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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
[Married Women's Property Committee] Alexander Ireland, Manchester printer [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism] [Printed item.] Report of Proceedings, including Annual Report, Subscription List, Treasurer's Balance Sheet, and Speeches at the Annual Meeting, Held at the Rooms of the Social Science Association, Adam Street, Adelphi, London, 23rd January, 1879. 39 + [1]pp., 8vo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. One copy on COPAC (at the Bishopsgate Library) and none on OCLC WorldCat.		£200.00
[Married Women's Property Committee] Alexander Ireland, Manchester printer. [Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert; Dr Pankhurst; Mrs Jacob Bright; Mrs Wolstenholme Elmy] [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism] [Female suffrage.] Untitled printed handbill by the Married Women's Property Committee, regarding a House of Commons motion by Hibbert, calling for the amendment of the Married Women's Property Acts of 1870 and 1874. 2pp., 12mo. On grey paper. In good condition, lightly-aged, disbound. First page headed 'Married Women's Property Committee.', followed by list in two columns of the names of the Committee's 26 members (including 'DR. PANKHURST'), with the names and addresses of the treasurer Mrs Jacob Bright...		£90.00
[Mrs. Julia Ward Howe of Boston; World's Peace Congress, Union League Hall, New York, 1870] [Printed pamphlet.] Proceedings of a Peace Meeting held at Union League Hall, New York, December 23d, 1870, For the purpose of Free Consultation on the Subject of a Woman's Peace Congress for the World, as proposed by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe of Boston. 30pp., 8vo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. P.3 is headed 'World's Peace Congress' and lists the organisations officers, including among the 23 Vice Presidents William Cullen Bryant and the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. An extract from a letter of endorsement by Harriet Beecher...		£180.00
Charles Thomas Courtney Lewis [ C. T. Courtney Lewis ] (b.1856), English writer on art [Le Blond & Co., London fine art publishers] [Charles Thomas Courtney Lewis.] Autograph Letter Signed ('C. T Courtney Lewis') to an unnamed recipient, regarding his two books on the publishers Le Blond & Co. 1p., narrow 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. He explains that he has 'not written since my Vol in 1920 any Book on Le Blond except the one just published of which I enclose the Prospectus & do not contemplate any other'. He points out the differences between the two volumes...		£80.00
[National Society for Women's Suffrage; Jacob Bright; Beresford Hope; Lyon Playfair; Lord John Manners; Alexander Ireland, Manchester printer; Female emancipation; Victorian feminism] [Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] The Debate in the House of Commons on the Women's Disabilities Bill, on May 3rd, 1871. 43pp., 8vo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. Includes speeches by Jacob Bright, Eastwick, Bouverie, Scourfield, Lord John Manners, Beresford Hope, Lyon Playfair, James, W. Hunt, The only copy traced (other than surrogates) at the University of London. No other copy currently...		£180.00
Agnes Strickland (1796-1874), English historical writer and poet [Frances Anne Fortescue (1818-1868), daughter of William Spooner, Archdeacon of Coventry, and sister of Catharine Tait] [Agnes Strickland, historical writer.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'dear kind Mrs. Fortescue' [Frances Anne Fortescue], regarding her book 'The Lives of the Seven Bishops' and 'occasional pleasant chats together in the lovely gardens at Fulham Palace' 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. She thanks her for the care she took of her pocket handkerchief, and for the 'truly friendly note which gave great pleasure'. She is glad she was pleased with her book 'The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688', and hope...		£56.00
Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), English poet [Alfred Noyes, English poet.] Autograph Card Signed to 'Miss Meugens', granting permission to make a version for the blind of his 'Torch-Bearers'. In good condition, lightly-aged, with thin strip from stub to one edge of address side of card. Message reads: 'It will give me great pleasure for you to copy the 2nd. volume of the Torch-Bearers, as you suggest, for the Blind. \| With my best wishes, \| Alfred Noyes.'		£35.00
Basil E. Popoff (d.1877), Chaplain of the Russian Embassy and to Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh [Father Basil E. Popoff, Chaplain of the Russian Embassy.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs Kapoustin' 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In very good condition, lightly aged. Neatly and closely written. There has been a Russian Orthodox Church serving the Embassy in London since 1725, and this was a purpose-built 'Embassy Chapel' at 32 Welbeck Street from 1866 to 1922. Popoff writes that in 'the absence of...		£100.00
[Russell Gurney; George Jessel; G. Shaw Lefevre; Sir Francis Goldsmid; Sir John Duke Coleridge] [Married Women's Property Bill, 1869; Alexander Ireland, Manchester printer; women's suffrage] [Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] Speeches of The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, [...] George Jessel, [...] G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., [...] Sir Francis Goldsmid, [...] and the Solicitor-General, in the Debate on [...] the Married Women's Property Bill. The full title reads: 'Speeches of The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., George Jessel, Esq., M.P., G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., M.P., Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart., M.P., and the Solicitor-General, in the Debate on the Second Reading of the Married Women's Property Bill, in the House of Commons,...		£180.00
[Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, London (Emily Faithfull, Secretary)] [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism] [Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] A Statement of the Views and Plans of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women. Printed by Order of the Committee. 8pp., 8vo. In fair condition, lightly-aged, disbound and with leaves separating. Concludes: 'We are happy to state that the objects of the Society have met with the approbation of the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Lincoln, and the support of a...		£220.00