The cover is addressed to 'Mrs Pallmer, Norbiton', and is sealed with the Queen's wax seal (the Royal crown below a capital A). Mrs Pallmer, née Dennis, was wife of Charles Nicholas Pallmer, Member of Parliament and Jamaican slave owner, who owed his Surrey estate to his wife. Pallmer was..... More
The Queen Dowager writes (circa 1840s): 'Marlborough House, March 19th. My dear Lady Lansdowne, Lord Howe having informed me of your kind invitation to a Ball at your House, I hasten to thank you for remembering me & to make my own excuses. My dancing days are over as you..... More
The following paragraph appeared in 'The Photographic News' (Volume IV, Number 104, 31 August 1860, page 215, sourced from 'The Athenaeum'): 'Photography At The Palace. Mr Mayall has put together, in a "Royal Album", the series of royal photographic portraits made by him from time to time at Buckingham Palace..... More
The following paragraph appeared in 'The Photographic News' (Volume IV, Number 104, 31 August 1860, page 215, sourced from 'The Athenaeum'): 'Photography At The Palace. Mr Mayall has put together, in a "Royal Album", the series of royal photographic portraits made by him from time to time at Buckingham Palace..... More
The Duke writes to Colonel Braddyll in relation to military appointments. The cover is addressed to 'Colonel Braddyll, Hampton Court Green', from 'Clarence', and has a wax seal. The letter reads: 'St James's. July 13th 1810. Dear Sir, You may see by the seal where I write from: I am..... More
The document, dated 27 August 1833, is addressed to the Justices of Goal Delivery for the Northern Circuit and the High Sheriff of Lancaster. Convict records indicate Emett, sentenced to death for a malicious shooting, was transported with 252 other convicts to NSW on the 'Hive' in January 1834, arriving..... More
A typical caption is '4912 "Berrington Hall" Penzance' but about half of them have added detail, not least the date (all 1935 to 1937). The covers are a little bowed, but essentially the album and its contents are in fine condition. Offered together with a copy of 'The Early Years..... More
Camberwell, Viking/ Penguin, 2005. This edition is illustrated with 'over 200 photographs and artworks from collections in Australia, Britain, New Zealand and Turkey'. More
London, The Folio Society, 1964 to 1970 (all first thus). With an introduction by 'J.H.' to each volume, and Charlotte Brontë's original preface to 'The Professor' (as 'Currer Bell'). [7 items]. More
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London, The Folio Society, 1971 (first thus). Transcribed from the original manuscripts and edited by Winifred Gerin, with an introduction. More
Woodbridge, Boydell, 1985. More
London, The Folio Society, 2015 (first thus). Number 207 of 1750 copies. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1952/ 1931. More
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1956/ 1954. More
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1963 (reprinted from corrected sheets of the first edition)/ 1959. More
New York, Oxford University Press, 1973. With an Oxford English Dictionaries (37a St Giles', Oxford) compliments slip loosely inserted. More
Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis, [1920s]. Illustrations, including several in colour, by H.C. Preston Macgoun, RSA. More
London, Ian Allan Ltd., 1962/ 1961. More
London, Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1757 [first edition]. The first edition of this popular satire against the 'vain, luxurious and selfish effeminacy of England's higher ranks, in the wake of the loss of Minorca to the French at the opening of the Seven Years' War' (ODNB). This..... More
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999. More
London, Hambledon Press, 1996. More
London, Thames & Hudson/ Imperial War Museum, 2005. More
Chichester, Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1988. More
London, Conway Maritime, 2009. More
