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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Walter Emanuel [Sir John Alexander Hammerton (1871-1949), author and editor; The London Magazine; The Manchester Guardian; Punch magazine] ACS ('Walter Emanuel') to Hammerton. Dimensions of card roughly 8.5 x 11 cm. Good, with slight creasing. Twenty lines of text. Congratulating Hammerton on his appointment as editor of the 'London Magazine'. ('Congratters on the 'London Magazine' appointment: it sounds like a nice position.') 'How do you manage it all?' Explains...	Book Trade History, Literature	£25.00
William Aylmer Gowing ["Walter Gordon"] autograph letters signed (x 2) to Mr [?] Brailsford, Playwright under the name Walter Gordon. The first, 4 pp, 12mo, on mourning paper, 24 August 1887, c/o Mrs H. E. Rose, Buxton on the Water, Glos. "I went to Town yesterday to attend the Funeral of my old friend [John] Palgrave Simpson [dramatist and novelist, 1807-1887, DNB], returning here...	Music and Theatre	£25.00
William Behnes and Sir William Charles Ross Autograph Signatures on fragment of letter. Behnes (died 1864) was a sculptor of high renown. Ross (1794-1860) was a miniature painter whose work includes portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Paper dimensions roughly 4 1/2 inches by 2 inches. In good condition. Reads 'William Behnes \| W. C. Ross'. On verso 'my Apartments, should...	Art and Architecture	£25.00
William Behnes; George Robins Autograph Signatures on fragment of document. Behnes (died 1864) was a sculptor, and Robins (1778-1847) a flamboyant auctioneer. Very good, on piece of paper roughly two inches by three and a half. From a collection of Autograph Signatures cut from petitions to the Artists' General Benevolent Fund. Blank reverse.	Art and Architecture	£25.00
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), British Liberal Prime Minister Autograph Signature, removed from letter. On piece of paper roughly 2.5 x 7.5 cm. Mounted on piece of 7.5 x 13 cm card. In fair condition, with both card and paper aged and slightly discoloured. Good firm underlined signature ('W E Gladstone'). The card carries the following caption, in a contemporary hand: 'Autograph of \| The Right...	History	£25.00
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), British Liberal Prime Minister [Sir Laurence Nunns Guillemard (1862-1951)] Autograph Signature ('W E Gladstone') on frank, addressed to Guillemard at 11 Downing Street. The front cover of the envelope, 9.5 x 12 cm, cut away and laid down on a ruled piece of paper cut from an autograph album. A little grubby, but good. Reads 'L N Guillemard Esq \| 11 Downing St. \| [signed] W E Gladstone'. Signature approximately 4.5 cm long, and underlined.	History	£25.00
William Fairbairn. Part of autograph letter to Sir David Brewster, scientist. Scottish engineer. Small part of letter, trimmed, formerly laid down, 3 x 1.5". One side, the subscription, "My dear Sir David, / yours faithfully / Wm Fairbairn". Other side, a few words about seeing Brewster and his wife and mentioning Hopkins who appears to be a visitor.	Science, Medicine and Technology	£25.00
William Howitt Autograph Note Signed to W.C. Bennett Miscellaneous writer, Quaker (1792-1879). One page, 12mo, saying simply "The Letter is all right. Thank you".		£25.00
William Jacobson, Bishop of Chester Autograph Note to the Editor of Debrett's Peerage. English cleric (1803-84). 1 page, 16mo. In good condition. Formal letter written in the third person. Reads 'Chester, October 28, 1875. \| The Bishop of Chester presents his Compliments to the Editor of Debrett's Peerage, &c, and has the satisfaction of stating that he has found no occasion...	Social history	£25.00
William Macready. Secretarial letter for Macready to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and other books. [William Macready (DNB)], actor-manager, declining a manuscript play. Originally from a larger archive, the residue of which is described in #3157 (Hewlett's papers), this and other items appear in my ABE inventory in book id#s 3124-3156.	Literature, Music and Theatre	£25.00