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C.E. Lawrence. Autograph Note Signed to J.G. Wilson, Managing Director of Bumpus's, publishers and booksellers Novelist and dramatist. One page, 8vo, good condition. "I was away yesterday - unwell, & today your Bombshell frightens me. Do spare me if possible [all from "Do" underlined] (& certainly if J.M. v. [John Murray V] is there, for he's the one to speak . ..); but Ican't refuse your request... |
Book Trade History, Literature, Music and Theatre, Printing History | £26.00 | |
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C.E. Maurice Philanthropist and author (of the Life of Octavia Hill). One page taken from an album. On the page for his birthday (29 June) Maurice has written out part of Tennyson's "Oenone" (commencing "Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control"). Maurice involved himself in many causes, including the... |
Literature | £45.00 | |
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C.H. Read Autograph Letter Signed to Fagan. Antiquarian and art connoisseur (1857-1929). 3pp., 8vo. He wishes to clarify the view he and his colleagues at the British Museum are taking on "the Thompson memorial", ignoring it since it is a British Academy matter not British Museum. |
Art and Architecture, Education | £35.00 | |
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Maurice Willson Disher (1893-1969), British theatre critic and playwright 4to, 1 p. Trimming at head has resulted in loss to the first line of Disher's address; otherwise text clear and complete. On lightly-aged and creased paper, with jagged trimming at head and in bottom right-hand corner, and three punch holes to margin. Bearing the stamp of the Secretary's Office... |
Music and Theatre | £56.00 |
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'Marie Corelli' [pseudonym of Mary Mackay (1855-1924)], Victorian popular novelist On 5 x 11 cm slip of paper cut from foot of letter. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. The reverse reads '[...] in these dark days [...] interest! It is so [...] of you to sent it, [...]'. |
£23.00 | ||
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C.L. Graves. Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent. Writer. Piece of paper, c.6 x 4", good condition. He is presumably reponding to a request for an autograph: "Your flattering request / My prompt attention craves. / (signed) yours sincerely, with the best of wishes / C.L. Graves." |
£18.00 | ||
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C.L. Gruneisen. Autograph Letter Signed to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and other books. C. L. Gruneisen (DNB), journalist, music critic, editor of the Great Gun. He explores the possibility that the author of Peter Priggins might write for the Great Gun, explaining his policy and agreeing "in Masonic confidence" to give him the names of the principal contributors.(Presumably these... |
Literature | £85.00 | |
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C.L. Lewes Autograph letters signed (x 2) to the Rev. F. Langbridge Son of G.H. Lewes, partner of Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot). Total 5pp., 8vo, damp-staining and marking affecting the text without obscuring it, rust marks from paper-clips marginally obscuring the text. (1887) Blackwoods had forwarded his correspondent's request to quote some passages from the... |
Literature | £100.00 | |
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C.M. Ingleby Autograph Letter Signed to "Allen" Shakespearian critic and author (1823-1886). 2pp., 8vo. He declines an invitation from the Lord Mayor of London on the grounds of ill health, and announces that he is off to Holkham Hall to visit the Napiers. "We must have a special no of the Reporter for reports of all the speeches". He would... |
Literature | £35.00 | |
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C.P. Scott. Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent. Newspaper editor (1846-1932). One page, 8vo, acknowledging good wishes for his 70th birthday. |
Literature, Social history | £20.00 |