creased, with rusted staples. Typeset with something akin to an IBM golfball. Introductory note: 'This small collection of children's toys and games was formed in the early years of this century and had remained undisturbed in...		£135.00
William Hole (d.1624), engraver [Finsbury Fields, London; seventeenth-century archery; James Peller Malcolm] [London cartography and archery.] Engraved map of 'Finsbury-Fields. North', dedicated 'To his affect friends MR Baker & MR Sharpe and all other lovers of Archerie frequenting Finsbury fields \| Will Hole'. On one side of piece of 23 x 18 cm paper. Image size: 21 x 12.5 cm. On aged and worn paper, with damage to margins, but image unaffected. Georgian facsimile (from Malcolm's 'Londinium Redivivum'?) of an attractive seventeenth-century map, notable for showing the shooting-butts.		£45.00
William Robert Deighton (1840-1932), London fine art dealer [W. R. Deighton and Sons Ltd, Fine Art Publishers and Dealers, Frame Makers &c., London; Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893), English artist] [William Robert Deighton, Victorian fine art dealer.] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. R. Deighton'), giving details of 'publications after Albert Moore &c'. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He has been 'asked by a gentleman who called here to advise you of publications after Albert Moore &c', and lists five engravings, with prices, the last being, for five guineas, 'a very fine work after <?> etching "A...		£120.00
Professor H. H. Wilson [Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860), Sanskrit scholar], Director, The Royal Asiatic Society [Printed pamphlet.] The Present State of the Cultivation of Oriental Literature. A Lecture delivered at a Meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society, by the Director, Professor H. H. Wilson, 24th January, 1852. [2] + 25pp., 12mo. Stitched pamphlet in brown printed wraps. In fair condition, aged and worn. Uncommon: five copies on COPAC.		£85.00
General Sir Baber Shum Shere Jung, Bahadoor Rana, Nepalese Army [British India] Printed christmas card with message to 'Your Excellency' [the Viceroy of India or Commander in Chief?] from General Sir Baber Shum Shere Jung, Bahadoor Rana, Nepalese Army. Printed in gold on one side of a piece of thin card. In very good condition. The message reads: 'May Christmas and the New Year bring \| Your Excellency Happiness and Prosperity \| and \| your Country Honour and Victory. \| GENERAL SIR BABER SHUM SHERE JUNG, \| Bahadoor Rana, \| Nepalese Army. \| Delhi...		£38.00
Sir William Blizard (1743-1835), English surgeon, twice President of the Royal College of Surgeons [William Blizard Harkness (1799-1827), Assistant Surgeon at the London Hospital] [Indenture on vellum, signed and sealed.] Settlement on the Marriage of Sir William Blizard with Miss Blizard'. On three skins, with the customary tax stamps and ribbon. In fair condition, with some wear along fold lines of the first skin. The document refers to an agreement between 'Sir William Blizard of Devonshire Square in the City of London Knight of the first part Jane Blizard of Buxton Hill in the...		£145.00
Harriet Georgiana Sophia de Zoete (c.1815-1901), sister of Samuel Herman de Zoete (c.1810-1884), Chairman of the Committee of the Stock Exchange [Germany in 1844] [English travel diary of a tour through Germany in 1844.] Autograph 'Tour through Germany in 1844' [by Harriet Georgiana Sophia de Zoete of London], taking in Bohemia, and including an encounter with Baron von Humboldt. 118pp., 12mo. In original embossed black morocco leather binding, with marbled endpapers and edges. In good condition, lightly aged, in worn binding. Attributed in pencil on first page to 'H. G. S. de Zoete'. (Harriet Georgiana Sophia de Zoete was one of the five children of Dutch-born...		£1,250.00