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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
William Charles Macready, distinguished Victorian actor [Benjamin Nottingham Webster, actor-manager; George Ticknor Curtis (1812-94), historian; John Forster; Astor Place Riot, New York, 1849] [The Astor Place Riot, Manhatten, 1849.] Autograph Letter from William Charles Macready, asking Benjamin Nottingham Webster to entertain George Ticknor Curtis while he is in London, as he helped him against the 'brutality of the New York mob'. An interesting letter from one great of the nineteenth-century stage to another. See the entries on Macready, Webster and Forster in the Oxford DNB. Curtis is a noted Federalist historian. 4pp, 16mo. Bifolium with mourning border. (His eldest daughter Nina had died at the age of twenty on 24...		£100.00
John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879), dramatist and actor-manager of the Haymarket Theatre, London [Charles Manby (1804-84), Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers] [John Baldwin Buckstone, comic actor and playwright.] Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Manby, regarding the arrangements surrounding a bill and an insurance policy for ?300. See his entry, and Manby?s, in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, on first leaf of bifolium, with the blank second leaf carrying traces of tape from the mount. Neatly folded for postage. Addressed to ?My dear Manby? and signed ?Jno. B Buckstone?. In addition to his work as an engineer...		£30.00
John Hollingshead (1827-1904), theatrical impressario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together, and founded the Corinthian Club, London [A. M. Broadley [Alexander Meyrick Broadley] (1847-1916)] [The man who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together: John Hollingshead, theatrical impressario.] Autograph Letter Signed to theatre critic A. M. Broadley, thanking him for a notice in The World, and discussing his Corinthian Club. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient (?Broadley Pasha?) was a renowned autograph collector and shady social figure, as well as the de facto editor of Edmund Yates?s ?World?. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged, in trimmed windowpane mount, with traces of grey paper adhering to...		£45.00
John Oxenford (1812-1877), dramatist, critic and translator [John Oxenford, dramatist, critic and translator.] Autograph Letter Signed to ?William?, ?about ?Cologne Singers.?? See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to the blank second leaf. Folded for postage. Undated, but docketted ?18 April / 1857 / About ?Cologne Singers.?? Reads: ?Dear William. - All the songs...		£25.00
Lord Combermere [Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (1773-1865), British Army officer, Commander in Chief in Ireland and India, and Governor of Barbados [William James Smith] [Lord Combermere [Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, army officer and Governor of Barbados] Autograph Letter Signed to W. J. Smith, regarding ?the correspondence of the late Mrs: Cathne. Stapleton with the Grenville family'. See his entry in the Oxford DNB, with that of the engraver Charles John Smith FSA (1803-1838), the brother of the recipient. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, on first leaf of bifolium, the second leaf carrying a thin strip of tape from the mount. Folded twice. Addressed to ?Wm...		£30.00
R. B. Brough [Robert Barnabas Brough] (1828-1860), playwright, poet and journalist, brother of actor Lionel ?Lal? Brough and author William Brough [Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873), actor-manager] [R. B. Brough [Robert Barnabas Brough], playwright, poet and journalist, brother of Lionel ?Lal? Brough and William Brough.] Autograph Letter Signed, teasing actor-manager Thomas Hailes Lacy over his wish for a 'tag' (to a piece Brough is writing). See his entry, with those of his brother Lionel and Lacy, in the Oxford DNB. 1p, landscape 8vo. On grey paper. Neatly placed in a trimmed windowpane mount, with a triangle of paper lost on opening the seal skilfully replaced with paper. In fair condition, folded for postage. On the reverse is a...		£30.00
Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886), Anglican Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of All Ireland [Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) and his cousin George Robert Stephenson (1819-1905), locomotive engineers] [The funeral of Robert Stephenson, locomotive engineer.] Autograph Letter Signed from Richard Chenevix Trench, Dean of Westminster Abbey (later Archbishop of Dublin) to Stephenson?s cousin G. R. Stephenson, agreeing to officiate. See his entry, and those of the Stephenson?s, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On the first leaf of a bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with the blank second leaf carrying traces of mount. Folded for postage. Addressed to ?George Robt. Stephenson Esqr.? and signed ?R. C. Trench?. Reads: ?...		£56.00
Sir Frederick Pollock [Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock] (1783-1870), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer [William Sharpey (1802-1880), Scottish anatomist and physiologist, Secretary of the Royal Society] [Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.] Autograph Letter Signed to Dr William Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, regarding the writing of an ?abstract?. See his entry, and Sharpey?s, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium with mourning border. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of tape from mount adhering to blank second leaf. Folded for postage. Addressed to ?Dr. Sharpey Secy F S.? and signed ?Fred Pollock?. Begins: ?My dear Dr....		£35.00
Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1869), Principal Librarian at the British Museum [Charles John Smith FSA (1803-1838), engraver] [Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian at the British Museum.] Autograph Letter Signed to William James Smith, thanking him for a set of the 'Historical and Literary Curiosities' by his brother the engraver Charles James Smith. See the entries for Ellis and the recipient?s brother Charles James Smith in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged, with negligible traces of mount on reverse. Folded for postage. In Ellis?s disciplined and attractive hand. Addressed to ?William James Smith Esqr / &c...		£35.00
Sir William Bovill (1814-1873), English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas [The Duke of Wellingtons Funeral, 1852] [Sir William Bovill, English judge.] Autograph Letter Signed to his wife, regarding temporary living arrangements for the family [at the time of the Duke of Wellington?s funeral?]. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded for postage. Docketted in pencil in a contemporary hand: ?1853 [sic] / Duke of Wellingtons funeral? (on 18 November 1852). Signed ?W: Bovill?. Begins with reference to the family business (corn...		£30.00