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Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, etc. Clipped signature "Tho Mifflin". Irregular piece of paper c. 14 x 5 at most, good condition. Pencil note identifying signature |
History | £120.00 | |
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Harriet Martineau, pioneering journalist and writer [Harriet Martineau, pioneering journalist and writer] Bold Signature with partial address. Signature and place name on fragment, 9 x 2.5cm, laid down on slightly larger backing. Text: Mrs Harriet Martineau | Ambleside [Mrs as the shortened form of Mistress presumably,] See Image. |
£45.00 | ||
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William Cobbett (1763 ? 1835) pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer Address panel from an envelope/letter with Free stamp, 11 x 7cm, aged but good condition and clear wording. See Image. Note: Presumably John Hudson, who was recorded as an Inn Keeper in the Subdeanry of Chichester in 1830, and as an Inn Keeper at the Dolphin in 1832, was proprietor by 1840 at 92... |
£30.00 | ||
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Joanna Baillie, Scottish dramatist and poet (DNB). Subscription only, 11 x 5cm, good condition, with some lines on the verso, probably consituting the majority of the original letter. Subscription: dear Miss Mackenzie | Most truly uors | J. Baillie !! Hampstead | Saturday July 4th. Verso: Dear Miss Mackenzie (slightly clipped] | Mrs Baillie... |
£56.00 | ||
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Harry Furniss, cartoonist, Anglo-Irish journalist and caricaturist. Anglo-Irish journalist and caricaturist (1854-1925), best known for his work for Punch. One page, full mark, aged but good condition. Mr. Harry Furniss has much pleasure in accepting Sir John Puleston's kind invitation to dinner on the 30th at the Conservative Club. |
£25.00 | ||
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Lord Canning [Charles John Canning, Earl Canning (1812-1862)], Governor-General and first Viceroy of India [Lord Canning, Viceroy of India] Autograph Note, Third Person, to a Mr Perry, presumably an M.P. One page, 12mo, vestiges of tipping on on verso,text, aging but good clear condition. Lord Canning presents his compliments to Mr. Perry & begs to inform Mr. P. that he will be at the House of Lords at 2 o'clock tomorrow to officiate in the place of Lord Jersey. |
£50.00 | ||
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Spike Milligan, comedian and author One page, 4to, creasing and sl. marked, text clear and complete: Thank you for your letter together with your writings. I don't give an opinion of other people's work, and I'll tell you why, in the past I have been wrong, and on pone occasion felt very responsible. | The best advice I can give... |
Miscellaneous | £220.00 | |
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[Dora Carrington] Noel Carrington [Noel Lewis Carrington (1895 – 1989), book designer, editor, publisher, and the originator of Puffin Books.] Two pages, cr. 8vo, fold marks, good condition. Text: Your enquiry about woodcuts and bookplates made by my sister Dora Carrington for Lytton Strachey and others: You will find in the book on her Letters & Diaries edited by David Garnett (Cape 1970) and Paper Back OUP, several reproductions... |
£220.00 | ||
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J. A. M. de Sanchez, economist. Autograph L:etter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist ALS, on letterhead of 22 Old Broad Street, EC, 2pp., 12mo. Recommending The Great Gatsby, 'the book of which I spoke in the course of your brief discussion of the younger American writers the other evening'. |
History | £56.00 | |
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Jane Wells [born Amy Catherine Robbins] (1872-1927), wife of H. G. Wells. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, on letterhead of 4 Whitehall Court, London; 'Tuesday' [1924], in envelope, 2pp., 8vo. 'You know all sorts of useful things - can you tell me of any way of getting in touch with Mary Ansell - Mary Barrie - Mary Cannan - Mary? here my knowledge stops. [...] Are you "sitting under" Bernard... |
Literature, Women | £150.00 |