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[Royal Festival Hall; Festival of Britain, 1949; London County Council; Clement Atlee, Labour Prime Minister; Howard Roberts, ClBiblio.com

Royal Festival Hall. Printed brochure: ‘London County Council / Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Concert Hall Ceremony to be performed by The Right Hon. C. R. Atlee C.H. M.P. Prime Minister’. With press release and manuscript notes.

24692Ceremony performed on 12 October 1949. Building commissioned by the London County Council. The present item is rare and its interest is heightened by the fact that it is accompanied by a press release and has the covers covered in what are clearly notes on how to film the ceremony by a press cameraman. Only three copies on COPAC: at the British Library Sheffield Hallam and the Bishopsgate Institute. An 8vo stitched pamphlet of twenty unpaginated pages in printed card wraps. Internally very good. With full page artist’s impressions of the front elevation and ‘the concert hall in its setting’; a page with two photographs of ‘The Working Model’; and six pages of ‘Plans at various levels’. The text consists of a five-page report on the details surrounding the building of ‘The Concert Hall’ by Howard Roberts Clerk of the Council and a full-page ‘Appreciation’ by Felix Aprahamian. Stapled into the front cover is a duplicated press release ‘For the information of the Press’; 1p landscape 8vo by Roberts regarding ‘The Concert Hall Foundation Stone Ceremony’ dated 10 October 1949. Both covers have a vertical fold down the middle. On the front in black ink is a manuscript itinerary not given elsewhere: ‘10.00 MEMBERS TERRACE / CASKET FILLING / 10.30 CONFERENCE ROOM / MODELS IMPRESSIONS / 2.20 P. M. speech’. Above this on the front cover and filling the whole of the back cover is a twenty-two item numbered sequence of notes regarding the ceremony clearly made by a press cameraman. One entry reads: ‘interior of middle concert hall no light’ and others ‘exterior aerial view concert hall / low angle / ditto different angle’. First entry reads ‘Articles to go into cascet sic’ another ‘Mallett sic & Trowl sic’. [Ceremony performed on 12 October 1949. Building commissioned by the London County Council.] paperback

[Savage Club, London]; LAWRENCE, C E; [STAMPA, G L]; [PRATT, Elizabeth]Biblio.com

The Iron Bell

19211956London: Daniel O'Connor 1921. Cloth. A fan copy with playful correspondence: FIRST EDITION incl. two ALS and inscribed portrait of author. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered and ruled in red. Shabby and well-handled grubby finger prints abound cloth worn and split bumped. Hinges and spine cracked foxed. First ALS addressed to "My dear Pratt" taped to front pastedown and second ALS "To Lidgey" taped to ffep Elizabeth Pratt's short reply taped to rear pastedown obituary clippings pasted to title page and facing verso folded print of G L Stampa's 1919 portrait of the author inscribed by Lawrence "with blushes" to Miss Pratt laid in. A poor but unique and nevertheless charming copy. Thurston-born Charles Edward Lawrence 1870-1940 was a novelist and Honorary Secretary of the Savage Club a much-loved and long-standing reader at John Murray and editor of its Quarterly Review. The two holograph letters along with a matching envelope to rear are addressed to Pratt and Elizabeth Pratt "Lidgey" husband and wife it seems. Each was written from John Murray's 50A Albermarle Street address. Pratt's two-page letter 8.iii.23 featuring an Urban Club-stamp is practical and friendly but insistent in tone – "as I'm a cocky beast now that I am Hon. Sec. my word is law" – following up issues about club memberships and informing Pratt he is one of the Special Committee which "meets at the Savage Club at the luncheon hour of 1pm" to discuss "the Shakespeare festival". Written in verse Lawrence's two-page letter to Lidgey 2.ii.22 appears to be a playful response to her own brief lines taped to rear pastedwon a correspondence that revolved around her being the namesake of Lawrence's protagonist in The Iron Bell Elizabeth Pratt. Lawrence hails her as "the Urban Sapho". The artist and Punch cartoonist George Loraine Stampa 1875–1951 was also member of the Savage Club. Daniel O'Connor hardcover

Quair Books · Royaume-Uni120,00 £GB≈ 137,02 €

[Sir Robert Anderson; The Times of London; Charles Stewart Parnell; The Parnell Commission; Patrick Ford; Patrick Egan; Irish LaBiblio.com

Charles Stewart Parnell and the Parnell Commission. Offprint from The Times: 'Parnellism and Crime. Facsimile Page from the "Irish World." Reprinted from The Times of June 7 1887.

15925London: Printed and published by George Edward Wright at The Times office Printing-House Square. 1887. For the context of this item see Parnell's entry in the Oxford DNB and T. W. Moody's study 'The Times versus Parnell and Co. 1887-90' in 'Historical Studies VI' ed. Moody; London: RKP 1968. Moody notes that the first three Times articles 7 10 and 14 March 'were quickly reprinted in pamphlet form price one penny' but makes no mention of the present item. On both sides of single 60.5 x 47.5 cm leaf on wove paper with 1887 watermark of 'The Times Taverham Mill'. Folded four times to make a packet with 15 x 12 cm title which reads in full: 'Parnellism and Crime. Facsimile Page from the "Irish World." Reprinted from The Times of June 7 1887. Price One Penny. London: Printed and Published by George Edward Wright at The Times Office Printing-House Square. 1887'. Both sides of the leaf have the running title 'REPRINTED FROM THE TIMES TUESDAY JUNE 7 1887.' One side carries copy from The Times in six columns headed 'PARNELLISM AND CRIME.' and the other carries the facsimile with various facsimile signatures of p.10 from 'THE IRISH WORLD AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL LIBERATOR: FEBRUARY 16 1884. - TWELVE PAGES.' The significance of the page according to The Times resides in the fact that it 'contains Patrick Ford's own account of the various "funds for patriotic objects raised by the Irish World during the past eight years" with the formal acknowledgments of the recipients and what purports to be an "audit" of some of the moneys received and disbursed.' Aged and worn but in fair condition considering its ephemeral nature. Scarce: OCLC WorldCat and COPAC only list copies at the British Library in whose entry it is attributed to Anderson Oxford and Cambridge. London: Printed and published by George Edward Wright, at The Times office, Printing-House Square. 1887. unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni180,00 £GB≈ 205,52 €

[The Alien Office, Whitehall] London magistrates William Beckett, Sir George Farrant, David William Gregorie, Edward Markland, WBiblio.com

The Alien Office Whitehall. Eleven Manuscript Affidavits sworn and signed by emigrants from Europe before six London magistrates including Sir George Farrant and David William Gregorie who also sign.

25107Alien Office Whitehall. Between 1824 and 1829. All but the last at the London police offices at Bow Street Great Marlborough Street Hatton Garden Queen Square. An interesting collection of eleven items from the reign of George IV giving a view of administration of immigration in London and one item from Manchester Number Six below. The Alien Office was created as a department of the Home Office to implement the Aliens Act 1793 which attempted to control the influx of foreign visitors and refugees caused by the turmoil in France. It ceased to exist following the Registration of Aliens Act 1836. created to control the influx of French refugees and suspected revolutionaries. The present collection of eleven affidavits all signed and witnessed dates from between 1824 and 1829. The material is in good condition lightly aged and worn with one item creased along one edge. Nine of the items are each 1p 4to; the other two Items One and Three are each 1p landscape 8vo. The final item is sworn before two army officers see Eleven. The other ten are signed before the following magistrates at the named police offices: William Beckett Bow Street Three; Sir George Farrant Great Marlborough Street Two; David William Gregorie Queen Square Six Eight and Ten; Edward Markland Queen Square One and Seven; William Lorance Rogers Hatton Garden Nine; William Archibald Armstrong White Queen Square Four and Five. ONE: 24 August 1824. Signed by ‘Charles Anthony Krederer of No. 11 great Cambridge Street Hackney Road. Certifying that ‘he arrived in England from Malta in the year Eighteen Hundred and Eleven and that he hath never since left it’. TWO: 18 October 1824. Signed by ‘Joseph Pozzinakosky of No. 27 South Street Manchester Square’. Certifying that ‘he hath continually resided in this Country for the space of Fifteen years and upwards now last past’. THREE: 23 October 1824. Signed by ‘Francis Jaunay of No. 25 Leicester Square Hotel Keeper’. Certifying that ‘he has resided in this Country since the year 1801 and has been 10 years in the above mentioned Hotel’. Note at foot in Jaunay’s hand with second signature: ‘I have continually reside sic in England the previos sic of the year 1801 to 1815’. FOUR: 25 October 1824. Signed by ‘Bernard Mége of 19 Grafton Street Fitzroy Square’. Certifying ‘that he first came to reside in England in the year 1809 and that he from that time continued to reside in England for upwards of seven years and that since the end of the first seven years he has quitted England only occasionally for short periods of time’. FIVE: 4 November 1824. Signed by ‘Alexandre Vincent Benard of Saint James’s Palace Westminster in the County of Middlesex Sergeant Porter to His Majesty’. Certifying that Benard ‘hath resided in England upwards of Seven years and that for and during thattime he hath not left it even for a single day’. SIX: 22 November 1824. Signed by ‘Martin Schunck of Charlton Row Manchester in the County of Lancaster Merchant’. Certifying that ‘he hath resided in England upwards of Seven Years without during that leaving it even for a single day’. SEVEN: 26 November 1824. Signed by ‘Nicholas Hector Clément of Durham House Chelsea in the County of Middlesex Schoolmaster’. Certifying that ‘he hath resided in England for space of Ten Years and upwards without during that time leaving it for a single day. EIGHT: 6 June 1825. Signed by ‘Claude Marie de Couffon of the Sablonierre Hotel Leicester Square in the County of Middlesex Teacher of Languages’. Certifying that ‘he hath resided in England upwards of Seven Years without during that time leaving it for a single day’. NINE: 17 June 1825. Signed by ‘Peter Caprani of No. 5 Leopards Court Baldwins Gardens in the Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn in the County of Middlesex Merchant’. Certifying that ‘he was born in Como in Italy in the yer one thousand eight hundred and four’ and that he came to live in Holborn in 1816. TEN: 20 June 1826. Signed by ‘Joseph Tresselle of No. 26. Great Pulteney Street Golden Square’. Certifying that ‘he hath resided in England upwards of Ten Years without during that time leaving it for a single day.’ ELEVEN: 5 October 1829. Signed by Lieut-Gen. C. Callander 41 Bryanston Strreet and James Ogilvie Deputy Commissary General 23 Portland Place. Certifying that ‘Mr. Lazarus Joseph is a Native of Germany and has Resided in London above Fifty Years’. [Alien Office, Whitehall.] Between 1824 and 1829. All but the last at the London police offices at Bow Street, Great Marlborough unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni600,00 £GB≈ 685,08 €

[The Empire Industries Association, 9 Victoria Street, London SW1; British Overseas Airways Corporation]:Biblio.com

Printed circular on 'Air Transport and the Empire'. Empire Industries Association. Monthly Bulletin No. 28. April - 1943.

14784Bournemouth Guardian Ltd. Printers Etc. 194 & 196 Commercial Road Bournemouth. April 1943. 4pp. 8vo. Bifolium. Printed in small type. In fair condition on aged and worn paper with short closed tears at edges of folds. An interesting perspective on the British aviation industry from what Dr T. R. Bromund of Yale University has described as 'the industrial wing of the Empire lobby'. The opening paragraph reads: 'Owing to the recent resignation of the entire Board with one exception of the British Overseas Airways Corporation the public has become dimly aware that British Air Transport is facing a crisis but as yet has little or no idea of the magnitude of the issues involved. It cannot be expected to grasp the inescapable truth that on the result of the handling of these issues may depend the whole future of British Overseas Trade and consequently of the way of life in these Islands. This is no exaggeration as we shall show in the opening paragraphs.' What follows is a brief 'history of British Air Transport since Air Transport became an accomplished fact' the author's contention being that Britain 'finished the last war with a Fighting Air Fleet vastly superior to any other in the world' and that this was 'immediately cut to a mere skeleton and it never seems to have occurred to the Government of the day to regard the air as of the smallest important from a Civil point of view.' After this section on 'Early Struggles' there sections headed 'An Imperial Basis' 'Vital Issues' 'Wanted - A Man' 'The Freedom of the Air' 'Looking Ahead' 'The Sea and the Air' and 'Now'. The author's contention is that 'The Empire which depends for its very existence on military co-operation at the present moment will in the future depend equally on commercial co-operation.' COPAC notes runs of the Bulletin at Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin the latter only beginning in 1948. Bournemouth Guardian, Ltd., Printers, Etc., 194 & 196, Commercial Road [Bournemouth]. April 1943. unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni80,00 £GB≈ 91,34 €

[The Morning Chronicle, and London Advertiser] [Siege of Savannah] [American Revolution] [Georgia]Biblio.com

The Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser. Monday December 27 1779. Siege of Savannah news

177936790London: Printed by W. Woodfall 1779. First Edition. Newspaper. Good. Newspaper. Single issue removed from a larger gathering. Approximately 18" x 11.5". 4 pages. Three columns. Paper is closely trimmed on the top and side margins with minor loss of print. Print is faded in areas with a few spots to the paper. This issue devotes 3 pages to the Battles and Siege of Savannah in the fall of 1779. The first page has two columns regarding the Siege. An article titled "Extract of a Letter from Major-General Prevost commanding his Majesty's forces in the Province of Georgia to the Right Honourable Lord George Germain one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State dated Savannah November 1 1779: received by Captain Shaw Aid de Camp to Major General Prevost. Prevost states ".the very unexpected visit of the Count d' Estaing to this coast with powerful a squadron and considerable body of land troops when known would have excited some uneasiness for our safety; it is with very sincere pleasure I do my self the honour to inform you that we have seen the last of the French fleet this day depart we hope off the coast - got them and their American allies off our hands." A daily account of the events is printed on the first page from September 4 to the 24th. The second page is completely covered with the Battle and has entries from September 25 to October 11. Between October 11 and the 18th Prevost writes about removing the women and children to safety; about the fog; Battle lines; cannon fire; the number of forces lost on the enemy side; a truce to bury the dead and care for the wounded including d' Estaing and General Pulaski who later died from his wounds on the 18th etc. The paper also includes 10 translated letters from Prevost Estaing and one letter signed by General Lincoln and d' Estaing. On page 3 is a list of the causalities of the battle. The American-French Allied forces were badly beaten at the Siege of Savannah and the British continued occupied Savannah until the end of the Revolution. From American Battlefields dot org: In 1778 British policymakers and strategists decided to refocus their efforts on the southern colonies where they believed the crown would enjoy the support of a large Loyalist population. As part of that effort a British army under Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell captured the city of Savannah Georgia on December 29 1778 . In the fall of 1779 the Americans were determined to take the city back. American forces in the region numbering between 5000 and 7000 men were based in Charleston South Carolina under the command of General Benjamin Lincoln. Lincoln recognized that to recapture Savannah he would need assistance from the French military. On September 3 he learned that Charles Hector Comte d'Estaing was en-route to Savannah bringing with him a fleet of warships and 4000 French soldiers. On September 11 Lincoln left Charleston with a force of his own intent on linking up with d'Estaing. Arriving first d'Estaing began offensive operations against the city on September 16. When fully assembled the Allied force numbered over 5000 men. Defending Savannah was a force of more than 3000 men under the command of General Augustine Prevost. On the morning of October 9 the Franco-American Allies launched a major assault. Fog shrouded the battlefield impeding forward progress. Troops became lost in the swamps fronting the Spring Hill Redoubt the Allied objective. d'Estaing had selected the Spring Hill Redoubt under the mistaken impression that it was lightly defended by local Loyalist militia. In reality the Loyalist militia was backed by battle-hardened British Regulars. When the fog lifted the French lines were fully exposed crumbling in the face of a withering and incessant fire from the redoubt's defenders. d'Estaing himself was wounded twice while personally leading the attack. Mortally wounded in the assault was the Polish cavalry mastermind Casimir Pulaski who had done much to shape the mounted forces of the Continental Army. He was shot while trying to lead his horseman through a temporary breach in the British line. During the attack on the Spring Hill Redoubt the Allies lost roughly 1000 men. The British suffered only 150 casualties. An hour after leading his forces forward d'Estaing called off the attack recognizing its futility. A week later the French commander sailed away leaving Lincoln behind and the Franco-American Alliance strained. On October 18 Lincoln lifted the siege. Savannah would remain in British hands until the end of the war. Printed by W. Woodfall unknown

Americana Books ABAA · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €