Richard Bentley (1854-1936), a collection of books and items...

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Richard Bentley (1854-1936), a collection of books and items by Richard Bentley, the last head of Richard Bentley & Son, the famous publishing firm. The company was founded by his grandfather, Richard Bentley (1794-1871), and it published some of the works of Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, William Harrison Ainsworth, Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli and other notable authors. Richard took over the family business when his father died in 1895, and in 1898 the firm was dissolved and the stock and assets handed over to the company Macmillan. Items and books include, a "Bentley" branding iron, approx 13cm tall; a Richard Bentley giant pencil, printed in gilt, 21cm long, 3cm diameter, from his desk; 'Messrs. Bentley's Catalogue of New and Standard Works 1882', December 29th, 1881, with extra illustrations etc as well as the catalogue of standard novels, original cloth gilt, "Reference Copy" in gilt to front cover; 'Thomas Bentley 1730-1780 of Liverpool, Etruria, and London', Guildford, 1927, one of 75 copies only, privately published, xi,96pp, original half cloth gilt; 'John Bentley Knight, Vice-Admiral of the White and one time an Extra Commissioner of the Navy', Guildford, 1921, one of 75 copies only, privately published, xvi,112pp, original cloth gilt; 'A Brief Note Upon the Battles of Saintes and Mauron 1351 and 1352', Guildford, 1918, one of 100 copies only, privately published, viii,68pp, orig. quarter japanese vellum gilt; 'Some Leaves from the Past. Swept together by R[ichard].B[entley].', Privately Printed, 1896, viii,184pp, various additions including cuttings, manuscript notes etc Bentley family history, original cloth gilt; 'Richard Bentley & Son. Reprinted from 'Le Livre' of October 1885 with some additional notes July 1886', 1886, limited edition, one of 250 copies for private distribution only, unnumbered/out of series, [8],39pp, original half cloth over decorative embossed paper covered boards; 'The Will of Thomas Bentley, M.D. Second President of the royal College of Physicians and Doctor to King Henry VIII with a brief note on his career', 1913, 28pp, original printed wraps; plus 1 other similar (10)