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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[FARADAY
(Michael, 1791-1867, Chemist & Physicist)]
Fine Large Unsigned Portrait Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph by Mayall,
showing him seated nearly full length, nearly full face, a smile just about to form, a book open on his knee, with the letterpress account of his life to date, including his early reading and experiments, his travels assisting Sir Humphrey Davy, his remarkable pioneering work, his powers of popular exposition and his hatred of 'half-truths', 8½" x 6¾" in margins 15¾" x 11¾", from the Illustrated News of the World, together 6 sides (three blank) 15¾" x 11¾", [London], no date, circa
neatly disbound
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
66241
£125
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FINCHAM
(George, Surgeon and Apothecary)
Autograph Testimonial Signed for Dr. Horatio Goodday, (1807-1879)
the writer on public health, naming him "my valued Friend and pupil ... who after his residence with me as an Apprentice, obtained prizes from the Society of Apothecaries & the Borough School of Anatomy, etc", and praising him as "an humane Man & a Gentleman", 2 sides 4to., 5 Spring Gardens, London, no date, watermark
Item Date:
1834
Stock No:
51211
£45
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MASONIC DINNER TO CELEBRATE BROTHER ROBERT BURNS BIRTHDAY
FLEMING
(Sir Alexander, 1881-1955, Scottish Bacteriologist, Discoverer of Penicillin)
Menu for a Masonic Dinner Meeting of "The Scot's Lodge ... The One Hundred and Ninety-Second Anniversary of the Birth of W. Bro.Robert Burns"
signed on the verso on the page with the list of the Officers, inside is the Menu "Odd Sorts or Scots Broth an' ither kinds ... The Main Coorse? ... Sweeties and Ices ... Coffee ...", with quotes instead of actual dishes, and the Toasts on the other side, 2 pages 8vo., Holburn restaurant, WC, 25th January
Item Date:
1951
Stock No:
40921
£475
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