EDISON
(Thomas Alva, 1847-1931, American Inventor of the Phonograph)
Fine typed letter signed to Mr Casson
(Herbert Newton, 1869-1951, Canadian journalist and author who wrote primarily about technology and business)thanking him for his letter and saying that it "gives me great pleasure after 50 years of labor to know that my Ediphone has made more effective the effors of so useful a man as yourself ..." and hoping that when he is next in "this Country you will come out and see me ...", 1 side A4, headed "From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, NJ", 29th June
Item Date:
1927
Stock No:
38056
£2250
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EIFFEL
(Gustaf, 1832-1923, engineer, designer of the Eiffel Tower)
Fine woodburytype photo by Walery,
showing him, three quarter length, sitting crossed legged in a chair, with facsimile signature, accompanied by a printed biography, 16½" x 12", no place, no date,
library stamp in top left hand corner
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
25688
£375
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ELLIS
(Henry Havelock, 1859-1939, Psychologist of Sex)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Trevillian,
regretting that he "cannot undertake to autograph books, but you will be able to make use of my signature below ...", 1 side 4to., 24 Holmdene Avenue, Herne Hill, London S.E.24, 1st January
Item Date:
1931
Stock No:
13967
£45
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EMBLETON
(Dennis, 1810-1900, Newcastle Doctor and Surgeon)
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Henry A. Pitman
thanking him for his letter, saying he had "felt sure there was some good cause of delay. The College has rendered a great service in its book on Nomenclature ...", 1 side 8vo., together with original autograph envelope postmarked Newcastle, with penny red, 7th August
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
40601
£55
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'EYES IN INDUSTRY'
Group of 22 Typed Letter Signed or Autograph Letter Signed, addressed to the Revd Sir James Marchant,
1867-1956, the Free Church minister and social activist, about 'Eyes in Industry', a popular, scientific, account geared to health and safety, published by Longmans in 1951, in which Marchant was the prime mover, the letters are from Sir Arthur S. MacNalty, 1880-1969, the medical historian (12), Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, 1898-1978, the Queen's oculist (7), and Dr. Dorothy Adams Campbell (3), originally Hubert Claude Weston was to write Part I (of II) but the letters chart how the others found what he had written quite unsuitable, in 1948 Dr Campbell stepped into the breach and Weston published 'Sight, Light and Efficiency' separately (Lewis, 1949), the letters have much fascinating detail of the discussions which led to the book finally going ahead, 33 sides 8vo, v.a., 14th September 1946 - 16th August
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
20203
£225
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