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W.H. Murray. Letter Signed to "Mr [Saher?], Theatre Royal, Dublin. Actor then Theatre Manager (see DNB). "unexpected circumstances" oblige him to postopone the opening of the Adelphi Season until June next. The cast will not assemble until the 12th June. It appears to be in a secretarial hand signed by Murray. |
Music and Theatre | £45.00 | |
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Walter Lowe Clay, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Victorian social scientist Autograph Letter Signed ('Walter L. Clay') to unnamed male correspondent. Two pages, small octavo. Good, on lightly aged paper and ruckled paper, with some staining to the verso of the blank second leaf of the bifolium. His correspondent's 'paper on the high death rate in Liverpool' was not returned to Clay after being read at Manchester, 'nor can the Secretary of the... |
Social history | £45.00 | |
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William B. MacCabe. Autograph Letter Signed to "S. Scott". Irish author and historian (1801-1891). 2pp., 8vo, good. He intended to deliver his book personally as an expression of his feelings of friendship and admiration for his correspondent. He recollects Scott’s “kindness to the family of poor Lemaitre . . .” and to himself. He asks Scott to accept... |
Literature | £45.00 | |
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William Edwards. One Autograph Letter Signed to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and other books. [William] Edwards, possibly the proprietor of the Great Gun mentioned by Robert Bell (above #3128)), Mrs Gruneisen (with husband #3134), and in Diaries (J.T.J. Hewlett below). He accepts a Bill of Exchange and discusses it. Originally from a larger archive, the residue of which is described in #... |
Book Trade History, Literature | £45.00 | |
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William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764-1854), Lord Chancellor of Ireland Autograph Note Signed ('Plunket') to Dr Heffernan. 16mo, 1 p, 5 lines. Gilt-edged bifolium, laid down by small strip of inner margin of verso of second leaf to square of paper cut from autograph album. The mount docketed in a contemporary hand. Good, with remains of red wax seal broken in two and adhering to verso of second leaf, which carries... |
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William Ernest Frank Ward [GHANA] English educationalist (born 1900) and authority on West Africa. Various formats from 12mo to quarto. Very good. Some items stamped or docketed. Mainly relates to a lecture to the Society by Ward, provisionally entitled 'Mass education in the colonies'. Letter of 1 November 1948: 'I am leaving... |
Social history, Travel and Topography | £45.00 | |
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William Glover Stanard [W. G. Stanard] (1858-1933), American editor and antiquary Autograph Letter Signed ('W G Stanard | Cor Sectry') to Augustus Bamtridge of Lincoln, England. Landscape 12mo, 2 pp. 17 pages of text. Blue oval stamp at head. Good, on lightly creased paper, with small closed tear at head. Difficult hand. 'Bambridge is not a familiar name in Virginia. Very many of the early settlers died from malaria & other fevers soon after arriving.' Discusses the... |
History | £45.00 | |
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William Henry Ashhurst [William Henry Ashurst] Judge (1725-1807). "<...> John Jaggers / John Holmes / James Graham / John Watkins / Given under my hand this 20th. day of March 1784 pursuant to the Statute in that Case made and provided. / [signed] W H Ashhurst". The DNB gives both spellings of the surname. Paper slightly discoloured.... |
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William Gourlie (1815-1856), Glasgow calico printer and botanist [Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791-1868); William Keddie (1809-1877), Editor of the 'Scottish Guardian'; Scotland; Scottish textiles] Autograph Letter Signed ('Wm. Gourlie Jr.') to 'Mr. Ward'. 4to, 1 p. Sixteen lines of text. Clear and complete. Neatly written in copperplate. On lightly-aged and creased paper, with one 4 cm vertical closed tear (through one word) along fold. He will be 'in town [i.e. London] for a few days next week and will be accompanied by Mr. Keddie, Editor of the... |
Natural History, Printing History, Travel and Topography | £45.00 |
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William Henry Schofield Payne Actor and pantomimist (1804-1878), "the last true mime", who played opposite the great Joseph Grimaldi. One page, 8vo. Written in a florid hand, "W H S Payne / Theater Royal Covent Garden / Le Roi De Pantomime." The "S" in the signature is in superscript. In a smaller hand at the head of the... |
Music and Theatre | £45.00 |