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[Anthony Hope Hawkins; Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator; Gibson Girls] Autograph Note Signed to Mr Arrowsmith [J.W. Arrowsmith, original publisher of The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and Rupert of Hentzau (1898)].

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Anthony Hope Hawkins [Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator]
Publication details: 
[Printed] Savoy Mansions, Savoy Street, [London] W.C.
£150.00

Card, 11.5 x 9cm, rounded corners, good condition. Dear Mr Arrowsmith, | I have answered enclosed saying I have no power to give [permission?]. The copyright [for illustrations] is Gibson's [underlined} subject to your right to use the pictures with the story [phrase underlined][...].

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[Sir Henry William Lucy, celebrated Victorian political journalist.] Autograph Card Signed to Bristol printer and publisher J. W. Arrowsmith

Author: 
Sir Henry William Lucy [H. W. Lucy] (1842-1924), celebrated Victorian political journalist, parliamentary correspondent of Punch magazine [J. W. Arrowsmith [James Williams Arrowsmith] (1839-1913)]
Publication details: 
42 Ashley Gardens, Victoria Street, S.W. [London], on card with embossed letterhead of the House of Commons. 27 February [1900].
£40.00

In good condition, lightly aged. Written with purple ink. Addressed to 'J. W. Arrowsmith Esq | Publisher | Bristol.' The message begins, without salutation: 'Booking Office blocked with Copy. But I have had the "Modder River" taken out of turn. You will find a notice in tomorrow's "Punch"'. He announces that on the fifteenth of the following month he is 'to be a guest of the New Vagabond Club', and notes that Arrowsmith is a member, adding 'we may possibly meet'.

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