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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
H.-A. Weddell, Docteur en médecine [Medical Pamphlet; Quinine; Inscribed by Author] Notes sur les Quinquinas. Pamphlet, 75pp., cr. 8vo, original printed green paper wraps, sl. chipped and sunned, wear to spine, contents good, Inscription by author: M. Ado Brouquiart \| Hommage affectt de l'auteur. Firsthand observations and descriptions after the author's exploration in the Andes (Peru and Bolivia).		£100.00
Anon. [Street ballad; Christmas] The Black Decree, &c One page, 4to, c.35 x 24cm, folded (with marks), creased slightly at edges and on folds, some foxing and pinholes, blank reverse grubby, with two small woodcuts at top. A sheet containing a number of Christmas songs: The Black Decree (Herod); O see man's Saviour in Bethlehem born; While...		£100.00
[Thomas George Bonney] T.G. Bonney (1833-1923), Geologist [T.G. Bonney] Autograph Letter Signed "T.G. Bonney" to "Mr Tuckwell" (prob. Rev. Tuckwell, see DNB)) Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, some foxing, text clear and complete. His current engagements mean he can't accept hospitality. As regards the boulder either [?] Mathers or the Rev. H.W. Crossley of Birmingham would be able to tell you whether it were a mass of Criffel or Eskdale granite. Sometimes...		£100.00
New York World's Fair 1939 [Grover A. Whalen (1886-1962); Frank Monaghan; Bayard F. Pope] [New York World's Fair 1939.] Collection mainly consisting of publicity and administrative material: press releases, information bulletins, contracts, contact lists, photographs, plans, coloured panorama, book, newspapers, pamphlets, questionnaire. Attended by 44 million people, the New York World's Fair was an enormous enterprise, with a vast number of exhibits and pavilions from all over the world spread out over 1216 acres of the Flushing Meadows/Corona Park district. The fair's official 'theme' was 'the demonstration of "a happier way...	Art and Architecture, Royalty	£3,000.00
G.D.H. Cole [George Douglas Howard Cole] (1889 –1959), political theorist, economist, writer and historian. [G.D.H. Cole] Clipped signature "Yours sincerely \| G.D.H. Cole". Clipped signature, c. 5 x 2cm, good condition.		£25.00
Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1834–1879), English nobleman [Duke of Newcastle; horse-racing] Autograph Letter Signed "Newcastle" to "Frank" about a race-meeting. Three pages, 8vo, bifolium, small stain, otherwise good condition. He comments initially on a cutting (from a newspaper?). Singular to relate there is more truth in that cutting than you wd imagine. Before leaving London I had persuaded Miss Kellogg to come to Brighton for the race week: I got a...		£100.00
[Executive Committee for amending the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women] [Alexander Ireland [Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] Seventh Annual Report of the Executive Committee for amending the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women. Presented at the Annual Meeting, 28th July, 1876. 15pp., 8vo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. Two copies on COPAC, at Cambridge and the London School of Economics. No other copy currently on the market.		£135.00
[ William Home Lizars ] William H. Lizars (1788–1859), Scottish painter and engraver. Autograph Note Signed 'Will. H. Lizars' on receipt of payment for work on Walter Scott novels. One page, 21 x 8cm, one dge frayed and sunned, text clear and complete. Lizars acknowledges paymentof £49.14 from "John Gibson Junr, Esqre for the Trustees of Sir Walter Scott, Bart [...] payment of [annexed?] account [not present] for Titles to Tales & Romances."	Literature	£180.00
[Executive Committee for amending the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women] [Alexander Ireland, Manchester printer] [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism] [Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] Sixth Annual Report of the Executive Committee for amending the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the General Committee, October 20th, 1873. 10pp., 8vo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. Three copies on COPAC. No copy at the BL. No other copy currently on the market.		£135.00
V.H. Cartwright, Rugby Union International (England; sometime Captain) and first-class cricketer. [Rugby Union] Autograph Letter Signed "V. H. Cartwright" to unnamed correspondent who has asked him for anecdotes. Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, vestiges of hinges on second leaf, fold marks, good condition. He apologises for nor answering before. "I'm afraid any amusing experiences in connection with Rugby Football are hardly printable but I will give you them for what they are worth. 1/ England v Wales 1905...		£200.00