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1936 Tavistock Division Liberal Association to John A. Day, Esq.Plymouth: 1936A very scarce, handwritten presentation sheet to John A Day from the Tavistock Division Liberal Association featuring lovely coloured decorations.
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Signed1898 The Burtons: A Family RecordBrooklyn, N.Y.: 1898A charming family record of the Burton family, charting their English origins in the seventeenth century and their American ancestors, privately compiled by Alonzo J. Burton, a Brooklyn based descendant.
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1873 Registrum Statutorum et Consuetudinum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Saincti Pauli LondinensisLondon: 1873A comprehensive referential work referring to the customs and statues of St. Paul's Cathedral, handsomely bound in quarter morocco.
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1714 The London Gazette Published by Authority No 5247, The Death of Queen AnneLondon: 1714A very scarce and incredibly well-preserved original London Gazette newspaper article from August 1714, detailing the death of Queen Anne. Nicely rebound in cloth binding.
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1801 Letters of Lady Russell From The Manuscript in the Library at Woburn AbbeyLondon: 1801A collection of the correspondences of Lady Rachel Russell, the seventeenth-century noblewoman.
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1720 Gesprache in dem Reiche Derer Todten, Issues 17 to 33Leipzig: 1720Sixteen issues of this moral German weekly bound in one volume.
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1927-1931 7vol Books Published by Peter Davies LtdLondon: 1927-1931A very scarce collection of bibliographic works printed by Peter Davies Limited, dating from 1927-1931.
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1824 Notitia Historica: Containing Tables, Calendars, and Miscellaneous Information for the use of Historians, Antiquaries and the Legal ProfessionLondon: 1824This is a first edition collection of historical records.
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1717 and 1718 Monumenta Anglicana: Being Inscriptions on the Monuments of several Eminent PersonsLondon: 1717 and 1718Three sections of the Monumenta Anglicana, professionally rebound in two attractive volumes.
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1823 Lettres de Madame de SevigneParis: 1823A selection of the correspondences of Madame de Sevigne, her family, and friends.
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1820-22 Six French Legal PamphletsParis: 1820-22Six pamphlets containing French and Italian legal reports and records.
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1916 Letters from AmericaLondon: 1916A third impression of this collection of letters from Rupert Brooke during his tour of the United States of America, with a preface by Henry James.
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Signedc1940 Bloomsbury Group Letters Leonard Woolf Vanessa Bell Duncan Grant Naomi MitchisonNone: c1960A fantastic selection of Bloomsbury Group letters. All addressed to one Miss Monica Young from Vanessa Bell, Leonard Woolf, Naomi Michison and Duncan Grant.
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c1890 Writing Album Pictures Poems QuotesPrivate Book: c1890A lovely mysterious collection of poems, quotes, and drawings in various hands.