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FRITH, William Powell (1819-1909). Artist.

Autograph Letter Signed ("W. P. Frith") to the…

Frith writes his enthusiasm for the play based on artist Angelica Kauffman’s life

Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments.

MARKOWITZ (Harry M.)

Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments, 1959.

A CORNERSTONE OF MODERN INVESTMENT THEORY

The Story of a Pilgrimage to Hijaz.

BEGAM (H.B. The Nawab Sultan Jahan).

The Story of a Pilgrimage to Hijaz, 1913.

SULTAN JAHAN’S REMARKABLE ACCOUNT OF THE HAJJ

A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels.

ASTLEY (Thomas).

A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, 1747.

England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. Or, the Ballance of our Forraign Trade is the Rule of our Treasure.

England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. Or, the Ballance… 1669.

THE MACCLESFIELD COPY

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. A Historical Study.

TAWNEY (R.H.) & [BOND (Edward).

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. A Historical… 1948.

Inscribed by a young Edward Bond

Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery: Realism and the Aim of Science (Volume 1); The Open Universe (Volume 2); Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics (Volume 3). Edited by W. W. Bartley, III.

POPPER (Karl R.)

Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery: Realism… 1982.

ALL THREE VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

An Act to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachuset's Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Three Lower Counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] & GEORGE III.

An Act to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse… 1776.

THE PROHIBITORY ACT

A Military Course for the Government and Conduct of a Battalion,

SIMES (Thomas).

A Military Course for the Government and Conduct… 1777.

THE MACCELSFIELD COPY

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Autograph Note Signed ("Ellen Terry") a humorous note…

Ellen Terry lightly admonishes a young autograph hunter

Autograph Letter Signed on Royal Court Theatre headed paper,

BARRETT, Wilson

Autograph Letter Signed on Royal Court Theatre headed…

Written from the Royal Court theatre, 1879

Original watercolour of The Royal Aquarium Westminster

STANILAND, C. J.

Original watercolour of The Royal Aquarium Westminster, 1894.

Annie Luker and her great dive at the Royal Aquarium Westminster

Autograph Quotation Signed (

KENDAL, Madge (1848-1935). Actress.

Autograph Quotation Signed ("Madge Kendal Grimston") from the…

Quotation from the play Diplomacy, from the year of its debut

Autograph Quotation Signed (

KENDAL, Madge (1848-1935). Actress.

Autograph Quotation Signed ("Madge Kendal Grimston") from As…

Quotation from As You Like It

Autograph Quotation Signed

BANCROFT, Squire

Autograph Quotation Signed "S B Bancroft",

"We are such stuff as dreams are made of..."

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Autograph Letter Signed ("Harold"), to "Dear Dorothy" (Dorothy… 1969.

A convivial letter of thanks written after a Christmas Party hosted by the Quayles

John Gielgud to

John Gielgud to "Dearest Dot" (Dorothy Quayle (née… 1991.

A letter about Quayle’s biography, mentioning other actors and theatre adjacent friends

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Typed Letter Signed ("T. S. Eliot") to "Miss…

Royalties for The Cocktail Party

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IRVING, Henry (1838-1905). English actor, manager.

Autograph Letter Signed ("H Irving") mentioning Ellen Terry,

Irving, mentioning Ellen Terry

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BANCROFT, Squire (1841-1926). Actor Manager.

Autograph Letter Signed ("S B Bancroft") to "Dear…

Tickets for The Merchant of Venice

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KEAN, (Charles). Actor, son of Edmund Kean. 1811 - 1868.

Autograph Letter Signed ("C. Kean"), 1852.

Ellen Terry and her Secret Self.

CRAIG (Edward Gordon).

Ellen Terry and her Secret Self, 1931.

Commerce du Levant [title on spine].

[ÉCHELLES DU LEVANT.]

Commerce du Levant [title on spine].

COMMERCE OF THE LEVANT

Oeuvres.

PASCAL (Blaise).

Oeuvres, 1779.

INCLUDING ILLUSTRATIONS OF PASCAL'S CALCULATORS

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market.

BAGEHOT (Walter).

Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market, 1873.

"AN UNDYING CLASSIC" (J.M. KEYNES).

The Theory of Moral Sentiments;

The Theory of Moral Sentiments;, 1790.

THE FINAL LIFETIME EDITION

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill.

HOBBES (Thomas).

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of… 1651.

THE 'BEAR' EDITION

Asuka chokoku saiken [Details of Asuka Sculpture]: Zuroku nihon bijutsu-shi [Illustrated History of Japanese Art].

TERAO (Isamu). & WATANABE (Shuho). photographer.

Asuka chokoku saiken [Details of Asuka Sculpture]: Zuroku… 1950.

The Harlem Book of the Dead. With a Foreword by Toni Morrison.

VAN DER ZEE (James)., DODSON (Owen). & BILLOPS (Camille).

The Harlem Book of the Dead. With a… 1978.

Emma.

Emma, 1898.

The Life and Character of Mr. John Locke.

LE CLERC (Jean). & [LOCKE (John).]

The Life and Character of Mr. John Locke, 1706.

THE FIRST ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY OF LOCKE

The Commercial Crisis 1847-1848;

EVANS (David Morier).

The Commercial Crisis 1847-1848;, 1848.

West-Indian Sugar Duties. Arguments for their continuance answered.

[TAX AND TARIFFS]

West-Indian Sugar Duties. Arguments for their continuance answered, 1824.

"Sugar cannot properly be called the staple of a country, which can only afford to produce and sell it under the artificial aid of bounties and protecting duties."

An Address to Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York, against the Use of Sugar.

An Address to Her Royal Highness the Dutchess… 1792.

"Let sugar never be brought into your presence! Let it be proscribed in your household, till its connection with fraud, robbery, and murder, be entirely broken!"

[Bill of lading for a cargo of sugar and coinage bound from Martinique to Marseille.]

[Bill of lading for a cargo of sugar… 1749.

A CARGO OF SUGAR FROM THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN

The Case of the British Sugar-Colonies

[THE MOLASSES ACT.]

The Case of the British Sugar-Colonies, 1732.

BALANCING THE INTERESTS OF NEW ENGLAND AGAINST JAMAICA

Colonial Commerce; comprising an Inquiry into the Principles upon which Discriminating Duties Should be Levied on Sugar,

MACDONNELL (Alexander).

Colonial Commerce; comprising an Inquiry into the Principles… 1828.

ARGUMENTS FOR DISCRIMINATING DUTIES ON WEST INDIES SUGAR BY A SLAVERY APOLOGIST

The Culture of the Beet, and Manufacture of Beet Sugar.

CHILD (David Lee).

The Culture of the Beet, and Manufacture of… 1840.

AN ALTERNATIVE TO SUGAR CANE PROPOSED BY A STAUNCH ABOLITIONIST

Martinico from Actual Surveys and Observations made by English Engineers whilst the Island was in their Possession, ...

JEFFERYS (Thomas sr.)

Martinico from Actual Surveys and Observations made by English… 1794.

PLANTATIONS IN MARTINIQUE

East and West India Sugar: or, a Refutation of the Claims of the West India Colonists to a Protecting Duty on West India Sugar.

[MACAULAY (Zachary).]

East and West India Sugar: or, a Refutation… 1823.

BY ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY

Directory.

CLARKE (John Cooper).

Directory, 1979.

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Bemerkungen über den Zustand Großbritanniens in staatswirthschaftlicher Hinsicht. Nebst einem Worte über Deutschlands auswärtige Handelsverhältnisse. Mit einer Uebersetzung der französischen Schrift: über England und die Engländer, von J. B. Say.

NEBENIUS (Karl Friedrich).

Bemerkungen über den Zustand Großbritanniens in staatswirthschaftlicher Hinsicht.… 1818.

A German perspective on the economic state of Great Britain