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161 India.- [?Member of the Oswald family, merchants of Scotland)] [Diary], manuscript, 151pp., 1st February 1834 - 8th October 1835; and 3 others, inc. 2 manuscri

Lot 161

India.- [?Member of the Oswald family, merchants of Scotland)] [Diary], manuscript, 151pp., 1st February 1834 - 8th October 1835; and 3 others, inc. 2 manuscript account books and a photograph album of the Oswald family (4).

Hammer Price: £400

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162 Lyell (Sir Charles) Autograph Letter signed to Robert Harkness, [London], 21st January 1865, "I have just returned from Berlin where I have passed the las

Lot 162

Lyell (Sir Charles) Autograph Letter signed to Robert Harkness, [London], 21st January 1865, "I have just returned from Berlin where I have passed the last four weeks & before I left town I gave orders that a copy of the new edition of my 'Elements' should be sent to you by post so that you should get it before it was in the hands of the public. You shall have one of the earliest copies which you have more than earned by the kind manner in which you verified my Arbroath section. I have cited you among other things for having confirmed Sir Roderick's [Impey Murchison] views of the Silurian age of certain metamorphic rocks in Scotland".

Hammer Price: £1,800

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163 Abyssinia expedition.- Szczepanowski (Lv.) [Sketchbook of travel in England, France, Abyssinia and India including on HMS Bernice in support of the Abyssinia e

Lot 163

Abyssinia expedition.- Szczepanowski (Lv.) [Sketchbook of travel in England, France, Abyssinia and India including on HMS Bernice in support of the Abyssinia expedition], 98 watercolour and pen and ink sketches, some signed W Stephen, 1 small photograph, 1864-83.

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164 Montefiore (Moses) 14 Letters signed & 1 Autograph Letter signed to Michael Henry, 1869, on a variety of subjects, including: thanking him for condolences

Lot 164

Montefiore (Moses) 14 Letters signed & 1 Autograph Letter signed to Michael Henry, 1869, on a variety of subjects, including: thanking him for condolences on the death of his sister, sending him a letter addressed to him by the Wardens of the Holy Congregations of Jerusalem and asking him to publish it in his journal, acknowledging a payment of £1.1. in aid of the Distressed Jews of Jerusalem; and 2 Als.s. from Alice Montefiore,

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165 Wallace (Alfred Russel) Lecture on the Comparative Antiquity of Continents as Indicated by the Distribution of Living and Extinct Animals, original printed wra

Lot 165

Wallace (Alfred Russel) Lecture on the Comparative Antiquity of Continents as Indicated by the Distribution of Living and Extinct Animals, original printed wrappers, William Clowes and Sons, 1877.

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166 Wallace (Alfred Russel) 12 Autograph or Letters signed, Autograph Postcards or Postcards signed, 1896-1913, on his work; and a sm. qty. of other Wallace and

Lot 166

Wallace (Alfred Russel) 12 Autograph or Letters signed, Autograph Postcards or Postcards signed, 1896-1913, on his work; and a sm. qty. of other Wallace and Casey family material inc. photos of the Wallace and Casey families, ephemera, inc. tickets, 2 copies of a printed reference for Edward Casey, newspaper cuttings of Wallace's obituary etc., (c. 23 pieces & a qty of photographs).

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167 Campaigner for homosexual equality.- Carpenter (Edward) 4 Autograph Letters signed, 1881-85; and 2 others related ephemera (6 pieces).

Lot 167

Campaigner for homosexual equality.- Carpenter (Edward) 4 Autograph Letters signed, 1881-85; and 2 others related ephemera (6 pieces).

Hammer Price: £750

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168 Oxford.- 1867 Town & Gown Riots.- Casey (Rev. George Edwards Comerford, attended Lincoln College 1865-73, 1845-1912) Town & Gown a reminiscence of by-g

Lot 168

Oxford.- 1867 Town & Gown Riots.- Casey (Rev. George Edwards Comerford, attended Lincoln College 1865-73, 1845-1912) Town & Gown a reminiscence of by-gone days at Oxford, autograph manuscript, [c. 1890s]; and an autograph manuscript poem by the same (2).

Hammer Price: £500

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169 Irish Journalist & Prime Minister of Victoria, Australia.- Duffy (Charles Gavan) 2 Letters signed to Rev. George Edwards Casey, Nice, [c. 1895], applauding

Lot 169

Irish Journalist & Prime Minister of Victoria, Australia.- Duffy (Charles Gavan) 2 Letters signed to Rev. George Edwards Casey, Nice, [c. 1895], applauding his interest in Gaelic, & a small quantity of other letters to Casey, inc. Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, Walter Besant, Stanhope Forbes, Vladimir Chertkov (editor of Tolstoy), Walter Congreve, Eliza Lynn Linton (first female salaried journalist in Britain) (c. 15 pieces).

Hammer Price: £200

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170 Teall (Sir Jethro) X-ray print of Alvina Bertram C Casey's left hand taken by Teall, 1896 § Galton (Sir Francis).- Casey (Olive) Autograph Letter sign

Lot 170

Teall (Sir Jethro) X-ray print of Alvina Bertram C Casey's left hand taken by Teall, 1896 § Galton (Sir Francis).- Casey (Olive) Autograph Letter signed to her brother Edward, 1896; a certificate from Francis Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory with measurements; and other letters from scientists, inc. Clarence Bicknell, William Duddell, Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, Charles Gaskell Higginson, Albert Penzig, Sir Patrick Geddes (c. 15 pieces).

Hammer Price: £850

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171 Hanbury (Sir Thomas, creator of the gardens at La Mortola, Italy, and purchasor of the Wisley Estate for the Royal Horticultural Society, 1832-1907) 33 Autogra

Lot 171

Hanbury (Sir Thomas, creator of the gardens at La Mortola, Italy, and purchasor of the Wisley Estate for the Royal Horticultural Society, 1832-1907) 33 Autograph Letters signed & 3 Autograph Postcards signed to Rev George Edwards Comerford Casey and his daughters Olive and Alvina ; and a quantity of others, photographs etc., (qty).

Hammer Price: £2,400

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172 Tennyson (Hallam, second Baron Tennyson, eldest son of Alfred Lord Tennyson, biographer and governor-general of Australia) 7 Autograph Letters signed & 9 A

Lot 172

Tennyson (Hallam, second Baron Tennyson, eldest son of Alfred Lord Tennyson, biographer and governor-general of Australia) 7 Autograph Letters signed & 9 Autograph Postcards signed to Edward Comerford Casey, tutor to his third son Harold Courtenay Tennyson, 9th March 1906 - 21st December 1922, ; and correspondence from and to the Tennyson family (qty).

Hammer Price: £200

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173 Darwin (Charles) Autograph Letter signed to his cousin Reginald Darwin, Down, Beckenham, Kent, 27th March 1879, announcing his intention to have translated and

Lot 173

Darwin (Charles) Autograph Letter signed to his cousin Reginald Darwin, Down, Beckenham, Kent, 27th March 1879, announcing his intention to have translated and add a preface to Ernst Krause's sketch of Dr Erasmus Darwin's life, correcting errors, and asking whether his cousin has any documents concerning Erasmus Darwin or letters by him.

Estimate: £12,000 - 18,000

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174 Wilde (Oscar) Cut signature, 1893.

Lot 174

Wilde (Oscar) Cut signature, 1893.

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175 Wilde (Oscar).- Death certificate of Oscar Wilde, 1908.

Lot 175

Wilde (Oscar).- Death certificate of Oscar Wilde, 1908.

Hammer Price: £3,500

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176 Hardy (Thomas) Autograph Letter Letter signed to "Dear Sir", 1895, "declining to take part in a project, "It would be interesting to contri

Lot 176

Hardy (Thomas) Autograph Letter Letter signed to "Dear Sir", 1895, "declining to take part in a project, "It would be interesting to contribute with the rest, but I have had my say on such subjects for the present".

Hammer Price: £380

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177 Conrad (Joseph) Memorandum of agreement between Conrad and Edward Ward Oliver for the lease of Capel House at Warehorne, Kent, Document signed "Joseph Con

Lot 177

Conrad (Joseph) Memorandum of agreement between Conrad and Edward Ward Oliver for the lease of Capel House at Warehorne, Kent, Document signed "Joseph Conrad", printed form with manuscript insertions, June 1910.

Hammer Price: £420

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178 Antarctic Explorer.- Wilson (Edward Adrian) Autograph Letter signed "Edward A Wilson" and "EAW" to Mr Haskoll, 1910, thanking Haskoll and h

Lot 178

Antarctic Explorer.- Wilson (Edward Adrian) Autograph Letter signed "Edward A Wilson" and "EAW" to Mr Haskoll, 1910, thanking Haskoll and his pupils for their encouragement in his forthcoming participation in Scott's Antarctic expedition, regretting that he cannot come to the school and speak.

Hammer Price: £4,000

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179 Humorous Memoirs.- Edwards-Moss (Sir Thomas Edwards-Moss, third Bt. of Roby Hall) The Memoirs of Baron A, manuscript, numerous pen and ink sketches, some types

Lot 179

Humorous Memoirs.- Edwards-Moss (Sir Thomas Edwards-Moss, third Bt. of Roby Hall) The Memoirs of Baron A, manuscript, numerous pen and ink sketches, some typescripts, original straight-grained morocco, 1915-53.

Hammer Price: £300

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180 Smith (Percy John Delf, calligrapher, typographer and printmaker, Master of the Artworkers Guild, RDI, 1882-1948) Portraits, letterings and sketches, numerous

Lot 180

Smith (Percy John Delf, calligrapher, typographer and printmaker, Master of the Artworkers Guild, RDI, 1882-1948) Portraits, letterings and sketches, numerous drafts of lettering for pages of Books of Remembrance, Roll of Honour for Farebrother, Ellis & Co., portraits and life drawings in pencil, proofs, designs for Southern Railway Certificates, BBC publications, church memorial designs, Kitchener Memorial, Chelmsford, a few on vellum, [1920/s - 40s] (lge qty).

Hammer Price: £1,500

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