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Mary Augusta Ward (1851-1920, nee Arnold), English novelist 'Mrs. Humphry Ward' Autograph Signature ('Mary A. Ward.') on fragment of letter. On piece of lightly discoloured paper roughly 4 x 10 cms, with horizontal fold on left. Reads '[typed] Yours sincerely, | [signed] Mary A. Ward.' Docketed in pencil at foot 'Mrs Humphry Ward 1914'. |
£15.00 | |
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Sir Hans Sloane [later Hans Sloane-Stanley] (1739-1827), Member of Parliament for Southampton Autograph Note Signed ('Hans Sloane') to John Fuller junior. 12mo: 1 p. On discoloured paper slightly damaged in one corner (not affecting text) by breaking of wafer. Second leaf of bifolium carrying address and postmarks. He received Fuller's letter containing a bill of twenty pounds from his brother. 'All here join in best love to you and believe me... |
£20.00 | |
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[The Fabian Society; H. St. J. B. Philby; Arthur Greenwood; Sidney Webb] 4to: 4 pp. Unbound bifolium. On lightly discoloured and spotted paper, lightly worn at extremities. Central horizontal fold. Gives details of eight lectures, by, successively, H. Finer ('Impressions of America'), Montague Fordham ('The Rural Problem'), R. B. Forrester ('Co-operative Marketing... |
£45.00 | |
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Dame Laura Knight (1877-1972), English impressionist painter [The Artists' General Benevolent Institution] Cyclostyled signature ('Laura Knight') on receipt. On blue paper 10 x 18 cms. Good, with trace of previous white paper mount on reverse. Printed receipt, filled in in manuscript. Reads 'No. [32] 5, VIGO STREET, | W.1. | [June 2nd 1937] | Received a DONATION of [One Guinea] | from [The Misses Ruck] | for the ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT... |
£56.00 |
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Henry Wyatt (1794-1840), English artist, pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence [Henry Wyatt] Three sketches, two in pencil and one in charcoal. ITEM ONE: pencil sketch (roughly three inches square) of pensive woman in full dress seated on chair beside table with vase. Good. On reverse of part of envelope addressed to 'H. Wyatt Esqre. | Newman Street | Oxford Street' and postmarked in red ink oval '2 . A NOON . 2 | MY 4 | 1833'. Another... |
£285.00 |
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Ahriman I., pseud. [Napoleon Bonaparte] Ought France to Worship the Bonapartes? 8vo: [iv] + 90 + [ii] pp. In original grey printed wraps. The answer to the question in the title is an emphatic 'No!', with the author's argument summed up in the conclusion: 'The publication of these remarks has been elicited by a feeling of indignation and surprise, on learning, that, in any... |
£100.00 | |
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Edward Henry Stanley (1826-1893), 15th Earl of Derby [as Lord Stanley], English Conservative politician 12mo: 2 pp. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Headed 'Private' and addressed to 'My dear Henry'. Describes Lennox (a close friend of Benjamin Disraeli) as 'a sanguine man'. 'If you thought as I do of the result of the "hundred days" between the present time and the trial of strength in Dec. you... |
£56.00 | |
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Freiherr Adolph von Deichmann (1831-1907) [Baron Deichmann], German banker and anglophile 'four-in-hand' coaching enthusiast 8vo: 2 pp. Good, on lightly-aged laid paper with slight chipping and glue stain at head (not affecting text). A formal letter written in English in the third person. He asks them to send 'another form [for him to write his entry in 'Who's Who'] to be filled up [...] The first one sent was... |
£38.00 | |
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), British Prime Minister (as Foreign Secretary) 4to: 1 p. Good. Folded three times. A neatly-written letter of introduction for 'Major William Henry Grote [1795-1844], of the 33d. Regiment, now at Malta, Brother of Mr. Grote MP. for London, who is about to visit Egypt': 'I beg leave to introduce him to your acquaintance, and to recommend him... |
£85.00 | |
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Miklos Erdelyi, Hungarian conductor Good, on leaf of blue paper removed from autograph album, dimensions roughly 12 x 16 cms. |
£18.00 |
