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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Richard Edward Dennett [CONGO FREE STATE] Autograph Letter Signed to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Editor (1857-1921) of the manuscript newspaper 'Congo Mirror', who 'drew attention to irregularities in Congo Free State, 1886; [...] and accused Congo officials of murders and atrocities; with help he carried on the agitation until the Congo Reform Association was formed; in a series of letters...	History, Travel and Topography	£56.00
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone Autograph letter signed to Mrs F[rederick W.] Hollams, Lord Chief Justice of England (1842-1915). One page, 12mo. Marked "Confidential". "My sister told me of the letter. I have made some enquiries about the man who wrote to you and from what I hear I certainly think you ought not to engage him. You will of course treat this letter as strictly...		£40.00
Richard Ford, traveller in Spain. Subscription of letter Signed "Rich Ford". Part of letter, 11 x 4cm, faint staining, text illegible but clear, as follows: "I [amyrobedtSt \| Rich Ford\|\|".	Literature, Travel and Topography	£28.00
Richard Frederick Littledale, Anglican controversialist (DNB) Autograph Letter Signed "R.F. Littledale" to an unnamed correspondent. Two pages, 8vo, bifolium, good condition. Colonel Hardy, Secretary of the English Church Union, has assured him that his correspondent can help in the matter in hand. Nameky, Dr Von Dollinger has informed him that "Padre Curci" [Jesuit, sometime ed. "The Catholic Civilisation"] "has been reduced...		£50.00
Richard Garnett (1835-1906), Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, 1890-1899 [Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931), British orientalist and archaeologist] Autograph Note Signed ('R. Garnett') to 'Poole'. 12mo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper with remains of stub from mounting adhering to one edge. Reads 'We shall be very glad to accord Miss Rosamund hospitality on Saturday'. From a small archive of Lane-Poole material.	Literature	£28.00
Richard Garnett. Autograph Note Signed to N. Shearing. Librarian and author. "I shall be very happy to conduct the members of hte South Place Ethical Society over the Library, at any time that may be mutually arranged."	Literature	£35.00
Eric Kennington [Eric Henri Kennington] (1888-1960), artist and sculptor who illustrated T. E. Lawrence’s ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ [Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd (1892-1973), Lord Mayor of London] [Eric Kennington, artist and sculptor.] Three Autograph Letters Signed to Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, Lord Mayor of London, concerning a commission for an oil painting. With carbons of three replies including one from Vice-Admiral T. B. Drew. See Kennington’s entry in the Oxford DNB. All six items in good condition, lightly aged. Previously pinned together, with Kennington’s letters folded for postage, and all three are 1p, 8vo, and signed ‘Eric Kennington’. ONE: Kennington ALS, 11 June 1956. Having conferred with Ackroyd’s clerk ‘Mr...		£500.00
Richard Graves the elder ('the antiquary', 1677-1729), of Mickleton Manor, Gloucestershire [George Vertue] Engraved portrait by Vertue captioned 'RICHARDUS GRAVES \| de Michleton in Com[itatis] Gloucestriae Armiger \| Obiit: 1731, A[nn]o. Aetat[is]: 51.' On good-quality thick wove paper, roughly fifteen inches by eleven wide. Dimensions of plate roughly eleven inches by six and a half wide. Good, clean impression, with blank borders a tad grubby. Attractive portrait of a handsomely dressed Graves, a bookcase behind him, leaning between two...		£55.00
Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1869-1923) [William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore (1885-1964), 4th Baron Harlech; The Parliament Act, 1911] Typed Letter Signed ('Willoughby de Broke') and Autograph Letter Signed ('W. de B.') to Ormsby-Gore, concerning his desire to 'write a history of the Die-Hard affair'. Text of both letters clear and complete, on aged, grubby paper. The 'Diehards' were a group of right-wing Conservative peers who attempted unsuccessfully to thwart Liberal legislation to limit the right of veto of the House of Lords over Commons legislation. (See G. D. Phillips, 'The Diehards:...	History	£150.00
Richard Grosvenor (1795-1869), 2nd Marquess of Westminster [Grosvenor Estate Office; Mayfair; Richard Jones] Printed Receipt, with Manuscript Insertions, Signed by the 2nd Marquess, for rent on two Mayfair properties. One page. Roughly nine inches by four. Aged and creased, with one small closed tear and one spike hole (neither affecting text, which is clear and complete). An attractive document, embossed with a government one shilling stamp, and bearing the Westminster coat of arms, supported by two dogs,...		£45.00