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John Thomas Hope. Autograph Letter Signed to J.H. Burn, bookseller and ephemerist. "Mr Burne/ 20 King Street/ Covent Garden".Two pages, c.10 x 7", chipped, part torn off, small hole, text clear. "Sir/ I return you the Catalogue of Periodicals filled up with all I now have in my Possession being above 600 Volumes in above 400 different Works./ I will give your young man half a... |
£150.00 | |
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Kenelm Digby (Kenelm Henry Digby) Autograph note, third person, to [Bohte], bookseller. Miscellaneous writer (1800-1880). One page, 8vo, edges discoloured, text clear and complete. "Upon arriving at Cambridge, Mr Digby finds that only the ist volume of Kant's Works had been sent to Will's Coffee House [when did it close?]. He writes to request that Mr Bohte will forward the... |
£150.00 | |
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Lady Anne Culling Smith. Autograph note, third person, to [James?] Carpenter, bookseller.. One page plus address page conjoint, 8vo, grubby, spike-hole, small portion torn off with opening of seal not affecting text, text clear and complete. "Lady Anne Culling Smith begs Mr. Carpenter will send her down by the stage to:morrow Eveng Mrs. Riche's Nocturnal visit together with her Maid... |
£65.00 | |
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Marchioness of Douglas. Autograph letter, third person, to Clarke (William with Hamilton/Beckford connection). Susan Euphemia Beckford ("one of the handsomest women of her time" (quoted in DNB), 7 m. Marquis of Douglas in 1810. Two pages, somewhat grubby but text clear and complete. "The 5 Vols: of Grimms[sic] Correspondence which Mr. Clarke sent to Gros[veno]r Place for the Marchioness of Douglas are... |
£350.00 | |
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Paul Colnaghi. Print dealer (1751-1833). One page, folio, bifoliate, fold mark, chipping and staining, text clear and complete: "Know all Men by these presents that I Paul Colnaghi of the Parish of Saint James within the City and liberty of Westminster Merchant have made ordained authorised Constituted and... |
£150.00 | |
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W.D. Adams. Autograph note, third person, to "Mr Byfield, Stationer". (See Boase, Adams b. 1775 d. 1862, confidential secretary to William Pitt [for whom Lady Hester Stanhope kept house for a time], May 1804-Feb.[Note] 1806). One page, 4.5 x 10", damaged and stained but text readable, most clear. As follows: "Lady Hester Stanhope has desired me to order the... |
£125.00 | |
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W.H. Watts. Autograph letter signed to R. Ackermann. Journalist and miniature painter (1776-1842). One page, 4to,edges discoloured, spike-hole causing minor loss, text clear as follows: "Allow me to express my acknowledgments to you for the very handsome though unsolicited manner in which, in the last number of your Repository, you have been... |
£85.00 | |
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John Britton. Autograph Notes signed to John Russell Smith, publisher. Antiquary, topographer and architectural writer (DNB).Two ANSs to Smith, 23 April 1849 and 21 June 1853, 12mo and 8vo. (1849) He returns "Mr. Halliwell's vol". (Smith published a good number of books by J.O. Halliwell[-Phillipps], some in 1849.) (1853) He proves that he is making progress with... |
£100.00 | |
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J.C.E. Bowen. Secret. Proposed Operation against Poachers in the Kalahari (typescript). Major J.C.E. Bowen, District Commissioner, Bechuanaland, formerly serving as an administrator in India and Iran, translator from Persian, poet. Typescript (carbon), 6 pages, folio, SIGNED by Bowen, minor defects, text complete and clear. Headings: Introduction; General Proposals; Concentration... |
£75.00 | |
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R.P. Gillies (Robert Pearse Gillies). Autograph Letters (four) to booksellers. Scottish miscellaneous writer (1788-1858)(DNB). Total eight pages, 8vo, minor defects. In his two letters addressed to J.H. Bohte Gillies discusses (Feb.1820) his account and lists 21 catalogue brief catalogue entries. Most are German publications. Six are marked with a cross (presumably the... |
£250.00 |
