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Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833 -1908), Marquess of Hartington between 1858 and 1891, statesman. Four pages, 12mo, bifolium, damaged at join not affecting text, remnants of being tipped in somewhere at 'spine', text clear and complete. He accepts an invitation from the Committee of the Railway Orphanage at Derby to open the completed buildings on a specified day. The enclosed statement by... |
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Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884), poet and wit. [Charles Stuart Calverley] Full Signature and date only Charles Stuart Calverley. Full Signature, on possibly flyleaf of a book, 14.5 x 20cm, one edge rough (as removerd from book, ow good condition. See image. |
£25.00 |
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[Dora Carrington] Noel Carrington [Noel Lewis Carrington (1895 – 1989), book designer, editor, publisher, and the originator of Puffin Books.] Two pages, cr. 8vo, fold marks, good condition. Text: Your enquiry about woodcuts and bookplates made by my sister Dora Carrington for Lytton Strachey and others: You will find in the book on her Letters & Diaries edited by David Garnett (Cape 1970) and Paper Back OUP, several reproductions... |
£220.00 | |
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Raymond Devos [(1922 – 2006), Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown]. Stiff paper covers clipped together, blue, stained, 95pp., 4to, text, good condition. From the lack of information about this play, it obviously bombed. The script by Ned Sherrin and Caryl Brahms was called Oom - Pah - Pah. It was a translation of a long - running Parisian hit Les Pupitres,... |
£250.00 | |
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Nursuppah [Nursuppa], Buckshee [Paymaster] to H.H. the Maharajah of Mysore Three pages, 8vo, large handwriting, staining along fold marks, small closed tear at centre, text legible. Your welcome telegram to Dr [Renton?] here has been with much pleasure received by His Highness the Maha Rajah of Mysore.- In reply I am directed by His Highness the Maha Rajah, to... |
£120.00 |
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The Sinn Fein Printing and Publishing Company, Limited. Certificate, one page, 23 x 20cm, part printed, part manuscript, good condition, made out to Robert Lynd (in his Irish name) at 9 Greytown [Gayton] Road, Hampstead, London, No. 1876, £1, with terms, signed by the Directors (including John O’Mahony) and the Secretary (Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh). WITH:... |
£120.00 | |
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[Dungannon Club Publications, No.2] [Printed] To the Whole People of Ireland. The Manifesto of the Dungannon Club Belfast ([c.1905]). Pamphlet, 8pp., 8vo, damage and staining but minimal loss to text. One copy on COPAC (Lambeth Palace), one on WorldCat (University College, Dublin).Note from TrinityCD, The Dungannon Clubs were founded in 1905 and absorbed into Sinn Fein between 1906 and 1908. This item is listed in my catalogue... |
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Robert Lynd [Robert Wilson Lynd; Riobard ua Floinn] (1979-1949), Irish essayist [Saoirse na h-Éireann. Irish Freedom] 8pp., folio. Unopened. On aged high-acidity paper, with wear along central vertical fold, and chipping to extremities. The article is unsigned, and covers the whole of the front page and p.5 (which is headed 'Ireland won't be fooled again.') and ends on p.6. An inflammatory piece of writing, as... |
£100.00 | |
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[Irish Volunteers, 1915] Handbill, 2pp., 4to, sunned and other minor defects, mainly good condition. One copy listed, NLI. |
£120.00 | |
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Felice Beato, photographer. Albumen silver print, 29.8 x 25.6cm, laid down on slightly larger card, small nick at the top right corner, ow a good sharp image. There's contemporary docketing at the base of the photograph. See image. Note (BL description): Photograph of the Baillie Guard gateway in Lucknow, [...] taken by... |
£650.00 |
