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John Drinkwater (1882-1937), poet and dramatist See his entry in the Oxford DNB. A pictorial postcard, with a black and white photograph of the ?Market House Minchinhampton Nr. Stroud?. In fair condition, discoloured and lightly worn. Stamped with partial postmark. Beneath the address and date he write, in what is presumably a response to a... |
£30.00 | |
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John Coates (1865-1941), English tenor, and Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940), Italian coloratura soprano, opera singers The two signatures are written one on top of the other, close together, on a leaf extracted from a printed diary, with the bottom of the 'C' of 'Coates' touching the top of the 'e' of 'Tetrazzini'. In good condition, on lightly aged and foxed paper. No other manuscript text. The page (163) has... |
£50.00 | |
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Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891), Liberal statesman and diplomat [Henri Solvyns, Belgian ambassador to the United Kingdom] See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded twice. Signed ?Granville?. Begins: ?My dear Solvyns. / Lady G. sends no invitations, but she is at home every Monday Tuesday,... |
£60.00 | |
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Charles Mackay (1812-1889), Scottish poet and author [Reeves & Turner, publishers] See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank second leaf. Folded once. Begins: ?Messrs Reeves & Turner, / Gentlemen, / When I went to America, I left funds with my agent to pay your account, and several other... |
£90.00 | |
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Cambridge University Alumni, 1808, including William Adams who negotiated treaties with the United States, Edward Pearson, Samuel Vince, James Henry Monk, Sir William Wynne, Robert Towerson Cory The signatories (for whom see Alumni Cantabrigienses) are: William Adams (1772-1851) of Trinity Hall, distinguished lawyer who negotiated treaties with the United States; Robert Towerson Cory (1759-1835), Master of Emmanuel, Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy, twice Vice-Chancellor;... |
£380.00 | |
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Anonymous Irish loyalist poem of the 1850s [Crimean War; Indian Mutiny; Pig War; American Civil War] An interesting piece of Irish demotic verse, an unpublished work by an unknown hand. A rough-hewn but highly-effective piece of writing, in which the author?s voice can be clearly heard (he rhymes ?forget? with ?death?, writes ?trashed? for ?thrashed? and ?fronth? for ?fronth?, and speaks of ?... |
£450.00 |
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Robert Loyd-Lindsay, Ist Baron Wantage [founding father of the Red Cross] Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, text very readable but item stained and damaged, with small loss of text (part of heading and half of a name). Dear Dr Sieveking | Dr. Thudichum called at this office yesterday and made a proposal relative to the management of a Hospital in Germany. Dr. Simon... |
£180.00 |
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Ralph Straus [Bro. Ralph Straus] Ltd edition, copy 73 of 199, xi, 244 p. 15 x 12 cm, wrapper has small closed tear at top of spine, edges of wrapper sl. ruckled, sl. grubby, good +. Enclosed (loose) Compliments slip. |
£120.00 | |
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Lord St Helens [Alleyne Fitzherbert, Baron St Helens (1753-1839], diplomat, Ambassador to Russia, Chief Secretary for Ireland, for whom Mount St Helens is named [Charles R. Broughton] See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 8vo. Sixteen lines of closely-written text. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with short closed tears along the five creases from the folding of the item into a packet. Docketed on the reverse of the leaf: ?May 2d 1810 / Lord St Helens / Authy to... |
£70.00 | |
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Henry Cooper, Boxer [Henry Cooper, Boxer] Signature Only with date Business Card of County Suppliers (Furniture) Ltd (printed), 9 x 6 cm, sl. worn. On Reverse, autograph signature Henry Cooper. See IMage. |
£25.00 |
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