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Lord Dudley Stuart [Dudley Coutts Stuart] (1803-1854), Whig politician, husband of Lucien Bonaparte's daughter Princess Christine Bonaparte, supporter of Polish independence [Sir Edmund Lodge] 4to, 1 p. 7 lines. Clear and complete. Fair on aged and lightly-creased paper. He is returning 'the leaf of your Peerage', which is 'quite correct in the part more immediately concerning me & in all other's [sic] as far as I have observed'. He makes a suggestion regarding Lord James Stuart... |
£45.00 |
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Rosa Baughan (fl. 1880), graphologist and writer on palmistry, physiognomy and astrology Landscape 12mo. 17 lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged and lightly-creased paper. For a graphologist Miss Baughan's handwriting is curiously angular and crabbed. Explaining that 'these together with some 2 dozen others were overlooked in the July packet - at least this was how it was... |
£56.00 |
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[Legal Fees; Clerks of the Court] C.32 x 41cm, part Latin, mainly English, closed tear and minor loss on fold marks. Presumably one of the copies ordered to be delivered to the High Constable and other JPs. The first few Latin lines give occasion (Quarter Sessions), place, date, and names of officers of the Court (Justices of... |
£280.00 |
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[One Hundredth Birthday Telegram; King and Queen]] Post Office Telegram to Miss A.J. Ramsbotham of Eastcombe nr Stroud on her hundredth birthsday C.18 x 12cm, good condition, with original gold envelope, sl. battered. Text: 8.40 Buckingham Palace | Miss A.J. Ramsbotham | Gladstone Cottage Eastcombe Nr Stroud Glos | The King and Queen are much interested to thear that you are celebrating your hundredth birthday, and send you Hearty... |
£165.00 |
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Adrian Allinson (1890-1959), English artist [Jean Inglis] Autograph Letter Signed from the English painter Adrian Allinson to fellow-artist Jean Inglis. 4to, 2 pp. 46 lines. Clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. He thanks her for putting the commission of 'Mr Proger' his way, discussing the circumstances. 'Just 3 days before I received his letter, while Molly & I were making some sort of order in the Augean Stable which is my lower studio... |
£56.00 |
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Balliol Holloway (1883-1967), English stage and screen actor, specialising in Shakespeare Autograph Letter Signed from the Shakespearian actor Balliol Holloway to the artist Jean Inglis. 4to, 1 p. Fourteen lines, in pencil. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. In envelope addressed by Holloway to Inglis. He apologises for his 'rudeness' in not answering earlier: 'I plead rush of work'. He would be delighted to sit for her, but 'the trouble is that I may have to leave... |
£23.00 |
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Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936), British writer and suffragette Autograph Signature of the writer and suffragette Beatrice Harraden, on her letterhead. 12mo, 1 p. Fair, on aged paper, with central horizontal crease, and traces of mount adhering to reverse. In response to a request for an autograph Harraden has signed, neatly in the centre of the page, 'Your truly | [signed] Beatrice Harraden'. The signature is underlined. |
£23.00 |
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D. C. Lowber [originally of New Orleans], Liverpool Merchant [American Blackberries, Kittatinny Variety; botanical ephemera] 12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Attractive engraving of a blackberry cutting. The second page is headed 'THE AMERICAN BLACKBERRY', and begins 'There is scarcely a more wholesome fruit than this, and one that has been more improved by judicious cultivation on the American side... |
£28.00 |
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E. L'Estrange aka ?Emma Robinson (1814-1890), English novelist [Charles Manby] 12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. 51 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. Chatty and spirited letter. 'I propose myself the honour and pleasure (seldom indeed, save in common parlance!) of paying you a visit, - to present you with a copy of "Westminster Abbey"', which has 'emerged from the... |
£56.00 |
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Henry Lamb (1883-1960), R.A. English artist of the Camden Town Group [Jean Inglis] Autograph Letter Signed from English painter Henry Lamb, R.A., to fellow-artist Jean Inglis. Landscape 12mo. 12 lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper, in envelope addressed by Lamb to Inglis. On 'seeing the picture after that long interval' he was 'not ashamed of it', but 'when it was new my friends used to rag me about my "Morgue" pictures', there being 'a few others of... |
£125.00 |
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