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Robert Southey c. 1.5" x 3", in a minute but distinct hand, 16 lines commmencing "They will by no means give the title of Saint to one of the Apostles or Evangelists of the LOrd . . . ", concluding with the apparent source of the lines "A Friendly Conference 48". |
£100.00 | |
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Rose Fyleman, Two manuscript poems about Fairies Children's writer. One page, sm. fol. Vestiges of hinges. Signed and dated by Fyleman. The Poems written in Fyleman's hand are: "I stood against the window" (2 verses, total 16 lines; and "Have you watched the Fairies?", 3 verses, total 9 lines. |
£400.00 | |
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Schomberg K. MacDonnell Autograph Note Signed, one page, 8vo, to Lord Harmsworth, press baron Irish civil servant ((1861-1915). He hopes for a meeting in London. "I want very much to see you for a few minutes". |
£25.00 | |
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Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer Autograph Note initialled to "Catalina" Diplomat. One page, 8vo. He asks for a pair of Chinese slippers to be added to her brother's account and warns her against a "maddish charlatan" with whom he has crossed swords. |
£30.00 |
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Sir J. Bernard Burke, Autograph Note, third person, to "Mr Buick" Genealogist. One page, 8vo. He presents his compliments and says he will answer Buick's enquiry on his return to Dublin Castle. |
£30.00 | |
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Sir James Kempt. Autograph Note Signed to R. Byham, Ordnance Office General. One page, 8vo. He describes his enclosure of a banker's order to pay the rent on a property he is about to occupy. |
£25.00 | |
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Sir John M. Wilson Autograph Letter Signed, 2pp., 8vo, to "Jones" Soldier (1783-1868). Stained and worn but contents intact and legible, responding to condolences on his wife's death. what it means to him, and what her last days were like. |
£25.00 | |
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Sir William Grant Autograph Letter Signed (Part of ), correspondent unknown. Canadian lawyer and English Master of the Rolls (1752-1832). Part of ALS signed, referring to "Sir Alexr Cochrane's propositions as to prizes that may be taken in conjunct expeditions on the coast of America" on which he does not feel able to give directions. |
£45.00 | |
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Sir William Schaw Cathcart Document Signed to "The Quarter-Master General of the Forces" one page, fol. He refers to a "Return of the Field and Garrison ordnance, with the ammunition for guns, howitzers . . ." which he has sent for the defence of North Britain. |
£100.00 | |
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Thomas Aston Coffin Autograph Letter Signed, 2pp., 8vo. to Goodall & Turner, solicitors or insurers American loyalist. He is returning a policy from which his "Liquors" have been mistakenly excluded. He asks for his cellar to be insured. |
£75.00 |
