COOK
(Frank Henry, b. 1862, C.I.E., of Thos. Cook and Sons, Travel Agents)
Typed Letter Signed to his firm's representatives,
introducing "Mr William Baker, who has succeeded the late Dr Barnardo in ... the great charitable institution ... Mr Baker is visiting the centres of similar work on the Continent, and I should be glad if you would ... do anything you can to assist him", 2 sides 8vo., Ludgate Circus, London, E.C., 30th July
Item Date:
1906
Stock No:
19623
£25
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CRIPPEN
(Robert L., b. 1937, American Astronaut who served as pilot on the first U.S. space shuttle orbital flight)
Fine coloured NASA photo, signed & inscribed
"To Trevor Dell, Best wishes", showing him three quarters length in his space suit, 10" x 8", no place, no date, the photo printed
Item Date:
1980
Stock No:
41459
£175
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CUNNINGHAM
(John, b. 1917, RAF Group Captain, Test Pilot and Executive Director of British Aerospace)
Fine signature with newspaper cutting, 11th November
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
7228
£20
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CURWEN
(Eliot Cecil, Sussex Archaeologist)
Receipt for £80 from Mr. E.A. Broadbent
"in respect of Morris Car no. CG 2456", with a note in another hand on verso "£75. Austin 7. 1933. Overhauled. New tyres & petrol pump. Re-plated battery. Reliable", the receipt 1 St. Aubyns, Hove, 13th September
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
14639
£25
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER AND RARE 1ST EDITION OF HIS BOOK ‘HASHISH’
DE MONFREID
(Henry, 1879-1974, French Adventurer and Explorer)
Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation to an unnamed correspondent
saying that he takes “ the liberty of abusing your kindness to ask you to kindly deliver this urgent note to Mr Picentini in Harrar. You may find him on the way. I hope to go up to Araoué on Sunday and bring you some current books...”, 1 side 8vo., 22nd May 1936, together with a photocopy of a letter from the Commandant’s Office of Suez City Police to D. J. Mill-Irving a Vice-Consul at Port-Tewfik and the list of information about De Monfreid’s movements and activities and two photos of him on a boat and on a beach annotated as ‘the Red Sea near Port Sudan’, and a first edition in this translation of his book ‘Hashish’, 8vo., in original black cloth, Methuen,
Item Date:
1935
Stock No:
43033
£575
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