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JIM CROW! THE CELEBRATED N***** SONG, Sung by Mr Rice with unbounded shouts of applause at the Royal Surrey Theatre [with] Jim Crow’s Trip to Greenwich

Samuel Godbe [arranged]; Tom Rice
1840
Rare, apparently unrecorded, English song-sheet edition of two of Thomas Rice’s black-face minstrel song as performed in the USA and exported to England by the ‘father of American minstrelsy’. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION An unrecorded ‘Second edition’ of this racist London imprint priced at ‘1/6’ with a lithographed caricature of Rice depicted as a dancin… Read more…
#8450

£2500.00

CODE: The Language of the Future: a Collection Tracing the History & Development of Computer Programming

Grace Hopper, Alan Turing, Maurice Wilkes, Kathleen Lonsdale, Haskell Curry et al. Early Computing
1940
An extensive collection of materials on the history and development of computer programming. Computer code may be the single most important - and mostly widely used - language on the planet. This collection reveals how this versatile tool was forged, ranging across the decades from its earliest days to the most advanced developments. The collection… Read more…
#8567

£27500.00

AROOSTOOK WAR NOTEBOOK OF A BRITISH OFFICER ON THE US-CANADIAN BORDER

Lieutenant Charles Trollope
1838
Manuscript notebook written by a British officer in Canada preparing for war with the USA over a disputed area of the border between New Brunswick and the state of Maine. The so-called Aroostook War was a military confrontation over this international boundary which involved local militia units but never actual combat - this document reveals the ex… Read more…
#8511

£1950.00

AUTOGRAPH MUSIC SCORE & BOOK DESIGN FROM THE J M DENT ARCHIVE Under Milk Wood

Daniel Jones - Dylan Thomas
1954
Autograph musical manuscript (with editorial annotations) by Dylan Thomas’s great friend Daniel Jones which were reproduced in facsimile in the first edition of Under Milk Wood published by J M Dent from whose archive this manuscript comes. Dylan Thomas’s legendary radio play had its first reading in New York City at the Poetry Center on 14th May,… Read more…
#8565

£4000.00

IN DARKEST AFRICA: An Archive of Documents related to a Key Officer’s Service in the Infamous Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Captain Robert Nelson - Henry Morton Stanley
1887
A collection of documents relating to Captain Robert Nelson’s involvement with Henry Morton Stanley in the Emin Pasha relief expedition. Robert Henry Nelson was one of Stanley’s key officers during his Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, commanding his No. 3 Company of Zanzibaris. Nelson was one of 5 out of 52 men that survived after being left behind by… Read more…
#8559

£2950.00

ANNOTATED BY ROYALIST PRISONERS AT LAMBETH PALACE The Commentaries of Sr Francis Vere, Being Diverse Pieces of Service

Sir Francis Vere; William Dillingham
1657
A remarkable copy shared and annotated by two prominent royalist prisoners who were interned in Lambeth Palace during the power vacuum of autumn 1659 following the death of Oliver Cromwell and the resignation of his son, Richard, as Protector. The original owner of this book, arch royalist Charles Stanley, 8th Earl Derby, and the man he loaned it t… Read more…
#8524

£2000.00

‘”SCIENTIFIC” DEADHEADS AND DONKEYS’ The Philosopher and Psychologist William James Defends Spiritualism

William James
1909
A remarkable letter defending spiritualism by the American philosopher and psychologist William James to a ‘Mrs Thaw’, possibly Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Harry Kendall Thaw, the murderer of Stanford White. James writes in December 1909 to defend the expensive US spiritualist tour (’taxi-cabs, dinners, theatres... stenographer, seance-room rent, f… Read more…
#8531

£1500.00

MILITARY CARTOGRAPHY: Old Quebec: a Hand Drawn Map Made for the British Commander in the City

Major General Charles Trollope
1858
A map of Old Quebec - the most intact fortified town north of Mexico - drawn for the British commander in the city, Major General Charles Trollope - together with a vellum scroll presented to Trollope on his departure to Nova Scotia, signed by 36 of Quebec’s magistrates. Trollope (1808-1888) had served as a junior officer in New Brunswick during th… Read more…
#8464

£3500.00

ILLUSTRATED WITH 150 BRIDGE DRAWINGS! Bridge Problems; Bridge for Beginners; Bridge Examination Papers

J A J - Anonymous Mid-Century Bridge Enthusiast
1946
Generously illustrated collection of over 100 Bridge problems and 149 drawings and miniature paintings - an elaborate entertainment on the subject of Conract Bridge, written entirely in earnest. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Small format (11.5x16.5cm) recently rebound in quarter deep blue morocco over blue cloth covered boards. New endpapers followed by ori… Read more…
#8490

£1250.00

WITH COMPELLING 17TH CENTURY NEW ENGLAND MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL: Grand Tour Commonplace Book

[Edward Randolph]
1680-1780
Late 17th and early 18th century New England manuscript extracts contained within the paper layers of a pasteboard binding of a Grand Tour manuscript collection. The extracts include a contemporary - and textually distinct - copy of Edward Randolph’s 1676 report on Harvard University, business records from Salem in the 1710s, and a rare printed aff… Read more…
#8386

£2850.00

PORTFOLIO OF 19 COMIC & MILDLY EROTIC DRAWINGS: ‘Rough Sketches C W Anderson 41 Wash[ington] Sq[uare] New York City’

Clarence William Anderson
1930
Portfolio of signed comic and erotic sketches by the Nebraskan born artist Clarence Anderson, compiled while living in Washington Square in New York City. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The sketches are housed in an ‘Anchor Clasp Envelope’ on which Anderson has written ‘Rough Sketches C.W. Anderson 41 Wash[ington’ Sq[uare] New York City.’ Old repairs to edg… Read more…
#8283

£2500.00

THE TEMPLE, SACRED POEMS AND PRIVATE EJACULATIONS By Mr. George Herbert [with] The Synagogue or the Shadow of the Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. In Imitation of Mr. George Herbert

George Herbert - Christopher Harvey
1667
One of the masterpieces of English verse, George Herbert's collection, The Temple together with Christopher Harvey's book-length homage, The Synagogue. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Herbert’s is the 9th edition of 1667 of the Temple, bound in contemporary sheepskin with gilt decoration; a little cracking to the external hinges over the tail of the spine wh… Read more…
#8558

£600.00

J PIERPONT MORGAN’S CATALOGUER IN CHIEF A Catalogue of the Works of Art belonging to Dr G C Williamson, Burgh House, Hampstead, London [with] Some Works on Art and Artists by Dr George C Williamson

George Charles Williamson
1909
Number 1 of 250 copies, the dedication copy, owned by the author’s wife with an original photograph of a Richard Cosway miniature and a printed broadside poem by Williamson laid in. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Small octavo bound in pebbled red road, rubbing to all extremities, quite severe at the tail of the spine and an old tear to the cloth on the upper… Read more…
#8563

£750.00

‘NO LIVING MAN WHOM WE MEN IN AMERICA FEEL A GREATER DEBT TO’ Illustrator William Hatherell’s Album of Professional Correspondence including a Famous Copy Letter from Thomas Hardy

[William Hatherell] Dean Cornwell; Charles Dana Gibson etc
1899
The artist William Hatherell’s collection of letters and documents relating to his work as an illustrator in the 1890s-1920s. Among c70 items is Hatherell’s retained copy of a famous letter to him by Thomas Hardy praising his 1895 illustrations for Jude the Obscure, which the novelist wrote ‘to express my sincere admiration for the illustrations of… Read more…
#8438

£1450.00

PACK HORSE LIBRARY COPY The Slavic Immigrant Woman

Bessie Olga Pehotsky
1925
A Pack Horse Library title - and a fascinating title to find bearing the stamp ‘W.P.A/ Pack Horse Library/ Cumberland County/ Burkesville, --KY’, revealing that this volume was part of Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration Project to send books to remote parts of the Appalachian Mountains between 1935 and 1943. The librarians were women who tra… Read more…
#8516

£350.00

THE TRIAL & EXECUTION OF CHARLES I: A Journal of the Proceedings of the High Court of Justice... for the Trying and Judging of Charles Stuart King of England

[Henry Scobell]
1680
Seventeenth century Westminster manuscript copy written by a Parliamentary scribe which recounts one of the most momentous events in British history: the trial and execution of Charles Stuart, the ‘Tyrant Traitor’ as he is described here. Taking place in Westminster Hall, the trial of Charles I was an unprecedented event which caused an English Kin… Read more…
#8523

£4500.00

Log of H.M.S. Albion - Gallipoli Diary of Tom Hougton, 1914-1916

Tim 'Sully' Houghton
1914
pp 48 + blanks. Water-stained Gallipoli naval diary culminating in the actions in the Dardanelles in February and March 1915: 'The Captain told us were were going to take part in the forcing of the Dardenelles... a real hot time shells dropping all round us and going "plonk" against the ships side...'. Red cloth-bound manuscript book, water-damaged… Read more…
#6590

£550.00

‘MY CONDUCT IN AMERICA’: Blame-Game for Defeat at the Hands of ‘General Washington’ in New York

General Charles Cornwallis, General William Howe
1779
A remarkable document in which General Cornwallis defends British military strategy during 1776 and 1777, through the Battle of Long Island and his fruitless pursuit of ‘General Washington’ across New York and into New Jersey. This is a parliamentary scribal copy of the evidence given by Cornwallis to his superior officer, William Howe in front of… Read more…
#8369

£4500.00

NEO-ROMANTIC LANDSCAPES, ENGLISH CHURCHES & ARCHITECTURE IN A WARTIME SKETCHBOOK

John Piper
1943
A remarkably rich wartime sketch-book in which John Piper recorded his 1943 summer tour of Devon and Cornwall in the company of Geoffrey Grigson, sketched Welsh landscapes as well as the Victorian villas and churches of the English Midlands while he stayed at Renishaw Hall, home of his friends Edith and Osbert Sitwell. Piper’s sketches include chur… Read more…
#8495

£15000.00

ANNOTATED BY A GLASGOW CLOTHIER Glasgow Almanack, for the Year MDCCLXXXVI

John Mennons
1785
Rare Glaswegian almanac produced by the founder of the Glasgow Herald, John Mennons. This copy has the advantage of 12 pages of expert notes made in the late 1780s by a Glasgow cloth maker about the weaving and pricing of socks, gloves and handkerchieves. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Contemporary calf binding, worn but sound, with a pocket within the lowe… Read more…
#8564

£275.00

BLACK CAMEOS by R Emmet Kennedy; Decorations by Edward Larocque Tinker

Robert Emmet Kennedy
1924
Inscribed by the author in the January following publication, on the half title: ‘R Emmet Kennedy. Jan. 27-25.’ Mustard coloured publisher’s binding only a little faded; pictorial endpapers; a clean, square copy. A pencilled ownership inscription of ‘Miss Jem Smith 631 E Street, San Bernardino California’ to blank page 203. A mixture of stories, po… Read more…
#8554

£200.00

MULTIPLE WINSLOW FAMILY INSCRIPTIONS Mayflower Heritage A Family Record of the Growth of Anglo-American Partnership

D Kenelm Winslow
1957
First edition inscribed by three members of the Winslow famly on the half title. A presentation inscription ‘To Major J W Whitlock... 19 Dec 1957’ is followed by the signature of Terence H Winslow ‘direct descendant of “Pilgrim” Edward 1595-1655’; the author and John Winslow ‘Son of the Author and Crew-man in “Mayflower II”’. A near fine copy of th… Read more…
#8561

£150.00

PLACER MINING: A Handbook for Klondike and other Miners and Prospectors... Also a Map of the Yukon Valley

Colliery Engineer Company
1897
‘The demand for this book is the excuse for its appearance. Thousands have rushed off to the Klondike’, as the Preface put it in December 1897. Nicely bound in pictorial boards, a little faded; adverts to the pastedowns; the fold-out map present opposite to the title page. Printed on high quality paper and illustrated throughout. A very good copy. Read more…
#8553

£250.00

PACK HORSE LIBRARY COPY Merrie England: Travels, Descriptions, Tales and Historical Sketches

Grace Greenwood
1908
Stamped ‘W.P.A/ Pack Horse Library/ Green County/ Greensburg, KY’, revealing that this volume was part of Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration Project to send books to remote parts of the Appalachian Mountains between 1935 and 1943. The librarians were women who travelled on horseback with packs that could hold up to 100 books. The Packhorse L… Read more…
#8515

£450.00

RARE EMIGRANT PERIODICAL PRINTED IN CALCUTTA The Marlborough Gazette, A Bi-Monthly Journal of Original & Other Articles

Tudor Trevor, Captain W D Hogg
1866
A printed example of a manuscript shipboard periodical, originally written over seven weekly instalments on board the East India Ship Marlborough between London and Calcutta. One other copy, only, is known of this bound volume which contains blank leaves for the insertion of photographs which were advertised for sale separately at a rupee apiece. T… Read more…
#8560

£950.00