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Charles Thurnam & Sons, Carlisle, Cumbria ('Booksellers, Stationers, and Printers' and 'Lithographers and Commercial Printers') [ Thurnam's General Railway Guide ] [ Charles Thurnam & Sons, Carlisle printers.] Large album labelled 'Advertisement File. \| Chas. Thurnam & Sons.' Containing examples of the firm's work, correspondence, photographs, and newspaper cuttings Around 190 items, fifteen of them loosely inserted. (The firm was already a century old at the time this material was assembled, boasting that it was 'established the year after Waterloo', 1816.) Contained within a sturdy album of grey paper (dimensions 48.5 x 33.5 cm.), stitched with string...		£450.00
Sir George Rose (1782-1873), barrister of the Inner Temple and law reporter [East India Company] [Sir George Rose.] Autograph Letter Signed ('G Rose'), endorsing the 'Pursuit' by an unnamed recipient of a directorship of the East India Company. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged. 'Mr. George Rose' in another hand at head. Following a visit by the recipient's son, Rose writes to wish him 'Success in your Pursuit to be chosen a Director of the East India Company on a Vacancy; in which Situation I think you are likely to be useful...		£35.00
Sheena Tennant (1883-1974), niece of Margot Asquith [William James Maitland (1847-1919), Deputy Government Director, Indian Guaranteed Railways; Sir Pratab Singh of Idar; Sir Bhupal Singh of Udaipur] , Indian Guaranteed Railways.] Two Autograph Accounts by Sheena Tennant of a tour with Maitland across India in a private railway car, encountering Bhupal Singh of Udaipur and Pratab Singh of Idar. Sheena Lilian Grant Tennant (hereafter ST) came from a privileged Scottish family, being the youngest of the six children (five daughters and a son) of wealthy industrialist James Tennant of Fairlieburne, Fairlie, Argyllshire, a nephew of Sir Charles Tennant of the Glen (father of Margot Asquith...		£1,000.00
Simon Lane [Oliver Simon Lane] (1957-2012), novelist, playwright, bon viveur and wit [ Simon Lane, novelist and bon viveur. ] Typescripts of two unpublished plays, the first signed by the author: 'Anagrams' and '"Petipa Dort" or "The Sleeping Princess Revised (again)"'. In his obituary in the Independent, Lane was described as 'one of those writers whose published oeuvre is only matched by the supreme fiction of their own existence'. The present two pieces, both unpublished, date from his time studying theatre design at Wimbledon Art School, before 'launching...		£350.00
Sinclair Beiles (1930-2000), South African beat poet, associate of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin and pioneer of the 'cut-up' technique [ David de Keyser (b.1927), English actor ] [ Sinclair Beiles, South African beat poet. ] Typed Letter Signed ('Sinclair') to 'Dear Emperor of France & Asturias' (David de Keyser?), with title-page only of play 'Mort à la Campagne \| Une comédie en trois actes \| de SINCLAIR BEILES'. Letter: 1p., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. 34 lines of text. A playful (stoned?) communication. He thanks him for 'giving me the Sahara right up to the North African Coast', and explains his plans for making the area 'fertile by piping into it water from the Mediterranean'. He...		£220.00
Ulla-Brit Edberg (b.1928), Swedish playwright [Kungliga Teatern, Operan; Sveriges Radio.] [ Ulla-Brit Edberg, Swedish playwright. ] Unpublished typescript of English 'draft of translation' of the play 'Paris - tidig morgon', titled 'Paris - Early Morning'. In two parts. 105pp., 8vo. Duplicated typescript, in two parts, each with title-page, continuously paginated. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. The piece, described as a 'musikdramatiskt' (music drama), was produced in 1976 by the Kungliga Teatern, Operan, and in 1977 on the Sveriges Radio. No other...		£220.00
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke [printed item; Library of author, Charles W. Dilke] The Present Position of European Politics [62]pp., sm. folio, full leather in poor condition, dec. eps, hinge strain, contents mainly good (cheap paper). Presumably bound specially for a Library, this volume being one of several with a provenance in Dilke's Library (items by him, inscribed to him etc). This binding has the same gilt...		£80.00
Sir James Robert George Graham (1792-1861), 2nd Baronet, Whig politician [ Sir James Robert George Graham, Whig politician. ] Autograph Signature ('J. R. G. Graham') on frank to the Duke of Wellington. On 8 x 18.5 cm panel cut from front of envelope. In fair condition, lightly-aged and worn. All in Graham's hand, it reads 'His Grace \| The Duke of Wellington \| K. G. \| Apsley House \| J. R. G. Graham'. As is customary, Graham's signature is between two horizontal lines, in the bottom left-hand...		£22.00
'Le Docteur Revel' [ Doctor Hugues Cléry of Marseilles, France ] [ 'Le Docteur Revel' and Doctor Hugues Cléry of Marseilles, printed pamphlet in French on asthma. ] L'Asthme et La Poudre du Docteur H. Cléry, Antiasthmatique du Tigré. Par le Docteur Revel. 31 + [1]pp., 12mo. Disbound. In fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. No copy of the present item traced, either on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat, or in the Bibliothèque Nationale, but WorldCat does record one copy of ''La Vérité sur le remède d'Abyssinie poudre antiasthmatique' by Hugues...		£120.00
Adolf Petrenz (1872-1915) [the cancelled 1916 Berlin Olympic Games] [German pamphlet discussing the plans for the 1916 Berlin Olympics (subsequently cancelled). ] Olympia 1916. 56pp., 8vo. On aged, chipped paper, with slight damage at spine, rusted staples, and stamps of the Bibliothek Sporthochschule Köln. With loose damaged remains of brown printed wraps. Largely unopened. Berlin was selected as host city in July 1912, and preparations for the event began later in...		£280.00