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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet Autograph Letter Signed to S[amuel]. Redgrave. Author and politician (1806-63). The recipient (1802-76) was author of a dictionary of English artists, and successively private secretary to several English statesman. Two pages, 12mo. An odd request. 'I have been asked by a friend to ascertain for him whether any person has ever been tried in... |
£56.00 | ||
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Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry [Trueman] Wood, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. British soldier and historian (1878-1962). One page, quarto. Very good. Bearing the Society's stamp. '[...] I will be permitted by my duties to have the honour of attending at the Royal Society of Arts on the 17th. Instant at 4.30 pm in order to receive the Medal awarded to me by the Society. |... |
Military and Naval History | £23.00 | |
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Sir George Essex Honyman Autograph note signed to the solicitor [Sir John] Hollams (1820-1910), Judge (1819-75). One page, 12mo. "Jany 17. / My dear Hollams / I have with some hesitation accepted the Common Pleas." Honyman became a judge in the Court of Common Pleas on 23 January 1873. Dreadful sprawling handwriting. Paper worn, torn, grubby and creased, with blank second leaf repaired and... |
£30.00 | ||
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Sir George Frampton [Sir George James Frampton] (1860-1928), English sculptor and craftsman, associated with the Arts and Crafts movement Autograph Letter Signed ('George Frampton') to 'Rogers'. 12mo, 2 pp. Good, on lightly aged paper with two punch holes to the the outer edge of the first page. He apologises for troubling Rogers: 'I have not heard from yet.' Asks if Rogers would mind 'writing to ask him why he wont pay up.' Hopes Rogers is 'quite well by this time. | My panel is in the... |
Art and Architecture | £35.00 | |
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Sir George Frampton R.A. English sculptor (1860-1928). Florid signature 'Geo. Frampton' on slip of paper, 1 inch by 3 1/2. Slightly smudged but in good condition. Attached to piece of blue paper docketed with biographical information about the 'Great Sculptor'. |
Art and Architecture | £15.00 | |
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Sir George Grey (1799–1882), politician [South Africa; Captain Stockenstrom] Autograph Letter [or draft?] Signed ('Geo. Grey') to unnamed male correspondent. 12mo, 3 pp. Good, with traces of previous brown-paper mount adhering to the blank reverse of the second leaf of the bifolium. His 'time is too fully occupied' for him 'to attend the meeting of the Aborigines Protection Society'. Discusses the parliamentary prospects of 'Mr. Baines' motion... |
Travel and Topography | £56.00 | |
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Oliver Zangwill [Oliver Louis Zangwill] (1913-1987), ‘the Father of British neuropsychology’, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, landscape 8vo. In good condition, folded once. Headed ‘Private & Confidential’. Reads: ‘Dear Bob, / I had a word with the V. C [presumably the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University] this morning and am writing a letter to Sartain, which he should... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £50.00 |
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Edith Kermit Roosevelt [(1861-1948), second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, sometime First Lady] Two Pages, 12mo, very good condition. In original envelope, Free [signed] Edith K. Roosevelt and stamped Received Unsealed at Beverly, Mass, then address in letter writer's hand. Text of letter: After looking thro' the book about Coleridge's daughter I found I did not like it as much as I... |
£165.00 | ||
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Sir George John Armytage, 6th Baronet Armytage [Yorkshire] Printed circular relating to Dugdale's visitation of Yorkshire in 1666. Antiquary (1842-1918). 2 pages. Paper dimensions: roughly 8 inches by 5 inches. Folded, creased and somewhat grubby. He is planning to print an index of all the names in Dugdale, 'for the purpose of devoting the proceeds to a fund for building a school in this village, in which fund we are £250... |
Book Trade History | £45.00 | |
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Sir George Macdonald (1862-1940), numismatist, classical scholar, archaeologist and civil servant One page, 12mo. Very good, with a little light spotting at foot. 'Dear Sir, | I suppose it will suffice if I sign myself | Yours faithfully | Geo: Macdonald'. Docketed in pencil at foot. |
£20.00 |