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John M. Morton [John Maddison Morton] (1811-1891), English playwright specialising in one-act farces, the most famous of which was ‘Box and Cox’ [Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor-manager] [‘I’m afraid the veteran farce writer’s “little game” is nearly up!’: John Maddison Morton, playwright.] Autograph Letter Signed to the actor-manager Benjamin Nottingham Webster, negotiating terms and discussing his present penury. The phrase ‘Box and Cox’ has entered the English language. See the OED, and the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, landscape 12mo. Neatly inserted in a trimmed windowpane mount. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. Signed ‘John M Morton’. Begins: ‘Dear Webster. / As Mr Anson...		£50.00
Lord Alfred Paget [Lord Alfred Henry Paget] (1816-1888), Liberal politician, Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria [Charles Manby (1804-84), Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers [Lord Alfred Henry Paget, Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria.] Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Manby, Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers, regarding a planned trip ‘to Barnaby’, with a reference to Thomas Brassey. See his entry and Manby’s in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border. In good condition, lightly aged, folded, with thin strip of tape from mount adhering to reverse of second leaf. Addressed to ‘My dear Manby’ and signed ‘Alfred Paget’. He begins by saying that there seems...		£45.00
Lord Granville [Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville] (1773-1846), Whig statesman and diplomat, British Ambassador to Paris on three occasions, covering most of the period between 1824 and 1841 [Lord Granville [Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville], Whig statesman and diplomat.] Autograph Letter in the third person to ‘Mr. Burke’, discussing ‘The King of the French’ and ‘the next Presentation at the Tuileries’. A noted beau, described by Pitt the Younger as ‘the counterpart of the statue of Antinous’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On the first leaf of a bifolium, the second leaf, within a trimmed windowpane mount, docketed in a contemporary hand on the reverse: ‘The Earl Granville /...		£50.00
Louis Haghe (1806-1885), Dutch lithographer and watercolour painter in London, partner with William Day (1797-1845) in lithographic printers Day & Haghe [David Roberts, 'The Holy Land'; Charles Manby] [Louis Haghe, Dutch lithographer of David Roberts’s ‘Holy Land’.] Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Manby, Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers, concerning the loan of a watercolour to a ‘conversatione’ (sic). Haghe features prominently in William Day’s entry in the Oxford DNB, in which their firm’s publication of Robert’s ‘Holy Land’ (1842-49) is described as ‘the most ambitious lithographic work ever published’, for which ‘Haghe, praised by Roberts for the faithful and artistic interpretation of his...		£85.00
Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844), physician extraordinary to George III, George IV, William IV and the young Victoria, and President of the Royal College of Physicians [Sir Henry Halford, President of the Royal College of Physicians and Physician Extraordinary to four monarchs.] Autograph Letter Signed regarding his ‘trifles’, a copy of which he is giving to the recipient. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Lightly worn, with blank second leaf carrying traces of mount. The recipient is not named, and the letter is signed ‘Henry Halford’. The subject is probably Halford’s ‘Nugae Metricae’, privately printed in the same year....		£50.00
Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967), conductor; Sir Michael Hordern (1911-1994), actor and the original voice of Paddington Bear; Alda Noni (1916-2011), soprano; Edinburgh International Festival, 1953 [Edinburgh Festival, 1953.] Festival Letterhead with autographs of Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Michael Hordern, Alda Noni and two others. 2pp, 12mo. The five signatures in pencil on a single Festival letterhead. In good condition, slightly discoloured, with two unobtrusive dabs of glue from mount at head of reverse. The three signatures on the recto are headed by Noni’s large bold one: ‘Alda Noni / Edinburgh 1953’. Beneath this is...		£65.00
Sir Matthew John Tierney (1776-1845), Anglo-Irish surgeon [Sir Francis Freeling (1764-1836), Secretary of the General Post Office; Benjamin Critchett, Inspector of Letter Carriers] [Postal history: Sir Matthew John Tierney, surgeon.] Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Francis Freeling, Secretary of the General Post Office, complaining of a misdirected letter, with annotation by Freeling and postal inspector Benjamin Critchett. See the entries on Tierney (Physician-in-Ordinary to George IV and William IV) and Freeling (also a noted bibliophile) in the Oxford DNB. The letter is 3pp, 12mo, with underlinings in red pencil (probably by Freeling), and the reverse of the second leaf carrying the address and annotations by...		£120.00
Sir Richard Cross [Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross] (1823-1914), Conservative politician, Secretary of State for India and then Home Secretary [George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe (1828-1917) Sir Richard Cross [Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross], Conservative politician, Secretary of State for India and then Home Secretary.] Autograph Note Signed to George Cubitt [later Lord Ashcombe]. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium, with the reverse of the second leaf docketed ‘Sir Richard Cross / Home Secretary’. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to second leaf, and lightly folded. Headed ‘Private’. Addressed to ‘Geo...		£35.00
Sir Wentworth Dilke [Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet] (1810-1869), Whig politician, Leading Commissioner of the Great Exhibition of 1851 [Sir Wentworth Dilke [Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet], Whig politician.] Autograph Letter Signed asking the recipient to resend references to Lord Campbell and the ‘Carlton Pamphlets’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. Signed ‘W Dilke’. Embossed armorial letterhead of a falcon. The recipient is not named. In good condition, lightly aged, neatly inserted in trimmed windowpane mount. Twice folded for postage. Thirteen lines of text in his distinctive close backwards-...		£35.00
Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), Scottish banker, a founder of the London banking house Coutts & Co. [Prince Frederick Augustus (1773-1843), Duke of Sussex] [Thomas Coutts, banker with London firm Coutts & Co.] Autograph Letter Signed regarding arrangements for a party with the Duke of Sussex. See his entry and that of the Duke of Sussex in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo, on first leaf of bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank second leaf. With two folds. The recipient is not named; signed ‘Thomas Coutts’. Twenth-two lines of...		£50.00