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Constance Williams Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs Middleton Walker'. Two pages, 12mo. Very good. She is sorry that her correspondent should have 'taken the trouble to call twice & have found me out, but I am working at the school just now, & am very not returning as a rule until the evening | So I trust you will excuse my calling with kind regards to... |
Art and Architecture, Women | £23.00 | |
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Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne (1782-1871), English army officer [Stratford Canning (1786-1880), 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe; Crimean War] Signature ('J. F. Burgoyne | Lt Genl.') on part of letter to Stratford Canning. On the lower part of a letter, cut to form a rectangle, 11.5 x 18 cm. In good condition, with traces of stub from mounting along one edge, and a thin strip of paper, with Burgoyne's name in manuscript neatly laid down beneath the signature. Reads 'I have the honor to be | Your Excellency's |... |
Military and Naval History | £23.00 | |
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Frank Clowes (1848-1923), Principal, University College Nottingham, and Professor of Chemistry and Metallurgy Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry Trueman Wood, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. One page, 12mo. Good. Docketed and bearing the Society's stamp. Concerns 'Sir Alexander Redler's being brought up by Crookes for election to the Athenaeum by the Committee under Rule II [...] you [...] intimated that you knew Redler & that I need not descant on his virtues: he is a most... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £23.00 | |
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George Combe Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Victorian phrenologist (1788-1858) and natural philosopher. Paper dimensions roughly seven and a half inches by three inches. Folded four times. Good, but worn and with some loss to bottom corners from previous mounting. Reads 'I am | My dear Sir | Yours most truly | Geo: Combe | If you see Mr... |
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George Titus Barham Typed Letter Signed to Sir Henry Truman Wood, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Founder of Express Dairies (1860-1937), and antiquarian with a private museum in Sudbury. One page, quarto. Very good on slightly discoloured paper. He thanks him for sending Professor Petrie's letter. 'It is a subject which we have had before us for some time past, and are still keeping well in... |
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Godfrey Locker Lampson. Autograph Note Signed to [The Managing Director Messrs Bumpus]. Author son of Frederick Locker-Lampson (Rowfant). One page, 8vo, good condition. He is grateful for his kind letter about his book {"The Country Gentleman" was published in 1932]." |
Book Trade History | £23.00 | |
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Henry Charles Beeching (1859-1919), Dean of Norwich and author Autograph Card Signed ('H C Beeching') to Messrs Swan Sonnenschein & Co., publishers. Plain card, roughly 8.5 x 11 cm. Five lines of text. A little grubby, but good. Asking for his manuscript, so that he can 'correct the proof of the Introduction to Crashaw. It was written so many years ago that I can't always recall what I wrote'. |
Book Trade History, Literature | £23.00 | |
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Henry de Vere Stacpoole [Harry] (1863-1951), Anglo-Irish novelist, best known for his often-filmed book 'The Blue Lagoon' (1908) Autograph Signature ('H de Vere Stacpoole.'). On a piece of thin card roughly 8.5 x 11.5 cm. Very good. Good signature, 7.5 cm long, neatly centred. |
Literature | £23.00 |
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J. M. Weston, 'comedian', playwright and stage manager of the Charles Street Theatre, Baltimore [James Rees; F. Powell] One page. On piece of paper roughly seven inches by three and a half wide. Bottom part of letter cut away. Reads 'Dr Sir | In compiance with your wish | I subscribe myself | truly yours | [signed] J. M. Weston | To/ | Jas. Reese Esq'. Docketed by Rees 'The above autograph is that of my friend J... |
Music and Theatre | £23.00 | |
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James Wilson (1805-1860), Scottish economist and politician Part of Autograph Letter, with signature ('James Wilson'). On one side of a piece of wove paper, roughly 5 x 18.5 cm, cut from letter by an autograph collector. Aged, and with staining from the glue used in mounting. Reads '<...> upon it. | I hope you are quite recovered. | Yours trly | James Wilson'. |
Economics, History | £23.00 |
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