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Andrew Thomson, D.D., Edinburgh [pref. Rev. J. C. Ryle, Christ Church, Oxford] Octavo. 16 pages. Disbound pamphlet from the Churchill Babington collection. Very good, though paper somewhat discoloured and lightly foxed. |
£22.00 | |
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Edward Dubois [Du Bois] Three Autograph Letters Signed to 'Dear Mat'. English wit and man of letters (1774-1850). All three letters in octavo and skilfully mounted onto quarto paper. Two letters of three pages and one of two pages. All three in very good condition. Playful, witty communications to an intimate friend, characteristic of a droll, caustic wit, '... |
£200.00 | |
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Henry Kingscote A letter to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the present wants of the church. Octavo. 16 pages. Disbound pamphlet from the Churchill Babington collection. Good, but with first and last pages somewhat grubby. |
£45.00 | |
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Jonathan Belcher [Nova Scotia] First Chief Justice of Nova Scotia (1710-76). Flyleaf detached from octavo volume and neatly mounted on piece of white card, itself mounted on larger piece of grey card. While the mounts are in good condition the leaf itself is poor, discoloured and stained. Reads in top left-hand corner '... |
£60.00 | |
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Rev. Francis Merewether, Rector of Cole Orton Octavo. 55 pages. Disbound pamphlet from the Churchill Babington collection. PRESENTATION inscription to Babington from author (dated February 1840) on light-brown printed front wrap. Very good, but with front wrap grubby and foxed, and rear wrap lacking. Scarce: only three copies on COPAC. |
£85.00 | |
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The Rev. Henry Christmas, late of St. John's College, Cambridge. [CAPITAL PUNISHMENT] Octavo. 22 pages. Disbound pamphlet from the Churchill Babington collection. Good, though on slighly discoloured paper and with first and last pages somewhat grubby. |
£85.00 | |
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William Sewell [E. B. PUSEY; OXFORD MOVEMENT] Octavo. 13 pages. Disbound pamphlet from the Churchill Babington collection. Good, but foxed and with title grubby and stained. Cutting [from the Guardian, September, 1890] of correspondence relating to Cardinal Newman and the authors of 'Tracts for the times' loosely inserted. |
£56.00 | |
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Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford and 2nd Earl Gower Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male noble correspondent. English aristocrat and Whig politician (1721-1803). One page, quarto. In poor condition: grubby, discoloured and creased. Reads 'My Lord | Mr: Boothby of Ashbourne (who yr: Lordship may possibly know something of from his living in the neighbourhood of <?> forest has sollicited me much to... |
£38.00 | |
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Henry Hobhouse [MAIDSTONE, KENT] Hobhouse (1776-1854) was a Privy Councillor in 1828, and Keeper of the State Papers, 1826-54. Quarto. One page. Very good, on first leaf of bifoliate. Folded twice. On watermarked Whatman paper of 1827. Facsimile signature 'H. Hobhouse'. Begins 'The King having been pleased to comply with the... |
£56.00 | |
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John Dorlin Sandland [Richard Cobden; Liverpool] Sandland was the author of 'The wanderer, and other poems' (1845). Roughly four and three quarto inches by seven and three-quarters. Grubby, folded twice and mounted on larger piece of light-green paper. Sonnet beginning 'ON they went with a step that was measured and slow' and concluding 'In... |
£125.00 |
