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[Anne Helen Margaret Stirling Crawfurd Stirling-Stuart (b.1854), daughter of Captain James Stirling Crawfurd Stirling-Stuart (d.1887) of Castlemilk House, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire; Glasgow, Scotland] Album of correspondence of the family of Captain James Stirling Crawfurd Stirling-Stuart of Castlemilk, Lanarkshire, including manuscript poems. More than 120 Items, laid down or loosely placed under coloured ribbon on the leaves of a 4to album. In original black waxed cloth binding. The collection is aged but in good condition, with very few items removed; binding worn and shaken. Includes a few cuttings from letters, laid down by the...	£450.00
'H. M. E.' [Anne Helen Margaret Stirling-Stuart, of Castlemilk House, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire; Glasgow, Scotland] [Printed poem.] Castlemilk - A Sketch. \| November 1867. 4to, 2 pp. On first leaf of a bifolium. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged laid paper with watermark of 'A ANNANDALE & SONS'. Stuck down on the reverse of the blank second leaf of the bifolium is a square of paper from the leaf to which it was attached in an album, and beneath...	£125.00
Dr John J. Dunning, Secretary, the British Osteopathic Association [Admiral Milne] Two Autograph Letters Signed from the English osteopath J. J. Dunning to Admiral Milne. Both items 12mo, 1 p. Both good, on lightly aged paper. Pinned to one another. Letter One: He is'enclosing two leaflets on disc manipulation'. He has a third, 'fuller and illustrated', and if they interest Milne, he will be 'delighted'. Letter Two: He had 'much rather be found right than wrong...	£95.00
George Candy (1841-1899), QC; W. H. Le Fevre, President, The Balloon Society of Great Britain [Charles Burton, Bridge House Hotel, Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater; licencing law; brewing; alcohol] Autograph Letter Signed from George Candy QC to Charles Burton of Bayswater, on liquor licences and the Local Veto Bill, with Secretarial Letter signed by W. H. Le Fevre, President of the Balloon Society of Great Britain, and newspaper cuttings. Items are in fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, and mostly laid down on two pieces of card. Candy's letter to Burton (who is not named, but identified from the context): 12mo, 2 pp. Headed 'Private'. He thanks him for 'the very kind and too flattering way in which you refer in to-day's...	£85.00
Beatrice Harrison (1892-1965), British cellist associated with Frederick Delius; Gwynn Parry Jones (1891-1963), Welsh tenor Autograph Signatures of the English cellist Beatrice Harrison, and the Welsh tenor Gwynn Parry Jones. Both signatures on the same side of a light-green leaf removed from an autograph album, roughly 18 x 14 cm. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Bold, firm signatures, simply reading 'Beatrice Harrison \| Parry Jones.'	£56.00
Captain Rustam Khan, 17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry [Bengal Lancers] [Major-General Sir Harry Christopher Tytler (1867-1939) Autograph Letter Signed from Rustam Khan to Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Tytler, Commandant, thanking the officers of the 17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry [Bengal Lancers], for conferring on him 'the honorary rank of captaincy'. 12mo, 3 pp. 38 lines. Text clear and complete. The two leaves attached along the margins. Signed in Devanagari and European ('So: Rustam Khan Captain') scripts. He acknowledges 'receipt of the Commission conferring on me the honorary rank of captaincy with a deep sense of gratitude to you and...	£120.00
[John Bower Jodrell (1747-1796) of Henbury, Cheshire; his wife Frances Bower Jodrell (c.1751-1821); Egerton Leigh of Twemlow; his wife Elizabeth Leigh; John Glegg of Old Withington] Legal property document between John Bower Jodrell of Henbury, Cheshire; his wife Frances; Egerton Leigh of Twemlow; his wife Elizabeth; and John Glegg of Old Withington. Signed by all five, each with five red wax seals. Folio, 3 pp. With two embossed government stamps, and government half penny tax stamp in black ink. The five signatures on p.3 are each accompanied by a red wax seal. At the direction of Glegg ('Sole Executor of the last Will and Testament of the said Ann Jodrell deceased'), the five 'have and...	£80.00
Andrew Jackson MacKay (1827-1901), Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Chief Quartermaster for the Army of the Cumberland [Manuscript form from the American Civil War, listing sixty-five men.] 'Abstract of Expenditures, on Account of the Quartermaster's Department by A J MacKay Lt Col & Chief Q M 14 A Corps, In the Field in the Month ending on the 31st of July 1863.' Folio, 3 pp. A printed form on three leaves, held together by the original pink ribbon. Docketed on the reverse of two of the leaves (with the army said to be 'At M Field'). In five columns: 'Date of Payment', 'Number of Voucher', 'To whom paid', 'On what account', and 'Amount'...	£125.00
Bruce Dargavel (1905-1985), Welsh bass baritone singer [Burslem Orpheus Male Voice Choir] Autograph of the Welsh bass baritone Bruce Dragavel, on 'Programme of Old Time Melody Concert' by the Burslem Orpheus Male Voice Choir. Programme: 12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Printed in green on orange paper. Text clear and complete. On lightly-aged paper with slight wear to extremities. Dargavel's signature is in pencil in the top left-hand corner of the second page: 'Best Wishes, \| Bruce Dargavel'.	£25.00
[Vellum roll from the accounts of the High Sheriff of Berkshire, 1639, mentioning Sir John Blagrave (c.1578-1655); Sir Francis Castillion (1561-1638); William Lenthall; Sir Edward Yate (1577-1645)] Long vellum roll, written in Latin in chancery hand, apparently part of the 1639 accounts of the High Sheriff of Berkshire, mentioning several notables including Sir Henry Savile, Sir Francis Castillion, Sir John Blagrave and Sir Edward Yate, Bart. On roll of vellum approximately 21 cm wide and 195 cm long. Neatly written in chancery hand, with approximately ten lines to every 10 cm length. The top part torn away, otherwise good, on aged vellum. The placename Westby is mentioned, which is found in both Lincolnshire and Lancashire, but on...	£220.00

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