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Lot 344
A novelty brass tape measure in the form of a lighthouse, of turret form, the walkway with three subsidiary lights, one lacking liner, below the main lamp, complete printed tape in ins. and cms, a little worn near the brass end stop, wound from a handle at the side, 7cms high. From a distinguished UK Private Collection
Lot 336
* Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). English novelist. Free front envelope panel signed, 'Charles Dickens', c. 1840, addressed in his hand to Drinkwater Meadows, Fund Office, Covent Garden Theatre, small closed tear above the name Drinkwater and to top blank right corner, contained in an album of approximately 550 signed items on rectos and versos of 66 leaves, mostly free fronts, arranged alphabetically on rectos and versos of album leaves, mostly in single columns of 4 or 5 items with later pencil notes identifying the signers and their dates written adjacent, all mounted with one or two heavy glue spots, numbered pencil index loosely inserted with many gaps where not identified, some old damp staining, a few leaves detached and hinges cracked, ownership note at front and bookplate of 'Hudson' to front flyleaf, contemporary reversed calf-backed cloth boards, spine and corner tips somewhat perished, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: According to the pencil note at the front the collection was formed by William Clanny MD of Sunderland in 1840. William Reid Clanny (1776-1850) is best known for his invention of the cumbersome miners' safety lamp before Humphry Davy. He was also well-known as a medical writer. The album comes from the family by descent.The autographs include military, naval, politicians, lords, gentry and clergy, plus a few scientists. Among those noted are David Brewster (1781-1868), signed subscription; Robert Browing (1812-1889), initialled envelope addressed to James Wilkinson in his hand, 1838; former prime minister's 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Robert Peel, plus Duke of Cambridge, George Grote, Joseph Hume, George Lamb, Thomas Babbington Macaulay, Daniel O'Connell, etc.
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