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[British Act of Parliament: 'An Act for Relief of Poor Prisoners for Debt or Damages', 22 November 1695] [1] + 14pp., 8vo, with the text paginated 349-359. Disbound. Good, on aged paper. At the head of the title, in a contemporary hand: 'Relief of poor prisoners'. The title carries the royal crest, and reads in full: 'Anno Regni Gulielmi II. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Septimo... |
£180.00 | ||
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Lady Lyttelton [Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton (née Spencer) (1787 – 1870), courtier, governess to Edward VII] One page, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, good condition. Addressed to Mr Hogarth | Hay Market | London on final page of bifolium, with docketed information and a penny red. Text: Lady Lyttelton requests Mr. Hogarth to send her a block of white drawing paper like the enclosed [bit?], to be sent as... |
£95.00 | ||
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Mary Martin [Mary Virginia Martin[ (1913-1990), American actress, singer, and Broadway star associated with Rodgers and Hammerstein [W. J. MacQueen-Pope; Larry Hagman] Each letter 1p, 8vo. Both in fair condition, lightly aged and creased. On signing one of the letters she has slightly smudged it. ONE: 28 May [1950]. She thanks him for his 'fascinating-looking book, THE MELODIES LINGER ON', and for his 'most generous inscription'. She and her husband 'Richard... |
£120.00 | ||
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Sir Frederick Robert Upcott Autograph Note Signed to 'Mr. Hearson'. Chairman of the Board of Indian Railways (fl. 1916). One page, 12mo. In very good condition, with one rough edge caused by removal from mount. 'It is my intention to be present at the dinner of Devonians in London on 3 May'. Signed 'F. R. Upcott'. |
£26.00 | ||
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Sir Frederick William Duke Autograph Letter Signed to [G. K.] Menzies[, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. British colonial administrator (1868-1924), Member of Council of India, 1914-19, and Permanent Under Secretary of State for India from 1919. Two pages, 12mo. Folded once. Very good, though lightly creased and a little discoloured. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. Referring to a previous letter... |
£35.00 | ||
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Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson) Autograph letter signed to [?] Horton, English actor-manager (1858-1918), knighted in 1911. One page, 12mo. "Glad to hear from you: <?> had told me that you were soldiering. I wish you could have been here with us but yours is a glorious job. Good luck attend you & our arms". Creased, and with traces of previous... |
Military and Naval History, Music and Theatre | £15.00 | |
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Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson), Theatre Manager Autograph note signed to Miss <Edna Orflere?>, One page, 12mo. Only partially decipherable, due to Alexander's dreadful handwriting, which is reminiscent of that of his contemporary Charles Wyndham. "I shall be pleased to see you if you [...] one night next week. / Sincerely / George Alexander". |
Music and Theatre | £15.00 | |
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Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson), Theatre Manager Autograph note signed to Mr <Spielmann?>, English actor-manager (1858-1918), knighted in 1911. One page, 12mo. "We will call for you at about 10.30 tomorrow morning. It is very good of you." |
Music and Theatre | £15.00 | |
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Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson), Theatre Manager English actor-manager (1858-1918), knighted in 1911. One page, 12mo, evidently in response to a request for an autograph. "With pleasure / Yours truly / George Alexander". Negligible traces of previous mounting on reverse of blank second leaf. |
Music and Theatre | £15.00 | |
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Theodore Hook [Theodore Edward Hook] (1788-1841), author, wit and hoaxer, accountant-general and treasurer of Mauritius, 1813-1817 Hook’s entry in the Oxford DNB descibes his novel ‘Gilbert Gurney’ (1836) and its sequel ‘Gurney Married’ (1838) as made up of ‘thinly disguised portraits and a string of anecdotes from real life’. 1p, 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition, folded twice. On wove paper with C. Ansell watermark of... |
£75.00 |