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Fabian George Trollope (1872-1960) of Trollope & Sons, 'Artists in Decoration since A.D. 1778. Branch of Trollope & Colls Ltd.' [London Architecture] All items one page, quarto, and all very good. Two docketed and one bearing the Society's stamp. Letter 1: He will be pleased to attend a committee meeting. Letter 2: He has 'a long-standing engagement' and will be unable to attend 'the Architectural Decoration Committee'. Along with Godfrey... |
£45.00 | |
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Daniel Wilson (1778-1858), Bishop of Calcutta LETTER: Two pages, 12mo. Very good. Addressed on verso of second leaf of bifolium. Three postmarks (two in red and one in black ink) and red wax seal. Written after Wilson's appointment as Bishop, but before his departure from Islington, where he was Vicar of St Mary's. Addressing his 'dear... |
£80.00 | |
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Edward Norgate Miniatura or The Art of Limning Ed. from the Manuscript and collated with other manuscripts by Martin Hardie, Ist edition, 8vo, pseudo-vellum binding, clear wrapper sl. torn, generally very good condition. |
£40.00 | |
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John Thomas James (1786-1828), Bishop of Calcutta Autograph Letter Signed ('J. T. Calcutta.') to unnamed 'brother clergy[man] of the diocese'. Two pages, quarto. Very good. 'It is great pleasure that I sit down to write to any one of my brother clergy of the diocese, as it seems an approach to that acquaintance with them which I hope before long to have an opportunity of making personally'. '[P]ressure of business' makes impossible '... |
£85.00 | |
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Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton (1813-90), French violinist Autograph Letter Signed ('P. Sainton') in English to unnamed female correspondent. Two pages, 12mo. Very good. He was absent when the letter to his wife (the English contralto Charlotte Dolby) arrived. He has heard 'the little boy', and thinks that 'with proper care he may turn out a good Violinist, but he hs to undo every thing and to be guided in the right Way. He has... |
£56.00 | |
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Shozo Kato (of Osaka, Japan, and 8 New Oxford Street, London, England), dealer in 'Japanese & Chinese Works of Art' [Japanese; Oriental art] Autograph Letter Signed ('S. Kato') in English to [?] Beaufort. One page, octavo. On aged, grubby paper with minor staining at foot. He has spent 'all his monney for prints & Books I bought at Sale last Week. I have no balance in my Bank at all. (ganz nichts) if you are not inconvenient [sic] Please bring some L. S. D. on Saturday next'. Postscript: 'My... |
£28.00 | |
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Thomas Fanshaw Middleton (1769-1822), D.D., F.R.S., Lord Bishop of Calcutta [Henry Hoppner Meyer; John Jackson] Portrait, 'Engraved by H. Meyer, from an original Drawing by J. Jackson'. Dimensions of paper approximately 36 x 25 cms. Good, though lightly foxed and with corners a little dog-eared. His Lordship, in full-sleeved clericals, is seated, and bare-headed, looking to his right with a piercing stare. Dated 1815 by the National Portrait Gallery. |
£45.00 | |
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General Reibell [French soldier] Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed. On piece of grey paper roughly 10.5 x 13.5 cms. Creased and with some evidence of previous mounting on reverse. Docketed 'From general Reibell commanding in the Haut Rhein - who cut his way into the Tuilleries, & saved Louis Philippe & his Queen; commanded the Cavalry in Paris afterwards... |
£38.00 |
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John Lothrop Motley (1814-77), American historian, author of 'The Rise of the Dutch Republic' (1856). Autograph Letter Signed ('J L Motley') to the English historian James Anthony Froude (1818-94). Three pages, octavo. Very good on lightly aged paper. Interesting communication from one of the nineteenth-century's leading historians to another, with an evaluation of Froude's work by Motley. He is disappointed that Froude's visit to London precedes his own. He has been in Brussels since... |
£85.00 | |
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York Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Todmorton, Manchester On one side of a piece of paper roughly 22 x 14 cms. Good, apart from some repaired damage at head from scorching, resulting in loss to two lines of text. Title followed by the eight rules of the Society over twenty-one lines of text. At foot names of the sixteen members of the Committee (eight... |
£45.00 |
