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Alphonse de Lamartine [Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine] (1790-1869), French poet and politician Lamartine's letter, of 1p., 12mo, on a blank page on the reverse of the prospectus, which is 2pp., 8vo, on a bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. The letter is addressed to an unnamed individual ('Monsieur'), and consists of twenty lines of text. He has been encouraged by 'Les... |
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Edward Rose one autograph letter signed to Mary Folkard, Dramatist (1849-1904). One page, 12mo, in stamped envelope addressed in autograph. "I am very much obliged for the ticket, and will certainly go. I am so glad you have got such a good chance, and I will "signify the same" (i.e. my gladness) "in the usual way". |
Music and Theatre | £20.00 | |
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Edward Sabine Autograph letter signed to John Wilson Croker, Secretary to the Admiralty (1788-1883) Arctic explorer, soldier, astronomer and magnetic surveyor. Three pages, 8vo, good condition, date "1825" written in pencil. Text as follows: "Copies of my book have been ordered by the Board of Longitude to be sent to Members of the Board, and to Institutions, in different parts of... |
Military and Naval History, Science, Medicine and Technology, Travel and Topography | £250.00 | |
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Edward Stanley (1792-1862), FRS, English surgeon [Luther Holden (1815-1905), surgeon and anatomist] Autograph Letter Signed to Holden. 12mo, 3 pp. Bifolium with mourning border. Fair, on aged paper, with one dog-eared corner. Is concerned that, considering the labour and cost of Holden's 'very handsome volume on the Bones' (presumably his 'Human Osteology', 1855), he should have 'deemed it necessary' to present him with a copy... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £125.00 | |
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Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (died 1834) one printed and manuscript legal document signed, One page, 8vo. Giving licence to his tenant Richard Finlow of Liverpool to transfer the freehold of a property in Bootle to John Plumbe of Bootle, painter. The property is "on the marsh at Bootle [...] adjoining the new Road leading from Sand Hills to Bootle afsd. called Derby Road". Signed "... |
History, Law, Royalty | £50.00 | |
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Edward Stirling autograph note signed to [Edward] Berman, Actor and playwright (1891-1948). Director of the French Players, 209 Nelson House, Dolphin Square, S.W.1. One page, 8vo. "The only programme you havent got is of: "On Ne Badine pas avec l'amour." " |
Music and Theatre | £25.00 | |
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Edward Stirling Four Autograph Letters Signed to J.T.J. Hewlett, author of "Peter Priggins" and other books. Edward Stirling (Boase), dramatist and theatre manager, mainly discussing the dramatisation and prospective performance of Hewlett's Peter Priggins - as a farce. Originally from a larger archive, the residue of which is described in #3157 (Hewlett's papers), this and other items appear in my ABE... |
Music and Theatre | £85.00 | |
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William Healey Dall, American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. Two pages, 4to, fold mark, good cvondition, saying: ... It is true that I was misled by a paragraph in the N.Y. Times into the supposition that Mrs. Pennell, whose literary work I have greatly enjoyed, was the same as the author of the powerful and thrilling story of the 'Magnetic North'; but Mr... |
Natural History | £750.00 |
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Edward T. D. Foxcroft. [Frome, Somersetshire] Somersetshire Worthies. [In original wraps.] 12mo: [vi] + iv + 80. In original grey printed wraps, on which the name of the London publishers Kent features before Penny's (the actual title page simply gives 'Frome: W. C. & J. Penny.') Text clear and complete. On aged and slightly grubby paper. Wraps worn and stained. Recently bound in... |
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Edward Tennyson Reed (1860-1933), Punch cartoonist Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Samuel'. One page, 12mo. Good, if a little aged and lightly creased. He apologises for the delay in 'sending the drawing that now I ask you to please me by accepting' (not present). He asks her to accept it as a present for 'that almost superannuated festivity' of Christmas. 'I send you a coat-of-arms as... |
Art and Architecture, Literature, Social history | £56.00 |